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Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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Capital lease obligations.

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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.

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

-Topic 840

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-Publisher FASB

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 50

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