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Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
May. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Effective Tax Rate [Table Text Block]
Comparative pre-tax income, income tax expense (benefit) and effective income tax rates from continuing operations are as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended May 31,
 
Nine Months Ended May 31,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes
 
$
34,971

 
$
52,228

 
$
4,579

 
$
119,377

Income tax expense (benefit)
 
(2,987
)
 
1,671

 
6,785

 
13,511

Effective income tax rate
 
(8.5
)%
 
3.2
%
 
148.2
%
 
11.3
%