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Derivative Instruments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Derivative Instruments [Abstract]  
Derivative Instruments

5.Derivative Instruments.  The Company utilizes derivative financial instruments to manage interest rate risk. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes, nor does it use leveraged financial instruments. The Company reports its derivative instruments separately as assets and liabilities unless a legal right of set-off exists under a master netting agreement enforceable by law. The Company's derivative instruments are recorded at their fair value, and are included in other long-term assets and other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

On February 18, 2011, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement to hedge a portion of its interest rate exposure on its senior secured debt. The swap has a notional amount of $25.0 million and fixes a portion of the Company's base borrowing rate, which is a floating rate, based on a LIBOR swap rate that resets periodically.  The interest rate swap was designated as a hedging instrument for accounting purposes and is accordingly accounted for as a cash flow hedge. Any unrealized losses on this interest rate swap agreement are included in accumulated other comprehensive income until the periodic interest settlements occur, at which time they will be recorded as interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). The Company expects to reclassify losses of $0.3 million (pretax) from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income to interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operation within the next twelve months.

As a result of the use of derivative instruments, the Company is exposed to risk that the counterparties will fail to meet their contractual obligations. To mitigate the counterparty credit risk, we only enter into contracts with carefully selected major financial institutions based upon their credit ratings and other factors, and continually assess the creditworthiness of counterparties. At June 30, 2011, the counterparty to the interest rate swap had investment grade ratings and has performed in accordance with their contractual obligations.

 
The fair values of derivative instruments in the Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows (in thousands):
 

   
Other Liabilities
  
Other Long-Term Liabilities
   
June 30,
2011
  
December 31, 2010
  
June 30,
2011
  
December 31, 2010
Interest rate swap
 $340  $-  $180  $-

The following table reflects the effect of derivative instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

 
 
Location of Gain/Loss Recognized on Derivative
 
Amount of Loss
Recognized on Derivative
     
Three Months Ended
June 30,
  
Six Months Ended
June 30,
     
2011
  
2010
  
2011
  
2010
               
Interest rate swap
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (net of tax)
 $(188) $-  $(327) $-