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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS. | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] |
10. | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS.
The Company had accrued and unpaid dividends in respect of its Series B Preferred Stock of $6,996,000 and $6,050,000 as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The Company had notes payable to its Chairman of the Board and its Chief Executive Officer totaling $1,250,000 as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010. These notes mature on March 31, 2012. | 14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS. The Company had accrued and unpaid dividends in respect of its Series B Preferred Stock of $6,050,000 and $3,202,000 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company had notes payable to its Chairman of the Board and its Chief Executive Officer totaling $1,250,000 and $2,000,000 and accrued and unpaid interest in respect of these notes of $0 and $120,000 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. On October 29, 2010, the Company paid all accrued interest and $750,000 in principal under these notes. On November 5, 2010, the Company entered into amendments to these notes, extending the maturity date to March 31, 2012. The Company had notes payable to Lyles in the aggregate principal amount of $31,500,000 and accrued and unpaid interest and fees in respect of these notes of $2,731,000 as of December 31, 2009. On October 6, 2010, the Company paid in full all amounts owed under its notes payable to Lyles, consisting of $12,500,000 in principal and $4,537,000 in accrued interest and fees. In May 2009, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Ryan W. Turner, who is the son-in-law of the Company’s Chairman of the Board, at $10,000 per month for consulting services relating to the Company’s restructuring efforts. In November 2009, the Company executed a new consulting agreement with Mr. Turner at $20,000 per month for similar consulting services. The Company paid Mr. Turner an aggregate of $23,100 and $86,500 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, under these arrangements. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had no outstanding accounts payable to Mr. Turner. The Company’s consulting relationship with Mr. Turner was terminated in connection with his appointment to the Company’s Board of Directors in February 2010.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions, including the nature of the relationship(s), a description of the transactions, the amount of the transactions, the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms of the transaction from the previous period, stated interest rate, expiration date, terms and manner of settlement per the agreement with the related party, and amounts due to or from related parties. If the entity and one or more other entities are under common ownership or management control and this control affects the operating results or financial position, disclosure includes the nature of the control relationship even if there are no transactions between the entities. Disclosure may also include the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax expense for each statement of earnings presented where the entity is a member of a group that files a consolidated tax return, the amount of any tax related balances due to or from affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, the principal provisions of the method by which the consolidated amount of current and deferred tax expense is allocated to the members of the group and the nature and effect of any changes in that method. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(k)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Article 3A -Section 04 -Paragraph b Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 57 -Paragraph 1-4 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39678-107864 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Article 4 -Section 08 -Paragraph k Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39691-107864 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39622-107864 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39603-107864 + Details
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