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RELATED PARTIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
RELATED PARTIES [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTIES
NOTE 11 - RELATED PARTIES

The Company is a related party to Material Advisors ("MA"), an entity with which the Company has a management agreement for executive guidance.  The agreement has a term beginning on December 30, 2008 and ending on December 30, 2012 and calls for monthly management fees of $83,333 to be paid for services.  In addition to management fees, MA was granted stock options equivalent to 6,583,277 shares of common stock.  Such options vest equally over the life of the management agreement and may be exercised at a strike price of $0.70 per share.  On February 8, 2011, the Company's Board of Directors extended the management agreement between the Company and Materials Advisors for an additional year.  The extension continues Material Advisor's services through December 31, 2012.  The extension included the option to purchase 2,904,653 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $0.83.  The vesting of such options will begin January 1, 2012 and will vest equally over the twelve-month period ending December 1, 2012.  As of January 1, 2012, the Company's management agreement with the Manager was amended.  The amendments included: (i) the Company is to be responsible for any employee benefits provided to the members of the Manager; and (ii) the Company is to be solely responsible for all travel, entertainment, office and marketing expenses and all other ordinary and necessary business expenses incurred by the Manager and its members in connection with the services provided under the 2012 Agreement.  On January 17, 2012, the Company's Board of Directors unanimously agreed to pay a performance bonus of $750,000 to the Manager.