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Income Taxes, Valuation Allowance (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 25, 2015
Summary of valuation allowance by jurisdiction |
Valuation Allowance, beginning of period | $ 4,700 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Change | (378)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
Valuation Allowance, end of period | 4,322 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
U.S state |
Summary of valuation allowance by jurisdiction |
Valuation Allowance, beginning of period | 4,680 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
Change | (377)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
Valuation Allowance, end of period | 4,303 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
Foreign |
Summary of valuation allowance by jurisdiction |
Valuation Allowance, beginning of period | 20 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
Change | (1)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
Valuation Allowance, end of period | $ 19 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember

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- Definition Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32537-109319 + Details
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- Definition Amount of increase (decrease) in the valuation allowance for a specified deferred tax asset. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=37586315&loc=d3e32123-109318 + Details
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