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Derivative Financial Instruments - Derivative Warrants (Details) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |  |  |  | 9 Months Ended | 4 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 11, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2011 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2011 | May 15, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Jul. 31, 2011 | May 31, 2011 | Sep. 30, 2012 Binomial Lattice Option Valuation Technique [Member] Warrant [Member] | Sep. 30, 2011 Binomial Lattice Option Valuation Technique [Member] Warrant [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Binomial Lattice Option Valuation Technique [Member] Warrant [Member] Minimum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2011 Binomial Lattice Option Valuation Technique [Member] Warrant [Member] Minimum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Binomial Lattice Option Valuation Technique [Member] Warrant [Member] Maximum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2011 Binomial Lattice Option Valuation Technique [Member] Warrant [Member] Maximum [Member] | Aug. 31, 2012 Common Stock [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Common Stock [Member]
Derivative [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock, shares, issued (shares) |  | 4,117,460 |  | 4,117,460 |  | 274,224 | 966,227 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock, par value (per share) |  | $ 0.0001 |  | $ 0.0001 |  |  | $ 0.0001 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common shares linked to derivative warrants (shares) |  | 128,350 |  | 128,350 |  |  | 154,132 | 250 | 153,882 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance of warrants, public offering (shares) | 110,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in fair value of derivative |  | $ 10,903 | $ 43,780 | $ 738,628 | $ 73,571 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exchange of warrants for common stock (shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 135,782 | 135,782
Loss on exchange of warrants |  | $ (37,610) |  | $ (802,123) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair market value of asset (per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.88 | [1] | $ 13.20 | [1] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise price (per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 20.00 |  | $ 20.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Term (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years 7 months | [2] |  |  |  |  | 4 years 7 months | [2] |  |  | 4 years 11 months | [2] |  |
Implied expected life (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years 7 months | [3] |  |  |  |  | 4 years 6 months | [3] |  |  | 4 years 9 months | [3] |  |
Volatility range of inputs (percentage) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 49.60% | [4] | 62.20% | [4] | 70.50% | [4] | 93.60% | [4] |  |
Equivalent volatility (percentage) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 58.30% | [3] | 75.20% | [3] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Risk-free interest rate range of inputs (percentage) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.10% | [5] | 0.02% | [5] | 0.31% | [5] | 0.96% | [5] |  |
Equivalent risk-free interest rate (percentage) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.19% | [3] |  |  |  |  | 0.28% | [3] |  |  | 0.33% | [3] |  |
[1] | The fair market value of the asset was determined by the Company using all available information including, but not limited to the trading market price and the actual, negotiated prices paid by the independent investors in the May 2011 Offering and a private offering in December 2011.
[2] | The term is the contractual remaining term, allocated among twelve equal intervals for purposes of calculating other inputs, such as volatility and risk-free rate.
[3] | The implied expected life, and equivalent volatility and risk-free interest rate amounts are derived from the Binomial.
[4] | The Company does not have a market trading history upon which to base its forward-looking volatility. Accordingly, the Company selected peer companies that provided a reasonable basis upon which to calculate volatility for each of the intervals described in (1), above.
[5] | The risk-free rates used for inputs represent the yields on zero coupon US Government Securities with periods to maturity consistent with the intervals described in (1), above.

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