Debt Instrument, Issue Price Percentage

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Interest paid long term debt.

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Percentage of Notes Registered under the Securities Act of 1933

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Restrictive Covenants Exception for Dividend or Distribution Amount during fiscal year

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Restrictive Covenants Exception for total Dividend Payment and other Restricted Payments

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- Definition

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

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Description of the frequency of periodic payments (monthly, quarterly, annual).

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Date the debt instrument was issued, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

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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- Definition

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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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Aggregate amount of interest paid or due on all long-term debt.

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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions					12 Months Ended
	Jun. 23, 2017	Apr. 15, 2017	Apr. 15, 2014	Apr. 12, 2011	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 19, 2017
6.75% Senior Secured Notes [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Private placement date	Jun. 23, 2017
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 200.0
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	6.75%
Debt Issuance Costs, Gross	$ 4.3
Debt Instrument, Issue Price Percentage	100.00%
Percentage of Notes Registered under the Securities Act of 1933								99.80%
Term of payments of interest on notes	semi-annually
Interest expense on note					$ 7.0
8.75% Senior Secured Notes [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 200.0
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	8.75%			8.75%	8.75%
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount	$ 120.0	$ 30.0	$ 50.0
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Debt Instrument, Issue Price Percentage				100.00%
Term of payments of interest on notes				semi-annually
Interest expense on note					$ 6.7	$ 13.1	$ 13.1
Interest Paid Long Term Debt					9.4	$ 13.1
Oppenheimer [Member] \| 6.75% Senior Secured Notes [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Issuance Costs, Gross	$ 3.0
Third Party [Member] \| 6.75% Senior Secured Notes [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Issuance Costs, Gross	$ 1.3
Maximum [Member] \| 6.75% Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Restrictive Covenants Exceptions					20.0
Restrictive Covenants Exception for total Dividend Payment and other Restricted Payments					$ 10.0