[nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily Mail, November 14 2010

Wed Nov 17 17:44:36 UTC 2010

Right!  I agree!  No Gallop poll needed on that idea.

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From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jessiaca Evans
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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily Mail, November 14 2010

It is in my oppinion, that it would behoove us to take this thread out to
pasture.

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From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily Mail,
November 14 2010

Nope!  And now we're saddled with this thread!

Mike

On Nov 16, 2010, at 22:07, "Jessiaca Evans" <jje1203 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mike?
> You weren't chomping at the "bit" to read this either?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Humberto Avila
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 11:56 PM
> To: 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide
> HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily Mail,
> November 14 2010
> 
> Hello, I understood nothing of that. What does that mean? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jedi
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:40 PM
> To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide
> HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily Mail,
> November 14 2010
> 
> Wom wom. Ba da dum Bish.
> 
> Respectfully,
> Jedi
> 
> Original message:
>> I can't say I greet this with unbridled enthusiasm!
> 
>> Mike
> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nightingale, Noel" <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
>> To: <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:45 AM
>> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide 
>> HORSE because her strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean, Daily 
>> Mail, November 14 2010
> 
> 
>>> Thought this article might be of interest to the list.
> 
>>> Link:
>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1329398/Blind-woman-buys-guid
>>> e-HORSE-strict-Muslim-parents-consider-dogs-unclean.html#ixzz15FmZlVW
>>> q
> 
>>> Text:
>>> Blind student saves for three years to buy a guide HORSE because her 
>>> strict Muslim parents consider dogs unclean By Daily Mail Reporter 
>>> November 14, 2010
> 
>>> The 28-year-old's strictly religious parents would not allow a dog in 
>>> the house, considering the animal unclean.
> 
>>> But then Miss Ramouni stumbled across a website article about 
>>> miniature guide horses in April 2008.
> 
>>> 'It was something that I never thought about for myself,' she said.
> 
>>> Photo:  Leading the blind: Mona Ramouni has bought and trained a 
>>> miniature horse, Cali, to be her guide
> 
>>> The psychology student used three years of savings from her job at a 
>>> Braille proofreading company to pay for a horse to be trained to act 
>>> as her guide.
> 
>>> Photo:  Refreshment break: Miss Ramouni treats Cali to some water
> 
>>> Since welcoming three-year-old guide horse Cali into her Dearborn, 
>>> Michigan, home last year, Miss Ramouni has seen her life turned around.
> 
>>> Cali measures about 2ft 6in tall and has been taught to stand still 
>>> indoors. She also helps Miss Ramouni get out of vehicles and move 
>>> through crowds.
> 
>>> Her proud mistress said: 'She is an awesome little horse. What I 
>>> really want is to be able to take her places neither of us would have 
>>> been able to go without each other.
> 
>>> 'Before Cali, I had given up. I got to the point where I thought, 
>>> 'I'm going to get nothing out of my life'. Cali has given me the 
>>> confidence back I used to have as a kid.'
> 
>>> Born three months premature, Miss Ramouni lost her sight shortly 
>>> after birth.
> 
>>> Among the challenges she had to overcome in order for Cali to stay at 
>>> her home were getting a permit to place a large shed in her family's 
>>> garden and to find a farrier to look after the horse's hooves.
> 
>>> Her friends warned her it would be a difficult thing to do.
> 
>>> But Miss Ramouni said: 'The more everybody told me "No, don't do it," 
>>> the more I wanted to do it,' she said. 'I got to a point in my life 
>>> where I thought... "Why should I settle for something less than I can
> have?"
> 
>>> 'There have been so many obstacles. People said 'You'll never find a
vet.
>>> You'll never find a farrier." I found them all.'
> 
>>> She added: 'More than even the independence, I found that Cali showed 
>>> me that there are possibilities.'
> 
>>> Photo:  Horses for courses: Miss Ramouni and Cali attend a seminar at 
>>> Michigan State University
> 
>>> Photo:  Cali helps his proud mistress cross the road. Miss Ramouni 
>>> spent three years saving to buy the 2ft 6in tall horse
> 
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