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INVESTMENTS (Details) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
USSI - Legal Entity [Member] |
Schedule of Investments [Line Items] |
Preferred stock purchase USSI | $ 2,500,000
Preferred stock purchase USSI - May 2013 | 2,500,000
Preferred stock purchase USSI - August 2013 | 1,000,000
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions | 95.70%
Fully diluted ownership | 88.40%
DSIT - Legal Entity [Member] |
Schedule of Investments [Line Items] |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions | 88.30%
Fully diluted ownership | 77.40%
Conversion of previous debt into common stock - DSIT | 800
Conversion of previous advances and loans into DSIT Preferred Stock | 2,800
Purchase of DSIT Preferred Stock at closing | 800
Commitment to further purchases of DSIT Preferred Stock | $ 1,400

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