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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Depreciation Expense | We recognized the following depreciation expense (in thousands):
2016 | $ | 36,212 |
2015 | 32,412 |
2014 | 29,340 |
Property, Plant and Equipment | A summary of our property and equipment as of December 31 is as follows (in thousands):
| Useful Lives (in years) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment | 3 to 12 |  | $ | 236,180 |  |  | $ | 200,215 |
Buildings | 3 to 30 |  | 130,050 |  |  | 110,056 |
Corporate aircraft | 10 |  | 11,334 |  |  | 11,334 |
Leasehold improvements | 3 to 15 |  | 40,312 |  |  | 28,178 |
Land |  |  | 23,635 |  |  | 23,759 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 8,534 |  |  | 5,597 |
Less accumulated depreciation |  |  | (217,092 | ) |  | (188,265 | )
Net property and equipment |  |  | $ | 232,953 |  |  | $ | 190,874 |
Schedule of Amortization Expense of Software | We recognized the following amortization expense of purchased and internally developed software (in thousands):
2016 |  | $ | 11,404 |
2015 |  | 9,624 |
2014 |  | 8,921 |
Schedule of Other Assets, Noncurrent | A summary of our purchased and internally developed software as of December 31 is as follows (in thousands):
| 2016 |  | 2015
Purchased software | $ | 23,753 |  |  | $ | 23,569 |
Internally developed software | 51,507 |  |  | 40,796 |
Less accumulated amortization | (47,957 | ) |  | (42,930 | )
Net software | $ | 27,303 |  |  | $ | 21,435 |

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