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FAIR VALUE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets, Liabilities and Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Measured on Recurring Basis | Assets, liabilities, and redeemable noncontrolling interest measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below:
| December 31, 2016
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Cash equivalents | $ | — |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 21 |
Other assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life insurance policies | — |  |  | 22,121 |  |  | — |  |  | 22,121 |
Total assets measured at fair value | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22,142 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 22,142 |
Other current liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,621 |  |  | $ | 3,621 |
Total liabilities measured at fair value | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,621 |  |  | $ | 3,621 |
| December 26, 2015
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Cash equivalents | $ | — |  |  | $ | 190 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 190 |
Other current assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities | 4,509 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,509 |
Foreign currency forward contracts | — |  |  | 15 |  |  | — |  |  | 15 |
Other assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life insurance policies | — |  |  | 20,364 |  |  | — |  |  | 20,364 |
Total assets measured at fair value | $ | 4,509 |  |  | $ | 20,569 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 25,078 |
Other current liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,172 |  |  | $ | 1,172 |
Other long-term liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration | — |  |  | — |  |  | 198 |  |  | 198 |
Redeemable noncontrolling interest | — |  |  | — |  |  | 28,008 |  |  | 28,008 |
Total liabilities and redeemable noncontrolling interest measured at fair value | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 29,378 |  |  | $ | 29,378 |
Rollforward of Contingent Consideration | Contingent Consideration The following table provides a rollforward of the contingent consideration related to previous business acquisitions. See Note 2, “Business Acquisitions.”
| Fiscal Year
| 2016 |  | 2015
| (in thousands)
Beginning balance | $ | 1,370 |  |  | $ | 2,828 |
Additions | 3,600 |  |  | 973 |
Payments | (872 | ) |  | (600 | )
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized): |  |  |
Reversal of previously recorded contingent liability and change in fair value | (477 | ) |  | (1,831 | )
Ending balance | $ | 3,621 |  |  | $ | 1,370 |
Rollforward of the Fair Value of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest | The following table provides a rollforward of the fair value of the Company’s redeemable noncontrolling interest for fiscal year 2015:
| Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
| (in thousands)
December 27, 2014 | $ | 28,419 |
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized): |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | 838 |
Foreign currency translation | (1,066 | )
Change in fair value, included in additional paid-in capital | (183 | )
December 26, 2015 | 28,008 |
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized): |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | 320 |
Foreign currency translation | (653 | )
Change in fair value, included in additional paid-in capital | (1,690 | )
July 7, 2016 | $ | 25,985 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of liabilities using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets), and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issues, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs) by class of liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19279-110258 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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