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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Rent expense associated with leases | The table below presents rent expense associated with these leases for the past three years (in thousands):
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009
NCC | $ | 923 |  | $ | 835 |  | $ | 819
Other |  | 405 |  |  | 469 |  |  | 461
Total | $ | 1,328 |  | $ | 1,304 |  | $ | 1,280

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