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Related-Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Related-Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related-Party Transactions

7. Related-Party Transactions

We receive research, technical writing, publishing, and website-related services from Tec-Com Inc., a corporation located in Knoxville, Tennessee and controlled and majority owned by the aunt of the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. We paid Tec-Com, for services pursuant to the terms of the contract, approximately $0.6 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009. The contract was renewed on July 1, 2010 on substantially the same terms as the previous contract and expires June 30, 2013. We believe that the terms of this contract are consistent with third party arrangements that provide similar services.

As a matter of corporate governance policy and practice, related party transactions are annually presented and considered by the Corporate Governance Committee of our Board of Directors in accordance with the Committee’s charter.