VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]  
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
 
Years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, 2011
(in thousands)
                                   
   
Balance at
   
Additions
               
   
beginning of
   
charged to
           
Balance at
 
Description
 
Period
   
expense
   
Deductions
     
end of Period
 
Year ended December 31, 2013:
                         
Accounts and financing receivables
                         
Allowance for uncollectible accounts, continuing operations
  $ 367     $ 444       (137 )
(a)
  $ 674  
Allowance for uncollectible accounts, discontinued operations
    16       602       (18 )
(a)
    600  
Inventory
                                 
Reserve for obsolescence, continuing operations
    332       807       (29 )       1,110  
Reserve for obsolescence, discontinued operations
    30       -       -         30  
Deferred tax assets
                                 
Valuation allowance, continuing operations
    1,650       -       (105 )       1,545  
Valuation allowance, discontinued operations
    460       -       2         462  
                                   
Year ended December 31, 2012:
                                 
Accounts and financing receivables
                                 
Allowance for uncollectible accounts, continuing operations
    236       188       (57 )
(b)
    367  
Allowance for uncollectible accounts, discontinued operations
    -       67       (51 ) (b)     16  
Inventory
                                 
Reserve for obsolescence, continuing operations
    578       148       (394 ) (c)     332  
Reserve for obsolescence, discontinued operations
    -       -       30   (c)     30  
Deferred tax assets
                                 
Valuation allowance, continuing operations
    11,000       -       (9,350 ) (c)     1,650  
Valuation allowance, discontinued operations
    -               460   (c)     460  
                                   
Year ended December 31, 2011:
                                 
Accounts receivable
                                 
Allowance for uncollectible accounts
    356       370       (490 )
 
    236  
Inventory
                                 
Reserve for obsolescence
    624       83       (129 )       578  
Deferred tax assets
                                 
Valuation allowance
    11,970       -       (970 )       11,000  
 
 
(a) Amounts written off as uncollectible, net of recoveries
(b) Amounts written off as uncollectible, net of recoveries and reclassification to discontinued operations
(c) Includes reclassification to discontinued operations.