CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
Share price of capital stock issued for cash		$ 2.00
Share price of capital stock issued for cash		1.20
Share price of capital stock issued for cash	$ 1.00
Share price of capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions	1.00	1.20
Share price of capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions		$ 1.00
Share price of capital stock issued pursuant to subscriptions received	1.20
Share price of Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants	$ 1.20

The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928298&loc=SL6031898-161870

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