Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Notes To Financial Statements

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

(10)    COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Operating Lease Commitments

We lease our offices, warehouse facilities, automobiles and certain equipment under noncancellable operating leases which expire at various dates through 2021. Total rental expense for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was $1,327 and $1,388, respectively. Certain of our operating leases contain predetermined fixed escalations of minimum rentals and rent holidays during the original lease terms. Rent holidays are periods during which we have control of the leased facility but are not obligated to pay rent. For these leases, we recognize the related rental expense on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease, which includes any rent holiday, and record the difference between the amounts charged to operations and amounts paid as Accrued Rent on our balance sheet. In addition to the monthly rental payments due, most of our leases for our offices and warehouse facilities require us to pay our portion of the common area maintenance, property taxes and insurance charges incurred by the landlord for the facilities which we occupy. These amounts are generally included in rental expense in our statement of operations, but they are not included in the minimum rental commitments disclosed below as they are based on actual charges incurred in the periods to which they apply.

The aggregate minimum rental commitments under the noncancellable operating leases in effect at December 31, 2011 are as follows:

2012	$	1,241
2013	$	987
2014	$	985
2015	$	994
2016	$	1,079
Thereafter	$	4,539
	$	9,825