Percentage Of Shares Considered Vesting

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Percentage of Shares Considered Performance Based

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The total fair value of shares issued during the period under a deferred compensation arrangement.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Feb. 11, 2020	Jan. 23, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Restricted Stock
Subsequent Event
Grants in period (in shares)				193,262	385,010	260,852
2014 Awards \| Restricted Stock
Subsequent Event
Grants in period (in shares)			122,400
Shares categorized as vesting (percent)			50.00%
Vesting period (in years)			3 years
Award vesting rights (in percentage)				33.33%
Share based compensation, fair market value			$ 3.2
Shares categorized as performance based (percent)			50.00%
2014 Awards \| Restricted Stock \| Tranche One
Subsequent Event
Award vesting rights (in percentage)			33.33%
2014 Awards \| Restricted Stock \| Tranche Two
Subsequent Event
Award vesting rights (in percentage)			33.33%
2014 Awards \| Restricted Stock \| Tranche Three
Subsequent Event
Award vesting rights (in percentage)			33.33%
2014 Awards \| Performance Shares
Subsequent Event
Grants in period (in shares)				20,402
Share based compensation, fair market value				$ 1.1
Subsequent Event \| 2014 Awards \| Restricted Stock
Subsequent Event
Grants in period (in shares)	90,933
Shares categorized as vesting (percent)	50.00%
Vesting period (in years)		3 years
Share based compensation, fair market value	$ 3.3
Shares categorized as performance based (percent)	50.00%
Subsequent Event \| 2014 Awards \| Restricted Stock \| Tranche One
Subsequent Event
Award vesting rights (in percentage)		33.33%
Subsequent Event \| 2014 Awards \| Restricted Stock \| Tranche Two
Subsequent Event
Award vesting rights (in percentage)		33.33%
Subsequent Event \| 2014 Awards \| Restricted Stock \| Tranche Three
Subsequent Event
Award vesting rights (in percentage)		33.33%
Subsequent Event \| 2014 Awards \| Performance Shares
Subsequent Event
Grants in period (in shares)	15,154
Share based compensation, fair market value	$ 1.1