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Amount of deferred revenue expected to be recognized as such within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, assumed at the acquisition date.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Amount of intangible assets, excluding goodwill, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Fair Value (Details Textual) (USD $)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
Fair Value (Details Textual) (USD $)	Jun. 28, 2014 Contingent Consideration Liability [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	Dec. 28, 2013 Contingent Consideration Liability [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	Jun. 28, 2014 Jasper [Member]	Jun. 13, 2014 Jasper [Member]	Jun. 28, 2014 Jasper [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 28, 2014 Jasper [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 28, 2014 Jasper [Member] Deferred Revenue [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Acquired intangible assets			$ 93,000,000
Fair Value of Financial Instrument (Textual) [Abstract]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	11.00%	11.00%			13.00%	17.00%	3.25%
Deferred revenue				$ 11,900,000
Fair Value Inputs, Estimated Profit Rate							25.00%