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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Schedule of Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Line Items] |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate from Continuing Operations [Table Text Block] |
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Effective tax rate from continuing operations | 31.7 | % |  | (38.7) | % |  | 24.3 | % |  | (1.6) | %

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