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Legal Notices for Feb. 10th, 2021
By Super User / Legal Notices / Wednesday, 10 February 2021 04:01
Notice to Creditors
STATE OF NORTH
COUNTY OF
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
BEFORE THE CLERK
FILE: 2017 E 1108
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF JOAN HOLDEN, DECEASED
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS
Having qualified as EXECUTOR of the Estate of JOAN HOLDEN, deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said Estate to present such claims to the undersigned on or before April 21ST, 2021, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 20th day of January, 2021.
Donald Holden, Executor
Estate of Joan Holden
c/o Niccoya D. Dobson
Dobson Legal, PLLC
Kenansville, NC 28349
File No. 21 E 63
The undersigned, having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of EMMA H. PRICE-ELLIS, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of April, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
TERESA P. FARRIOR,
Executrix
13825 POPPLETON CT.
CHARLOTTE NC 28273
File No. 20 E 1529
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Frances J. Lennon Bridgers AKA Maserine Bridgers ALA Willie F. Lennon deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of April, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
John W. Lennon., Executor
185 Four Leaf Clover Rd.
Willard NC 28478
ESTATE OF
IVAN ARTESCHENE, JR.
Notice To Creditors:
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Ivan Arteschene, Jr., late of 150 Union Avenue, Apartment E, Rutherford, NJ 07070, Bergen County, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned's attorney, Kelly M. Shovelin, Four Pillars Law Firm, at 2202 Wrightsville Avenue, Ste. 213, Wilmington, NC 28403, on or before the 20th of April, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Paul McAllister
Executor of the
Estate of Ivan Arteschene, Jr.
Kelly M. Shovelin, Attorney
Four Pillars Law Firm
2202 Wrightsville Avenue,
The undersigned, having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Raymond Ward, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of April, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Yvonne Ward,
422 Woodside Dr.
Hampstead NC 28443
The undersigned, having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of John Austin Jarrett, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of April, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Catherine M. Hurley,
Administratrix
6409 Gammon Ct.
LINDA FRANCIS LISTOE
New Hanover County
Estate File No. 21 E 67
All persons, firms and corporations having claims against LINDA FRANCIS LISTOE, deceased, are notified to present their claims to Jordean Listoe, Executor, c/o Susan K. Hill, Attorney, P.O. Box 2161, Carolina Beach, NC 28428 on or before the 20th day of April, 2021 (which date is three months after the day of the first publication of this notice), or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Debtors of the Decedent are requested to make immediate payment to the Executor named above.
This the 20th day of January, 2021
JORDEAN LISTOE
Executor of the Estate of Linda Francis Listoe
c/o Susan K. Hill
Attorney for the Estate
Carolina Beach, NC 28428
Having qualified as Executrix for the Estate of the late Barbara H. Barr of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to present them, in writing, to the undersigned at c/o Paula A. Kohut, Kohut & Adams, P.A., P.O. Box 269, Wilmington, North Carolina 28402 on or before the 30th day of April, 2021, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned.
Alicia Belsito, Executrix for the Estate of Barbara H. Barr
Abby L. Adams
KOHUT & ADAMS, P.A.
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Robert Richard Rice, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 30th day of April, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 27h day of January, 2021.
Sissel Blackledge, Executor
505 Soundside Dr.
The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of EDWIN JAMES GILCHRIST, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 30th day of April, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
James Vernon
Gilchrist, Administrator
613 TISBURY LANE
Donald Robert Williams, Jr., having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Mary Helen Gunter Williams, deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at 5725 Oleander Drive, Suite C-3, Wilmington, NC 28403 on or before the 27th day of April, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms or corporations indebted to the said estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Donald Robert Williams, Jr., Executor
c/o D. Robert Williams, Jr., Esq.
Price & Williams, P.A.
5725 Oleander Drive, Suite C-3
Thomas Arthur Getz, Deceased
The undersigned, Executor of the Estate of Thomas Arthur Getz, deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before April 30, 2021, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Marshall Curtis Getz, Executor of the Estate of
Thomas Arthur Getz
c/o Anthony L. Register,
ALLEY, REGISTER & MCEACHERN,
701 North 4th Street,
FILE # 21 E 90
Having qualified as EXECUTRIX of the Estate of DONALD HILL, A/K/A DONALD GENE HILL, SR., deceased, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby give notice to all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the said Estate to present them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 12th day of May, 2021, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the deceased or said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This, the 3rd day of February, 2021.
CAROL ANN ROBERTS, Executrix of the Estate of
DONALD HILL,A/K/A
DONALD GENE HILL, SR.
PAUL A. NEWTON,
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402
21 E 92
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Nancy Spaller, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 7th day of May, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 3rd day of February, 2021.
Robin Creech, Executor
1216 Beamon Ln
STATE OF
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Jacquelyn Ann Fleming, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 5th day of May 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 3rd day of February 2021.
Raymond Vincent O'Connor, Executor
c/o Sharon A. Hatton Law
Office P.C.
FILE: 21 E 139
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Dolores Marie Goodman, deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said Estate to present such claims to the undersigned on or before May 3, 2021, or this Notice will be pleaded in the bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment.
Catherine M. Goodman,
Executor Estate of
Dolores Marie Goodman
Kara O. Gansmann, Attorney at Law Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, LLP
101 N. 3rd Street, Suite 400
21 E 142
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of ROSE CECELIA DEATON, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 7th day of May, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
TED EDWARD DEATON, Executor
5603 SKEET RD.
Executor's NoticeS
The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator C.T.A of the estate of Aafje B. Hogervorst, deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 15th day of May, 2021, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Bobby R. Whaley,
Administrator C.T.A.
917 Pine Valley Drive
The undersigned, having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of ALTON RAY HORNE, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 7th day of May, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
TARRIN L. HORNE, Executrix
3328 KIRBY SMITH DRIVE
The undersigned, CAROLINE MARSHALL HAYDEN HUNNICUTT, having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of ROSEMARY SWEENEY HAYDEN, Deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the Decedent to exhibit same to the said CAROLINE MARSHALL HAYDEN HUNNICUTT, at the address set out below, on or before May 12, 2021 or this notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said Decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below.
This the 1st day of February, 2021.
CAROLINE MARSHALL HAYDEN HUNNICUTT
EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ROSEMARY SWEENEY HAYDEN
ROBERT H. HOCHULI, JR.
219 RACINE DR., SUITE #A6
The undersigned, CHRISTINE HEATHER SAKELLAROPOULOS GROGAN, having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of ELEFTHERIOS GEORGE SAKELLAROPOULOS, Deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the Decedent to exhibit same to the said CHRISTINE HEATHER SAKELLAROPOULOS GROGAN, at the address set out below, on or before May 12, 2021 or this notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said Decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below.
CHRISTINE HEATHER SAKELLAROPOULOS
GROGAN, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF
ELEFTHERIOS GEORGE SAKELLAROPOULOS
Having qualified as Administrator for the Estate of the late Neil Thomas Deiter of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to present them, in writing, to the undersigned at c/o Anne J. Randall, Kohut & Adams, P.A., P.O. Box 269, Wilmington, North Carolina 28402 on or before the 11th day of May, 2021, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned.
This the 10th day of February, 2021.
Ryan Deiter, Administrator for the Estate of Neil Thomas Deiter
Anne J. Randall
The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Evelyn Bass-Hood, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 13th day of May, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Wanda Jo Bass, Administrator
1014 Haymarket Lane
The undersigned, CLAYTON STANLEY HORNE, JR., having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of JO ANN MERCER HORNE A/K/A JO ANN MERCER HORNE HARRELL, Deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the Decedent to exhibit same to the said CLAYTON STANLEY HORNE, JR., at the address set out below, on or before May 18, 2021, or this notice may be pleaded in bar of any payment or recovery of same. All persons indebted to said Decedent will please make immediate payment to the undersigned at the address set out below.
This the 5th day of February, 2021.
CLAYTON STANLEY HORNE, JR.
EXECUTRIX OF THE
ESTATE OF JO ANN MERCER HORNE A/K/A JO ANN MERCER HORNE HARRELL
c/o ROBERT H. HOCHULI, JR.
The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Daniel Lennon Jones, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 13th day of May, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Mary Ann Jones, Administrator
1620 Oakley Road
Leland NC 28429
ESTATE OF OSCAR SMITH PLASKET
FILE NO. 2021-E-000161
The undersigned, having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of Oscar Smith Plasket, deceased, of the County of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against Oscar Smith Plasket, deceased, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, to present their claims in care of the undersigned attorney on or before the 11th day of May, 2021, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 10th day of February 2021
William B. Plasket and
Terry L. Plasket
c/o Aaron D. Lindquist, Esq.
FILE # 21 E 162
Having qualified as Administratrix CTA of the Estate of VIRGINIA RUTH WESSINGER, deceased, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby give notice to all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the said Estate to present them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 19th day of May, 2021, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the deceased or said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This, the 10th day of February, 2021.
HALLIE E. STILLWAGON, Administratrix CTA
of the Estate of VIRGINIA RUTH WESSINGER
Having qualified as EXECUTOR of the Estate of NANCY M. BUECKER, deceased, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby give notice to all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the said Estate to present them by giving evidence of same to the undersigned on or before the 19th day of May, 2021, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the deceased or said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
HENRY W. BUECKER,
Executor of the Estate of NANCY M. BUECKER
D. Robert Williams, Jr., having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Douglas Forbes Bradshaw, deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at 5725 Oleander Drive, Suite C-3, Wilmington, NC 28403 on or before the 10th day of May, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms or corporations indebted to the said estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 10th day of February, 2021
D. Robert Williams, Jr., Esq.
The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Alexandra Desherlia Stinson, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 13th day of May, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
ESTAE OF ALEXANDRA DESHERLIA STINSON
Gordon Victor Stinson
, Administrator
1682 Sweetgum Circle
Fayetville NC 28304
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of James Rowland McKeever II, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 13th day of May, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
James Rowland McKeever III, Executor
5606 Garrett Lea Park
The undersigned, having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Kitty Margo King Richardson, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 13th day of May, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Regina R Hawse, Executrix
915 Francis Marion Dr
File 21E001
The undersigned, having been duly qualified as Executor of the Estate of Carol Tellier hereby notifies all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned at A-3 Pleasure Island Plaza, Carolina Beach, North Carolina 28428, on or before the 14th day of May, 2021, or this Notice shall be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Daniel Boarman, Executor
NED M. BARNES
A-3 PLEASURE ISLAND PLAZA CAROLINA BEACH, N. C. 28428 (910) 458-4466
Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Billy Ray Pendry, Late of Wilmington, New Hanover county, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said descendent to exhibit them in care of Jo A, Pendry, Administratrix, at 6201 Ingleside Drive, Wilmington NC 28409, on or before May 7, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons firms and corporations indebted to the sad estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Jo A, Pendry, Administrator of the Estate of Billy Ray Pendry
Jerry A. Mannen, Jr., Attorney YOW, FOX & MANNEN, LLP
102 N. 5th Ave.
The undersigned, having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Winfield Ingold, deceased, of New Hanover County North Carolina does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 13th day of May, 2021 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Kay Ingold, Administratrix
354 Green Meadows Dr.
Notice of Foreclosure Sale
20SP151
IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY KATHLEEN M. DALTON DATED MAY 24, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 5188 AT PAGE 1756 IN THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:00AM on February 25, 2021 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in New Hanover County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Kathleen M. Dalton, dated May 24, 2007 to secure the original principal amount of $241,600.00, and recorded in Book 5188 at Page 1756 of the New Hanover County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended.
Address of property: 4126 Rounding Bend Ln, Wilmington, NC 28412
Tax Parcel ID: R07010-001-056-000
Present Record Owners: The Heirs of Kathleen M. Dalton
And Being more commonly known as: 4126 Rounding Bend Ln, Wilmington, NC 28412
The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Heirs of Kathleen M. Dalton.
The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. 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, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
The date of this Notice is January 26, 2021.
LLG TRUSTEE LLC
Substitute Trustee
10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400
Case#18-098465 • 02/10&02/11
20 SP 406
NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by V. Elizabeth Perry to CT Mortgage Information Svcs., Trustee(s), which was dated June 27, 2005 and recorded on July 7, 2005 in Book 4873 at Page 1760, New Hanover County Registry, North Carolina.
Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on February 23, 2021 at 01:00 PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in New Hanover County, North Carolina, to wit:
THE LAND REFERRED TO IN THIS EXHIBIT IS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER AND THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN DEED BOOK 1619 AT PAGE 1154 AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEING ALL OF LOT 23, OF THE W.O. PAGE SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON MAP OF SAME RECORDED IN MAP BOOK 2, AT PAGE 41 OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY REGISTRY, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION.
Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.
Said property is commonly known as 917 Page Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403.
A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.
Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are V. Elizabeth Perry.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC
Brock & Scott, PLLC
Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC
5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200
Case#19-19896-FC02• 02/10&02/11
Process by Publication
In the District Court
Action for Absolute Divorce to Pedro Luis Santiago Garcia
SAVANNA SANTIAGO GARCIA,
PLANTIFF
Pedro Luis Santiago Garcia,
TO: Pedro Luis
2701 CONSTITUTION BLVD. APT. 13J
(Last Know Address)
Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action, filed number 21 CV XXXX. The nature of the relief being sought is:
ABSOLUTE DIVORCE
YOU ARE REQUIRED to make a defense no later than (40) days following March 15th, 2021, and upon your failure to do so, Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief sought.
SAVANNA SANTIAGO
403 MELTON RD.


Doug Kahn has a booming laugh and an infectious enthusiasm for his subject. I am one of the legions of students who were infected by the tax bug—thanks to Doug. It is appropriate that, on the occasion of his retirement, some of us who were most infected reflect on Doug's influence in our lives. In my case this is easy. I owe the basic contours of my career to Doug. I graduated from Michigan Law in 1974. Times were different then. I graduated never having had a female instructor. There were no women on the faculty. Only thirteen percent of the members of the class of 1974 were women, up from nine percent for the class of 1973. Although law firms and law schools of course interviewed job candidates, they relied enormously, and far more than they are allowed to do today, on recommendations from trusted faculty friends as the basis for choosing who to interview. It was very much the day of the old boys' network (OBN).
Patricia D. White, Doug Kahn - A Personal Appreciation, 5 Mich. Bus. & Entrepreneurial L. Rev. 247 (2016).


Looking ahead to 2019, Andrew Weaver has a lot on his plate.
The Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA says the biggest issue that his constituents write in about is the lack of doctors.
"It's a big issue and issue and a growing issues as more and more doctors retire, and fewer and fewer take over," Weaver said.
In a poll conducted by the Oak Bay News in November asking if readers had a family doctor, 58 per cent of respondents said no. Although a newspaper poll is not scientific, it does provide some substance to complaints about the shortage of family doctors in B.C.
Although there were boosts to expand pharmacare earlier in 2018, we did not see much concrete government action doctor shortages this year.
"It can't come soon enough to actually move towards the creation of new health-care centres," Weaver said. "No. 2, I would say, is the issues of affordability. There are people who are concerned that their children can no longer live and work in the same city that they grew up in because of the affordability crisis. That's very clearly an issue," Weaver said.
There has been more government action on housing. Although vacancy rates in Greater Victoria have begun rise, rents also continue to climb. Moreover, housing policy is largely a municipal jurisdiction, dictated by bylaws and community consensus collection.
Provincially, 2018 saw lots of headlines on environmental policy, ride-hailing, and electoral reform. We interviewed Weaver before the results were announced – a resounding no – Dec. 20. At the time, he predicted a 52-48 yes win. This will make Weaver's new years' resolution all the more important.


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DULUTH, MN– Burglary, criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, and false imprisonment charges have been filed against an 18-year-old who was allegedly one of three people who broke into a Lincoln Park home Wednesday morning.
According to court documents, Chris Coleman, 18, is facing nine charges and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. As of Friday afternoon, the St. Louis County Jail said Coleman is not in their custody.
While court documents indicate three people were allegedly involved, Duluth Police did not comment on whether they are still searching for more suspects. They added that the investigation is still active.
In the criminal complaint, authorities responded to a report of a "home invasion" on the 600 block of Atlantic Avenue around 5:18 a.m. Wednesday.
Five people were home at the time, including two adults and three children under the age of 17.
According to court documents, Coleman and the two other men entered the home, woke up some of the residents, physically assaulted them, and demanded drugs and money.
The men were given enough marijuana for one blunt before they started rummaging through the house while some of the family members sat on the couch at gunpoint.
During the incident, one juvenile was allegedly sexually assaulted by Coleman and another man.
Court records show the three men spent an hour inside the home, leaving with phones, a wallet, and a TV.
Even though the men were wearing masks, one of the victims recognized Coleman as an acquaintance. They later identified him in the Duluth Police Department's photo lineup.
Authorities are actively searching for Coleman. He's is described as a 5″7′ black man, weighing around 150 pounds, with brown eyes and short black hair.
If you have information regarding the incident, you're asked to call the Duluth Police Department's Violent Crimes Unit at 218-730-5050.
Coleman had recently been released from the St. Louis County Jail on Tuesday, where he was booked on Monday on two misdemeanor charges, including giving a false name to police and obstructing the legal process.
DULUTH, MN — Police have released the identity of the man suspected of robbing a home in Lincoln Park early Wednesday morning.
Duluth police say an arrest warrant has been issued for Christian Coleman, 18, for multiple charges, including aiding and abetting burglary in the first degree, aiding and abetting criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, aiding and abetting kidnapping, as well as four counts of aiding and abetting false imprisonment.
According to police, two people were injured around 5:15 a.m. Wednesday, when Coleman allegedly broke into their home on the 600 block of Atlantic Avenue in Duluth's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
The two people were taken to the hospital to be treated for non life-threatening injuries. They were released the same day.
KBJR 6 heard from several residents in the robbery area Thursday morning who did not wish to be identified. One man, who operates a day care in the area, said he was concerned.
Pam Kleinschmidt, organizer of the Lincoln Park Citizen Patrol meetings, told KBJR 6/ that she feels a great sense of safety in Lincoln Park, adding that she believes "our reputation is worse than our reality."
Kleinschmidt said the Citizen Patrol group has a strong relationship with the Duluth Police Department. She cited that the two organizations' proactive patrolling and their ability to work together helps resolve any concerns within the community.
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ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (AP) — A Virginia woman has pleaded no contest to charges in the death of her 1-year-old daughter who was found unresponsive

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It's International Archives Day and what better way to celebrate than to check out our database Archives Unbound! Explore women's history, LGBTIQ+ activism and even Shakespeare's plays. You'll discover a renewed appreciation for archives and their role in history.
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Bushfires: protecting your treasures
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It's bushfire season again. How can you reduce the risk of loss of treasured objects before a disaster and what sort of salvage strategies can you use to recover them? If you live in an area where bushfire is an all too real possibility, it's never too soon to start planning for their preservation.
Collection Care from home
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The majority of the work undertaken by Collection Care staff requires physical access to the collections. The recent Library closure as a result of COVID-19 has meant staff are unable to access studios and labs for the time being, prompting a re-imagining of how they normally approach their roles.
Back to the future in Rare Books
State Library Victoria's Rare Books Cataloguer Derrick Moors uncovered a fascinating item recently while working on the Wallace Kirsop Collection, a generous gift by one of this library's greatest supporters.… Read More ›
Sybil Craig: a life in pictures
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Melbourne artist Sybil Craig became one of the first women war artists in Australia. The Library holds Sybil's archive which contains over 1700 photographs and more than 280 works on paper, many of which are now online.
Get a taste of the cuisines of the world
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There's more to books about food than just recipes. They can touch on the histories of culture, travel and more from around the world. Our collections reflect this diversity.
Cloud watching: how we came to understand the weather
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By popular demand, A Granby Day Out 2 is coming to Wellingore.
A village pub near Sleaford is counting down to the return of its charity musical festival following a hit debut last year.
The Marquis of Granby, in Wellingore, will stage A Granby Day Out 2 on Saturday, July 7, from 2pm, in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.
It is a follow-up to an event held at the pub last year in aid of the same cause.
The festival is a team effort between the venue and Rachel Stamp, of Navenby, who said: "We have managed to get a fabulous line up of local bands, all who have dedicated their time to support a worthy cause. The acts all focus on different styles of music so there really is something for everyone.
"We as a family do a lot of fundraising for this charity as we have experienced first-hand what a positive impact Teenage Cancer Trust has on those affected.
The day will include a barbecue, bouncy castle, face painting, and live music (find details at the A Granby Day Out 2 Facebook page).


FBU was founded as an elite educational football camp, and will be using an invitation only policy as its guide to enrollment for the upcoming 2008 camp season. FBU is not a mini-camp for everyone but rather a camp aimed at a small and elite class of football athletes who have already demonstrated their elite football ability, their seriousness for football, and chosen football as their primary sport.
Rational for Invite Only Policy.
The camp is an invite only camp for several reasons. Organizing the camp with similar talent makes for a better instructional setting, while the small class size provides a premium educational environment for all students. Second, most of our instructors provide private or group training so teaching in small groups is what they desire and are accustomed to. Finally, FBU in its second year simply cannot accommodate everyone who wants this high level training per region. The majority of the camps sold out last year and the invitational concept allows us to focus on the athletes who can best benefit from this high level training.
Selection Process and Regional Directors.
Similar to our sister property, the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on NBC, featuring the nation's top 80 seniors football players with alumni such as Reggie Bush, Brady Quinn, and Vince Young , our invitational policy will include other partners who evaluate the nation's top football talent annually. FBU will utilize the Forbes Report and Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report to evaluate the nation's top prep athletes in each region. FBU will utilize American Youth Football and hundreds of youth coaches to help identify, evaluate and invite the nation's top youth football players. Every mini-camp will have a regional representative to evaluate and cross check potential athletes who come to the attention of FBU by coaches or online nominations.
Our regional instructors will be calling every high school coach and every youth football organization in each region to get their nominees for the final FBU camp slots. There is no guarantee that all nominees provided by all coaches will get an invite. However, every athlete nominated will receive a thorough review. Selecting the top 200 football athletes is not a perfect science and we are sure to miss a number of qualified athletes in each region. Nonetheless, we urge every interested candidate between the age groups of 7th grade to high school senior to submit a nomination via this web site along with a highlight reel (5-10 plays). All final invitations will be for 2008 only, which means any athlete that does not receive an invitation this season may receive one next year.
Athletes Not Receiving an Invite.
For those athletes who are looking for this training but who have not received an invite to the FBU regional mini-camps, we will be offering a similar curriculum based on variety of skill level come this summer at our FBU Academy opening up in Florida.
The founders of FBU believe there is a need to provide elite football training to America's top youth and high school football players in the country, featuring the best instructors and gurus from the NFL. FBU founders believe that skill is a "difference maker" and that the nation's top football players eventually will meet athletes their size, their speed, and with their strength. When this encounter occurs, the difference maker will be "skill". The founders of FBU watched this development annually at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl on NBC. Here at FBU we teach NFL level "skill" to our students. The FBU founders wanted to offer this "skill" development for select athletes well before their senior year in high school. For invited athletes, FBU begins your training now and will work with you until the day you test your skills at the NFL Combine, the premier Pro Football Combine where many of our instructors teach and prep college prospects for the NFL Draft.
If you have been invited to attend FBU, we congratulate you on your invitation and your success. We look forward to training you in the upcoming months and sending you more detailed mini-camp information by your lead instructor. Welcome to the first day of the rest of your football life.
Any athlete can be considered for acceptance. A nomination form must be completed.


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@Moderator_Team I purchased a US Talk and Text plan. It shows up in my Add-ons. I am the AT&T network (on my iPhone), but I am only able to text with my son who is on Public mobile (and he is on andriod) as well. I cannot text with my daughter who is on Bell, and has an iPhone.
Did your restart you phone after arrived at your US destination?
Did you reboot your phone while in the States? Are you able to talk with others?
Did you purchase data add on? With imessage, you need Wifi or Data to iMessage other iphones. If you do not have data in the states, you can turn off imessage in your settings and just use SMS texts.
have you tried disabling imessages? if you only have talk and text then you have no data and i think between iphones they default to data messaging.
I am not an iphone expert, @CalgaryBen or @Luddite are you able to add some more specifics? or if i am in the right direction of the problem?
Try turning your data on (you won't be charge for it), iPhones often try and message other iPhones with iMessage by default, which often needs a data connection.
Yes I rebooted, yes I purchased the US text and talk add-on. I am able to text iPhone <-> Android, but not iPhone <-> iPhone. I have disabled iMessage and trying to text iPhone... will let you know if that works.
Turning off iMessage did the trick. Thank you ! and Thanks to everyone who helped get this sorted out !
Thank you ! Turning off iMessage did the trick. Very much appreciated !
@scottmac13 yes, that conversation should now show as a green bubble instead of blue (or is it the other way around? -- I don't have any iDevices so I'm going by memory). If you want to do blue-bubble chats while in the USA, you'll need to also get a US Roaming Data add-on.


On Dec. 31, the federal tax credit worth up to $1,500 for energy-efficient home improvements will expire, which means waiting too long for some home improvements can be detrimental to your wallet.
October also happens to be National Energy Awareness month. A survey conducted by the Alliance to Save Energy found that 64 percent of homes in the U.S. have single-pane windows, which contribute up to 35 percent of energy wasted in buildings.
In cold climates, energy-efficient, dual-pane windows with low-e coatings can reduce heating bills by as much as 34 percent. In warm climates, they can cut cooling costs by 38 percent.
"The timing couldn't be better for value shoppers to make the investment into new energy-efficient windows for their homes," said Erin Johnson, window expert for Edgetech I.G. "Special offers and tax credits will add up through December, but the long-term savings on energy bills will be long-lasting if consumers do their homework to find the right windows to meet all of their needs."
Understand what the labels mean. Windows that bear the Energy Star label are proven to reduce heating and cooling costs. The National Fenestration Ratings Council also approves them for U-factor (the rate of heat loss through the window) and solar heat gain (how well the window blocks heat from the sun).
To meet the federal tax credit requirements, windows must achieve a .3 U-factor and .3 solar heat gain coefficient. This information should be clearly marked on the windows.
Condensation resistance should also be considered.
"This will lead to other problems, including mold and damage to curtains, walls, carpet and the window itself. Most importantly, moisture can lead to seal failure and the need to replace the entire window system," Johnson said.
Some NFRC labels include condensation resistance, which is reported on a scale from one to 100 and measures the ability of a product to resist formation of condensation on the interior surface. The higher the CR rating, the better. This rating is not required on labels, so be sure to do your homework.
To best prevent condensation, use a spacer, the window component that separates and seals the two panes of glass. According to the NFRC, the use of a warm edge spacer system that reduces the conductivity through the edge of the window is best.
According to Johnson, all-foam, dual-sealed edge spacer systems are the best.
"Rigid, metal spacers do not bend, so over time stress from wind, snow and barometric pressure changes can cause the seal to crack. A flexible spacer will expand and contract with weather changes, keeping the seal intact and the window performing longer," Johnson said.
Skip on the costly Halloween decorations this year and, instead, go for the inviting decorations of autumn. If you dress the outside and inside of your home in warm, natural colors, you can leave decorations up until the very end of the season. Start off with pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, baskets and ribbons. Arrange them in your own creative style and leave on display.
Going all out with holiday decorations could be a way to scare off potential buyers. Whether it is Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas, keep your decorations tasteful, complementary and to a minimum. Use decorations that enhance your home's features and be sure to take them down as soon as the holiday is over.
Mildew grows in damp areas like bathrooms and basements. The black, speckled growth needs to be removed and you may need to repair the sanded spots with spackling compound.
Start by washing with warm water and mild soap to get all the stains off the entire wall. Mildew stains won't wash off, so sand down those spots with 150-grit sandpaper.
Then put on rubber gloves and eye protection. Wash the spots with bleach, which will kill the mildew spores. Afterwards, wash the area with phosphate-free solution. Finally, rinse off the entire area with clean water.
According to an annual Housing Opportunity Pulse Survey conducted by the National Association of Realtors, eight out of 10 Americans still believe that buying a home is a good financial decision. In addition, 68 percent of the 1,209 over-the-phone respondents say that now is a good time to buy.
A fireplace should be the focal point of any room and there are simple ways to make it shine. Add small pictures or sentimental items to the mantel for an eclectic feel. Try one large piece of art hanging over the fireplace for a dramatic appearance. Or try two urns, vases or flower pots on each side of the mantel for symmetry.
Now that you have worked hard on your garden all summer long, it is time to sit outside and enjoy the scenery. Don't let the cold weather hold you back from admiring your accomplishments. Consider different options for keeping you and your family warm outside.
First, consider a fire pit. Although they can be messy at times, they come in a variety of heights, widths, materials and styles. You can easily find one to blend in with your garden's ambiance.
Another option is a patio heater, which can use electricity or propane. It can be a free-standing, table top, pole-mounted, wall-mounted or umbrella-mounted unit. You can choose from a variety of finishes and sizes, depending on the space you are trying to heat: 4 to 5 feet, 9 to 12 feet or 20 feet or more.
During the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting on Oct. 10, scientists revealed that rattlesnakes will be facing dramatic relocation as the climate continues to increase.
If the global temperatures increase by even 1.1 degrees Celsius by 2100, which is a conservative prediction among scientists, then 11 species of rattlesnakes in North America will be dislocated by 430 meters per year on average, said researchers from Indiana University in Bloomington.
Some scientists raised the question of whether the snakes would be migrating north, as seen in some marine organisms. But land precipitation changes are also a factor, and snake ranges appear to be shrinking as well as migrating.


Thanks Steven for all the bug fixes lately!
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I sat here wondering how u did the DVD case but just figured it out...nice idea.
Fanart, been watching the guys over a meedios with their Fanart importer, do you manually add them to your database or have you written a plugin?
very nice, i especially like the dvd case showing the images.
Wow xLobby users just keep raising the bar.......there is another effect to mention, the windows media player used in the videos multi menu can also take advantage of the new reflections skewing tools, so real video can also change perspective.
As it is now i just grab the fanart with the google spider (i just specifiy the search a bit more) actualy works rather good.
Maby we could upload fanart to the xlobby server and grab them from there (Wes? Steven?).
Yes, add Fanart to the xlobby movie spider as an option would be great...opens up nice skinning possibilities!
Yes we can do this. I will speak to Steven monday about integrating the spider into the next V3 release.
Next week I will have some updates on the integration of the fanart into the current V3 spider system. Are you going to complete this skin concept.
Yes, this is going to be complete.
Just curious, did you make any further progress on this skin.
Resurecting a five year old post?
This is a current post for 2009 are you looking at Rika's join date...? or am I missing something.


Great location in the heart of Riverside with a close proximity to train. Thoughtfully designed with a very practical layout and quality finishes. Large private back yard. Master plus 4 family bedrooms, 2 car garage. Long term rental opportunity.


It looks like you won't have to wait till April to nab new Lilly Pulitzer. Two months before the iconic resort wear brand releases its massive 250-piece summer collection for Target, it launched its first ever activewear line — the perfect segue into that highly-anticipated beach-ready collaboration — which is now available on lillypulitzer.com.
Prices for the initial athletic-inspired launch fall in line with the brand's more casual separates, ranging from $98 to $138. But the website hints that there's more to come. We're already dreaming of performance gear that's pattern-on-pattern-on-pattern, because if any brand can make it happen, it's Lilly Pulitzer.
What brand are you hoping jumps on the activewear trend next? Tell us in the comments below.


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July 13, 2010 | By PSC Editor
Solving the Attendance Issue at Priority Schools
Starting next month, students from across the country will begin returning to school for a new academic year.
The challenge at many lower-performing priority schools is to get those students to keep returning, day after day.
Any educator at a priority school will tell you that each day of instruction is precious, especially when students have multi-year skills gaps that need to be addressed. But a recent discussion on the NEA Priority Schools Campaign Facebook page focused on how chronic student absenteeism often keeps educators from adequately helping the students who need the assistance most.
"This issue begins at kindergarten," said Rosa Linda Samaniego- Ramirez, a kindergarten teacher from Carlesbad, NM. "Look at the student's track record. From the day a student enters a classroom, we as educators have to stress the importance of attendance to the parents."
In fact, a 2008 Arizona State University study found that dropout patterns were connected to poor attendance that often began in kindergarten. Once students reach high school, the number of days they are absent from school can mean the difference between graduating and dropping out.
According to researchers from the University of Chicago, 90 percent of Chicago public school students who missed less than a week of school per semester went on to graduate in four years. Students who missed between five and nine days only had a 63 percent graduation rate within four years – students who missed more than 10 days per semester went on to graduate in four years less than half the time.
It's only logical that students who miss less school will be more likely to thrive academically and graduate. But the problem of chronic absenteeism has been a thorny one at many priority schools.
So, what's the solution? Reaching out to parents and community groups is key, several discussion participants noted. Building relationships with the students themselves is also critical.
"We work on talking to every student," said Dawn Michele Schmitt, an Iowa middle school teacher. "We even 'adopt' students who are especially quiet or difficult. Each teacher has certain kids they make a point of talking to each day. Let them know they are missed if they were gone … Let them know you notice them and they matter."
The availability of before-school programs can also make a difference in reducing absenteeism, according to Nora Howley of the National Education Association's Health Information Network. Howley points out that school breakfast programs can boost attendance and improve academic achievement and behavior.
View more articles in: Successful Students


Everyone's a winner with these whimsical carnival prizes.
1. Emoji-shaped pillows. There's the usual smiley face and winky face, but you might have to pass off that brown one as a pile of chocolate ice cream if you're going to win it for your sweetheart.
2. Load and loads of Smurfs. Wait, what year is it? Did Smurfs become a thing again when we weren't looking? Do kids nowadays with their texting and their Pokemon even know what a Smurf is?
3. And speaking of Pokemon, Pikachu makes an appearance. If catching the virtual version isn't enough for you, the fair lets you win something a bit more tangible. Plus, he's big enough to hold any gym in Great Falls.
4. Big seems to be a theme, as well. Get yourself the giant Hershey's Kiss with arms and legs, if only to be able to tell your friends you got a hug from a Kiss at the fair.
5. Pillows shaped like 100 dollar bills. So, let me get this straight. I can pay real money for a shot at winning fake money? Okay, now they're just messing with us.
The Accordion Players make their first appearance as a free act on the 3 Rivers Stage, so set your sights on some polka starting at 12:30 p.m.
Spiff up those spuds with the Mr. Potato Head Contest at noon in the Harvest Building. Participation is optional, but stopping by to see the creations before judging at 2 p.m. is mandatory.
Chris Young wraps up the Montana State Fair night shows starting at 7:30 p.m., so get there early to get the best view and the best parking.


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Glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria for detection and staging of acute and chronic kidney disease in adults: a systematic review
JAMA. 2015 Feb 24;313(8):837-46. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.0602.
Andrew S Levey 1 , Cassandra Becker 1 , Lesley A Inker 1
1 Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.0602
Importance: Because early-stage kidney disease is asymptomatic and is associated with both morbidity and mortality, laboratory measurements are required for its detection.
Objective: To summarize evidence supporting the use of laboratory tests for glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and albuminuria to detect and stage acute kidney injury, acute kidney diseases and disorders, and chronic kidney disease in adults.
Evidence review: We reviewed recent guidelines from various professional groups identified via the National Guideline Clearing House and author knowledge, and systematically searched MEDLINE for other sources of evidence for selected topics.
Findings: The KDIGO (Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes) guidelines define and stage acute and chronic kidney diseases by GFR and albuminuria. For initial assessment of GFR, measuring serum creatinine and reporting estimated GFR based on serum creatinine (eGFRcr) using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) 2009 equation is recommended. If confirmation of GFR is required because of conditions that affect serum creatinine independent of GFR (eg, extremes of muscle mass or diet), or interference with the assay, cystatin C should be measured and estimated GFR should be calculated and reported using cystatin C (eGFRcys) and serum creatinine (eGFRcr-cys) or GFR should be measured directly using a clearance procedure. Initial assessment of albuminuria includes measuring urine albumin and creatinine in an untimed spot urine collection and reporting albumin-to-creatinine ratio. If confirmation of albuminuria is required because of diurnal variation or conditions affecting creatinine excretion, such as extremes of muscle mass or diet, the albumin excretion rate should be measured from a timed urine collection.
Conclusions and relevance: Detection and staging of acute and chronic kidney diseases can be relatively simple. Because of the morbidity and mortality associated with kidney disease, early diagnosis is important and should be pursued in at-risk populations.
Albuminuria / diagnosis*
Creatinine / blood*
Cystatin C / blood*
Glomerular Filtration Rate*
Kidney Diseases / blood
Kidney Diseases / diagnosis*
Kidney Diseases / physiopathology
Kidney Function Tests / standards*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
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Posted By Tal Rosenberg on 04.18.12 at 06:35 AM
I'm not a particularly athletic individual, and that undoubtedly has to do with the fact that I spent an inordinate amount of time as a youngster either reading or watching television. One common element of the latter was that television stations programmed huge blocks of children's shows, so there was no reason to change the channel in the afternoon when you came home from school or on the weekends. That would mean that watching these television blocks became routine, so that you would be able to memorize certain aspects of the programs, like the theme songs and, in my case, the production logos at the end credits.
The history behind production logos should be written if it hasn't already—an Amazon search doesn't turn up much. At the end of each show, a sequence between five and ten seconds would take place where an animated graphic would show up on the screen, typically accompanied by a brief, melodic, synthesizer-based piece of music. Sometime in the 80s, the closing production logos ventured further into 3-D animation, the creepiest example perhaps being DIC Entertainment; or Diffusion, Information et Communication, a French production company. In that spot, the camera is inside of a little boy's bedroom, squarely framing the scene of a boy asleep in his bed; the camera zooms out the window, where a giant flashing "DIC" logo looms in the sky. You know, just another giant metallic production logo waiting outside of a sleeping little boy's bedroom—nothing unusual about that.
Check out two YouTube videos after the jump, featuring some of my favorite old TV production logo end credits.
Tags: Variations on a Theme, end credits, production logos, television, DIC, Video, Image
More by Tal Rosenberg
Destroyer's Ken simplifies symbolism with similes and simpering
by Tal Rosenberg
The madness to Jim Carrey's method
Chris Smith's documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond looks at the actor's immersive screen performance as Andy Kaufman.
Isabelle Frances McGuire's bread and butter is their art
"I'm a Cliche" at Prairie Gallery uses yeast and fermentation to explore issues of identity.


Comments on Zimmer's "Can A Scientist Define Life?
Imagine a "primordial soup" on some planet somewhere from which there occasionally emerges a thing that could locomote, and as it locomoted around it would scrape up some of the dust that lay around on the planet, and occasionally eat other things that had come out of the "primordial soup" and it would thus grow. Eventually it would wear out as its molecules, put together by some chemical process of abiogenecis in the aforementioned soup, and thusly worn out, molecules broken down by ultraviolet rays from the nearby star, it would eventually stop moving and remain exposed to the elements and dry out and become part of the dust, to be scraped up and consumed by other things.
Imagine that dozens of shallow seas of primordial soup on this planet each produced a range of such things, and they moved around on the planet, some staying in the soup, some going onto land, interacting, competing, cooperating, eating each other, sliding past each other, being born of the soup and dying, the dust sometimes being blown back into the soupy seas or being scraped up by other things.
The things are alive, right?
What if there was a form of thing on some other planet that had crawled out of the ooze and over time evolved, changed, varied, but over even longer periods of time, a self replicating version of this thing, or set of things, developed a way of perfectly identifying copies of itself that were not perfect, and destroying them. Say this emerged in several lineages of things, and this invariance gave some advantage to the things that did this. All other things, the ones that vary and change over generational time, are out-competed and those lineages disappear. So eventually, there are dozens of lineages of distinct but invariant things walking, sliding, coasting, flying, around on the surface of this planet, replicating but always duplicating perfectly, for hundreds of thousands of generations.
These things are alive, right?
Carl Zimmer has written up a nice piece on the definition of life and in particular the work done by Trifonov (Can A Scientist Define "Life"? By Carl Zimmer). Go read it.
In essence, and you can get the details from Carl's writeup, Trifonov has done a linguistic analysis of the hundreds of definitions of life previously available and distilled them down to their essence to produce the most functional and applicable definition of life.
Except it isn't, for three reasons.
3) I just disproved the definition by imagining two universes that you would be hard pressed to disprove exist. I know, I know, I might as well have suggested "Unicorns are born of rainbows" or something, but still… this is a big and long-lived Universe and something that we would call life that does not vary in it's replication, or that emerges from something we don't call life such as a Droid or Robot might emerge but where the robot-maker is not a high tech company but rather a puddle, are not outrageously impossible. OK, so maybe I didn't disprove it, but I made it look weak, don't you think?
Zimmer also makes the point in his piece that some have questioned the smarts behind NASA going to Mars to find life using an Earth based model, whereby life will exist in relation to water and carbon. I agree with him that life in the Universe may ignore such Earthly rules. However, it is true that Mars is fairly Earth-like, and there is water there, so given the limits on what we can do with remote control robots on other planets, testing the hypothesis that "Mars has or had a roughly Earth-like life" is not too unreasonable. Personally, I think they'll find it. After all, the only other Earth-like planet we've looked at so far has it!
I'd like to add that the limitations of chemistry doom us to carbon-oxygen-hydrogen-nitrogen lifeforms, so Zimmer would be incorrect in assuming people are thinking in too limited a fashion when they expect the elemental composition of alien lifeforms to be similar to that on earth. Despite all the "OMG, Martian Bacteria!" hype over the years, in general scientists are not expecting cellular life forms. My definition of life would involve self-replication; that should be sufficient since a calcium carbonate crystal does not replicate (it accretes) and self-replicating robot overlords are an obvious sign of life since they would have had to have been created by intelligent (or perhaps not-too-intelligent) creatures at some point in the past.
People put too much stock into definitions. My brain is large enough to carry around all of the notions life-t, life-g, and several other notions and variations. If we find another planet with something life-like, it won't really matter if it fits any of those. The world is more interesting than the words we use to describe it. Though words are interesting, too.
Life, used as a noun, is the property of vitalists. There is no life, only living things. So, the question is, "Is that thing over there a living thing." Perhaps a question sometimes just as hard to answer.
Alas, turning properties into nouns is one of the ways we fool ourselves with language. When an atheist is asked by someone religious whether he believes in love, I've oft thought the responses should be along these lines: Love is something that people do, not some thing that we can properly speak of existing.
Of course, we noun verbs and verb nouns. It never ends.
Well in just four comments you folks have rediscovered a basic problem in defining life. NASA would certainly like to answer the question "Is that thing over there a living thing?" but that leaves out all definitions that involve self-replication, natural variation and evolution because we might only have one thing. Catch-22.
I think the "with variations" bit is inappropriate because it's a consequence of entropy, not of life per se. Life generates variation when it reproduces because it's essentially impossible not to. Just like it's essentially impossible to make repeated copies of a computer program, or an image, or pretty much anything else, without seeing variation between copies.
qetzal: there is significant variation in animal, plant, protist, and bacteria and I'm gussing fugi that is caused by behaviors and physiological systems designed (by selection) to increase variation.
Sure. But I take "self-reproduction with variations" to refer to variations among offspring, not variation in behavior. Of course, variation of offspring also is (partly) due to specific properties of most organisms (beyond the simple inevitability of copy errors). But again, if that's what's meant, it's not well expressed in that definition.
One could easily write a compute program that self-replicates with variations… Is it alive?
Is that really self replicated? In the context of an OS, sure, it's alive (virtually). In the context of real life, it's not because it is not really self replicating.
It's a very special sort of replication. It's not that the variation is hard to explain, but that the variation is held within very tight parameters. A thousand generations of asexual bdelloid rotifers still look just like bedelloid rotifers. A thousand generations of octopuses will still look like octopi. This is not well-explained by simple appeals to copy errors or thermodynamics.
Then perhaps the definition should have been "a very special sort of self-reproduction with variation that is held within very tight parameters." Preferably with enough additional explanation to indicate how replication of living creatures is "special," and how the parameters for variation of life are distinct from non-life. But the simple qualifier of replication "with variation" doesn't cut it, IMO.
I confess, however, that I'm not sure what you're implying when you say variation is "held" within tight parameters. Who is supposedly doing this holding? Variation in living things is mainly constrained by the requirement that they actually be alive and successfully reproduce.
is not simply replication and not â??replication with variationâ??
reproductionâ?? fits the bill but appears imprecise).
Natural life is (the product of) sustained adaptive (population based) self-replication underwritten by non-trivial variation. The system of generating variation has to be sufficiently error protected to resist entropy and sufficiently versatile to be 'essentially' open-ended with regard to phenotype production. The latter condition may be too restrictive, but a minimal 'organic systemâ?? capable of coding but a few dozen phenotypes is intuitively unsatisfactory I think "artificial life" should be similarly defined, but it would be hard for many biologists to agree.
Intuitively unsatisfactory is unsatisfactory! As it exists on Earth, life is pretty limited in some really dumb ways. Like only one bit of information per cell juncture or soma in neural systems (instead of coding zillions of bits of info in organelles which could then be reproduced, which makes a LOT more sense). The possibility of a limited number of phenotypes does not diminish because it sounds bad to us Earthlings!
Greg, I studiously avoid organisms with brains (my bailiwick is plants and protozoa) but I think neurons are better thought of as computers than transistors. Each neuron, has about 10^5 connections. (There are 10^14 to 10^15 synapses in a human brain.) And that does not exhaust the repertoire of "switches" within each neuron. The cell membrane of the neuron is studded with a bewildering array of transducers, each of which is a protein (or protein complex) that can change conformation and effect signalling within the cell and among cells. And the interior of the cell has a small universe of signalling mechanisms and switches.
bks … well, yes and no. The fact that there is a lot of information in, or processed in cells does not obviate the fact that most of what mammalian brain circuitry does is not known to take advantage of much of that. Also, while many cells manage to live in a wide range of environments, nerual systems are relatively choosy. Organisms with larger brains (say, birds and mammals) require large amounts of energy to maintain this brain tissue. We know cells and organelles can be changed in life and pass those changes on to copies, and we know information processing could use that ability but about 99.99999% of the information passed on for use in neural systems is not passed on via replicaiton, but rather, learning and reinvention. And so on.
The way neural systems in brainy organisms have come to be is through evolution and not design, and these limitations are probably mostly the result of phylogenetic constraints. But when we are talking about alternative life systems, we can assume that across many many iterations, different results would emerge. If the equivalent of "neural" cells emerges under selection for replication of specific information gathered or manipulated by the organism and then that neural cell is later used in "braininess" brains would be very different. If the initial "neuron" was designed to operate with higher energetic efficiencies, say in our own history, then big brains might be less expensive tissue and that would have changed the constraints on prior selection. And so on and so forth.
Although biology is the science of life, biologists do not know what life is; geneticists do not know what the gene is; and evolutionists do not know what species is! This is the plight of biology now. Biology literature continues to grow at an alarming rate in these fields! Scientists never stop to think whether science is advancing in the right direction. It is without knowing what life is, biologists are trying to create it. The basic reason why we cannot define or understand the phenomenon of life is the molecular gene (genome) concept is wrong. Biological program responsible for the functioning of an organism is not encoded by a chemical molecule (DNA). By treating DNA as the molecule of life, we are superimposing biological information over chemical information. DNA is the only molecule in the whole universe that carries biological information over and above chemical information! The molecular gene concept is scientifically untenable. It is violation of chemical principles. The Quran reveals that life is non-material phenomenon validating the original proposal of nonphysical gene by Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909. He warned against two things while proposing the gene concept; one is against treating gene as material entity, and the other is against assigning gene for particular character. Both his warnings have been now proved correct.
Creating changes in organism through genetic manipulation is not creation of life. Nature herself shows such diversity within species. In computer model of organism, DNA technology is biohardware technology and not biosoftware technology. By that scientists are trying to find hardware solution for software problem.
Although biology is the science of life, biologists have not yet been able to define â??lifeâ?. Although molecular gene is the foundational atom of modern biology, the â??geneâ? also remains undefined. Likewise â??speciesâ? is the foundation of evolutionary biology, but evolutionists (including Darwin) have not been able to define â??speciesâ? yet. It is without knowing these, biology is â??advancingâ??. Is biology on the right track? If it is, why we are unable to get clear understanding of these things in spite of substantial research already done in biology? We do not pause to ponder over this issue. It is high time we at least doubted something is fundamentally wrong in biology.
It is without knowing what â??lifeâ? is, we are trying to create life. The basic reason why we cannot define or understand the phenomenon of life is the erroneous concept of biological information. Molecular gene (genome) concept is wrong. Biological program responsible for life and the functioning of an organism is not encoded by a chemical molecule (DNA). By treating DNA as the molecule of life, we are superimposing biological information over chemical information. This implies that DNA is the only molecule in the whole universe that carries biological information over and above chemical information. This is wrong. The molecular gene concept is therefore flawed and is scientifically untenable. It is violation of chemical principles. The Scriptures lend a helping hand to resolve the issue. Just because the help comes from Scriptures, we should not reject it. That is unscientific. But if the Scriptural revelation cannot be proved scientifically we can reject it. The Quran and Bible reveal that life is nonmaterial phenomenon validating the original proposal of â??nonphysical geneâ?? by Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909. He warned against two things while proposing the gene concept; one is against treating gene as material entity, and the other is against assigning gene for particular character. Both these warnings have been since proved correct.
The nonphysical biological information can be conceived on the lines of computer model of the organism. Phenomena of life and death can be defined and explained in the light of the Quranic revelation based on the computer model of organism. The Quran informs that God created Adam by â??breathing rooh into a clay model of manâ? (Q. 15:28-29). The term nafs is also used in place of rooh in the Quran (Q. 4:1). On â??breathing of roohâ??, the clay model (nonliving matter) sprang to life. The Bible tells us the same story but uses the phrase â??breath of lifeâ? (Genesis 2:7). Both these sources thus reveal the cause of life is something nonphysical. The Scriptural revelations are metaphors, which can be explained based on computer model of organism. In the computer model, the chemical structures (including DNA) from cells through tissues to organs constitute hardware of the organism. The nonphysical â??roohâ? is the biosoftware of organism. The Scriptural revelations (â??breathing of roohâ? or â??breathing of lifeâ? into the clay model of man) can be explained as installation of biosoftware in the nonliving clay model. Upon installation (â??breathingâ??) of the â??roohâ?, the clay model sprang to life much like a computer springs to â??lifeâ? on installing software in it. Our computer software is also nonphysical although it requires a physical medium (disk) for storage. Similarly biosoftware also requires a physical medium for its storage. The hard disk of organism is chromosome. The invisible software is the soul of the computer as the rooh is the soul of an organism. The Quran further reveals that it is the removal (deletion) of nafs that results in death (Q. 6:93). Deletion of software from our computer also brings it to a halt. A dead body is therefore like a computer without software. Based on this reasoning, life can be defined as the manifestation of execution of divine biosoftware in the body cells, and death as the result of its deletion from the body. Computers, robots, etc., which run on man-made software, can be considered as forms of â??artificial lifeâ??. Biologists are currently pursuing a chemical trail to find out the source of biological information. A summary of my research in this area has been published in J. Software Engineering and Applications 3(7):728-735 (2010).
The Scriptural assertion of nonmaterial basis of life is falsifiable and hence it is as good as scientific theory. It predicts it will never be possible to create life from non-life through chemical synthesis without using a living cell or organism at any stage of the process. It also predicts that a dead cell (or a dead body) cannot be restored to life chemically. In fact a dead cell has all the material structures including DNA intact at death. But yet the cell doesnâ??t show any sign of life. This is clear proof that a chemical structure (material) does not encode biological program. Chemical structure encodes only chemical information. All the experiments so far conducted to create life from non-life have failed so far. Going by the Scriptures, future experiments in this line will also fail. This proves two things scientifically; one is God exists, and the other is molecular gene concept is wrong.
Creating changes in organism through genetic manipulation is not creation of life. Nature herself shows such diversity within species. In computer model of organism, DNA technology is biohardware technology and not biosoftware technology. Employing DNA technology, biologists are unwittingly trying to find hardware solution for software problem.
Actually the concept of life is related to an indefinable state. Any definition of life is subjective and arbitrary as is the boundary between living and non-living systems or pinpointing the moment when non living systems would have become living. For instance, saying that virus or prions or vesicles with the capacity of evolving are living systems (or not) adds nothing more than the definition of life one would propose. Finally the statement that any such boundary or moment exists is not falsifiable: no experiment can be considered to prove that it can be wrong. Therefore, as the distinction between living and non living systems is a matter of belief and not science, it is not only hopeless but useless to try to define this indefinable state related to a metaphysical question. By contrast the distinction between systems with evolvable capacity and systems without is not so problematic. It seems more appropriate to focus on the process of Darwinian evolution as the source of the primordial ancestor on Earth and presumably similar systems elsewhere. The consensus to be reached in the quest for the primordial ancestor must be in defining the minimal process that allowed Darwinian evolution to emerge and persist (Tessera 2011 and 2012).
– 3. The systems must be capable of acquiring heritable structure/function properties that are relatively independent from the local environment, i.e., the fact that they belong to a specific lineage should not depend on the nature of the nutriments they receive from the local environment. This last condition is required for the emergence of distinct lineages allowing Darwinian natural selection.
– 4. These properties may change sporadically while remaining transmissible to the descendants.
This fourth condition, although favouring a much more efficient and faster evolution, is not mandatory to allow room for selection if the potential of the systems is very large for the emergence of new distinct lineages. One interesting feature of this set of three conditions is that it does not necessarily involve a genetic component related to nucleic acids. For example there is at least one model, a lipidic vesicle-based model, which can be proposed to address the issues raised by the three conditions above, without involving nucleic acids (Tessera 2011).
M. Tessera. Origin of Evolution Versus Origin of Life: A Shift of Paradigm. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011,12,3445-3458.
I see this Tessara guy is now spamming multiple threads to plug some book of his. Not sure how valid his thesis is (it sounds kinda vague in places), but this means of advertizing is really not a good look.
Your pseudonyme suits you very well.
However I would apreciate arguments instead.
What do you think of my proposal "the quest for the origin of Darwinian evolution instead of the quest for the origin of life"?
Have I no chance for any relevant comment (even from you whose I appreciate the blog pages?) about my statement that it is not only hopeless but useless to try to define life, which is an indefinable state related to a metaphysical question, and, on the contrary, that, it is worthy to focus on the process of Darwinian evolution as the source of the primordial ancestor on Earth and presumably similar systems elsewhere?
Phenomenon of life is definable, understandable and scientifically explainable in the light of Quranic revelations based on computer model of organism, as given above in my previous comment above. Life is nonmaterial phenomenon. We have to accept that. This would imply that our present concept of molecular gene (genome) as encoding biological program is wrong. The failure of experiments to create life from nonlife materials without involving living cell or organism is the proof of nonmaterial nature of biological program (biosoftware). Once we accept this, phenomenon of life will be explainable. The failure of the experiments prove the validity of the Quranic revelation and hence the existence of God scientifically. We should be prepared to accept this truth. The divine revelations predict failure of experiments to create life from nonlife in future also. To create life from nonlife by chemical synthesis without in anyway involving living materials is an impossible proposition. The failure indicates the prediction is correct. Thus it is scientifically proved.
From P.A. Wahidâ??s responses evolutionists have a new illustration of the problem with the creationistâ??s arguments.
Considering the concept of life as belonging to the physical/material world puts evolutionists in a very weak position, actually an impossible position, when facing creationistâ??s arguments (such as P.A. Wahidâ??s) in the debate on the origin of life. It is too easy for creationists to say: â??Evolutionists claim they will be able to find how life began while nobody can define life, physically or materially speakingâ?.
In this impossible position evolutionists are actually dealing with a metaphysical concept (without realizing it is) and thus mixing science and metaphysics, as P.A. Wahid does in his comments.
On the contrary evolutionists must realize that the hypothetic boundary between living and nonliving systems and the miraculous moment when nonliving systems would have become living are totally arbitrary. They must realize that the statement that such boundary and moment exist is not falsifiable because no experiment can be envisaged to prove it to be false.
Moreover evolutionists must consider the hypothesis that the existence of all terrestrial systems, extant and past, stemming from Darwinian evolution can be explained only by the emergence of Darwinian evolution in the inorganic world on earth about 4 billion years ago.
â??If intellect is a product of evolution the whole mechanistic concept of the nature and origin of life is absurd, and the principle which science has adopted must clearly be revised. We have only to state it to see the self-contradiction. How can the intellect, a mode of apprehending reality, be itself an evolution of something which only exists as an abstraction of that mode of apprehending, which is the intellect? If intellect is an evolution of life, then the concept of the life which can evolve intellect as a particular mode of apprehending reality must be the concept of a more concrete activity than that of any abstract mechanical movement which the intellect can present to itself by analyzing its apprehended content. And yet further, if the intellect be a product of the evolution of life, it is not absolute but relative to the activity of the life which has evolved it; how then, in such case, can science exclude the subjective aspect of the knowing and build on the objective presentation as an absolute? Clearly the biological sciences necessitate a reconsideration of the scientific principle.â??
I wonder how evolutionists would answer Wildon Carr. In an article titled 'Theory of Origin & Phenomenon of Life' published in Indian Journal of Science & Technology and available free on http://www.indjst.org (Augst 2010)the author has tried to explain what is life.
From my point of view such sentences have nothing to do with science. Those are clearly metaphysical thoughts. Besides, according to the text cited by Shafiq Khan, Wildon Carr clearly confirmed this point of view: â??Clearly the biological sciences necessitate a reconsideration of the scientific principleâ?.
I would like just to add that Dr. Wildon Carr was the advocate of Bergson's philosophy in England and that Henri Bergson defended the concept of â??vitalismâ?.
Marc Tessera may call it metaphysical, creationism, mixing science with metaphysics, etc. Everybody else also views any Scriptural revelation-based similarly. The basis of my theory is Quranic revelation of nonphysical basis of life. Current scientific view that a material (DNA) constitutes biological program responsible for life activities of organism is wrong because the genome is intact in a dead cell. Why it cannot show sign of life? Life is irreversibly lost from the system. Quranic assertion that deletion of nafs (biosoftware or soul) causes death explains the phenomenon. This is Quranic challenge. Can anybody restore life to a dead cell or create a living cell through chemical synthesis without involving a living cell?
Dozens of theories of origin of life have been advanced in biology. But none of them suggests how life originated. Yet they all go by the name "theories of origin of life". Further, none of these theories is testable or falsifiable. They also do not leave any prediction for testing or falsifying. These are the criteria generally adopted for distinguishing a scientific theory from pseudoscience. In spite of that all these theories are accepted as scientific! It is impossible to define life on the basis of material genome. Life and death can only be defined in the light of the Quranic revelations. This is a challenge I put up to biologists and atheists.
I agree with people who are saying that â??We can know nothing about the origin of lifeâ?. The same when it is said that â??We can know nothing about the origin of the soul" or "â??We can know nothing about the origin of Godâ? etc.
This is clearly because these entities belong to metaphysics. By contrast it is not true that we can know nothing about the origin of the primordial ancestor on Earth, actually on the origin of all the terrestrial systems, extant and past, which stemmed from Darwinian evolution. In fact, we can know a lot about the origin of Darwinian evolution, scientifically speaking.
"Self-reproduction with variations" is a great definition of life, probably the most correct one I've ever read. As to determining if the origin on life and humans in particular actually comes from "primordial soup", we will need an entire planet (or a smaller independent micro-biosphere and a technical possibility to speed up processes so that we could observe in, say, 10 years what actually tool billions years. That would answer many questions.
"'Self-reproduction with variations' is a great definition of life": a great definition or just a n+1 definition?
Interesting discussion. I don't think self-replication is the baseline for the definition of life. Let's take a simple example – bees. Neuters are not involved in self-replication. However, they live an active life. I think it's more about the ability to grow by the means of absorbing and actively changing substances. What do you think?