Future rental payment amount

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- Definition

Monthly rent to be received from sublease rental after the second year.

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- Definition

Monthly rent to be received from sublease rental for the first two years.

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- Definition

Area of a real estate property.

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- Definition

Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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- Definition

Amount of required minimum rental payments for leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (a)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41502-112717

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 10

-Section 55

-Paragraph 40

-Subparagraph (Note 3)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6584154&loc=d3e38371-112697

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- Definition

Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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- Definition

Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due in the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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- Definition

Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due in the fourth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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- Definition

Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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- Definition

Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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- Definition

Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due after the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Operating Leases (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
Operating Leases (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jan. 21, 2013 sqft	Nov. 30, 2013
Operating Leases [Abstract]
2015	$ 817,381
2016	633,574
2017	369,779
2018	186,743
2019	83,600
Thereafter	27,867
Total operating leases	2,118,944
Rent expenses	638,320us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense	658,599us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense
Office Space in North Dallas [Member]
Operating Leases [Abstract]
Rent expenses	52,500	35,000
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]
Area of office space			4,500
Rental payment from January 2014 to end of lease			7,500
Reeder Road Facility [Member]
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]
Sublease, monthly rent for first two years				5,000
Sublease, monthly rent after first two years				$ 7,500