savings and revenue increases)? The investment proposed by Bob Prescott‚ an on-site longwood woodyard‚ would reduce operating costs by processing tree-length logs‚ as well as increase revenues by selling shortwood. Cost Savings: In 2006‚ Worldwide Paper’s Blue Ridge Mill had to purchase shortwood from competitor‚ Shenandoah Mill. The new woodyard would begin operations in 2008‚ thus saving Blue Ridge Mill $2mm in year one and $3.5mm the years after. The savings would come from the
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In America guns are huge deal whether you like them or not. It may be gun violence or just using it for sport‚ either way gun laws should be set but guns should not be banned. Having stricter gun control laws can keep Americans and their communities more safe‚ help guns from ending up in the wrong hands‚ and help reduce the overall deaths in America which are way up there compared to all the other causes of death. If people want their communities to be safe then there needs to be gun control to enforce
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Menendez‚ Landrieu‚ and Hagen together introduced the Alert Drivers Act‚ which would say that states pass laws banning texting while driving. Though more and more states are passing texting bans‚ it remains the case that fewer than half the states have banned the practice as of today (U.S. Congress). AAA foundation for Traffic Safety reports that 67 percent of drivers admitted to talking on their cell phone while driving behind the wheel‚ and 21 percent of drivers indicated they have read or sent a text
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“Applying technology in education would enhance human capacity‚ dynamize the teaching/learning environment‚ promote creativity‚ innovation‚ critical thinking‚ decision making and lifelong learning.” This predominant point suggests that laptops should not be banned in the classroom at the University level. Reasons are distribution‚ media‚ productivity‚ Internet‚ software‚ virtuality‚ management and environment. From the inception of the People’s Partnership government in 2010‚ an innovative approach
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consequences were far greater. From 1961 to 1971‚ a chemical was sprayed over the entire country of Vietnam‚ leaving 200‚000 people affected by the harmful toxin (Dioxin‚ 2015). The chemical used is called Agent Orange. Its use was discontinued after it was banned in 1971 by the United States (n.a‚ 2016). However‚ the ban came too late and provided no relief for the Vietnamese that are still dealing with the consequences of exposure to Agent Orange. Agent Orange was originally sprayed to kill all the trees
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Abortion is a legal medical method to stop the premature delivery that is adopted in most countries of the world. It was legalized many years ago but nowadays we live in the civilized society where the human life is the most precious treasure and the question about the appropriateness of abortions is of current importance. Nowadays there are two opposing camps who present their arguments. People who support abortion insist that prohibition of it will deprive people of their rights to have free choice
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Speech: smoking should be banned. Good afternoon Ms Gorman and fellow class mates I am standing before you today to argue and present why smoking should be banned. Cigarettes the poison of humanity‚ killing thousands every year‚ children smoking at the age of 12 ‚ the bad health of smokers and people around them and hundreds of dollars being wasted on them‚ will it ever stop? These are the aspects which I believe are of most interest on this topic of smoking should be banned and are what im going
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Harper Lee. Three reasons why To Kill a Mockingbird should not be banned‚ is first that it provides modern-day students an excellent glimpse of history that occurred in the past. Second‚ this book teaches very essential lessons of life that modern-day students could not experience in the present. Lastly‚ this book out of many books in the world‚ serves students worldwide as a grand model of writing. Harper Lee ’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ should be taught in the classroom because it gives a glimpse
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Alcohol consumption should be banned. Argue for or against the statement. Alcohol is one of the most widely used and abused drugs in the world. It is a legal drug that can be found just about anywhere‚ restaurants‚ liquor stores and even in some supermarkets. It is a drug that is used by many‚ some just to relax‚ others to party with the intention of getting drunk and those that are addicted and who abuse the drug like no other. Alcohol causes several problems and injures the lives of many‚ it
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The second reason why we should not allow guns on college campuses would be because some student could be emotionally traumatised from an experience involving guns. Such as Danielle Vabner‚ a UT student who “lost her 6-year-old brother in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting” joined a rally to support the need of Gun Free colleges. Especially if the intention was “to harm others”‚ this person could potentially feel triggered by that situation when in the presence of a gun. The third
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