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Note 8 - Income Taxes - United States and Foreign income loss from continuing operations before income taxes (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 8 - Income Taxes - United States And Foreign Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Details
United States	$ (1,808)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	$ (875)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Foreign	6us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	26us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes	$ (1,802)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	$ (849)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to domestic operations.

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This element represents the income or loss from continuing operations attributable to the economic entity which may also be defined as revenue less expenses from ongoing operations, after income or loss from equity method investments, but before income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest.

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to foreign operations, which is defined as Income or Loss generated from operations located outside the entity's country of domicile.

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