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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Table Text Block] |
Description | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Charged to Cost and Expenses |  | Deductions (1) |  | Balance at End of Year
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2011 | $ | 387 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 399 |
Year ended December 31, 2010 | $ | 1,150 |  |  | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | (801 | ) |  | $ | 387 |
Year ended December 31, 2009 | $ | 1,130 |  |  | $ | 408 |  |  | $ | (388 | ) |  | $ | 1,150 |
(1) | Primarily payments and adjustments to required reserves.

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