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Intangible Assets- Additional Information (Detail) (Discounted Cash Flows Approach, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Oct. 01, 2012 Future Period Minimum	Oct. 01, 2012 Future Period Maximum
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets impairment, discount rate		12.50%	14.00%
Indefinite-lived intangible assets impairment, growth rate		2.00%	4.00%
Decrease in carrying value of trade name	$ 1.1

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The change during the reporting period in the carrying value of indefinite-lived intangible assets. The change could be the result of new indefinite-lived intangible assets acquired, indefinite-lived intangible assets impairment during the period, indefinite-lived intangible assets written off related to the sale of a business, or other adjustments to indefinite-lived intangible assets.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7658586&loc=d3e16323-109275

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