r Image: Bryanne Salazar I didn't believe my son when he needed me to believe him the most My sweet youngest child was cross-eyed from birth. I took him to the doctor many times when he was young to make sure nothing was wrong. The doctors all said it was normal and that eventually his eye would straighten out. My husband had the same issue as a child, so I believed his wayward eye was a normal, hereditary event. As he grew, he never seemed to squint or struggle to see, and that was all the proof I needed to validate my assumption that he was growing and developing normally. Eventually, as the doctor’s promised, his side-eye straightened out, and I never thought twice about the matter. Sponsored Content My New Beautiful Bathroom My New Beautiful Bathroom More:  35 things kids simply don't need Then, when he was in first grade, I found a letter from the nurse in his after-school folder informing me my son had failed his vision pre-screening tes...

In a related video, Tony Blair and John Major join forces to warn against Brexit IBTimes UK Former PM also warned  voters  have  choice  between 'hard Brexit Tory Party and a hard-left Labour Party'. By  Ian Silvera Tony Blair has backed the idea of holding a second EU referendum if the UK electorate changes its mind over the "catastrophic" Brexit vote. The former Labour prime minister also said the government should not "close off any options" amid fears of a so called  "hard Brexit" . More from IBTimes UK  Don't get carried away with comparing CETA saga to Brexit says EU expert  EU-Canada trade deal saved as Belgium PM secures breakthrough with Wallonia  Landmark EU-Canada trade summit cancelled as Wallonia talks continue "The country has taken a decision in a referendum, there is no way that decision can be reversed, unless it becomes clear once people see the facts they change their mind,...

Comments   Like   Reblog on Tumblr   Share   Tweet   Email JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has detected its first outbreak of Tomato Leaf Miner, a pest originally from South America which can ruin tomato and potato crops, the department of agriculture said on Friday. The highly destructive insect feeds on leaves, stems and fruits of plants and can cause widespread crop infection. "This pest is disastrous particularly for tomato production and food security in general," the agriculture department said in a statement. "The biggest challenge with this pest is that it can develop resistance to chemicals within a single season." Eradication of the insect is impossible but the threat could be contained and the tomato and potato industries were working with the government to come up with a plan of action, the department said. Infestations were discovered on a tomato farm in eastern South Africa, in the Kruger National Park and at a borde...

A new class of anti-poaching guards at Simon Rood’s academy go through military-style drills. (Krista Mahr/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST) By  Krista Mahr   October 29 at 8:51 PM MARKEN, South Africa —  There was a time when hunters paid good money to hunt animals like antelope and buffalo at Simon Rood’s wild-game reserve. But on a recent day, Rood watched as one of his staff stared into a tangle of dried-out trees and waited to load his rifle during a training exercise. The quarry was something different. “What do we eradicate?” Rood barked. “Poachers!” shouted his employee. Poaching has taken a devastating toll on iconic African wildlife, like the rhinoceros. In the early 20th century, there were about  half a million rhinos  in the wild internationally; today, there are less than 30,000 across Asia and Africa. The vast majority live in South Africa. Protecting those animals has become a serious business. Rood decided several years ago to...

Nobel Peace Prize winning spiritual leader has accepted invitation to visit disputed border area in March. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks in Zurich, Switzerland, on October 14 [Ennio Leanza/EPA] China on Friday rebuked India for inviting exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit a contested stretch of land on the India-China border, warning it would harm relations between the neighbours. China claims more than 90,000 square kilometres of territory disputed by India in the eastern sector of the Himalayas. Much of that forms the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China calls South Tibet. A senior aide to the Dalai Lama told Reuters news agency  the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner had accepted an invitation from the state's chief minister and its people to visit Arunchal Pradesh. "His Holiness looks forward to visit in the second week of March," said Tenzin Taklha. Tibetan exiles meet to d...

book witter Emai   P This Wednesday Oct. 26, 2016 photo, shows the moment workers remove the top marble layer of the tomb said to be of Jesus Christ, in the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. A restoration team has peeled away a marble layer for the first time in centuries in an effort to reach what it believes is the original rock surface where Jesus' body was laid. (Dusan Vranic/National Geographic via AP)  (The Associated Press) Next Source: Fox News JERUSALEM (AP) –   In the innermost chamber of the site said to be the tomb of Jesus, a restoration team has peeled away a marble layer for the first time in centuries in an effort to reach what it believes is the original rock surface where Jesus' body was laid. Many historians have long believed that the original cave, identified a few centuries after Jesus' death as his tomb, was obliterated ages ago. But an archaeologist accompanying the restoration team said ground penetrating rad...