COMMITMENTS (Details 2) (Mentor lease facility, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended
Sep. 09, 2005	Dec. 28, 2013 Long-term retirement benefits and other liabilities
Guarantor Obligations
Term of lease financing for commercial facility	10 years
Residual value guarantee	$ 31.5
Refinancing of lessor debt	11.5
Aggregate amount of lease commitment		$ 19

Represents information pertaining to obligations related to refinancing of lessor debt.

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- Definition

Amount of residual value guaranteed for asset utilized under an operating lease.

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- Definition

Represents the term of lease financing for a commercial facility lease commitment entered into by the entity.

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- Definition

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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