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Note 15 - Share-Based and Other Compensation Plans (Restricted Stock) (Details) - shares | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Restricted Stock [Member] | Equity Settled [Member] |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |
Granted, Number of Shares | 0 | 0

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- Definition The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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