Fair Value Assumptions Closing Stock Price

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Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption, Settlement Terms, Number of Consecutive Days

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Mandatory conversion minimum

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The percentage of the debentures to be converted if certain conditions are met, as specified in the contract

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Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Cash

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i))

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 08

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-Article 4

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Expected dividends to be paid to holders of the underlying shares or financial instruments (expressed as a percentage of the share or instrument's price).

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Subparagraph (e)

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Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Risk-free interest rate assumption used in valuing an instrument.

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For a forward contract or an option indexed to the issuer's equity shares, the forward price or option strike price, as applicable.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 480

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (f)(1)

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Value of outstanding derivative securities that permit the holder the right to purchase securities (usually equity) from the issuer at a specified price.

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Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)												3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Warrants Issued December 29, 2008 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Warrants Issued December 29, 2008 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Common Stock Closes Above $15.00 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Common Stock Closes Above $20.00 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]	Dec. 29, 2008 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Warrants Issued December 29, 2008 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Warrants Issued December 29, 2008 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Black-Scholes Model Used to Value Warrants [Member] Warrants Issued December 29, 2008 [Member]	Aug. 07, 2013 Exchange Warrants [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Exchange Warrants [Member] Black-Scholes Model Used to Value Warrants [Member]	Aug. 07, 2013 Exchange Warrants [Member] Monte-Carlo Simulation Used To Value Derivative Assets And Liabilities [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 PIPE Warrants [Member] Black-Scholes Model Used to Value Warrants [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Cash equivalents invested in money market funds	$ 8,970,282	$ 11,995,481					$ 8,970,282	$ 11,995,481
Issued warrants to purchase shares of common stock	2,863,074								179,241				2,500,000
Fair value of warrants issued			597	16,863						597	16,863	597
Dividend yield												0.00%
Volatility rate												88.68%		146.43%	111.00%	154.24%
Risk-free interest rate												0.90%		1.73%	1.46%	1.73%
Expected life												3 months
Closing stock price														$ 4.25	$ 8.69	$ 4.25
Mandatory conversion percentage per Debentures agreement					50.00%	100.00%
Share price which determines conversion per Debentures agreement					15.00	20.00
Number of consecutive trading days required at stock price					20 days	20 days
Mandatory conversion minimum per Debentures agreement					$ 2,500,000	$ 2,500,000