Employee Benefit Plans (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]
Employer matching contribution, percentage (in hundredths)	50.00%
Employer matching contribution of employees' contribution, percentage (in hundredths)	6.00%
Employer matching contribution amount	$ 106,000	$ 59,000
Annual vesting percentage of employer contributions (in hundredths)	20.00%
Vesting period of employer matching contributions	6 years

Vesting period of employer's matching contributions to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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Amount of discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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Percentage of employer's matching contributions to a defined contribution plan that vests in a given year.

No definition available.

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Maximum percentage of employee gross pay, by the terms of the plan, that the employer may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

No definition available.

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