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Grant Price Percent Of Stock's Fair Value At Time Of Award

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Minimum Percentage Of Fair Value Market Option Price

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Period Of Incentive Stock Option Plan

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Date the equity-based award expires, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock Purchase Plans (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Term of service completed before eligible for coverage	1 year 1000 hours
ESPP [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for issuance	250,000
Minimum percent of fair value market option price	90.00%
Expiration date, maximum term from grant date, in years	1 year
Grant price, percent of the stock's fair value at the time of award	95.00%
Compensation expense	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Option expiration date	Jul. 02, 2017
ISOP [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for issuance	354,877
Minimum percent of fair value market option price	100.00%
Period of incentive stock option plan, in years	10 years
Option term, in years	10 years
Term of service completed before eligible for coverage	6 months