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	Aug. 28, 2012 item	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011 Potential shares and dividends	Dec. 31, 2012 Potential shares and dividends	Jun. 30, 2011 Potential shares and dividends	Aug. 28, 2012 Secured promissory note issued on March 14, 2008	Aug. 28, 2012 First amended and restated non-recourse promissory note	Jun. 30, 2011 New Notes	Dec. 31, 2011 Exchange Notes	Jun. 30, 2011 Exchange Notes	Jun. 30, 2011 Debenture interest conversion note	Dec. 31, 2012 Nonrecourse note payable	Dec. 31, 2012 Secured note payable	Jun. 30, 2011 Treasury stock purchase note	Dec. 31, 2011 Series H Preferred Stock Potential shares and dividends	Jun. 30, 2011 Series H Preferred Stock Potential shares and dividends	Aug. 28, 2012 Series H Preferred Stock Management	Dec. 31, 2011 Series F Preferred Stock Potential shares and dividends	Jun. 30, 2011 Series F Preferred Stock Potential shares and dividends	Aug. 28, 2012 Series J Preferred Stock	Dec. 31, 2012 Series J Preferred Stock	Dec. 31, 2012 Series J Preferred Stock Potential shares and dividends	Aug. 28, 2012 Series J Preferred Stock Timios Management	Aug. 28, 2012 Series J Preferred Stock Management	Aug. 28, 2012 Series J Preferred Stock Messers McMillen and Brigante	Aug. 28, 2012 Series A Preferred Stock Timios Management FRES	Aug. 28, 2012 Common Stock Timios Management	Aug. 28, 2012 Common Stock Messers McMillen and Brigante	Aug. 28, 2012 Common Stock Messers McMillen and Brigante FHC	Jun. 30, 2011 Series I Preferred Stock Potential shares and dividends	Aug. 28, 2012 YA	Dec. 31, 2012 YA	Aug. 28, 2012 YA Second amended and restated non-recourse promissory note	Aug. 28, 2012 YA Promissory note issued on November 28, 2008	Aug. 28, 2012 YA Promissory note issued on November 26, 2008	Aug. 28, 2012 YA First March 2008 Promissory Note	Aug. 28, 2012 YA Third March 2008 Promissory Note	Aug. 28, 2012 YA Series H Preferred Stock	Aug. 28, 2012 YA Series F Preferred Stock	Aug. 28, 2012 YA Series J Preferred Stock
Exchange Agreement
Number of shares of preferred stock converted																			350				30,000																	9,549	1,000,000
Number of shares represented by warrants converted																																	166,667
Number of shares issued in conversion																										146,667																2,043,810
Number of shares of common stock issued in conversion																							90,438
Number of shares acquired in business combination																												500,000			49
Original principal amount of promissory note								$ 6,750,000.00	$ 2,311,050																										$ 970,609	$ 71,345	$ 178,655	$ 878,923	$ 6,310,000.00
Number of shares of stock issued in merger																									428,571		95		307,985	1,759,288
Number of non-recourse promissory notes after amendment and restatement	2
Debt discount				(31,687)
Accrued interest on above notes		3,928,874	5,536,117
Total notes payable		5,553,778	19,725,040	1,268,313						6,310,000	1,624,904	6,750,000	878,923	1,050,000	250,000	250,000
Less current portion of term debt		(5,553,778)	(19,725,040)	(980,637)
Long term portion				287,676
Effective discount rate (as a percent)																																		6.00%
Maturities of notes payable
Due in 2013																																		980,637
Due in 2014																																		228,967
Due in 2015																																		58,709
Number of shares of common stock potentially outstanding upon conversion of series of preferred stock and accrued dividends
Potential Common Shares					1,134,628	8,612,201	1,354,628										1,114,628	1,114,628		20,000	20,000			8,612,201								220,000
Accrued Dividends		$ 4,234,557			$ 4,234,557		$ 5,051,048										$ 4,234,557	$ 3,935,147														$ 1,115,901
Reverse stock split conversion ratio	0.002	0.002	0.002
Number of authorized shares of preferred stock	5,000,000	5,000,000		5,000,000																		2,619,143
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01																		$ 0.01
Preferential liquidating dividend rate (as a percent)																						8.00%
Conversion ratio (in shares)																							3.288