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ORGANIZATION, OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Organization Operations And Significant Accounting Policies Tables |
Schedule of property and equipment useful life | Depreciation of buildings, improvements, machinery and equipment is provided principally by the straight-line method over estimated useful lives as follows:
|  | Years
Real estate: |  |
Buildings |  | 20 to 45
Building improvements |  | 10 to 25
Land improvements |  | 10 to 35
Administrative assets: |  |
Computers and software |  | 3 to 10
Office furniture and equipment |  | 5 to 20
Vehicles and other |  | 5

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