New Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted	6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2012
Future Accounting Pronouncements Disclosure [Abstract]
Future Accounting Pronouncements	3. New Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted Testing goodwill for impairment In September 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an amendment to the existing goodwill impairment guidance. The terms of the amendment permit a reporting entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform step one of the two-step goodwill impairment test. The new guidance is effective for the Company for the fiscal year that begins on November 1, 2012. The adoption of this new guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

The entire disclosure for a new accounting pronouncement that has been issued but not yet adopted.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)

-Number Topic 11

-Section M

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 250

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 5

-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 11.M)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6369664&loc=d3e31137-122693

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