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Note 3 - NTI ASEAN (Details) (NTI ASEAN [Member])	1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Aug. 31, 2013	Aug. 31, 2012
NTI ASEAN [Member]
Note 3 - NTI ASEAN (Details) [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage			50.00%
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	10.00%	10.00%
Business Acquisition, Ownership Percentage Subsequent to Acquisition	60.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	25.00%

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee subsequent to the business acquisition.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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