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Costs and payments related to employee benefits and equity-based compensation, such as pension expense and contributions, other postretirement benefits expense and payments, stock or unit options expense, and amortization of restricted stock or unit.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3602-108585

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Aggregate cash paid by the entity during the period to settle equity instruments granted under equity-based payment arrangements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (k)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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- Definition

The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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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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- Definition

Number of share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Benefit Plans (Summary Of Performance Shares and Units Vested Awards) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)	98,186	91,224	90,470
Performance Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)	42,760	45,690	41,502
2013 Grant [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)	98,186
Vested percentage of the target	165.00%
Cash and stock payout value	$ 5.1
Cash payout value	$ 2.9
Common stock shares from vested performance shares (in shares)	22,408
2013 Grant [Member] \| Performance Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)	42,760
Vested percentage of the target	165.00%
Cash and stock payout value	$ 1.7
Cash payout value	$ 1.7
2012 Grant [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)		91,224
Vested percentage of the target		167.50%
Cash and stock payout value		$ 5.1
Cash payout value		$ 3.2
Common stock shares from vested performance shares (in shares)		21,950
2012 Grant [Member] \| Performance Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)		45,690
Vested percentage of the target		167.50%
Cash and stock payout value		$ 1.6
Cash payout value		$ 1.6
2011 Grant [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)			90,470
Vested percentage of the target			147.50%
Cash and stock payout value			$ 3.4
Cash payout value			$ 2.9
Common stock shares from vested performance shares (in shares)			9,620
2011 Grant [Member] \| Performance Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vested (in shares/awards)			41,502
Vested percentage of the target			147.50%
Cash and stock payout value			$ 1.2
Cash payout value			$ 1.2