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Debt and Leases (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block] | At April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012, debt consisted of the following:
|  | April 30, 2013 |  | October 31, 2012
Revolving credit facility |  | $ | 4,000 |  |  | $ | 4,000 |
Connecticut Development Authority Note |  | 3,376 |  |  | 3,466 |
Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Note |  | — |  |  | 847 |
Connecticut Clean Energy and Finance Investment Authority Note |  | 3,505 |  |  | — |
Capitalized lease obligations |  | 373 |  |  | 234 |
Total debt |  | $ | 11,254 |  |  | $ | 8,547 |
Less: Current portion of long-term debt |  | (4,410 | ) |  | (5,161 | )
Long-term debt |  | $ | 6,844 |  |  | $ | 3,386 |
schedule of future minimum debt and lease payments [Text Block] | Aggregate annual principal payments under our loan agreements, excluding payments relating to the revolving credit facility, and capital lease obligations for the years subsequent to April 30, 2013 are as follows:
2013 | $ | 410 |
2014 | 331 |
2015 | 286 |
2016 | 233 |
2017 | 245 |
Thereafter | 5,749 |
| $ | 7,254 |

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