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Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015
Movement in Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Roll Forward]
Balance as of beginning of the year	$ 99,979	$ 88,279
Valuation allowance provided for taxes related to:
Loss before income taxes	3,332	11,700
Balance as of end of the year	$ 103,311	$ 99,979

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This element represent represents valuation allowance provided for taxes related to loss before income tax.

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- Definition

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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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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