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Female composers doomed to oblivion. Nadia Boulangers legacy. It it up to us to keep our feminist history alive.

For most of us, our first contact with Donald Bane (or Donalbane) comes with the play Macbeth. After poor King Duncan was killed in his bed, his heirs feared assassination and fled the scene; Prince Malcolm slipped away to England and Doland Bane went to Ireland. And this is the last we see of Donald Bane in the play. Who was he and what happened to him?

Quietude in Caves

I'm a troglodyte. There are plenty of them around where I live. Because the word really means cave-dweller. Italy is full of caves that were originally dug out to serve as monumental tombs, often well before the Christian area. Later, it was common to turn these spaces into workshops, for wine or olive oil. Then people added a front and transformed their workshops into dwellings. In modern times,

Queen Nzinga of the Matamba - The Story and Legacy Rocked the World

Queen Nzinga of the Matamba is a historical figure whose story and legacy rocked the world. Her triumphs and defeats unwittingly shaped both history and modern society. In the sixteen hundreds, Nzinga was the Monarch of Matamba in Angola and during her rule; she overthrew another large kingdom, the Ngola.

Practice Makes Perfect As a Myth

In 1993, a groundbreaking study was done by a cognitive psychologist named Anders Ericsson that suggested, practice does not make perfect. In fact, it has more to do with how we actually practice and apply learned skills The study showed that the difference between mastering something and being mediocre is quite distinct and there are ways we can master a concept or skill if we can adapt and pract

Historical Uses of Encryption

The technique of encrypting communications and data has roots going back to times of antiquity. The rulers of ancient times understood the power of information and how to use information to further their political agendas. Many of our current cipher devices are still based on ancient cipher technology.

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