Science Bowl is a competition that follows the game-show format of
the old GE College Bowl television series .
On August 1, President George W. Larson takes us back to
Dayton, Tennessee, and walks us through the next 80 years, chronicling the
clash between science and religion, highlighting major court decisions and
legislation, and tracking public opinion on the matter."

-- Ernan McMullin, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of
Notre Dame and a Catholic priest, makes the case that Saint Augustine's
ideas can help bridge the divide between scientific and theological
accounts of how life began.

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Building on years of experience
in designing, developing, marketing and servicing the world's most
advanced supercomputers, Cray offers a comprehensive portfolio of HPC
systems that deliver unrivaled sustained performance on a wide range
of applications .
LADWP Science Bowl is one in a series of educational partnerships
sponsored by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power that also
includes the Youth Service Academy, for "at-risk" students ,
Adopt-A-Schools and the Teacher Workshops Series.

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8 microseconds in measured tests conducted using the Ohio
State MPI benchmark.

Virgin Islands.

-- Philosopher of science Michael Ruse describes the European reaction to
America's evolution "wars" and issues a call "to learn about the evolution-
creation dispute and to do what you can to serve the cause of truth and
morality.

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Santa
Monica, the champion of the regional competition at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL), covers Los Angeles areas outside of the city and
LAUSD.

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There are
certain factors that could cause Cray's execution plans to differ
materially from those anticipated by the statements above. It is the nation's largest municipally owned utility.

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The 144-processor system is the largest
ordered by a European customer since the Cray XD1 supercomputer began
shipping to Europe in November 2004. CINECA will also
exploit the Cray XD1 system's field programmable gate array (FPGA)
capabilities for acceleration of key applications. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners .

Venice High School and Santa Monica School Teams Leave This Week for National Science Bowl; LADWP Championship Teams Have Won Four National Titles and Placed i

Science & Spirit has long been
on the leading edge of the evolution vs.

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CINECA will make the innovative Cray XD1 supercomputer available
to researchers at its 25 affiliated Italian universities for advanced
work in mathematics, engineering, physics , chemistry, statistics,
climate science, biomedicine and human sciences.
"Cray is excited that CINECA, a national supercomputing center
with a strong worldwide reputation, has chosen the Cray XD1
supercomputer as a powerful new tool for its users. This
exciting new system lets users experience the performance and
reliability of Cray supercomputing technology in systems that scale
from small to highly parallel.
Venice is the champion of the LADWP Science Bowl, covering the
city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District. "The regional
championship teams represent the best high school science scholars
from the Los Angeles area.

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The
school won two national titles in 1996 and 1997. The U.

The September-October issue of Science & Spirit also examines American
universities' reluctance to address spiritual issues in the classroom,
despite students' eagerness to explore; spotlights the world's first
nonprofit drug company; and looks at an international gathering of
community groups dedicated to furthering the science-religion dialogue.

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CINECA is
part of Italy 's Ministry of University and Scientific Research (MIUR). In less than 10 days time, a debate that has been
smoldering since Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes was prosecuted for
teaching evolution in 1925 had erupted once again, landing front and center
on the radar screen of the American public .

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Two teams of four students
(each with an alternate team member) answer toss-up and bonus
questions asked by a moderator.

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"We look forward to giving Italy's research community access to
the latest Cray technology and to expanding our long-standing,
beneficial relationship with Cray," said CINECA Director Marco
Lanzarini. In 2004, CINECA hosted the successful Cray Advanced
Technical Workshop in Europe. The Cray XD1 provides scientists and
engineers with a platform purpose-built to meet their high performance
computing challenges, and is an attractive alternative to the
challenge of managing clusters assembled from general-purpose business
servers.
CINECA's mission today is to promote the use of the most advanced
information processing systems to support public and private
scientific and technology research.

About Cray Inc. For a discussion of these and other risks, see
"Factors That Could Affect Future Results" in Cray's most recent
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC.

Cray is a registered trademark, and Cray XD1 is a trademark, of
Cray Inc. April 28 to May 2.
"We are proud of the success of the regional championship teams
and wish them well at the National Science Bowl.





Science + Spirit


Science & Spirit is published six times a year by Heldref Publications.

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Department of Energy created the National Science Bowl in 1991 to
encourage high school students of all backgrounds to excel in math and
science and to pursue careers in these fields.

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More About the Cray XD1 Supercomputer

The Cray XD1 is rapidly winning customers around the world.

As the global leader in high performance computing (HPC), Cray
provides innovative supercomputing systems that enable scientists and
engineers in government, industry and academia to meet both existing
and future computational challenges. Department of Energy
National Science Bowl program in Washington , D."
LADWP regional championship teams have the best record at the
National Science Bowl compared to any other area or region in the
nation.

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CINECA In Italy Selects Cray XD1 Supercomputer for Advanced Science and Engineering Research

Go to www.

Bush told a
group of reporters that he supports the inclusion of intelligent design
alongside evolution when public school students are taught about the
origins of life.science-spirit.org.

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City Desks/Energy Editors/Education Editors

LOS ANGELES----The five-member
Venice High School and Santa Monica High School Science Bowl teams
leave this week to participate at the U.
This year marks the fifth time that Venice High School is
competing in the National Science Bowl as the regional champion of the
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Science Bowl. Other teams from the
LADWP Science Bowl that have won national titles are Van Nuys High
School in 1995 and North Hollywood High School in 2001.

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The Cray XD1 supercomputer features the direct connect processor
(DCP) architecture, which removes PCI bottlenecks and memory
contention to deliver superior sustained performance.cray.
This year 12,000 students in 1800 schools participated in the 63
regional qualifying competitions throughout the nation.

PRESS RELEASE Evolution - Creationism

In its
September-October issue, the magazine, uniquely positioned to cover the
controversy delves even deeper, presenting multiple perspectives through
which readers can begin to understand the origin, ferocity, and
significance of the issue:

-- Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward J.

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Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SEATTLE----Global supercomputer
leader Cray Inc. The teams have won four national titles and placed in the top
five teams eight of the past 10 years.

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S. Further information
about LADWP Education Programs can be received by logging into
www.

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On August 10, the Kansas State Board of Education made a
preliminary decision to eliminate the theory of evolution from required
school curriculum."


-- Leading primatologist Frans de Waal illustrates primate-human
comparisons through compelling photographs and describes his interest in
primates and evolution by saying, "The more I learn about where we came
from , the more I appreciate what we are today and wonder about the larger
scheme of things.

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About CINECA

CINECA, based in Bologna, Italy, is a consortium of 25 Italian
universities and the National Research Council (CNR) and was founded
in 1969 to provide supercomputing for high-energy physics. I commend these kids for their dedication,
and wish them the best of luck in the National Science Bowl.

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We will
collaborate closely with Marco Lanzarini and his staff to ensure that
CINECA 's ambitious goals for this system are met," said Ulla Thiel,
vice president responsible for Cray Europe.C.
"As a father of two children in Los Angeles public schools, I
believe that supporting our schools and educational opportunities for
our kids is crucial," said Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn . Our volunteers and
staff are consistently amazed at how much complex science and math
content the students have mastered," said LADWP General Manager Ronald
Deaton. In Science Bowl all the questions
cover college level subjects such as physics, chemistry, earth and
space, science, calculus, trigonometry and computer programming. creationism debate.

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The Cray XD1
system has the lowest latency of any current HPC system, with MPI
latency of 1. These
include the technical challenges of developing high performance
computing systems, government support and timing of supercomputer
system purchases , the successful porting of application programs to
Cray computer systems, reliance on third-party suppliers, fluctuating
quarterly operating results, lower margins and earnings due to
significant pricing pressure, Cray's ability to keep up with rapid
technological change, Cray's ability to compete against larger, more
established companies and innovative competitors, and general economic
and market conditions.S.ladwp.com
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has provided utility
services to residents and businesses of the city for more than a
century.

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The teams will compete in the prestigious event, in a field of 63
regional championship teams from 40 states, the District of Columbia
and the U.

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(Nasdaq:CRAY) today announced that CINECA, Italy's
national supercomputing center, has selected the new Cray XD1(TM)
supercomputer to advance scientific and engineering research across a
broad spectrum of disciplines.com

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements.S. It
is sold on newsstands and by subscription, and can be viewed online at
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The philosophy of science is concerned with the philosophical interpretation and study of the natural sciences, in particular, physics, biology, and mathematics.

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