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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The term “out to lunch” is a metaphoric figure of speech which -- in the current North American demotic form of the English language -- denotes substantive failures to connect with reality.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>G.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Guido D. Corona<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Email: guido.d.corona@gmail.com<br>Home office: (512) 996-9187<br>Mobile: (512) 466-1322</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'> [Ansel Adams] <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Blind-international-students [mailto:blind-international-students-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Causes for Change International<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 14, 2013 7:51 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Blind International Students Mailing List<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Blind-international-students] Formal complaint about this video. Help Emma - YouTube<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please clarify statement made to Mustafa, fail to understand <br><br>it starts with one...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>On Mar 14, 2013, at 6:03 PM, "Guido Corona" <<a href="mailto:guidoc@austin.rr.com">guidoc@austin.rr.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mustafa, you sound like you are totally out to lunch! G.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Guido D. Corona</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Email: <a href="mailto:guido.d.corona@gmail.com">guido.d.corona@gmail.com</a><br>Home office: (512) 996-9187<br>Mobile: (512) 466-1322</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.” </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'> [Ansel Adams] </span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Blind-international-students [<a href="mailto:blind-international-students-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:blind-international-students-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Mostafa Al'mahdy<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:35 AM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:pressoffice@rnib.org.uk">pressoffice@rnib.org.uk</a><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Blind-international-students] Formal complaint about this video. Help Emma - YouTube</span></font><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=5 color=blue face=Aharoni><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Aharoni;color:blue'>Hello. It was the last thing I ever imagined. I never thought that I may one day raise such a complaint. I am critically expressing my offence of the video in the section below. It was posted by RNIB last year. For those who may not know, RNIB is the largest UK organization for the blind. It aims of helping blind people to become more independent, promoting positive attitude, and advocating for blind people rights for equality in education, employment, and generally speaking, just to live an ordinary life. They acquire a tremendously fundraised charity from across the country, and they supposedly reutilize that money to promote for blind people independency, and simultaneously, they help blind people to optimally get along. But unfortunately, the video in the section below contains offensive portrayal of blind people. It indeed offends blind people around the world. It helps growing the stereotyped notion that's already there. They were rather supposed to adhere their accountability of refuting the misconception that's constantly associated with blind people competency. The video in the section below promotes mendicancy. That's totally unacceptable. Blind people are not mendicants. I am afraid to say, that in this video, RNIB failed to recognize their mission statement. If I am about to post a video on Youtube, I have to be quite careful though. And in particular, if this video represents, or reflects on the reputation of certain group of people. Please, help us showing our disagreement to what's in this video. Let us help RNIB to get back on track. Click on the video, dislike it, and post a comment that expresses your decline of such an attitude. Feel free to post any constructive criticism. But, we should all refrain from any profanity or inflammatory remarks. Thank you. Mostafa Al'mahdy. </span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2cJLF1qVpI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2cJLF1qVpI</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:gray' align=center></span></font></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2641/6169 - Release Date: 03/13/13<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2641/6173 - Release Date: 03/14/13<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Blind-international-students mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Blind-international-students@nfbnet.org">Blind-international-students@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-international-students_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-international-students_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Blind-international-students:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blind-international-students_nfbnet.org/info%40causesforchange.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blind-international-students_nfbnet.org/info%40causesforchange.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></blockquote></div><hr noshade="noshade" size="1"><a></a><p class=""avgcert"" align="left" color="#000000">No virus found in this message.<br>
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