Property and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

NOTE 9. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Detail of our property and equipment is as follows (in thousands):


	September 30,			December 31,
	2011			2010

Buildings and land	$	1,616		$	1,701
Machinery and equipment		38,820			53,885
Computer and communication equipment		24,172			23,296
Furniture and fixtures		3,004			5,717
Vehicles		463			541
Leasehold improvements		29,371			28,003
Construction in process		6,608			3,996


		104,054			117,139
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(63,217	)		(82,570	)


	$	40,837		$	34,569

Depreciation expense recorded in continuing operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows (in thousands):


	September 30,
	2011		2010

Three months	$	2,799	$	1,444
Nine months		7,735		4,656

- 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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