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10. Stock Based Compensation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Stock Based Compensation Tables |
Schedule of options granted under employee stock plans | The following is a summary of options granted under the employee stock plans:
|  | Shares Available for Grant |  |  | Number of Shares Oustanding |  |  | Weighted-Average Balance Price |
Balance of December 31, 2013 |  |  | 74 |  |  |  | 913 |  |  | $ | 4.90 |
Authorized |  |  | 100 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Granted |  |  | (148 | ) |  |  | 148 |  |  | $ | 4.20 |
Exercised |  |  | - |  |  |  | (15 | ) |  |  | 1.60 |
Forfeited/expired |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 5.50 |
Balance of March 31, 2014 |  |  | 28 |  |  |  | 1,044 |  |  | $ | 4.89 |
Schedule of weighted average fair value calculations for options | The weighted-average fair value calculations for consultant and employee options are based on the following weighted average assumptions:
|  | As of March 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Dividend-yield |  |  | 0 | % |  |  | 0 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 0. 44 - 0.74 | % |  |  | 0.23 - 0.57 | %
Expected volatility |  |  | 70.16 - 79.93 | % |  |  | 58.88 - 81.24 | %
Expected life (years) |  |  | 0.8 - 3.0 |  |  |  | 0.5 - 4.0 |
Market price of the common stock |  | $ | 4.20 - 5.80 |  |  | $ | 6.10 |

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