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2301302 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
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Accounting Policies [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
 
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions
The Company calculated the fair value for options with the following weighted-average assumptions for 2016, 2015, and 2014:
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Risk-free interest rate
 
1.54
%
 
2.00
%
 
2.24
%
Dividend yield
 
0.6
%
 
0.6
%
 
0.5
%
Volatility factors
 
48.5
%
 
48.8
%
 
48.2
%
Weighted-average expected life
 
8.0 years

 
8.0 years

 
8.0 years