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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of intangible assets | The Company's intangible assets include facility management contracts, non-compete agreements and the trade name and technology of B.I. Incorporated, which the Company refers to as BI, as follows (in thousands):
|  |  | March 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
| Weighted Average Useful Life (years) |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Facility management contracts | 13.4 |  | $ | 151,779 |  |  | $ | (36,020 | ) |  | $ | 115,759 |  |  | $ | 151,913 |  |  | $ | (33,141 | ) |  | $ | 118,772 |
Covenants not to compete | 2.0 |  | 8,570 |  |  | (8,570 | ) |  | — |  |  | 8,570 |  |  | (8,495 | ) |  | 75 |
Technology | 7.0 |  | 21,200 |  |  | (6,486 | ) |  | 14,714 |  |  | 21,200 |  |  | (5,729 | ) |  | 15,471 |
Trade name (Indefinite lived) | Indefinite |  | 44,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 44,000 |  |  | 44,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 44,000 |
Total acquired intangible assets |  |  | $ | 225,549 |  |  | $ | (51,076 | ) |  | $ | 174,473 |  |  | $ | 225,683 |  |  | $ | (47,365 | ) |  | $ | 178,318 |
Estimated amortization expense for the remainder | Estimated amortization expense related to the Company's finite-lived intangible assets for the remainder of fiscal year 2013 through fiscal year 2017 and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year |  | Total Amortization Expense
Remainder of 2013 |  | $ | 10,904 |
2014 |  | 14,538 |
2015 |  | 14,538 |
2016 |  | 14,538 |
2017 |  | 14,538 |
Thereafter |  | 61,417 |
|  | $ | 130,473 |

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