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DERIVATIVES AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure Abstract |  |
Schedule of derivatives expired [Text Block] |
Expired Derivatives
Year Ended December 31, 2012
Type |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Fixed |  |
Of |  | Notional |  | Effective |  |  |  | LIBOR |  | Expiration
Hedge |  | Amount |  | Date |  | Collar |  | Rate |  | Date
|  | (amounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | (in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Swap |  | $ | 100.0 |  | May 28, 2008 |  | n/a |  | 3.62% |  | May 28, 2012
Expired Derivatives
Year Ended December 31, 2011
Type |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Fixed |  |
Of |  | Notional |  | Effective |  |  |  | LIBOR |  | Expiration
Hedge |  | Amount |  | Date |  | Collar |  | Rate |  | Date
|  | (amounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | (in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Swap |  | $ | 150.0 |  | January 28, 2008 |  | n/a |  | 3.03% |  | January 28, 2011
Collar |  |  | 100.0 |  | February 28, 2008 | [ | Cap |  | 4.00% | ] | February 28, 2011
|  |  | Floor |  | 2.14%
Swap |  |  | 125.0 |  | March 28, 2008 |  | n/a |  | 2.91% |  | September 28, 2011
|  |  | 375.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of the gains (losses) related to the Company's cash flow hedge |
|  | Years Ended December 31,
Description |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Type Of Derivative Designated As A Cash Flow Hedge |  | Interest Rate |  | Interest Rate
Amount Of Gain (Loss) Recognized In Other |  |  |  |  |  |
Comprehensive Income (Loss) ("OCI") |  | $ | - |  | $ | 5,643
Location Of Gain (Loss) Reclassified From |  |  |  |  |  |
Accumulated OCI To Statement Of Operations |  | Interest Expense |  | Interest Expense
Amount Of Gain (Loss) Reclassified From |  |  |  |  |  |
Accumulated OCI To Statement Of Operations |  | $ | - |  | $ | (1,634)
Location Of Gain (Loss) In Statement Of Operations |  | Interest Expense |  | Interest Expense
Amount Of Gain (Loss) In Statement Of Operations |  |  |  |  |  |
Due To Ineffectiveness |  | $ | 1,346 |  | $ | 288
Schedule of accumulated derivative gain (loss) recorded in the statements of other comprehensive income (loss) |
| Fair Value Of Accumulated Derivatives Balance Outstanding
| December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011
| Assets (Liabilities)
| (amounts in thousands)
Beginning balance as of January 1 | $ | 0 |  | $ | (7,277)
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives, |  |  |  |  |
net of taxes (benefit) |  | 0 |  |  | 7,277
Ending balance | $ | 0 |  | $ | 0
Schedule of the fair value of the derivatives outstanding |
|  |  | Fair Value
|  |  | December 31,
| Balance Sheet |  | 2012 |  | 2011
| Location |  | Asset (Liability)
|  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Designated Derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate hedge transactions | Current liabilities |  | $ | - |  | $ | (1,346)

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