Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2014

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

As of September 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013, cash and cash equivalents were the following (in thousands):



	2014		2013
Cash	$	150,512	$	157,988
Money market funds and other	196,079		183,877
	$	346,591	$	341,865

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 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013 (in thousands):



	2014		2013
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	16,228	$	19,448
Cumulative change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of tax	2,354		789
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	18,582	$	20,237