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Other Current Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2013
Other Current Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Current Assets [Table Text Block] | Other current assets at October 31, 2013 and 2012 consisted of the following:
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
Advance payments to vendors (1) |  | $ | 4,235 |  |  | $ | 2,261 |
Debt issuance costs (2) |  | 494 |  |  | — |
Notes receivable (3) |  | 478 |  |  | 475 |
Prepaid expenses and other (4) |  | 6,072 |  |  | 1,991 |
Total |  | $ | 11,279 |  |  | $ | 4,727 |
(1) | Advance payments to vendors relate to inventory purchases.
(2) | Represents the current portion of debt issuance costs capitalized relating to the convertible debt issuance and will be amortized over the term of the convertible notes which is five years.
(3) | Current portion of long-term notes receivable.
(4) | Primarily relates to other accounts receivable related to POSCO Energy royalties, receivable for common stock sales and other prepaid vendor expenses including insurance, rent and lease payments.

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