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Other Expense (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Other Expense [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Expense | Other expense in the consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Accrued interest, penalties and extraordinary expense |  | $ | 1,546 |  | $ | - |
Acquisition transaction and other expenses |  |  | 1,139 |  |  | 913 |
Gain on cancellation of Titan notes payable |  |  | (150) |  |  | - |
Other expense |  | $ | 2,535 |  | $ | 913 |
(a) | As of December 31, 2015, consists of approximately $0.2 million in estimated accrued interest and $1.3 million in estimated penalties.

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