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Common Shares (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Capital Stock [Abstract]

Summary Of Warrant Activity

				Weighted			Weighted
				average			average
		Warrants		exercise price			remaining life
		outstanding		per share			(yrs.)		Intrinsic value
As of December 31, 2013		19,977,743		$	4.63		1.6		$	—
Expired (issued as part of equity financings completed in 2012)		(4,757,941)
As of December 31, 2014		15,219,802			5.00		0.8			—
Expired (issued as part of equity financing completed in 2010)		(15,219,802)
As of December 31, 2015		—		$	—		—		$	—

Summary of Stock-based Compensation Expense

			Years Ended December 31,
			2015			2014
Stock options			$	8		$	160
Restricted stock units				809			966
			$	817		$	1,126

Summary Of Option Activity

				Weighted average			Weighted average		Aggregate
		Number of		exercise price			remaining		intrinsic
		options		per option			contractual term		value
Outstanding - December 31, 2013		2,882,500		$	1.79		3.07		$	54
Granted		175,000			0.52
Cancelled/Forfeited		(125,000)			3.16
Expired		(675,000)			1.85
Outstanding - December 31, 2014		2,257,500			1.60		3.02			—
Outstanding - December 31, 2015		2,257,500		$	1.60		2.02		$	—
Exercisable - December 31, 2015		2,011,250		$	1.75		1.91		$	—

Summary Of The Status Of Unvested Stock Options

							Weighted
				Weighted			average
				average			remaining
				grant-date			amortization
		Number of		fair value			period
		options		per option			(Years)
Unvested - December 31, 2013		738,750		$	0.22
Granted		175,000
Vested		(667,500)
Unvested - December 31, 2014		246,250			0.22
Unvested - December 31, 2015		246,250		$	0.22		3.00

Schedule of Share Based Payments Valuation Assumptions

Expected volatility			69.17	%
Risk-free interest rate			1.75	%
Expected life (years)			5
Dividend yield			N/A
Forfeiture assumption			10	%

Summary Of Restricted Stock Units Activity

				Weighted average
		Number		grant-date fair
		of units		value per unit
Unvested - December 31, 2013		2,594,464		$	2.00
Cancelled/forfeited		(865,635)			3.42
Vested		(115,000)			3.84
Granted		2,079,000			0.46
Unvested - December 31, 2014		3,692,829		$	0.74
Cancelled/forfeited		(841,038)			0.73
Vested		(493,345)			1.62
Granted		1,727,000			0.27
Unvested - December 31, 2015		4,085,446		$	0.44

Weighted Average Common Shares (Table)

Weighted Average Common Shares

		At December 31,
		2015		2014
Basic common shares		82,571,182		82,294,331
Effect of dilutive stock-based awards		1,183,898		—
Diluted common shares		83,755,080		82,294,331

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