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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract] |
Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the Company's restricted stock award activity for the years ended December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. The vesting date for all awards vested in 2012 was June 1, 2012. There were no restricted stock awards granted or outstanding during 2010.
| 2012
| Number of Shares of Restricted Stock Awards (in thousands) |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at beginning of year | 351 |  |  | $ | 13.57 |
Granted | — |  |  | $ | — |
Vested | (70 | ) |  | $ | 13.57 |
Forfeited | (4 | ) |  | $ | 13.57 |
Outstanding (unvested) at end of year | 277 |  |  | $ | 13.57 |
| 2011
| Number of Shares of Restricted Stock Awards (in thousands) |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at beginning of year | — |  |  | $ | — |
Granted | 351 |  |  | $ | 13.57 |
Vested | — |  |  | $ | — |
Forfeited | — |  |  | $ | — |
Outstanding (unvested) at end of year | 351 |  |  | $ | 13.57 |

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