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Capital Lease Obligations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Capital Lease Obligations [Abstract] |
Components of Capital Lease Obligations |
|  |  | September 30, |  |  |  | September 30, |
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Capital Lease Obligations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital leases for equipment (various leases extending into 2016, with implicit interest rates ranging up to 6.9%, monthly payments totaling $71 and quarterly payments totaling $242) |  | $ | 1,144 |  |  | $ | 1,824 |
|  |  | 1,144 |  |  |  | 1,824 |
Less: Current portion of capital lease obligations |  |  | 470 |  |  |  | 1,673 |
|  | $ | 674 |  |  | $ | 151 |
Payments due under future minimum lease payments under capital lease obligations |
|  |  | September 30, |
2012 |  | $ | 487 |
2013 and thereafter |  |  | 714 |
|  |  | 1,201 |
Less: Portion representing interest |  |  | 57 |
Present value of minimum lease payments |  | $ | 1,144 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum lease payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five years succeeding fiscal years, with separate deductions from the total for the amount representing executor costs, including any profit thereon, included in the minimum lease payments and for the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 840 -SubTopic 30 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (b) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6455398&loc=d3e45280-112737 + Details
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