Cash paid for RSU vesting and dividend payments.

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Compensation expense, restricted stock.

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Estimate of future expense for all types of RSUs outstanding.

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Payout range maximum.

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Recognized compensation expense related to RSUs for employees and directors, before capitalization or income tax benefit, if any.

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Targeted Number of Units Outstanding

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Types of performance-based RSUs

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (i)
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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Restricted Stock Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) award shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2012 shares
Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of restricted stock units granted (in shares)	235,000	166,000	138,000
Compensation expense, restricted stock \| $	$ 1,600	$ 1,500	$ 1,800
Unrecognized compensation cost \| $	$ 1,900
Unrecognized compensation cost, period for recognition (in years)	1 year 7 months
Fair value of restricted stock that vested \| $	$ 1,200
Restricted Stock \| Immediately on grant date
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of restricted stock units granted (in shares)	72,771	78,985	55,293
Restricted Stock \| Employees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of restricted stock units granted (in shares)	234,965	165,922	137,591
Vesting period	3 years
Performance-based RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of restricted stock units granted (in shares)	312,000	244,000	205,000
Vesting period	3 years
Types of performance-based RSUs \| award	2
Payout range minimum	0.00%
Payout range maximum	200.00%
Targeted number of units outstanding (in shares)	396,872	299,821	204,690
Performance-based RSUs \| Chief Executive Officer
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of restricted stock units granted (in shares)				281,532
Payout range minimum				0.00%
Payout range maximum				150.00%
Time-vested RSUs \| Key Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of restricted stock units granted (in shares)	28,938
Vesting period	3 years
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost, period for recognition (in years)	11 months
Estimate of future expense for all types of RSUs outstanding \| $	$ 3,200
Total cash paid for vesting and dividend payments \| $	1,600
Recognized compensation expense related to RSUs for employees and directors, before capitalization or income tax benefit, if any \| $	$ 6,400	$ 67	$ 5,400