Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Options Fair Value at Grant Date.

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Fair value at grant date.

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Stock option awards expiration.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 123R

-Paragraph A240

-Subparagraph b(2)(c)

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Weighted average remaining contractual term for option awards outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock Compensation (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended						3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted, Options	140	2,215			2	205	207												18		699
Granted, Shares										50	818			22			42	759
Vesting Period			3 years	4 years			3 years	12 months	36 months			7 months	3 years		7 months	1 year		1 year		2 years
Stock option awards grant date total fair value		$ 3,832			$ 5	$ 623
Granted, Fair Value at Grant Date							$ 20,756			$ 3,959	$ 3,959			$ 100
Weighted-average remaining contractual term of outstanding stock option awards		9 years 7 months 17 days
Stock option awards expiration							on the seventh anniversary of the grant