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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of intangible assets | The Company's intangible assets include facility management contracts, the trade name and technology, as follows (in thousands):
|  |  | March 31, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
| 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 |  | $ | 156,756 |  |  | $ | (47,520 | ) |  | $ | 109,236 |  |  | $ | 151,604 |  |  | $ | (44,646 | ) |  | $ | 106,958 |
Technology | 7.0 |  | 22,012 |  |  | (9,515 | ) |  | 12,497 |  |  | 21,200 |  |  | (8,758 | ) |  | 12,442 |
Trade name (Indefinite lived) | Indefinite |  | 45,400 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,400 |  |  | 44,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 44,000 |
Total acquired intangible assets |  |  | $ | 224,168 |  |  | $ | (57,035 | ) |  | $ | 167,133 |  |  | $ | 216,804 |  |  | $ | (53,404 | ) |  | $ | 163,400 |
Estimated amortization expense for the remainder | Estimated amortization expense related to the Company's finite-lived intangible assets for the remainder of 2014 through 2018 and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Year |  | Total Amortization Expense
Remainder of 2014 |  | $ | 12,087 |
2015 |  | 15,719 |
2016 |  | 15,719 |
2017 |  | 15,719 |
2018 |  | 13,019 |
Thereafter |  | 49,470 |
|  | $ | 121,733 |

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