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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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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.

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Amount after amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Sum of the carrying amounts of all intangible assets, excluding goodwill, as of the balance sheet date, net of accumulated amortization and impairment charges.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 12, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of Intangible Assets		$ 4,900	$ 3,600	$ 5,000
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Gross carrying amount		43,869	33,826
Accumulated amortization		(17,573)	(12,827)
Net carrying amount		26,296	20,999
Intangible assets, net, excluding Goodwill		$ 26,296	20,999
Minimum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets		1 year
Maximum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets		15 years
Intellectual Property [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Gross carrying amount		$ 2,579	2,579
Accumulated amortization		(1,425)	(1,246)
Net carrying amount		$ 1,154	$ 1,333
Intellectual Property [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets		9 years	9 years
Intellectual Property [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets		15 years	15 years
Customer based [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Gross carrying amount		$ 38,207	$ 28,179
Accumulated amortization		(13,543)	(9,655)
Net carrying amount		$ 24,664	$ 18,524
Customer based [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets		1 year	1 year 6 months
Customer based [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets		15 years	15 years
Noncompete Agreements [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Gross carrying amount		$ 1,453	$ 1,453
Accumulated amortization		(1,298)	(1,102)
Net carrying amount		$ 155	$ 351
Noncompete Agreements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets		4 years	4 years
Noncompete Agreements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets		5 years	5 years
Trade Names [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Gross carrying amount		$ 1,630	$ 1,615
Accumulated amortization		(1,307)	(824)
Net carrying amount		$ 323	$ 791
Trade Names [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets		1 year	3 years
Trade Names [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets		3 years	5 years
Houston Interests, LLC [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of Intangible Assets		$ 1,600
Houston Interests, LLC [Member] \| Customer based [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Gross carrying amount	$ 10,000
Houston Interests, LLC [Member] \| Customer based [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets	1 year
Houston Interests, LLC [Member] \| Customer based [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets	9 years
Houston Interests, LLC [Member] \| Trade Names [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Useful life of intangible assets	1 year
Gross carrying amount	$ 200
Reporting Unit [Member]
Carrying value of other intangible assets
Net book value of intangible asset at risk of impairment		$ 7,200