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Other Current Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2014
Other Current Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Current Assets [Table Text Block] | Other current assets at October 31, 2014 and 2013 consisted of the following:
|  | 2014 |  | 2013
Advance payments to vendors (1) |  | $ | 2,372 |  |  | $ | 4,235 |
Debt issuance costs (2) |  | — |  |  | 494 |
Deferred finance costs (3) |  | 129 |  |  | — |
Notes receivable |  | 529 |  |  | 478 |
Prepaid expenses and other (4) |  | 4,498 |  |  | 6,072 |
Total |  | $ | 7,528 |  |  | $ | 11,279 |
(1) | Advance payments to vendors relate to inventory purchases.
(2) | Represents the current portion of capitalized debt issuance costs relating to the convertible debt issuance. The convertible notes have been converted and the debt issuance costs have been adjusted to additional paid in capital.
(3) | Represents the current portion of direct deferred finance costs relating to securing a $40.0 million loan facility and will be amortized over the five-year life of the facility.
(4) | Primarily relates to other prepaid vendor expenses including insurance, rent and lease payments.

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