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Capital Lease Term

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Debt Instruments, Covenants, Maximum Number of Acquisitions in a Year

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Debt Instruments Covenants Maximum On Aggregate Purchase Price

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Debt Instruments, Covenants, Maximum Single Acquisition Price

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Debt Transferred From Revolving Credit Line To Term Loan

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Line of Credit Facility, Sublimit for Issuance of Letters of Credit

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Number Of Capital Lease Agreement

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Specified Advance Multiple Used To Determine Funds Availability Under Credit Facility

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Amount due based upon the occurrence of an event specified in the contractual terms.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The cash inflow from a contractual arrangement with the lender, including letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a specific amount at any point in time with maturities due beyond one year or the operating cycle, if longer.

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Indebtedness divided by net capital.

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Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands								12 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	Oct. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 14, 2016 USD ($)	May 24, 2016 USD ($)	May 23, 2016	May 05, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 05, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 12, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) agreement item	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 13, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 11, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 12, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from line of credit								$ 27,000
Maximum number of acquisitions in a year \| item								3
Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit outstanding amount									$ 0
Line of credit facility available amount									$ 58,300
Maximum single acquisition price								$ 25,000
Maximum total purchase price allowed over term of credit facility								$ 40,000
First American Commercial Bancorp [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of capital lease agreements \| agreement								3
Capital lease agreements term								48 months
Capital lease agreements amount										$ 400	$ 1,400	$ 2,700
Meridian Leasing Corporation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capital lease agreements term	25 months
Capital lease agreements amount	$ 600
Debt instrument interest rate	11.10%
Minimum [Member] \| First American Commercial Bancorp [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate								3.00%
Maximum [Member] \| First American Commercial Bancorp [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate								3.60%
Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate loan amount available			$ 100,000					$ 100,000
Proceeds from line of credit		$ 10,000			$ 10,000		$ 10,000
Specified advance multiple used to determine funds availability under credit facility			3.75	3.25
Maximum senior leverage ratio			4.00	3.50
Amount of debt transferred from revolving credit line to term loan			$ 3,000
Line of credit outstanding amount								24,100
Line of credit facility available amount								$ 79,700
Line of credit facility, expiration date								Nov. 10, 2020
Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Delayed Draw Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate loan amount available			25,000
Proceeds from line of credit						$ 22,000
Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Uncommitted Incremental Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate loan amount available			50,000
Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Letters of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Sublimit for issuance of letters of credit			$ 35,000
Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fee charged on unused portion of revolving credit facility								0.25%
Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fee charged on unused portion of revolving credit facility								0.50%
Basis for Availability of Funds Debt Covenant One [Member] \| One Month LIBOR [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin								3.00%
Basis for Availability of Funds Debt Covenant One [Member] \| Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin								2.00%
Basis for Availability of Funds Debt Covenant One [Member] \| Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin								2.50%
Basis for Availability of Funds Debt Covenant One [Member] \| Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Federal Funds Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin								0.50%
Basis for Availability of Funds Debt Covenant Two [Member] \| Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin								3.00%
Basis for Availability of Funds Debt Covenant Two [Member] \| Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin								3.50%
Basis for Availability of Funds Debt Covenant Three [Member] \| Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin								3.00%
Basis for Availability of Funds Debt Covenant Three [Member] \| Amended Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin								3.50%
Restriction on Dividends [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Availability of revolving credit commitment under credit facility percent								40.00%
Restriction on Dividends [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate amount of dividends and distributions								$ 5,000