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Debt (Details 4) (USD $)	May 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Limit on additional debt borrowings	$ 353,290,000
Fixed rate Senior Notes | Book value
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed rate debt	100,000,000
Fixed rate Senior Notes | Fair Value, Level 2 | Discounted cash flow analysis
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed rate debt	$ 105,180,000

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- Definition

Represents the limit on the additional amount of debt, from all sources, that may be borrowed.

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- Definition

The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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