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General Basis of Presentation (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	May 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Equity Investment, Classify as Equity Method, Percentage	50.00%
Goodwill, Impaired, Accumulated Impairment Loss		$ 0

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+ References

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Amount of accumulated impairment loss for an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (a,h)

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