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DEBT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Long Term Debt | Our outstanding long-term debt, net, was as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
Notes, at carrying value | $ | 50,000 |  |  | $ | 60,000 |
Less current portion of Notes | — |  |  | (10,000 | )
Less deferred financing costs | (358 | ) |  | (563 | )
Long-term portion of Notes, net | $ | 49,642 |  |  | $ | 49,437 |
Schedule Of Interest Expense Debt | Amounts included in interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016 (in thousands) are as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 | 2016 |
Interest on notes and credit facility |  | $ | 2,849 |  |  | $ | 7,043 |  | $ | 9,152 |  |
Make-whole payments |  | 402 |  |  | 3,001 |  | 806 |  |
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  | 732 |  |  | 1,778 |  | 2,113 |  |
Gross interest expense |  | 3,983 |  |  | 11,822 |  | 12,071 |  |
Less capitalized interest |  | 128 |  |  | 130 |  | 449 |  |
Interest expense, net |  | $ | 3,855 |  |  | $ | 11,692 |  | $ | 11,622 |  |

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