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Income Taxes (Schedule Of Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate To Income From Containing Operations Before Income Taxes) (Details) (USD $)
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12 Months Ended | ||
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Dec. 31, 2011
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Dec. 31, 2010
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Dec. 31, 2009
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| Income Taxes [Abstract] | |||
| Income tax (benefit) expense at the federal statutory rate of 35% | $ 140,725 | $ 149,050 | $ 111,928 |
| Foreign rate differential and dividends from foreign subsidiaries | (74,431) | (27,921) | 950 |
| State income taxes, net of effect of federal tax benefit | 5,262 | 4,290 | 4,746 |
| Unrecognized tax benefits and related interest | 8,297 | (6,514) | 3,123 |
| Change in valuation allowance | (7,740) | (3,000) | 7,503 |
| Worthless stock deduction | (23,124) | ||
| Other, net | 3,618 | 4,437 | (3,624) |
| Income tax expense | $ 75,731 | $ 120,342 | $ 101,502 |
| Effective interest rate of federal statutory income tax rate | 35.00% | 35.00% | 35.00% |
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Income Tax Benefit Related To Worthless Stock Deduction No definition available.
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Unrecognized Tax Benefits And Related Interest No definition available.
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The domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable under enacted tax laws to the Company's pretax income from continuing operations for the period. The "statutory" tax rate is the regular tax rate if there are alternative tax systems. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The sum of the current income tax expense or benefit and the deferred income tax expense or benefit pertaining to continuing operations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The portion of the difference between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations attributable to changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets in the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The portion of the difference, between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement for the period and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations, that is attributable to total foreign income tax expense or benefit. The foreign income tax expense or benefit difference represents the income tax expense or benefit at applicable domestic statutory income tax rates applied to foreign earnings or loss for the period versus the foreign income tax expense or benefit calculated by applying the appropriate foreign tax rates. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The amount of income tax expense or benefit for the period computed by applying the domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The sum of other amounts reflected in the reconciliation of the statutory tax provision (benefit) to the actual tax provision (benefit). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The portion of the difference, between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement for the period and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations, that is attributable to state and local income tax expense or benefit. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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