STOCK OPTIONS (Details 1) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
STOCK OPTIONS AND RESTRICTED STOCK
Risk-free interest rate minimum	1.75%	0.13%
Risk-free interest rate maximum	2.08%	1.89%
Expected dividend yield
Expected term, minimum	5 years 5 months	1 year
Expected term, maximum	6 years 5 months	6 years 6 months
Forfeiture rate (excluding fully vested stock options) minimum	15.00%	15.00%
Forfeiture rate (excluding fully vested stock options) maximum	15.00%	15.00%
Expected volatility	120.00%	129.00%
Expected volatility	141.00%	141.00%

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The estimated amount of dividends to be paid to holders of the underlying shares (expected dividends) over the option's term. Dividends are taken into account because payment of dividends to shareholders reduces the fair value of the underlying shares, and option holders generally do not receive dividends.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (f)(2)(iii)

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The estimated measure of the maximum percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The estimated measure of the minimum percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The maximum risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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