Scientists at University of California, Department of Animal Science discuss research in climate change.

Scientists discuss in 'Invited review: Contemporary environmental issues: a review of the dairy industry's role in climate change and air quality and the potential of mitigation through improved production efficiency' new findings in climate change. According to recent research published in the Journal of Dairy Science, "Environmental concerns involving the dairy industry are shifting from an exclusive focus on water quality to encompass climate change and air quality issues. The dairy industry's climate change air emissions of concern are the greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide."

"With regard to air quality, the dairy industry's major emission contributions are …

Hixson, Tenn., Restaurateur Turns Family Recipe into Business.

Byline: Jason M. Reynolds

May 13--One of the owners of an upcoming eatery in Hixson is expecting to build the business on a dessert whose recipe came from his grandmother.

"We like to think we're using the same ingredients as she used," said co-owner Jay Simpson, who also owns Graphic Solutions in Hixson.

Mr. Simpson said his maternal grandmother, Ivah Miller, operated the Hasty Tasty custard stand in Lorain, Ohio, in the late 1950s to early 1960s. Custard is a popular treat in the Midwest, he said.

Mr. Simpson and his wife, Kathie, and Steve and Rebecca Michael are the owners of Nana's Frozen Custard, which is scheduled to open at 6707 …

USPTO ISSUES TRADEMARK: 511

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- The trademark 511 (Reg. No. 3954925) was issued on May 3 by the USPTO.

Owner: Los Angeles County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies public agency CALIFORNIA One Gateway Plaza Los Angeles CALIFORNIA 90012.

The trademark application serial number 85124203 was filed on Sept. 7, 2010 and was registered on May 3.

The description of the mark registered is "Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the numbers "511" appearing on the horizon above a road leading to the right."

Goods and Services: Providing transit, traffic and traveler information via internet and telephone dial-in services. FIRST USE: 20091119. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20091119

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Increased computer use by adolescents linked to multiple-risk behaviours

Washington, April 26 -- A new study has established a strong association between computer and Internet use in adolescents and their engagement in multiple-risk behaviours (MRB), including illicit drug use, drunkenness and unprotected sex.

'This research is based on social cognitive theory, which suggests that seeing people engaged in a behaviour is a way of learning that behaviour,' says lead researcher and doctoral candidate in School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Valerie Carson.

'Since adolescents are exposed to considerable screen time, over 4.5 hours on average each day, they're constantly seeing images of behaviours they can then potentially adopt,' he added.

The researchers also found that increased computer use is linked with, approximately, 50 pc increased engagement with a cluster of six MRB. These include smoking, drunkenness, non-use of seatbelts, cannabis, illicit drug use, and unprotected sex.

The study shows that high television viewing is also associated with a moderate increased engagement in these MRB.

The fact that considerable amount of advertising that used to be shown on television, is now being shown on the Internet, also supports the finding.

Furthermore, computer usage by adolescents has also significantly increased in recent years.

'TV and video games have more established protocols in terms of censorship, but Internet protocols aren't as established,' says Carson.

'Parents can make use of programs that control access to the Internet, but adolescents in this age group are quite savvy about technology and the Internet,' he added.

The research has been published in the Journal of Preventative Medicine.

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Reports outline life sciences study findings from University of Limoges.

According to recent research published in the Journal of Immunology, "Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a major neuronal growth factor, is also known to exert an antiapoptotic effect in myeloma cells. Whereas BDNF secretion was described in B lymphocytes, the ability of B cells to produce sortilin, its transport protein, was not previously reported."

"We studied BDNF production and the expression of its receptors, tyrosine protein kinase receptor B and p75 neurotrophin receptor in the human pre-B, mature, and plasmacytic malignant B cell lines under normal and stress culture conditions (serum deprivation, Fas activation, or their combination). BDNF secretion was enhanced by serum deprivation and exerted an antiapoptotic effect, as demonstrated by neutralization experiments with antagonistic Ab. The precursor form, pro-BDNF, also secreted by B cells, decreases under stress conditions in contrast to BDNF production. Stress conditions induced the membranous expression of p75 neurotrophin receptor and tyrosine protein kinase receptor B, maximal in mature B cells, contrasting with the sequestration of both receptors in normal culture. By blocking Ab and small interfering RNA, we evidenced that BDNF production and its survival function are depending on sortilin, a protein regulating neurotrophin transport in neurons, which was not previously described in B cells. Therefore, in mature B cell lines, an autocrine BDNF production is up-regulated by stress culture conditions and exerts a modulation of apoptosis through the sortilin pathway. This could be of importance to elucidate certain drug resistances of malignant B cells," wrote A.L. Fauchais and colleagues, University of Limoges (see also Life Sciences).

The researchers concluded: "In addition, primary B lymphocytes contained sortilin and produced BDNF after mitogenic activation, which suggests that sortilin and BDNF might be implicated in the survival and activation of normal B cells also."

Fauchais and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Immunology (Role of endogenous brain-derived neurotrophic factor and sortilin in B cell survival. Journal of Immunology, 2008;181(5):3027-3038).

For additional information, contact M.O. Jauberteau, University of Limoges, Dept. of Immunology, EA 3842, 2 Avenue Doctor Mareland, F-87025 Limoges, France.

The publisher's contact information for the Journal of Immunology is: American Association Immunologists, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.

Keywords: France, Limoges, Life Sciences, Myeloma, Enzyme Research, Kinase, Immunology, University of Limoges.

This article was prepared by Blood Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2008, Blood Weekly via NewsRx.com.

A `Cos' for Celebration

BILL COSBY'S television program "The Cosby Show" is going to get astamp next January and fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld may get onenext April. So might the movies "Titanic" and "Jurassic Park." Howabout John Glenn's return to space and cellular telephones?

Those are among the stamps being discussed for the final twosheets of stamps in the U.S. Postal Service's big Celebrate theCentury stamp series. As the agency's stamp director Azeezaly S.Jaffer promised when he unveiled the series, the stamps only get morecontroversial as the public is asked to make selections for thestamps in the 1980s and 1990s.

Judging from the recently-announced winners of the balloting onstamps for the 1980s, Jaffer seems to have been right. Consider, forexample, the Cosby stamp. It will honor one of TV's greatest stars,but Cosby himself can't be on it. That's because postal guidelinesprohibit any living person from being on a stamp, so expect the stampto illustrate the show's logo or, in Seinfeld's case, perhaps theempty restaurant set that was featured in the show.So what was the most important subject of the 1980s, the subjectmost Americans wanted on a stamp? Video games. It drew 268,746votes to top the Fall of the Berlin Wall, which pulled 265,147 votes.Washington's Vietnam Veterans Memorial was third with 258,515votes, followed by: the movie "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial," 239,189;"Cabbage Patch" dolls, 207,505; personal computers, 205,527; compactdiscs, 199,925; figure skating, 198,841; "The Cosby Show," 194,517;cable TV, 190,533; the National Football League's San Francisco49ers, 188,845; the freed American hostages in Iran, 182,784; thespace shuttle program, 177,138; "Cats," the Broadway musical,169,357; and, finally, "hip-hop culture," 158,509.Losers: basketball's Los Angeles Lakers series against the BostonCeltics, 158,075; mountain biking, 147,779; AIDS awareness, 144,824;college basketball's March madness playoffs, 141,308; broadcast talkshows, 127,283; beach volleyball, 126,687; country music, 120,977;video camcorders, 114,950; arms reduction treaties, 94,928; aerobics,77,904; minivans, 75,915; Vladimir Horowitz concerts, 64,563; theSenior PGA Golf tour, 58,475; gene mapping, 55,411; and Tom Wolfe'snovel "The Bonfire of the Vanities," 34,669.If you don't like any of the winners, vote now on the final 15stamps in the series of 150. Nominees for stamps of the 1990sinclude:People and Events: improving education, cultural diversity, theGulf War, recovering endangered species and active older Americans.Arts and Entertainment: contemporary architecture, "JurassicPark," computer art and graphics, Broadway musicals, "Seinfeld" and"Titanic."Sports: baseball records, "extreme" sports, women's sports, in-line skating, junior golf and Special Olympics.Science and Technology: virtual reality, dinosaur fossil recovery,gene therapy, the World Wide Web, Glenn's return to space,interplanetary exploration.Lifestyle: cellular phones, museum attendance, home offices, sportutility vehicles, community service and coffee shops.Paper ballots for the 1990s stamps are available at most postoffices and on the Internet at: http://stampvote.msn.com. All paperballots must be postmarked by May 31.Meanwhile, new stamps are pouring out of the nation's post officesat a rapid rate. On Saturday, the agency will issue a booklet offour tropical flower stamps in Honolulu. It is the first booklet ofself- adhesive stamps with stamps printed on both sides of thebooklet. It also marks the first gravure stamps that have beenprinted with a 550-line screen. That should make for much sharperprinting than most gravure stamps, which are usually printed with a300-line screen.In addition, the agency is releasing a set of new internationalmail stamps to match the new international rates that becomeeffective May 30. But with one exception, a 55-cent stamp for Gen.Billy Mitchell, the founder of the Air Force, these internationalmail stamps will no longer feature airmail subjects.Members of the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee think images ofthe "scenic wonders of America would be of more interest to peopleabroad," according to stamp spokesman Don Smeraldi.As a result there will be a 48-cent stamp featuring a photo ofNiagara Falls, a 40-cent Rio Grande stamp and a 60-cent Grand Canyonstamp. A 60-cent aerogramme (a thin sheet that folds into an airmailenvelope) featuring Voyageurs National Park and a 55-cent postal cardthat features Mount Ranier go on sale May 15 in Denver.The 48-cent self-adhesive Niagara Falls stamp goes on sale May 12in Niagara Falls. Dates for the Rio Grande and Grand Canyon stampshave not been announced.On May 14, the Postal Service will pay tribute to Mount Vernon,the home of George Washington where he died 200 years ago. Thepostal card reproduces a 1792 painting from the National Gallery ofArt by an unknown artist. Titled "A View From Mount Vernon," it willsell for 21 cents each, although it carries a 20-cent denomination.INDIVIDUALS seeking first-day cancellations of the tropicalflowers, should purchase the stamps at their local post office andplace them on addressed envelopes. These should be mailed in alarger envelope to: Tropical Flowers Stamps, Postmaster, 3600 AoleleSt., Honolulu, HI 96820-9991. Requests should be postmarked by May31.Next week in this space: Photography columnist Frank Van Riper.

Could Fox's firebrand go solo? Beck ponders world domination

COULD GLENN Beck, the weeping, wailing superstar of Americanright-wing broadcasting, be about to walk out on Rupert Murdoch'sFox News? In media circles, it is the hottest topic of the hour, asintense sniping from both sides stirs speculation that thehyperactive and hypersensitive Mr Beck could be about to end theirtwo-year relationship - and even create a rival TV channel of hisown.

It is becoming clear that the presenter's ambitions stretch muchfurther than his nightly Glenn Beck Show, a mix of conspiratorialmonologue decrying the US fall into socialism and guest slotsfeaturing the stars of the Tea Party firmament, which has become astaple of the Fox News prime-time line-up.

Already, a loyal audience has trooped to bookstores to buy MrBeck's prodigious literary output, from America's March toSocialism: Why We're One Step Closer to Giant Missile Parades toArguing With Idiots: How To Stop Small Minds and Big Government. Hisnationally syndicated radio talk show is the third most popular inthe nation. And he has been hiring new staff for his internetbroadcasting venture, Mercury Radio Arts, which runs a subscriptionservice for political junkies who want more Beck-inspired shows anddocumentaries.

And Mr Beck's next move has become one of the most hotlyanticipated questions now that talks on renewing his contract withFox are coming into view. His current deal runs out in December.Rumours yesterday suggested Mr Beck is toying with the idea oftaking over a cable TV channel to run his shows and relatedprogramming in the future.

Mr Beck made a half-hearted attempt to quell speculationyesterday, after news that he had sounded out friends about takingover a cable station or expanding his online subscription serviceinto a fully fledged online TV channel. "Roger Ailes [president ofFox News] has built the most important voice in America today - FoxNews - and it is an honour to do my show there every night. I haveno intention whatsoever of doing the show I am doing now on Foxanywhere else," he said.

Deteriorating relations between Mr Beck and Fox have, however,been the stuff of industry gossip for months. His sky-high publicprofile is not matched by profits from the show, which struggles toattract big-name advertisers. In 2009, when Mr Beck called PresidentBarack Obama a racist with "a deep-seated hatred of white people",large companies including Geico insurance and Procter & Gamblepulled their ads.

Last year, Mr Beck persuade tens of thousands of followers to aTea Party-style "Rally to Restore Honour" in Washington, promptingComedy Central satirist Jon Stewart to lampoon the event and stagehis own, much bigger, Rally to Restore Sanity in the run-up to themid-term elections.