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Note 1 - Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Estimated Useful Lives - Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Note 1 - Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Estimated Useful Lives - Property and Equipment [Line Items]

Leasehold improvements

Computer equipment (years)		3
Software (years)		3
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment (years)		5	-	7
Leasehold improvements		Shorter of estimated useful life or term of lease

Computer Equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]

Note 1 - Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Estimated Useful Lives - Property and Equipment [Line Items]

Property, plant and equipment, useful life

3 years

Software [Member] | Minimum [Member]

Note 1 - Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Estimated Useful Lives - Property and Equipment [Line Items]

Property, plant and equipment, useful life

3 years

Furniture and Fixtures [Member] | Minimum [Member]

Note 1 - Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Estimated Useful Lives - Property and Equipment [Line Items]

Property, plant and equipment, useful life

5 years

Furniture and Fixtures [Member] | Maximum [Member]

Note 1 - Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Estimated Useful Lives - Property and Equipment [Line Items]

Property, plant and equipment, useful life

7 years

Leasehold Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]

Note 1 - Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Estimated Useful Lives - Property and Equipment [Line Items]

Leasehold improvements

Shorter of estimated useful life or term of lease

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Describes the periods of time over which an entity anticipates to receive utility from its property, plant and equipment (that is, the periods of time over which an entity allocates the initial cost of its property, plant and equipment).

+ References

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 360

-SubTopic 10

-Section 35

-Paragraph 4

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6539997&loc=d3e1205-110223

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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