Employee Benefit Plans (Details 2) - Pension Plan - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Employee benefits plans
Fair value of plan assets	$ 116,725	$ 121,682	$ 124,372
Total investments, excluding investments valued at NAV	$ 83,194	$ 115,911
Funded pension plan assets, by asset category (as a percent)	100.00%	100.00%
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Employee benefits plans
Fair value of plan assets	$ 83,194	$ 115,911
Total investments, excluding investments valued at NAV	83,194	115,911
Equity Securities
Employee benefits plans
Fair value of plan assets	$ 61,254	$ 83,185
Funded pension plan assets, by asset category (as a percent)	52.00%	68.00%
Equity Securities \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Employee benefits plans
Fair value of plan assets	$ 61,254	$ 83,185
Debt Securities
Employee benefits plans
Fair value of plan assets	$ 21,940	$ 32,726
Funded pension plan assets, by asset category (as a percent)	19.00%	27.00%
Debt Securities \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Employee benefits plans
Fair value of plan assets	$ 21,940	$ 32,726
Other Securities
Employee benefits plans
Fair value of plan assets	$ 33,531	$ 5,771
Funded pension plan assets, by asset category (as a percent)	29.00%	5.00%

The total fair value of the plan investments before other items to reconcile to fair value of plan assets.

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Fair value of assets that have been segregated and restricted to provide pension or postretirement benefits. Assets include, but are not limited to, stocks, bonds, other investments, earnings from investments, and contributions by the employer and employees.

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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

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