They have also devised a conservative method for calculating catch limits.

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The more conservative method is to use a Modified IRR (MIRR) where all of the cash flows are assumed reinvested at the lower risk free rate.

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But after seven years of delving into the fortune, we feel we have come up with a fair and conservative valuation method.

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If Illinois used a more conservative actuarial method to estimate liabilities, amortized over no more than 30 years (or a shorter period, as is used in many states that want to get a handle on their pension liabilities) and used a more realistic return assumption for TRS, those pension contributions would be rising even faster.

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He has used the method three times this year, but the Conservative MSP Liz Smith, who was given the original incorrect answer on green jobs, complained she was not told about the change.

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The problem with enacting Leveson was always how to bring in a bill, if Conservative minsters didn't want to (I posted on one possible method a while ago) - and amending an existing bill is an elegant solution.

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This is the case that may deliver a knockout blow to business method patents, those patents that everybody from free-software zealots to conservative Republicans love to hate.

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He has used the method, which has been operating since October 2011, three times this year, but the Conservative MSP Liz Smith, who was given the original incorrect answer on green jobs, complained she was not told about the change.

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