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Fair Value Disclosures (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Assets Measured at Fair Value on Nonrecurring Basis | The following table presents the fair value hierarchy and our assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis for the nine months ended August 31, 2014 and the year ended November 30, 2013 (in thousands):
|  | Fair Value
Description |  | Hierarchy |  | August 31, 2014 |  | November 30, 2013
Inventories (a) |  | Level 2 |  | $ | 6,421 |  |  | $ | — |
Inventories (a) |  | Level 3 |  | — |  |  | 1,143 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 6,421 |  |  | $ | 1,143 |
(a) | Amounts represent the aggregate fair value for communities or land parcels where we recognized inventory impairment charges during the period, as of the date that the fair value measurements were made. The carrying value for these communities or land parcels may have subsequently increased or decreased from the fair value reflected due to activity that has occurred since the measurement date.
Schedule of Fair Value Hierarchy, Carrying Values, and Estimated Fair Values of Financial Instruments | The following table presents the fair value hierarchy, carrying values and estimated fair values of our financial instruments, except those for which the carrying values approximate fair values (in thousands):
|  |  | August 31, 2014 |  | November 30, 2013
| Fair Value Hierarchy |  | Carrying Value |  | Estimated Fair Value |  | Carrying Value |  | Estimated Fair Value
Financial Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior notes | Level 2 |  | $ | 2,307,916 |  |  | $ | 2,503,228 |  |  | $ | 1,906,883 |  |  | $ | 2,069,325 |
Convertible senior notes | Level 2 |  | 230,000 |  |  | 228,850 |  |  | 230,000 |  |  | 224,825 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities by class, including financial instruments measured at fair value that are classified in shareholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in periods after initial recognition (for example, impaired assets). Disclosures may include, but are not limited to: (a) the fair value measurements recorded and the reasons for the measurements and (b) the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements are categorized in their entirety (levels 1, 2, 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19296-110258 + Details
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