Employee Benefit Plans (Detail Textuals) - Retirement Income Plan - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Benefit obligation exceeds fair value of the plan assets	$ (11,957)	$ (14,788)
Employer contribution	850	765
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, before tax	$ (2,411)	$ 10,214	$ (7,760)
Percentage of investment for long term growth	70.00%
Percentage for near term benefit payments	30.00%
Defined benefit plan future contributions by employer	$ 900,000

Represents the increase in the fair value of plan assets from contributions made by the employer in future.

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Percentage for near term benefit payments under the defined benefit plan.Percentage for near term benefit payments under the defined benefit plan.

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Percentage of investment for long term growth under the defined benefit plan.Percentage of investment for long term growth under the defined benefit plan.

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The pretax total of net gain (loss), prior service cost (credit), and transition assets (obligations), as well as minimum pension liability if still remaining, included in accumulated other comprehensive income associated with a defined benefit pension or other postretirement plan(s) because they have yet to be recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 10A
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The increase in the fair value of plan assets from contributions made by the employer.

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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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The funded status is measured as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligation. Will normally be the same as the net Defined Benefit Plan, Amounts Recognized in Balance Sheet, Total.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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