Denotes the exercise price of bond hedge acquired in conjunction with convertible debt.

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Net amount of change to additional paid in capital (APIC) resulting from the acquisition of a bond-hedge and issuance of warrants.

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The theoretical interest rate used to calculate the fair value of the convertible debt if there had been no embedded conversion option.

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The common stock that must be delivered when a warrant is exercised, or when a convertible bond or convertible preferred share is converted to common stock.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Carrying amount of long-term convertible debt as of the balance sheet date, net of the amount due in the next twelve months or greater than the normal operating cycle, if longer. The debt is convertible into another form of financial instrument, typically the entity's common stock.

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Amount of long-term debt before deduction of unamortized discount or premium. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, with initial maturities beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Fair value portion of notes payable.

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The cash outflow to acquire asset without physical form usually arising from contractual or other legal rights, excluding goodwill.

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FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES (Details Textual) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	15.00%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate
Payments to Acquire Intangible Assets	$ 4,500,000	$ 12,517,000
Long-term Debt, Gross	143,750,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	165,900,000us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure
Convertible Debt, Noncurrent	112,172,000us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtNoncurrent		110,691,000us-gaap_ConvertibleDebtNoncurrent
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information
Theoretical Interest Rate For Debt Without Embedded Conversion Option			9.00%
Convertible Senior Notes [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information
Long-term Debt, Gross			143,800,000
Exercise Price Of Bond Hedge			69.48
Underlying Shares Of Common Stock Bond Hedge			2,068,792
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights			96.21
Net Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Bond Hedge Acquired Warrant Issued Net			15,600,000