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INCOME TAXES. (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Valuation allowance |  |  |  |  | $ 40,588 | $ 24,639 | $ 12,683
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance |  |  |  |  | 15,949 | $ 11,956 | (27,155)
Revised federal income tax rate |  |  |  |  |  | 21.00% |
Valuation allowance absent of deferred tax liability |  |  |  |  |  | $ (10,545) |
Decreased gross deferred assets |  |  |  |  |  | (10,170) |
Accrued tax uncertainties |  |  |  |  | $ 235 | 235 |
Description of income tax |  |  |  |  | provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 163(j), as amended by the TCJA, became effective which now limit the deductibility of interest expense to 30% of adjusted taxable income. |  |
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |  |  |  | $ 563 | $ (562) | $ (321) | (981)
Deferred tax assets |  |  |  |  | 3,749 |  |
Federal [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remaining net operating loss carryforwards |  |  |  |  | 183,212 |  |
State [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remaining net operating loss carryforwards |  |  |  |  | $ 166,032 |  |
PE Central [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance |  |  |  |  |  |  | (13,500)
Pacific Aurora [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (11,500)

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