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Note 16 Income Taxes (Narratives) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Mar. 31, 2012
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increases Resulting from Prior Period Tax Positions $ 213,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions $ 499,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions $ 281,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions  
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]        
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Subject to Expiration 77,500,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration      
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Foreign 9,100,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsForeign      
Expiration of Operating Loss Carryforwards from fiscal 2016 to 2023      
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Valuation Allowance 8,900,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance      
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount 32,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount 87,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount    
Unrecognized Tax Benefits 8,156,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 6,978,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 6,736,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 6,318,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Period Increase (Decrease) 1,200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease      
Increases in Balances Related to Tax Positions Taken during the Current Period 4,035,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 684,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions 964,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions  
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued 1,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued      
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries 110,700,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries      
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increase in Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued [Member]        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Increases Resulting from Prior Period Tax Positions $ 406,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
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