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ShareBased Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Vesting Rate

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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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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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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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-SubTopic 10
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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 maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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-Publisher FASB
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-Paragraph 2
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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Share-Based Arrangements (Stock Incentive Plan) (Details)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 03, 2015 shares	Dec. 31, 2015 shares	Apr. 17, 2013 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Number of shares authorized under the plan for each award issued, fair value awards		3
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Award vesting rate		0.20
Share-based payment award, vesting period		5 years
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Award vesting rate		0.20
Share-based payment award, vesting period		5 years
Granted		80,494
2013 Management Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Number of shares authorized			2,250,000
Number of shares available for grant		1,299,635
2013 Management Incentive Plan [Member] \| LTIP Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Vesting percentage		100.00%
2013 Management Incentive Plan [Member] \| Performance- and Market-based Stock Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Vesting percentage	100.00%
Granted	8,238
Minimum [Member] \| 2013 Management Incentive Plan [Member] \| LTIP Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Vesting percentage		0.00%
Maximum [Member] \| 2013 Management Incentive Plan [Member] \| LTIP Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
Vesting percentage		200.00%