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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Abstract] |
Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive loss | The changes in the accumulated balances for each component of other comprehensive loss, net of tax, were as follows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016:
| Foreign Currency Translation |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Hedging Activities |  | Other |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
| (in thousands)
Balance at June 30, 2016 | $ | (249,374 | ) |  | $ | (11,377 | ) |  | $ | (4,634 | ) |  | $ | (265,385 | )
Other comprehensive income, net of tax | 2,505 |  |  | 3,331 |  |  | 23 |  |  | 5,859 |
Balance at September 30, 2016 | $ | (246,869 | ) |  | $ | (8,046 | ) |  | $ | (4,611 | ) |  | $ | (259,526 | )
Balance at June 30, 2017 | $ | (239,669 | ) |  | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | (3,841 | ) |  | $ | (243,459 | )
Other comprehensive income, net of tax | 40,090 |  |  | 843 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 40,951 |
Balance at September 30, 2017 | $ | (199,579 | ) |  | $ | 894 |  |  | $ | (3,823 | ) |  | $ | (202,508 | )
| Foreign Currency Translation |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Hedging Activities |  | Other |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
| (in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2015 | $ | (239,650 | ) |  | $ | (3,732 | ) |  | $ | (3,808 | ) |  | $ | (247,190 | )
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax | (7,219 | ) |  | (4,314 | ) |  | (803 | ) |  | (12,336 | )
Balance at September 30, 2016 | $ | (246,869 | ) |  | $ | (8,046 | ) |  | $ | (4,611 | ) |  | $ | (259,526 | )
Balance at December 31, 2016 | $ | (318,450 | ) |  | $ | (640 | ) |  | $ | (3,627 | ) |  | $ | (322,717 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 118,871 |  |  | 1,534 |  |  | (196 | ) |  | 120,209 |
Balance at September 30, 2017 | $ | (199,579 | ) |  | $ | 894 |  |  | $ | (3,823 | ) |  | $ | (202,508 | )

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