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Long- Term Debt to Affiliated Trust (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Long Term Debt To Affiliated Trust [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Distribution Rates Paid | The distribution rates paid were as follows during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019:
|  | September 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Low distribution rate |  |  | 1.12 | % |  |  | 2.79 | %
High distribution rate |  |  | 2.79 | % |  |  | 3.61 | %
Distribution rate at the end of the period |  |  | 1.12 | % |  |  | 2.79 | %

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