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Net Income Per Share and Stockholders' Equity, Anti Dilution Table (Details) |  | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |  |
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Apr. 07, 2016 | Jun. 30, 2018 shares | Jun. 30, 2017 shares | Jun. 30, 2018 shares | Jun. 30, 2017 shares | Dec. 31, 2017 shares | Apr. 22, 2016 shares
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share |  | 2,000 | 55,000 | 1,000 | 56,000 |  |
Authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock (shares) |  | 5,000,000 |  | 5,000,000 |  | 5,000,000 |
Non-vested common shares, restricted stock units and performance shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share |  | 2,000 | 55,000 | 1,000 | 56,000 |  |
Series A Preferred Stock [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred Stock, Rights Conversion Ratio into Preferred Stock | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |
Authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock (shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 900,000

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