Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Cash And Cash Equivalents

As of September 29, 2012 and October 1, 2011, cash and cash equivalents were the following (in thousands):

	2012		2011
Cash	$	124,648	$	93,587
Money market funds and other	172,971		148,520
	$	297,619	$	242,107

Schedule of Property, Plant And Equipment, Useful Lives

Property, Plant and Equipment and Depreciation:  These assets are stated at cost. Depreciation, determined on the straight-line method, is based on lives assigned to the major classes of depreciable assets as follows:

Buildings and improvements	15-50 years
Machinery and equipment	3-10 years
Computer hardware and software	3-10 years

Schedule Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Accumulated other comprehensive income consists of the following as of September 29, 2012 and October 1, 2011 (in thousands):

	2012		2011
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	12,694	$	11,460
Cumulative change in fair market value of derivative instruments, net of tax	3,490		(3,331		)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	16,184	$	8,129