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Note 1 - Business (Details) (Subsequent Event [Member], Common Stock [Member])	0 Months Ended
	Jan. 13, 2014
Subsequent Event [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Note 1 - Business (Details) [Line Items]
Stockholders' Equity Note, Stock Split, Conversion Ratio	20

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Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Stock Split

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6525746



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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 4.C)

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