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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Income tax provision $ 6,379,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 4,055,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 5,388,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 7,992,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Effective tax rate 236.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 36.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 367.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 35.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Deferred tax assets 9,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance   9,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Release of a FIN 48 reserve related to the federal research and development tax credit 4,100,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits   4,100,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits  
Operating loss carryforwards 32,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards   32,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards  
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration period (in years)     20 years  
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration date     2031  
Operating loss carryforwards, valuation allowance $ 9,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance   $ 9,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance  
R&D Tax Credit        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Tax credit carryforward description     The effective tax rate for the six months ended March 31, 2015 was 367.5% compared to an effective tax rate of 35.9% for the six months ended March 31, 2014 primarily due to a valuation allowance against our Canadian deferred tax assets partially offset by the release of a FIN 48 reserve related to the R&D Credit upon closing an IRS audit as well as the December 19, 2014 retroactive reinstatement of the R&D Credit from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.  
Tax credit expiration date     Dec. 31, 2014