Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Convertible Preferred stock issuable, undesignated, par value	$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Convertible Preferred stock, shares authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Convertible Preferred stock, shares issued and outstanding	0	0
Series A preferred stock, par value	$ 1,000	$ 1,000
Series A preferred stock, shares authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Series A preferred stock, shares issued and outstanding	210	210
Common stock, par value	$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Common stock, shares authorized	100,000,000	100,000,000
Common stock, shares issued & outstanding	24,518,753	20,088,753