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Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 10, 2012	Apr. 23, 2012	Feb. 23, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Stockholders' Equity (Textual) [Abstract]
Dividends per share declared on outstanding common stock	$ 0.08	$ 0.08	$ 0.10	$ 0.08	$ 0.08	$ 0.26	$ 0.18

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- Definition

Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

+ References

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

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6959260&loc=d3e187085-122770

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