Share Based Compensaton (TSR) (Details 5)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Long Term Incentive 2015 Plan [Member]
Total Shareholder Retun [Line Items]
Volatility of common stock	40.10%
Average volatility of peer companies	46.50%
Average correlation coefficient of peer companies	0.454
Risk-free interest rate	1.02%
Long Term Incentive 2014 Plan [Member]
Total Shareholder Retun [Line Items]
Volatility of common stock	39.00%
Risk-free interest rate	0.66%

A measure that determines the degree to which two variables movements are associated.

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General descriptive information regarding an arrangement under which employees and directors receive: (a) awards of equity shares, equity share options, or other equity instruments; or (b) the entity incurs liabilities to them: (1) in amounts based, at least in part, on the price of the entity's shares or other equity instruments; or (2) that require or may require settlement by issuance of the entity's shares. Such an arrangement is usually provided to employees and directors to compensate them, provide performance incentives to them, and to attract or retain their services. May also include pertinent information particular to a plan that is not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy.

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (e)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19207-110258

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Risk-free interest rate assumption used in valuing an instrument.

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