Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Plan expenses	$ 22,000	$ 23,000
Matching contributions	$ 234,000	$ 0
Hudson Plan
Period of service required in order to participate in plan	6 months
DBG Plan
Period of service required in order to participate in plan	6 months
Hours of service required in order to receive employer contribution	1,000
RG Plan
Period of service required in order to participate in plan	90 days
Hours of service required in order to receive employer contribution	1,000

Period over which an employee is required to provide service in in order to participate in the defined contribution plan, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Period over which an employee is required to provide service in in order to receive an employer contribution in the defined contribution plan.

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- Definition

The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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- Definition

Amount of discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

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