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Income Taxes (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
A reconciliation of the difference between the federal statutory rate and the Company’s effective rate is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended November 30,
 
2013
 
2012
Federal statutory rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State taxes, net of credits
2.5

 
7.1

Foreign income taxed at different rates
(6.5
)
 
(1.0
)
Section 199 deduction
(1.0
)
 
4.6

Non-deductible officers’ compensation
0.3

 
(1.1
)
Noncontrolling interests
(0.9
)
 
48.5

Research and development credits
(0.1
)
 
21.7

Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets
(17.0
)
 
(312.1
)
Other
0.4

 
(1.5
)
Effective tax rate
12.7
 %
 
(198.8
)%