Scholars and architects have long admired the urban structure of the five towns of the Oued M'zab Valley. Originally built by the Hybadites, a schismatic sect of Muslims, the towns con­ sist of stratified masses of houses on rocky peaks, each dominated by a mosque and minaret, elevated on the skyline like a divine finger. Many common points may be discerned between the tendencies of contemporar...

Retiming is a powerful transformation that can minimize the number of memory elements in a sequential circuit under clock period constraints. Recent research has led to the development of extremely fast algorithms for retiming edge-triggered circuits. However, level-clocked circuits have the potential to operate faster and require less memory elements than edgetriggered circuits. This paper add...

The Bulgarian hajduk (rebel) and later Byzantine despot sebastokrator, the epic "Duke Momčilo", is a figure who left big mark on South Slavic singing, among other things, as fictional uncle of Marko Kraljević. He one few people remained in folklore memory for over six centuries. Biographical elements determined singing about this hero ("tall minaret"; death at gates closed city), key details es...

This article focuses on the emerging online Arab public sphere that the web has enabled. It explores how the ‘‘local’’ interacts with the ‘‘global,’’ critically examining their implications on global politics. Specifically looking at online readers’ comments about the Swiss minaret ban the so-called ‘‘Ground Zero Mosque,’’ how does the Arab online public sphere respond to and frame these issues...