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Debt Instrument, Payment of Interest

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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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Total Debt Redemption Costs on 25% Note Redemption

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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

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

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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 of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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Fair value amount of debt instrument that was repurchased.

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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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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Amount of gain (loss) from the difference between the repurchase price of a debt instrument initially issued by the entity and the net carrying amount of the debt at the time of its repurchase.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Aug. 25, 2019	Jun. 23, 2017	Jun. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 19, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payment for Debt Extinguishment or Debt Prepayment Cost	$ 1,700,000
Write-off of debt issuance costs				$ 200,000		$ 4,000	$ 0
Debt Instrument, Repurchase Amount			$ 1,400,000			1,400,000
Debt Instrument, Payment of Interest			22,807
Gain (Loss) on Repurchase of Debt Instrument			85,560			86,000	0
Long-term Debt, Gross			148,574,000			148,574,000		$ 150,000,000
Debt Instrument, Increase, Accrued Interest			1,900,000
Long-term debt			148,190,000			148,190,000		$ 149,515,000
Repayments of Secured Debt	$ 50,000,000.0
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage of Principal Amount Redeemed	25.00%
6.75% Senior Secured Notes [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 200,000,000.0
Interest rate		6.75%
Debt Issuance Costs, Gross		$ 4,300,000
Interest expense on note			2,500,000		$ 3,400,000	5,000,000.0	$ 6,800,000
Debt Instrument, Issue Price Percentage		100.00%
Percentage of Notes Registered under the Securities Act of 1933									99.80%
8.75% Senior Secured Notes [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate		8.75%
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount		$ 120,000,000.0
Oppenheimer [Member] \| 6.75% Senior Secured Notes [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Issuance Costs, Gross		3,000,000.0
Third Party [Member] \| 6.75% Senior Secured Notes [Member] \| Senior Secured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Issuance Costs, Gross		$ 1,300,000
Maximum [Member] \| 6.75% Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Restrictive Covenants Exception for Dividend or Distribution Amount during fiscal year						20,000,000
Restrictive Covenants Exception for total Dividend Payment and other Restricted Payments			$ 10,000,000			$ 10,000,000