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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Savings and investment plan (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Savings and investment plan (Details Narrative)
Plan expense	$ 102,000	$ 109,500

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Amount of noncash expense for option under share-based payment arrangement.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118932676&loc=d3e3602-108585

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