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Subsequent Events - (Details) - USD ($)			12 Months Ended
	Jun. 16, 2016	Jun. 03, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	May 02, 2015	Apr. 26, 2014
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividend declared (usd per share)			$ 0.40	$ 0.4	$ 0.39
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividend declared (usd per share)		$ 0.06
Special dividend declared (usd per share)	$ 0.04
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount	$ 40,000,000.0

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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