SHARE BASED COMPENSATION (Schedule of Assumptions Used with Binomial Option Valuation Model) (Details) - Employee Stock Option [Member]	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
January 28, 2014 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Average risk-free rate of return		2.77%
Volatility rate		93.00%
Dividend yield		0.00%
January 12, 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Average risk-free rate of return	2.82%
Volatility rate	93.00%
Dividend yield	0.00%
July 06, 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Average risk-free rate of return	3.20%
Exercise multiple	3
Volatility rate	91.00%
Dividend yield	0.00%
Post-vesting forfeiture rate	5.00%
September 09, 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Dividend yield	0.00%
Minimum [Member] \| January 28, 2014 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise multiple		3.0
Post-vesting forfeiture rate		3.00%
Minimum [Member] \| January 12, 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise multiple	1.8
Post-vesting forfeiture rate	5.00%
Minimum [Member] \| September 09, 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Average risk-free rate of return	2.94%
Exercise multiple	1.8
Volatility rate	91.00%
Post-vesting forfeiture rate	5.00%
Maximum [Member] \| January 28, 2014 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise multiple		3.5
Post-vesting forfeiture rate		9.50%
Maximum [Member] \| January 12, 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise multiple	3
Post-vesting forfeiture rate	8.00%
Maximum [Member] \| September 09, 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Average risk-free rate of return	3.08%
Exercise multiple	3
Volatility rate	92.00%
Post-vesting forfeiture rate	8.00%

Binomial Option Pricing Model, Exercise Multiple.

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Binomial Option Pricing Model Post Vesting Forfeiture Rate.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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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 (f)(2)(iii)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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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 (f)(2)(ii)
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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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

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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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