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Warrant Expiration Term.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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The aggregate amount of noncash, equity-based employee remuneration. This may include the value of stock or unit options, amortization of restricted stock or units, and adjustment for officers' compensation. As noncash, this element is an add back when calculating net cash generated by operating activities using the indirect method.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average remaining contractual term for equity-based awards excluding options, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average remaining contractual term for option awards outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Total number of shares issued during the period, including shares forfeited, as a result of Restricted Stock Awards.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May 18, 2017	May 02, 2017	Mar. 10, 2017	May 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 28, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock based compensation										$ 3,896	$ 1,413
May 2017 Notes [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, outstanding		360,000
Class of warrant or right, exercise price of warrants or rights		$ 0.50
Warrant expiration term		May 31, 2022
Iliad Note [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, outstanding	1,231,819
Class of warrant or right, exercise price of warrants or rights	$ 1.05
Warrant expiration term	May 31, 2022
Equity Purchase Agreement [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, outstanding			400,000
Class of warrant or right, exercise price of warrants or rights			$ 0.957
Warrant expiration term			March 10, 2024
Private Placement [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, outstanding				3,750,000	4,875,000	4,875,000	4,875,000	3,750,000		3,750,000
Number of warrants grant term				3 years	3 years	3 years				3 years
Private Placement [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, outstanding								1,000,000		1,000,000
Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation of weighted average period term										1 year 5 months 1 day
Stock based arrangements by non-vested unrecognized compensation costs								$ 5,133		$ 5,133
One Third of Warrant One[Member] \| Private Placement [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, exercise price of warrants or rights				$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.50		$ 0.50
One Third of Warrant Two[Member] \| Private Placement [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, exercise price of warrants or rights				0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75		0.75
One Third of Warrant Three [Member] \| Private Placement [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, exercise price of warrants or rights				$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00	1.00		1.00
Warrant One [Member] \| Private Placement [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Class of warrant or right, exercise price of warrants or rights								$ 1.25		$ 1.25
Number of warrants grant term										3 years
Directors, Officers and Employees [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock issued during period restricted shares							2,150,000
Directors, Officers and Employees [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock option vesting period										16 months
Directors, Officers and Employees [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock option vesting period										24 months
Directors, Officers and Employees [Member] \| Selling General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock based compensation								$ 1,666		$ 1,005
Directors, Officers and Employees [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unamortized stock-based compensation costs										$ 2,613
Share based compensation of weighted average period term										1 year 5 months 12 days
Employee and Director [Member] \| Selling General and Administrative Expenses [Member] \| Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock based compensation								$ 962	$ 0	$ 1,925	$ 0