CREDIT LINE AND NOTES PAYABLE (Outstanding Notes Payable) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Promissory Note Payable	$ 645	$ 860
Total	19,911	16,326
Less: Unamortized debt discount	(2,868)	(337)
Less: Current portion of notes payable, including current portion of unamortized debt discount	(655)	(5,775)
Notes payable, net of current portion	16,388	10,214
Monroe Term A Loan [Member]
Bank Loans	17,775	0
Delayed Draw Loan [Member]
Bank Loans	1,491	0
TD Bank Term Loan [Member]
Bank Loans	0	4,239
TD Bank Real Estate Loan [Member]
Bank Loans	0	1,551
Subordinated Term [Member]
Bank Loans	$ 0	$ 9,676

The amount of current portion of notes payable, including current portion of unamortized debt issuance costs.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, aggregate carrying amount of promissory notes payable, as of the balance sheet date, with initial maturities beyond one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amounts due on short-term bank loans secured by customers' securities on the balance sheet date.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of notes payable (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer), excluding current portion.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, aggregate carrying amount of all types of notes payable, as of the balance sheet date, with initial maturities beyond one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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The remaining balance of debt issuance expenses that were capitalized and are being amortized against income over the lives of the respective bond issues. This does not include the amounts capitalized as part of the cost of the utility plant or asset.

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