STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2010 item	Sep. 30, 2012
Stock options
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Stock options granted (in shares)	426,709
Exercise price (in dollars per share)	11.15
Stock options surrendered in approved exchange offer (in shares)	454,319
Underwater stock options replaced
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Contractual term		10 years
Number of vesting terms	2
Replaced nonvested underwater options
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Vesting period		1 year
Replaced vested underwater options
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Number of installments		3

Represents the number of annual installments for vesting of options issued in exchange for surrendered options.

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Represents the number of vesting terms.

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- Definition

The period of time, from the grant date until the time at which the share-based (option) award expires.

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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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- Definition

Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The addition or reduction in the number of reserved shares that could potentially be issued under the option plan attributable to reasons other than grants, exercises, forfeitures, and expirations during the reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 123R

-Paragraph A240

-Subparagraph b(1)

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Weighted average price at which grantees can acquire the shares reserved for issuance on stock options awarded.

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