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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details)	May 01, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Common stock dividend declared, percentage of shares outstanding	5.00%
Common stock dividend declared, ratio	0.05
Number of notes receivable | item		1
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $		$ 250,000	$ 250,000

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The percentage of common stock declared in a stock dividend, as a percentage of outstanding shares.

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The ratio of shares of common stock declared in a stock dividend to one share of outstanding stock.

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Represents the number of notes receivable held by the company.

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A valuation allowance for trade and other receivables due to an Entity within one year (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer) that are expected to be uncollectible.

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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 210.5-02.4)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=d3e5074-111524

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