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Intangible and Other Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Intangible and Other Assets [Abstract]

Intangible and Other Assets

6. Intangible and Other Assets

Intangible and other assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

		December 31,
		2011				2010
Deferred debt issuance costs, net		$	24,581			$	24,735
Intangible assets, net			137,984				161,618
Deferred taxes			27,789				59,585
Other			41,929				36,490
Intangibles and other assets, net		$	232,283			$	282,428

Intangible assets and deferred debt issuance costs consisted of the following (in thousands):

		December 31, 2011								December 31, 2010
		Gross Carrying Amount				Accumulated Amortization				Gross Carrying Amount				Accumulated Amortization
Deferred debt issuance costs		$	44,141			$	(19,560	)		$	39,367			$	(14,632	)
Marketing related (5-20 year life)			3,043				(1,400	)			2,727				(1,211	)
Customer- related (10-20 year life)			175,676				(76,943	)			175,798				(60,511	)
Technology based (20 year life)			32,275				(6,747	)			32,361				(5,035	)
Contract based (2-11 year life)			65,222				(53,142	)			64,924				(47,435	)
Intangible assets and deferred debt issuance costs		$	320,357			$	(157,792	)		$	315,177			$	(128,824	)

Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs totaled $8.9 million, $5.3 million and $3.9 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and is recorded to interest expense in our consolidated statements of operations. Amortization of intangible costs totaled $24.6 million, $28.2 million and $30.5 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Estimated future intangible amortization expense is as follows (in thousands):

2012		$	21,466
2013			17,876
2014			15,055
2015			13,196
2016			11,683
Thereafter			58,708
		$	137,984

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Discloses a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) and the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, and for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class. Also includes the aggregate carrying amount, as of the balance sheet date, of assets not separately presented elsewhere in the balance sheet.

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