query: who did magellan sail for?

title: Order of Magellan

text: the Circumnavigators Club, founded in 1902. The honor is named after the Portuguese born explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, who is widely known as the first captain to sail around the world—though he didn't complete the circumnavigation as he died during the voyage in the Philippines, that being the Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano, who took over command of the expedition after Magellan's death, and completed the trip. Order of Magellan The Order of Magellan is an honor bestowed on distinguished individuals who have circumnavigated the earth and who, to the course of their career, have contributed to the world of science

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: Seville and descended the Guadalquivir River to reach the Atlantic Ocean at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, at the mouth of the river. There they remained more than five weeks. Finally they set sail on 20 September 1519 and left Spain. King Manuel I ordered a Portuguese naval detachment to pursue Magellan, but the explorer evaded them. After stopping at the Canary Islands, Magellan arrived at Cape Verde, where he set course for Cape St. Augustine in Brazil. On 27 November the expedition crossed the equator; on 6 December the crew sighted South America. On 13 December anchored near present-day Rio de

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: Mars), and 2006 (Magelhaens A on the Moon). The asteroid 4055 Magellan, discovered in 1985, and the Magellan probe to Venus (1989–1994) were also named after him. The five hundredth anniversary of Magellan's expedition and circumnavigation will be commemorated in a series of events organised by the municipal council of Sanlucar de Barrameda in Spain, and supported by philanthropic organisations. Ferdinand Magellan Ferdinand Magellan ( or ; , ; , ; c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: Ferdinand Magellan Ferdinand Magellan ( or ; , ; , ; c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano. Born into a Portuguese noble family in around 1480, Magellan became a skilled sailor and naval officer and was eventually selected by King Charles I of Spain to search for a westward route to the Maluku Islands (the "Spice Islands"). Commanding a fleet of five vessels, he headed south through the Atlantic Ocean

title: Magellan Navigation

text: Magellan Navigation Magellan Navigation, Inc. is an American producer of consumer and professional grade global positioning system receivers, named after Ferdinand Magellan, the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe. Headquartered in San Dimas, California, with European sales and engineering centers in Nantes, France and Moscow, Russia, Magellan also produces aftermarket automotive GPS units, including the Hertz Neverlost system found in Hertz rental cars. The Maestro, RoadMate, Triton, and eXplorist lines are Magellan's current consumer offerings. The company also produces proprietary road maps (DirectRoute), topographic maps (Topo), and marine charts (BlueNav) for use with its consumer GPS receivers. Magellan started as

title: Strait of Magellan

text: are extant, and both are spoken by less than ten people, although today there are hundreds of people who self-identify as descendants of indigenous peoples from the Strait of Magellan. It was reported by António Galvão in 1563 that the position of the Strait of Magellan was previously mentioned in old charts as "Dragon's Tail" (Draco Cola): Ferdinand Magellan (), a Portuguese explorer and navigator in the service of Charles I of Spain, became the first European to navigate the strait in 1520 during his global circumnavigation voyage. On March 22, 1518, the expedition was organized in Valladolid, naming Magellan

title: Magellan Shrine

text: beach of Barangay, erecting the cross of Magellan on the island, conversion of the local people to Christianity by baptism, and scenes of the recreation of the battle. Magellan Shrine The Magellan Shrine is a large memorial tower erected in 1866 in honor of the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan on the Mactan Island of Cebu, the Philippines. The spot is believed to be the site where Magellan was killed in the 1521 Battle of Mactan. The Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan was commanding a Spanish fleet when he first came to the southern Philippines to the small island of Limasawa on

title: 4055 Magellan

text: by the Minor Planet Center on 2 December 1990 (). 4055 Magellan 4055 Magellan, provisional designation , is a bright and eccentric asteroid and near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 February 1985, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. It was later named for Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. "Magellan" orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.2–2.4 AU once every 2 years and 6 months (897 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.33 and an inclination of 23° with respect

title: 4055 Magellan

text: 4055 Magellan 4055 Magellan, provisional designation , is a bright and eccentric asteroid and near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 February 1985, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. It was later named for Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. "Magellan" orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.2–2.4 AU once every 2 years and 6 months (897 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.33 and an inclination of 23° with respect to the ecliptic. The first observation was made at the

title: Magellan Navigation

text: and AAA Show Your Card & Save Member Discount locations on specific models. Magellan products currently use Navteq based maps. Map errors are handled by the Navteq Map Reporter. Errors can be reported using the Navteq Map Reporter map feedback page. Magellan Navigation Magellan Navigation, Inc. is an American producer of consumer and professional grade global positioning system receivers, named after Ferdinand Magellan, the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe. Headquartered in San Dimas, California, with European sales and engineering centers in Nantes, France and Moscow, Russia, Magellan also produces aftermarket automotive GPS units, including the Hertz Neverlost system found

title: Magellan Shrine

text: Magellan Shrine The Magellan Shrine is a large memorial tower erected in 1866 in honor of the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan on the Mactan Island of Cebu, the Philippines. The spot is believed to be the site where Magellan was killed in the 1521 Battle of Mactan. The Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan was commanding a Spanish fleet when he first came to the southern Philippines to the small island of Limasawa on 7 April 1521. He was the first European to set foot in the Philippines. Due to inadequate food supplies, he was forced to land at Cebu. Landing in

title: Magellan Telescopes

text: Magellan Telescopes The Magellan Telescopes are a pair of optical telescopes located at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. The two telescopes are named after the astronomer Walter Baade and the philanthropist Landon T. Clay. First light for the telescopes was on September 15, 2000 for the Baade, and September 7, 2002 for the Clay. A consortium consisting of the Carnegie Institution for Science, University of Arizona, Harvard University, the University of Michigan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology built and operate the twin telescopes. The telescopes were named after the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Baade telescope: Clay telescope: Is

title: Magellan (spacecraft)

text: In 1985, the mission was renamed "Magellan", in honor of the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, known for his exploration, mapping, and circumnavigation of the Earth. The objectives of the mission included: The spacecraft was designed and built by the Martin Marietta Company, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) managed the mission for NASA. Elizabeth Beyer served as the program manager and Joseph Boyce served as the lead program scientist for the NASA headquarters. For JPL, Douglas Griffith served as the "Magellan" project manager and R. Stephen Saunders served as the lead project scientist. To save costs, most of the

title: 4055 Magellan

text: a rotation period of hours with a brightness variation of 0.45 magnitude (). The large variation suggests an elongated shape. This minor planet was named after Portuguese navigator and explorer Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães; c. 1480–1521), who led and died on the first circumnavigation of the Earth during 1519–1522. The minor planet is also named after the modern "Magellan" spacecraft, which was launched by NASA in 1989 and went on to map the surface of Venus. The Portuguese navigator is also honored by the craters Magelhaens on Mars and "Magelhaens" on the Moon. The official naming citation was published

title: Ferdinand Magellan (railcar)

text: Ferdinand Magellan (railcar) Named after the Portuguese explorer, the Ferdinand Magellan (also known as U.S. Car. No. 1) is a former Pullman Company observation car that served as Presidential Rail Car, U.S. Number 1 from 1943 until 1958. The current owner Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami-Dade County, Florida, acquired it in 1959. The "Ferdinand Magellan" was designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service on February 4, 1985. The "Ferdinand Magellan" was built in 1929 by the Pullman Company in Lot 6246, Plan 3972B as a private car. It was one

title: Ferdinand Magellan (railcar)

text: it, and putting it back into commission. Over 100,000 people came to see the President, who at each stop cited the memory of Truman and said, 'Mr. Truman could also make very plain the differences between himself and his opponent, And, my friends, that's just what we're going to do today.' 'It was super,' remarked campaign director Ed Rollins. 'The President loved it.' President Reagan's journey was the last time the train was used. Ferdinand Magellan (railcar) Named after the Portuguese explorer, the Ferdinand Magellan (also known as U.S. Car. No. 1) is a former Pullman Company observation car that

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: Janeiro. Although in 1500, Pedro Alvares Cabral claimed the eastern most shores of Brazil for Portugal, Portugal did not maintain a permanent settlement there to protect its brazilwood monopoly (the French were able to help themselves to the timber without interference.) Magellan's armada arrived without Portuguese notice. There the crew was resupplied, but bad conditions caused them to delay. Afterwards, they continued to sail south along South America's east coast, looking for the strait that Magellan believed would lead to the Spice Islands. The fleet reached Río de la Plata in early February, 1520. For overwintering, Magellan established a temporary

title: Strait of Magellan

text: captain general of the fleet and governor of all the lands discovered, and establishing the privileges of Magellan and his business associate Rui Faleiro. The fleet would become known as the "Armada de las Molucas" or "Fleet of the Moluccas". The expeditionary fleet of five ships set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda on September 20, 1519. The five ships included "La Trinidad" (110 tons, crew 55), under the command of Magellan; "La San Antonio" (120 tons, crew 60) under the command of Juan de Cartagena; "La Concepción" (90 tons, crew 45) under the command of Gaspar de Quezada (Juan Sebastián

title: Magellan Navigation

text: products included the Magellan GPS 2000, GPS 315, Meridian, SporTrak, and Magellan RoadMate models. The MobileMapper CE and ProMark3 have been marketed to professionals like surveyors and GIS (geographic information systems) users. The consumer division of Magellan was purchased by Mio Technology subsidiary of MiTAC on December 15, 2008, who changed the name to "MiTAC Digital Corporation". Magellan develops and distributes vehicle navigation, crossover GPS, and outdoor handheld navigation products. The Company also produces customized mapping software for topographic, marine, and street navigation. Current GPS products as of 2016 include: Magellan GPS units include a variety of different viewing options,

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: to Patagonia, passing through the Strait of Magellan into a body of water he named the "peaceful sea" (the modern Pacific Ocean). Despite a series of storms and mutinies, the expedition reached the Spice Islands in 1521 and returned home via the Indian Ocean to complete the first circuit of the globe. Magellan did not complete the entire voyage, as he was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines in 1521. His gift, the Santo Niño de Cebú image, remains one of his legacies during his arrival. Magellan had already reached the Malay Archipelago in Southeast Asia on

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: avoid the need to sail around the tip of Africa), he left for Spain. In Seville he befriended his countryman Diogo Barbosa and soon married the daughter of Diogo's second wife, María Caldera Beatriz Barbosa. They had two children: Rodrigo de Magalhães and Carlos de Magalhães, both of whom died at a young age. His wife died in Seville around 1521. Meanwhile, Magellan devoted himself to studying the most recent charts, investigating, in partnership with cosmographer Rui Faleiro, a gateway from the Atlantic to the South Pacific and the possibility of the Moluccas being Spanish according to the demarcation of

title: Timeline of the Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation

text: leaves the Moluccas heading home sailing east. After five weeks, Espinosa decides to return to the Moluccas where he and his ship are captured by a Portuguese fleet under Antonio de Brito. However, the ship was wrecked during a storm. May 22: "Victoria" passes the Cape of Good Hope and enters the Atlantic Ocean. July 9: "Victoria" reaches Santiago, Cape Verde. September 6: "Victoria" returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda under the command of Elcano, two weeks shy of three years after setting sail. September 8: "Victoria" arrives at Seville, technically completing the circumnavigation. Timeline of the Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation The Magellan–Elcano

title: Magellan Aerospace

text: Mayflower Aerospace in England, becoming Magellan Aerospace UK in 2003. The Fleet Aerospace division was closed in 2003, was sold, and later re-opened as Fleet Canada Inc. Magellan Aerospace is now an integrated, international company and all of its subsidiaries are wholly owned, operating under the Magellan name. Magellan Aerospace also manufactures structures and assemblies for commercial and defence aircraft manufacturers: Magellan Aerospace Magellan Aerospace Corporation is a Canadian manufacturer of aerospace systems and components. Magellan also repairs and overhauls, tests, and provides aftermarket support services for engines, and engine structural components. The company's business units are divided into the

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: Magellan reached the island of Homonhon in the Philippines, with 150 crew left. Members of his expedition became the first Europeans to reach the Philippine archipelago. Magellan relied on Enrique, his Malay servant and interpreter, to communicate with the native tribes. He had been indentured by Magellan in 1511 after the colonization of Malacca, and had accompanied him through later adventures. They traded gifts with Rajah Siaiu of Mazaua who guided them to Cebu on 7 April. Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly towards Magellan and the Spaniards; both he and his queen Hara Amihan were baptized as Christians and

title: Magellan Aerospace

text: Magellan Aerospace Magellan Aerospace Corporation is a Canadian manufacturer of aerospace systems and components. Magellan also repairs and overhauls, tests, and provides aftermarket support services for engines, and engine structural components. The company's business units are divided into the product areas of aeroengines, aerostructures, rockets and space, and specialty products. Its corporate offices in Mississauga, Ontario, Magellan operates in facilities throughout Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Magellan is a component supplier for the Airbus A380, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and Bombardier's complete line of business and commuter aircraft. Magellan also supplies gas

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: although they had faithfully maintained the ship's log. They lost one day because they traveled west during their circumnavigation of the globe, opposite to Earth's daily rotation. This caused great excitement at the time, and a special delegation was sent to the Pope to explain the oddity to him. The Order of Magellan was established in 1902 to honour those who complete a circumnavigation and make other contributions to humanity. Two of the closest galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds in the southern celestial hemisphere, were named for Magellan sometime after 1800. The Magellan probe, which mapped the planet Venus from 1990

title: Magellan Navigation

text: an independent company. It was once owned by Orbital Sciences Corporation, which purchased it in 1994. In 2001, Thales Group purchased the Magellan division of Orbital Sciences for about $70 million and the Company became known as Thales Navigation. Five years later, private equity firm Shah Capital Partners and other investors purchased Thales Navigation for $170 million and the company was officially renamed Magellan Navigation. Magellan was the creator of the Magellan NAV 1000—the world’s first commercial handheld GPS receiver, which debuted in 1989. In 1997, Magellan also introduced the first handheld global satellite communicator—the GSC 100. Later consumer handheld

title: Magellan Health

text: new holding company, changing its name to Magellan Health Services. In 1999 the company moved to Green Spring's old headquarters in Columbia, Maryland. In 2004, the company headquarters moved to Connecticut. In 2014, the company moved its headquarters from Connecticut to Scottsdale, Arizona. In 1997 Magellan acquired Merit Behavioral Care Corporation, a company which provided mental health and substance abuse services, for $460 million in cash. Magellan Health Magellan Health Inc. (formerly Magellan Health Services Inc.), is an American for-profit managed health care company, focused on behavioral healthcare. It ranked 475 on the Fortune 500 in 2018. The company began

title: Magellan (spacecraft)

text: to place it into orbit around Venus. Prior to "Magellan", all spacecraft SRM firings had involved spinning spacecraft, which made control of the SRM a much easier task. In a typical spin mode, any unwanted forces related to SRM or nozzle mis-alignments are cancelled out. In the case of "Magellan", the spacecraft design did not lend itself to spinning, so the resulting propulsion system design had to accommodate the challenging control issues with the large Star 48B SRM. The Star 48B, containing 2,014 kg of solid propellant, developed a thrust of ~89,000 Newton (20,000 lbf) shortly after firing; therefore, even

title: Lotus Magellan

text: and market share, failed to keep the company from becoming another brilliant also-ran. Lotus was acquired by IBM in 1995. The old MS-DOS Lotus software Magellan, Lotus Agenda, HAL, and Lotus Manuscript have since been released as freeware. Lotus Magellan Lotus Magellan is an MS-DOS desktop search package, conceived and developed by Bill Gross and released in 1989 by Lotus Development Corporation, most famous for Lotus 1-2-3. Lotus sold 500,000 copies of Magellan. Running under MS-DOS, Magellan would scan the directories and files on a drive or floppy diskettes and create a master index. It was aware of all the

title: Order of Magellan

text: Order of Magellan The Order of Magellan is an honor bestowed on distinguished individuals who have circumnavigated the earth and who, to the course of their career, have contributed to the world of science or the environment or future progress through peace and understanding. Among the pantheon of winners of this award are Douglas MacArthur, philanthropist and mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, ethnographer and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl, Dr. William Walsh, who started Project Hope, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist Dr. Robert Ballard, oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and astronaut and United States Senator John Glenn. The Magellan Award is the highest award bestowed by

title: Magellan scientists

text: Magellan scientists The Magellan project was set up so that the initial images and data from the Magellan probe were only for use and study by a team of principal investigators from a variety of universities and institutions, and by the Magellan Project Science Team. These scientists were responsible for validating the data, contributing input for spacecraft acquisition of data, and interpreting the data results for their release to the public. Data were shared with three visiting Soviet scientists (Alexander Basilevsky, Effaim Akim and Alexander Zacharov), a first, and sensitive issue, for NASA at the time considering the Cold War

title: Magellan Shrine

text: Cebu with a show of heavy arms, he refused to pay any fee for entering the port. He even threatened Raja Humabon, the local ruler, and boasted about his victories in Malaca and Calicut. He then offered them gifts and befriended them. The Rajah, who welcomed Magellan to the island, wanted to hold a "casi casi", a blood-brother ceremony. Magellan then started converting the native people to Christianity. He converted 800 people of the "barangay" (villages). Before conversion, the natives worshipped their own main god whom they addressed as "Bathala," along with other subordinate gods. The natives who lived in

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: Diogo Ribeiro, a Portuguese who had started working for Charles V in 1518 as a cartographer at the "Casa de Contratación", took part in the development of the maps to be used in the travel. Several problems arose during the preparation of the trip, including lack of money, the king of Portugal trying to stop them, Magellan and other Portuguese incurring suspicion from the Spanish, and the difficult nature of Faleiro. Finally, thanks to the tenacity of Magellan, the expedition was ready. Through the bishop Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca they obtained the participation of merchant Christopher de Haro, who provided

title: Magellan scientists

text: was just coming to a close. The Magellan Project Science room became notorious for its hanging of long thermal print strips of image data (FBIDRs) along the walls of a spacious room. This was the first form in which the imagery of the surface of Venus was seen due to the long, narrow swathes acquired by the spacecraft. Significant guests during the mission's operation included Margaret Thatcher. After the initial investigation stage Magellan's full data set was released for public consumption. Magellan scientists The Magellan project was set up so that the initial images and data from the Magellan probe

title: Magellan (spacecraft)

text: Magellan (spacecraft) The Magellan spacecraft, also referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper, was a robotic space probe launched by NASA of the United States, on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field. The "Magellan" probe was the first interplanetary mission to be launched from the Space Shuttle, the first one to use the Inertial Upper Stage booster for launching, and the first spacecraft to test aerobraking as a method for circularizing its orbit. "Magellan" was the fifth successful NASA mission to Venus, and it ended

title: Fidelity Magellan Fund

text: 25 per cent of Magellan is invested in companies based outside the US. In May 2006, Magellan made a capital gains distribution to shareholders of $22.11 representing roughly 18% of assets. As of 12/31/08 the total AUM for the Magellan Fund stands at $19 billion. Lange has said that he believes Magellan can handle more assets. After being closed for over a decade, on January 14, 2008, Fidelity announced that the fund would be re-opened to new investors. On September 13, 2011, Fidelity named Jeffrey S. Feingold, manager of Fidelity Trend Fund, as the next manager of Fidelity Magellan Fund.

title: Lotus Magellan

text: Lotus Magellan Lotus Magellan is an MS-DOS desktop search package, conceived and developed by Bill Gross and released in 1989 by Lotus Development Corporation, most famous for Lotus 1-2-3. Lotus sold 500,000 copies of Magellan. Running under MS-DOS, Magellan would scan the directories and files on a drive or floppy diskettes and create a master index. It was aware of all the various current formats and provided the ability to view files without launching the original applications that created them. Its most powerful feature was fuzzy searching, that connected files by relative frequency of keywords, allowing the user to organize

title: Magellan Telescopes

text: use on Magellan II. As built for the LBT, the original MagAO mirror had an diameter of . However, the edge of the mirror was broken. Technicians at Steward Observatory were able to cut the mirror to in diameter, thereby removing the broken edge. Magellan Telescopes The Magellan Telescopes are a pair of optical telescopes located at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. The two telescopes are named after the astronomer Walter Baade and the philanthropist Landon T. Clay. First light for the telescopes was on September 15, 2000 for the Baade, and September 7, 2002 for the Clay. A consortium

title: Magellan Development Group

text: Magellan Development Group Magellan Development Group, LLC is an American real estate and property development company that was formed in 1996 as a result of a long term corporate partnership between Magellan Development Group and NNP Residential Development. The company's co-chief executive officers are Joel Carlins and James Loewenberg; the company's president is David Carlins while Robin Loewenberg Tebbe is the Chief Marketing Officer. The affiliates of bKL Architects, Joel M. Carlins & Associates, Magellan Marketing Group, Magellan Property Management, and Magellan Realty operate autonomously within the group structure. The major accomplishment of their collaboration is the $4 billion, mixed-use

title: Strait of Magellan

text: two oceans until the construction of the Panama Canal. The Strait of Magellan has been inhabited by indigenous Americans for thousands of years. On the western part of its northern coast lived the Alacalufe, also known as the Kawésqar. To the east of the Kawésqar lived the Tehuelche, whose territory extended to the north in Patagonia. South of the Tehuelche, across the Strait of Magellan, lived the Selk'nam, who inhabited the majority of the eastern portion of Tierra del Fuego. To the west of the Selk'nam were the Yaghan, who inhabited the southernmost part of Tierra del Fuego. All tribes

title: Fidelity Magellan Fund

text: fund was beginning to make it difficult to beat the market. By the end of the century the Fidelity Magellan Fund had well over $100 billion in assets under management. For quite some time it was the single largest mutual fund in the world. In April 2000, Vanguard’s S&P 500 index fund displaced Magellan as the largest mutual fund in the world. By the time Stansky retired in 2005, the assets under management for Magellan were back down to $52.5 billion. Harry Lange took over Magellan and promptly changed the portfolio to reflect his view on the market. Today about

title: Magellan Development Group

text: in 2007 in addition to naming Magellan as number 113 in the list of "Chicago’s Largest Privately Held Companies". The company has been responsible for the creation of over 12,000 residential units in Chicago and is known for its philanthropic endeavors and unique Rewards program as well as its luxury properties. Magellan Development Group Magellan Development Group, LLC is an American real estate and property development company that was formed in 1996 as a result of a long term corporate partnership between Magellan Development Group and NNP Residential Development. The company's co-chief executive officers are Joel Carlins and James Loewenberg;

title: Lotus Magellan

text: related data no matter where or in what format it existed on the user's computer. Given this "semantic view" of the user's file system, Magellan not only exposed "hidden meaning" from disparate data, but also facilitated the actual movement of files and directories into a better physical organization. Advertisements that ran for Magellan at the time promised to "Get all your ducks in a row" and showed a picture of a line of obedient rubber ducks. Magellan was one of several significant developments from Lotus Software (i.e. "1-2-3", "Notes" and office software for the Apple Macintosh) that, despite significant usefulness

title: Magellan (spacecraft)

text: should land on Venus by 1:00 PM PDT Thursday, October 13, 1994. Magellan (spacecraft) The Magellan spacecraft, also referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper, was a robotic space probe launched by NASA of the United States, on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field. The "Magellan" probe was the first interplanetary mission to be launched from the Space Shuttle, the first one to use the Inertial Upper Stage booster for launching, and the first spacecraft to test aerobraking as a method for circularizing its orbit.

title: Magellan Health

text: Magellan Health Magellan Health Inc. (formerly Magellan Health Services Inc.), is an American for-profit managed health care company, focused on behavioral healthcare. It ranked 475 on the Fortune 500 in 2018. The company began as the psychiatric hospital chain Charter Medical, headquartered in Macon, Georgia. In 1992, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, stemming from debt incurred as a result of 1988 management-led takeover. After recovering from bankruptcy, it moved its headquarters to Atlanta in 1994. Acquiring a major stake in Green Spring Health Services Inc., a managed care company based in Columbia, Maryland, the company re-structured into a

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: Magellan called the "Estrecho (Canal) de Todos los Santos", ("All Saints' Channel"), because the fleet travelled through it on 1 November or All Saints' Day. The strait is now named the Strait of Magellan. He first assigned "Concepcion" and "San Antonio" to explore the strait, but the latter, commanded by Gómez, deserted and headed back to Spain on 20 November. On 28 November, the three remaining ships entered the South Pacific. Magellan named the waters the "Mar Pacifico" (Pacific Ocean) because of its apparent stillness. Magellan and his crew were the first Europeans to reach Tierra del Fuego just east

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: were given the image of the Holy Child (later known as Santo Niño de Cebu) which along with a cross (Magellan's Cross) symbolizes the Christianization of the Philippines. Afterward, Rajah Humabon and his ally Datu Zula convinced Magellan to kill their enemy, Datu Lapu-Lapu, on Mactan. Magellan wanted to convert Lapu-Lapu to Christianity, as he had Humabon, but Lapu-Lapu rejected that. On the morning of 27 April 1521, Magellan sailed to Mactan with a small force. During the resulting battle against Lapu-Lapu's troops, Magellan was struck by a bamboo spear, and later surrounded and finished off with other weapons. Pigafetta

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: to 1994, was named after Magellan. The Ferdinand Magellan train rail car (also known as U.S. Car. No. 1) is a former Pullman Company observation car that was re-built by the U.S. Government for presidential use from 1943 until 1958. A replica of the "Victoria", the only ship of Magellan's to survive the entire voyage, can be visited in Puerto San Julian. Three craters, two located on the Moon and one on Mars, have been named after Magellan using the spelling "Magelhaens". The names were adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1935 (Magelhaens on the Moon), 1976 (Magelhaens on

title: Magellan (spacecraft)

text: its attached Inertial Upper Stage booster were deployed from "Atlantis" and launched on May 5, 1989 01:06:00 UTC, sending the spacecraft into a Type IV heliocentric orbit where it would circle the Sun 1.5 times, before reaching Venus 15 months later on August 10, 1990. Originally, the "Magellan" had been scheduled for launch in 1988 with a trajectory lasting six months. However, due to the Space Shuttle "Challenger" disaster in 1986, several missions, including "Galileo" and "Magellan", were deferred until shuttle flights resumed in September 1988. "Magellan" was planned to be launched with a liquid-fueled, Centaur-G upper-stage booster, carried in

title: Magellan Shrine

text: Magellan's body was demanded by the Spaniards, but Lapu-Lapu refused them this favour. A stone platform here has a plaque with the date 27 April 1521, the date Magellan was killed in the battle. Adjoining the shrine is a statue of Lapu-Lapu, who is hailed as first Filipino hero. A festival called the "Kadaugan sa Mactan" (Victory at Mactan), commemorating the triumph of the heroic native chieftain Lapu-Lapu over Magellan, is held on 27 April every year. On this occasion, colorful events include a ceremonial procession of "decorated bancas" (canoes) representing Magellan's three boats on the sea coast of the

title: Fidelity Magellan Fund

text: cumulative S&P500 return by 5.91%. Vinik is most often remembered as the manager who moved a high percentage of the portfolio out of technology stocks and into bonds at the wrong time, causing Magellan to underperform its peers for the first time in the fund’s history. However, others argue that Vinik merely moved into bonds early. Vinik moved Magellan into bonds in the fall of 1995. In the seven years ending in March 2003, on a total return basis, 10-year Treasuries returned 78 percent, AAA corporate bonds returned 46 percent, and, with dividends reinvested, the S&P 500 returned 31 percent.

title: Swing Lo Magellan

text: around 40 demos. The album was not recorded with Angel Deradoorian, who left the band. Longstreth wanted "Swing Lo Magellan" to be a collection of individual songs instead of an album united by a single theme, unlike with previous albums. In addition, Longstreth sought to write more personal songs. "Swing Lo Magellan" has been described as more "beats-driven" and more accessible than previous Dirty Projectors albums. For specific influences, critics and Longstreth himself have cited a variety of influences, ranging from popular music acts such as Nirvana, Lil Wayne, Michael Jackson, Neil Young, En Vogue and Blind Willie Johnson to

title: Magellan Planet Search Program

text: Magellan Planet Search Program The Magellan Planet Search Program is a ground-based search for extrasolar planets that makes use of the radial velocity method. It began gathering data in December 2002 using the MIKE echelle spectrograph mounted on the 6.5m Magellan II "Clay" telescope located within the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. In 2010, the program began using the newly commissioned Planet Finder Spectrograph (PFS), an instrument purpose-built for precise radial velocity measurement. The Magellan Planet Search uses a molecular Iodine absorption cell to imprint a set of extremely well known absorption lines onto each stellar spectrum that act as

title: Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies

text: state was unassailable. His aides, who had considered the state a political firewall, were suddenly spooked, said two people who have advised the campaign. The campaign dug into the numbers, and found what they considered flaws, but also unmistakable evidence of an ascent by Mr. Gingrich. A person who has advised Mr. Romney in the past said, "That rattled them". The Political editor of the Denver Post acknowledges Magellan Strategies for correctly predicting the outcome of the special election in New York's 9th Congressional District to replace Anthony Weiner. Magellan was criticized for making an inaccurate prediction that Tom Tancredo

title: Fidelity Magellan Fund

text: thirteen years. Between 1977 and 1990 the fund averaged over a 29% annual return, making Magellan the best performing mutual fund in the world. Lynch created the investment process commonly referred to as “Buy What You Know”. Morris Smith replaced Lynch as the manager of Magellan. During the two years he was there he managed to beat the S&P 500 by 7%. He decided to leave investing entirely after his experience at Magellan and has spent time pursuing religious activities. Jeffrey Vinik spent four years managing Magellan and during that time he produced an 83.70% cumulative return and outperformed the

title: Strait of Magellan

text: Strait of Magellan, and in a diplomatic letter to major shipping nations in 1873 Chile promised freedom of navigation through and neutrality within the strait. Strait of Magellan The Strait of Magellan (), also called the "Straits of Magellan", is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south. The strait is the most important natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is considered a difficult route to navigate due to the narrowness of the passage and unpredictable winds and currents, but is shorter and more

title: Swing Lo Magellan

text: catalog number is DNO1012. Music: Swing Lo Magellan Swing Lo Magellan is the sixth studio album by American experimental rock group Dirty Projectors, which was released on Domino Records on July 10, 2012 in the United States and July 9, 2012 internationally. The album cover features Dave Longstreth and Amber Coffman talking to one of their neighbors in Upstate New York, where "Swing Lo Magellan" was recorded. The photo was taken by Dave Longstreth's brother. The album was written, recorded, produced and mixed by Dirty Projectors frontman Dave Longstreth in Delaware County, New York. "Swing Lo Magellan" recording sessions spanned

title: Swing Lo Magellan

text: Swing Lo Magellan Swing Lo Magellan is the sixth studio album by American experimental rock group Dirty Projectors, which was released on Domino Records on July 10, 2012 in the United States and July 9, 2012 internationally. The album cover features Dave Longstreth and Amber Coffman talking to one of their neighbors in Upstate New York, where "Swing Lo Magellan" was recorded. The photo was taken by Dave Longstreth's brother. The album was written, recorded, produced and mixed by Dirty Projectors frontman Dave Longstreth in Delaware County, New York. "Swing Lo Magellan" recording sessions spanned a year and resulted in

title: Magellan Shrine

text: islands. Magellan launched a naval war against Lapu-Lapu with an armada of three boats carrying Spanish soldiers and 20 boats carrying Cebuanos. In this battle, which took place on 27 April 1521, Lapu-Lapu fought valiantly with his men, armed with wooden shields, bows and arrows, and lances. Magellan and his army of Spanish soldiers and Cebuanos could not withstand the attack and were forced to retreat to their boats. Magellan was fatally wounded in the battle. He was hit on the leg by a poisoned arrow and also attacked with spears and other weapons. A spear had struck his head.

title: Magellan Shrine

text: small barangays were controlled by local chieftains called Rajas. During the baptisms, Magellan planted a cross at the site. The natives accepted the Catholic belief that "there is only one God". Magellan was able to convert most of the powerful leaders of the islands, except one leader called Lapu-Lapu. During his stay in Cebu, Magellan found out that some of the local inhabitants had refused to acknowledge the suzerainty of the King of Spain, and as a warning to the villagers, he burnt a few villages. However, in spite of this warning, Lapu-Lapu opposed the control of Spain over the

title: Magellan (spacecraft)

text: Earth, Doppler modeling was used to take the overlapping "looks" and combine them into a continuous, high resolution image of the surface. In addition to the radar data, Magellan collected several other types of scientific measurements. These included detailed measurements of the Venus gravitational field, measurements of the atmospheric density, and radio occultation data on the atmospheric profile. "Magellan" was launched on May 4, 1989, at 18:46:59 UTC by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from KSC Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, aboard Space Shuttle "Atlantis" during mission STS-30. Once in orbit, the "Magellan" and

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: 1511, under the new governor Afonso de Albuquerque, Magellan and Serrão participated in the conquest of Malacca. After the conquest their ways parted: Magellan was promoted, with a rich plunder and, in the company of a Malay he had indentured and baptized, Enrique of Malacca, he returned to Portugal in 1512. Serrão departed in the first expedition sent to find the "Spice Islands" in the Moluccas, where he remained. He married a woman from Amboina and became a military advisor to the Sultan of Ternate, Bayan Sirrullah. His letters to Magellan would prove decisive, giving information about the spice-producing territories.

title: Ferdinand Magellan (railcar)

text: to christen the first nuclear powered submarine "Nautilus". The railcar was declared surplus and offered to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958, but the Smithsonian did not act on the offer, and the Gold Coast Railroad Museum was able to acquire it. In 1984 the "Ferdinand Magellan" came back to life, when it was briefly loaned to the presidential re-election campaign of President Ronald Reagan, who gave a series of "whistlestop" speeches from the rear platform during a one-day trip in Ohio, on October 12, 1984. President Reagan's five-stop train journey, had involved transporting the train from Florida to Ohio, re-assembling

title: Fidelity Magellan Fund

text: In addition, Vinik's strategy would have avoided the dot-com bust. Robert ‘Bob’ Stansky is a direct disciple of Peter Lynch’s having worked as his research assistant from 1984 to 1987. During his time at Magellan Stansky managed to return 238% for the fund. However, the S&P 500 index returned 274% during the same period. This marked the only regime where Magellan underperformed the market. Magellan’s portfolio closely resembled the S&P 500 during Stansky’s tenure—so much so that Stansky himself helped coin the phrase ‘closet indexer’. Harry W. Lange represented a change for the Magellan fund. His approach was known as

title: Magellan (spacecraft)

text: however, finally allowed detailed imaging and analysis of craters, hills, ridges, and other geologic formations, to a degree comparable to the visible-light photographic mapping of other planets. "Magellan"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s global radar map currently remains as the most detailed Venus map in existence, although the planned Russian Venera-D may carry a radar that can achieve the same, if not better resolution as the radar used by "Magellan". On September 9, 1994, a press release outlined the termination of the "Magellan" mission. Due to the degradation of the power output from the solar arrays and onboard components, and having completed all objectives successfully,

title: Magellan Rise (ocean plateau)

text: -. It apparently developed first on the Phoenix Plate before being transferred onto the Pacific Plate 125 million years ago. The Magellan Rise never rose to shallow depths at least since the Cretaceous, and the Rise is covered by sediments of Tithonian/Berriasian to Quaternary age. Magellan Rise (ocean plateau) Magellan Rise is an oceanic plateau in the Pacific Ocean, which covers a surface area of . There is another "Magellan Rise" west from the Marshall Islands as well. The Magellan Rise has been called a large igneous province by Coffin and Endholm 2001 and was emplaced 145 million or 135-128

title: Magellan Rise (ocean plateau)

text: Magellan Rise (ocean plateau) Magellan Rise is an oceanic plateau in the Pacific Ocean, which covers a surface area of . There is another "Magellan Rise" west from the Marshall Islands as well. The Magellan Rise has been called a large igneous province by Coffin and Endholm 2001 and was emplaced 145 million or 135-128 million years ago, possibly as a consequence of intense volcanism at a former triple junction. Alternatively, the Rise was formed by a mantle plume. Candidate mantle plumes are the Easter hotspot and the Foundation hotspot. The volume of rocks in the Magellan Rise is about

title: Fidelity Magellan Fund

text: Fidelity Magellan Fund The Fidelity Magellan Fund () is a US-domiciled mutual fund from the Fidelity family of funds. It is perhaps the world’s best known actively managed mutual fund. On January 14, 2008, Fidelity announced that the fund would open to new investors for the first time in over a decade. Fidelity earns its income, like most mutual funds, from fees charged on its assets under management. From the fund’s inception in 1963 through 1977 Magellan grew to $20 million in AUM. The $20 million fund Peter Lynch inherited grew to $14 billion in AUM during his tenure. During

title: Magellan Aerospace

text: turbine components for airplanes, helicopters, and military vehicles such as the M-1 Abrams tank. Magellan was formed in 1996 from the remains of Fleet Industries, a subsidiary of the US-based Fleet Aerospace located in Fort Erie, Ontario. They produced products and services for the Canadian military, as well as subassemblies for aviation companies. Through the 1990s Magellan expanded, buying a number of Canadian aviation companies. These included: Several US companies were also added, including Aeronca (formerly part of the US-based portions of Fleet), AMBEL Precision Manufacturing, Ellanef Manufacturing, Middleton Aerospace and Presto Casting Company. They also purchased the assets of

title: MS Magellan

text: MS Magellan MS "Magellan" is a "Holiday"-class cruise ship, which was formerly owned by Carnival Cruise Line as "Holiday" and Ibero Cruises as the "Grand Holiday". She has sailed for Cruise & Maritime Voyages since Spring 2015. <br> MS "Holiday" was built by Aalborg Værft in Aalborg, Denmark and entered service for Carnival Cruise Lines on 13 July 1985. The ship's condition had been in decline, until 2003 when she was sent into dry dock and renovated. In 2005, during Hurricane Katrina, she was taken out of service to be used as temporary housing for the victims of the storm.

title: MS Magellan

title: Magellan Telescopes

text: a survey of start searching for planets using the MIKE echelle spectrograph mounted on the 6.5 m Magellan II (Clay) telescope. In 2013, Clay (Magellan II) was equipped with an adaptive secondary mirror called MagAO which allowed it to take the sharpest visible-light images to date, capable of resolving objects 0.02 arcseconds across—equivalent to a dime (1.8 cm) seen from away. MagAO was originally intended for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), but the secondary mirror was damaged before it could be installed. The project leader Laird Close and his team were able to repair and repurpose the broken mirror for

title: Magellan (spacecraft)

text: the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle. However, the entire Centaur-G program was canceled after the "Challenger" disaster, and the "Magellan" probe had to be modified to be attached to the less-powerful Inertial Upper Stage. The next best opportunity for launching occurred in October 1989. Further complicating the launch however, was the launching of the "Galileo" mission to Jupiter, one that included a fly-by of Venus. Intended for launch in 1986, the pressures to ensure a launch for "Galileo" in 1989, mixed with a short launch-window necessitating a mid-October launch, resulted in replanning the "Magellan" mission. Weary of rapid shuttle

title: Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies

text: would win the 2010 Colorado Governors Election. 2010 gubernatorial election in Colorado. Tom Tancredo lost to Democrat John Hickenlooper on election day, November 2. Hickenlooper resoundingly beat Tancredo by a margin of 51% to 36%. Editorial page editor Curtis Hubbard of the "Denver Post" gave Magellan his "Agony of Defeat" award for the worst poll in the gubernatorial race. References Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies, now called Magellan Strategies, is a survey research, data mining and campaign consulting firm located in Louisville, Colorado. The company's clients include Republican Party candidates, conservative political organizations, non-profit organizations,

title: Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies

text: database with solid vote history. Magellan Strategies staff testifies in front of Colorado Senate Transportation Committee regarding Colorado voter opinion of a proposed 3.5 billion dollar bond measure to fund transportation need in the state. In mid-November 2011, a Magellan poll conducted for the "New Hampshire Journal" surprisingly reported that Newt Gingrich had surged in New Hampshire, which hosts the first Presidential nominating primary. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney had long led polls in New Hampshire, yet the Magellan Poll seemingly revealed he had lost a quarter of his support. The Magellan Poll reported that Romney had 29% of the

title: Magellan (spacecraft)

text: broadly, perpendicular to the orbital path, where they could act as paddles as they impacted molecules of the upper-Venusian atmosphere. Countering this force, the thrusters fired to keep the spacecraft from spinning. This provided data on the basic oxygen gas-surface interaction. This was useful for understanding the impact of upper-atmospheric forces which aided in designing future Earth-orbiting satellites, and methods for aerobraking during future planetary spacecraft missions. "Magellan" created the first (and currently the best) near-photographic quality, high resolution radar mapping of the planet's surface features. Prior Venus missions had created low resolution radar globes of general, continent-sized formations. "Magellan",

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: de Judicibus. Martino de Judicibus () was a Genoese or Savonese Chief Steward. His history is preserved in the nominative registers at the "Archivo General de Indias" in Seville, Spain. The family name is referred to with the exact Latin patronymic, "de Judicibus". Martino de Judicibus, initially assigned to the caravel "Concepción", one of five ships of the Spanish fleet of Magellan, had embarked on the expedition with the rank of captain. Antonio Pigafetta's journal is the main source for much of what is known about Magellan and Elcano's voyage. The other direct report of the voyage was that of

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: on a scouting expedition and was wrecked in a sudden storm. All of its crew survived and made it safely to shore. Two of them returned overland to inform Magellan of what had happened, and to bring rescue to their comrades. After this experience, Magellan decided to wait for a few weeks more before resuming the voyage with the four remaining ships. At 52°S latitude on 21 October 1520, the fleet reached Cape Virgenes and concluded they had found the passage, because the waters were brine and deep inland. Four ships began an arduous trip through the long passage that

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: previous voyages traveling east (from 1505 to 1511–1512). By visiting this area again but now travelling west, Magellan achieved a nearly complete personal circumnavigation of the globe for the first time in history. The Magellanic penguin is named after him, as he was the first European to note it. Magellan's navigational skills have also been acknowledged in the naming of objects associated with the stars, including the Magellanic Clouds, now known to be two nearby dwarf galaxies; the twin lunar craters of Magelhaens and Magelhaens A; and the Martian crater of Magelhaens. Magellan was born in northern Portugal in around

title: God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It

text: long way toward making these tiny shards of sound go down easily for the musically open-minded." God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail with It is the second album by the American experimental rock band Red Krayola. It was released in May 1968 by the International Artists record label. Mark Deming of "AllMusic" wrote, ""God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail with It" bears precious little resemblance to anything else that appeared at the time; it would take a few decades of post-punk experimentalism before

title: Strait of Magellan

text: the Spanish language phonology and spelling like "Timaukel" (hamlet at the east side of Tierra del Fuego), "Carukinka" (the end of the Almirantazgo Fjord), "Anika" (a channel located at 54° 7’ S and 70° 30’ W) and "Arska" (the north side of the Dawson Island). Magellan named initially the strait "Todos los Santos" as he began the voyage through the west on 1 November 1520. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor renamed it as "Estrecho de Magallanes". Magellan named the island on the south side as "Tierra del Fuego", which the Yaghan people called "Onaisín" in the Yaghan language. Magellan also

title: Strait of Magellan

text: Strait of Magellan The Strait of Magellan (), also called the "Straits of Magellan", is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south. The strait is the most important natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is considered a difficult route to navigate due to the narrowness of the passage and unpredictable winds and currents, but is shorter and more sheltered than the often stormy Drake Passage. Along with the narrow and sometimes treacherous Beagle Channel, these were the only three sea routes between these

title: Swing Lo Magellan

text: of musicOMH also praised the album, writing ""Swing Lo Magellan" affords generous breathing space to Dirty Projectors' music: a context in which new levels of unpretentious eloquence positively flourish." Not all critics were entirely positive towards the album. "Entertainment Weekly"'s Darren Franich wrote "It ["Swing Lo Magellan"] should be thrillingly anarchic; instead, it just meanders." Aneet Nijjar of AllMusic acknowledged that some listeners might find the band's "rather knowing idiosyncrasy" to be "off-putting and smug." Blurt wrote that while "Swing Lo Magellan" was "instantly likeable," the album "unravels into nonsense and complexity on second glance." Alex Wilson of Tiny Mix

title: Swing Lo Magellan

text: Tapes did not find the album engaging and criticized the music's inability to match the ideas behind the album. Wilson concluded: "Simply put, the music on "Swing Lo" can’t support its great ideas. [..] Maybe time will prove me completely and utterly wrong, but as far as I can tell, nothing on "Swing Lo" walks by itself." On 5 December 2012, "Swing Lo Magellan" was nominated for Best Recording Package at the 55th Grammy Awards. On December 20, 2012, Pitchfork Media ranked the album #15 on its list of the top 50 albums of 2012, writing: "For some bands, maturity

title: Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan

text: his death, and letters of Magellan to Benyowsky were published in Mór Jókai's edition of the count's memoirs. The Magellanic Premium, a prize given for advances in navigation, was established in 1786 by a grant given by him. Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan () (1723–1790) was a Portuguese natural philosopher. He was born in Aveiro, Portugal. He seems to have been brought up at Lisbon, where he became a monk of the order of St. Augustine, and was pursuing his studies in the Portuguese capital when the city was destroyed by the earthquake of 1755. At age

title: Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan

text: Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan () (1723–1790) was a Portuguese natural philosopher. He was born in Aveiro, Portugal. He seems to have been brought up at Lisbon, where he became a monk of the order of St. Augustine, and was pursuing his studies in the Portuguese capital when the city was destroyed by the earthquake of 1755. At age 40 Magellan abandoned the monastic life. About 1764 he appears to have reached England and was in communication with Da Costa of the Royal Society in 1766. For some time he acted as tutor on continental tours, and

title: Magellan (spacecraft)

text: This was also a preplanned experiment option. At this point, the spacecraft was expected to survive only two orbits. "Magellan" continued to maintain communication for three more orbits, even though the power continued to drop below 23 volts and eventually reached 20.4 volts. At this time, one battery went off-line, and the spacecraft was defined as power starved. Communication was lost at 3:02 AM PDT just as "Magellan" was about to enter an Earth occultation on orbit 15032. Contact was not re-established. Tracking operations were continued to 11:00 AM but no signal was seen, and none was expected. The spacecraft

title: Magellan (spacecraft)

text: atmosphere. At this altitude the spacecraft encountered sufficient ram pressure to raise temperatures on the solar arrays to 126 degrees Celsius. On October 13, 1994 at 10:05:00 UTC, communication was lost when the spacecraft entered radio occultation behind Venus. The team continued to listen for another signal from the spacecraft until 18:00:00 UTC, when the mission was determined to have concluded. Although much of "Magellan" was expected to vaporize due to atmospheric stresses, some amount of wreckage is thought have hit the surface by 20:00:00 UTC. Quoted from Status Report - October 13, 1994 Communication with the "Magellan" spacecraft was

title: Oliver Sail

text: the United States three days later. In 2014, Sail was called-up to New Zealand's senior squad for two friendlies against China and Thailand, but he was unused in both matches. Oliver Sail Oliver "Oli" Sail is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix as a goalkeeper. He also has been selected for the New Zealand national football team. Sail started his career playing for Wanderers SC, a special club set up to develop players for the New Zealand national under-20 football team. In 2013, Sail joined Auckland City but wouldn't debut until the following year in

title: The Wake of Magellan

text: The Wake of Magellan The Wake of Magellan is the tenth studio album released by the American heavy metal band Savatage. The album was released in September 1997 in Europe and Japan, and in April 1998 in the US. It is a concept album and is based on two real life events. The first, the Maersk Dubai incident, occurred less than a year before this album was released when the captain of a freighter threw three Romanian stowaways overboard in the middle of the Atlantic. A fourth stowaway was saved by the courageous action of a deckhand, who risked his

title: Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan

text: He died on 7 February 1790, after more than a year's illness and was buried in Islington churchyard. Although there are claims that, due to his laxity and unorthodoxy, he renounced his faith, his correspondence and other sources confirm he never gave up Catholicism. Magellan's major works were: Magellan also wrote articles in the "Journal de Physique", 1778–83. On the title-page of his translation of Axel Fredrik Cronstedt's "System of Mineralogy", 1788, he assumed the appellation "Talabrico-Lusitanus". Magellan gave Count Benyovszky's memoirs to William Nicholson, who published them in English in 1790. Magellan's French version of the memoirs appeared after

title: Oliver Sail

text: Oliver Sail Oliver "Oli" Sail is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix as a goalkeeper. He also has been selected for the New Zealand national football team. Sail started his career playing for Wanderers SC, a special club set up to develop players for the New Zealand national under-20 football team. In 2013, Sail joined Auckland City but wouldn't debut until the following year in the semi-final of the 2013–14 ASB Premiership, when he replaced Tamati Williams in Auckland City's 4–1 victory over its classic rival Waitakere United. Sail joined Wellington Phoenix to be part

title: Ferdinand Magellan (railcar)

text: car. The "Ferdinand Magellan" became the first passenger railcar built for a President since the War Department had built a special car for the use of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The other Lot 6246 car, "Roald Amundsen" has also been preserved and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. When the "Ferdinand Magellan" was rebuilt for service as United States Railcar No. 1, the original six bedrooms in the car were reduced to four, and the dining room and observation lounge were enlarged. Two of the bedrooms were a suite for the President and the First Lady, with a

title: Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies

text: Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies, now called Magellan Strategies, is a survey research, data mining and campaign consulting firm located in Louisville, Colorado. The company's clients include Republican Party candidates, conservative political organizations, non-profit organizations, trade associations, businesses and local governments. The firm was founded in November 2006. Using quantitative and qualitative survey research methods, the firm helps Republican candidates, conservative organizations, trade associations and governments better understand voter opinion. In addition to survey research, the company provides predictive voter modeling, voter data analysis and campaign consulting services. Magellan is a member of the Marketing

title: Giant Magellan Telescope

text: segment is cleaned and recoated. The mirrors are made of borosilicate glass and have a honeycomb structure below the mirror surface. An adaptive secondary mirror is also designed for the telescope. The telescope will begin observing with only four mirrors: the central and three off-axis segments. Giant Magellan Telescope The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a ground-based extremely large telescope under construction, planned for completion in 2025. It will consist of seven 8.4 m (27.6 ft) diameter primary segments, that will observe optical and near infrared (320–25000 nm) light, with the resolving power of a 24.5 m (80.4 ft) primary

title: Strait of Magellan

text: recognized Chilean sovereignty over the Strait of Magellan in the Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina. Argentina had previously claimed all of the strait, or at least the eastern third of it. In 1840 the Pacific Steam Navigation Company was the first to use steamships for commercial traffic in the strait. Until the Panama Canal opened in 1914, the Strait of Magellan was the main route for steamships traveling from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. It was often considered the only safe way to move between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as the Drake Passage separating Cape

title: Swing Lo Magellan

text: classical music composers such as Arnold Schoenberg and György Ligeti. "Swing Lo Magellan"'s first single, "Gun Has No Trigger", was released on March 30, 2012 and was selected as a Best New Track by Pitchfork Media on April 2. On June 8, 2012, a music video for "Gun Has No Trigger" was released. The music video was visually influenced by Apple Inc.'s iPod commercials and by the default profile images used on Facebook and Gmail. On June 14, 2012, a second song from the album, "Dance for You," was released online. "Swing Lo Magellan" was streamed in its entirety on

title: The Woman Who Did

text: remembrance of Lady Morris, I shall perhaps be forgiven by the public for raising my feeble voice in answer to "The Woman Who Did"". The campaigner Emma Brooke saw this novel and her own novel "The Superfluous Woman" as important in trying to resolve the "Sex Question" which she thought dominated intellectual debate in the 1880s. She was annoyed when H. G. Wells reinvented the question when he spoke to the Fabian Society in 1906. Thomas Hardy approved more of Allen's progressive aims in the novel, than of their artistic realisation. The Woman Who Did The Woman Who Did (1895)

title: Ferdinand Magellan

text: settlement called Puerto San Julian on March 30, 1520. On Easter (April 1 and 2), a mutiny broke out involving three of the five ship captains. Magellan took quick and decisive action. Luis de Mendoza, the captain of "Victoria", was killed by a party sent by Magellan, and the ship was recovered. After "Concepción's" anchor cable had been secretly cut by his forces, the ship drifted towards the well-armed "Trinidad", and "Concepcion's" captain de Quesada and his inner circle surrendered. Juan de Cartagena, the head of the mutineers on the "San Antonio," subsequently gave up. Antonio Pigafetta reported that Gaspar