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Employee Retirement Plans (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2014
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 our SRPs (amounts in thousands):
| Nine months ended July 31, |  | Three months ended July 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Service cost | $ | 358 |  |  | $ | 354 |  |  | $ | 123 |  |  | $ | 118 |
Interest cost | 955 |  |  | 782 |  |  | 319 |  |  | 261 |
Amortization of prior service cost | 486 |  |  | 633 |  |  | 164 |  |  | 211 |
Amortization of unrecognized losses | 9 |  |  | 108 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 36 |
Total costs | $ | 1,808 |  |  | $ | 1,877 |  |  | $ | 609 |  |  | $ | 626 |
Benefits paid | $ | 677 |  |  | $ | 677 |  |  | $ | 233 |  |  | $ | 233 |

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