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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] 
Related Party Transactions
19.           Related Party Transactions

On April 1, 2009, we entered into an agreement with Sierra Partners LLC (“Sierra”) pursuant to which Sierra agreed to provide us with investor relations and corporate finance consulting services.  A founder and partner of Sierra is also one of our directors.  Under the terms of the agreement, Sierra provided us with consulting services commencing April 1, 2009 and ending on March 31, 2010, with the agreement continuing thereafter on a month-to-month basis.  Sierra assists us with our efforts to maintain an investor relations program and provides support and analysis of our general corporate finance and strategy efforts.  As compensation for these services, we agreed to pay to Sierra a monthly retainer fee of $10 during the term of the agreement and issue to Sierra 60,000 of our stock options.  As of September 30, 2011, we had made payments to Sierra under the agreement totaling $300, of which $90 had been paid during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011, and had issued the 60,000 stock options to Sierra with a recorded expense of $54. On December 15, 2010, we issued an additional 30,000 of our stock options to Sierra, which had a recorded value of $36 as of September 30, 2011.