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The call for ever-increasing model resolutions and physical processes in climate and weather models demands a continual increase in computing power. The IBM Cell processor's order-of-magnitude peak performance increase over conventional processors makes it very attractive to fulfill this requirement. However, the Cell's characteristics, 256KB local memory per SPE and the new low-level communication mechanism, make it very challenging to port an application. As a trial, we selected the solar radiation component of the NASA GEOS-5 climate model, which: (1) is representative of column physics components (half the total computational time), (2) has an extremely high computational intensity: the ratio of computational load to main memory transfers, and (3) exhibits embarrassingly parallel column computations. In this paper, we converted the baseline code (single-precision Fortran) to C and ported it to an IBM BladeCenter QS20. For performance, we manually SIMDize four independent columns and include several unrolling optimizations. Our results show that when compared with the baseline implementation running on one core of Intel's Xeon Woodcrest, Dempsey, and Itanium2, the Cell is approximately 8.8x, 11.6x, and 12.8x faster, respectively. Our preliminary analysis shows that the Cell can also accelerate the dynamics component (~;;25percent total computational time). We believe these dramatic performance …

Using x-ray magnetic dichroism we characterize the magnetic order in La{sub 0.7}Sr{sub 0.3}MnO{sub 3} (LSMO)/La{sub 0.7}Sr{sub 0.3}FeO{sub 3} (LSFO) superlattices with 6 unit cell thick sublayers. The LSMO layers exhibit a reduced Curie temperature compared to the bulk while antiferromagnetic order in the LSFO layers persists up to the bulk Neel temperature. Moreover, we find that aligning the LSMO magnetization by a magnetic field within the (001) surface plane leads to a reorientation of the Fe moments as well maintaining a perpendicular orientation of Fe and Mn moments. This perpendicular alignment is due to the frustrated exchange coupling at the LSMO/LSFO interface.

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This report provides information on the Issues for the 110th Congress with Cuba.U.S policy of Cuba has consisted largely of isolating the communist nation's economic sanctions, which the Bush administration has tightened significantly.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elmore Anglley. Anglley was drafted in the Navy in February of 1944. Beginning in June of 1944 he served as a machinist mate aboard USS LST-997. They completed several convoys to Italy. In August of 1944 they landed in Southern France. In July of 1945 they traveled to Guam, Saipan and Okinawa. They landed vehicles, equipment and soldiers for invasions. He provides some details of each of these invasions, their LST in general and their travels across the sea. Anglley was discharged in May of 1946.

Draft of the minutes for the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) Board of Directors meeting on January 10, 2009.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elmore Anglley. Anglley was drafted in the Navy in February of 1944. Beginning in June of 1944 he served as a machinist mate aboard USS LST-997. They completed several convoys to Italy. In August of 1944 they landed in Southern France. In July of 1945 they traveled to Guam, Saipan and Okinawa. They landed vehicles, equipment and soldiers for invasions. He provides some details of each of these invasions, their LST in general and their travels across the sea. Anglley was discharged in May of 1946.

This report discusses the V-Chip, created to assist parents in supervising the television viewing habits of their children, its rating system, and relevant legislation in the 108th Congress.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Roundtable Writer's Breakfast event in 2009. This video shows featured speakers Rev. Peter Johnson and Elliot Dlin seated at the head of a large table with founder Curtis King leading a discussion on the history of civil rights, psychology, distrust and recrimination between African Americans and Jews. This video begins with introductions.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the roundtable writers breakfast "Open Dialogue Between African Americans and Jews" held on January 10th 2009. The footage shows featured speakers Rev. Peter Johnson and Elliot Dlin seated at the head of a large table with Curtis King leading a discussion on the history of civil rights, psychology, distrust and recrimination between the two groups.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the roundtable writers breakfast "Open Dialogue Between African Americans and Jews" held on January 10th 2009. The footage shows featured speakers Rev. Peter Johnson and Elliot Dlin seated at the head of a large table with Curtis King leading a discussion on the history of civil rights, psychology, distrust and recrimination between the two groups.