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Shareholders' Equity
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
  
Balance, December 31, 201163,777
Granted 57,016
Vested (57,577)
Cancelled (411)
Balance, December 31, 201262,805
Granted 74,083
Cancelled (784)
Balance, March 31, 2013136,104
  

Cash Dividends. During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company paid cash dividends, net of reinvested stock dividends, of approximately $1,137,000, and $1,009,000, respectively, or at an annualized rate $0.543 per share.  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 of approximately $27,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 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.