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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Fair value of share-based compensation granted to nonemployees as payment for services rendered or acknowledged claims.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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Net number of non-option equity instruments granted to participants.

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Weighted average per share amount at which grantees can acquire shares of common stock by exercise of options.

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The number of shares or units of entity securities issued in the transaction in which equity securities were issued to pay for goods or nonemployee services.

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Share-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				9 Months Ended
	Jun. 07, 2020	Feb. 09, 2020	Jan. 14, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures				$ 600
Expected weighted average period to recognize the compensation cost, in years				1 year
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| 2019 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted		675,000
Restricted Stock Award [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted			171,000
Settlement			$ 300
Expiration period			5 years
Restricted Stock Award [Member] \| 2019 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan [Member] \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting Percentage		50.00%
Nonqualified Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options granted			218,000
Options granted, exercise prices			$ 0.21
Expiration period			5 years
Nonqualified Stock Options [Member] \| 2019 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options granted		150,000
Options granted, exercise prices		$ 0.33
Nonqualified Stock Options [Member] \| 2019 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan [Member] \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting Percentage		50.00%
Consultants [Member] \| Restricted Stock Award [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Issuance of stock to consultants, shares	20,000
Issuance of stocks to consultants	$ 10
Independent Directors [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| 2019 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options granted, exercise prices		$ 0.33
Shares granted		150,000
Independent Directors [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| 2019 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan [Member] \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting Percentage		50.00%
Independent Directors [Member] \| Nonqualified Stock Options [Member] \| 2019 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options granted		300,000
Options granted, exercise prices		$ 0.33
Independent Directors [Member] \| Nonqualified Stock Options [Member] \| 2019 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan [Member] \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting Percentage		50.00%
Robert Sterne [Member] \| Stock Options [Member] \| 2011 Long Term Incentive Equity Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options granted		100,000
Options granted, exercise prices		$ 0.33
Settlement		$ 100