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SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Stockholders Equity Note Abstract |
Schedule of dividends payable on unvested restricted stock units |
|  |  |  | Dividend Equivalent Liabilities
|  | Balance Sheet |  | December 31,
|  | Location |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  |  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Short-term |  | Other current liabilities |  | $ | - |  | $ | 52
Long-term |  | Other long-term liabilities |  |  | 221 |  |  | 228
Total |  |  |  | $ | 221 |  | $ | 280
Schedule of dividends paid to the holder of vested RSUs |
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Dividend equivalents paid |  | $ | 43 |  | $ | 512 |  | $ | 874
Tax benefit recognized in paid-in capital |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Schedule Of Vested Employee Restricted Stock Units And Value |
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Shares of stock deemed repurchased |  |  | 199 |  |  | 297 |  |  | 182
Amount recorded as financing activity |  | $ | 1,367 |  | $ | 3,057 |  | $ | 1,628

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