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Other Investments (Details)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 entity
Other Investments
Number of reclassified investments | entity		1
Cost method investments | $	$ 0

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 325
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6872867&loc=d3e40691-111596

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 325
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-Section 35
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=29638308&loc=d3e40346-111594

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