IN
BRIEF
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ELLEN
MACARTHUR HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF 'TIME'
MAGAZINE'S 2004 EUROPEAN HEROES.
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THE
B&Q
TRIMARAN GOES BACK IN THE WATER ON FRIDAY
AT THE FRENCH BASE IN LORIENT AFTER A FOUR
WEEK REFIT IN PREPARATION FOR THE ROUND
THE WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT.
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A
NEW
'LIFE-SAVING' MAN OVER BOARD OPERATIONAL
SYSTEM IS INSTALLED ON BOARD.
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MACARTHUR
TO GO ON STANDBY FROM MID-NOVEMBER IN
QUEST TO BE FASTEST SOLO SAILOR ON THE
PLANET...
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IN
DETAIL
TIME
MAGAZINE HONOURS ITS HEROES.
Time Magazine has paid "tribute to 29
dazzling people who shine their light on the
world..." in their October 11 special
issue. Ellen MacArthur was selected for her
inspiration in 'Setting Sail for Greatness'
and her work with the Ellen MacArthur Trust
that takes young children suffering from
cancer sailing. Ellen is featured alongside 28
other heroes from all walks of life who have
made an impact on the environment they work
in. The European Heroes include Anita Roddick,
founder of The Body Shop who campaigns for
human rights, fair trade and social justice;
actress Emma Thompson who is an ambassador for
ActionAid since 2001; and Otylia Jedrzejczak
of Poland who won a gold medal in Athens in
the 200m butterfly finals and has committed to
auctioning her medal to help raise money for
children suffering from leukemia. The European
Heroes were chosen as 'they inspire, create,
devote themselves to others, and even risk
their lives...'
www.time.com
B&Q
UNDERGOES 'ROUND THE WORLD' REFIT.
Since
returning to her French base in Lorient in
mid-September, the 75-foot trimaran
<<B&Q>> has been undergoing an
intensive refit to get her in 'round the
world' record mode. A team headed up by
Project Manager, Oli Allard, have been working
round the clock to prepare
<<B&Q>> to go back in the
water this Friday. "The work list was
pretty long," said Ellen. "But, as
usual, the guys have been doing a great job
and nearly every box is now ticked. Once she
is craned back in the water, the rig will go
in and then we will back doing some further
sea trials and media work before sailing
<<B&Q>> to Plymouth in the UK
to officially go on standby for our attempt on
the solo, round the world record."
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The
main refit work has focused on a major
structural check, overhaul and refit of new
deck gear, replacement of rigging and running
rigging as well as a full suite of new sails
including a new Code 0 (front sail). In
addition, the team have installed a new,
potentially, life-saving system that allows
Ellen to operate a launching mechanism for a
single person life raft in a man overboard
situation via remote control. "If you
fall or get knocked overboard when sailing
solo the prospects are pretty grim," said
Ellen, "but with this new system that has
been pioneered in France, I can launch the
life raft away from the boat."
STANDBY
FROM MID-NOVEMBER ...
If
all goes to plan, Ellen hopes
<<B&Q>> will be on standby
from mid-November. <<B&Q>>
will leave Lorient in France for Plymouth
where she will be stationed on standby for her
solo, round the world record attempt. In her
quest to become the fastest solo sailor on the
planet, Ellen will have to beat the existing
record set by Joyon on his 90ft trimaran,
IDEC, of 72 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 22
seconds .
NOTES
ON PREVIOUS RECORDS:
MacArthur
currently holds four solo sailing race
records:
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Plymouth
(UK) to Newport (US) east-west
transatlantic 14 days, 23 hours, 11
minutes (fastest female and winner of
Class 1 / Kingfisher monohull).
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Fastest
female to race solo around the world in
the 2000/2001 Vendée Globe in 94 days, 4
hours, 25 minutes, 40 seconds and
finishing 2nd overall (Kingfisher monohull).
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Route
du Rhum race (St Malo, France to
Guadeloupe) new course record 13 days, 13
hours, 31 minutes, 47 seconds (Kingfisher
monohull).
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Fastest
female solo to cross the Atlantic west to
east in 7 days, 3 hours, 49 minutes, 57
seconds (<<B&Q>> trimaran).
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Speed Records and TeamEllen
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For
further information, please contact Offshore
Challenges:
Lou
Newlands or Lucy Harwood
T: +44 (0)870 063 0210
E: lou@offshorechallenges.com or lucy@offshorechallenges.com
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Time
(officially capitalized TIME) is a weekly American
newsmagazine,
similar to Newsweek
and U.S.
News & World Report. A European edition (Time
Europe, formerly known as Time Atlantic) is
published from London.
Time Europe covers the Middle
East, Africa
and (since 2003) Latin
America. An Asian edition (Time Asia) is
based in Hong
Kong. A Canadian edition (Time Canada) is
based in Toronto.
The South Pacific edition, covering Australia, New
Zealand and the Pacific islands, is based in Sydney. In
some advertising campaigns, the magazine has noted that
the letters time stand for "Today Information Means
Everything."
TIME's
first cover (March 3, 1923)
History
The
first issue of Time was published on March
3, 1923,
featuring on its cover Joseph
G. Cannon, the retired Speaker
of the United States House of Representatives.
Preceding both of its major competitors, Time was
the first weekly news magazine in the United
States. It was co-founded in 1923 by Briton
Hadden and Henry
Luce. Both had worked together previously at Yale,
with Hadden and Luce serving as chairman and managing
editor, respectively, of the Yale
Daily News. Hadden died in 1929, and Luce became
the dominant man at Time and a major figure in
the history of 20th-century
media. Hadden was a rather carefree figure, who liked to
tease Luce and saw Time as something important
but also fun. That accounts for its tone, which many
people still criticize as too light for serious news and
more suited to its heavy coverage of celebrities
(including politicians), the entertainment industry, and
pop culture. It set out to tell the news through people,
and for many decades the magazine's cover was of a
single person. People
magazine was originally inspired by Time's
People page.
Style
Time
has always had its own writing style, parodied most
famously in 1938 by Wolcott
Gibbs in an article in The
New Yorker: "Backward ran sentences until
reeled the mind … Where it all will end, knows God."
The early days of incessantly inverted sentences and
"beady-eyed tycoons" and "great and good
friends," however, have long since vanished. The
magazine has only ever published one official editorial,
in 1974, calling for the resignation of Richard
Nixon. Time
is also known for its signature red border, which only
changed once in the magazine's eighty year history—the
issue released shortly after the September
11, 2001 attacks on the United States, which
featured a black border to show mourning.
Mergers
Time
became part of Time
Warner in 1989
when Warner Communications and Time, Inc. merged. Since 2000,
the magazine has been part of AOL Time Warner, which
subsequently reverted to the name Time Warner in 2003.
Person of the Year 2004
Man
of the Year
The
magazine's most famous feature over its 80 years has
been the annual Man
of the Year cover story, in which Time
recognizes the individual or group of individuals who
have had the biggest effect on the year's news. In 1999,
this feature was renamed "Person of the Year."
Despite the title, the recipient is not necessarily an
individual -- in 2003, it was "the American
soldier" -- or even a human. In 1982, the home
computer was recognized as "machine of the
year".
Albert
Einstein
was Time's person of the century in its last
edition of 1999.
Controversy
has occasionally arisen due to the designation of hated
figures as "Persons of the Year." The
distinction is supposed to go to the person who, for
good or ill, has most affected the course of the year;
it is therefore not an honour or reward. In the past,
such figures as Adolf
Hitler or Joseph
Stalin have been Persons of the Year. The magazine
backed down from this policy for its Person of the Year
in 2001: the feeling was that the person who had most
affected the course of the year was Osama
bin Laden, but the editorial board weighed the
policy against the risk of inciting outrage, and named Rudolph
Giuliani instead.
Time
Heroes
Time Magazine has paid "tribute to 29
dazzling people who shine their light on the
world..." in their October 11 special
issue. Ellen MacArthur was selected for her
inspiration in 'Setting Sail for Greatness'
and her work with the Ellen MacArthur Trust
that takes young children suffering from
cancer sailing. Ellen is featured alongside 28
other heroes from all walks of life who have
made an impact on the environment they work
in. The European Heroes include Anita Roddick,
founder of The Body Shop who campaigns for
human rights, fair trade and social justice;
actress Emma Thompson who is an ambassador for
ActionAid since 2001; and Otylia Jedrzejczak
of Poland who won a gold medal in Athens in
the 200m butterfly finals and has committed to
auctioning her medal to help raise money for
children suffering from leukemia. The European
Heroes were chosen as 'they inspire, create,
devote themselves to others, and even risk
their lives...' www.time.com
Ellen
Macarthur in her element
Time
For Kids
Time
For Kids
is an division magazine
of Time Magazine, that's specially published for children
and is mainly distributed in classrooms. TFK
contains some national
news, a "Cartoon of the Week", and a variety
of articles concerning popular culture that young ones
may be interested in. One annual issue concerning the
environment is distributed near the end of the U.S.
school term. The publication hardly ever ranges above
fifteen pages front and back.
No
Time for Charity
It
is our experience that Time Magazine is reluctant to
share articles it has put together from other research
most of which is freely available on the internet.
We have a different policy; to share information with
others wherever possible and not to make a fuss about
it. That said we are a not-for-profit concern,
whereas most magazines in print, including Time Magazine
are not.
ABOUT
ELLEN MACARTHUR
Ellen
grew up in landlocked Derbyshire, the daughter of
two. She became hooked on boats and sailing after
her aunt took her on a sailing trip when she was just
4. By the time she'd reached 8, Ellen had her own
dinghy, which she used on her local pond. At 18,
she was already sailing solo, notably on a trip around
Britain. The young Ellen always wanted to go to
university, but came down with mononucleosis, which scampered
her plans. With time on her hands to contemplate,
Ellen decided at this point she wanted to be a
professional sailor.
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MONONUCLEOSIS
Infectious mononucleosis
(pronounced: mah-no-noo-klee-o-sus),
sometimes called "mono" or "the
kissing disease," is an infection that is
usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
EBV is very common, and most people have been
exposed to the virus at some time in childhood.
Not everyone who is exposed to the virus
develops the symptoms of mono, though. As with
many viruses, it is possible to be exposed to
and infected with EBV without becoming sick.
People
who have been infected with EBV will carry the
virus for the rest of their lives - even if they
never have any signs or symptoms of mono. People
who do show symptoms of having mono probably
will not get sick, or have symptoms, again.
How
Do People Get Mono
One common way to
"catch" mono is by kissing someone who
has been infected, which is how the illness got
its nickname. But
what if you haven't kissed anyone? You can also
get mononucleosis through other types of direct
contact with saliva (spit) from someone infected
with the virus, such as by sharing a straw or an
eating utensil. Some people who have the virus
in their bodies never have any symptoms, but it
is still possible to pick up the virus from
them. Although experts believe that EBV can
spread from people who have the virus but don't
have symptoms of mono, people are most
contagious while they have a fever.
SYMPTOMS
These begin to appear in 4
to 7 weeks after infection with the virus. The
signs are:
-
constant
fatigue
-
fever
-
sore
throat
-
loss
of appetite
-
swollen
lymph nodes (also commonly known as glands,
located in your neck, underarms, and groin)
-
headaches
-
sore
muscles
-
larger-than-normal
liver and spleen
-
skin
rash
-
abdominal
pain
People
who have mono may have different combinations of
these symptoms, and some people may have
symptoms so mild that they hardly notice them.
Other people may have no symptoms at all.
Because these symptoms are so general and can be
signs of other illnesses, it's possible to
mistake mononucleosis for the flu
or even strep
throat. In fact,
occasionally some teens may have mono and strep
throat at the same time. When making a
diagnosis, the doctor may want to take some
blood tests to see if mono is causing your
symptoms. But even if the blood tests indicate
that you have mono, there isn't much the doctor
can do other than advise you to drink lots of
fluids and get lots of rest.
THE
CURE
There is no cure for
mononucleosis, but the good news is that even if
you do nothing, the illness will go away by
itself, usually in 3 to 4 weeks. Because mono is
caused by a virus, antibiotics such as
penicillin won't help unless you have an
additional infection like strep throat. In fact,
certain antibiotics can even cause a rash if you
take them while you have mono.
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Inevitably,
the road ahead was harsh financially. For about 3
years Ellen lived in a 90 square foot shed in a boatyard
with only basic facilities. From here she worked
and began her sponsorship quest. With only 2
replies to around 2,500 letters, she carried on
determinedly. Eventually, after racing solo across
the Atlantic, she teamed up with Kingfisher plc.
She was just 22. Three years on and she was
sailing an 18 footer in one of the hardest ocean
challenges; the Vendee Globe non-stop single handed
circumnavigation. Ellen finished 2nd after 94
days. She was the youngest, fastest (and smallest)
Briton to sail alone around the world non-stop.
Ellen
28, says she is lucky to be doing what she loves.
Her French admirers call out her favourite expression: à
donf, which means "go for it" and this is
what she's been doing all her life. In the
grueling world of round the world racing it seems this
is what you have to do, in between just getting on with
it.
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