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Percentage Of Eligibility For Tax Bonus Depreciation

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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The per share amount of a dividend declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Amount, before allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable.

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Amount of cash outflow in the form of ordinary dividends to common shareholders of the parent entity.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands							9 Months Ended
	Apr. 06, 2020 item $ / shares	Apr. 03, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2020	Mar. 26, 2020	Mar. 06, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 05, 2020 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 11, 2019 $ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends payable, date declared							Sep. 11, 2019
Dividends payable, amount per share \| $ / shares								$ 0.08
Dividends payable, date of record							Nov. 15, 2019
Dividends payable, date of payment							Dec. 06, 2019
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Payments of dividends to shareholders \| $					$ 1,713
Dividends payable, date declared						Mar. 05, 2020
Dividend paid, per share \| $ / shares					$ 0.08
Dividends payable, amount per share \| $ / shares						$ 0.08
Dividends payable, date of record						May 15, 2020
Dividends payable, date of payment						Jun. 05, 2020
Subsequent Event [Member] \| The CARES Act [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Temporary net operating loss carry back term			5 years
Subsequent Event [Member] \| COVID-19 [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Reduced size of board of directors \| item	2
Future expected dividend rate \| $ / shares	$ 0.04
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Charter DMN Holdings, LP [Member] \| Second Promissory Note [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Note receivable \| $		$ 375
Note receivable, due date		Jun. 30, 2021
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Charter DMN Holdings, LP [Member] \| Second Promissory Note [Member] \| Deferred Purchaser's Interest Payment [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Note receivable \| $		$ 195
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Charter DMN Holdings, LP [Member] \| Second Promissory Note [Member] \| 2019 Real Property Tax Reconciliation Payment Due from Purchaser [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Note receivable \| $		$ 180
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Estimated useful life				39 years
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Leasehold Improvements [Member] \| The CARES Act [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Estimated useful life			15 years
Leasehold improvements, percentage of eligibility for tax bonus depreciation			100.00%