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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Net Loss Per Share) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Net Loss Per Share Tables |
Excluded Securities from Net Loss Per Share | As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, we excluded the following convertible securities from diluted net loss per share as the effect of including them would have been anti-dilutive. The shares shown represent the number of shares of common stock which would be issued upon conversion in the respective years.
|  |  | December 31,
|  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011
Publicly traded warrants |  |  | 753,000 |  |  | 753,000
Options and private warrants |  |  | 5,696,000 |  |  | 2,498,000
Nonvested equity shares |  |  | 207,000 |  |  | 132,000
|  |  | 6,656,000 |  |  | 3,383,000

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would increase EPS amounts or decrease loss per share amounts for the period presented, by antidilutive securities. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 128 -Paragraph 40 -Subparagraph c -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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