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Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)

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Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)
 6 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Effective Tax Rate [Table Text Block]
Comparative pre-tax earnings (loss), income tax expense (benefit) and effective income tax rates are as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
 
February 29,
2016
 
February 28,
2015
 
February 29,
2016
 
February 28,
2015
Loss before income taxes
 
$
(179,216
)
 
$
(62,858
)
 
$
(161,581
)
 
$
(30,392
)
Income tax (benefit) expense
 
(20,026
)
 
1,980

 
(17,839
)
 
9,772

Effective income tax rate
 
11.2
 %
 
(3.1
)%
 
11.0
 %
 
(32.2
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted effective income tax rate(1)
 
(35.6
)%
 
17.2
 %
 
(1.6
)%
 
21.3
 %