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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Number of shares issued during the period as a result of the conversion of convertible securities.

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Warrants (Details) - $ / shares			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Warrants (Details) - $ / shares	Aug. 03, 2015	Nov. 01, 2010	Nov. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2015
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Exercise price of warrants for non-voting common stock		$ 11.00		$ 9.04
Cor Advisors Llc
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants issued		1,395,000
Exercise price of warrants for non-voting common stock		$ 11.00
Tcw Shared Opportunity Fund
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants issued		240,000	240,000
Exercise price of warrants for non-voting common stock	$ 9.13	$ 11.00
Warrant exercisable period		5 years	5 years
President And Chief Executive Officer \| Cor Advisors Llc
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants issued		960,000
Vice President and Chief Lending Officer \| Cor Advisors Llc
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants issued		435,000
Common Stock \| Class B Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Issuance of shares of voting common stock	70,690
Common Stock \| Class B Common Stock \| Tcw Shared Opportunity Fund
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Issuance of shares of voting common stock	70,690
Common Stock \| Class A Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Issuance of shares of voting common stock	70,690			5,306,682
Common Stock \| Class A Common Stock \| Tcw Shared Opportunity Fund
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Issuance of shares of voting common stock	70,690