SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION RSU (Details) - Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) - shares	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Schedule of Share-based compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock units activity [Line Items]
Number of RSU outstanding	264,226	272,326
RSU Granted	0
RSU Issued	(5,600)
RSU Forfeited	2,500
Minimum
Schedule of Share-based compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock units activity [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	1 year
Maximum
Schedule of Share-based compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock units activity [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	4 years

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
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-Section 50
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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