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

Wed Nov 17 22:43:53 UTC 2010

Yes, why not horse around with it.

Smile!

Gloria Whipple
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-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Kaye Kipp
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 2:17 PM
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years tobuy a guide
HORSE because her strict Muslim parentsconsider dogs unclean, Daily Mail,
November 14 2010

Aw gee.  We could let it go on for a bit longer.  lol.

Kaye
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jessiaca Evans" <jje1203 at gmail.com>
To: "'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Blind student saves for three years tobuy a guide 
HORSE because her strict Muslim parentsconsider dogs unclean, Daily Mail, 
November 14 2010

>
> It is in my oppinion, that it would behoove us to take this thread out to
> pasture.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:57 AM
> 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
>
> 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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