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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 – Daily News Shutdown spawns vacuum in farm market information WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — When Tim Peterson finished planting his 900 acres of winter wheat last week, the usually market-savvy Kansas farmer unexpectedly found himself struggling to make critical marketing decisions without being able to access to vital agricultural reports, casualties of the federal government shutdown. ''We have no clue what is going on in the market,'' said Peterson, who farms near Monument in northwest Kansas. He typically protects his investment in seed and fertilizer by ''locking in'' the price his wheat crop will fetch next July with a futures contract that shields farmers from market fluctuations by guaranteeing a price while the crop is in the ground. Farmers and livestock producers use the reports put out by the National Agriculture Statistics Service to make decisions — such as how to price crops, which commodities to grow and when to sell them — as well as track cattle auction prices. Not only has the NASS stopped putting out new reports about demand and supply, exports and prices, but all websites with past information have been taken down. ''It is causing a direct void in information that is immediate,'' Peterson said. This worries him far more than his other problem: When will his $20,000 subsidy check from the government, which usually comes in October, arrive? Since the U.S. Agriculture Department's local farm services offices also have been shuttered, farmers can't apply for new loans, sign up acreages for government pro- grams or receive government checks for programs they're already enrolled in. And at a time when researchers who are seeking new wheat varieties and plant traits should be planting experimental plots, all work has ground to a halt. Kansas Farmer's Union president Donn Teske, a grower in the northeast Kansas town of Wheaton, worried about payments he's owed for idling some environmentally sensitive land under the Conservation Reserve Program. ''I always look forward to that check coming in the mail,'' the 58-year-old said. But all of that, farmers say, pales in comparison to the lack of agriculture reports, because farmers today depend far more on global marketplaces than government payouts. The reports, for instance, can alert them to shortfalls in overseas markets or if there's a wide swing in acres planted, both of which would prompt U.S. growers to plant extra crops to meet those demands or hang on to a harvest longer to get a better price. ''That information is worth a lot of money, a lot more than $20,000 a year,'' Peterson said, a reference to his subsidy. Major commodity players can pay for crop size estimates usually provided in the NASS reports from ''private sources,'' said Dalton Henry, director of governmental affairs for the industry group Kansas Wheat. ''Producers aren't going to have that same luxury,'' he said. During the shutdown, the USDA won't provide sales reports from Oklahoma livestock auctions that are used to help set prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, state Department of Agriculture employee Jack Carson said. ''We are working. They are not,'' Carson said. Another ripple effect is that farmers may see a delay in checks they're owed from federal support programs, said Wisconsin agriculture secretary Ben Brancel. Brancel also noted that his office heard from a farmer on the first day of the shutdown who had received a check for a cow he sold, but because he had a Farm Service Agency loan, he couldn't cash it without obtaining a signature from an FSA official. ''Our advice to him was he was going to have to wait, that there wasn't anything he could do about it,'' he said. The shutdown came just as the current farm bill expired. Farm subsidies remain intact for fall crops currently being harvested. Crop insurance, funded under a permanent authorization, is mostly unaffected. The expiration of the law won't have an impact until the end of the year, when some dairy supports end and milk prices are expected to rise sharply. Congress has been debating the new farm bill for more than two years, but a resolution has likely taken a back seat. ''Farmers, all of those impacted, have been waiting and waiting and waiting. And frankly have had enough,'' said Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., last week. ''They want this to get done.'' Nobel for medicine won by 3 Americans By Makiko Kitamura and David Wainer Bloomberg News. LONDON - Three U.S. scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for studying how a cell's tiny transporters can navigate and drop off hormones and other molecules without getting lost, providing insight into diseases such as diabetes. James Rothman, 62, professor of biomedical sciences at Yale University; Randy Schekman, 64, professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley; and Thomas C. Suedhof, 57, a physiology professor at Stanford University, will share the 8 million-krona ($1.25 million) prize, the Nobel Assembly said Monday in Stockholm. Their work helped unravel processes such as how pancreatic cells release insulin, how embryos liberate growth factors to stimulate organ development and how viruses infect. Changes in those pathways explain diseases that include the most common form of diabetes as well as the lethal impact of bacterial illnesses such as tetanus. "Through their discoveries, Rothman, Schekman and Suedhof have revealed the exquisitely precise control system for the transport and delivery of cellular cargo," the Nobel Assembly said in a statement. "Disturbances in this system have deleterious effects and contribute to conditions such as neurological diseases, diabetes, and immunological disorders." The cell is a factory that produces proteins, which need to be shuttled from one area to the other. Schekman found the set of genes that regulates this traffic in yeast cells. Rothman identified corresponding genes in mammalian cells, "revealing an ancient evolutionary origin of the transport system," the assembly said. Suedhof, intrigued by how nerve cells communicate with each other in the brain, showed how signals instruct cell machinery to release its cargo with precision. "All cells use this machinery to export molecules from cells and being able to study this in yeast made the discovery of the machinery responsible for doing this much simpler," Schekman said today in a telephone interview. "The pathway is terribly important. There are diseases that affect this pathway." In diabetes, for example, cells can't ingest sugar because transporters that normally reside on the cell surface and import the sugar are stuck inside. Drugmakers could potentially improve insulin release and target the machinery that feeds the muscle with sugar. "This is a fundamental discovery of cell physiology," Juleen Zierath, chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, said in a webcast interview. "They provide insight into disease progression and prospective treatments." Rothman and Schekman in 2002 shared an Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, sometimes called "America's Nobel." The two men worked "collaboratively and competitively" over the years, using different approaches to uncover the same pathway with the same molecules, Schekman said. "When you win the Lasker prize, which I did in 2002, people just keep reminding you about the Nobels," Schekman said. "As much as you try to put it out of your mind because there are indeed many valuable projects, it's always a possibility you are being reminded of. I hoped it would come." Suedhof in 2010 shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience with Rothman and Richard Scheller of Genentech Inc., now part of Roche Holding, for their work revealing how signals between nerve cells are transferred in the brain. Suedhof and Scheller shared this year's Lasker prize. Suedhof was working in the laboratories of Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas when the two men won the Nobel medicine prize in 1985. His laboratory at Stanford is studying how malfunctioning signals in the brain may contribute to disease such as Alzheimer's and autism. A Stanford spokesman said Suedhof was traveling in Spain. While the discoveries by Rothman, Schekman and Suedhof haven't yet led to medicines, they have led to better diagnostics for disease, said Gvran K. Hansson, secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Rothman was born in Haverhill, Mass., and holds an undergraduate degree from Yale University and a doctorate from Harvard University. Schekman, born in St. Paul, Minn., received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and holds a doctorate from Stanford. Suedhof was born in Goettingen, Germany, and obtained his medical degree from the University of Goettingen in 1982. He is now a U.S. citizen. Last year's Nobel prize for medicine went to stem-cell pioneers John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka. Gurdon's early work in transferring DNA between a tadpole and a frog paved the way in 1996 for the cloning of Dolly the sheep. Ten years later, Yamanaka turned mouse skin cells into stem cells with the potential to become any cell in the body. Like Gurdon did after winning last year, Schekman urged governments to fund basic research, which he said was being harmed by the U.S. shutdown. "Our investment in basic science in this country is crucial," Schekman said. "Particularly now people need to be reminded that that investment is being eroded and suspended because of government inaction. One can understand an important process that can be useful in biotech and other industries." Annual prizes for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, peace and literature were established in the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who died in 1896. The Nobel Foundation was established in 1900 and the prizes were first handed out the following year. An economics prize was created almost seven decades later in memory of Nobel by the Swedish central bank. Only the peace prize is awarded outside Sweden, by the fivemember Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo. The Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced Tuesday. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. 13-20150-SP-CA Title No. 130045503-CA-MAI ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY IS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTICE PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR ONLY PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE 2923.3 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 02/24/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier's check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an "as is" condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: JEFF WOBBE AND STACEY WOBBE, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION Recorded 03/02/2005 as Instrument No. 004403 BOOK2658PAGE275 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of TEHAMA County, California. Date of Sale: 10/21/2013 at 2:00 PM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to the Tehama County Courthouse, 633 Washington Street, Red Bluff, CA Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $341,699.38 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 320 CHRISTINA DRIVE, RED BLUFF, CA 96080 A.P.N.: 024-270-50 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This loan is exempt. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.5and 2924.8 is not necessary to proceed with preparing and processing a notice of sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 or visit this Internet Web site www.ndsc orp.com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 13-20150-SP-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 09/25/2013 NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION 7720 N. 16th Street, Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ 85020 phone 602-264-6101 Sales Line 714-730-2727; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com/sal es Nichole Alford, Trustee Sales Representative A-4417655 Publish: 10/01/2013, 10/08/2013, 10/15/2013 5B LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-13-561839-BF Order No.: 130107538-CA-API YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/17/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): LANCE MILLER, AND JOANNA MILLER, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 9/21/2007 as Instrument No. 2007017471 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of TEHAMA County, California; Date of Sale: 10/29/2013 at 2:00:00 PM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to the Tehama County Courthouse, 633 Washington Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $84,368.47 The purported property address is: 559 GIVENS ROAD, RED BLUFF, CA 96080 Assessor's Parcel No.: 033-240-60 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.co m , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-13-561839-BF . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-7302727 Or Login to: http://www.qu alityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-13-561839-BF IDSPub #0056979 Publish: 10/8/2013 10/15/2013 10/22/2013