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Employee Retirement Plans (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2013
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Costs and payments related to supplemental retirement plans | The table below provides, for the periods indicated, costs recognized and payments made related to its SERPs (amounts in thousands):
| Nine months ended July 31, |  | Three months ended July 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Service cost | $ | 354 |  |  | $ | 291 |  |  | $ | 118 |  |  | $ | 97 |
Interest cost | 782 |  |  | 909 |  |  | 261 |  |  | 303 |
Amortization of prior service obligation | 633 |  |  | 553 |  |  | 211 |  |  | 184 |
Amortization of unrecognized losses | 108 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 36 |  |  | 17 |
Total costs | $ | 1,877 |  |  | $ | 1,803 |  |  | $ | 626 |  |  | $ | 601 |
Benefits paid | $ | 677 |  |  | $ | 535 |  |  | $ | 233 |  |  | $ | 310 |

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