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Note 1 - Basis of Presentation (Details) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
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Number of Reportable Segments | 1
Property, Plant and Equipment, Depreciation Methods | straight-line
Minimum Percentage of Receivable Balances for creating Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | 85.00%
Period for Creating Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | 120 days

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- Definition Description of the methodology for computing depreciation for classes of depreciable assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 + Details
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