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2us-gaap_ScheduleOfShareBasedCompensationStockOptionsActivityTableTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse| 1falsefalsefalse00<p style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Stock option activity for the nine months ended June 30, 2013 and
the year ended September 30, 2012:</p>
<p style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"> </p>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%">
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="6" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Weighted Average</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Options</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Exercise Price</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="width: 58%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Outstanding as of September 30, 2011</font></td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 11%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">6,920,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 11%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.296</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="width: 11%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2,050,800</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Granted</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2,200,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.104</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">229,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Exercised</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Forfeitures</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">(3,200,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">)</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.470</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">(1,503,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">)</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Outstanding as of September 30, 2012</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">5,920,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.131</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">776,800</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Granted</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">5,100,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.130</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">663,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td><font style="font-size: 8pt">Exercised</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">-</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Forfeitures</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">(15,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">)</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.240</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">(3,600</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">)</font></td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Outstanding as of June 30, 2013</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">11,005,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.131</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1,436,200</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td></tr>
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2us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingAndExercisableTableTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse| 1falsefalsefalse00<p style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding
and exercisable at June 30, 2013: </p>
<p style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in"> </p>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%">
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Weighted</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Weighted</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Weighted</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Average</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Average</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Average</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Range of</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Number</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Remaining Life</font></td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Exercise Price</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Number</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Exercise Price</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Exercise Prices</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Outstanding</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">In Years</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Exerciseable</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Exerciseable</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">Exerciseable</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 13%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.090</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 13%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">500,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 21%; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">6.50 years</font></td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 13%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.090</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 13%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">375,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 1%"> </td>
<td style="width: 13%; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.090</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.100</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1,900,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">8.25 years</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.100</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2,000,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.100</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.120</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">200,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">1.00 years</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.120</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">100,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.120</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.130</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">5,100,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">6.43 years</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.130</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">3,633,333</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.130</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.150</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">3,100,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">6.55 years</font></td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.150</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">3,100,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.150</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.240</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">205,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">2.00 years</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.240</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">165,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.240</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"> </td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF">
<td> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">11,005,000</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 8pt">7.29 years</font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 3pt; text-align: right"> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double"><font style="font-size: 8pt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.131</font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" style="padding-bottom: 3pt"> </td>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">9,373,333</font></td>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 2.25pt double; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 8pt">0.135</font></td>
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