Earnings Per Common Share And Share Awards (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Common Share And Share Awards [Line Items]
Incremental dilutive potential common shares, calculated using treasury stock method (in shares)	5,766	6,595
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from computation of diluted earnings per share	0	0
SARs and options vesting period	1 year
Compensation expense relating to SARs or options vesting	$ 33,000	$ 22,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	$ 0
Number of stock options or SARs granted where exercise price was less than market price on date of grant	0	0
Minimum
Earnings Per Common Share And Share Awards [Line Items]
SARs and options expiration period	5 years
Annual rate at which stock appreciation rights and options are exercisable and vest	10.00%
Maximum
Earnings Per Common Share And Share Awards [Line Items]
Maximum shares of Company stock to be granted to key employees or directors	500,000
SARs and options expiration period	10 years
Annual rate at which stock appreciation rights and options are exercisable and vest	20.00%

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award, percentage of exercisable and vesting period

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Additional shares included in the calculation of diluted EPS as a result of the potentially dilutive effect of share based payment arrangements using the treasury stock method.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of shares purchased on the open market during the period for issuance to employees under the plan.

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