Redemption price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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- Definition

Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

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-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(4))

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(2))

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Warrants (Details) - $ / shares	9 Months Ended
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Warrants (Details) - $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Jan. 08, 2014	Dec. 31, 2011
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of securities called by warrants (in shares)				14,000,000
Warrant exercise price (usd per share)	$ 12	$ 12.00
Redemption price of warrants (usd per share)	$ 0.01
Number of trading days	20 days
Consecutive trading day period	30 days
Merger agreement
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrant exercise price (usd per share)	$ 12.00
Redemption price of warrants (usd per share)	$ 15.00
Trio Merger Corp.
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of warrants outstanding (in shares)			581,807