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Subsequent Event (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |  | 3 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Jan. 13, 2017 | Feb. 28, 2017 | Dec. 14, 2016 | Nov. 30, 2016 | Nov. 30, 2015 | Nov. 30, 2014
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes and Loans Payable |  |  |  | $ 2,640,149 | $ 2,601,754 |
Senior Notes Due Two Thousand Seventeen at Nine Point One Percent [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage |  |  |  | 9.10% | 9.10% | 9.10%
Notes and Loans Payable |  |  |  | $ 263,932 | $ 262,570 |
Senior Notes Due Two Thousand Seventeen at Nine Point One Percent [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | Scenario, Forecast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deposits Assets |  | $ 5,400 |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Due Two Thousand Seventeen at Nine Point One Percent [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage |  |  | 9.10% |  |  |
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount | $ 100,000 |  |  |  |  |
Notes and Loans Payable | $ 165,000 |  |  |  |  |

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