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FINANCING METHOD LEASE OBLIGATIONS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Financing Method Lease Obligations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Leases |
| Financing Method Lease Obligations
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Minimum
| Year Of Maturity |  | Lease
| Principal |  | Interest |  | Total |  | Payments
| (amounts in thousands)
Years ending December 31, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2013 | $ | 12,610 |  | $ | 385 |  | $ | 12,995 |  | $ | 385
2014 |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 794
2015 |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 818
2016 |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 842
2017 |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 867
Thereafter |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 18,083
Total financing method lease obligations |  | 12,610 |  |  | 385 |  |  | 12,995 |  |  |
Less current portion |  | 12,610 |  |  | 385 |  |  | 12,995 |  |  |
Total minimum lease payments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 21,789
Schedule of Property and Lease held under capital lease |
| Net Property And Equipment
| Held Under Finance Method
| Lease Obligations
| December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011
| (amounts in thousands)
Land and land improvements | $ | 843 |  | $ | 843
Building |  | 358 |  |  | 358
Leasehold improvements |  | 11 |  |  | 11
Equipment |  | 3,863 |  |  | 3,863
Leasehold premium |  | 885 |  |  | 885
Total |  | 5,960 |  |  | 5,960
Less accumulated depreciation |  | (4,785) |  |  | (4,593)
Property and equipment held under financing method leases, net | $ | 1,175 |  | $ | 1,367
Schedule Of Depreciation And Interest Financing Method Lease |
| Years Ended
| December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011
| (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense for financing method lease obligations | $ | 749 |  | $ | 719
Depreciation expense attributable to assets held under financing method | $ | 192 |  | $ | 199

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of long-lived, depreciable assets that are subject to a lease meeting the criteria for capitalization and are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services. Examples may include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -SubTopic 30 -Topic 840 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6455398&loc=d3e45280-112737 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum lease payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five years succeeding fiscal years, with separate deductions from the total for the amount representing executor costs, including any profit thereon, included in the minimum lease payments and for the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 840 -SubTopic 30 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (b) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6455398&loc=d3e45280-112737 + Details
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