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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY: (Details 3)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016
Employee Stock Purchase 2007 Plan
Share based compensation
Percentage of title acquired by employee in every two years on shares paid in previous two years	50.00%
Period of plan	8 years
Ratio of bonus shares granted to participant	0.1
Employee Stock Purchase 2015 Plan
Share based compensation
Percentage of title acquired by employee in every two years on shares paid in previous two years	50.00%
Period of plan	8 years
Ratio of bonus shares granted to participant	0.1

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Represents the percentage of title acquired by the employee in every two years on shares paid in previous two years.

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Represents the ratio of bonus granted to the participant upon meeting the eligibility period of the share based compensation plan.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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