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Income Taxes Policies (Policies)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]
The Company is required to perform an assessment of positive and negative evidence regarding the realization of the net deferred income tax assets in accordance with ASC 740. As part of this process, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing temporary differences, projected future taxable income and recent financial operations, to determine whether, based on the weight of that evidence, a valuation allowance is needed for some portion or all of a net deferred income tax asset. Judgment is used in considering the relative impact of negative and positive evidence. In arriving at these judgments, the weight given to the potential effect of negative and positive evidence is commensurate with the extent to which such evidence can be objectively verified. In evaluating the objective evidence provided by historical results, the Company considers (among other things) whether the past three years of pre-tax income from continuing operations would yield a cumulative loss position, as well as forecasts of expected operating results for the future years over the carryforward period.