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Income Taxes - 2017 Tax Act (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Income Taxes
Income tax expense (benefit)		$ (36,107)	$ 2,766	$ 9,332
Income Tax benefit related to domestic losses		$ 24,200
U.S. federal statutory rate (as a percent)	21.00%	35.00%
income tax benefit		$ 4,800
Amount of reduction in net deferred tax assets		25,600
Reduction in Valuation allowance		30,400
Accumulated undistributed earnings by foreign subsidiaries		155,800
Transition tax on foreign earnings		140,200
Income tax benefit related to valuation allowance		$ 6,500

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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