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DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract] 
Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Text Block]
14.    DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN
 
The following table sets forth the components of net periodic benefit costs for the defined benefit plan, prior to the adoption of the liquidation basis of accounting:
 
   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2010
   
2010
 
             
Interest cost
  $ 123,900     $ 371,701  
Expected return on plan assets
    (122,863 )     (368,590 )
Amortization of accumulated loss
    72,872       218,615  
                 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 73,909     $ 221,726  
 
Termination of Defined Benefit Plan
 
On November 5, 2010, the Company notified plan participants of its intention to terminate the defined benefit plan in a standard termination with a proposed termination date of January 7, 2011. In order to terminate the plan and pay the distributions required, the plan must be fully funded. In the second quarter of 2011, the Company notified plan participants that the termination date of the plan would be May 31, 2011.
 
The plan was terminated on May 31, 2011 and final distributions were made to all participants.  In connection with the termination of the plan, during 2011 the Company funded a total of $3,320,932 to the plan ($230,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2011 and $3,090,932 in the quarter ended June 30, 2011) and no further funding is required.