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RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS
 
(a)           The Company paid consulting and other fees to directors of $264 for each the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2010, respectively, and $249 in the year ended December 31, 2011, all of which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses.
 
(b)           The Company paid legal fees for services rendered and out-of-pocket disbursements to a firm in which a principal is the son-in-law of one of the Company’s Directors, of approximately $275, $393 and $309 for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.  Approximately $105 and $165 was owed to this firm as of December 31, 2010 and 2011, respectively, and is included in other current liabilities and trade accounts payable.
 
(c)           In November 2010, the CEO of the Company’s GridSense subsidiary lent GridSense $50. The loan by the CEO of GridSense bore no interest. In 2010, $12 of the loan was repaid with the balance of $38 being repaid during 2011.
 
(d)           In July 2000, the Company entered into a lease for space for its former Databit subsidiary. Following the 2006 sale of the Databit subsidiary to its CEO (the son of one of the Directors of the Company), the lease obligation was transferred to Databit with Databit being obligated to return the security deposit of $34 at the end of the lease.  Prior to the sale of Databit, the Company participated in one-half of the lease costs associated with these premises. Following the end of the lease period, the landlord of the premises billed Databit for certain charges related to the period when Databit was owned by the Company. In 2009, the Company agreed to accept $22 from Databit as full repayment of the security deposit.

See Note 18(d) for information related to options and stock awards to related parties.