the qur’an has informed about the presence of angels in heaven and has deprived and prohibited the devils and jinns from hearing their words. that is to say, whenever a rebellious devil (satan) intends to listen to the words of the angels, it will be targeted by meteorites and get rejected and disappointed. the present article explores into and reappraises the related verses and states that the...

The abstract behaviour of a grid application management system can be modelled as an Orc expression in which sites are called to perform sub-computations. An Orc expression specifies how a set of site calls are to be orchestrated so as to realise some overall desired computation. In this paper evaluations of Orc expressions in untrusted environments are analysed by means of game theory. The set...

What happens when investment grade bonds are downgraded to junk status? The received wisdom is that these fallen angels are sold by fixed income investors who, by regulation, are prohibited from investing substantial portions of their portfolios in speculative grade paper. We investigate insurance company sales of bonds that were downgraded to junk in order to document the extent of forced sell...

In his 2000 best-selling novel, Dan Brown tells the fictional story of an apparent plot by the Illuminati, the self-proclaimed "enlightened ones," against the Vatican. Apparently life truly does sometimes imitate art.

The myth of the fallen angels, as it is known from intertestamental literature, narrates story angels who break divine law, marry earthly women, and beget malevolent hybrid progeny. latter element this narrative can be found in Babylonian Talmud, where invested with new significance: these are distinguished rabbis heavenly messengers’ offspring. I start paper by outlining traces rabbis’ familia...