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Note 16 - Hedging Activities (Details) - USD ($) | 1 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Jan. 31, 2016 | Feb. 29, 2012 | Jan. 26, 2016 | Jan. 25, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Note 16 - Hedging Activities (Details) [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Junior Subordinated Debenture Owed to Unconsolidated Subsidiary Trust |  | $ 32,000,000 |  |  | $ 55,154,000 | $ 54,472,000
Fair Value of Interest Rate Swap Agreement Liability |  |  |  |  | $ 300,000 | $ 300,000
Junior Subordinated Debt [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Note 16 - Hedging Activities (Details) [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate |  | 2.18% |  |  |  |
Derivative, Notional Amount |  | $ 32,000,000 |  |  |  |
Junior Subordinated Debt [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Note 16 - Hedging Activities (Details) [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, Notional Amount |  |  | $ 21,000,000 | $ 32,000,000 |  |
Debt Instrument, Repurchased Face Amount |  |  | 11,000,000 |  |  |
Interest Expense, Debt | $ 154,000 |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Repurchase Amount |  |  | $ 11,000,000 |  |  |

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- Definition Including the current and noncurrent portions, the carrying value of junior subordinated long-term debt owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts as of the balance sheet date. Such debt places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets and was initially scheduled to be repaid after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle if longer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.16) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878 + Details
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