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Stockholders' Equity (Details 4) - $ / shares shares in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2016	Jan. 02, 2015	Jan. 03, 2014
Schedule of Nonvested Options Activity [Line Items]
Options, Granted during the year	1,155
Granted, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 4.14	$ 6.81	$ 3.51
Nonvested Stock Options [Member]
Schedule of Nonvested Options Activity [Line Items]
Options, Unvested at January 2, 2015	1,090
Options, Granted during the year	1,155
Options, Forfeited or expired during the year	(135)
Options, Vested during the year	(562)
Options, Unvested at January 1, 2016	1,548	1,090
Unvested at January 2, 2015, Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value	$ 5.92
Granted, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	4.14
Forfeited or expired during the year, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	4.69
Vested during the year, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	5.29
Unvested at January 1, 2016, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 4.34	$ 5.92

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (d)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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