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DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS (Block) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Deferred Costs Capitalized Prepaid And Other Assets Disclosure Abstract |
Deferred Costs Capitalized Prepaid And Other Assets Disclosure Text Block | 5. DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS Deferred charges and other assets, including definite-lived intangible assets, consist of the following as of the periods indicated:
| Deferred Charges And Other Assets |  |
| December 31, |  |
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Period Of
| Asset |  | Reserve |  | Net |  | Asset |  | Reserve |  | Net |  | Amortization
| (amounts in thousands) |  |
Deferred contracts and other agreements | $ | 1,788 |  | $ | 1,177 |  | $ | 611 |  | $ | 1,788 |  | $ | 1,049 |  | $ | 739 |  | Term of contract
Leasehold premium |  | 1,732 |  |  | 1,215 |  |  | 517 |  |  | 1,732 |  |  | 1,157 |  |  | 575 |  | Less than 1 year
Other definitive lived assets |  | 833 |  |  | 769 |  |  | 64 |  |  | 831 |  |  | 714 |  |  | 117 |  | 3 years
Total definite-lived intangibles |  | 4,353 |  |  | 3,161 |  |  | 1,192 |  |  | 4,351 |  |  | 2,920 |  |  | 1,431 |  |
Debt issuance costs |  | 22,115 |  |  | 5,864 |  |  | 16,251 |  |  | 21,746 |  |  | 1,584 |  |  | 20,162 |  | Term of debt
Prepaid assets - long-term |  | 800 |  |  | - |  |  | 800 |  |  | 1,457 |  |  | - |  |  | 1,457 |  |
Software costs and other |  | 11,116 |  |  | 9,233 |  |  | 1,883 |  |  | 10,578 |  |  | 8,926 |  |  | 1,652 |  |
| $ | 38,384 |  | $ | 18,258 |  | $ | 20,126 |  | $ | 38,132 |  | $ | 13,430 |  | $ | 24,702 |  |
The following table presents the various categories of amortization expense for the periods indicated, including deferred financing expense which is reflected as interest expense:
|  | Amortization Expense
|  | For The Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Definite-lived assets |  | $ | 240 |  | $ | 284 |  | $ | 197
Deferred financing expense |  |  | 4,405 |  |  | 3,567 |  |  | 3,912
Software costs |  |  | 696 |  |  | 667 |  |  | 1,100
Total amortization expense for deferred charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
and other assets |  | $ | 5,341 |  | $ | 4,518 |  | $ | 5,209
The following table presents the Company's estimate of amortization expense, for each of the five succeeding years for: (1) deferred charges and other assets; and (2) definite-lived assets:
|  | Future Amortization Expense
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Definite-Lived
|  | Total |  | Other |  | Assets
Years ending December 31, |  | (amounts in thousands)
2013 |  | $ | 5,473 |  | $ | 5,318 |  |  | 155
2014 |  |  | 4,383 |  |  | 4,276 |  |  | 107
2015 |  |  | 3,341 |  |  | 3,273 |  |  | 68
2016 |  |  | 2,018 |  |  | 1,968 |  |  | 50
2017 |  |  | 985 |  |  | 935 |  |  | 50
Thereafter |  |  | 2,469 |  |  | 2,223 |  |  | 246
Total |  | $ | 18,669 |  | $ | 17,993 |  | $ | 676

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