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Available-for-sale Securities, Total Number of Securities

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Available-for sale Securities, Debt Maturities, Year Two Through Five, this is the maximum year (up to Five).

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Number of investment positions in available-for-sale investments in a continuous unrealized loss position for which an other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) has not been recognized in the income statement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph (b)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82897076&loc=d3e27290-111563

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The cash inflow associated with the sale or maturity (principal being due) of securities not classified as either held-to-maturity securities or trading securities which are classified as available-for-sale securities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (a),(b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3179-108585

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 11
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82896770&loc=d3e26853-111562

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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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Marketable Securities (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Marketable Securities (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) Security	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of securities below amortized cost basis	25
Number of securities	44
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities \| $	$ 87,105	$ 73,706	$ 38,028
Current Assets
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, next twelve months, maximum year mature	1 year
Non-current Assets
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, year two through five, maximum year mature	2 years