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FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Fair Value Disclosures Abstract |
Schedule of recurring fair value measurements |
|  | Value Measurements At Reporting Date
|  | September 30, |  | December 31,
Description |  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred compensation - Level 1 (1) |  | $ | 9,629 |  | $ | 11,017
Schedule Of Carrying Value Of Financial Instruments |
|  | September 30, |  | December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | Carrying |  | Fair |  | Carrying |  | Fair
|  | Value |  | Value |  | Value |  | Value
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Term B Loan (1) |  | $ | 247,750 |  | $ | 247,440 |  | $ | 262,000 |  | $ | 261,345
Revolver (2) |  | $ | 39,000 |  | $ | 39,000 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Senior Notes (3) |  | $ | 218,180 |  | $ | 230,180 |  | $ | 217,929 |  | $ | 237,134
Letters of credit (4) |  | $ | 670 |  |  |  | $ | 620 |  |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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