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Significant Accounting Policies Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule of Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Schedule of Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents [Table Text Block] | The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets with the same amounts shown on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands):
| As of December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 4,659 |  |  | $ | 3,063 |
Restricted cash | 5,253 |  |  | 5,012 |
| $ | 9,912 |  |  | $ | 8,075 |

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