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	Oct. 14, 2014	May. 20, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant			183,267	194,517
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized			$ 16,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized			1,100,000
Stock Option Plan Terms And Conditions			the term of each option, which may not exceed ten years (or five years in the case of an incentive stock option granted to a 10% stockholder), the exercise price, the vesting schedule (if any), and the other material terms of each option. No stock option may have an exercise price less than the fair market value of the Common Stock at the time of grant (or, in the case of an incentive stock option granted to a 10% stockholder, 110% of fair market value).
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition			3 months 14 days
Appreciation Award Description			1.5 shares for every share granted.
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Nonvested Percentage			100.00%
Restricted Stock or Unit Expense			$ 43,000	$ 27,000
Share Based Compensation Stock Option Plan Authorized			100,000
Share-based Compensation			$ 86,000	220,000
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value				$ 1,583,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage			100.00%
Timothy J. Stabosz [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value	$ 1,583,000
Non Employee Director [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Number of Shares Per Employee			35,000
Common Class A [Member] \| Timothy J. Stabosz [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares	208,325
Stock Repurchased During Period, Purchase Price	$ 7.60
Common Class A [Member] \| Employees and Directors [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized			325,000
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number, Beginning Balance			666	666
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Number of Shares Per Employee			165,000
Restricted Stock [Member] \| First Anniversary [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested, Number of Shares			833
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Second Anniversary [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested, Number of Shares			833
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Third Anniversary [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested, Number of Shares			834
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Chief Financial Officer [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period			2,500
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value			$ 6.86
Incentive Stock Option Plan 2002 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number, Beginning Balance			343,500
Incentive Stock Option Plan 2012 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number, Beginning Balance			113,500
Incentive Stock Option Plan 2012 [Member] \| Common Class A [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period			10 years
Incentive Stock Option Plan 2012 [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number, Beginning Balance		5,000	3,330	3,330
Restricted Stock or Unit Expense			$ 25,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period		1,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value			$ 7.43
Incentive Stock Option Plan 2012 [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| May 2016 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock or Unit Expense		$ 43,000
Incentive Stock Option Plan 2012 [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| May 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock or Unit Expense			$ 17,000
Incentive Stock Option Plan 2012 [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Non Employee Director [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		$ 8.63
Stock Compensation Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Number of Shares Per Employee			65,000
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Number of Shares Per Employee			1,000,000