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Stock-Based Compensation Plans	3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2012
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Stock-Based Compensation Plans	Note 7 – Stock-Based Compensation Plans We issue stock options to our employees, consultants and outside directors pursuant to stockholder-approved and non-approved stock option programs and record the applicable expense in accordance with the authoritative guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. This expense is a non-cash expense and it derives from the issuance of stock options, stock purchase warrants and restricted stock (see Note 13). For the nine-month periods ended August 31, 2012 and 2011, we recorded approximately $193,000 and $88,000, respectively, in stock-based compensation expense. For the three-month periods ended August 31, 2012 and 2011, we recorded approximately $80,000 and $40,000, respectively, in stock-based compensation expense. For the nine-month periods ended August 31, 2012 and 2011, approximately $77,000 and $56,000 of the expense related to consultants. For the three-month periods ended August 31, 2012 and 2011, approximately $58,000 and $9,000 of the stock-based compensation expense related to consultants. As of August 31, 2012, there was approximately $67,000 of unrecognized employee stock-compensation expense for previously-granted unvested options that will be recognized over a three-year period.

Stock-Based Compensation Plans

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2012

Note 7 – Stock-Based Compensation Plans

We issue stock options to our employees, consultants and outside directors pursuant to stockholder-approved and non-approved stock option programs and record the applicable expense in accordance with the authoritative guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. This expense is a non-cash expense and it derives from the issuance of stock options, stock purchase warrants and restricted stock (see Note 13). For the nine-month periods ended August 31, 2012 and 2011, we recorded approximately $193,000 and $88,000, respectively, in stock-based compensation expense. For the three-month periods ended August 31, 2012 and 2011, we recorded approximately $80,000 and $40,000, respectively, in stock-based compensation expense. For the nine-month periods ended August 31, 2012 and 2011, approximately $77,000 and $56,000 of the expense related to consultants. For the three-month periods ended August 31, 2012 and 2011, approximately $58,000 and $9,000 of the stock-based compensation expense related to consultants. As of August 31, 2012, there was approximately $67,000 of unrecognized employee stock-compensation expense for previously-granted unvested options that will be recognized over a three-year period.

- Definition

Disclosure of accounting policy for stock option and stock incentive plans. This disclosure may include (1) the types of stock option or incentive plans sponsored by the entity (2) the groups that participate in (or are covered by) each plan (3) significant plan provisions and (4) how stock compensation is measured, and the methodologies and significant assumptions used to determine that measurement.

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