Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) impaired_asset_and_liability	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) impaired_asset_and_liability
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Fair value assets, level 1 to level 2	$ 0	$ 0
Fair value liabilities, level 1 to level 2	0	0
Fair value assets, level 2 to level 1	0	0
Fair value liabilities, level 2 to level 1	$ 0	$ 0
Number of non-financial assets and liabilities impaired \| impaired_asset_and_liability	0	0

Represents the number of non-financial assets and liabilities that were impaired during the period.

No definition available.

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- Definition

Amount of transfers of assets measured on a recurring basis out of Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy into Level 2.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (bb)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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- Definition

Amount of transfers of assets measured on a recurring basis out of Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy into Level 1.

+ References

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- References

No definition available.

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- Definition

Amount of transfers of liabilities measured on a recurring basis out of Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy into Level 2.

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- Definition

Amount of transfers of liabilities measured on a recurring basis out of Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy into Level 1.

+ References

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