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Note 4 - Property and Equipment
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]
4.  Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is summarized as follows:

 
 
Year Ending December 31,
 
 
 
2011
   
2010
 
Buildings
  $ 1,115,000     $ 1,115,000  
Leasehold improvements
    392,000       345,000  
Office equipment
    739,000       586,000  
Trucks and trailers
    1,860,000       1,786,000  
Warehouse equipment
    103,000       117,000  
Computer equipment
    1,689,000       1,390,000  
Computer software
    1,018,000       911,000  
      6,916,000       6,250,000  
Less: accumulated depreciation
    (3,937,000 )     (3,290,000 )
Total property and equipment, net
  $ 2,979,000     $ 2,960,000  

Depreciation expense of property and equipment totaled approximately $710,000, $641,000 and $608,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Within our Consolidated Statements of Operations, depreciation expense is included in both “direct expense” and “selling general and administrative expense”.  For 2011, 2010 and 2009 depreciation expense of $193,000, $192,000 and $191,000  was included within “direct expense,” while depreciation expense of $517,000, $449,000 and $417,000 was included within “selling, general and administrative expense”, respectively.