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Major Customers	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
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Major Customers	NOTE T – MAJOR CUSTOMERS During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, we had one customer who accounted for 87.2% of our total revenue. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, we had three customers who accounted for 30.3%, 28.5% and 28.8% of our total revenue.

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