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	Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 General and administrative expense [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 General and administrative expense [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 General and administrative expense [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 General and administrative expense [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Director [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Director [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Officer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Employee [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Employee [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 2008 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 2008 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 2008 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] Director [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 2008 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] Director [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 2008 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] Employee [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 2008 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] Employee [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Post shareholder approval of amendment of plan [Member] Director [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Post shareholder approval of amendment of plan [Member] Employee [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Restricted Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Restricted Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Restricted Stock [Member] Officer [Member]
Options [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at January 1, 2012 (in shares)				1,833,582
Granted (in shares)				609,475	[1]							300,000			1,200,000
Exercised (in shares)				0
Forfeited (in shares)				0
Outstanding at June 30, 2012 (in shares)	2,443,057	[1]		2,443,057	[1]
Exercisable at September 30, 2012 (in shares)	1,948,677			1,948,677								155,475			429,000				144,525		771,000
Weighted-Average Exercise Price [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at January 1, 2012 (in dollars per share)				$ 7.02
Granted (1) (in dollars per share)				$ 1.63								$ 1.65	$ 1.18		$ 1.65
Exercised (in dollars per share)				$ 0
Forfeited (in dollars per share)				$ 0
Outstanding at June 30, 2012 (in dollars per share)	$ 5.68	[1]		$ 5.68	[1]
Exercisable at September 30, 2012 (in dollars per share)	$ 5.66			$ 5.66
Aggregate Intrinsic Value [Abstract]
Outstanding at March 31, 2012	$ 0	[1]		$ 0	[1]
Exercisable at March 31, 2012	0			0
Options granted subject to shareholder approval (in shares)	915,525			915,525
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)				609,475	[1]							300,000			1,200,000
Stock option vesting percentage (in hundredths)												20.00%
Percentage of stock options expected to vest in nine months from the date of grant (in hundredths)												80.00%
Option vesting period											10 years			10 years													3 years
Exercise price of options granted (in dollars per share)				$ 1.63								$ 1.65	$ 1.18		$ 1.65
Option exercisable (in shares)	1,948,677			1,948,677								155,475			429,000				144,525		771,000
Fair value of options granted																	128,328			354,098
Risk free interest rate (in hundredths)				0.82%															0.35%		0.35%
Stock option expected life				5 years 10 months 1 day														2 years 9 months 29 days		2 years 9 months 29 days
Expected stock volatility (in hundredths)				91.70%															84.60%		84.60%
Expected dividend yield (in hundredths)				1.70%															1.21%		1.21%
Stock compensation amortized expense				1,655,526		1,750,316	371,363	590,405	1,655,527	1,750,316						309,039	1,470,375							62,270	185,151
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to non-vested stock options																1,606,125	1,606,125
Weighted average period for recognition of compensation expense																	1 year 5 months 25 days								1 year 8 months 12 days
Weighted average remaining contractual term of the outstanding options				6 years 10 months 2 days
Weighted average remaining contractual term of the exercisable options				6 years 9 months 4 days
Shares available for issuance (in shares)	150,277			150,277												1,800,000	1,800,000
Restricted stock granted to officers (in shares)																											45,000
Vesting period of restricted stock award granted to officers											10 years			10 years													3 years
Fair market value of the shares on date of grant																										743,400
Unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock																								420,325	420,325
Exercisable stock option period																						6 months	6 months
Share-based compensation expense [Abstract]
Share-based compensation expense included in general and administrative expense				$ 1,655,526		$ 1,750,316	$ 371,363	$ 590,405	$ 1,655,527	$ 1,750,316						$ 309,039	$ 1,470,375							$ 62,270	$ 185,151
Earnings per common share effect of share-based compensation expense - basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.01)		$ (0.02)	$ (0.048)		$ (0.06)

[1] Does not include 915,525 options subject to shareholder approval, which were granted on June 11, 2012 and which are described in more detail below.