Stock-Based Compensation (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Stock-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
Expiry period of 2003 stock option plan	2013
Maximum term for stock option's from the grant date	10 years
Vesting proportion per year	20.00%
Maximum vesting period	5 years
Recognized stock-based compensation expense	$ 318,000	$ 238,000
Recognized stock-based compensation expense, Net of tax	$ 235,000	$ 176,000
Stock-based compensation expense per share approximately	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Restricted stock vests	50.00%
Number of stock options, Granted		0
Nonvested options permit to grant	33.33%

Expiry period of grant shares.

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Maximum term for stock option from the grant date.

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Recognized stock based compensation expense per share.

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Restricted stock vests.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award equity instruments other than options nonvested percentage of proportionate awards granted of aggregate awards.

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Vesting proportion per year.

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

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The amount of expense, net of income tax, 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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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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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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