Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2013

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

As of September 28, 2013 and September 29, 2012, cash and cash equivalents were the following (in thousands):



	2013		2012
Cash	$	157,988	$	124,648
Money market funds and other	183,877		172,971
	$	341,865	$	297,619

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 28, 2013 and September 29, 2012 (in thousands):



	2013		2012
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	19,448	$	12,694
Cumulative change in fair market value of derivative instruments, net of tax	789		3,490
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	20,237	$	16,184