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Percentage Of Eligibility For Tax Bonus Depreciation

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to nondeductible depreciation.

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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 (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands						12 Months Ended
	Apr. 06, 2020 item $ / shares	Apr. 03, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 26, 2020	Mar. 05, 2020 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 05, 2019 $ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends payable, date declared						Dec. 05, 2019
Dividends payable, amount per share \| $ / shares							$ 0.08
Dividends payable, date of record						Feb. 14, 2020
Dividends payable, date of payment						Mar. 06, 2020
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends payable, date declared					Mar. 05, 2020
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] \| Correction Applied to 2018 [Member] \| The CARES Act [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Additional tax depreciation			$ 1,017
Net operating loss			6,798
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Loss Carried Back to 2014 [Member] \| The CARES Act [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Estimated cash refund			$ 2,335
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%