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Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Narrative (Details) - 2014 Warrants - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2018	Dec. 31, 2016
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Term of warrants	2 years
Warrant outstanding (in shares)		1,000,000

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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