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  Double
is a double value with a normalized representation, substrings are used to represent the significand and exponent fields.
is a double value with a subnormal representation, the significand is represented by the characters "0x0." followed by a hexadecimal representation of the rest of the significand as a fraction.
The two-step sequence of conversions, string to float followed by float to double, is not equivalent to converting a string directly to double.
java.sun.com /j2se/1.5.0/jcp/beta1/apidiffs/java/lang/Double.html   (3882 words)

  
 ESA - Space Science - Double Star overview
Double Star is a joint ESA/Chinese project to study the effects of the Sun on Earth's environment, and in particular the 'magnetotail', where storms of high-energy particles are generated.
A key aspect of ESA's participation in the Double Star project is the inclusion of seven instruments that are identical to those currently flying on the four Cluster spacecraft.
In September 1999, the ESA Director-General was invited by the Administrator of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to discuss the collaboration on the Double Star programme.
www.esa.int /science/doublestar   (692 words)

  
 British undergraduate degree classification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Cambridge "Double First" originally referred to a first in two different Triposes.
A candidate for a doctoral programme who does not hold a master's degree is nearly always required to have a First or 2:1.
A First is known as a Geoff Hurst/Damien Hirst (as 'First' rhymes with 'Hurst' or 'Hirst')
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Double_first   (1094 words)

  
 ESA Science & Technology: Double Star - First Results
Double Star is the first mission in collaboration between China and ESA.
Double Star, together with Cluster, brings six coordinated spacecraft to study small-, medium- and large-scale plasma processes in geospace.
This is the first time that European instruments have been flown on a Chinese spacecraft as part of the payload.
sci.esa.int /science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=38360   (117 words)

  
 The Double-Guitar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He played the left side first, then the right side, then both at the same time.
When Michael first performed the Double-Guitar "in concert" it started to "feed back" when he began to play both guitars at once.
Michael invented the Double-Guitar and was the first person in the world to successfully play it.
www.angelo.com /the_double-guitar.html   (562 words)

  
 NBA.com CP3 Nabs First Triple-Double in Hornets’ Win
Paul recorded his first career triple-double and David West scored 23 points as the Hornets posted a 120-113 double-overtime victory over the Toronto Raptors.
West scored 10 points in the first half as the Hornets built a 53-42 lead.
Paul contributed six as the Hornets pushed the lead back to double digits three minutes later, but the Raptors once again rallied with a 12-0 burst to move in front.
www.nba.com /games/20060402/NOKTOR/recap.html?nav=scoreboardhome   (574 words)

  
 First Double Pulsar Found   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This effect, which provided strong evidence for the existence of gravitational waves, was first measured by Russell Hulse and Joseph Taylor in the first-known ‘binary pulsar’ system – a pulsar, PSR 1913+16, and its neutron star companion.
The discovery of this double pulsar system will be the major jewel in the crown.
The double pulsar probably formed from a pair of massive stars orbiting each other.
www.atnf.csiro.au /news/press/double_pulsar   (1270 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Double Dragon Advance: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Double Dragon is commonly referred to as the first side-scrolling beat-em-up.
Double Dragon was also released on practically every home platform (don't get me started on the awful C64 version) but none of them, not even this Gameboy Advance version, really ever matched up to the awesomeness of the arcade machine.
First of all, this GBA version is just too damn short (despite being extended by a few levels beyond the arcade version).
www.amazon.com /Double-Dragon-Advance/dp/B00009YEJK   (2320 words)

  
 Double Star Astronomy at the U.S. Naval Observatory
Burton was the first to measure a double inferred by proper motion analysis done by Wylie.
The first director of the Lick Observatory and founder of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Serendipitous Doubles : WSI 12-24, 32-34 were found with the 26 inch telescope in Washington and were resolved as additional companions to known pairs or as doubles discovered while looking for other known pairs in 2001.
ad.usno.navy.mil /wds/ds_history_text.html   (6603 words)

  
 BBC News | HEALTH | World's first double hand transplant
The world's first double hand transplant has been carried out by a team of international surgeons in France.
In the highly complex procedure, surgeons first pinned together the bones, then set about the meticulous task of fusing together tendons, skin, arteries and nerves.
M Dubernard performed the world's first hand transplant operation in September 1998 on Australian Clint Hallam at the same hospital.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/603494.stm   (536 words)

  
 Hurdles First - Double-armed Man
He is commonly considered to be the first hurdler to truly sprint over the hurdles on a consistent basis, as opposed to taking three steps and then jumping.
He was the first hurdler ever to sprint between the hurdles, not just three steps and a jump.
The double arm seemed to pan out, but I would say it would probably be beneficial even now.
www.hurdlesfirst.com /doublearmedman.htm   (1323 words)

  
 PickupTruck.Com - First Drive: 2001 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab and S-Runner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Before the Double Cab, Tacoma buyers who needed a larger truck to accommodate more passengers would have been forced to move into a competitor's truck, like the Nissan Frontier, into an SUV, where they would have lost cargo carrying capabilities, or into a full size truck like the Tundra.
The Double Cab is actually quite similar at first glance to its close cousin from overseas the Toyota Hi-Lux.
The Double Cab takes the 'commercial' out of the Hi-Lux and combines its four door attributes with a new design unique to these shores based on the Xtracab chassis.
www.pickuptruck.com /html/2001/toyota/tacoma/first_drive.html   (1186 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: First Double Star Satellite Successfully Launched
Double Star follows the footsteps of ESA's Cluster mission and will study closely the interaction between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetic field.
Then, in 1997, the CNSA invited ESA to participate in Double Star, a two-satellite mission to study the Earth's magnetic field, but from a perspective which is different from that of Cluster and complementary to it.
NASA Selects First University-Class Explorers (September 15, 1998) -- Small spacecraft to study the vast region between our Sun and nearby stars and the interaction of Earth's radiation belts with the solar wind have been selected as the first missions in NASA's...
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2003/12/031230015555.htm   (1765 words)

  
 Double Take Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Double Take’s Horror Hospital will be at University of Wollongong on Friday 21st July at 8pm for a mere $10 a ticket!  Cheaper than going to the movies, and it’s a LIVE SHOW!
Double Take will be taking a break for a little while before their next show in Wollongong on July 21st.
Double Take will be staging the next performance of their new show HORROR HOSPITAL in Canberra at the Australian National University in the Coombs Theatre on Friday the 9th of June at 8pm.
www.doubletake.com.au   (972 words)

  
 First Double Podium Finish
Flying Lizard Wins in GT2 at Mid-Ohio; First and Third in Team's First Double Podium Finish May 21, 2006--Lexington, Ohio--In today's American Le Mans Series at Mid-Ohio race, the Lizards finished first and third in GT2 for the team's first double podium finish.
It was tough for the first 30 minutes because the firmer tires that I was on took longer to get up to speed.
This was definitely a race of attrition for GT2!" "The first yellow put many of the cars in a position of needing to fuel twice during the race.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2006/05/21/007882.html   (888 words)

  
 UCF Falls to UAB in Second Half :: Sophomore Amber Long earns first career double-double.
In direct opposite of the first half, neither team capitalized on their offensive chances in the opening minutes of the second period as Guzman hit the first basket at 15:25.
Coming alive on the offense, the Blazers went on a 16-3 run at the point and took their first lead of the game, 60-59, on a three-pointer by freshman guard Britney Jones at 5:13.
The double-double was the first of Long's career and the third for Guzman.
ucfathletics.cstv.com /sports/w-baskbl/recaps/021706aaa.html   (442 words)

  
 RESEARCHERS PRESENT DATA ON FIRST CLONED, DOUBLE KNOCK-OUT MINIATURE SWINE
The ultimate goal of this research, which is being conducted in partnership with Immerge BioTherapeutics, Inc., is to develop a herd of miniature swine that can be used as a safe source for human transplantation, a process known as xenotransplantation.
This genetic material was then sent to Prather’s lab, where Liangxue Lai, a research assistant professor at MU, and colleagues implanted it into an egg that had its DNA eliminated.
These cells were then subjected to another round of nuclear transfer cloning, leading to the birth of the double knock-out piglet on Nov.
web.missouri.edu /~news/releases/decjan03/doubleknockout.html   (727 words)

  
 Double Play Depth: Roger Clemens First Game of 2006: A Running Blog Commentary Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His first walk of the evening puts runners on first and second for rookie SS Jason Bartlett with two out.
Relief pitcher Russ Springer is not much relief, as he allows a solo homer to the first batter he faces, Justin Morneau, making it 3-0 Minnesota.
That high kick from his back leg and his finish facing third base were tell-tale signs for me, but I also might have been predisposed to thinking of Gibson since I just saw his profile in the Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers, while I was in the bathroom before the game started.
www.all-baseball.com /double/archives/023387.html   (2377 words)

  
 First-Known Double Pulsar Opens up New Astrophysics
They have shown that the compact object orbiting the 23-millisecond pulsar PSR J0737-3039A, which they reported previously [Nature 4th December 2003], is not only, as suspected, another neutron star, but is also a detectable pulsar.
The 23-millisecond pulsar was first detected in April 2003 using the 64-m Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia.
Subsequent observations were made both at Parkes and with the 76-m Lovell Telescope of the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire.
www.jb.man.ac.uk /news/doublepulsar   (1288 words)

  
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One side is for birth to 3 months -- with high-contrast fl, white & red illustrations for early visual stimulation -- the other for 3 to 6 months with brightly colored, more complex 3-D figures and activities, to entice baby to tummy-time play.
When baby lies on his back and gazes at the illustrations, or on his stomach, in the second and third months, and raises his head to look at the book, he is strengthening his neck and shoulder muscles.
Place the Double-Sided First Book on the side where your baby's head is turned -- between 8-12 inches (20-30 cm.) from his head.
www.tinylove.com /toy.aspx?toyId=26   (750 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet Europe: News - FC Basle clinch their first Swiss double in 35 years
ZURICH, May 12 (Reuters) - FC Basle clinched their first Swiss double for 35 years on Sunday, beating Grasshoppers Zurich 2-1 after extra time to lift the Cup at their own Saint Jakob Stadiuon.
Cameroon striker Herve Tum, whose two goals against Young Boys last month secured Basle their first Nationalliga title in 22 years, opened the scoring in the fifth minute.
Basle's double triumph was a rousing finale to an eventful Swiss season that has seen several teams denied licences to compete next year as a result of their financial status.
www.soccernet.com /europe/news/2002/0513/20020512baslrdouble.html   (237 words)

  
 Double First! - Canon Digital Photography Forums
Here are 2 shots taken with my new camera, and the shot of the loch is also the first with my new 17-40.
The waterfall was taken with the 24-70 at f11 for 1.3 seconds.
One comment on the first, the bush in the foreground doesn't work being dead centre.
photography-on-the.net /forum/showthread.php?t=71638   (595 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Berenstain Bears and the Double Dare (First Time Books(R)): Books: Stan Berenstain,Jan Berenstain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Too-Tall Grizzly and his gang dare Brother to steal a watermelon from Farmer Ben's patch, and when the gang runs away, Brother is caught.
When Brother is dared to steal a watermelon from a friend's patch, he resists at first but then they "dee double dare" him and well, off he goes.
Be the first person to add product information.
www.amazon.com /Berenstain-Bears-Double-First-Books/dp/039489748X   (1299 words)

  
 Astronomers discover first double centaurs : space : Radioshows : Earth & Sky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
JB: Here’s a report from the outskirts of the solar system about the discovery of the first double centaurs.
Others get catapulted closer to the sun and become comets as some of their ice vaporizes in the sun’s heat and forms a tail.
JB: So the discovery of double centaurs suggests that some comets might also be double.
www.earthsky.org /radioshows/astronomers-discover-first-double-centaurs   (458 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Other Sport... | Ice Hockey | Crosby notches first NHL double
The 18-year-old Canadian is seen as the poster boy for the league as it bids to revive its fortunes after the lockout.
Crosby had a goal and an assist in the first period and scored again in the third off a pass from Mario Lemieux.
Erik Christensen notched his first NHL goal for the Penguins.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/ice_hockey/4406308.stm   (111 words)

  
 TVG: First Bite Of Castlevania Double Packs Announced // News
Double pack of Castlevania titles - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow on GameBoy Advance
Konami confirms that the first of many Castlevania twin packs for GameBoy Advance will be released in February 2006...
Set fifty years after the triumph of Simon Belmont over Dracula, Harmony of Dissonance follows the story of Juste Belmont who returns to the vampire's castle to obtain the creature's lost relics.
www.totalvideogames.com /news/First_Bite_Of_Castlevania_Double_Packs_Announced_8995_5301_0.htm   (342 words)

  
 China, EU launch first Double Star satellite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Explorer 1 or Tan Ce 1 is the first of two scientific satellites known as Double Star.
The European Space Agency is partially funding Double Star, spending eight million euros ($13 million) on scientific instruments and data systems on the ground.
An image that reveals new details of the planet Saturn is also the second photo of Earth ever taken from the outer reaches of the solar system.
www.cbc.ca /news/story/2003/12/29/satellite031229.html   (1065 words)

  
 Notes: Petrovic makes first double eagle - PGATOUR.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Petrovic, who started on the 10th hole, was 3 under through 13 holes before rain forced officials to postpone the first round until Friday at 7:30 a.m.
David Sutherland made a double eagle at the 14th hole at the Tournament Players Club at Heron Bay in 2000.
There were five on the PGA TOUR in 2001, and one -- from Deane Pappas at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic -- through the first 10 events of the 2002 season.
www.pgatour.com /u/ce/multi/0,1977,5100306,00.html   (462 words)

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