Warrants (Warrants Classified as Equity) (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended
May 08, 2013	Sep. 18, 2013
Warrants and Rights Note Disclosure [Abstract]
Warrants Granted, Number of Shares	182,186
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights	2.47	2.50
Number of Days Averaged for Exercise Price	20 days
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate	75.34%
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term	7 years
Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate	1.20%
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate	0.00%
Fair Value of Warrants Granted, per Share	$ 1.93

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Exercise price is based on the average closing price over this many trading days up to the date of the grant.

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Warrants Granted, Number of Shares

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The exercise price of each class of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(4))

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-Number 210

-Section 08

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-Article 4

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Expected dividends to be paid to holders of the underlying shares or financial instruments (expressed as a percentage of the share or instrument's price).

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-Publisher FASB

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-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Risk-free interest rate assumption used in valuing an instrument.

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