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The amount recovered from insurance. These recoveries reduce costs and losses that are reported as a separate line item under operating expenses.

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A fee charged for services from professionals such as doctors, lawyers and accountants. The term is often expanded to include other professions, for example, pharmacists charging to maintain a medicinal profile of a client or customer.

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Other Events (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
Other Events (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 07, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Business Interruption Loss [Line Items]
Initial Perquisites Repayment							$ 11,285
Bonus Repayment	$ 10,582	$ 2,000	$ 1,500	$ 1,000
Non-recoverable cash bonus award charge							$ 5,338
SEC Investigation [Member]
Business Interruption Loss [Line Items]
Civil penalty						$ 1,500
Insurance Recoveries						4,065
Insurance Recoveries						$ 5,919
Subsequent Event [Member]
Business Interruption Loss [Line Items]
Bonus Repayment					$ 6,082