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Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

4. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment at December 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows (in thousands):

		2011		2010

Building and improvements		$	126,537	$	106,678
Movable equipment, software and software development costs			182,254		154,317
Construction in progress			4,824		8,154

			313,615		269,149
Less accumulated depreciation			(169,057)		(149,982)

	Property and equipment, net	$	144,558	$	119,167

The Company capitalized interest in the amount of $85,000, $54,000 and $66,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. At December 31, 2011, the Company and its partnerships had unfunded construction and equipment purchases of approximately $4,307,000 in order to complete construction in progress. Depreciation expense for continuing and discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 was $26,068,000, $25,279,000 and $22,784,000, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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