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Note 6 - Deferred Charges, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Deferred Charges [Abstract] |
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |
Balance, beginning of year |  |  | 697,951 |  |  |  | 318,578 |
Amortization of loan arrangement fees |  |  | (135,981 | ) |  |  | (145,825 | )
Deferred offering expenses |  |  | - |  |  |  | 165,678 |
Deferred offering expenses reclassified to paid-in capital |  |  | (243,392 | ) |  |  | - |
Balance, end of year |  |  | 318,578 |  |  |  | 338,431 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amounts paid in advance for capitalized costs that will be expensed with the passage of time or the occurrence of a triggering event, and will be charged against earnings within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer; the aggregate carrying amount of current assets, not separately presented elsewhere in the balance sheet; and other deferred costs. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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