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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Short-Term Investments [Policy Text Block]	Short-Term Investments In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 320 "Investments - Debt and Equity Securities" (Topic 320) related to accounting for certain investments in debt and equity securities, and based on our intentions regarding these instruments, we classify our marketable securities as available for sale and account for these investments at fair value. Marketable securities consist primarily of high quality debt securities with original maturities over 90 days, and may include corporate notes, United States government agency notes and municipal notes.

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