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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule Of Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets By Geographical Areas Table | The following table presents our total revenues (based on location of the customer) and long-lived assets (including intangible and other assets) by geographic regions (in thousands):
| For the year ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Total revenues |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 12,097,633 |  |  | $ | 11,800,140 |  |  | $ | 11,140,163 |
Other locations | 1,378,451 |  |  | 1,669,927 |  |  | 1,611,913 |
Total revenues | $ | 13,476,084 |  |  | $ | 13,470,067 |  |  | $ | 12,752,076 |
| December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Long-lived assets |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 320,445 |  |  | $ | 257,587 |  |  | $ | 284,693 |
Other locations | 24,878 |  |  | 26,254 |  |  | 24,567 |
Total long-lived assets | $ | 345,323 |  |  | $ | 283,841 |  |  | $ | 309,260 |
Schedule of Depreciation Expense | We recognized the following depreciation expense (in thousands):
2015 | $ | 32,412 |
2014 | 29,340 |
2013 | 27,757 |
Property, Plant and Equipment | A summary of our property and equipment as of December 31 is as follows (in thousands):
| 2015 |  | 2014
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment | $ | 200,215 |  |  | $ | 180,233 |
Buildings | 110,056 |  |  | 79,981 |
Corporate aircraft | 11,334 |  |  | 11,334 |
Leasehold improvements | 28,178 |  |  | 25,545 |
Land | 23,759 |  |  | 14,983 |
Construction in progress | 5,597 |  |  | 1,612 |
Less accumulated depreciation | (188,265 | ) |  | (161,217 | )
Net property and equipment | $ | 190,874 |  |  | $ | 152,471 |
Schedule of Amortization Expense of Software | We recognized the following amortization expense of purchased and internally developed software (in thousands):
2015 |  | $ | 9,624 |
2014 |  | 8,921 |
2013 |  | 8,759 |
Software and Software Development Costs |
Schedule of Other Assets, Noncurrent | A summary of our purchased and internally developed software as of December 31 is as follows (in thousands):
| 2015 |  | 2014
Purchased software | $ | 23,569 |  |  | $ | 21,872 |
Internally developed software | 40,796 |  |  | 27,429 |
Less accumulated amortization | (42,930 | ) |  | (35,369 | )
Net software | $ | 21,435 |  |  | $ | 13,932 |

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