Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award, Options, Maximum Expiration Term

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The percentage of the overall incentive compensation arrangement that the shares granted are weighted.

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- Definition

The percentage of the target number of shares that participants will have the ability to earn.

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- Definition

Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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- Definition

Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 12, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 30, 2014	Jan. 06, 2015
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period of options granted		10 years
Total number of shares of common stock that may be issued as awards under 2008 Plan		750,000
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 569,000	$ 511,000
Unrecognized Stock-based compensation expense		$ 2,100,000
Restricted stock granted	9,086	52,643
Closing sales price of common stock	$ 30.80us-gaap_SharePrice
Vesting period	1 year
Time Based [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage				25.00%
Restricted stock granted				11,174
Closing sales price of common stock				$ 32.22
Vesting period				3 years
Performance Based [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage				75.00%
Performance Shares TSR [Member] \| Performance Based [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock granted				16,740
Closing sales price of common stock				$ 34.41
Percentage of incentive compensation arrangement				40.00%
Performance Shares TSR [Member] \| Performance Based [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of target number of shares to be earned				50.00%
Performance Shares TSR [Member] \| Performance Based [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of target number of shares to be earned				200.00%
Performance Shares ROIC [Member] \| Performance Based [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock granted				15,643
Closing sales price of common stock				$ 32.22
Percentage of incentive compensation arrangement				35.00%
Performance Shares ROIC [Member] \| Performance Based [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of target number of shares to be earned				50.00%
Performance Shares ROIC [Member] \| Performance Based [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of target number of shares to be earned				200.00%