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Financial instruments (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Recurring
Marketable securities	$ 8,587,475	$ 8,570,338
Nonrecurring
Investment in affiliate	6,623,448	6,925,346
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Recurring
Marketable securities	8,587,475	8,570,338
Nonrecurring
Investment in affiliate	0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Recurring
Marketable securities	0	0
Nonrecurring
Investment in affiliate	0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Recurring
Marketable securities	0	0
Nonrecurring
Investment in affiliate	$ 6,623,448	$ 6,925,346

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Fair value portion of investments in an entity not consolidated. Includes, but is not limited to, investments in an entity that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership, an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group, an entity which the company has significant influence, but does not have control and subsidiaries that are not required to be consolidated and are accounted for using the equity or cost method.

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Amount of investments in debt and equity securities, including, but not limited to, held-to-maturity, trading and available-for-sale expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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