Carrying amount of accumulated amortization of long-term deferred finance costs capitalized at the end of the reporting period.

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Deferred Charges and Other Non-Current Assets (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
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Other Assets, Noncurrent	$ 244,000us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent		$ 323,000us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Deferred Costs and Other Assets	15,136,000us-gaap_DeferredCostsAndOtherAssets		14,264,000us-gaap_DeferredCostsAndOtherAssets
Tradenames [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Other Assets, Noncurrent	8,856,000		7,660,000
Increase to tradenames	1,200,000
Debt, Excluding Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Deferred Finance Costs, Net	1,775,000		1,870,000
Accumulated Amortization of Noncurrent Deferred Finance Costs	2,594,000		1,252,000
Convertible Junior Subordinated Debenture [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Accumulated Amortization of Noncurrent Deferred Finance Costs	0		1,095,000
Convertible Subordinated Notes [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Deferred Finance Costs, Net	3,134,000		3,252,000
Accumulated Amortization of Noncurrent Deferred Finance Costs	138,000		0
Notes payable, term	7 years
Noncompete Agreements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	1,127,000		1,159,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	5,016,000		4,807,000
Amortization of Intangible Assets	$ 69,000	$ 140,000
Noncompete Agreements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	1 year
Noncompete Agreements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	10 years