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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

21.       SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In January 2012, the Company entered into three fixed-to-floating interest rate swap agreements to convert the interest payments of the $200 million, 4.24% notes, due December 1, 2026, from a fixed rate to a floating interest rate based on 1-Month LIBOR plus a 2.02% spread, and one fixed-to-floating interest rate swap agreement to convert the interest payments of $25 million of the $100 million, 3.84% notes, due December 1, 2021, from a fixed rate to a floating interest rate based on 1-Month LIBOR plus a 1.90% spread.

Additional information regarding our interest rate swaps is included in Item 7, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk, and in Notes 1 to the consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.