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Long-Term Debt (Term Loan And Revolver) (Details)				12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended				6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 07, 2011 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2006 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Minimum [Member] Revolving Long-Term Credit Facility [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Maximum [Member] Revolving Long-Term Credit Facility [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2009 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2006 Term Loan [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Revolving Long-Term Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 Revolving Long-Term Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2009 Revolving Long-Term Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2006 Revolving Long-Term Credit Facility [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Mortgage [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Mortgage [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Mortgage [Member] CAD	Jun. 30, 2010 Mortgage [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2009 Mortgage [Member] USD ($)
Credit agreement maximum capacity			$ 465,000,000						$ 390,000,000				$ 75,000,000
Original mortgage maturity date						seven				October 2, 2011
Interest addition to floating rate						2.25%
Percentage of term loans principal repayments						0.25%
Debt, periodic payments																100,000
Revolver credit agreement term (in years)										5
Revolver credit agreement expiration date						seven				October 2, 2011
Debt maturity date						Oct. 02, 2013								Jan. 01, 2011
Percentage of revolving line of credit fees				0.30%	0.50%
Borrowings on the revolver	73,500,000	0								73,500,000
Revolver credit agreement stand-by fees										300,000	200,000	200,000
Interest expense						7,300,000	7,400,000	11,200,000							600,000		600,000	600,000
Debt, periodic payments						$ 700,000

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Quarterly scheduled term loan principal repayment, as a percentage of original principal, before taking into consideration any ratable reductions for any non scheduled prepayments made.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, which may be presented in a variety of ways (year, month and year, day, month and year, quarter, etc.).

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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to principal.

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Amount borrowed under the credit facility as of the balance sheet date.

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