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<p style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font color="#F20017" size="2"><b>13. Property and Equipment</b></font></p>
<p style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font size="2"> Property and equipment are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives or lease terms if shorter. We amortize leasehold improvements purchased after the beginning of the initial lease term over the shorter of the assets' useful lives or a term that includes the original lease term, plus any renewals that are reasonably assured at the date the leasehold improvements are acquired. Depreciation expense for 2010, 2009 and 2008 was $2,060 million, $1,999 million and $1,804 million, respectively. For income tax purposes, accelerated depreciation methods are generally used. Repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred and were $726 million in 2010, $632 million in 2009 and $609 million in 2008. Facility pre-opening costs, including supplies and payroll, are expensed as incurred. </font></p>
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<p style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font size="2"> Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset's carrying value may not be recoverable. Impairments of $28 million in 2010, $49 million in 2009 and $2 million in 2008 were recorded as a result of the reviews performed. Additionally, due to project scope changes, we wrote off capitalized construction in progress costs of $6 million in 2010, $37 million in 2009 and $26 million in 2008.</font></p></td></tr></table>
13. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation.falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringDisclosure of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, building and production equipment. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. This element may be used as a single block of text to include the entire PPE disclosure, including data and tables.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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