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NOTES PAYABLE - Equipment Note Payable (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Nov. 18, 2014
Short-term Debt [Line Items]        
Payments of notes payable $ 99,659,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfNotesPayable $ 800,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfNotesPayable    
Notes Payable | Equipment Note Payable        
Short-term Debt [Line Items]        
Debt, face amount       1,838,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Stated interest rate       8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Payments of notes payable     184,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfNotesPayable
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Monthly principal and interest payments     $ 144,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPayment
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