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Non-interest Bearing Liabilities (Details 2) - Securities Purchase Agreement [Member] - Senior Convertible Debentures Due March 18, 2044 [Member] - shares		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 13, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Series A Warrant [Member]
Number of warrant issued	8,458,333
Series B Warrant [Member]
Number of warrant issued	8,458,333
Warrant [Member]
Number of warrant issued	16,916,666	1,612,242
Purchasers [Member] | Series A Warrant [Member]
Number of warrant issued	8,333,333
Purchasers [Member] | Series B Warrant [Member]
Number of warrant issued	8,333,333
Purchasers [Member] | Warrant [Member]
Number of warrant issued	16,666,666
Non - Purchasers [Member] | Series A Warrant [Member]
Number of warrant issued	125,000
Non - Purchasers [Member] | Series B Warrant [Member]
Number of warrant issued	125,000
Non - Purchasers [Member] | Warrant [Member]
Number of warrant issued	250,000

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 29, 30
-Article 5

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