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Basis and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Related Party Transactions (Details) - Related Party $ in Millions | 6 Months Ended | 36 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) lease | Dec. 31, 2004 property
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |
Sale leaseback, number of properties | property |  | 21
Number of operating leases | lease | 3 |
Interest rate in the leases | 9.70% |
Operating leases, annual rental payments | $ | $ 0.2 |

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- Definition Number Of Operating Leases + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Operating Leases, Annual Rental Payments + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Sale Leaseback Transaction, Number Of Properties + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The financing cost related to leases that have been recorded under the deposit method, as a financing or as a capital leases in connection with the transaction involving the sale of property to another party and the lease of the property back to the seller. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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