Basis Of Presentation Stock-Based Compensation (Details)	12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2016 Rate
Minimum [Member]
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Forfeiture rate	0.00%
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Forfeiture rate	15.00%
Management [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Award Vesting Rate	25.00%
Stock Award Vesting Period	4 years
Director [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Award Vesting Rate	20.00%
Stock Award Vesting Period	5 years
Director [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Award Vesting Period	2 years
Director [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Award Vesting Period	5 years

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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