Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents

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Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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-Publisher FASB
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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of assets held under deferred compensation agreements.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value of investments in debt securities classified as held-to-maturity.

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The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalent items which are restricted as to withdrawal or usage. Restrictions may include legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against borrowing arrangements, contracts entered into with others, or entity statements of intention with regard to particular deposits; however, time deposits and short-term certificates of deposit are not generally included in legally restricted deposits. Excludes compensating balance arrangements that are not agreements which legally restrict the use of cash amounts shown on the balance sheet. This element is for unclassified presentations; for classified presentations there is a separate and distinct element.

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents	$ 79,054	$ 73,831	$ 80,439	$ 103,222
Deferred compensation mutual funds	24,093	22,428
Restricted investments classified as held-to-maturity	164,446	172,238
Total Fair Value
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	26,636	28,780
Total Fair Value \| Restricted Assets
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	52,418	45,051
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents	79,054	73,831
Deferred compensation mutual funds	24,093	22,428
Restricted investments classified as held-to-maturity	164,446	172,238
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	26,636	28,780
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) \| Restricted Assets
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	52,418	45,051
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents	79,054	73,831
Deferred compensation mutual funds	24,093	22,428
Restricted investments classified as held-to-maturity	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) \| Restricted Assets
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Deferred compensation mutual funds	0	0
Restricted investments classified as held-to-maturity	164,446	172,238
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Restricted Assets
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents	0	0
Deferred compensation mutual funds	0	0
Restricted investments classified as held-to-maturity	$ 0	$ 0