Stockholders' Equity - Additional information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Apr. 26, 2013	Mar. 18, 2013	Mar. 07, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]
Common Stock repurchased as per March Plan		$ 10,000,000
Tender offer expiration date				Apr. 22, 2013
Number of shares accepted	1,341,575		1,931,513
Common stock, per share	$ 5.00
Common stock for aggregate consideration	$ 6,708,000		$ 10,392,000

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and have not been retired and are not held in treasury. Some state laws may govern the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 29, 30

-Article 5

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Amount of a stock repurchase plan authorized by an entity's Board of Directors.

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Common stock price per share.

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Tender offer expiration date.

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