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Investments (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Feb. 28, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013 DSS Technology Management [Member]	May 31, 2013 DSS Technology Management [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 VATI [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 VATI [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 VATI [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 VATI [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 VATI [Member]	Feb. 28, 2014 VATI [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 VATI [Member] Parent [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 VATI [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Initial investment, non-recourse note											$ 200,000
Percent of outstanding common stock											7.00%
Total cash investment											250,000
Preferred return on each non-recourse note											1,250,000
Aggregate investment											2,000,000	11,750,000	11,250,000
Additional quarterly investments									250,000		250,000	250,000	250,000
Cost of investment					400,000	100,000
Investment owned shares					594,530							657,119	438,401
Aggregate preferred return							10,000,000			10,750,000
Non-recourse notes											1,600,000			250,000
Equity ownership percentage	40.00%		40.00%					40.00%				60.00%	60.00%
Impairment of assets	$ 11,749,528	$ 516,726	$ 11,749,528	$ 516,726								$ 11,750,000			$ 7,050,000	$ 4,700,000

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