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Financial Instruments And Marketable Securities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2010

Financial Instruments And Marketable Securities [Abstract]

Fair Value Hierarchy Of Assets Measured On A Recurring Basis

			$00,000				$00,000				$00,000				$00,000
December 31, 2011:		Total				Level 1				Level 2				Level 3
Common stock		$	320				320				0				0
Government and agency securities			26,845				26,845				0				0
Total available-for-sale securities		$	27,165				27,165				0				0

			$00,000				$00,000				$00,000				$00,000
December 31, 2010:		Total				Level 1				Level 2				Level 3
Common stock		$	223				223				0				0
State and municipal bonds			5,152				0				5,152				0
Government and agency securities			25,844				25,844				0				0
Total available-for-sale securities		$	31,219				26,067				5,152				0

Marketable Securities Treated As Available-For-Sale Securities

						Gross				Gross
		Amortized				unrealized				unrealized
December 31, 2011:		cost				gains				losses				Fair value
Common stock		$	197				123				0				320
Government and agency securities			26,851				0				(6	)			26,845
Total available-for-sale securities		$	27,048				123				(6	)			27,165

						Gross				Gross
		Amortized				unrealized				unrealized
December 31, 2010:		cost				gains				losses				Fair value
Common stock		$	183				40				0				223
State and municipal bonds			5,164				0				(12	)			5,152
Government and agency securities			25,851				0				(7	)			25,844
Total available-for-sale securities		$	31,198				40				(19	)			31,219

Future Maturities Of Available-For-Sale Securities

		Less than 12 months								Greater than 12 months
		Amortized								Amortized
December 31, 2011		cost				Fair value				cost				Fair value
Common stock		$	197				320				0				0
Government and agency securities			26,851				26,845				0				0
Total available-for-sale securities		$	27,048				27,165				0				0

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Marketable securities treated as available for sale securities

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Tabular disclosure of assets, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, by class that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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