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Property And Equipment, Net (Schedule Of Estimated Useful Lives For Property And Equipment) (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Land Improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful life | 20
Land Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful life | 15
Building And Improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful life | 40
Building And Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful life | 10
Machinery And Equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful life | 8
Machinery And Equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful life | 3
Office Furniture And Equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful life | 7
Office Furniture And Equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful life | 3
Computer Hardware And Software [Member] | Maximum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful life | 7
Computer Hardware And Software [Member] | Minimum [Member] |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful life | 3

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- Definition Describes the periods of time over which an entity anticipates to receive utility from its property, plant and equipment (that is, the periods of time over which an entity allocates the initial cost of its property, plant and equipment). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68058157&loc=d3e18780-107790 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 35 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68071081&loc=d3e1205-110223 + Details
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- Definition 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. + References No definition available. + Details
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