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ByDenisD.Gray The Associated Press TRACH,CAMBODIA It'sbeen a busy morning for Cletus, Meynard, Victoria and oth- ers of their furry band. Tiny noses and long whiskers twitching, they've scur- ried and sniffed their way across 775 square meters (8,300 square feet) of fields to eliminate a scourge that has killed thousands of Cambodians: land mines. Meet the Hero Rats: in- telligent, surprisingly ador- able creatures with some of the most sensitive noses in the animal kingdom. Sent from Africa, where they successfully cleared mine- fields in Mozambique and Angola, they began the same task in northwestern Cambodia early this month and have already scored tangible results. Two hectares (4.4 acres) have been declared mine- free around this village where more than 15 peo- ple have been killed or wounded by the explosives, forcing some to abandon their homes and rice fields and seek jobs elsewhere. One villager, Khun Mao, says the rats have been sniffing for suspected mines in a rice field he had been afraid to cultivate for years. He says that while it is too soon to say whether the ro- dents can remove every mine, "To me, these rats are wonderful." "The villagers have started to get excited about farming their land again. You can see the light in their faces," says Paul Mc- Carthy, Cambodia pro- gram manager for the Bel- gian nonprofit organization APOPO, or Anti-Person- nel Land Mines Detection Product in English. On a recent morning, the African giant pouched rats were working two sus- pected, taped-off mine- fields. Each rodent wore a harness connected to a rope strung out in a straight line between two handlers standing about 5 meters (15 feet) apart and outside the danger zone. The ro- dents then darted from one handler to the other, con- stantly sniffing the ground and only taking time out to scrub their bodies with tiny front paws or to answer nature's call. The handlers moved a step or two down the field to repeat the pro- cess, and a second rat was later sent over the same ter- rain to double check. Two-year-old Victoria proved particularly swift — "very active," one team member calls her. She stars in APOPO's "adopt-a-rat" fund-raising drive. At the second field, Merry and Meynard were complet- ing three hours of effort as a midday sun beat down on the parched earth. The duo had earlier nosed in on an explosive, halting just above it and scratching the ground — the learned re- sponse when a rodent de- tects TNT inside a land mine. A deminer with a detector followed and the mine was dug up and det- onated. Unlike standard mine detectors, the super-sniff- ers pick up only TNT and not other metal objects. And unlike wage-earning humans, the rats work for peanuts — and their other favorite, bananas. Theap Bunthourn, oper- ations coordinator for the 34-member team, cited other advantages of using rats: They are cheaper to ac- quire and train than mine- sniffing dogs and easier to transport. Rats, averaging 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds), are also too light to detonate a pressure-activated mine, though dogs avoid that dan- ger by staying a few feet away from the explosives they detect. Each rat can clear an area of 200 square meters (2,150 square feet) in 20 minutes, something a tech- nician with a mine detec- tor would take 1 to 4 days to complete. Their sense of smell is so keen that in Af- rica they are also used to de- tect tuberculosis in human sputum samples at a rate much faster than the stan- dard laboratory method. EXPLOSIVES Smartratssniffoutminefields By Zeina Karam The Associated Press BEIRUT Russian Presi- dent Vladimir Putin spoke Wednesday with key play- ers in the Syria conflict, in- cluding President Bashar Assad, ahead of a U.S.- Russia-engineered cease- fire, as the opposition voiced concerns that the truce due to begin later this week will only bene- fit the Syrian government. Government troops backed by Russian war- planes waged fierce bat- tles to regain control of a strategic road southeast of Aleppo from the Islamic State group. The extrem- ist group seized the town of Khanaser and surrounding hillsonTuesday,cuttingthe main land route to Aleppo. The state-run news agency said 18 people were killed in IS shelling of gov- ernment-held neighbor- hoods in the city over the past 24 hours. The truce agreement, which is set to take effect at midnight Friday local time, does not cover the Is- lamic State group, Syria's al-Qaida branch known as the Nusra Front, or any other militia designated as a terrorist group by the U.N. Security Council. It's not clear exactly where along Syria's compli- cated front lines the fight- ing would stop and for how long — or where counter- terrorism operations could continue. Also unresolved are how breaches in the truce would be dealt with. It remains shaky at best and major questions over enforcement are still un- resolved. In a further reflection of the complicated terrain, Turkey's president said Wednesday that a U.S.- backed Syrian Kurdish mi- litia group — which Turkey regards as a terror organi- zation — should also be kept outside of the scope of the agreement. Turkey has in the past few weeks been shelling the group known as the People's Protection Units, or YPG, in northern Syria. The comments by Pres- ident Recep Tayyip Erdo- gan suggested Turkey may not stop bombarding the group, which has been a key fighting force against IS. Addressing dozens of lo- cal administrators in An- kara, Erdogan also voiced serious concern that the proposed truce will strengthen Assad and lead to "new tragedies." CIVIL WAR Putin pushes Syria truce deal amid skepticism DENISGRAY—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Cambodian team member So Malen plays with Cletus a er he scampered across a field believed to be sown by mines in Trach, Cambodia. Construction Burrows Construction Remodel, New Additions, Siding Repair and Replacement, Water and Dryrot New Construction Foundation to Finish Ph:(530) 515-9779 Residential•Commerical PATIOS•DECKS REFRENCES Lic#824770 Roofing Call for Estimates! Residential, Commercial & Mobiles www.harbertroofing.com HARBERT ROOFING, INC. 530-223-3251 Lic# 696974 Time To Roof? Blinds Need Blinds? 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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 bid- der 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 sav- ings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and author- ized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warran- ty, expressed or implied, regard- ing title, possession, or encum- brances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) se- cured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges there- on, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest there- on, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total (at the time of the initial 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. BENE- FICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor (s): DALLAS R. ALLCOCK AND JAQUELINE ALLCOCK, Re- corded: 6/23/2005 as Instrument No. 2005-14127 of Official Re- cords in the office of the Record- er of TEHAMA County, Califor- nia; Date of Sale: 3/21/2016 at 1:00PM Place of Sale: At the Main Entrance to the Tehama County Superior Court, 633 Washington St., Red Bluff, CA 96080 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $65,709.12 The purported property address is: 590 MARTIN AVENUE, RED BLUFF, CA 96080 Legal Descrip- tion: Please be advised that the legal description set forth on the Deed of Trust in in error. The le- gal description of the property secured by the Deed of Trust is more properly set forth and made part Exhibit "A" as attach- ed hereto. Assessor's Parcel No.: 039-250-431 NOTICE TO POTEN- TIAL BIDDERS: If you are consid- ering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid- ding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at trustee auction property Placing 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 bid- der at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien be- ing auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priori- ty, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re- corder's office or a title insur- ance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this in- formation. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mort- gage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be post- poned 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 in- formation about trustee sale postponements be made availa- ble 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, your postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for infor- mation regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.co m , using the file number as- signed to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-15-691454-BF . Infor- mation about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immedi- ately be reflected in the tele- phone information or on the In- ternet Web site. The best way to verify postponement informa- tion is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any in- correctness of the property ad- dress or other common designa- tion, 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 beneficia- ry 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 ex- clusive remedy shall be the re- turn of monies paid to the Trust- ee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any rea- the Purchaser at the sale any son, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Pur- chaser shall have no further re- course against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's Attorney. If you have previously been dis- charged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intend- ed 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 COLLEC- TOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619- 645-7711 For NON SALE informa- tion only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www.qualityl oan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. 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