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Summary of Significant Accounting Principles and Practices (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Summary of Significant Accounting Principles and Practices

Schedule of estimated useful lives of assets

Asset Description		Asset Life


Software		3 to 7 years
Leasehold improvements		Lesser of estimated useful life or lease term
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		4 to 10 years
Computer equipment		4 to 6 years
Buildings		35 years
Automobiles		6 years

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the useful life and salvage value of 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.

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