Maximum Range of Target Award for performance share awards under the long-term Relative Measure Program

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Minimum Range of Target Award for performance share awards under the long-term Relative Measure Program

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Net Income Per Common Share [Line Items]

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Performance Period

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
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-Section 50
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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The sum of dilutive potential common shares or units used in the calculation of the diluted per-share or per-unit computation.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Net Income Per Common Share (Details) - shares	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Net Income Per Common Share (Details) - shares	Feb. 28, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Net Income Per Common Share [Line Items]
Weighted average number of diluted shares outstanding adjustment (in shares)		504,168	366,251	509,172	436,941
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of EPS (in shares)		0	209,907	59,261	346,468
Stock Options [Member]
Net Income Per Common Share [Line Items]
Options, granted (in shares)	125,300
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Net Income Per Common Share [Line Items]
Other than options, granted (in shares)	85,307
Performance Share Awards [Member]
Net Income Per Common Share [Line Items]
Other than options, granted (in shares)	83,970
Performance period				3 years
Minimum range of target award of stock plan				0.00%
Maximum range of target award of stock plan				250.00%