Goodwill, Impairment Test Benchmark, Equity in Acquiree Company, Percent

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Goodwill, Impairment Test Benchmark, Number of Identified Industries

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Goodwill, Impairment Test, Control Premium, Percent

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Market Capitalization

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Percentage above fair value that an investor seeking to acquire control of an entity will pay, used as an input to measure fair value.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Percentage of fair value of reporting unit in excess of carrying amount.

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Total of all stockholders' equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity's stockholders' equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders' equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Goodwill) (Details) (USD $)							12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012 industry	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2012 Minimum	Sep. 30, 2012 Maximum
Goodwill [Line Items]
Target companies equity benchmark				50.00%
Number of industries encompasses similar products				3
Control premium percent range							30.00%	45.00%
Control premium percent				40.00%
Market Capitalization	$ 255,300,000	$ 241,400,000		$ 264,300,000
Carrying value	$ 274,266,000	$ 272,300,000	$ 270,857,000	$ 265,700,000	$ 260,716,000	$ 240,556,000
Percent fair value in excess of carrying value of goodwill	30.00%	24.00%		39.00%