Day with a Difference - July 19, 2006

Today's Inspirational Quote:

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. - Joshua J. Marine

SEE YOUR REACHING (Cappucino Stories)

The Catalina Island is twenty-one miles away from the coast of California, and many people have taken the challenge to swim across it. On July 4th 1952, Florence Chadwick stepped into the water off Catalina Island to swim across to the California coast. She started well and on course, but later fatigue set in, and the weather became cold. She persisted, but fifteen hours later, numb and cold, she asked to be taken out of the water. After she recovered, she was told that she had been pulled out only half a mile away from the coast. She commented that she could have made it, if the fog had not affected her vision and she would have just seen the land. She promised that this would be the only time that she would ever quit.

She went back to her rigorous training. And two months later she swam that same channel. The same thing happened. The fatigue set in, and the fog obscured her view, but this time she swam with faith and vision of the land in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind the fog was land. She succeeded and became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel. She even broke the men's record by two hours.

Expand your knowledge base

If you're good at solving puzzles, these will be easy. Every answer is a two-word phrase in which the first word begins with "BE" and the second with "ST".
Nickname for Utah. BE_ _ _ _ _ ST_ _ _
What separates Alaska from Russia. BE _ _ _ _ ST_ _ _ _
Once a giant among the United States' metal manufacturers. BE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ST_ _ _

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Beehive State
Bering Strait
Bethlehem Steel

Have a memorable day!
Priya