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Marketable Securities And Fair Value Disclosures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Marketable Securities And Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Summary Of Marketable Securities

		Cost at		Gross Unrealized		Gross Unrealized		Fair Market Value
		March 31, 2013		Gains		Losses		at March 31, 2013
Short-term commercial paper	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
		Cost at		Gross Unrealized		Gross Unrealized		Fair Market Value
		March 31, 2012		Gains		Losses		at March 31, 2012
Short-term commercial paper	$	5,276	$	28	$	-	$	5,304

Schedule Of Assets And Liabilities Carried At Fair Value

		Total		Quoted Prices in		Significant Other		Significant
		Carrying		Active Markets		Observable Inputs		Unobservable Inputs
		Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
March 31, 2013:
Assets:
Cash equivalents	$	18,649	$	18,649	$	-	$	-
Liabilities:
Derivative liability	$	529	$	-	$	-	$	529
Warrants	$	3,633	$	-	$	-	$	3,633
		Total		Quoted Prices in		Significant Other		Significant
		Carrying		Active Markets		Observable Inputs		Unobservable Inputs
		Value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
March 31, 2012:
Assets:
Cash equivalents	$	23,485	$	23,485	$	-	$	-
Short-term commercial paper	$	5,304	$	-	$	5,304	$	-

Schedule Of The Major Classes Of Liabilities Measured At Fair Value

		Derivative
		Liability			Warrants
April  1, 2012	$	-		$	-
Valuation of original derivative liability		3,779			-
Warrant issuance with Senior Convertible Note		-			7,018
Warrant issuance with Senior Secured Term Loan		-			380
Valuation of derivative liability attributable to modification		542			-
Mark to market adjustment		(3,792)			(3,765)
Balance at March 31, 2013	$	529		$	3,633

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