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8. Fair Value of Warrants (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013
Fair Value Of Warrants Details
Expected dividend yield	0.00%
Risk-free interest rate, min	0.63%
Risk-free interest rate, max	1.39%
Expected volatility, min	74.09%
Expected volatility, max	77.89%
Expected Life (years), min	3 years 8 months 12 days
Expected Life (years), max	4 years 3 months 18 days
Exercise price	$ 0.001
Company stock price, min	$ 0.32

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Mandatorily redeemable Series B convertible preferred stock

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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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