My symptoms are a sore throat, tiredness and aches and pains. I have no congestion, but my nose only runs at night. Wierd, isn't it? Alison Struve blows her nose so much she sounds like a foghorn. Stephanie Luisier and chief photographer Randy Bise both have that "sick sound" when they talk.

Was it just me or did the Badgers seem a little unfocused and unprepared for their bowl game? Perhaps it's the long layoff between their last regular season game and the contest on January 1. It was a sort of a fun game to watch, even if it was rather sloppily played. And we love it when a coach gambles and the play works, but when it doesn't we go, "what the heck did you do that for?" And with Coach Bielema going for the touchdown on 4th down instead of the fieldgoal that would have pulled his team within 1 point in the fourth quarter, he's facing some of that criticism now.

A Lighter, Defter Touch

Although LASIK remains the laser eye surgery of choice, in the past few years, more eye surgeons have been performing a procedure called photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). In some cases, they are turning away from LASIK entirely, say experts.

L U D H I A N A S T O R I E S

Dr Kanwaljit Singh Sidhu, president, Fish Farmers Association, Punjab, said more than 3,000 farmers had opted for fish farming in the past few years. They were also getting good returns (as compared to wheat and paddy). He said if the state government started a processing plant to debone the fish, huge amount of fish could be exported to countries like Thailand, Finland and Malaysia.

We are satisfied for the time being but if we start producing more fish, we will have a problem of marketing. In Punjab, bonefish is consumed by migrant population only. Others prefer to have boneless fish. We are producing varieties like Katla, Rohu, Morak, Common Carp, Grass Carp and Silver Carp, which have bones. We cannot produce boneless fish because of different climates here, said Dr Sidhu.

He further informed that state had 12,650 villages and each village had 2-3 ponds, which could be renovated and made available for fish farming.

Barcelona through as Lyon grab a lifeline

Andres Iniesta gave the Catalans an early, albeit brief lead after finishing off a Lionel Messi move by latching on to Bojan's cross to beat Remi Vercoutre in the Lyon goal. Four minutes later Juninho's freekick from 30 yards went high and missed all of its targets, but bounced over the diving Victor Valdes to level the scores. Yaya Toure's 25-yard drive dipped just over Vercoutre's crossbar as the Spaniards toyed with Lyon's defence early on, and on the quarter hour Fabio Santos was gifted the ball as he pressurised Barca's defence, only to shoot straight at Valdes. Vercoutre then pulled off a superb save to fingertip Toure's blast from the edge of the area around the post after Eidur Gudjohnsen had chested the ball down to the Ivory Coast midfielder. Sidney Govou was next to miss a scoring chance, blasting an angled shot straight at Valdes from the edge of the area.

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It's called Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and it uses a laser light to destroy diseased cells in the lining of the esophagus. After a series of tests at Mayo, my mother and I met with Dr Wang's right hand, a Nurse Practitioner named Lynn Borkenhagen (Kinney) who coincidentally is a Wausau native. With compassion and clarity, she explained my mother's condition and helped us understand her options for treatment. Lynn told us my mother's condition had already developed into early-stage cancer. The good news was that it was a relatively small area of cancer and it didn't appear to have spread to any lymph nodes or other organs in her body. That was the moment I took my first deep breath in weeks. The next day Dr. Wang performed a new procedure called Endoscopic Mucosal Resection. Using a special scope inserted through her mouth, Dr Wang was able to lift up the damaged lining of my mother's esophagus, pinch together the cancerous area and clip it off.

New board member named at Texas Association of Fair & Events

Texas Association of Fair & Events named Jennie Richmond to its board of directors.

Reshaped Braves aim toward spring training

So, using the splits of some, if not all, of the players in the line up speculated the results show a potential to score 5.517 runs a game. Last season the team averaged 5 runs a game. The pitching staff has the ability to keep the Runs Allowed down around a 4.5 run-per-game mark. At least that was what they managed last season. And it could have improved with the added pitching depth.

Multiplayer Modes for Condemned 2: Bloodshot Revealed

Bloodshot ship for both systems, but it will include four multiplayer modes as well, all of which we've outlined below.

Leading things off, Condemned 2: Bloodshot will have a multiplayer mode called Crime Scene, a round-based competition to find and protect valuable evidence within the Condemned universe. One team will use its forensic tools to track and scan the evidence, while the opposing team will do everything in their power to keep the evidence hidden and protected. In a sense, it's like the multiplayer modes in the Splinter Cell games for PS3 and Xbox 360.

Bum Rush, meanwhile, will be a team-based race against time. With three minutes before one team can safely be evacuated, players must hold off an onslaught of attacks by the other team until the timer runs out in order to stand a chance of survival.