West Virginia has long been known as an important coal producing state in the eastern United States. But many mines are closing, leaving their workers without a job.

James Scyphers was one of the workers. Today, he is happy to be working above ground—keeping bees. He says being a beekeeper is the best job he has ever had.

“A lot of times underground I had to work in water and dark conditions. It’s miserable,” he says. But beekeeping is a real enjoyable job. I’m paying off a lot of my bills that we’ve had in the past.

Scyphers found his current job through the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective. The non-profit program teaches people how to become beekeepers— including workers who have lost their jobs and other low-earning West Virginians seeking extra money. After a free five-week class, the new beekeepers receive bees, hives and the supplies they need to get started.

Expert beekeeper Mark Lilly teaches at the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective. He says that during his travels around the state, he has seen people without hope. But the beekeeping program can help a family make an additional three to five thousand dollars a year. “If you’re only making $30, 000 a year,” he said, “that’s a huge improvement in your life.”

Scyphers agrees that this beekeeping program is not only giving people more income, but better yet, it’s giving people something to look forward to each day.

West Virginia is a great place to raise bees and harvest honey. It has the largest forest in the world. Pesticides(杀虫剂)are rarely used because it doesn’t have commercial farming. In addition, it has many different plants and flowers all year round.

Being Positive Is A Choice

As we all know, no job is always ideal and we often face obstacles that can impact our mood at work. 【小题1】 but I think that being a positive person is a choice we can make.

However, sitting back and waiting for positive change to happen will only lead to greater disappointment. You have to start somewhere when looking for a potential new opportunity. Where do you stand with these four critical steps?

I have heard, “Oh, I know I need to do that soon”, more times than I care to say. No one enjoys this task, 【小题2】. It’s an annual commitment you need to make for yourself.   

We may all shrink at this since we think of having to meet with 20 strangers. 【小题3】. And talk about business, careers, or whatever. I can’t stress enough how important networking is.

The world is changing so fast and you have to stay up to speed with keeping your skills and new technology fresh. Take a class, read a book, and take a new course etc. These investments pay back with enormous profit.

Is your negativity at work now crossing into your personal life? Have you reviewed your hours doing business compared with personal time? This is so important and needs to be evaluated and discussed with your partner or friends on a regular basis. If you find that the negatives of work or personal life becoming too much, seeking professional assistance is a wise decision. 【小题5】. As these professionals are trained to assist those whose negative issues are hurdles too high to cross.

Astronaut（宇航员）Scott Kelly has been living on the International Space Station（ISS）since March 28, 2015. And just like any other home, the ISS requires some housekeeping, in the form of regular work and repairs.

That is why Kelly and his partner Kjell Lindgren performed activities, outside the station on Wednesday. The operation began at 8：03 am and lasted for more than seven hours. It was the first spacewalk for both men.

The ISS has been in continual use for 15 years, and has hosted over 200 people, including astronauts and private tourists. During their activities, Kelly and Lindgren did basic electrical work, such as attaching new wires that will provide power to docking ports（舱门）on the station. The ports will be used when other people arrive at the ISS. Also, the two astronauts fixed a thermal（防寒的）cover on a key scientific instrument on the station to protect it from the freezing temperatures of space.

As the more senior astronaut, Kelly led the spacewalk. However, Lindgren dealt with some of the more challenging parts of the job as he has longer arms than Kelly.

During a spacewalk, the simplest work becomes a difficult task. Kelly and Lindgren spent months training and practicing for the operation. The preparation began in NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab（NBL）. Here astronauts are made to work in an environment similar to the one outside the space station.

Even getting the space suits ready can take days. While each suit is built to fit the astronaut perfectly who will wear it, adjustments（调整）need to be made right up to the time when the spacewalk begins. The adjustments address any change in the astronauts' bodies that have occurred as a result of being in a gravity-free environment.