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Variable Interest Entities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Net Income Loss and Aggregate Net Funding Repaid or Provided by Company to Variable Interest Entity [Abstract]
Aggregate funding repaid to (provided by) the Company, net		$ 950	$ (266)	$ 4,126
CCE [Member]
Schedule of Net Income Loss and Aggregate Net Funding Repaid or Provided by Company to Variable Interest Entity [Abstract]
Net income (loss)		201	763	2,080
Aggregate funding repaid to (provided by) the Company, net	$ 500
DAD [Member]
Schedule of Net Income Loss and Aggregate Net Funding Repaid or Provided by Company to Variable Interest Entity [Abstract]
Net income (loss)		$ (167)	$ (104)	$ (67)

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The amount of income (loss) from operations derived by the reporting entity during the period from the Variable Interest Entity (VIE).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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