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Senior exchangeable notes exchanged for Class A Common Stock

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Note 12 - Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details Textual)		9 Months Ended
Note 12 - Senior Exchangeable Notes (Details Textual)	Jun. 01, 2013 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 02, 2012 USD ($) $ / shares shares
The 6.00% Exchangeable Note Units [Member] \| Exchangeable Note Units [Member]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount \| $				$ 100,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				6.00%
Note Units Number				100,000
Note Units Stated Amount \| $				$ 1,000
Note Units Initial Principal Amount Exchangeable Note				$ 768.51
Note Units Principal Amount at Maturity				1,000
Note Units Initial Principal Amount Senior Amortizing Note				$ 231.49
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage				5.17%
Shares Issued Upon Conversion of Convertible Debt \| shares				185.5288
Share Price for Exchangeable Note Conversion				$ 5.39
Senior Exchangeable Notes Exchanged for Class A Common Stock \| shares		18,305
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued \| shares		3,400,000
The 11.0% 2017 Amortizing Note [Member] \| Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		11.00%	11.00%	11.00%
Senior Amortizing Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		11.00%
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Interest \| $	$ 39.83	$ 30