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9. Accounts Receivable Financing Arrangement (Details) - USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
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Line of Credit Facility [Abstract] |  |
Accounts receivable financing arrangement | $ 100 | $ 474,000
Accounts receivable assigned to financing agreement | $ 640,000 | $ 920,000

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- Definition Accounts receivable financing arrangement + References No definition available. + Details
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Period Type: | instant

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- Definition The fair value as of the balance sheet date of financial instruments and other positions owned by the entity and pledged to counterparties as collateral, including: (1) mortgages, mortgage-backed and asset backed securities; (2) US government and agency obligations; (3) state and municipal government obligations; (4) other sovereign government debt; (5) corporate obligations; (6) corporate equities; (7) principal investments; (8) derivative contracts; and (9) physical commodities. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66007379&loc=d3e113888-111728 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1A -Subparagraph (c)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64858031&loc=SL6224234-111729 + Details
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Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

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- References No definition available. + Details
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