Could "Dead" actor's potential new role mean character's demise? (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? (Spoiler alert: Don't read this if you don't even want to think about a central "Walking Dead" character leaving.)

Is Shane doomed on "The Walking Dead"?

Actor Jon Bernthal is in talks to star in the pilot for TNT's cop drama "L.A. Noir," according to Variety. The pilot, to be directed by former "Walking Dead" showrunner Frank Darabont, would feature Bernthal as Joe Teague, a Los Angeles cop who battles local mobsters in the 1940s and '50s, which doesn't sound especially promising for his character on "The Walking Dead," Deputy Shane Walsh.

Bernthal's rep didn't immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment on his future with either show.

Shane has certainly ticked off plenty of his fellow survivors -- he carried on an affair with the wife of his best friend (and may be the father of her unborn child). He's also butted heads with fellow survivor Dale, and set off the mass killing -- well, re-killing -- of the walkers hidden on Hershel's farm.

So, does a new job in real life (and a reunion with Darabont, from whom Bernthal has expressed much admiration) + a character who continues to alienate himself =TV Shane fated to die?

We can't look to the graphic novels that inspired the show for any clues about Shane's fate: The show's writers have said they feel free to depart from them.

"The Walking Dead" returns with new season two episodes on AMC on February 12.

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Consumer watchdog targets payday loans

Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau held a hearing in Birmingham, Ala., on payday lenders. Richard Cordray, the CFPB?s newly-appointed executive director, said his agency will examine both bank and nonbank institutions offering these short-term, small-dollar loans.

?We recognize that there is a need and a demand in the country for emergency credit,? he said. ?At the same time, it?s important that these products actually help consumers and not harm them. We know that some payday lenders are engaged in practices that present immediate risks to consumers and are illegal. Where we find these practices, we will take immediate steps to eliminate them.?

Payday loans are supposed to be short term: 14 days. As the name implies, they?re supposed to get you to the next pay day, when you?re able to repay the loan.

Here?s how it works. Let?s say you need $100 and the interest rate for that two week period is 17 percent. You write a postdated check made out to the lender for $117. If you can?t pay that amount when the two weeks is up, they keep $17, the loan is extended and another $17 fee is added on.

Critics say customers often roll-over their debt when they can?t repay it. They wind up living off that borrowed money at an annual interest rate of 400 to 600 percent or more.

Steven Stetson, a policy analyst with Alabama Arise, an anti-poverty group based in Montgomery, told the hearing people get ?churned through the system? six, eight, 10 times a year.

?If we have laws against gouging for gas and water, we ought to have laws against gouging for loans,? he said.

In his opening remarks, Director Cordray said the CFPB planned to look into the long-term use of payday loans.? He talked about a consumer who had contacted the agency. The man took out a $500 loan to pay for car repair. But at the end of two weeks, he couldn?t repay the loan.

It?s been nine months and the borrower has paid $900 on that loan. He has $312 more to go. The money is withdrawn directly from his paycheck and now he doesn?t have enough left to pay his bills.

Other customers at the hearing spoke favorably about their experience. They wore ?I Choose Payday Advance? stickers provided by the industry, the Associated Press reported.

LaDonna Banks said she needed the loan after she donated a kidney to her brother and couldn?t work.

?I borrowed the money. I paid back the money,? she said.

People who use payday loans tend to have less income, fewer assets and lower net worth than the average American family. They are disproportionately people of color. The industry insists it is serving people who are denied credit and shut out of the traditional banking system. ?

Ted Saunders, CEO of Ohio-based Community Choice Financial (which operates in more than a dozen states), said he was offended by suggestions that payday lenders take advantage of people. Saunders believes the federal government should go after the ?bad actors? in the business rather than creating new rules.

What do you think? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to hear from people who?ve used payday lenders. You can leave an anonymous comment on the CFPB website.?

More info:

Payday Loans Equal Very Costly Cash: Consumers Urged to Consider the Alternatives??

Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/24/10217549-consumer-watchdog-targets-payday-loans

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True stories from the cancer ward

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New book 'The Elephant in the Room' explores how patients and doctors deal with cancer

Jonathan Waxman, a professor of oncology, was inspired to write a book by his conversations with his patients. Here, he gained insight into his patients' fears, hopes, and the impact the disease has on their lives. In The Elephant in the Room, Waxman explores the relationship of patient and specialist, how both sides deal with cancer, their interactions, and what doctors actually mean when talking to their patients.

Jonathan Waxman tackles the issue of cancer from a different perspective. Unlike other books by oncologists, this is not about the mere facts of cancer or how it can be treated. It depicts patients and doctors in way that goes beyond the stereotypical roles in the clinical and sterile setting of a hospital - as human beings fighting their fear of cancer.

The doctor and the patient are alone in the consultation room. "Cancer is the elephant in the room, a grim, grey ghost, [] hunched behind the sofa waiting on his time. And the elephant is readying himself for that moment when he will leap out to meet you in your unsuspecting moments, an ice axe, chain saw moment that you knew would be yours at some time," writes Waxman in the Introduction about the moment the patient is informed he has cancer.. However, hundreds of thousands of people survive cancer every year. This book wants to encourage cancer patients not to lose hope.

Jonathan Waxman is both an expert in oncology and a gifted storyteller, making for a unique combination of sound clinical information and an informal, enjoyable style. In The Elephant in the Room, he includes a range of cancer cases from real-life accounts to compile his collection of short stories about cancer patients and their doctors. These stories comfort and entertain, inform and engage, and are a treat to read. With humor and empathy, Jonathan Waxman explores the human side of cancer.

Jonathan Waxman is a Professor of Oncology at Imperial College London and consultant physician to the Hammersmith Hospital. He founded The Prostate Cancer Charity, the first United Kingdom national organization promoting research and patient support for this condition. He is a clinician who has helped develop new treatments for cancer, which are now part of standard practice. He is the author of around 400 research papers and chapters, eleven books on cancer, a book on medical negligence law and a novel, The Fifth Gospel. He directs a laboratory research group comprising 31 scientists, and a clinical trial group. He has developed and led media campaigns to rationalize cancer treatments and change government health policy.

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J. Waxman
The Elephant in the Room
Stories About Cancer Patients and their Doctors
2012. XIX, 264 p.
Softcover 24,95; $29,95 14,99
ISBN 978-0-85729-894-2


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janina.reichert@springer.com
49-622-148-78414
Springer

New book 'The Elephant in the Room' explores how patients and doctors deal with cancer

Jonathan Waxman, a professor of oncology, was inspired to write a book by his conversations with his patients. Here, he gained insight into his patients' fears, hopes, and the impact the disease has on their lives. In The Elephant in the Room, Waxman explores the relationship of patient and specialist, how both sides deal with cancer, their interactions, and what doctors actually mean when talking to their patients.

Jonathan Waxman tackles the issue of cancer from a different perspective. Unlike other books by oncologists, this is not about the mere facts of cancer or how it can be treated. It depicts patients and doctors in way that goes beyond the stereotypical roles in the clinical and sterile setting of a hospital - as human beings fighting their fear of cancer.

The doctor and the patient are alone in the consultation room. "Cancer is the elephant in the room, a grim, grey ghost, [] hunched behind the sofa waiting on his time. And the elephant is readying himself for that moment when he will leap out to meet you in your unsuspecting moments, an ice axe, chain saw moment that you knew would be yours at some time," writes Waxman in the Introduction about the moment the patient is informed he has cancer.. However, hundreds of thousands of people survive cancer every year. This book wants to encourage cancer patients not to lose hope.

Jonathan Waxman is both an expert in oncology and a gifted storyteller, making for a unique combination of sound clinical information and an informal, enjoyable style. In The Elephant in the Room, he includes a range of cancer cases from real-life accounts to compile his collection of short stories about cancer patients and their doctors. These stories comfort and entertain, inform and engage, and are a treat to read. With humor and empathy, Jonathan Waxman explores the human side of cancer.

Jonathan Waxman is a Professor of Oncology at Imperial College London and consultant physician to the Hammersmith Hospital. He founded The Prostate Cancer Charity, the first United Kingdom national organization promoting research and patient support for this condition. He is a clinician who has helped develop new treatments for cancer, which are now part of standard practice. He is the author of around 400 research papers and chapters, eleven books on cancer, a book on medical negligence law and a novel, The Fifth Gospel. He directs a laboratory research group comprising 31 scientists, and a clinical trial group. He has developed and led media campaigns to rationalize cancer treatments and change government health policy.

###

J. Waxman
The Elephant in the Room
Stories About Cancer Patients and their Doctors
2012. XIX, 264 p.
Softcover 24,95; $29,95 14,99
ISBN 978-0-85729-894-2


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Derailed by Cancer at the Height of the Recession (ContributorNetwork)

With one year to go before the 2012 general election and on the heels of October's jobless report, Yahoo! News asked readers and contributors to share their personal employment stories. Below is one perspective.

FIRST PERSON | In late 2006, I was a busy massage therapist working in a hospital for a program I had helped start. Between my 32-hour week at the hospital, my private clients, and some child support, I had a decent income for a single mom in San Mateo, Calif.

I had excellent health care benefits, without which I am sure I would not be alive today. My income was right around the median of $60,000 a year. Supporting my two children on this was tight in this expensive part of the world, but we managed.

In early 2007, I was diagnosed with Stage IIIC Inflammatory Breast Cancer and knocked abruptly out of the working world. The next 14 months were devoted to fighting for my life. I had aggressive treatment, and my oncologist did not want me exposed to the germs my clients would bring me. Fortunately, I was immediately qualified for disability, evidently because I was not expected to live.

In early 2008, I jubilantly rejoined the work force, cancer-free, just as the recession was gathering momentum. The massage department shut down. I had to have health insurance because I knew I was at high risk for recurrence and no private insurer would cover me. I became a secretary for another department, and the long hours at the computer were disastrous. I developed lymphedema in my left arm, which caused it to ache and swell. In August of 2009, that department shut down. My disability resumed, and the hospital's insurer, MetLife, supplied the difference between what Social Security Disability paid and two-thirds of my previous income.

I haven't had even a half-time job since.

Now, in 2011, I have patched together a work life of several jobs that allows me to work within my limitations. With the current national unemployment rate at 9 percent, I am just happy to work at all. When I lost my secretarial job, my fiance and I moved up our wedding date and I was able to get health insurance. I shudder to think of what could have happened to me otherwise, if my cancer had come back! MetLife decided after two years that my memory problems (chemo-brain) and gimpy left arm allowed me to work as a file clerk for 40 hours per week, and informed me two weeks after they sent their last check. They declined to clarify where I could actually find this job.

I currently provide massage therapy to children at Lucille Packard Children's Hospital for about 20 hours a month. I teach theater arts to children. I visit elderly people with mild dementia and keep them engaged. I blog and advocate for the end of breast cancer. I see the occasional private client and elevate my arm afterward. I earn about one-third of what I earned before. I hope that 2012 will open doors to more hours, more jobs, or both.

My husband is still supporting his own children, so our combined income is barely sufficient. We are fed, clothed and sheltered, but braces for my teenagers will have to wait.

This Saturday I celebrate my 50th birthday and I'm still here. For now that's enough.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120120/hl_ac/10364659_derailed_by_cancer_at_the_height_of_the_recession

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Scientists find 'lost' Darwin fossils in gloomy corner of British Geological Survey

Using a flashlight to peer into drawers at the?British Geological Survey, a paleontologist?saw one of the first specimens he had picked up was labeled 'C.?Darwin?Esq.'

British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles?Darwinand his peers collected but that had been lost for more than 150 years.

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Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at Royal Holloway, University of London, said Tuesday that he stumbled upon the glass slides containing the fossils in an old wooden cabinet that had been shoved in a "gloomy corner" of the massive, drafty British Geological Survey.

Using a flashlight to peer into the drawers and hold up a slide, Falcon-Lang saw one of the first specimens he had picked up was labeled "C.?Darwin?Esq."

"It took me a while just to convince myself that it was?Darwin's?signature on the slide," the paleontologist said, adding he soon realized it was a "quite important and overlooked" specimen.

He described the feeling of seeing that famous signature as "a heart in your mouth situation," saying he wondering "Goodness, what have I discovered!"

Falcon-Lang's find was a collection of 314 slides of specimens collected by?Darwin?and other members of his inner circle, including John Hooker ? a botanist and dear friend of?Darwin?? and the Rev. John Henslow,Darwin's?mentor at Cambridge, whose daughter later married Hooker.

The first slide pulled out of the dusty corner at the British Geological Survey turned out to be one of the specimens collected by?Darwin?during his famous expedition on the HMS Beagle, which changed the young Cambridge graduate's career and laid the foundation for his subsequent work on evolution.

Falcon-Lang said the unearthed fossils ? lost for 165 years ? show there is more to learn from a period of history scientists thought they knew well.

"To find a treasure trove of lost?Darwin?specimens from the Beagle voyage is just extraordinary," Falcon-Lang added. "We can see there's more to learn. There are a lot of very, very significant fossils in there that we didn't know existed."

He said one of the most "bizarre" slides came from Hooker's collection ? a specimen of prototaxites, a 400 million-year-old tree-sized fungi.

Hooker had assembled the collection of slides while briefly working for the British Geological Survey in 1846, according to Royal Holloway, University of London.

The slides ? "stunning works of art," according to Falcon-Lang ? contain bits of fossil wood and plants ground into thin sheets and affixed to glass in order to be studied under microscopes. Some of the slides are half a foot long (15 centimeters), "great big chunks of glass," Falcon-Lang said.

"How these things got overlooked for so long is a bit of a mystery itself," he mused, speculating that perhaps it was because?Darwin?was not widely known in 1846 so the collection might not have been given "the proper curatorial care."

Royal Holloway, University of London said the fossils were 'lost' because Hooker failed to number them in the formal "specimen register" before setting out on an expedition to the Himalayas. In 1851, the "unregistered" fossils were moved to the Museum of Practical Geology in Piccadilly before being transferred to the South Kensington's Geological Museum in 1935 and then to the British Geological Survey's headquarters near Nottingham 50 years later, the university said.

The discovery was made in April, but it has taken "a long time" to figure out the provenance of the slides and photograph all of them, Falcon-Lang said. The slides have now been photographed and will be made available to the public through a new online museum exhibit opening Tuesday.

Falcon-Lang expects great scientific papers to emerge from the discovery.

"There are some real gems in this collection that are going to contribute to ongoing science."

Dr. John Ludden, executive director of the Geological Survey, called the find a "remarkable" discovery.

"It really makes one wonder what else might be hiding in our collections," he said.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/science/~3/oFMSvSe91FE/Scientists-find-lost-Darwin-fossils-in-gloomy-corner-of-British-Geological-Survey

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When it comes to accepting evolution, gut feelings trump facts

ScienceDaily (Jan. 19, 2012) ? For students to accept the theory of evolution, an intuitive "gut feeling" may be just as important as understanding the facts, according to a new study.

In an analysis of the beliefs of biology teachers, researchers found that a quick intuitive notion of how right an idea feels was a powerful driver of whether or not students accepted evolution -- often trumping factors such as knowledge level or religion.

"The whole idea behind acceptance of evolution has been the assumption that if people understood it -- if they really knew it -- they would see the logic and accept it," said David Haury, co-author of the new study and associate professor of education at Ohio State University.

"But among all the scientific studies on the matter, the most consistent finding was inconsistency. One study would find a strong relationship between knowledge level and acceptance, and others would find no relationship. Some would find a strong relationship between religious identity and acceptance, and others would find less of a relationship."

"So our notion was, there is clearly some factor that we're not looking at," he continued. "We're assuming that people accept something or don't accept it on a completely rational basis. Or, they're part of a belief community that as a group accept or don't accept. But the findings just made those simple answers untenable."

Haury and his colleagues tapped into cognitive science research showing that our brains don't just process ideas logically -- we also rely on how true something feels when judging an idea. "Research in neuroscience has shown that when there's a conflict between facts and feeling in the brain, feeling wins," he says.

The researchers framed a study to determine whether intuitive reasoning could help explain why some people are more accepting of evolution than others. The study, published in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching, included 124 pre-service biology teachers at different stages in a standard teacher preparation program at two Korean universities.

First, the students answered a standard set of questions designed to measure their overall acceptance of evolution. These questions probed whether students generally believed in the main concepts and scientific findings that underpin the theory.

Then the students took a test on the specific details of evolutionary science. To show their level of factual knowledge, students answered multiple-choice and free-response questions about processes such as natural selection. To gauge their "gut" feelings about these ideas, students wrote down how certain they felt that their factually correct answers were actually true.

The researchers then analyzed statistical correlations to see whether knowledge level or feeling of certainty best predicted students' overall acceptance of evolution. They also considered factors such as academic year and religion as potential predictors.

"What we found is that intuitive cognition has a significant impact on what people end up accepting, no matter how much they know," said Haury. The results show that even students with greater knowledge of evolutionary facts weren't likelier to accept the theory, unless they also had a strong "gut" feeling about those facts.

When trying to explain the patterns of whether people believe in evolution or not, "the results show that if we consider both feeling and knowledge level, we can explain much more than with knowledge level alone," said Minsu Ha, lead author on the paper and a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Teaching and Learning.

In particular, the research shows that it may not be accurate to portray religion and science education as competing factors in determining beliefs about evolution. For the subjects of this study, belonging to a religion had almost no additional impact on beliefs about evolution, beyond subjects' feelings of certainty.

These results also provide a useful way of looking at the perceived conflict between religion and science when it comes to teaching evolution, according to Haury. "Intuitive cognition not only opens a new door to approach the issue," he said, "it also gives us a way of addressing that issue without directly questioning religious views."

When choosing a setting for their study, the team found that Korean teacher preparation programs were ideal. "In Korea, people all take the same classes over the same time period and are all about the same age, so it takes out a lot of extraneous factors," said Haury. "We wouldn't be able to find a sample group like this in the United States."

Unlike in the U.S., about half of Koreans do not identify themselves as belonging to any particular religion. But according to Ha, who is from Korea, certain religious groups consider the topic of evolution just as controversial as in the U.S.

To ensure that their results were relevant to U.S. settings, the researchers compared how the Korean students did on the knowledge tests with previous studies of U.S. students. "We found that the both groups were comparable in terms of the overall performance," said Haury.

For teaching evolution, the researchers suggest using exercises that allow students to become aware of their brains' dual processing. Knowing that sometimes what their "gut" says is in conflict with what their "head" knows may help students judge ideas on their merits.

"Educationally, we think that's a place to start," said Haury. "It's a concrete way to show them, look -- you can be fooled and make a bad decision, because you just can't deny your gut."

Ha and Haury collaborated on this study with Ross Nehm, associate professor of education at the Ohio State University. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Would You Rather Date Steven Tyler or Ryan Seacrest?

This week, our favorite American Idol judges returned with the season 11 premiere. And while many of the male contestants were smitten upon meeting Jennifer Lopez, the female attention seemed evenly split between Ryan Seacrest and Steven Tyler. (Sorry, Randy!)

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Toddler's cuss word on 'Modern Family' draws ire (AP)

LOS ANGELES ? An anti-profanity crusader is asking ABC to pull this week's "Modern Family" episode about a cursing toddler.

A college student who founded the No Cussing Club in 2007 said Tuesday that he's called on club members to contact ABC and ask that the episode be dropped.

McKay Hatch says that he wants the network to at least realize people are uncomfortable with the idea of a toddler using profanity. He says ABC should set a better example.

In the episode titled "Little Bo Bleep," the tot playing Lily says the word "fudge" during taping as a substitute for the F-word. It's to be bleeped when the show airs at 9 p.m. EST on Wednesday.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120118/ap_en_ot/us_tv_modern_family_expletive

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West County Pets of the Week - ContraCostaTimes.com

PINOLE -- The following is a partial list of animals that may be available for adoption at the Animal Services Department, 910 San Pablo Ave.

Dogs: Female Pomeranian mix, 2 years; female terrier mix, 5 months; female Chinese crested mix, 3 years; female terrier mix, 1 year; male Chihuahua mix, 2 years; male black brindle, 2 years; male Airedale terrier, 1 year; male pit bull-Labrador mix, 6 months; male Chihuahua mix, 3 months; female pit bull mix, 3 years.

Cats: Spayed female black, 2 years; female brown tiger, 8 months; neutered male black, six months; female black, 2 years; female tortoiseshell, 2 months; male black, 2 months.

Animals may be claimed between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays. The site is closed Sundays and Mondays.

For more information, see www.ccasd.org or call 510-724-1036.


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