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Income Taxes (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 02, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Our net deferred tax asset consisted of the following:
| April 2, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Deferred tax asset | $ | 487 |  |  | $ | 564 |
Deferred tax liability | (187 | ) |  | (183 | )
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 300 |  |  | $ | 381 |

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