Property And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Note 6 – Property and equipment

Property and equipment at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, consist of the following:



		December 31,		December 31,
(In thousands)		2012		2011

Land	$	27,751	$	23,730
Buildings		203,879		156,317
Furniture and equipment		240,413		206,557
		472,043		386,604
Accumulated depreciation		(222,322)		(196,456)
	$	249,721	$	190,148

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, was $25.9 million, $21.6 million and $21.0 million, 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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