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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
Shares issued for rounding, reverse stock split	4
Share price of capital stock issued for cash		$ 1.00	$ 2.00
Share price of capital stock issued for cash			1.20
Share price of capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions	$ 1.00	1.00	1.20
Share price of capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions			$ 1.00
Share price of capital stock issued pursuant to subscriptions received		1.20
Share price of Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants		$ 1.20

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-Section 50
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Reduction in the number of shares during the period as a result of a reverse stock split.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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