Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting After Initial Cliff

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Holding Requirement

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Performance Period One

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Performance Period Two

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Target Percentage

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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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The cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Financing Activities
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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Period which shares may be purchased under a stock repurchase plan authorized by an entity's Board of Directors, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Stockholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($)	Feb. 25, 2016	Aug. 31, 2015	Oct. 01, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Aug. 01, 2015
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount					$ 100,000,000
Stock Repurchase Program, Period in Force		24 months
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock			$ 5,000,000	$ 5,912,000
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount			$ 89,100,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross (in shares)	1,092,942		452,878
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period (in shares)	663,419		454,916
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting After Initial Cliff			33.33%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Performance Period One			2 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Performance Period Two			3 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Target Percentage			100.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Holding Requirement			2 years
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period (in shares)			147,390