2.4.0.82114100 - Disclosure - RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTStruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0001033905duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1lmnx_RecentAccountingPronouncementsAbstractlmnx_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_ScheduleOfNewAccountingPronouncementsAndChangesInAccountingPrinciplesTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">NOTE 14 &#8212; RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance on disclosures of additional information with respect to changes in accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI") balances by component and significant items reclassified out of AOCI. Expanded disclosures for presentation of changes in AOCI involve disaggregating the total change of each component of other comprehensive income as well as presenting separately for each such component the portion of the change in AOCI related to (1) amounts reclassified into income and (2) current-period other comprehensive income. Additionally, for amounts reclassified into income, disclosure in one location would be required, based upon each specific AOCI component, of the amounts impacting individual income statement line items. Disclosure of the income statement line item impacts will be required only for components of AOCI reclassified into income in their entirety. The disclosures required with respect to income statement line item impacts would be made in either the notes to the consolidated financial statements or parenthetically on the face of the financial statements. For the Company, this Accounting Standards Update is effective beginning January 1, 2013. 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