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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Derivative Financial Instruments
10.  DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company uses a financial derivative to mitigate its exposure to volatility in the interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate in Brazil.  The Company uses this derivate instrument to hedge exposure in the ordinary course of business and does not invest in derivative instruments for speculative purposes.  In order to reduce interest rate and foreign currency risk on the BoA Term Loan, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement and cross currency swap transaction with Bank of America Merrill Lynch Banco Multiplo S.A that is designed to convert the outstanding $5.0 million US Dollar based Libor loan to a Brazilian Real based CDI loan.  The Company has not designated this agreement as a hedging instrument.  Changes in the fair value of the cross currency swap are recorded in other income (expense) and changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap agreement are recorded as interest expense (or gain as an offset to interest expense).  For the three months ended June 30, 2011, the Company recorded $0.1 million of other expense and $0.1 million of interest expense related to this derivative.