Income Taxes (Details 2)	9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2016	Aug. 31, 2015
Schedule of difference between expected income tax rate using statutory federal tax rate and company's effective rate
U.S Federal Income tax statutory rate	34.00%	34.00%
Valuation allowance	(22.00%)	(20.00%)
State income taxes	8.00%	8.00%
Other
Effective tax rate	20.00%	22.00%

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets.

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