Rangers expenditure on Alex Rodriguez in 2001: $21 Million (contract amount) + $2M (Yearly signing bonus) + the present value of the deferred compensated amount with a 3% annual interest ($5M) + insurance premium (10% of the yearly contract value) in case of any career threatening injury to Rodriguez Present Value of the Deferred Compensated amount: 5 Million/ (1+0.03)10 = $3720514=3.72Million Total Expense: 21+2+3.72+10 %( 26.72) =29.4Million Dollars. Immediate Benefits for Texas Rangers in
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Rosa Duarte Fin 500 2/7/2011 A-Rod: Signing the Best Player in Baseball Executive Summary The possibility of signing Alex Rodriguez in 2000 represented a major opportunity for the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez by 2000 and at just 25 years of age had come a long way in his career. Among his triumphs were becoming just the third player to obtain 40 homeruns and 40 base steals in a year and winning the American League homerun record by a shortstop. Besides his success in the field‚ he had also
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and performance of travel fly rods has greatly improved from when they were first introduced. More anglers are beginning to consider this type of fly rod when they are looking to add a new rod to their collection or replacing an old one. Many manufacturers of traditional fly rods also have a line of travel size fly rods to choose from in both fresh and saltwater configurations. Some of the concerns that many anglers have had with this type of rod is that because these rods have so many sections it
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B1 – Ethics‚ fraud and internal control at Bern Fly Company The main purpose that a good internal control must fulfil is to protect the firm’s assets from fraud and theft. As we can see from the description of Bern Fly Company’s case‚ the internal control within the company leaves much to be desired. As it can be read in the case the salespersons get commission promptly after each order taken by their customers without any control to check if that order is real or only a fictitious one. This
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A Eurosta solidaginis‚ also known as the Golden Rod Gall Fly‚ is an insect that lives in a Solidago atlissma/ canadis. The female Gall Fly has an ovipositor which implants eggs in the Golden Rod plant. Eggs are implanted by the mother onto the apical meristem. At the apical meristem the larva releases a chemical that stimulates the host goldenrod which in return forms the gall (Abrahamson‚ Kenneth‚ McCrea‚ Whitwell‚ and Vernieri 1991). The gall acts as a protective barrier for the Eurosta Solidagnis
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concrete the major material or ingredient is ordinary Portland cement (OPC). OPC creates two major problems at the time of production; the emission of CO2 due to calcination of limestone and the usage of extensive amount of energy. On the other hand‚ fly ash is the material which is emitted from the power plants at the time of electricity production
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Question 1: What is fly ash? What is it caused by and what are the effects? Fly ash is small particles of ash‚ caused by coal combustion. The incombustible materials remain behind as ash. Fly ash often stored wet and in bulk‚ and can spill or seep out of the containment into the soil and ground water. Fly ash can also corrode metal structures and is harmful to human health. Question 2: How can a solid fuel substance like coal be introduced into a steam powerplant? Combustion of coal is C+O2
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Bernadette Penley 11/11/14 Capital punishment is a punitive measure in which an offender is found guilty through the traditional judicial process and the punishment delivered is execution. Depending on the state the offender was processed in‚ execution may be delivered in many ways ranging from lethal injection to death by electrocution. Crimes for which capital punishment is applicable for are known as capital crimes. Since capital punishment is essentially about the use of the death penalty
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average‚ there are about 125 million rod cells in the human retina. Rod cells are almost entirely responsible for night vision. Rod cells do not process fine details or color differences‚ but are highly sensitive to light. A single flash of light is all that is require to produce a response from a rod cell. Rod cells function as specialized neurons that convert visual stimuli in the form of photons (particles of light) into chemical and electrical stimuli. Rod cells are responsible for perceiving
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Lightning Rods “The electrical fire would‚ I think‚ be drawn out of a cloud silently‚ before it could come near enough to strike…” said Benjamin Franklin.3 Contrary to popular belief‚ a lightning rod does not attract lightning. The lightning rod provides a path towards the ground to conduct massive electrical currents when lightning does occur. The pointed metal rod‚ usually attached to the roof of a building‚ could be an inch in diameter and connected to a large piece of copper or an aluminum
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