Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate, Basis Spread on Variable Rate Basis

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Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate, Description of Variable Rate Basis

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized on the income statement for financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Subparagraph (c)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19207-110258

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FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING AND MEASUREMENT (Liability Inputs) (Details) (Junior Subordinated Debt [Member], USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Discounted cash flows [Member] Level 3 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Discounted cash flows [Member] Level 3 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Junior Subordinated Debentures with Variable Interest Rates Which Reset Quarterly [Member] Minimum [Member] Discounted cash flows [Member] Level 3 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Junior Subordinated Debentures with Variable Interest Rates Which Reset Quarterly [Member] Maximum [Member] Discounted cash flows [Member] Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate							1.38%	3.35%
Discount Rate, Description of Variable Rate Basis					three-month LIBOR
Discount Rate, Basis Spread on Variable Rate Basis					5.25%
Fair Value Loss on Instruments	$ 166,000	$ 2,518,000	$ 574,000	$ 23,083,000		$ (166,000)