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RENTAL EXPENSE AND COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

RENTAL EXPENSE AND COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Schedule of minimum amounts of long term leases

		Lease Obligation
		(in thousands)
2013		$	3,971
2014			3,861
2015			4,883
2016			521
2017			522

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Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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