PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

NOTE 6 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The carrying values of property and equipment are as follows (in thousands):

	June 30, 2013			December 31, 2012

Land	$	1,989		$	1,861
Buildings and leasehold improvements		8,344			7,378
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		77,107			72,219
Less – Accumulated depreciation		(27,038	)		(22,745	)
Total Property and Equipment, net	$	60,402		$	58,713

- 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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