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Income Taxes (Details 3) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 04, 2014	Dec. 29, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Balance at beginning of the year	$ 78,050	$ 66,793
Valuation allowance removed for taxes related to:
Income before income taxes
Valuation allowance provided for taxes related to:
Loss before income taxes	10,229	11,257
Effect of a change in judgment
Balance at end of the year	$ 88,279	$ 78,050

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32537-109319

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