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RESTRICTED CASH (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
RESTRICTED CASH |
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
|  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 27,153 |  | $ | 37,440
Restricted cash |  |  | 10,000 |  |  | -
Restricted cash included in other long-term assets |  |  | - |  |  | -
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the statement of cash flows |  | $ | 37,153 |  | $ | 37,440

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