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FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Fair Value Disclosures Abstract |
Schedule of recurring fair value measurements |
|  | Fair Value Measurements At Reporting Date |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Quoted prices |  | Significant |  | Significant |  | Measured at
|  | Balance at |  | in active |  | other observable |  | unobservable |  | Net Asset Value
|  | December 31, |  | markets |  | inputs |  | inputs |  | as a Practical
Description |  | 2017 |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Expedient (2)
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred compensation plan liabilities (1) |  | $ | 40,995 |  | $ | 23,751 |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 17,244
|  |  |  |  | Quoted prices |  | Significant |  | Significant |  | Measured at
|  | Balance at |  | in active |  | other observable |  | unobservable |  | Net Asset Value
|  | December 31, |  | markets |  | inputs |  | inputs |  | as a Practical
Description |  | 2016 |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Expedient (2)
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred compensation plan liabilities (1) |  | $ | 10,875 |  | $ | 10,875 |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Schedule Of Carrying Value Of Financial Instruments |
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | Carrying |  | Fair |  | Carrying |  | Fair
|  | Value |  | Value |  | Value |  | Value
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Term B Loans (1) |  | $ | 1,330,000 |  | $ | 1,336,650 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Revolver (2) |  | $ | 143,000 |  | $ | 143,000 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Senior Notes (3) |  | $ | 400,000 |  | $ | 422,876 |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Former Term B Loan |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | 480,000 |  | $ | 487,200
Former Revolver |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Other debt (4) |  | $ | 70 |  |  |  |  | $ | 87 |  |  |
Letters of credit (4) |  | $ | 1,856 |  |  |  | $ | 670 |  |  |
Schedule of Cost Method Investments Table Text Block |
|  | Cost-Method Investments
|  | Carrying Amount
|  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Investment balance before cumulative |  |  |  |  |  |
other than temporary impairment as of January 1, |  | $ | 255 |  | $ | 255
Accumulated other than temporary impairment as of January 1, |  |  | - |  |  | -
Investment beginning balance after cumulative |  |  |  |  |  |
other than temporary impairment as of January 1, |  |  | 255 |  |  | 255
Acquisition of interest in a privately held company |  |  | 9,700 |  |  | -
Ending period balance |  | $ | 9,955 |  | $ | 255

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- Definition A tabular disclosure of (a) the aggregate carrying amount of all cost-method investments; (b) the aggregate carrying amount of cost-method investments that the investor did not evaluate for impairment for cost-method investments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 325 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6872867&loc=d3e40691-111596 + Details
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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=66048111&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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