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Shareholders' Equity
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
Balance, December 31, 2010 61,642
Granted 52,139
Vested (49,805)
Cancelled (5,504)
Stock dividend5,305
Balance, December 31, 2011 63,777
Granted 57,012
Vested (5,130)
Cancelled (407)
Balance, September 30, 2012115,252

Cash Dividends. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company paid cash dividends, net of reinvested stock dividends, of $3,166,063, and $2,614,325, respectively, or at an annualized rate $0.543 and $0.572 per share, respectively per share on an annualized basis.  As the Company reported net losses in both of these periods, and on a cumulative basis, these cash dividends represent a return of capital to the stockholders rather than a distribution of earnings. The Company paid cash dividends on the Convertible Series 6.3% Preferred Stock issued in December 2011 of approximately $79,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The dividends were paid to a subsidiary that is consolidated into the condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company and, as a result, have been eliminated in consolidation.