Oden isn't as explosive an offensive player as Durant, but he's a better shot-blocker and plays center, where the depth isn't as great as at small forward. Durant has the tools to become a top-end fantasy player as a rookie, and he shouldn't slip past the third round in drafts. Durant won't get two blocks or 12 rebounds per game like Oden, even though he can help in both areas one block and seven rebounds per game are reasonable expectations. You can reasonably expect Oden to shoot for a...

The majority of people are just so cut off from their hearts, their spirits, and their guts that they don t know how to recognize right and truth any longer. In the same survey, only one in six people expressed worry that they or their families might become victims of the disease caused by mad cow infected animals. It is unknown how many of them could have the brain-destroying disease, since it has a long incubation period, and they are slaughtered long before any symptoms show. Around the...

With more than 50 percent of the world's population now in urban areas, cities are depleting groundwater sources and dumping industrial pollution and waste into rivers, destroying them as sources of clean water. In Chennai, India, drinking water must be trucked in, but outside city limits, farmers use gallon after gallon to irrigate rice, an extremely water-intensive grain. In teeming New Delhi, middle-class denizens tote the latest cellphones, but their home faucets, at best, work a few...

Scott Monfort, extension plant pathologist, will be on hand to discuss timely issues in rice disease management and will answer any questions. Prairie Briefs for Thursday, June 28. Comments are limited to 200 words or less. Tickets on sale for the Yoder Ruritan Fish Fry Tickets are on sale now for the Yoder Ruritan Fish Fry, Friday, July 13 to benefit the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie. Scott Monfort to talk to farmers next Thursday. The University of Arkansas Arkansas County...

In culinary terms, one of Europe s biggest challenges today is in the effort to identify, classify and codify many of the traditional foods produced by the countries of the European Union in order to protect the integrity of these foods as well as to assure to consumers that they are getting exactly what they are paying for. In culinary terms, one of Europe s biggest challenges today is in the effort to identify, classify and codify many of the traditional foods produced by the countries...