Peanut butter is a longtime staple and favorite for children and adults. The good news is peanuts, it turns out, can be really good for us. Peanuts pack a load of nutrition in a small package. They are a good source of protein, with 7 grams in a 1-ounce serving. There are also 2 grams of fiber and almost one quarter of the recommended daily allowance for vitamin E in each ounce, not to mention magnesium, potassium, copper, folic acid and many other vitamins and minerals. A healthy handful Fear of fat keeps many people from making peanuts part of their diet. But many studies are showing that the monounsaturated fat in peanuts is a healthy choice — especially since it comes with so much that is good for you. The newest and latest flat-belly diet insists on nuts. Heart health — Several studies have shown that eating peanuts can help reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering both cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

RMIT Postgrad Expo

RMIT Storey Hall, 336 Swanston Street, Melbourne. Find out about the range of specialised postgrad programs available at RMIT. There will be opportunities to discuss the options one on one as well as information sessions about returning to study and help applying for your chosen program. For more information or to register visit www.rmit.edu.au/postgrad.

2008 Higher Education Summit. April 3 and 4, Star City Hotel, Sydney. Representatives from the highest levels in Australian higher education will gather to discuss the major issues facing the sector. For more information go to www.informa.com.au/highereducation. SCHOLARSHIPS Clinical Research PhD Scholarship, University of Queensland The Division of Physiotherapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The University of Queensland, is offering one PhD scholarship commencing in 2008.

Novo Nordisk Changing Diabetes(R) Bus World Tour Rolls Into the Big ...

PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Changing Diabetes(R) Bus and Village will host visitors today at New York City's Union Square Park, as its tour around the globe concludes on the eve of the first United Nations-sanctioned World Diabetes Day. Novo Nordisk, the sponsor of the tour, invites visitors to Union Square Park to participate in the global drive to raise awareness about diabetes prevention and control, and encourage New Yorkers to change the future of diabetes today. Admission to the Novo Nordisk Changing Diabetes(R) Bus event is free and open to the public today from 11am to 7pm in Union Square's North Plaza.

Basketball Hall of Famer and diabetes advocate, Dominique Wilkins of the Atlanta Hawks, is an ambassador for the campaign. Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2000, 'Nique has been sharing his personal story in order to motivate and educate the public about this disease.

Science Life in the Fast-lane: Human Evolution Accelerating

Humans are evolving at frenetic, previously unobserved pace according to a new paper titled "Recent acceleration of human adaptive evolution", which was published Monday in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal. The paper, which was based on research spearheaded by University of Utah anthropologist Henry Harpending, examined 3.9 million gene segments of 270 individuals, 90 of European descent, 90 of African descent, 45 of Han Chinese descent and 45 of Japanese descent. The conclusion was that humans evolved rapidly, and apart from each other. Evidence indicates that this rapid evolution has not stopped either. If the human genome had evolved at the current pace during the period of 6 million years since the human lineage separated from the Chimpanzee lineage, as is currently believed, than there should have been 160 times the current number of genetic variations in human DNA. Further by comparing dental and skeletal variations of the last 10,000 years of human history, the team came to the conclusion that man underwent a relatively slow paced change over the first couple of million years, but is now entering into an era of unprecedented evolution, which would explain why the current rate is so much higher than the previous rate.

District Court

Lauzon said he was able to recover phone records for the woman's mobile phone, and said that the woman had received 127 calls from Morse between October 2007 and January 2008.

Meagan Sherman, 23, of Beech Street in Bennington pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of unlawful mischief.

According to an affidavit by Bennington Police Officer John Behan, the complainant came into the Bennington Police Department on Feb. 3 at around 3 p.m.

The complainant told police that a female, later identified as Sherman, had keyed her vehicle.

The complainant said she had been driving through the Price Chopper parking lot and that Sherman had flipped her off. The complainant said that she flipped off Sherman in return, and said Sherman's car began to follow her up Kocher Drive.

BCCTA tackles grant, personnel issues

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