Property and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

6.	PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:

Property and equipment of continuing operations at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is recorded at cost and summarized as follows (in thousands):


	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Land and land improvements	$	241,839		$	241,292
Buildings		2,301,401			2,297,343
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		571,770			563,622
Construction-in-progress		23,084			27,534

		3,138,094			3,129,791
Accumulated depreciation		(1,009,643	)		(980,792	)

Property and equipment, net	$	2,128,451		$	2,148,999

- 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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