Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2015

Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation [Line Items]

Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligations Disclosure [Table Text Block]

Minimum future payments required under long-term unconditional purchase obligations as of February 28, 2015 are as follows:

	Payments Due by Period
	Total		Less than 1 Year		1 - 3 Years		3 - 5 Years		More than 5 Years
	(Dollars in thousands)
Long-term unconditional purchase obligations	$	1,051,453	$	61,285	$	170,393	$	152,840	$	666,935