| Leon accuses Mbeki of wearing race blinkers
"On the three overriding crises that have occurred on his presidential watch - HIV and Aids, crime and Zimbabwe - the president's steadfast refusal to take necessary action is traceable to a blinkered attitude towards race." In his weekly newsletter, published on his party's SA Today website, Leon said Mbeki's "refusal to tackle the real problem" was typical of the racial myopia that had become a leitmotif of his presidency. "Set against the positive achievements of his tenure, his race-based denialism on these issues has cost the country dearly," he said. .
NO needs united business front
It's fitting after Easter to gauge how far a nearly drowned New Orleans has been able to return to life 19 months after being stricken by Hurricane Katrina and its many damaging ripple effects. Judging from the strenuous objections to several potentially beneficial projects ranging from developer Donald Trump's $400-million condotel on Poydras to the string of retailers in Mid-City to the $300-million Lincoln Beach redevelopment idea, some politicians on City Council apparently are operating under the illusion we are back on our financial feet. Nothing could be further from the truth. We have barely begun to roll the rock back from our cave of economic deprivation. New Orleans is truly unique in its love and preservation of our distinctive architecture and neighborhood structure.
Canada's New Government announces Patient Wait Times Guarantees
Health is a unity and harmony within the mind, body and spirit which is unique to each person, and is as defined by that person. The level of wellness or health is, in part, determined by the ability to deal with and defend against stress. Health is determined by physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, spiritual, and developmental stage variables. .
Blind British pilot lands in Indonesia
Blind British aviator Miles Hilton-Barber landed his microlight aircraft here on Sunday to complete another leg of his London-Sydney charity flight. With the aid of co-opilot Richard Meredith-Hardy, Hilton-Barber safely flew his Pegasus Mainair GT 450 in to East Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusumah at around 2:00 p.m. (0700 GMT.) "He came here to raise funds for fighting avoidable blindness, notably cataracts," said Rastra, who represents the financial organisation sponsoring the flight and uses only one name. Hilton-Barber, who has been blind for 25 years, is travelling 13,500 miles (22,000 kilometers) across 19 countries with the aim of raising one million dollars to fund cataract surgery in developing countries. "There are so many blind people who have no opportunity to undergo the operation," said Rastra, who like many Indonesians only uses one name.
Ophthalmologists Are Alarmed by the Number of Children Who Do Not ...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taylar awoke as she did every morning, to a world fuzzy in one eye. With that eye she is unable to distinguish the leaves on the trees or the pictures in the books her school teacher reads. Taylar does not realize that her vision is abnormal because her other eye works well. Taylar is three years old, so she is unable to communicate to her parents about her difficulties. Taylar suffers from amblyopia (lazy eye) and is part of an estimated 300,000 to 750,000 children aged 3 to 5 who have this disorder, according to the National Eye Institute (NEI). The NEI also estimates 2.3 million preschool-aged children have an eye disorder that will result in permanent vision loss if not identified and treated. A united ophthalmology expressed their alarm over the number of children who do not receive vision screenings.
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