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Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	9.        Income Taxes For the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $0.2 million and $7.3 million, respectively. The Company has provided a valuation allowance against all deferred tax assets as of June 30, 2011, as it is more likely than not that its deferred tax assets are not currently realizable due to the net operating losses incurred by the Company since its inception.

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Description containing the entire income tax disclosure. Examples include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. This element may be used as a single block of text to encapsulate the entire disclosure including data and tables.

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
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