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12. Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
INCOME TAXES	In projecting the Company’s income tax expense for 2013, management has concluded that it is not more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefit of its deferred tax assets and as a result a full valuation allowance will be required as of December 31, 2013. Therefore, the Company has not recognized a tax benefit as it relates to the current loss for the period ended September 30, 2013. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company has recorded an estimate for income taxes based on the Company’s projected income tax expense for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2013. The Company’s tax provision has an unusual relationship to pretax loss mainly because of the existence of a full deferred tax asset valuation allowance. This circumstance generally results in a zero net tax provision since the income tax expense or benefit that would otherwise be recognized is offset by the change to the valuation allowance. However, tax expense recorded in the third quarter of 2013 included the accrual of income tax expense related to an additional valuation allowance, in connection with the tax amortization of the Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets, that was not available to offset existing deferred tax assets (termed a “naked credit”). Specifically, the Company does not consider the deferred tax liabilities related to indefinite lived intangibles assets when determining the need for a valuation allowance.

12. Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

In projecting the Company’s income tax expense for 2013, management has concluded that it is not more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefit of its deferred tax assets and as a result a full valuation allowance will be required as of December 31, 2013. Therefore, the Company has not recognized a tax benefit as it relates to the current loss for the period ended September 30, 2013.

For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company has recorded an estimate for income taxes based on the Company’s projected income tax expense for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2013. The Company’s tax provision has an unusual relationship to pretax loss mainly because of the existence of a full deferred tax asset valuation allowance. This circumstance generally results in a zero net tax provision since the income tax expense or benefit that would otherwise be recognized is offset by the change to the valuation allowance. However, tax expense recorded in the third quarter of 2013 included the accrual of income tax expense related to an additional valuation allowance, in connection with the tax amortization of the Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets, that was not available to offset existing deferred tax assets (termed a “naked credit”). Specifically, the Company does not consider the deferred tax liabilities related to indefinite lived intangibles assets when determining the need for a valuation allowance.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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