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Note 8 - Repurchase Agreements (Details Textual) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Securities Loaned or Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Member]
Repayments of Long-term Debt	$ 38,000,000
Debt, Average Cost, Percentage	4.16
Payments of Debt Extinguishment Costs	2,100,000
Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase, Fair Value of Collateral	44,100,000		$ 131,400,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt	$ 260,301,000	$ 90,000,000

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The percentage of average cost to debt.

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The cash outflow for incremental, external costs directly pertaining to an early extinguishment of debt, including legal costs and prepayment penalties, and excluding interest and repayment of debt principal.

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The cash outflow for debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3291-108585

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Financing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6513228

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Fair value of securities pledged as collateral against securities sold under agreement to repurchase.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 20
-Section 55
-Paragraph 12
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51825145&loc=SL20226013-175313

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Repurchase Agreement Accounted for as a Collateralized Borrowing
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49203159

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