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New Accounting Pronouncements	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011
New Accounting Pronouncements
New Accounting Pronouncements	(2) New Accounting Pronouncements In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in GAAP and IFRS (“ASU 2011-04”), which amends Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurement.  ASU 2011-04 improves the comparability of fair value measurements presented and disclosed in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards.  The amended guidance changes the wording used to describe many requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements.  Additionally, the amendments clarify the FASB’s intent about the application of existing fair value measurement and disclosure requirements.  Although ASU 2011-04 is not expected to have a significant effect on practice, it changes some fair value measurement principles and disclosure requirements.  ASU 2011-04 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, and must be applied prospectively.  Early application is not permitted.  We do not anticipate that the adoption of ASU 2011-04 will have a material impact on our financial position or the results of our operations. In September 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-08, Testing Goodwill for Impairment (“ASU 2011-08”), which amends ASC 350, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other.  Previous guidance under ASC 350 required an entity to test goodwill for impairment on at least an annual basis by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill (step 1).  The amendments of ASU 2011-08 permit an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described in ASC 350.  The amendments of ASU 2011-08 are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption permitted.  The Company adopted ASU 2011-08 in December 2011 with no impact on the company’s financial position or results of operations.

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