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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
3 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2012
Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]  
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have issued common disclosure requirements related to offsetting arrangements. Specifically, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2011-11, Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities.  The amendments in this ASU require an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position.  An entity is required to apply the amendments for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods.  An entity should provide the disclosures required by those amendments retrospectively for all comparative periods presented.  The Company has not yet assessed the impact that these provisions will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05 Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income ("ASU 2011-05"). ASU 2011-05 increases the prominence of other comprehensive income in financial statements. Under ASU 2011-05, companies will have the option to present the components of net income and comprehensive income in either one or two consecutive financial statements. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present other comprehensive income in the statement of changes in equity and is applied retrospectively. ASU 2011-05 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. 

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement: Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. This ASU provides a consistent definition of fair value to ensure that the fair value measurement and disclosure requirements are similar between U.S. GAAP and IFRS.  This standard changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the disclosure requirements.  ASU No. 2011-04 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and should be applied prospectively.  The Company early adopted this ASU and the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.