<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<div>March 28, 2008</div><div><br></div><div>Hello Eyasu and Eliza!</div><div>Thank you for this nice message...Now I understand how Eliza learned about SignWriting...It is through your SignWriting instruction at Addis Ababa University...this is great news.</div><div><br></div><div>I shipped the box of SignWriting materials to Eliza last week. They are similar to the materials I already sent you, Eyasu.</div><div><br></div><div>I am very impressed with your BA in Ethiopian Sign Language and Deaf Culture at Addis Ababa University. Congratulations on all you have accomplished so quickly!</div><div><br></div><div>And I will be very happy to add this photo to our web area for Ethiopia...I will write again when it is posted on the web... This is a great picture!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><img height="371" width="504" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:E01ECF5D-5B88-4678-A3FB-7485FF491D1F"></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>I am finishing the ISWA 2008 to the best of my ability, this weekend. I have worked on it for two years now...And there are many new handshapes that I hope will be helpful to writing Ethiopian Sign Language...We hope to install the new symbols into SignPuddle in May or June 2008...So hopefully, by the time your University program is ready in September 2008, the new handshapes will be available to your students...</div><div><br></div><div>Many blessings -</div><div><br></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>Valerie Sutton</div><div><a href="mailto:Sutton@SignWriting.org">Sutton@SignWriting.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>-----------</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><html>On Mar 27, 2008, at 10:39 PM, Eyasu Tamene wrote:</html><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; ">Dearest Val and Eliza and all,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; ">Many greetings after so long. I have been attending the network discussion behind the scene and I feel so happy that Eliza become interested to contact you and join the forum. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; ">Here in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Addis Ababa</st1:placename><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>we give awareness raising, non-credit, free of charge, course in ESL and Deaf Culture to the university community. The program is given every Saturday morning and Eliza is one of the Deaf teachers. She came to our office and saw the SW materials and felt happy to be well aware of it and I hope Val satisfied her need, smile.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; ">As part of my class, I give Introduction to ESL and Deaf Culture for the undergraduate linguistics students. Sign Writing was given as part of the course and exam. The students become inspired and got the basics of SW. Attached you may see one of my student, Ahmed, practicing the SW symbols in the class. Val, would it be possible to post it in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ethiopia</st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>web?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; ">Our BA in ESL and Deaf Culture program is hopfully to be lounched by the coming Sept' 2008. The department is happy to invite individuals, institutions and organizations for a partnership cooperation. For more information please contact the Department Chairperson:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; "> Dr. Hirut WoldeMariam</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; ">Email-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><a href="mailto:hirutwoldemariam@yahoo.com"><span lang="FR">hirutwoldemariam@yahoo.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><font color="#0000ff">Dr Moges Yigezu, Head of the Project<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><font color="#0000ff"><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Email-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mogesyigezu@yahoo.com.au">mogesyigezu@yahoo.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; ">Best Regards,</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: Arial; ">Eyasu</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Val ;-)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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