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Building a Better Bee
You won't find anyone more passionate about building a better bee than bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, who holds dual appointments at the University of California, Davis and Washington State University.
For one thing, her spring workshops on queen bee rearing and instrumental insemination at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis are already filled and there's a waiting list. Those on the waiting list--or at least some of them--are expected to register for her Washington state summer classes.
Those should fill up fast, too.
Cobey and her work are mentioned today in a Washington Post article, "In search of a better bee."
A key enemy of honey bees is the varroa mite, a parasitic critter that feeds on bee brood. Sometimes you'll even see it clinging to a foraging adult.
Cobey seeks to improve her stock. This includes building a better hygienic bee that can remove the varroa mites from the cells and the brood.
It's not an easy task.
"As vital as the hygienic bee is, the breeder must preserve desirable traits--a reluctance to sting or swarm, for example, as well as genetic diversity in a hedge against future diseases or pests," wrote Washington Post reporter Adrian Higgins.
"That's why gains are so slow," Cobey told her in the news story. "I would say we are just in the infancy of bee breeding."
Higgins wrote that Cobey is one of only a handful in the country skilled at artificially inseminating "virgin queens from known drone stock."
Why artificial insemination? When a virgin queen bee mates with drones in the drone congregation area (she mates in flight with a 12 to 20 drones or more), the breeding stock can't be controlled.
With queen bee insemination, it can be.
That's one of the reasons why Cobey's workshops draw students from throughout the world, and why they fill up fast.
Queen bee insemination, perfected by bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey of UC Davis and Washington State University, can help aid the troubled bee industry. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey (right) with fellow researcher John Pollard of Canada at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gathering of Beekeepers
Let it bee.
But the California State Beekeepers' Association (CSBA) certainly won't.
Today they're enjoying tours and a president's reception. Then Tuesday through Thursday, it's all business. Or bees-ness.
UC Davis will be represented by three speakers: assistant professor Brian Johnson, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, and bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey.
Johnson who joined the UC Davis Department of Entomology last summer, will be introduced at the 9 a.m. session on Tuesday. He will speak at 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday: His topic "Plans for UC Davis Bee Research Program." Johnson specializes in behavior, evolution, and genetics of honey bees, and apiculture. (See lab research)
A former UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) at UC Berkeley, Johnson earlier served as a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at UC San Diego and the University of Bristol, UK.
He holds a doctorate (2004) from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. in behavioral biology (thesis: "Organization of Work in the Honey Bee").
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty since 1976, will speak on "The State of California Beekeeping" at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday. He also will discuss on "Swarm Prevention" at 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday.The veteran bee guy serves as a liaison between the academic world of apiculture and the real world of beekeeping and crop pollination.
Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, who shares a dual appointment with the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis and Washington State University (WSU), will discuss "How to Raise Queens" at 8 a.m. on Wednesday.
Cobey's research focuses on identifying, selecting and enhancing honey bee stocks that show increasing levels of resistance to pests and diseases. Cobey developed the New World Carniolan stock, a dark, winter hardy race of honey bees, in the early 1980s by back-crossing stocks collected from throughout the United States and Canada to create a more pure strain. Stock imported from the German Carnica Association has recently been added to enhance this breeding program.
Cobey and entomology professor Steve Sheppard of WSU are importing honey bee germplasm to increase genetic diversity in the U.S. honey bee gene pool. In addition, with stock imported from the Republic of Georgia, they hope to re-establish the subspecies Apis mellifera caucasica, another dark race of bee that is not currently recognizable in the U.S.
The CSBA is headed by president Frank Pendell, Stonyford; vice president Bryan Ashurst, Westmorland; secretary-treasurer Carlen Jupe, Salida; and past president Roger Everett of Porterville.
The CSBA purpose is to "educate the public about the beneficial aspects of honey bees, advance research beneficial to beekeeping practices, provide a forum for cooperation among beekeepers, and to support the economic and political viability of the beekeeping industry."
And that it does. It will be a busy week.
Newly emerged worker bee from the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis.
A newly emerged worker bee (front) and a drone (male). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
ABC in Argentina
It's a matter of A, B, C.
"A" is for Argentina. "B" is for bees. And "C" is for Cobey.
Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey of the University of California, Davis and Washington State University will deliver the keynote address at the beekeeping technology symposium on Production of Live Material at the 42nd annual Apimondia International Beekeeping Congress, set Sept. 21-25 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In addition, Cobey and fellow bee researcher Walter "Steve" Sheppard, professor and chair of the Department of Entomology at Washington State University, Pullman, will present a poster, "Collaborative Stock Enhancement Project to Increase Genetic Diversity of U.S. Honey Bee Populations."
The poster session is on Sept. 22; her talk on Sept. 23.
Cobey's research focuses on identifying, selecting and enhancing honey bee stocks that show increasing levels of resistance to pests and diseases. Cobey developed the New World Carniolan stock, a dark, winter hardy race of honey bees, in the early 1980s by back-crossing stocks collected from throughout the United States and Canada to create a more pure strain. Stock imported from the German Carnica Association has recently been added to enhance this breeding program. In collaborations with Steve Sheppard, they are importing honey bee germplasm to increase genetic diversity in the U.S. honey bee gene pool. In addition, stock from the Republic of Georgia has been imported to re-establish the subspecies Apis mellifera caucasica, another dark race of bee that is not currently recognizable in the U.S.
A critical aspect of this program is the technology transfer of beekeeping skills. Cobey teaches queen bee rearing and queen bee inseminations classes every spring at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility.
Cobey, who has taught the specialized classes since the early 1980s, draws researchers and beekeepers from throughout the world, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rico, England, Egypt, France, Spain India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Venezuela, Columbia.
By invitation, she's also taught several classes in the host countries of Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica Egypt, Jamaica, Mexico, Turkey and South Africa.
It's spring now in Argentina. Time for the spring build-up for the bees. Then in early October, Cobey will head to Santiago, Chile to teach bee breeding techniques and instrumental insemination of queen bees.
Spreading the technology. Saving the bees. Enhancing genetic diversity. That's what it's all about.
Susan Cobey checks out a frame at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's ahead for the beekeeping industry? Susan Cobey will speak at the bee conference in Argentina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Color Them All Bee-utiful
Often you'll hear kindergarten students asking one another: "What's your favorite color?"
Beekeepers do that, too--in a joking sort of way. Some like to rear the blond Italians; some prefer the darker Carniolans, developed from the area of the Carniolan Alps in southeastern Europe; and others opt for the even darker bees, the Caucasians, originating from the Caucasus Mountains of eastern Europe.
It's the desirable traits, not the color, though, that really matters.
"More than 20 breeds of bees have been identified, and many of these have been tested by beekeepers for their ability to live in manmade hives, as well as their adaptability to the moderate climates of the world," writes Bee Culture editor Kim Flottum in his excellent book, The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden.
"Many species," Flottum continues in his book, "have been abandoned by beekeepers because they possess undesirable traits, such as excessive swarming, poor food-storage traits, or extreme nest protection."
Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, who has a dual appointment with the University of California, Davis and Washington State University, is partial to her New World Carniolans, a bee line she established.
Overall, the Carniolans are known as a good colder-weather bee. The Italians, though, are the most common bee in the United States. Sometimes you'll see an Italian bee so blond it's lemony.
Jackie Park-Burris of Palo Cedro, chair of the California State Apiary Board, rears Italians, which leads to good natured-ribbing between her and Cobey about "the best bee."
If you're interested in genetic diversity, mark your calendar for May 2, 2012. Cobey will speak on "Importation of Honey Bee Germplasm to Increase Genetic Diversity in Domestic Breeding Stocks" at her seminar from 12:10 to 1 p.m. in 122 Briggs Hall, UC Davis. It's part of a series of seminars that the UC Davis Department of Entomology is sponsoring. Plans are to webcast this; so stay tuned.
Meanwhile, take a look at foraging honey bees in your neighborhood. Like the patchwork coat in the Dolly Parton song, "Coat of Many Colors," you'll see many colors.
Many, many colors. And some belong to young bees with a fuzzy thorax and fresh wings, and some to old bees with a bare thorax and tattered wings.
What's your favorite bee? Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology who maintains an office at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis, says that "beauty is only skin (integument) deep."
"I prefer the ones with a good disposition regardless of their external appearance even on a 'bad hair day,'" Thorp says.
Good point.
As for me, to paraphrase American humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935), "I've never met a bee I didn't like."
I haven't met any of those highly aggressive, super-defensive Africanized bees, though.
Not yet...
Darker bee and a light-colored bee foraging on sedum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beautifully striped honey bee working the sedum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Caucasian bee (from the Caucasus Mountains) on saliva. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Beekeeper's Lament
Award-winning journalist Hannah Nordhaus tells the story of migratory beekeeper John Miller of Gackle, N.D., who trucks his bees throughout much of the country to pollinate farmers' crops, including almonds in California.
She frames her story with interesting tidbits about bees, bee health, honey, research and beekeepers.
Nordhaus writes exceptionally well. Although not a beekeeper, she followed Miller around to his bee yards, beekeeping conferences and to his home in Gackle (which is about 100 miles from Bismarck).
Bees, she says, "are creatures of routine, sticklers for order. Their short lives revolve around tending and cleaning and feeding the queen and the young. Bees are single-minded. They do not ditch their queen just because they feel like it. They do not get restless and leave their young. They do not go on flights of fancy. They do not enroll in semesters abroad on a whim or grow dreadlocks or get tattoos or go on extended vacations. They do their jobs."
That's her marvelous lead-in for colony collapse disorder (CCD), the mysterious phenomenon characterized by adult bees abandoning the hive.
Nordhaus describes Miller as a guy who loves bees, spreadsheets, humor and his friends. He's descended from Nephi Ephraim Miller, a Mormon farmer known as "the father of migratory beekeeping" and the first beekeeper to produce "the nation's first million-pound crop of honey."
Miller maintains one of the biggest beekeeping operations in the country--although not quite as big as South Dakota's Richard Adee, who has 80,000 hives, Nordhaus says.
Born in 1954, Miller has a "Jimmy Stewart-like voice and an eternally bemused expression," Nordhaus writes. He doesn't cuss. He uses "cowboy words" (especially when he gets stung).
Other bee guys mentioned in her book include California queen producers Pat Heitkam of Orland and Bob and Bill Koehnen of C. H. Koehnen & Sons of Glenn. (Note: Students who enroll in bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey's annual instrumental insemination class at UC Davis visit these queen bee-breeding operations.)
Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. (1907-2003), also mentioned in The Beekeeper's Lament, was Cobey's mentor. The Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road at UC Davis bears his name.
Laidlaw is considered "the father of modern queen-rearing," Nordhaus points out. (Note: he's also considered "the father of bee genetics.")
"He (Laidlaw) was the pope to anybody that raises queens," Heitkam told her. "To have shaken his hand is an honor."
Yes, indeed.
Nordhaus writes as if she's chatting with John Miller in his living room and we're listening in and don't want the conversation to end. We want to hear more about the bee folks, how they feel about their bees, and what they're doing to ward off pests, pesticides, diseases and the like.
Anyone who has ever opened a hive can identify with Nordhaus' comment: "Ask any beekeeper: bees are addictive--their purposefulness, their solidarity, their endless complexity. Miller loves nothing better than the sight of a teeming frame of bees, of sealed-up honeycombs and brood heady to hatch."
"Ah," he told Nordhaus, "that's prosperity right there."
Bee folks are like that.
She got it right.
Beekeeper John Miller (right, with yellow gloves and smoker) tending his hives. Copyrighted photo, 2010, by Melody Owen, used with permission.
Pat Heitkam of Orland, who operates a queen bee-rearing business, tends his hives. He is mentioned in "The Beekeeper's Lament." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
C. F. Koehnens & Sons is one of the bee businesses mentioned in the book. Here Susan Cobey of UC Davis chats with Bob Koehnen (back to camera). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)


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Second Leg in Home Price Declines Underway
By Dirk van Dijk of Zacks.com
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- In September, home prices continued to slip, and the declines were very widespread. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.67% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is up just 1.52% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.80% on the month and is up 0.55% from a year ago.
In August, the year-over-year gains were 2.50% for the C-10 and 1.61% for the C-20, so it looks like the year-over-year gains are rolling over. Of the 20 cities, only one (Washington DC, and it was only up 0.05%) posted a gain on the month, while 19 saw prices fall. Year over year, five metro areas saw gains and 15 suffered losses. In August, there were also 19 down and just one up. It thus looks like a new downtrend in housing prices is under way.
Consider Seasonal Adjustments to Prices
There is a seasonal pattern to home prices, and thus it is better to look at the seasonally adjusted numbers than the unadjusted numbers. Most of the press makes the mistake of focusing on the unadjusted numbers.While the 0.55% rise in the C-20 year over year in isolation is not the end of the world, it hardly makes up for the damage that was done in the popping of the housing bubble, and it is also unlikely to last. From the April 2006 peak of the housing market, the C-10 is down 29.83%, while the C-20 is off by 29.56%. The Case-Schiller data is the gold standard for housing price information, but it comes with a very significant lag. This is September data we are talking about, after all, and it is actually a three-month moving average, so it still includes data from July and August. Existing home sales have been weak since the home buyer tax credit expired. In the process, the inventory-to-sales ratio has been extremely high, at 10 months, although that is down from the June peak of 12.5 months. That is what we saw during the implosion of housing prices that took place in 2007 or 2008. Housing prices are going to fall again in the coming months.
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You start on a diet, count calories and lose some weight. You join a gym, develop an exercise regimen and lose some more weight -- but not enough. You fall off the diet, neglect the gym membership, gain the weight back and feel guilty. You redouble your efforts and banish all fats from your diet. Although youre fond of tree nuts like almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans and walnuts, you add them to your list of forbidden foods.
Now you can give in to temptation and still achieve your fitness goals. New research suggests that you should consider putting nuts back on the menu. Far from being part of the problem, it turns out that nuts may be your ticket to weight loss.
The Nut Paradox
Its a common misconception that nuts are fattening and that eating them will cause you to gain weight. Although all varieties (except chestnuts) are high in fat, eating nuts can actually help you lose weight. Although this information seems counter-intuitive, its been proven repeatedly in scientific studies.
The Proof
Researchers led by R.D. Mattes of the Department of Foods and Nutrition at Purdue University conducted a review that was published in the 2010 Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The objective was to determine, once and for all, how nuts impact body weight and weight loss by examining the results of studies conducted worldwide on the subject. To that end, data was collected from epidemiologic, interventional, mechanistic, longitudinal and cohort studies, as well as dietary intervention nut studies, clinical trials and health surveys. In all, 43 studies, trials and surveys were referenced for the review, covering over two hundred thousand human test subjects.
The Benefits
The review found several benefits to be gained from making nuts a part of your weight loss program. First of all, people who eat nuts have a lower body mass index (BMI). This is due to several factors, one of which is greater adherence to diet. Over time, its easier to adhere to a diet that allows a moderate amount of fat than it is to stick to a low-fat or non-fat diet. Failure to stick with the program is the main reason behind the inability to lose weight. Nut eaters also were found to have higher levels of good (HDL) cholesterol and a more favorable lipid profile, making them less likely to develop heart disease. They also had higher intakes of vitamins A and E, minerals and dietary fiber.
Why It Works
There are several mechanisms by which nuts help reduce body mass, even without exercise or other dietary restrictions.
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Dieters often give in to cravings, but eating nuts imparts a feeling of fullness. Snacking on nuts results in eating less at mealtime. Adding nuts to the diet also reduces the feelings of deprivation that can accompany long-term dieting.
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Although nuts are energy-dense - meaning that they are high in calories - the body doesnt absorb that energy very efficiently. This seems to be the case when eating whole nuts as compared to nut butters, implying that some of it has to do with how thoroughly the nuts are chewed. When whole nuts are consumed, much of their caloric value goes in one end and out the other.
3. Increased metabolism
The human body expends energy even while asleep in the service of basic functions like breathing, heartbeat and maintaining body temperature. Its called the Basal Metabolic Rate or BMR. The higher the BMR, the more calories you burn without having to do anything, so an increased BMR is desirable for weight loss. As you age, your BMR decreases, creating a connection between age and weight gain. BMR also decreases as you lose weight, which is why many dieters encounter a plateau after the initial pounds have been shed. Anything that increases BMR is called thermogenic. Exercise can increase BMR and so can foods. Nuts have been found to be quite thermogenic, owing at least in part to their high levels of protein and unsaturated fats. One study analyzed by Mattes and his researchers showed that daily consumption of a moderate amount of peanuts over a 19-week period increased BMR by a whopping 11%.
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The average woman in the United States is 30 years old, 5 4 tall and weighs 160 lbs. Her basic metabolism burns calories at the rate of 1511 per day. If she were to increase her BMR by 11%, then she would burn an extra 166 calories each day without changing her lifestyle in any way. If shes happy with her weight, then she just got a free pass to eat an additional 166 calories. If she doesnt eat those extra calories, then she would lose weight at a rate of about 1.4 lbs per month or 17 lbs per year. And as an extra, added bonus, she simultaneously would get to enjoy eating a daily dose of nuts.
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Nuts can be added to your diet without the fear of additional weight gain. A small handful eaten as a snack or sprinkled on a salad will boost your resting metabolism, lower your BMI and help you adhere to your diet. Roasted nuts are deep-fried in fattening, unhealthy oils, so instead choose raw, unsalted nuts for the healthiest option (or dry roasted nuts as the next best option otherwise). When eaten in moderation, nuts can be an important component of a successful weight loss program.
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Phil Jones - Nature Interview - His Loss of China Records "Not Acceptable"
Climatologist Phil Jones answers his critics in an exclusive interview with Nature
The Guardian Reports:
Phil Jones, the head of the Climate Research Unit at the University East Anglia, admitted it was "not acceptable" that records underpinning a 1990 global warming study have been lost.
The missing records make it impossible to verify claims that rural weather stations in developing China were not significantly moved, as it states in the 1990 paper, which was published in Nature. "It's not acceptable ... [it's] not best practice," Jones said.
He acknowledged that the stations "probably did move" but insisted he did not know this when he wrote the 1990 paper.
But he said that "the science still holds up".
Jones said critics were "trying to pick out minor things in the data and blow them out of all proportion".
He said: "I don't think we should be taking much notice of what's on blogs because they seem to be hijacking the peer-review process."
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Regarding your story "Climatologist Phil Jones answers his critics in an exclusive interview with Nature" it is notable how Nature went about reporting the story of the dispute between me and Jones. The dispute essentially boils down to this: one party accused another party of fraud. Nature's reporting consisted of asking the accused party if he was guilty, and finding that the accused declared himself innocent. The reporting did not include examining any evidence for the accusation, nor interviewing the accuser. (Inadequate resources could not be the problem, because the journalist traveled to Jones' university in Norwich, to do the interview.) Even without assessing the merits of my accusation, then, I believe it is fair to say that the reporting on this was a failure.
Also, I left a comment on the Nature web page (it's #2), which criticizes some of the claims made in the Nature article.
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The mainstream mental picture of our most northern state as a deserted frozen tundra is not entirely accurate. Sure there's ice, but as summer blankets the land and the blooming season erupts, there are gorgeous scenic views and waterfalls everywhere you go. The colors of blossoming plumage are at their most vibrant. The air is the freshest and most pure you'll ever breathe. The sun never goes down in June and July and nature is simply at its best. To me, Alaska is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
I flew into Anchorage and stayed one night at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel. But Anchorage is not all that Alaska has to offer. As a person who loves the outdoors, I wanted to be in the more rural areas. However, it is definitely worth a short stay in the city if only to visit the Alaska Heritage Museum at Wells Fargo. Exhibiting artifacts native to Alaskan cultures, this is by far one of the best museums in the region.
On our first night, my boyfriend Casey and I checked out a couple of the gay bars in town. Places like Raven and Mad Myrna's were fun, but much more low key and less flashy than the bars you'll find in mainland major cities. The people there are amazing. They're always eager to meet new gay people and have a few drinks; start up a conversation and you'll find them to be the most open and affording people you may ever meet.
On a clear day in Anchorage you can see Mount McKinley just north of the city. You can get an even better view on an aerial tour, which I recommend.
We drove our rental car south and began our tour of the Kenai Peninsula. In between the little towns, we had to stop along the road to soak in the spectacular views. The serene settings of the mountains, ocean and wildlife pulsate with pure vibrancy and natural wonder. They were so inspiring, I paused to sketch and paint the majestic sights.
With its frequent snowfall and high mountaintops, Girdwood is home to some of the best skiing in the country and KEUL FM, the "legal private radio station" founded by an openly gay local in 1997. On your way to town, you should definitely stop off at the animal refuge and see the large roaming bison in their natural habitat.
Gliding at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood
Easily accessible to the Alyeska Resort, other outdoor activities include mountain top gliding (I can't believe I did it!), white water rafting and hiking. While in Girdwood, we rode the tram to the top of a mountain and took up with local openly gay and well-known stained glass artist Jim Kaizer. We enjoyed lunch at The Bake Shop, where Jim's work is on display. His studio and exhibit space is next door and showcases some of the best stained glass I've ever seen. Be sure to look him up when you're in town – he was so hospitable that he invited us to tour his home.
The Portage Glacier is a popular site 10 minutes outside of town by car. It's worth a stop if only to take a deep breath and be intrigued by the beauty of the rock formations and the reflecting spectrum of color off the glacial ice.
The only place to see the massive Harding Ice Field is at Exit Glacier just outside of Seward. There, you can choose one of the trails that takes you right up to glacier's edge or the more wooded route showing the temperate rainforest that emerges when the ice recedes.
At Seward we stayed at the Adams Street Bed and Breakfast. I'd highly recommend taking a private room with a bathroom. It costs a little more but as a gay couple wanting the extra privacy, it's worth it. Don't miss the Seward Aquarium and Wildlife Research Center, where you can take a behind the scenes wildlife tour of the habitats and the research. You'll get the chance to touch baby seals, starfish and other marine creatures.
Flightseeing with Scenic Mountain Air
To learn how spectacular Alaska really is, you have to go "flightseeing." Casey and I flew over the Bear Glacier with Scenic Mountain Air in a small Piper PA-18 propeller plane and watched bears fishing in the river. The view is unlike anything you'll ever experience. It's like being on the Discovery Channel. You really get a sense for how awesome and enormous the ice-aged ice fields actually are.
Then it was time to fish! Alaska's got the best fishing opportunities for halibut, silver fish and salmon. You'll need a license to go on any charted fishing tour. These are available at any bait and tackle shop. And once you get your license, there's no better charter to take than the Puffin Fishing Charter.
I didn't have any expectations when the Seward Chamber of Commerce set this up for me. However, I soon found out that Puffin Fishing is the only gay-owned charter in town and Captain and First Mate Leslie and Denni are amazing!
Puffin Fishing Charter
As two gay women, the other fisherman didn't take them seriously when they first started out. Yet they have proven themselves to be the best in Seward. They will go out of their way to accommodate you (especially if they know you're gay).
The charter starts around 6 a.m. Leslie, Denni and their beautiful assistant Melissa will provide you with everything you need, even filet your catch, freeze it, store it or vacuum seal and ship it for you. Keep in mind it is best to wear sturdy, slip-resistant shoes and multiple layers of clothing, as the temperature varies dramatically during the course of a long day.
Even carrying up to 16 people, the boat is very comfortable. The feeling of intimacy on board is second only to the warm and inviting ambience Leslie and Denni create. They made me feel free to be myself with my boyfriend, unlike the atmosphere on all the "straight" fishing boats I have been on in the past. Wanting us to get a better catch, they took us further out to sea where we spotted playful whales flipping their fins on the water's surface.
This was the best time I'd ever had on a fishing boat. I was so grateful I invited them all out to dinner afterwards.
On the boat I met Jessey, Denni and Leslie's best lesbian friend. What an amazing woman! If I were a lesbian, I would snatch her up right away. I am in love with her. It didn't take much for her to invite Casey and I to spend some time with her at her log cabin on the river in Soldotna – that she built herself! Spending time with her there, watching her dogs run free on her land and going river fishing for the best king salmon in the region was unforgettable (we caught one that was about six-feet long). We stayed out fishing until 11 or 12 at night and prepared dinner at 1a.m. Jessey was right there with us, helping with the meal and making us feel right at home. I had another chance to do some painting there, and being grateful for all her hospitality, I gave Jessey one of my original pieces.
Catch of the Day from Puffin Fishing Charter
On the way to visit Jessey, we stayed at the Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge in Cooper Landing. Though this town offers amazing mountain views of the Kenai River, famous for its dazzling blue-green hues, fishing, white water rafting and kayaking, here we choose to just take it easy. The lodge has a great restaurant and spa. Casey and I and took the opportunity to share a few romantic moments and took solace on the balcony overlooking the gorgeous scenes. There, I did a lot of watercolors and took tons of pictures.
The final stop was for Alaskan halibut in the native fisherman village of Homer. It's a very open place with huge horizons over the land and water that seems to go on forever. The pier is lined with small bars and pubs and the town itself is reminiscent of the one portrayed in the George Clooney film The Perfect Storm. Though locals limit the amount of fish you can catch in one day, there's no limit on the weight. Being that these halibut are some of the biggest in the country, running around 60 to 70 pounds each, you can still walk off with close to 350 pounds of fish at the end of the day.
Tears were in my eyes as I made my way back to the airport. I didn't want to leave! I wanted to stay so badly. I had never known such a friendly and accepting gay community in Alaska, and I might have missed it had it not been for Jim, Denni, Leslie, Jessey and all the others. It was one of the best experiences I ever had in my life.
I was so enamored by the scenery of the Kenai Peninsula and hospitality of its locals that I've been inspired to start hosting organized trips for LGBT travelers.


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June 15, 2011
bendaroos, cuts & scrapes & piles of paper
This is the second to last week of school for Keira. All kinds of papers, crafts and homework books have been coming home. Piles and piles of them that we've been loving going through and seeing Keira's progress throughout the year.
I came home with these Bendaroos wax sticks for Keira and we've been having fun making pirate penguins, tomato planets and rocket ships! It also keeps the kiddo occupied while I'm frantically trying to figure out and make supper meals. The wax sticks are really fun to play with!
Some of the things Keira has been coming home with doesn't involve paper or grades but rather cuts, bruises and scrapes. Plenty of them all over her knees, legs and arms. Her major scrape (and I mean one of those disgusting top couple of layers of skin came off type of deals) came via playing cosom hockey outside.
Tomorrow is pizza/movie night at school and she gets to wear street clothes! I'm hoping she won't pick anything too sparkly to wear to school..
Posted by Chantale Park at Wednesday, June 15, 2011
3 comments:
- And So I Whisper said...
those Bemdaroos look like real fun. I have not seen them before. Will def show them to my daughter.
- June 15, 2011 at 6:41 PM
- MarieLaure said...
un gros bisous pour bien cicatriser
ses petits bobos.
pauvre chérie.
- June 16, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- OLD BRAND NEW said...
The last photo of Keira is one of the most beautiful photo I've seen of her, and there are many! She looks so pensive. It's so gorgeous. So good, Chantale!
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Recently CBS News featured the Gallaudet women's basketball team and their coach (who has Parkinson's Disease) and told the story of how their team has gone from losing badly to being nationally ranked. The American Spirit embodies the heart and soul of America. CBS News looks for people who are inspiring, helping, working towards, or having a positive impact on the lives of other people. The American Spirit airs Wednesdays and Fridays on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
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We had a refried beans success with this excellent recipe from Homesick Texan. Bean burritos were on the dinner menu tonight. I have to concur with the recipe author – the secret to a refried beans recipe success is cooking them with salt pork and bacon drippings. Yikes! We won't be having this recipe on a regular basis due to the saturated fat content – but it's a nice occasional treat.
I thought they tasted a little too bacon-y. Some may wonder…why is bacon-y a problem? The kids took a small taste before dinner was served – I've never seen them so excited about having beans for dinner! This recipe was loved by all.
Like the recipe specified, I used dried beans. You can learn how to cook beans from dried, step-by-step from my video. For convenience, the recipe can also be started from canned pinto beans as Homesick Texan suggests.
My previous attempt at homemade refried beans was not successful – that was a vegetarian version. I'm still on the the lookout for a successful vegetarian recipe that my children will love as much as this one. This refried beans recipe from Rockin' Robin's looks very promising.
I think they other reason why the kids liked these refried beans so much is because
- It had no spice (like cumin). If you like spice, you might want to try this Emeril Lagasse Refried Beans recipe.
- I let the kids make their own burritos. They spread the beans on a tortilla and got to choose their own toppings (cheese and sour cream). I also mixed some sour cream with diced chipotle chiles in adobo sauce for the adults. Chipotle chiles are canned and can be found in the Mexican food section at your grocery store. It's a quick way to get smoky spicy flavor into the sour cream. Avocados, rice, and tomatoes also make great toppings.
- I served the beans in a fancy dish…our daughter loved this. It makes them look so special!
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Aaron Wissner interviews Robert Rapier after ASPO 2011
Following last year's ASPO conference, I was interviewed by Aaron Wissner of Local Future, which is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to issues of energy, the environment, and sustainability. Aaron just made that interview available, and instead of an R-Squared Energy TV episode this week, I thought I would share this interview with readers.
Among other things, we discuss:
- The reasons that I became interested in energy issues
- My Long Recession hypothesis
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- The importance of taking control of your personal energy consumption
- Why lower oil consumption in the U.S. didn't lead to lower oil prices
- The climate change challenge
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Personal and organizational growth
Effectiveness in personal life and group interactions is ensured only through the application of correct principles. All builders of things that will endure recognize the importance of a strong foundation. We practice this in physical structures but disregard this rule many times,unfortunately, in personal and interpersonal life. Profound ideas for effectiveness are discussed on the blog.
Sunday, 11 May 2014
What to you is a good life?
I ask people this fundamental life question, "What to you is a good life?" For the answer to be effective it should be personal and include all areas of life.
I also have tried to answer it. A good life for me is: to be totally godly; to be a faithful and reliable husband; to be a great father; to inspire people I encounter to be the best God wants them to be by modelling and teaching true excellence.
What entails good life to you can be reviewed as you gain more understanding.
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
We were all born very foolish
I was born very foolish. You, yes you, were born very foolish. King Solomon said, 'Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child'. It is the responsibility of the child's parents (or foster parents) to take out some of the foolishness. ( I said 'some' because no one can take out all the foolishness in a child's heart). How will parents who themselves retain much of the childhood foolishness help to rid a child of much of the foolishness? The child raised by such parents has the task of ridding himself of some of the foolishness his parents should have helped with.
We are somewhat disturbed when a young man/woman manifests a level of foolishness that is expected from a younger child. Everyone of us still carries about some of that childhood foolishness. However the degree varies. I dare say that your success in life is determined by how much you have ridded yourself of the childhood foolishness.
The process of departing from childhood foolishness is a path we all must take to attain maturity(wisdom) whether we had a great headstart with our parents or not.
Note: Now that you are grown you can't keep laying the responsibility for your foolishness at your parents' doorstep.
Friday, 11 April 2014
Why would I save to buy a typewriter to use to produce documents? Why would I study Secretarial Studies at an age when everyone can now easily produce documents they need? Why would I make huge investments to set up keyboard and mouse production line? Why would I think the smarter child is the one who does better in Mathematics? Why would I put pressure on my child to join a profession because such was considered when I was his age, the profession of the higher social class? Why would I make huge sacrifices to acquire a skill that increasingly has no more problems to solve?
The reason I would do any of the above is because I lack understanding of the times; it is because I have refused to attempt to detach my thinking from the mob worldview—social mirror; it is because I don't understand relevance.; it is because I have not prudently studied the connection between my activities and their results; it is because I assume I can be busily involved in any kind of activities while thinking that somehow they will just result in the consequences I desire.Sometimes, relevance is a very individual concept. Things I do that amount to relevance for me might not amount to relevance for you. Your destination determines relevance for you!
Monday, 10 February 2014
Foundations of Effectiveness
Effectiveness is not efficiency. Most times, effectiveness has within it efficiency but they are different. It has been said that efficiency is doing things right while effectiveness is doing the right thing. Effectiveness is focused on accomplishing the objective. It is not just doing things. It is not just being busy. It is not even being a hardworking person. It is getting what should be done done sustainably. We need effectiveness personally, in families, in business organizations, in government, in every human endeavour. The obvious consequence of ineffectiveness is WASTE, WASTE, WASTE!
Effectiveness is founded on these 3 principles:
· Purpose—there must be a purpose. Trying to achieve effectiveness without a purpose is like trying hard to score a goal when the goal posts are down. It is purpose that defines effectiveness. Therefore, to be effective individuals, organizations, groups must have purpose.
· Long term perspective—effectiveness cannot be disconnected from a view of life that goes beyond the now. The farther you sight, the more effective you will be.
· The Whole (Holistic view)—being holistic in view refers to a kind of outlook that sees the whole and the relationship between the parts. There is an unmistakeable interconnectedness in life. This means that progress in one aspect usually affects progress in other areas. The same way decline in one area affects other parts. The effective individual is aware of this and uses his resources with prudence.
Thursday, 26 December 2013
The gift in the manger
I had always thought a manger as an animal house. How wrong I was! A manger is actually a feeding trough for cattle or horses. The most precious gift of all time was laid in the manger! So Jesus was not just laid in some place in the animal house. It was actually the feeding trough. It does not cease to blow my mind the fact that God chose to give the Saviour in such a lowly place. It was no coincidence that the inns were all filled up. God wanted it so. This points some things out to me:
- The things of greatest value are with the lowly.
- Things of abundant worth do not need extensive packaging. The value will still show forth. In fact excessive packaging may belie a content of little value.
- Value is not always in the celebrated or well-known place.
It still blows my mind that the greatest of all gifts was given in a manger!


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Review: OtterBox Commuter Series for BlackBerry Tour
I'm always impressed with OtterBox cases, and how they protect my BlackBerry. For the past week or so I've been testing out OtterBox's new Commuter Series for the BlackBerry Tour. The Commuter Series is the mid-range case from OtterBox, which combines the best of both worlds with its tough silicon skin, and hard shell. The Commuter Series basically just combines two already great products, the Impact Series and Defender Series, which we've reviews lots.
So as I said for the past week or so I've been testing out the Commuter Series for the first time. I have to say I love having a hard shell, but also the silicon skin in a small and compact design. When reviewing previous OtterBox cases such as the Defender Series my biggest compliant was the size (you really couldn't use it day to day). Well the new Commuter series really doesn't add all the bulk. I'm happy to say I can use this every day with no issues.
Like the Defender Series all ports including the headphones and charger port are covered by a rubber plug, which is built right into the skin. This ensures that no dirt or dust gets inside. One thing you might ask is how does it protect the display? Well OtterBox has you covered there as well. Included in both the Commuter Series and Impact Series is a "clear protective film" or screen protector.
How well does it protect? It's really hard to describe the amount of protection you get from OtterBox cases. As I said above the Commuter Series basically combines their two popular cases into one more compact design. You get the silicon skin for the first layer, which absorbs any bumps, as well protects the top, bottom, sides, and back. The hard shell which goes over top of the silicon skin protects your device from more of the drops, nicks and dings.
Pricing: Personally I think the Commuter Series is priced just right at $34.95. It falls right in between their Impact Series (which retails for $20) and their Defender Series (which retails at $50).
Overall: I'm happy with the Commuter Series for the BlackBerry Tour. I will most likely be making this my everyday case, and replacing my RIM "tough skin". I recommend this case to anyone who thought OtterBox cases we're too big and bulky. I wouldn't say this case makes your Tour indestructible by any means, and if you're in a rugged environment I would suggest something like the Defender Series to play safe. The Commuter Series will be for more of the day to day user, looking for protection and compact size.
Tips: The Commuter Series is a great case! Unfortunately it does lack the tough holster (like the Defender Series). If you will be using the Commuter as your day to day case it does fit inside the stock Tour case, which may be included in your box.
Editor's [rating: 4.5/5]
Where to Buy: You can pick up the Commuter Series or Any other OtterBox cases from the BlackBerry Sync Store.
- Smaller more compact size
- Great price
- Includes screen protector
- Mid-Range in the OtterBox family
- Lacks the option for tough holster
- Rubber plug for Charger port doesn't like to stay in


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The Spotted Stone, Quarried in Chicago Thursday, March 13, 12 pm- 1 pm
Nate Lielasus, AIA (Northworks Architects and Planners, LLC) will give a presentation outlining his research on the Spotted Stone of Chicago. Spotted Stone is a bituminous limestone which was quarried within the current city limits of Chicago and used for several significant buildings in the region. It differs from Joliet-Lemont limestone, which was known as "Athens Marble" and used in such structures as the old Chicago Water Tower, and Bedford limestone, quarried in Indiana and used extensively in Chicago.
Though largely unknown today, Spotted Stone was one of the few (if not the only) stone quarried within Chicago and used for facing and trim on buildings and so holds a special place in the history of construction in Chicago.
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During the summer in Yellowstone, RV's are more numerous than bison. The daytime crush in the lobby of the Old Faithful Lodge induces claustrophobia. And "bear jams"—multiple-car pileups occasioned by the sighting of a far-off sow—are greater hazards than the bears themselves. But thanks to a collection of singular lodges surrounding the park, there's a novel way to appreciate the wilderness without the bedlam.
In my 25 years as a part-time resident of the northern Rockies, I've come to know many retreats within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem—18 million acres of park, plateaus, mountains, forests, and rivers. These five lodges may not be the most luxurious, but they are the most comforting. I especially like their owners—always friendly, occasionally eccentric backcountry enthusiasts who treat their guests like family. I, in turn, have no trouble embracing them as long-lost relatives. So it is with the other guests. After a week at the lodge, they, too, assume the manners of the seigneur: jokey with the staff, sentimental about the horse, possessive of the land.
Those of us lucky enough to live in this open space know not to compete with the landscape through self-important architecture—a point of wisdom thankfully adopted by these proprietors. For them, a sunset, a wolf track sighting, a lazy interval on the porch are moments of note, maybe even worthy of a war whoop.
UXU Ranch
Hamilton Bryan could never erase a childhood memory of cattle drives with his grandfather on the family ranch. So in 1996, Bryan sold his city business and lit out for Wyoming, where he assumed the lease on the dilapidated UXU, located just off a road Teddy Roosevelt called "the most scenic fifty-two miles in the United States."
The makeover took eight years. Each of the comfortable log cabins, which are surrounded by towering sandstone hoodoos and miles of Douglas fir, has been upgraded with subtle but vital details, such as handmade soapsand concealed CD players. An eager international staff attends to any request. On my first night at UXU, chef Randy Peasley's delicious dinner—grilled blue marlin in coconut-lemon broth, rosemary-and-garlic-crusted chicken, shrimp-and-scallop risotto, all served alfresco—was the perfect conclusion to a day's ride into the backcountry. Over mango sorbet, I contemplated the next day's alternatives to once again skirting peaks and winding into valleys carved by wind and rain. Should I spend it wading the Shoshone trying to outwit a wild brown trout, or leave before sunrise for a guided expedition into an uncharted nook of Yellowstone?
I set my alarm clock for dawn.
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
I'm not a big crier. I hate crying, especially in front of people. It makes me feel too vulnerable. That said, I've cried on at least 10 out of the last 14 days.
Two weeks ago we found out through our adoption facilitator about a sibling group of three bi-racial children (a 4-year-old and 16-month-old twins) available for adoption under tragic circumstances. Because we love children, want children, and are just crazy enough, we said yes to being presented to their mother for consideration as their adoptive parents. In the next couple of days, we tried not to get our hopes up but also enjoyed a lot of excited/scared talking and thinking about how dramatically our lives would change. We'd have to buy a mini van. We'd have to buy three kids' worth of beds and toothbrushes, clothes and toys. We thought, too, about these children and their mom, how all their lives were about to change forever.
We told all our friends and family about the situation, partly to prepare them for the possibility of us bringing home three kids, and partly so we'd have people to share our excitement and fears with. I was met with overwhelming support – everyone was thrilled for us and compassionate for these children and their mother.
D … got a different reaction. He was met with silence from his dad and rejection from his mother. We've always known his mom was racist, but we never realized she was this hardcore. She said a lot of terrible things, the pinnacle of which was that she could never love these children the same as her other grandchildren because of their race.
D told me some of what she said, which upset me. But he made the mistake of trying to protect me the worst of it, AND not telling me how much it affected him. Instead, we continued forward. The kids' mother liked us (along with three other couples), and I spoke with her on the phone. We found out the kids' names and saw their photo.
Meanwhile, I couldn't understand why D was no longer excited. I couldn't understand why he couldn't just tell his mother this is our decision and the only decision they have control over is how they react to it. I kept trying to be excited for us both. I kept trying to tell D they would get over it when the kids were here – how could they not love three adorable little children?
But then he finally broke down and told me what his mom said about not loving them the same. That was a rough night. It's so hard to comprehend there are people so cruel, and that I'm related to them, and that their racism is affecting how we live our lives.
And D's brother, initially supportive, did a 180 after talking to their mother. Every time D talked to one of them, he felt worse about the situation. He didn't want to be ostracized by his family. He had a vision in his head of his children's ideal relationship with is parents, and he knew that with these three kids, that could never be possible.
I still wanted the kids so much. I felt angry that if D's mother had just kept her thoughts to herself, D and I would be scared TOGETHER and excited TOGETHER. I felt terrible we were in the situation so deeply. I wanted the kids' mother to know about this before she chose us, because it seemed unfair to her not to know the kids' potential grandmother didn't want to be. We were supposed to talk to the mom again last weekend, but had trouble getting in touch with her.
Finally on Monday, I had a long talk with the adoption coordinator. I explained the full situation and how D was not really on board anymore. She left the decision to me, but said it probably wasn't wise to move forward if D and I weren't on the same page. Then she told me the kids' mom had narrowed it down to us and one other couple. I just didn't think it was fair to talk to her again, encourage her, and then maybe end up saying no. So I uttered one of the most difficult sentences of my life – I told her we needed to back out. The adoption coordinator was nice and understanding about it, but I still feel terribly guilty about putting them through extra complication – not to mention our home study social worker, who updated our home study to enable us to get these kids – and for talking to the mom and then backing out.
Worst of all, I had started picturing these kids in our life. I cried at the grocery store when I thought about what it would've been like to have them there with us. I cried in the car, while I told D I was disappointed in how he'd handled things. I cried while I cooked lunch, and while I looked at the conveniently mailed Babies R Us flier with the double strollers on sale. I cried myself to sleep.
I know it was stupid, but I had a relapse of shopping disease yesterday. I just wanted to do something simultaneously self-destructive and self-indulgent. I bought myself some shoes online. I bought toys for the pets. I went to the Circuit City going out of business sale and bought a Roomba vacuum, a wireless mouse, and about a million DVDs.
I don't know whether it was the shopping, time passing, or just relief that all the arguing and crying and tension of the last few days is over, but today I feel almost normal again. I am thinking about the future instead of turning in circles in the present. Though I am still very angry with D's mother for taking away the possibility of these children, I know one day we'll get a different child or children.
And we've learned a lot of hard lessons from this horrible situation. We've learned how far D's family is willing to take their racism and that if we hope to have any kind of relationship with them, we cannot adopt a child of a certain race. I've learned that I don't want my children of any race to be close to D's mother, because I cannot trust her not to try to teach them to be racist like her. I've learned that my husband, who I thought was about as close to perfect as a man can be, is very weak in this one way.
And I've learned one very nice lesson: My friends and family will support and encourage me in this adoption, no matter what.


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I took these on a nice sunny day in Atlanta at my sister's condo. Still trying to figure out how to capture a moving little girl...
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- Full of colours and flavours, the Markets are the "must be" places to enjoy the real Parisian daily atmosphere.
- Passionate of old books, posters, stamps and postcards, discover and wander along the Seine's Bouquinistes.
Alte link-uri utile:
Vremea la Paris
Programul de zbor Air France
Mersul trenurilor în Franţa
Transportul public în Paris
Pagina oficială de internet a oraşului Paris
Le Figaro
Galeries Lafayette
Tour de France