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Short-term Note Payable (Details) (Note Payable [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 15, 2013 item
Note Payable [Member]
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Short-term note payable		$ 1,748,721
Number of monthly payments		9
Monthly payment	$ 197,473
Interest rate		3.90%

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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- Definition

Amount of the required periodic payments including both interest and principal payments.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

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-Section 02

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- Definition

Carrying amount at the balance sheet date of borrowings from a creditor other than a bank, not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy, with a maturity within one year (or within one operating cycle if longer) from the date of borrowing.

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

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19

-Subparagraph a

-Article 5

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(a)(2))

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- Definition

Number of Payments

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No definition available.

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