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Stock Incentive Plan Stock Incentive Plan (Performance Awards Earned and Issued) (Details) - Performance Shares - shares | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Share-based compensation arrangements by share-based payment award, performance shares earned and issued [Line Items] |  |
Shares earned | 0 | 286,804
Shares withheld for taxes on the earned awards |  | 113,334
Shares issued subsequent to year-end | 0 | 173,470

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- Definition Share-based compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Issued + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition For net-share settlement of share-based awards when the employer settles employees' income tax withholding obligations, this element represents the number of shares the employees use to repay the employer. + References No definition available. + Details
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