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Debt Redemption Price Percent Of Principal Amount

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Loan Facility Weighted Average Interest Rate During Period

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Minimum Liquidity Requirement - Cash

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minimum liquidity requirement

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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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.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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LONG-TERM DEBT LONG-TERM DEBT - Term Loan Facility (Details)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term Loan Facility due 2021	$ 243,750,000	$ 243,750,000	$ 245,000,000
Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term Loan Facility due 2021				$ 250,000,000
Senior notes, maturity date		Dec. 15, 2021
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis		Borrowings under the Term Loan Facility will bear interest, at the Company’s option, at a per annum rate equal to (i) LIBOR for one, two, three, six, or, with the consent of the Term Loan Lenders, 12 months, plus 10.25% or (ii) a base rate equal to the sum of (a) the greatest of (x) the prime rate, (y) the Federal Funds rate, plus 0.50% and (z) 30-day LIBOR, plus 1.0% plus (b) 9.25%.
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal		$ 625,000
Minimum liquidity requirement	37,500,000	37,500,000
Minimum Liquidity Requirement - Cash	$ 20,000,000	$ 20,000,000
Loan Facility Weighted Average Interest Rate During Period	12.89%	12.93%
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		10.25%
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Prime Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		9.25%
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Federal Funds Purchased [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		0.50%
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Federal Funds rate, plus 0.50% [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		9.25%
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| 30-day LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		1.00%
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| 30-day LIBOR, plus 1.0% [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		9.25%
Minimum [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Asset Coverage Ratio	1.35	1.35
First Prepayment Period [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price percent of principal amount	106.00%	106.00%
Second Prepayment Period [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price percent of principal amount	103.00%	103.00%