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Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Default Rate, Increase in Fixed Rate

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 55
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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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-SubTopic 10
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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LONG-TERM DEBT - (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
LONG-TERM DEBT - (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 28, 2017	Dec. 02, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 17, 2015
Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes, Due December 31, 2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs	$ 377,000			$ 0
Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes, Due December 31, 2027 [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| First two years after issuance [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	102.00%
Maturity period of debt	2 years
Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes, Due December 31, 2027 [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Third through fifth year after issuance [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	101.00%
Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes, Due December 31, 2027 [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| After the fifth year after issuance [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes, Due December 31, 2027 [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount		$ 25,000,000.0
Basis spread on variable rate	7.00%
Default spread on variable rate	8.00%
Senior Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes, Due July 1, 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs	$ 302,000			0
Senior Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes, Due July 1, 2022 [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount			$ 20,000,000.0
Redemption price, percentage	102.00%
Interest rate percentage			8.375%
Default rate, increase in fixed rate	0.50%
Other Consolidated Debt from VIE, Due March 17, 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs	$ 70,000			$ 91,000
Other Consolidated Debt from VIE, Due March 17, 2021 [Member] \| Other debt [Member] \| Monarch Delaware Holdings LLC [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount					$ 5,000,000.0
Interest rate percentage					6.00%