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Subsequent Event	6 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2011
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Subsequent Events	Note 14.  Subsequent Event On December 1, 2011, our Board declared a semi-annual dividend payment of $0.11 per share and a special dividend of $0.40 per share on our common stock to holders of record of our common stock on December 8, 2011.  On November 15, 2011 we amended our bank facilities. The $35,000 bank facility was amended to extend its maturity date one year to November 15, 2012 and to remove the restriction on dividends. The $10,000 bank facility was amended to extend its maturity date to November 15, 2012, to remove the restrictions on dividends and to increase the facility to $20,000.

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Tabular disclosure of significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, losses resulting from fire or flood, losses on receivables, significant realized and unrealized gains and losses that result from changes in quoted market prices of securities, declines in market prices of inventory, changes in authorized or issued debt (SEC), significant foreign exchange rate changes, substantial loans to insiders or affiliates, significant long-term investments, and substantial dividends not in the ordinary course of business.

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