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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the noncurrent portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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DEBT (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
DEBT (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 20, 2016
DEBT
Debt outstanding	$ 34,000
Revolving line of credit
DEBT
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 100,000
Commitment fee (as a percent)	0.50%
Debt outstanding	$ 34,000	$ 0
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)	5.50%
Outstanding letters of credit	$ 16,100
Unamortized debt issuance cost	$ 3,600
Revolving line of credit \| Before Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio less than 4.00 \| Eurodollar Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	4.00%
Revolving line of credit \| Before Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio less than 4.00 \| Base Rate Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	3.00%
Revolving line of credit \| Before Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 4.00 \| Eurodollar Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	4.50%
Revolving line of credit \| Before Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 4.00 \| Base Rate Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	3.50%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio less than 2.00 \| Eurodollar Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	3.00%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio less than 2.00 \| Base Rate Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	2.00%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 2.00 less than 2.50 \| Eurodollar Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	3.25%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 2.00 less than 2.50 \| Base Rate Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	2.25%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 2.50 less than 3.00 \| Eurodollar Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	3.50%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 2.50 less than 3.00 \| Base Rate Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	2.50%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 3.00 less than 3.50 \| Eurodollar Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	3.75%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 3.00 less than 3.50 \| Base Rate Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	2.75%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 3.50 less than 4.00 \| Eurodollar Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	4.00%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 3.50 less than 4.00 \| Base Rate Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	3.00%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 4.00 \| Eurodollar Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	4.50%
Revolving line of credit \| After Receipt Of Third Quarter 2017 Compliance Certificate \| Leverage ratio greater than equal to 4.00 \| Base Rate Advances
DEBT
Margin (as a percent)	3.50%
Letter of credit
DEBT
Unused portion of available borrowing	$ 49,900
Letter of credit \| Minimum
DEBT
Variable interest rate (as a percent)	3.00%
Letter of credit \| Maximum
DEBT
Variable interest rate (as a percent)	4.50%