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Captain Atom #1-10 (DC) by Cary Bates, Greg Weisman (#10), Pat Broderick, Bob Smith, Carl Gafford (#1-4, 6-10), Bob LeRose (#5), John Costanza (#1-3), Agustin Mas (#4-5), Duncan Andrews (#6-10), Denny O'Neil
It's not always an easy distinction to make, but there's a difference between doing good and being good, and Captain Atom is all about skirting that line. The title character is a good man who does bad things for good reasons, and then uses those bad things to allow himself to do good things, too. After gaining his powers, he is coerced by the U.S. military into being a superhero, but I believe that he probably would've chosen that life (or something close to it) for himself anyway because of his core decency and sense of responsibility. He's a good person doing good deeds, but doing them in an arguably bad way, lying to the world about his past and present in the name of protecting the less-good men who control his life. And there are consequences for his deceptions, sometimes serious ones, meaning that for all the positive work he does, there's always a certain taint around him, a hidden shame he can never entirely shake. It makes him an extremely interesting character to follow, because even when he's saving the day as a superhero, the reader understands that he's still trapped as a soldier, following orders and keeping secrets he doesn't always like. Captain Atom is a sad but also hopeful figure, improving his life and earning his freedom inch by difficult inch. Continue Reading »
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Blue Beetle #8-19 (DC) by Len Wein, Joey Cavalieri (#12), R.J.M. Lofficer (#14-15, 17-19), Paris Cullins (#8-9, 11-14, 17-18), Chuck Patton (#10), Ross Andru (#15-16, 19), Dell Barras (#8-15), Danny Bulanadi (#16-17, 19), Carl Gafford (#8), Gene D'Angelo (#9-19), John Costanza, Karen Berger (#8-13), Denny O'Neil (#14-19)
To be a superhero requires a certain amount of optimism. It's not just about having power, but also about believing that you can use that power to make an actual difference. It's about picking the good side in the never-ending good-vs.-evil conflict that rages within and around us all, and convincing yourself and the world that you're contributing something, that you're genuinely helping your side win in the short- and/or long-term. I suppose this requires some level of ego/arrogance, too, and probably more than a little delusion. The titular star of Blue Beetle certainly possesses both of those traits, but it is the aforementioned optimism that shines through most brightly with that character and the series as a whole. Ted Kord earnestly, enthusiastically does good for it's own sake, and seems to find that it is it's own reward, too. His life is full of other rewards— money, status, romance, an entire corporation to run—but his superheroics are what take precedence and usurp most of his time, because that's what most interests and satisfies him. It even, at times, gets in the way of his other obligations, but ultimately Kord chooses over and over to put his Blue Beetle activities first since he thinks of them as the most important, valuable work he does. Continue Reading »
Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today's artist is Michael Golden, and the issue is The Micronauts #7, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated July 1979. Enjoy!
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Infinity Inc. #34-44 (DC) by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas, Todd McFarlane (#34-37), Martin King (#38), Michael Bair (#39), Vince Argondezzi (#40-44), Tony DeZuniga (#34-42, 44), Pablo Marcos (#39), Danny Bulanadi (#40), Al Vey (#42), Rodin Rodriguez (#43), Alfredo Alcala (#43) Liz Bérubé (#34, 38, 41, 43-44), Carl Gafford (#35-37, 40), Anthony Tollin (#39), Shelley Eiber (#42), David C. Weiss (#34-39), Agustin Mas (#39-40), Jean Simek (#41-44)
It's a little hard to sum up my opinion on the 1987 issues of Infinity Inc., because it was an unsteady series at that time, varying in quality not only from issue to issue but often from scene to scene. It was more interested in the personal dramas of its cast than the flash and flair of superpowered action, yet the action sequences were more reliably entertaining than the more grounded character work. Then again, all the strongest moments center on the characters' emotional lives, but so do the weakest ones, with the fight scenes falling somewhere in between. This gives the comic a strange lack of identity; is it compelling teenage drama or lame teenage melodrama, a fun superhero adventure or a dull superhero business meeting? With 27 story pages per issue (on average…sometimes 26 or 28) Infinity Inc. has room to be all of those things and more, but it's never any one thing for long enough to get the reader fully, unwaveringly invested. This is frustrating to a degree, but also appropriate, because as a team Infinity, Inc. is a fairly disjointed, non-unified group. They have wildly different priorities and opinions on how to operate, and they pretty much never do anything as a full team, splintering instead into smaller units for each new mission/threat. So the book's somewhat chaotic voice fits nicely with the team's mismatched energy, and may even be an intentional aspect of the storytelling for that reason. Which is all well and good, but doesn't make it any easier to know precisely how I feel about these issues as a group. Continue Reading »
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Suicide Squad #1-8 (DC) by John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell, Karl Kesel (#1-3), Bob Lewis (#4-8), Carl Gafford, Todd Klein, and Robert Greenberger
The concept of Suicide Squad is elegantly simple, and maybe inevitable in the world of superheroes and villains. The difficulty of effectively imprisoning superpowered baddies has been explored in many ways in all kinds of comicbooks, and this series offers one more approach: a work release program for supervillains. And why not? There are all different levels of supervillainy, and as many different motivations for it as people participating in it, so anyone who wants to prove themselves less insane or untrustworthy than their peers might as well get a chance. Besides, giving them another venue/outlet for their abilities could potentially place them on a better path, even make them better people. Right?
Wrong, says Suicide Squad, which seems to believe that people, good or bad, pretty much are who they are no matter what. The book hinges on this philosophy, its drama fueled by the clashing and immovable personalities of its cast. In the world of Suicide Squad, the whole Suicide Squad project is a futile endeavor, an attempt to convince villains to act against their natures through an odd combination of bargains, threats, and field assignments. Trouble is, nobody can ever act against their nature in this book, so the Squad fails or at least half-fails on every outing, refusing to gel as a group and generally causing more harm than good to its members and the rest of the world.
Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today's artist is Todd McFarlane, and the story is "Slash" in Coyote #11 and the issue is Infinity Inc. #16, the first of which was published by Marvel (under Epic Comics) and is cover dated March 1985 and the second of which was published by DC and is cover dated July 1985. The scans of "Slash" are from the trade paperback Coyote volume 4, which was published by Image in 2006. Enjoy!
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Every day this year, I will be examining the artwork on a single comic book story. Today's artist is Rob Liefeld, and the first story is "A Princess' Story" in Secret Origins #28 and the issue is Hawk and Dove #1, both of which were published by DC, the first cover dated July 1988 and the second cover dated October 1988. Enjoy!
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Interactions between bank behavior and financial structure: evidence from a developing country
We use time-series analysis to examine bank behavior with respect to credit supply employing both banking data and other financial variables for the Turkish economy over the 1990 – 2009 period. We provide a vector error-correction (VEC) model to test for multivariate cointegration and Granger causality. More specifically, this paper seeks to fill the gap on how the bank behavior interacts with the financial structure given the conditions of macroeconomic policy. Our findings suggest that Granger causality is present between credit-deposit ratio and maturity of time deposits which implies that depositor decision on maturity changes the composition of balance sheet of banks leading to low credit creation. This result implies that macroeconomic uncertainty and instability lead to a kind of credit contraction with the decrease of deposit maturity. Our results also reveal that economic cycles are credit-driven in Turkey.
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BOSTON - The elevation to sainthood of Pope John Paul II is important not only to Catholics and his fellow Poles, but to people across the world, said Andrzej Pronczuk of Milton.
"He traveled extensively around the world," visiting more than 100 countries throughout the world during his 27 years as pope, said Pronczuk, who is president of the Polish Cultural Foundation. "Thanks to his efforts, there was a big change in Eastern and Central Europe.
John Paul II and John XXIII, who was pope from 1958 to 1963, will be elevated to sainthood on Sunday at the Vatican.
John Paul II's second overseas trip was to his native country in June, 1979, and Pronczuk was there to greet him on his motorcade from the airport to downtown Warsaw. "There were so many people welcoming him on the streets," Pronczuk said.
During a Mass in Poland, John Paul endorsed the efforts of Poles dissatisfied with Communist rule. "He expressed his solidarity with the people of Poland and the people who wanted change in Poland," Pronczuk said.
Later that year, John Paul made his first trip to the United States, which began in Boston with John Paul kneeling to kiss the tarmac at Logan International Airport.
Thousands lined the route of a motorcade through the city, with an estimated 500,000 people attending an open air Mass at the Boston Common which took place in a heavy rain. Here, John Paul displayed his sense of humor. "I greet you, America the beautiful," John Paul said. "Beautiful even if it rains."
A park along the Neponset River in Dorchester and a parochial elementary school in Boston are named for John Paul II.
Cardinal Sean O'Malley is in Rome for the canonization ceremonies, said Terry Donilon, spokesman for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.
Donilon said seminarians from the Blessed Pope John XXIII National Cemetery in Weston are making a pilgrimage to Sunday's ceremonies. John XXIII is best known for calling the Second Vatican Council, which introduced reforms to the church.
Our Lady of Czestochowa Church in South Boston, which serves the Polish community, will be celebrating the canonization all weekend. A photographic exhibition which has toured nationally, "John Paul II, the Holy Man: To the Ends of the Earth," will be on display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the church hall, 655 Dorchester Ave.
The church will hold a special Mass of Thanksgiving for the Life of John Paul II at 11 a.m. Sunday, followed by a concert by the church choir and children's choir.
The Polish Amateur Theater will perform a play written by John Paul II, titled "The Jeweler's Shop" at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the church.
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Rand Paul Asks "Why are we giving foreign aid to countries that persecute women and Christians?" (Video)
He could have stopped at "Why are we giving foreign aid to countries," but he still makes a great point:
Paul spoke out Tuesday at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urging his colleagues to "use our might to speak for those who cannot" and to stop: supporting governments that condone practices incompatible with American – and human – values.
"The U.S. taxpayer has forked over billions of dollars to the Pakistani government, which condones the persecution of Christians," Paul: said.
Many countries that receive U.S. foreign aid have laws that officially discriminate against Christians. Persecution of women is wrong. Persecution of Christians is wrong. Persecution of women or Christians in the name of religion must be stood up to. American power, if it is to have value in the world, must be used as a force against persecution. Our aid money, for example, should never go to countries that persecute women or Christians, not one dime. But today, it does.
Paul demanded that the U.S. start placing conditions on the money it doles out to foreign countries: that infringe upon the basic human right of freedom of religious belief.
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Rand is 100% correct here. : We should not be giving taxpayer dollars to prop up tin pot dictator, and that's exactly what foreign aid does. : Our money makes this oppression possible.
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I love the new design of the Depo Masthead at WordPress.com Truly amazing design by Derek Powazek. I tried using the theme on a self hosted blog of mine but doesn't show properly. It only shows the header and nothing else. I know that
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Pop culture typically depicts voodoo as a dark-and-dingy practice in which bones are scattered and animals are sacrificed. Its most popular figures are a man in a top hat with a skull painted on his face and the dreadlocked lady from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie who lived like a hermit in a cabin deep within the swamps. (Interestingly, both tangled with James Bond. Weird.)
It's a bit of a shocker, then, when the voodoo practitioners of Dan Ciurczak's Vibe look like rad dudes straight out of Sonic the Hedgehog. It's so … in-your-face and hella rad. Full disclosure: I have no idea whether the aggressively neon look of Vibe is closer to the faith. Heck, I have no idea whether it's blasphemous. It's certainly a different, take though; a direct contrast to the dour, gloomy reputation of voodoo. The colors are garish and bold — neon and pastel colors clashing together in a forbidden sherbet spectrum. It's bright, jazzy and wild.
Meet Baron Bones, a young kid with issues: Vibe opens with him losing most of his immediate family; his parents are dead, and his sister Brigitte disappears without much warning. Such events can drive other young kids to become grim avengers of the night. Baron, instead, becomes a witch doctor … which, in the world of Vibe, makes him practically a superhero in the Teen Titans mold.
In fact, being a voodoo practitioner for the modern age is not greatly different from being a Pokemon trainer, it seems. Baron is accompanied by a couple of cute creatures whose properties he taps to augment his skills. One, for example, transforms into a spiky suit of armor. Another gives him a pair of icy boots. They transform Baron into some sort of zippy superhero, using his good vibes to lay the smackdown on towering monoliths created by bad vibes.
Eventually, he runs into Furio, a hulking dude whose language is thick with patois. Here's some sample dialogue, which is positively Claremontian: "Sorry mon, mi was undah di impression ya had da simplest concepts of voodoo undah yah belt." It's a little abstruse, but becomes lyrical the more you read it. Furio attacks Baron, and he reveals he's looking for his sister Brigitte. Although he seems like a villain at first, Furio eventually tries to form an alliance with the young witch doctor upon his second meeting. It turns out he's a more complicated man than at first sight. Also, he has a weird penchant for wearing adorable hoodies.
Baron also meets Sylvia, a lonely classmate who's seriously crushing on our hero. She's also possessed by a pretty monstrous vibe that's hella impossible to defeat. This establishes the tone of Vibe: It's non-stop monster-fighting … not that there's anything wrong with that.
Vibe doesn't take any breathers; it can be overwhelmingly hyperactive. The energetic, breakneck pace is not unlike that of a kindergartner on a sugar rush. Panels crowd together to blot out most of the negative space. Focusing on any one object becomes impossible when every single object is composed of several tiny items and color schemes that border on the mental.
What it lacks in comprehensibility, though, it makes up for in style. In fact, I can't imagine Vibe if it wasn't something of a mess. The edges are jagged, and the outlines are thick and heavy. The onomatopoeia pops off the page, impossible to ignore and becoming part of the art itself. There's a big emphasis on perspective shots; hands and fists, especially, are often placed at the foreground to remind the reader of their untamable fury. It's got a bit of that anarchy that comes from graffiti, and some of the exaggerated action poses you find in shonen manga. It's East meets West at the most adrenaline-filled extremes of both.
This is seriously the coolest article on CBR, thank you for spotlighting this webcomic. I love it already. I love this . . . finding out new cool comics on the net is awesome . . . I love it. I hope there's a book version too. It looks very awesome and its passionately drawn . . .
Why isn't this a cartoon?
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Nice article Larry! I'd like to mention something, the Jamaican lady from Pirates of the Caribbean didn't practice Voodoo but something called Obeah. A Jamaican reader pointed out to Dan that Jamaicans don't actually practice Voodoo and that it's more of a Haiti thing, Dan rebutted by saying that Furio is more of an exception than the rule. Also, that skull faced man in a top hat associated with Voodoo? That's Baron Samedi (French for Saturday) a Voodoo spirit (or Loa/Lwa) of death who kinda gets misrepresented as a villainous figure in media when he's far from it, he's also who this "Baron" was named after. Both Baron and Brigitte are named after voodoo death spirits and so is the spirit that Brigitte has called Ghede.
I went to the comic site and my first thought was "Viewtiful Joe? Is that you?"
The colors are as obnoxious as they are wild. I imagine you have to read this comic for a while to see it without seeing it.
@Bobert: cool! Thanks for the background info! I'll have to watch Pirates of the Caribbean again… I don't remember the island that the lady was from. (For some reason, I thought they kept it ambiguous.) Anyway, all the background is much appreciated!
Haha oh man, this was great. Thanks a bunch for the review Larry. This is easily the most Hype thing I've ever read about my work (or for anything for that matter). I'm glad you got a kick out of it, and thank you for taking the time to read it and write this review. Cheers dude!


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the head is just beyond the path where it disappears behind the dark tree on the left
same view
Looking straight down from the tower
Looking up towards the tail from ground level
And then looking towards the direction of the head from the same spot
wildflowers while looking as the mound meanders towards the head
This is the oval that the serpent is conjectured to be about to swallow. Some say an egg, some say the moon. we will never know
The mound is built on a parcel of land the juts out over a cliff on three sides. this over look is just past the head
view from the overlook
another view
Looking straight down from the overllok
Back on the path and looking at the head
the tail
Looking down on the coiled tail
This trail leads down below the cliffs
Creek runs along the bottom
the little creek
Sorry you can't see it but there is a little waterfall just behind and to the right of the tree
pretty wildflowers grwoing in abundance in the flood plain
This is as far as I went on this trail I was not ready to wade through the flooded trail
flooded trail
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And saw this guy. Maybe the model for the mound?
One of the caves in the rock underneath the mound
This is looking up to the overlook I was at earlier
Ohio Brush Creek was flowing muddy and swollen from heavy rain over the weekend
This is one of the many effigy mounds in the area but most are on private land.
Looking over to the mound from the wildlife meadow
The Buckeye trail passes through the park. It encircles the entire State of Ohio for over 1,400 miles
Another serpent I encountered
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Tis was taken from the road overpass of Ohio Brush Creek looking toward the Park
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Ohio river bridge. This is taken in Aberdeen Ohio
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The new dam. Back in the Civil War days you could walk across the ohio river in many places because it was only two feet deep at low water. Slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad would do tis to reach safe houses in Ohio
Ulysses S Grants Birthplace
Interesting find out that his name wasn't reallly Ulysses Simpson Grant but Hiriam Ulysses Grant. The Army made a mistake on his application to West Point and rather than correct it they told him that would be his new name.
The old bridge which was more of an old steel truss type bridge was replaced by this more modern concrete and steel but they saved and used the ornamentation.
Big Indian Creek where it merges with the Ohio River taken from Grant Memorial Bridge
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Given the well-known problems of college sports — where money and influence peddling corrupt the world of student-athletes — a referee is needed to set and enforce fair rules.
The NCAA has tried to fulfill that role for decades. The organization has done its job well when it has delivered swift justice, most recently when it came down hard on Penn State University's football program for the coverup of the Jerry Sandusky pedophile scandal.
And then there's the Frank Haith matter.
The NCAA for more than 18 months has been investigating Haith, the University of Missouri basketball coach, for his actions when he led the University of Miami program.
The probe has been unconscionably long. And last week the NCAA admitted that the investigation itself had been tainted by how its enforcement division had collected some evidence about the Haith matter.
MU sports fans screamed foul, with good reason. The NCAA's mistake undercut its credibility.
But pulling the plug on the Haith probe would go too far. If the NCAA has enough evidence gained through legitimate means to raise questions about his actions at Miami, the charges should be made, giving Haith a chance to defend himself.
The NCAA does its job imperfectly — as do too many universities that are supposed to be looking out for the welfare of student-athletes. The NCAA must continue trying to rein in the excesses that plague college sports, but it must do so with higher ethical behavior.
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I have been on Labetalol for two days now and my doctor said that it should of worked immediately, but it hasn't. He perscribed me this medication for my SVT not for high blood pressure and because I am pregnant. Is anyone else taking this medicine for SVT? How long should it take to start working? And has anyone that's pregnant taken this medication as well?
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You should have seen a difference by the 2nd day.
I'm sorry I don't know of anyone who is either taking or took it during pregnancy.
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I just started Labetalol today. I am 14 weeks pregnant diagnosed with hypertension stage 1. So far this medication has not worked yet. I almost have rapid pulse, and for that it has worked. Labetalol is often prescribed to pregnant women... It's a class C drug although testing on pregnant women has not been preformed. It is considered safe due to the risk of preeclampsia and other issues that high blood pressure may cause. The risks of high blood pressure definitley outweigh the risk of this medication during pregnancy.
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Many papers have described moving sound image localization schemes that use loudspeakers or headphones. Most of these schemes are based on switching spatial transfer functions, so wave discontinuity occurs at the moment of switching, which degrades the sound quality. While the characteristics of the wave discontinuity depend on the moving sound image localization schemes, no paper appears to have considered the relationship between the wave discontinuity and the scheme used. To rectify this omission, this paper examines three approaches: simple switching approach, overlap-add approach, and fade-in--fade-out approach. We assess the sound degradation caused by wave discontinuity, and use the objective measure of spectrum distortion width to quantify the wave discontinuity. We also carry out paired comparison tests as subjective assessments. Both assessments verify that the third approach is the best of the three.
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aaand another awesome cosplay!!! by shiniezWatch
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Very cool. I watched the Firefly series again the other day, one of the episodes Inara Sera the Companion meets up with an old "friend" on the ship, who turns out to be a HOT female friend. Every time the two girls show up in front of everyone Jayne's draw drops, he drools, and then says "I gotta go to my room." This makes me wanna say "I gotta go to my room."
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|3 1⁄2 Pound, cut into 8 pieces
|3 , pared and cut in half
|Celery stalks
|2 (In 1 Inch Pieces)
|4 Medium, peeled
|Chopped fresh parsley
|1 Tablespoon
|1 Teaspoon
|3 Tablespoon
|4 Tablespoon
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Add carrots, celery and potatoes. Season; add parsley and basil. Bring to boil and cook 30 minutes over medium heat.
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Add 3 cups (750 mL) of reserved cooking liquid to pan. Stir well and cook sauce 12 minutes over medium heat. Season well.
Place chicken and vegetables in sauce. Sprinkle with paprika and season to taste. Simmer 5 minutes before serving.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 4129 Calories from Fat 1925
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 215 g330.1%
Saturated Fat 73.7 g368.7%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 1160.4 mg386.8%
Sodium 1279.4 mg53.3%
Total Carbohydrates 196 g65.3%
Dietary Fiber 24.8 g99%
Sugars 16.1 g
Protein 346 g691.1%
Vitamin A 729.7% Vitamin C 287.1%
Calcium 40.4% Iron 128.4%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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Analyzing surplus appropriation schemes in participating life insurance from the insurer's and the policyholder's perspective
This paper examines the impact of three surplus appropriation schemes often inherent in participating life insurance contracts on the insurer's shortfall risk and the net present value from an insured's viewpoint. (1) In case of the bonus system, surplus is used to increase the guaranteed death and survival benefit, leading to higher reserves; (2) the interest-bearing accumulation increases only the survival benefit by accumulating the surplus on a separate account; and (3) surplus can also be used to shorten the contract term, which results in an earlier payment of the survival benefit and a reduced sum of premium payments. The pool of participating life insurance contracts with death and survival benefit is modeled actuarially with annual premium payments; mortality rates are generated based on an extension of the Lee-Carter (1992) model, and the asset process follows a geometric Brownian motion. In a simulation analysis, we then compare the influence of different asset portfolios and shocks to mortality on the insurer's risk situation and the policyholder's net present value for the three surplus schemes. Our findings demonstrate that, even though the surplus distribution and thus the amount of surplus is calculated the same way, the type of surplus appropriation scheme has a substantial impact on the insurer's risk exposure and the policyholder's net present value.
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