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Property Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Property Assets [Abstract] |
Property Assets [Text Block] | Property Assets
| December 31,
(In thousands) | 2017 |  | 2016
Furniture and equipment | $ | 511,527 |  |  | $ | 522,036 |
Transportation equipment | 10,585 |  |  | 11,854 |
Building and leasehold improvements | 269,522 |  |  | 274,118 |
Land and land improvements | 6,747 |  |  | 6,747 |
Construction in progress | 10,193 |  |  | 23,774 |
Total property assets | 808,574 |  |  | 838,529 |
Less accumulated depreciation | (525,673 | ) |  | (522,101 | )
Total property assets, net of accumulated depreciation | $ | 282,901 |  |  | $ | 316,428 |
We had $7.3 million and $22.9 million of capitalized software costs included in construction in progress at December 31, 2017 and 2016 respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, we placed in service internally developed software of approximately $32.1 million, $84.5 million and $22.9 million, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 + Details
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