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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - Schedule for composition of capital leased assets	12 Months Ended
	May. 31, 2015
Minimum [Member]
Capital Leased Assets [Line Items]
Capital lease period	1 year
Maximum [Member]
Capital Leased Assets [Line Items]
Capital lease period	10 years

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- Definition

Lessee Leasing Arrangements, Capital Leases, Term of Contract

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- Definition

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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