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Loss Per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016
Loss Per Share [Abstract] |
ScheduleOfDilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShare [Table Text Block] | At June 30, 2016 and 2015, the Company excluded the following potentially dilutive securities:
| June 30
| 2016 |  | 2015
Stock Options | 692,205 |  |  | 692,446 |
Warrants | 460,047 |  |  | 351,895 |
Restricted Shares | 70,046 |  |  | 28,105 |

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