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Long-term Debt (Details Textual) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 Bank	Jan. 30, 2012	May 10, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility			$ 175,000,000
Ownership Percentage Interest		60.00%
Long Term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of banks involved in line of credit facility	5
Line of credit potential maximum	225,000,000
Term loan outstanding	17,500,000
Interest rate description of credit agreement, minimum	interest rate of LIBOR plus 250 basis points or the bank’s base rate plus 150 basis points
Interest rate description	LIBOR plus 200 to 275 basis points or the bank’s base rate plus 100 to 175 basis points
Commitment fee description	commitment fee of 37.5 to 50 basis points depending on our leverage ratio calculated at the end of each quarter
Maturity period of new credit agreement	4 years
Interbank offered rate	LIBOR
Minimum interest rate of LIBOR on unused amount of credit facility	2.50%
Minimum bank base rate on unused amount of credit facility	1.50%
Commitment fee on unused amount of credit facility	0.50%
Crediamigo [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage Interest		60.00%
Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to the lenders	2.75%
Bank base rate	1.75%
Commitment fee	0.50%
Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to the lenders	2.00%
Bank base rate	1.00%
Commitment fee	0.375%
Domestic line of credit up to $175000 due 2015 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility	175,000,000
10% unsecured notes due 2013 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate of notes	10.00%
16% unsecured notes due 2013 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate of notes	16.00%
20% unsecured notes due 2013 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate of notes	20.00%
14% secured notes due 2013 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Monthly payment	100,000
Interest rate of notes	14.00%
17% secured notes due 2014 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Monthly payment	1,000,000
Interest rate of notes	17.00%
25% secured notes due 2015 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate of notes	25.00%
18% secured notes due 2015 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Increase in monthly payment	$ 700,000
Interest rate of notes	18.00%
20% secured notes due 2015 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate of notes	20.00%
10% unsecured notes due 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate of notes	10.00%

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