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<p class=bodytitle><b><i><font size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;font-style:italic'>Note, this is a
lecture open to the general public, for an admission charge.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=bodytitle><b><font size=5 color="#3366cc" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'>"The Future of Sign Languages"<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Presenter:
Carol Padden, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, Faculty Affiliate, Education
Studies, Human Development, Critical Gender Studies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Sign
languages have existed most likely as long as spoken languages, but will they
survive into the future? In the age of the implant and the genome, what purpose
can sign languages serve in the new century? This talk looks at sign languages
around the world and what they tell us about the present and the future.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>When:
7:00 to 8:00; Saturday, October 18, 2008 (The doors open at 6:15 pm)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Reception to Follow</span></font></b></strong><font
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<p><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Facility:
Hojel Hall of the Americas Auditorium, University of California San Diego,
10111 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Tickets:
$25.00 (General Admission)<br>
$15.00 (Students with I.D.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>To
order tickets online from Deaf Community Services of San Diego, go to<font
color="#333333"><span style='color:#333333'> <a
href="http://www.tinyurl.com/cpaddengeneral">tinyurl.com/cpaddengeneral</a> </span></font>(General
Admission) or<font color="#333333"><span style='color:#333333'> <a
href="http://www.tinyurl.com/cpaddenstudent">tinyurl.com/cpaddenstudent</a> </span></font>(Student
with ID)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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