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All investments are classified as available-for-sale.</font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"> Our investments consist of the following (in thousands):</font></p> <div style="POSITION: relative; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 70%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 15%; PADDING-TOP: 0pt;"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="2"><!-- COMMAND=ADD_TABLEWIDTH,"100%" --></font></p> <!-- User-specified TAGGED TABLE --> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="text-align:left;"> <tr style="padding:0;"><!-- TABLE COLUMN WIDTHS SET --> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" align="left"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="45"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="24"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="49"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="45"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="24"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="49"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td><!-- TABLE COLUMN WIDTHS END --></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="bottom"> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" align="left"><font size="2"> </font><br /></th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"><font size="1"> </font></th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; 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FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-LEFT: 10pt;"><font size="2">Corporate bonds and notes</font></p></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font size="2">756</font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font size="2">828</font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font size="2">1,192</font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right"><font size="2">1,314</font></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"><font size="2"> </font></td></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="top" bgcolor="white"> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> <p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; 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Realized gains and losses on investments are determined on the specific identification basis. The net realized gains totaled $0.7 million in fiscal year 2013 and $0.2 million in fiscal years 2012 and 2011. 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