Note 17 - Statements of Cash Flows (Detail) - Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information: (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011
Cash paid during the year for interest	$ 29,388	$ 59,541
Common stock issued in lieu of accrued payroll (42,707 and 22,686 shares, respectively)	615,830	319,650
Decrease/(increase) in the Company’s investment in joint ventures and accumulated other comprehensive income due to changes in exchange rates	$ 2,219,357	$ (1,792,467)

- Definition

Before tax and net of reclassification adjustments of the change in the balance sheet adjustment that results from the process of translating subsidiary financial statements and foreign equity investments into the reporting currency of the reporting entity. Also includes the following: gain (loss) on foreign currency forward exchange contracts; foreign currency transactions designated as hedges of net investment in a foreign entity and intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; and gain (loss) on a derivative instrument or nonderivative financial instrument that may give rise to a foreign currency transaction gain (loss) that has been designated and qualified as a hedging instrument for hedging of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation.

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