November 2022

Humanitarian crisis in Haiti

Haiti is in the throes of one of the most dire emergencies in its crisis-prone recent history, one increasingly likely to wash up on U.S. shores in the form of desperate migrants. Its government, which is integral to the problem, last month requested international military intervention, and United Nations Secretary General António Guterres agreed that “armed action” is urgently required. In response, the United States, Canada and other key powers have dithered — even as the Biden administration is reported to be preparing to house waves of Haitian refugees at the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay. The situation is untenable.

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Good Morning: Elections aside for a while

Now that the midterms in Grayson County are finally over, perhaps it is time to put elections aside and focus on brighter things like the upcoming holidays. Wednesday morning, or really even before, people were already beginning to talk about elections in 2024, and I think that all of this constant chatter about the next go around is what keeps some folks away from the polls.

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HOROSCOPES

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Gemini. Happy Birthday for Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022: The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19)

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

SYDNEY (AP) — India cricket star Virat Kohli says he is paranoid over his privacy after an “appalling” incident in which intruders allegedly filmed inside his hotel room during the Twenty20 World Cup.

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Leaky aortic valve cannot improve solely on its own

Dear Dr. Roach: I’ve had a leaky aortic valve for approximately six years. I recently had an echocardiogram using Doppler. The last test I received was three years ago, which came back with a reading of mild-to-moderate aortic regurgitation. It initially started out as mild, then increased to mild-to-moderate in 2019. My test results for 2022 came back as a mild decrease in the severity of aortic insufficiency: The result stated that there was just a “trace” of transvalvular regurgitation. I am 69 and slim. The changes I’ve made over the three-year period include eating more vegetables and fruits, along with fish three times a week. I’ve increased my cardio training to six days a week (one hour daily) and continued weight training three times a week. My question is, can the valve improve on its own without any medication or surgery?

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