Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the activity in common shares subject to options:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015				2014
			Weighted				Weighted
			average exercise				average
	Shares		price		Shares		exercise price
Outstanding at beginning of year		5,030,000	$	14.93		5,347,500	$	14.20
Granted		-		-		-		-
Exercised		-		-		-		-
Forfeited		(5,000)		2.25		(317,500)		2.50
Outstanding at end of year		5,025,000	$	14.95		5,030,000	$	14.93
Options exercisable at end of year		5,025,000	$	14.95		5,030,000	$	14.93

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, by Exercise Price Range [Table Text Block]

Information about stock options outstanding at December 31, 2015 is summarized as follows:

		Options Outstanding and Excersiable
				Weighted average
				remaining			Weighted
				contractual life			average		Aggregate Intrinsic
Exercise price		Number outstanding		(Years)			exercise price		Value
$	2.13		10,000		NA	(1)	$	2.13		-
$	2.25		5,000		NA	(1)		2.25		-
$	6.00		10,000		0.2			6.00		-
$	15.00		5,000,000		0.8			15.00		-
			5,025,000						$	-

(1) All Options currently issued pursuant to the Company’s 2004 Employee Stock Option Plans have no expiration date.

Schedule of Unvested Restricted Stock Units Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

A summary of the status of our non-vested RSU grants issued under our 2006 Plan is presented below:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015				2014
			Weighted average				Weighted average
	Number of		grant-date fair		Number of		grant-date fair
	RSUs		value		RSUs		value
Nonvested at beginning of year		87,600	$	1.77		-	$	-
Granted		-		-		229,600		1.74
Vested		(57,600)		1.59		(103,000)		1.57
Forfeited		(26,000)		2.12		(39,000)		2.12
Nonvested at end of year		4,000	$	2.12		87,600	$	1.77