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Makaton is a language programme using signs and symbols to help people to communicate. It is designed to support spoken language and the signs and symbols are used with speech, in spoken word order. Using signs can help people who have no speech or whose speech is unclear. Using symbols can help people who have limited speech and those who cannot, or prefer not to sign. With Makaton, children and adults can communicate straight away using signs and symbols. Many people then drop the signs or symbols naturally at their own pace, as they develop speech. Being able to communicate is one of the most important skills we need in life. Almost everything we do involves communication; everyday tasks such as learning at school, asking for food and drink, sorting out problems, making friends and having fun. These all rely on our ability to communicate with each other. For those who have experienced the frustration of being unable to communicate meaningfully or effectively, Makaton really can help...

Billy Gawronski   in 1928 decided to stay away on famed explorer   Richard Byrd’s   expedition to   Antarctica . After Gawronski’s third attempt as a stowaway on Byrd’s ship, Byrd gave the young man a job and invited him to travel along. Not only was this hilariously common in the 1900’s – 1920’s. But Gawronski was able to attend an expedition that was possibly the best. At this time Byrd had a network of individuals who were going to Antarctica to name mountains, mapping out topography by airplane and taking samples from penguin eggs. Even better is filmmaker and journalist  Laurie Gwen Shapiro  has written a book called  The Stowaway  . The Man You Should Know About Photo from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eugene_Bullard_photo_montage.jpg Eugene Bullard  is a name we all should know, not only did Bullard run away from the South in the early 1900’s. Eventually, he ended up being an awarded fighter pilot. Nicknamed the  “Black...

On September 20, 1973, in a highly publicized “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, top women’s player  Billie Jean King , 29, beats  Bobby Riggs , 55, a former No. 1 ranked men’s player. Riggs (1918-1995), a self-proclaimed male chauvinist, had boasted that women were inferior, that they couldn’t handle the pressure of the game and that even at his age he could beat any female player. The match was a huge media event, witnessed in person by over 30,000 spectators at the Houston Astrodome and by another 50 million TV viewers worldwide. King made a Cleopatra-style entrance on a gold litter carried by men dressed as ancient slaves, while Riggs arrived in a rickshaw pulled by female models. Legendary sportscaster Howard Cosell called the match, in which King beat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. King’s achievement not only helped legitimize women’s professional tennis and female athletes, but it was seen as a victory for women’s rights in general. King was born Billie Jean Moffitt on November ...

  The Committal Service for Her Majesty The Queen will take place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, at 16.00. Here is the full order of service. It will be led by The Right Reverend David Conner, KCVO, Dean of Windsor. The Blessing will be pronounced by The Most Reverend and The Right Honourable Justin Welby, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropolitan. Before the service The organ will be played by the Organ Scholar, Miss Miriam Reveley. Thereafter the Assistant Director of Music, Mr Luke Bond, will play: Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele (BWV 654) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) Master Tallis's Testament Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Psalm Prelude Set 1,No. 1 Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Psalm Prelude Set 1,No. 2 Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Melody (Three Pieces) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) Andante Sostenuto (Symphonie Gothique, Op. 70) Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) The Tree of Peace Ju...