Other Long-Term Liabilities - Components (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Other long-term liabilities
Sale-leaseback arrangement	$ 17,608
Accrual for insurance liabilities	2,876	$ 2,811
Capital lease liability		5,189
Deferred rent		759
Other long-term liabilities	$ 20,484	$ 8,759

Amount of obligations related to failed sale leaseback arrangement that will be paid after one year.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and due beyond one year (or beyond one operating cycle if longer) to insurance entities to mitigate potential loss from various risks or to satisfy a promise to provide certain coverages to employees.

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Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal, through the balance sheet date and due to be paid more than one year (or one operating cycle, if longer) after the balance sheet date.

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For a classified balance sheet, the cumulative difference between the rental income or payments required by a lease agreement and the rental income or expense recognized on a straight-line basis, or other systematic and rational basis more representative of the time pattern in which use or benefit is granted or derived from the leased property, expected to be recognized in income or expense, by the lessor or lessee, respectively, more than one year after the balance sheet date.

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Amount of liabilities classified as other, due after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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