Welcome to the educational lesson, Understanding Depression in Later Life. My name is Sean Brotherson, Extension Family Life Specialist with the NDSU Extension Service, and I will be sharing some information today about the topic of understanding depression as individuals grow older. I am also joined on this topic by Jane Stroman, Extension Aging Specialist with the NDSU Extension Service. Thank you for your interest in this topic. And how it might be of relevance in your life and work. There are a number of key issues that we would like you to become familiar with as you follow the lesson outline today. Key objectives for this lesson include, first, to understand key issues relating to depression, anxiety, and suicide in later life, to learn about signs of depression and related mental health concerns that can occur in later life, to explore specific strategies for managing depression or related concerns in later life, to gain knowledge of specific resources to deal with depression and related concerns, and finally to educate the community about mental health issues that can occur in later life. I'd like to begin our discussion on the topic of depression in later life by exploring a few statements related to the topic of depression and whether they are true or false. Please think about the statement as it is asked and whether you perceive it to be true or false. The first statement is, depression only develops when someone has had a major traumatic experience in life, such as the death of a spouse, a heart attack, or other major health concern. Do you consider this to be true or false? The answer to this statement is false. It is a myth that depression occurs only when people experience major trauma in life. Perhaps think about some of the factors that might contribute to the experience of depression in later life. The reality is that depression is a commonly occurring mental health condition that can arise in a person's life due to a variety of factors, including genetic influences, body changes, stresses in life, personal losses, or other factors and influences. Let's consider the next statement on the topic of depression in later life and whether it's a myth or a reality. Again, please think about the statement as it is made and whether you perceive it to be true or false. The statement is, individuals dealing with depression usually can overcome it if they just work to cheer themselves up or pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Do you consider this statement to be true or false? Again, the answer to this particular statement is false. It is a myth that depression can typically be overcome simply by telling yourself to feel better or pulling yourself up on your own. The reality is that depression is a complex medical and mental health condition that typically does improve with a variety of approaches, which may include therapeutic support, social support from friends and relatives, exercise, a healthy diet, rest, and medication as prescribed under the direction of a physician. Here is a final statement that we'd like you to consider and whether you perceive it to be true or false. The statement is as follows, seeking assistance from a doctor or mental health professional for depression is a sign of an inability to handle your problems or a personal weakness. Do you consider this statement to be true or false? The answer to this statement is false. It's also a myth that is sometimes commonly perceived that individuals dealing with depression are emotionally weak or unstable or that seeking help is a sign of weakness. The reality is that depression is a condition that anyone can experience. Seeking assistance from competent professionals often is necessary and it signals wisdom, understanding, and strength on the part of the individual who is seeking assistance. Depression is an important condition to understand because it affects a significant number of people and it can have severe consequences. For example, it may disturb a person's thoughts and feelings, alter a person's behavior, and cause physical difficulty and emotional distress. However, depression can be treated effectively when diagnosed and managed with care. It's everyone's responsibility to understand depression and help individuals find effective solutions. There are many factors that may raise the risk of depression for aging community members, such as living alone, having no relatives or friends nearby, or experiencing recent losses. Being aware of these risk factors can enable greater awareness of this condition. So what is depression? Depression is a mental health condition characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, physical tiredness or fatigue, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, hopelessness, and helplessness, and thoughts of despair, discouragement, and death. It's also called clinical depression. Almost 4% of people age 55 and over living independently in the community suffer from major depression in any given year. Depression usually is marked by a variety of symptoms occurring together during a period of more than two weeks. Occasional episodes of fatigue, discouragement, or anxiety are common for all individuals. However, when a wider array of symptoms develops and lasts longer than two weeks, then clinical depression may occur. Some individuals may experience symptoms that are substantial risk factors for depression, such as social isolation, personal history including chronic medical illness or prior depressive episodes, and family history of mental health issues or alcohol abuse. It's important to assess a person's experiences to consider the risk for depression in his or her life. Among older adults, challenges with anxiety often occur, but at the same time as depression. Research on this topic indicates that 26% of people with anxiety also experience depression, but in addition, about 48% of people with depression also experience anxiety. Thus, depression often is accompanied by anxiety as a kind of traveling partner when it occurs in older adults. Anxiety is a common mental health condition that often accompanies depression. The experience of anxiety is typically marked by intense mental worry or confusion that becomes debilitating. If a person experiences anxiety that is intense or frequently present, carrying out basic tasks or functioning in a social setting can become difficult. About 1 out of 10 individuals over the age of 55 undergoes the experience of dealing with an anxiety condition in any given year. So what are some symptoms to be aware of? Symptoms of anxiety often include mental and physical signals. For example, the mental symptoms of anxiety can include a high sense of worry or fear, a feeling of being paralyzed, or a sense of panic. Anxiety is also often indicated by a variety of physical signs. First of all, this can include fatigue, disturbed sleep, or feeling jittery. Other physical signs in your muscles or head can include tight or sore muscles, feeling dizzy or lightheaded, or having an upset stomach. Some additional signs include a shortness of breath, increased heart rate, dry mouth, or sweating. If you or another person is experiencing anxiety, focus on strategies to calm down and feel more in control, such as getting to a familiar setting, sitting down and breathing regularly, or other strategies. As with depression, a variety of risk factors contribute to the possibility of experiencing anxiety. If a person has a personal history of previous encounters with depression or anxiety, a chronic illness, a history of substance abuse or a tendency towards social isolation, these are personal factors that increase the likelihood of anxiety as an older adult. Other risk factors include a family history of alcohol abuse, or family members who have experienced anxiety or mood difficulties. Women are more likely than men to deal with anxiety in their later years. An exposure to a traumatic event can also increase the risk of anxiety. An awareness of risk factors for anxiety can help individuals be more sensitive to what they or others might be experiencing. Next, we're going to focus on grief, loss, and depression. Following is a short video from the National Institute on Aging that tells the story of an older woman who dealt with depression for years, but is now in recovery. My symptoms included loss of appetite, inability to sleep. I guess for a while I was irritable, I would begin to shun people because I knew something was wrong and I didn't want them to know. Peggy Templeman is 78 years old and has experienced depression throughout her adult life. It would come and then it would go for maybe over 40 years. About 2 million older adults in the United States suffer from full-blown depression. Another 5 million suffer from less severe forms of illness. Depression and later life can be caused by a variety of factors. The triggers for depression are changes in health, traumatic events, major changes in one's life circumstances, loss of people who are dear to you, loss of the ability to do the kinds of things that you are used to doing and give you pleasure. The triggers for Peggy's bouts of depression included high levels of stress, an inner ear disease and losing a valued psychotherapist. And so I began to get sicker and sicker. My husband had to go to work. No one was at home. I was sick. And so I did not take the medication. And so finally I did make an attempt to harm myself. I was seeking help. Peggy did get help and the combination of talk therapy and medications made a significant difference. With the medication initially and with talk therapy, psychotherapy, then I really began to get back on my feet. I had a marvelous psychotherapist who I continue to see periodically now. Peggy's experience with depression involved a spiritual side, which she says was key to her improvement. She even wrote a book about it. The medications, all of that, and the talk therapy led to the spirituality, the meditation, the sitting in silence, the communing with the Almighty. Although depression is treatable, people should realize that it may take time to find the right treatments and for those treatments to work. Patients for it typically need to be approached as something that's going to take a considerable period of time in order to have a beneficial effect. Peggy's journey out of depression was long and difficult, but she is now in recovery. And she has a message for those who may be suffering with this disease. Talk. Tell it to the family. Tell it to the friend. Tell it to the family doctor. Is here. Help is there. As one ages, many older adults experience losses in their lives. These losses can be very painful. Examples of losses that older adults may experience include moving from your long time home to be closer to family or going to an assisted living facility or nursing home. Spouses, family and friends passing away. Loss of a long time career that provided a professional identity or status. Loss of health. The inability to perform daily activities resulting in the loss of independence. Or the loss of the ability to get around or drive. Grieving over these losses is normal and healthy. Even if the feelings of sadness last for a long time, you can see in the stages of grief listed that depression is a normal stage of grief, manifesting itself with the same signs and symptoms as clinical depression. Sometimes telling the difference between grief and depression is difficult. Grief is a roller coaster involving a variety of emotions and a mix of good and bad days. Even in the middle of the grieving process, you will have moments of pleasure and happiness. With depression, on the other hand, the feelings of emptiness and despair are more constant. Grief after a significant loss, such as losing a loved one, is a normal reaction that generally does not require professional mental health treatment. However, when grief is complicated and lasts a very long time following a loss, treatment may be required. The experience of depression also is associated with suicide. Age consistently has shown that there is a strong linkage between depression and the likelihood of suicidal feelings or suicide itself. Older adults have the highest rates of suicide of any age group in the United States. Therefore, we suggest it is important to be aware of this topic and to consider what to watch for and how to get help if it is needed. In fact, suicide rates are particularly pronounced among older men. White men age 85 and older are more likely to commit suicide than Americans in any other age group. Suicidal behavior in older men can be a reaction to perceived loss of social status among other factors. For example, a person may feel discouraged due to loss of physical mobility, diminishing involvement with others in retirement, or other changes in status. This group's high rate of suicide may be linked to loss of the ability to control impulses, which can be a feature of cognitive changes in ageing or even dementia. If a person loses much control of their emotions or mood, then it becomes more difficult to resist impulses associated with severe depression that can include suicidal feelings. Identifying a person at risk of suicide can be difficult, even for a trained professional. However, here are a few common events or situations that may place an older adult at higher risk for a suicide. Withdrawal from activities they used to enjoy, such as getting together with friends for breakfast or walking with a neighbor. Negative thoughts, including frequent talk about death, such as statements like I just want to disappear or it's time for me to move on. Strong feelings of guilt or self-doubt, a decline in one's appearance or hygiene, such as not washing clothes, brushing teeth or bathing, or stop piling of medication rather than taking a prescription as prescribed by a physician. Be attentive to these warning signs in yourself or among others that you know or care about. If you are unsure whether a person is immediately at risk for suicide, seek help and take him or her to the nearest emergency room for an evaluation by healthcare professionals. You may also contact www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org or call 1-800-273-TALK or 8255, which is a 24-hour suicide prevention lifeline, which is connected to a national network of crisis response services. By calling this number, you can reach call specialists who focus on helping those who are having thoughts of suicide or individuals who have a concern about someone and their possibility of suicide. You have some signs to look for if you are concerned about someone being depressed. The signs include physical appearance, emotional state, personality change, and living conditions. Knowing the signs of depression or anxiety is valuable in being able to get help if needed or provide assistance to others. Some signs of depression may be in the physical appearance of an individual. Depression results in physical fatigue and diminishes motivation. As a result, at times you may find an older person is dealing with depression if he or she has not bathed or washed clothing, looks unkempt, gives little attention to clothing or appearance, has lost or gained significant weight, or struggles with lack of sleep. Another aspect of a person's life that may display signs of depression is his or her emotional state. An older person dealing with depression may act anxious or nervous, be suspicious or blaming of others, act in an angry or irritable manner, be subject to rapid mood changes, make statements such as no one cares what I do or leave me alone or I'm just alone, and reflect a sense of hopelessness or discouragement. The personality of an individual is another aspect of life that is affected by depression. Signs to watch for in this area include decreased social contact with others, lack of care for oneself or one's surroundings, limited eye contact, constant preoccupation with losses or health concerns or life challenges, lack of interest in hobbies or family members or friends, and difficulty in making personal decisions even in small matters. Be attentive to the living conditions of an older person and what might reflect depression. Some signs of depression might be walks or lawns that are left without care, neglect of pets or other animals, little or no food in the home, neglect of surroundings such as dirty dishes or piled up mail or trash, little attention to time or what day or week it is, neglect of gardens or home or limited involvement with others outside the home. Be careful to note the difference between signs of depression and what may occur due to physical difficulty or other challenges. There are a number of key health factors in managing the effects of depression. Some of the positive factors that protect someone from depression or limit its difficulty include seeking effective medical care or sources of support and treatment, identifying and increasing support from family and community members, as well as professional support such as a counselor and having a regular support checkup such as a weekly counselor visit or a monthly check-in with your physician or nurse. Some additional factors that help in the process of managing depression include focusing on healthy living practices such as getting a good night's sleep, regular exercise such as walking or swimming and a healthy diet, increasing your personal skills in problem-solving and stress management by taking a class, meeting with a support group or working with a counselor, and exploring cultural or religious beliefs important to you that promote hope, optimism and personal care or connection with others. An important consideration for any individual with concerns about emotional health is seeking treatment and support for depression, understanding the steps associated with getting treatment and support for depression is helpful. Many people do not seek help because of the stigma associated with mental health concerns. The key first step for many people is to focus on getting help and then getting better, not on being embarrassed or isolating oneself if there are concerns about depression or anxiety. In general, the beginning point for many people in seeking help is to discuss concerns with their personal doctor, usually a primary care physician or general health practitioner. A medical professional can assist you or another in seeking an opportunity for medical screening that will help to assess emotional and mental well-being and any potential diagnosis regarding depression or anxiety. To emphasize this point, a visit with one's personal doctor or a trusted counselor, pastor or friend can be an important step in the journey of getting help and increasing hope. At times there are barriers to diagnosis and treatment of depression that need to be recognized and carefully managed. Individuals in later life may be reluctant to seek assistance or support for a variety of reasons. Identifying barriers to assistance for a particular individual may be important. Some of the common barriers include age-related changes, such as dementia with limited recognition of one's emotional health needs, illness, which may keep an individual at home due to limited mobility or occupy a different health focus, attitudes of others, meaning concern about what others will think or perhaps others dismissal of their particular needs, denial, which often means a person insists that they are doing just fine, health complaints that distract from or overshadow the issue of depression, alcohol or drug use that co-occurs with emotional difficulties, or, as already mentioned, a sense of stigma about dealing with mental or emotional health difficulties. If you have identified barriers that stand in the way of access to mental health support and treatment for yourself or someone you know, take steps to reduce the barriers and get the assistance that can make a difference in a person's health. So what can you do to help someone who may be experiencing depression? Avoid talking to the person if he or she is upset or is under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Be kind and gentle. Avoid using a confrontational approach. Avoid using labels because they may carry a heavy stigma. Take into consideration the person's age and ability to understand. There are additional suggestions for ways that you can help. Be consistent and patient in your expression of concern without exerting undue pressure on the individual. Be direct and treat the individual as an adult. Express a non-judgmental attitude, but share concerns openly. Give specific examples of behaviors or attitudes that concern you. Use statements such as, I'm concerned about you. Other ways to help include the following. Be prepared with referral information. Don't be discouraged if the person is not ready to accept your assistance. Don't worry if you don't say things perfectly. What is important is you convey your message of concern and express your willingness to help. Encourage a person to get proper professional assistance from a primary care doctor, mental health professional or other trusted professional source. A critical question is where can I get help? If you think you or someone you care about might be experiencing depression, you may want to visit your doctor first to determine if this is a problem for you. If so, your doctor may find a medication to help you or could refer you to counseling. In North Dakota, you can call 211 for confidential listening and support, as well as information and referral. This concludes the lesson on understanding depression and later life. We hope that you found it helpful.


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What's up everybody welcome back to the channel I'm EvilRavid here on Forza Motorsports 7 staring down a old livery from Horizon 3 on that Nissan S15 Horizon Edition one of the old liveries from Horizon 3 when the Horizon Edition first came out if you guys remember that episode let me know down in the comment section down below we did I believe a game of drift with these cars and we had a lot of fun everybody was rocking the same paint which is different colors in the middle so we're here today to get this car into an online session it is rocking the new angle kit as well we're gonna see how the online sessions go and how the online sessions plays out I haven't really drifted this car I just kind of threw the angle kit on there and leaving it stock and we're just gonna run it how it goes believe this car has 666 horsepower I believe so we are gonna head to an online session and get sideways with this car and see how it does in a pack not anticipating way too much on it because of the not sure how the new drift scoring goes in an online session so this is gonna be completely new for me let's see if we can find I should go into a go session but I'm not going to I'm gonna go to the gusto and put ourselves in there so hopefully we find a lobby that's almost over and that's got six minutes left so we're gonna try finding another session I will come back with you guys as soon as I get a session that's either close to being done or done or we're on grid so I will catch you guys once we get on grid with a good track or just track so I have noticed they have changed the spectator set a lot and it's quite interesting actually you can turn off like the map and the driver stuff as well as loop data so they have changed the HUD for you to watch in spectating on these two sessions we are seeing what people are rocking and we got the points up top so live data going on now looks like we got somebody running some very high angles here with these new drift kits here on this online session these guys are getting it I don't know how they're not seeing it here it sounds like a four-rotor I'm not sure it looks like it's in that that 240 is rocking a four-rotor let's find out he I think he's in fourth so yeah sounds like he's rocking a four-rotor so the hoods are definitely definitely pretty cool now that they have like focusing on the map and positions like those and it can do you know player information and you can see his dash which is actually really sweet you can see his steering is throttle his GM puts so that's a pretty sweet you can see his full telemetry and everything now so that race is over so we are going to go back into the race I'm not gonna vote to select the track so don't trick out my wheel settings but it looks like we got some volvos some poor vets vipers BMWs a lot of Sylvias affinity challenger a lot of Sylvias so we are rocking our Sylvia today so definitely going to be a an interesting match depending on where we are going to I gotta make a lobby so that I don't have everybody else's chit chat in my ear so we are going to go to Burmese Alps Club circuit so this should be a very high speed section with this car so it's definitely going to be a learning curve trying to do high-speed drifting with the angle kits it could be easier could be harder I don't know I haven't actually gotten too much into the angle kits I've been not on the torque drift beta which more torque drift beta content will be coming for you guys here very very soon and you know continuously big thank you to the game does for let me bring the content you guys on that we are here to get our wheels set up going where intermission counter is pretty low we are going to be going into the countdown counter which shouldn't be too high so we are running our S15 FE edition and we got about 13 seconds left so we're gonna get the wheel cam turned on because we are rocking the Logitech G920 energy innovations wheel energy handbrake sequential shifter and our energy innovations bucket seats with the TE logo on the back so hopefully we can get a good run here hopefully we don't get messed up in the Forza you know online hopper cluster of the first turns don't really remember what this car has for motor or power I think it might be the stock RB with some other stuff or it could be a 2j I think it's a stock motor just fully built and we are in a good spot right now so hopefully we can stay here throw it as much as we can throw it in the fourth this car seems like it has way more angle because it was an FE edition so I feel like it had more angle to start and now just I keep forgetting we can get points on straights welcome to Forza online hoppers thanks buddy yeah well we were first until that happened so now we're gonna try and get ourselves back up in there but remember we can now get points everywhere and not just on the turns and so we lose all mall hitting the wall so yeah I think this car everybody's everybody's falling into the wall I feel like this car has way more angle than a lot of the other cars because it was an FE edition and now it's got an angle kit on it that's one thing that you can't get you can get points everywhere on the track but not when you're off the track in the little yellow lines which is a little annoying because we could run these turns so much wider but I guess they want you to stay on track low clutch kick trying to not get involved with these cars as much as we can we go I don't want to get too greedy I kind of want to bank some points in there before somebody does that oh just missed him just a little wall tap scrape we got some hop on our rear tires apparently our suspension is probably way too soft right now or our tire pressures are soft one of the two I haven't really messed with this to not just through the angle kit on there but it seems to be holding its own so we should be able to mongee here and get points why can't we hold that up there ah Forza Forza I love you for the angle kits and I love you for the ability to get points all over the track but why couldn't we get points up in that double yellow section like there to try to throw this as much as we can so there is a ability to get so many more points now in these online sessions that's probably why first place is so high but we still can't get that though we still cannot get high angle we almost took that guy out that would have been bad we just dropped a lot of points there for losing all those points we go hard on breaks that's the line I wanted to take should have linked that I keep forgetting see I'm not I'm so used to only getting points in certain sections that I keep forgetting that I can link track parts to get more points I want to hit that guy so online sessions are a lot more interesting now with these angle kits as well as the points totals through the entire sections definitely makes for some very high scoring runs but we can't go 90 even though this car could have definitely held that we cannot go 90 still so unless there's a certain way I just told the car unless there's a certain way that I'm not doing it to keep those points but there is a certain way to keep the points let me know down in the comment section down below but maxing out angle in this FE car somebody behind me now I think you might have just tanked it Monty the straight enter into the turn we should be able to get points up here thank you forza so we are very low in the points but I figured that would happen because I'm still trying to get used to how the point scoring works and what tracks I can really mongee and hold angle with and not go out of the yellow here at Burmese Alps because you lose all your points so do you guys enjoy the new drifting scoring you guys enjoy the new drift score point system do you like the ability to get points throughout the whole track do you not like it because people are just dominating in the points totals or do you like it because maybe you're really good at mongeeing and you are glad that you can get points anywhere throughout this circuit so I am doing pretty pretty bad when it comes to the points aspects here but there's a lot of times where I would have had a lot of points but I just go right outside the yellow and I lose it and I don't think this car is fully built to where it needs to be the gearing is a little bit off for this track I believe this car was built for a shorter section of a track but that is very sweet to be able to get points like this a little e-braking a clutch kick to throw ourselves back higher up and hold 24 large we're gonna bank those before we lose them there we go it's a little better a clutch kick loss of angle for sure so I think oh really see right there that was a loss of 11,000 points which would have been would have which would have come in clutch to get us back up in maybe top 10 but unfortunately we just went right outside the yellow just made us lose it a little clutch kick a little left foot brake that's gonna be brave we're gonna be way outside the yellow looks like we're bottoming out the car too this car might be a little bit too low for the elevation changes here at Burmese Alps so I said you guys like the new drift update do you guys not like it you guys find yourselves lower in the brackets and you used to be when it comes to online sessions do you find yourselves higher in the brackets which way do you go in this let me know down in the comment section down below I do want to do some online sessions here public hoppers with this new update as well as getting back to public hoppers in Forza Horizon 3 with the new Forza 4 coming out so a little short episode here today for you guys because I am in Chicago so I'm doing trying to get as many videos as I could out there for you guys so and there's still daily uploads while in Chicago for training so until next time guys you know you guys follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram all found in the description box below that rabbit is just 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Thank you guys It's an honor to be here a Renee and the team of Noma and everyone that set this up. It's unbelievable And yes, I just started cooking ramen and if you asked me seven years ago, I'd be following Harold McGee in Denmark That would be insane but Unfortunate for you guys. I'm talking about microbiology and we know so little about it. I'm the person that's going to tell you about it And it's so important to food and we've been working a lot about Learning I've been learning a lot about it I know a lot of cooks out here probably didn't do so well in the sciences or probably didn't go to college or Drop that a high school all together. I completely cheated my way through. I don't know. I knew nothing until very recently And then it hit me just how important the concept and the world of microbiology is It's actually consumed all I think about now In terms of food and it's very exciting and it's exciting to know that there's other chefs out there since we've been here We're talking to Magnus talking to and the knee talking to Just everyone in general. It's great to have this sort of camaraderie where you can talk about microbiology in food and not feel like a complete weirdo because It's just something you don't register with food. I mean people think about microbiology and Alcohol fermentation they think about it in Breadmaking but that's the extent of it and then you hear these crazy things like foodborne pathogens and it becomes rather rather scary so the way we stumbled upon it was Like most things we do total accident What you see behind me is a picture of what we were trying to go for and that's a that's a a mold called asperilus or zi Orza a and But we were really trying to go after this thing called pisha, which is a completely different Genre altogether while we were trying to make katsu a bushi Katsu bushi is a Fermented steamed petrified product that you might know that's very essential in Japanese cuisine to make dashi We wanted to make our own version of dashi But with pork just because we had pork tenderloins around and I hate pork tenderloins and it's like why can't we do something that looked like it it had that Sort of similar characteristics to bonito and we we steamed it we smoked it we dehydrated it and I thought that I had I don't know what I was thinking But I just out of maybe out of sheer laziness. I just put it in a bed of rice and I let it rot for like six months and What we found was And what we're gonna I think what was probably most important Though what we're gonna talk about is I Can only just find it as microbial tewar we talk about tewar in terms of vegetables and times of soil, but It was something that was a revelation where Wherever you are in this world wherever you cook and whatever you do cook There's a time and a place as a season. There's a time when you pick the fruit when it's ripe There's a time when you pickle it. There's a time when you cure your ham All of it has to do with so many variables that it's it's it's almost infinite And that is the world of microbiology We don't realize it But these things that are omnipresent that you can't see without the help of a powerful microscope This is what make constitutes so much of our cuisine so much of Fermentation and what not that You know food would taste very bland without it so The picture behind me is a traditional katsu bushi and that's made with The koji mold asperilus Sore or say it's also known as koji Want to toss that around This is It's you can eat it. It's like a dried yeast It's not active, but it has some flavor it's just rice and it's been inoculated with the asperilus aspergillus Mold I'd rather just say koji because these Latin terms are really hard but It has a lot of flavor and it's interesting because it's the central ingredient to making the flavors of soy sauce miso You name it it's so important and When we made our our pork bushi, that's what we were trying to go after is trying to Isolate the monoculture of asperilus or see what happened was we found Pisha and we wouldn't have had any help. I mean we wouldn't we would have didn't totally screwed had we not sent it to some lovely friendly microbiologists at Harvard Rachel Dutton Ben Wolf who've We need them more than they need us and We just sent it to them to see if it was edible and safe And they came back and they were dumbfounded just as we were dumbfounded because it actually worked The pork bushi that we made Transformed and had the exact same Characteristics as that as the tuna but using completely different Molds I can't give you a comparison because it just We did everything wrong yet. It turned out to be right and then it dawned on us that the aspirin aspergillus mold is located and Originated specifically in Asia, Japan, China, Korea We were in New York City using New York ingredients New York air.  It's completely different family than the aspergillus family. So that that really Changed the how we looked at everything all together we wanted to make koji, but we wound up with something else and That sort of led us to think about food in general your everybody ferments things and Everybody makes food. It made us question so many things and Even now it's hard so difficult for me to explain. I don't have seen it's ineffable, but It's like a scratch you can't itch in your brain because we can't realize just how large it was for us Because we started to think about if this is the flavor ingredient that that So many people are using You saw it at favacan with Magnus who on his own is messing around with microbiology making Beans the Noma guys are making a very very close Almost facsimile of miso shiro miso with yellow split peas, but the starter is all aspergillus or zea So that all leads back to Japan. So you have to question now the terroir the microbiology microbiological terroir where is that all of it coming from and This is actually the aspergillus that we time-lapse and that You cook it and you inoculate it and it grows in two days And it develops all this flavor.  It has all a little bit fruity, but It led us to Again thinking about how we make pork bushy, but more importantly, how the hell do we understand microbiology and I Was sort of forced to learn I think we all are this is Dan Felger by the way who works at the lab with us at Momofuku and It was a very humbling experience to Re-learn what a cell is what an enzyme is all these terms that I thought I never had to care about I just spent the past ten years learning xanthym gum and hydrocolloid this and a gel of that I Didn't think that I'd have to learn more and then I realized that's my goal as a chef is we have to learn more that is our job and This is the mole that we were trying to go for Pechia, which again doesn't look like much. It's they're very simple organisms, but They have a lot of power and they control so much of the flavor that we eat So we talk about Where something grows and how it's taste all this stuff. I don't think we realize again how important these microorganisms make our food taste and and just to give you an example of a That's a Rachel Dutton teaching me about cell breakdown and how that turns into enzymes and such to the left is a photo of our Pechia induced Pork bushy we just buried it in rice and with their help. We were able to isolate that mold but You know this really led us to questioning culinary dogma just as Harold McGee was Instrumental and and people like for on everyone was fundamental in the past 20 30 years and questioning Time tested Methods of cooking, you know searing a steak doesn't seal in the juices stuff like that and there's a lot of cooks out there And I kept on thinking You know, how was this practical in a kitchen? How can I tell my cooks at the restaurant that this is important because cooks? I think almost are allergic to to learning Latin to learning anything scientific necessarily, but This seemed to work pretty well because every chef I ever worked for I had to make sauerkraut And I I would always ask well, how does it work? Well, just chopped the cabbage, you know Chiffonade, whatever the variables are there put salt cover it make a weight on it and put it in a Put it in a hot corner, and if the health department comes it's your responsibility to hide it Every time every time then I never question it and if you ask or like oh it just ferments Well, okay What what is that? What is actually happening though? That's not a that's not enough to tell a young cook that's in the kitchen. Hey Just do this recipe and it's gonna ferment. It's not enough. So we have a little bit of a chart back here, but Here's what's interesting, and hopefully it ties into what I was talking about the to our of microbes You can make sauerkraut. We actually would wish I had every chef here bring sauerkraut and sent them an email because We if we all had the same cabbage From all over the world and made sauerkraut the exact same ingredient I guarantee you each one would taste different. The reason is what makes the fermentation process happen isn't Anything else other than just our credit is what cabbage salt? That's pretty much it weighted in an anaerobic environment you have this bacteria that kills me to pronounce lactobacillus and There's a varieties of it, but It's inherent in the cabbage It's not attracting anything. It's already in the cabbage as it grows That was that again blew my mind. I couldn't fathom the concept. I just thought that you know it fermented like magic It just just happened, but no what happens is You had so much salt that It doesn't let any other bacteria fungi anything else Reproduce or live it, but it's a very very good environment for the these two guys the brevis and the planetarium to eat the starch and to create lactic acid and You know, I've been pickling things. I make tons of kimchi and I didn't understand why yes you can understand lactic acid fermentation, but When you really break it down. I was like, that's it. That's all it is. It's two strains of bacteria that are causing pickles in a lactic acid fermentation, so I Thought that was just a one-off and I was trying to get a compare and contrast because we do make a lot of kimchi which is you know a Korean fermentation and I always thought it was because we're adding proteins usually kimchi is added with some type of seafood Shelfish croaker Oyster fish sauce something and I thought that that protein and I was wrong I've told every cook and I'm totally wrong that that was the reason for the fermentation and has nothing to do with the fermentation We were shocked. I was shocked that the kimchi fermentation process what we have here You know smells completely different, but the sour is the same That sour effervescence is the same that you'd find in sauerkraut kimchi the only difference is there's a lot more I would say fun going on in the kimchi Because it's got heat it's got all sorts of elements, but that has nothing to do with the preservation of it it's the same process you salt the cabbage and It's the same not the same bacteria, but again, it's a lactic acid fermentation We wanted to show you guys a quick four-week Trial of kimchi because traditionally kimchi was something that you'd harvest in the at the peak of of summer and You know right of passage with your family or a mother and you'd pack it in Your your backyard or kimchi jars big big earthen to I Don't even know how to describe it, but You know, you know kimchi when you when you visit my home, so We buried it in the ground we buried a jar on the ground and this goes from one week to four weeks and There's a lot of stuff going on. It's alive and people talk about yogurt It's alive all this culture all this stuff But you really need to understand why it's happening and that's the that's what sort of made Everything so important, which is why I'm trying to share this with you guys because I don't know that much about it And there really isn't that much knowledge It's angry there's a lot of things going on And you could you could control this process To a certain degree, but you know kimchi can be stored for several months just like any other pickled vegetable But it's going to get a little bit more gnarly as the months go by So much so that you know it can blow up actually with so many bubbles, but um It Made me question how we talk cooks made me question again as as a sort of food becomes how should I say I Want to say we're in the realm of post-modernism or whatever, but Comfort food seems to be in Cooks don't want to learn as much as they I want them to learn And you know if they open just a roast chicken or an apple pie I want them to still ask the questions That people are asking the past 15 years and that was why we cook How does something work and it was really important to me that microbiology even if food is on the most simplest level you know fried chicken or You know Simple vegetable on a plate. There's a reason and a place for that. So The question became what do we do with microbiology or back But let me step back a second. There is so little known that scientists actually listen to us it's no they want to hear what we have to say and Harvard has been very very generous in teaching us and sharing us Many many things, but there's a lot of information that just doesn't exist For instance the last census they did on Lactobacillus bacteria was in the mid-1980s and they found 72 strains and I guarantee you there's a lot more out there just like we found Pichia by accident It's a It changed the game for us And I feel that there's a lot more to be found and that's why I feel like I was interesting again talking to Magnus talking to Noma Lars it works in the test kitchen there It was a very comforting thing to know that there are other people with the same struggles and the same Discomfort talking about something that we don't really know all that much about I feel very strongly that because people aren't looking for Things that are microbial on any level. It was interesting to see what The guys at Noma again were doing and Magnus both of them are trying to make their version of miso shiro miso But I feel that they can do it and I I would bet dollars of doughnuts You could do it without an aspergillus string and that would truly be Nordic and that truly Questions what the hell is what you know if you make miso with completely Nordic ingredients with nothing not even the Microbiology that comes from Japan. What do you have? You know, it's not like wine necessarily It's it's something that's completely different. You're not using soy beans. You're using You know a legume that has some type of protein It calls in a question. What is authentic? Come on, so I do believe that you can and I've spoken to other side the guys All over all over the world and I don't think that I'm crazy and saying that but I feel that It may seem very insignificant, but the question of time and place of how that happens I think is has serious repercussions in the culinary world is if you imagine How that works for instance? How can I say something like that would make an analogy garrum, which was the fish sauce that the Romans used a thousand years ago? The old we don't know what it tasted like. We know that it existed But we don't know what it tasted like we can only assume that it tastes a lot like fish sauce right So that puts in the question were Romans making food that tastes a little bit like South East Asian cuisine and you know Again, you have to put it in flavor profiles and understand what the hell is going on And the reason why I say potential criticisms as the next slide is I I feel that there's a Significant part of food critics and cooks that don't want to learn anything new. They just want the simple They want the easy they want to cook authentic and I promise you you could bring everything And try to make authentic Italian food in New York and it's not going to be authentic because you don't have the real terroir and I think that you we can take this to a lot of different levels and it might not make everyone happy, but It's a good example is the dry aging of beef You we talked to meat purvers and they don't even quite know what the hell is going on in their own meat rooms They just know that Historically we we do it at 40 degrees. This is a percentage of the humidity We scrape off the mold and this is how we get our dry aged beef But they don't they've never had the USDA or any government agency discover what the hell is in their aging room and what exact bacteria a fungi and mold is manipulating the meat and Really changing the a fresh piece of beef into a dry aged beef So it's really important that we know that that we're drying beef or you know, how many times have you broken down? Duck or game and the chef just tells you just hang hang it till the head falls off You know when you ask why well, it's gonna just tenderize it That's not a good enough answer anymore We need to know more information and and this is what you know, this is one of the the bacteria that does it I don't even know the name. I'm not even gonna try to remember, but It's a beautiful thing actually if you look at it It looks like a tree and then if it builds up it has this lattice like work and these are the things that make our food taste better and I'm I'm one to think that knowledge is only a good thing You know, you don't have to you don't have to use this, but it's good to know what the hell is going on in your food Well You


Vermont PBS, in cooperation with Orca Media and the Vermont Press Bureau, presents Capital Beat, the Week in Review, from the Vermont State House. Here's host, Neil Goswami. Welcome, everyone, to Capital Beat. I'm Neil Goswami with the Vermont Press Bureau. We are now well into the second month of the legislative session, and there are a number of bills that are moving to the floor of each chamber, the House and the Senate. One of those bills has been passed already by the Senate. It's a piece of legislation that deals with ethics and the creation of an ethics commission here in Vermont. And joining me today to discuss this bill and the merits of this bill are Secretary of State James Kondos and Senator Jeanette White of Wyndham County. Thank you both so much for being here. Thank you for having us. It'll be a fun discussion about ethics today, I hope. Senator White, your committee, Government Operations, has moved this piece of legislation fairly quickly through the committee and through the Senate now. It's been passed, and it heads over to the House. Can you give us a brief overview of what the new requirements are, what the new restrictions are on legislators, members of the administration, etc.? So, first let me tell you that it moved through quickly, but we did a lot of work on it in the last biennium. So, a number of people had already... So, we weren't starting at the very beginning of a new bill. We had done a lot of work last year. The Senate actually passed a bill last year. We actually passed a bill last year. So, what we did is take the bill that we passed last year and started there and then made changes to it. So, it really does four things. One, is it prohibits certain employment after leaving office, either for legislators or executive officers? It requires financial disclosures from candidates. And it imposes restrictions on contracting and campaign contributions. So, it's often called the pay-to-play provision, and then it establishes a state ethics commission. Right. So, it does those four things. Okay. Now, why are these things necessary? And let me say in the past, I believe you and others have said that you weren't quite sure if the state needed stronger ethics legislation or an ethics commission to sort of review complaints. What do you think has changed? Or why has the discussion changed to, why do we need one essentially? Well, I think that there are a couple things. The first three provisions that I talked about have always, don't have anything to do with the ethics commission necessarily. So, I think that a number of people have always felt that when a legislator leaves office, there should be some kind of a cooling off period before they become a lobbyist. And the same with executive officers. And the administration since Governor Snelling has had an executive order against members of the executive branch doing certain jobs after their employment. So, those have always kind of been of a concern and the financial disclosure. I think there's more pressure to know where people are getting their income so that we know where they might have some conflicts of interest. Not necessarily how much they make, but so I think those have always been issues. And then it just became more apparent that the trust in government has gone down, down, down, down, down. And the VPR survey that was done a while ago showed that I think it's 89% of Vermonters had little or no confidence in their state government to do what was best for them. So, I think it was time for us to have something. Pretty remarkable numbers. The flip side of that would mean only 11% have some level of trust in state government, which is not a good number. Pugh has been doing this since 1958. And in 1958, almost 80% of the population had faith that their government was going to act on their behalf. Okay. Secretary Kondos, you've been a long time proponent of stronger ethics measures here in Vermont in an ethics commission. Now, before we get into your thoughts on the merits of what has been passed in the Senate, tell me a little bit about why you think this is necessary in Vermont. Well, I think just, you know, I served as a senator. I served 18 years as a city counselor in South Burlington. And I could just see the tide changing over time as far as that trust in government. And I think that it just has been really exasperated in the last probably five, six years. It's really gotten bad. Excuse me. And, you know, I do want to say that I really appreciate everything that Senate GovOps under the leadership of my former colleague, Senator White. We served on the committee together when I was chair of that committee. And then she immediately followed me as chair. But, and I understand the hard work that goes into crafting legislation. So, you know, I think they deserve a lot of credit for being able to get something through the Senate. Okay. So now to the merits of what the Senate has passed. You have been somewhat critical that it does not go far enough. So what is it about this legislation that does not do enough? Well, I can probably sum it up in three things. If you look at the four bullets that Senator White brought up, the first three I'm in complete agreement with. I think those are something that everybody's been talking about for a few years. It was mainly done by, for instance, with the state officers. It was done as a code of ethics that was signed by appointees of the governor. So, as far as the ethics commission itself is, I, when I became secretary and I started attending meetings with my counterparts and recognizing what was going on around the country and where we, where we actually ranked. And we were like 49th or 50th in the country. There were 47 states that had ethics commissions. Vermont did not, was one of three that did not. And I realized that even there is a cost to that trust and it's a sacred trust that we should hold, hold dearly. And, and I think that it was, it was just a matter of my, you know, it was something that I just supported right from the beginning. And there were three points that I think I would make that, that I believe that the ethics commission should have. One is independence, two is authority, and three is resources. So, let's get into independence, authority and resources, Senator. In terms of independence, what can you tell us about the independence of this commission? From my understanding, it relies on the Attorney General's office to do any real investigative work. Is that? Not so. Okay, so tell us how this will work. Well, first of all, if I can say that this is, it's hard to talk about that without kind of explaining the way it's set up. It is independent in the sense that it isn't appointed by the governor. And I have to say that many of the ethics commissions around the country are appointed by the governor, so they don't seem very independent to me. This one, the, the members of the commission itself would be appointed by the Supreme Court Justice, the Chief Justice, the Vermont Bar Association, ACLU, Society of CPA Professionals, and Human Resource Professionals. So they're kind of independent of us. So that, it's set up there. It lives in the executive branch because everything has to live someplace. So that's where it lives, but it's not dependent. It isn't independent. If you, if you think about them having to have authority and independent investigative and enforcement, then you're right. It, at this point, doesn't have that independence. And if I can just make a comment about the, the low grades that we get, the Center for Public Integrity gives us a D plus. First of all, there are only five states that get above a D, I think. So, and New Jersey is one of them. So if we're grading on a curve, we're all right. Right, we're not too bad. But here are some of the questions. If you go deep into this, here's judicial accountability. We get an F on that because we, of the way we appoint and retain our judges. I don't know if they want them elected or what, but so we get an F on that. We get an F on legislative accountability because one of the questions is, and this, this is kind of an example of what they do. One of the questions is, do you have, do legislators have a nepotism policy for hiring their legislative staff? Well, no, we don't have a policy for hiring our legislative staff because we don't have any legislative staff. So why would we have a policy? Those are the kinds of, if you look deep into what the questions are, are, are we audited every year? That's, that's one of the legislators. Are our assets audited every year? Well, no, we're a citizen legislature. I don't have anybody audit our assets every year. That's, so we get an F. Okay. So where was I? So I think the point you're making is, many of these mechanisms that are used to judge states do not apply to Vermont. I believe they do not apply. And I do think that we should have some kind of an ethics commission. What we've, what we've decided is it's important to have one place for citizens to be able to go to, either file a complaint or to ask, say, I believe that there's a violation here. So that is the ethics commission. That's the director. It's a part-time director. That's true.  So we're not going to, we're not going to set up a full-fledged ethics commission until we know what the need is, because they, we fund them and they'll be looking for things to justify their existence. And so let's find out what the, nah, we heard that from more than one source. So let's find out what the need is first. So what happens is that the complaint comes in. If it's a complaint, a campaign violation, campaign finance violation, yes, it goes to the AG's office for investigation. If it's against a state employee, it goes to HR. If it's against, if it's a certain allegation against a legislator, it goes to the commission itself. If it's a judicial branch, it goes to the judicial conduct board. So it goes and then it comes back. Then we can see in the end, there'll be a report. How many, how many complaints were there? How many, how many were resolved? What was the resolution of them? Do we need to go further or don't we need to go further? And they'll be charged with doing education and training annually for legislators and state employees. Then we can, we can say, let's, let's try and stem it before it becomes an issue. And so. Well, Mr. Secretary, I saw a head shake in there in the negative direction. You mentioned independence, authority and funding. The senator covered independence and perhaps made a valid argument for many viewers. Authority and funding might be still in question here. She mentioned the attorney general's office would take more serious cases perhaps that. No, no, no, the attorney general's office will investigate campaign finance complaints. That's where they go now. Sure. But there'll be this funnel through which they can go. The human resources will do. Any allegations against employees and and that probably isn't ideal. But can we take care of issues without having? I mean, if we see. Well, then the funding funding is laid out for two years. A general, I think 2% 2 point something. It's base. It's it's it ends up being about $100,000, which comes off the top of every agency. Yeah, it's a formula that but it sunsets after two years. So this is the commission as prepared. What does the ideal ethics commission look like to you? Actually, the makeup of the commission I think is fine. I think that the five member panel. I think they did a good job in coming up with an independent panel from that standpoint. When I talk about independence, it's not just the independence of those five individuals. It's the independence of the organization. The ethics organization and and and from my standpoint, they need to be independent of any state. In other words, they should not be under the influence of of any state elected official, which if you're in the AG's office, that's an elected official. If you're in my office, it's an elected official. If it's if you're in the HR office, it's an elected official governor. So and when I speak of authority when I'm what I'm saying is that that I think that they should have at least one investigator that can actually investigate these complaints that can actually look at and have power to to request information. In some cases, it was subpoena power has been raised as an issue. And then but and then again, of course, the resources is they need enough funding and I don't think a hundred thousand dollars does a whole lot. Just the list that that Senator White listed off. I think the education and training part just getting prepared for that and actually doing education and training for individuals will will eat up that hundred thousand by itself. I also want to say that the I believe that it should be. And that and I ideally I think it is set up now to deal with both House or the legislative and the executive branch. But I've also insisted that it should also include the municipal branch. Current law in the municipal under municipal law allows for a town to to create a conflict of interest policy. It's enabling legislation only. And their best guess that we have from VLCT is that it's only about a third of the towns actually have a conflict of interest policy. We've asked that at a minimum they should be mandated to to have a conflict of interest policy. And and I don't believe that they need to wait to 2020. They can pass that in three weeks. It's not that big a deal. In fact, VLCT has a model model ordinance or policy for for towns to use. So I think that there is there's opportunity to do that. I don't think they need three years to to for towns to do that. And we we our office receives. We just calculated it because VLCT had asked us for this information. And we calculated that the average is about three three ethics questions about ethics in local communities per week and or per month. No per week per week. And I think that it's it's incumbent upon us to deal with the issue. When I first started talking about this, I actually checked with Massachusetts because they I was giving them as a pretty good example. They had they had a three million dollar budget. They had 22 people, mostly lawyers, which which obviously doesn't fit the Vermont size just even on the population. But they had three quarters of their complaints were coming at the municipal level. And I believe that the same will happen here. So, Senator, if there is general agreement in the Senate that it makes sense to have a municipal level conflict of interest policy. Why why delay it for three years? We could have put it sooner. I've been on a small town select board. I was on for nine years and some some select boards meet once a month and not during the summer. And I think that their lives are getting more and more complicated just as the legislators lives are getting more and more complicated with the issues. And they could just adopt the the model policy if they wanted to. But I believe that if they're going to adopt a policy instead of just saying, OK, tonight we're going to adopt the conflict of interest policy that the VLCT sent us. Here it is. I think they should have the conversation. They should have the conversation and say, what does this mean in our town? Not not what does it mean in Burlington or what does it mean in Winooski? But what does it mean in our town to have a conflict of interest policy? And I think that that conversation is as important as adopting the policy itself. I think the conversation is important, but three years does seem a bit excessive to have that conversation. Would it would you be opposed if the House decided it should be one year instead of three years? I probably wouldn't be opposed to it. I my guess is the House isn't going to make it there. They happen to be closer to their towns than than the people in the Senate. But I mean, this is I suppose you could put it. I wouldn't put it before. Let's see. This is 2017, right? So it's even if this passes and is signed, it wouldn't go into effect until July. Right. So you could do a 2018 July start date. You could. You could. All right. We're making progress here. I'm bringing you two closer together. We are closer together. I wouldn't oppose it, but I do think that we need to give them time to have the conversations at the town level. And for those towns who meet once a month and who have three people who volunteer five people to volunteer and they come in and there's a lot of things they have to be dealing with. And I want them to have the conversation and not just to say we're going to pass this. Yeah, we're going to adopt this policy. Well, I can tell you that just in the last couple weeks, we had a complaint called into us that a particular town had had a conflict of interest policy. And actually voted to eliminate that conflict of interest policy and then turned around and gave their select board chair a leading role in a position in town. So, you know, I still maintain that we really need to and I'm I served on the Vermont League of Cities and Towns Board. I served on the National League of Cities and Towns Board, you know, and I served for 18 years at the local level. I believe that there needs to be a conflict of interest policy mandate going to them. It doesn't cost them anything to do, right? And we I I don't care what the date is. We have mandated that they have one. Yeah, we haven't mandated what it is. And so I again, firmly believe that that conversation should happen about what it means in their town. You have a town of 500 people. The conflict of interest policy is going to be very different than the conflict of interest policy. Yeah, I'd like to talk about some of the some of the other requirements that you mentioned that off the top. There is some new financial disclosure requirements. What are we now asking lawmakers and high level executive branch appointees? Let me make sure what we're asking. All right. We're high. The statewides are going to be required statewide candidates will be required to submit. The prior years, 1040s with personal information redacted. Is it just the prior year? Or is it a prior year? OK, and my understanding is that candidates have been doing that a lot. But some of them have done so on a voluntary basis, right? They don't know. Should they shouldn't they should I do by wife? Should I do, you know, if you file separately, right? So that's the requirement for statewides. In addition, statewides and general assembly candidates will have to disclose a few things. Any sources of income or investment income from investments over 10,000, not the amount just the source. So if you get in my case, I would write state of Vermont and I would write social security. And if there if I have a job during the summer and I make more than 10, I would write that. How specific will these requirements be if I would I have to name the company, the specific company that pays me if I'm elected lawmaker? If that's your source of income, OK, you'd have to say I work for Burlington Gas and Electric or I work for the Brattleboro Housing Authority. OK, yes, you will identify it would say who it is, not how much you make. And then if you get in investment income, income, not investments, but income from investments over $10,000 from a single investment, you would write that down. So you'd write Coca-Cola, $10,000. If you got five, if you got five, $5,000 incomes from five different sources, you wouldn't write that down. So the goal here is to see where people might be being influenced from.  And say Legislature A makes $10,001 from the investment and Legislature B makes $1.5 million. We won't know that there's a drastically drastic difference between the two. Shouldn't there be, would it make sense to have a little more range built into this? That was suggested, ranges were suggested. We determined that we would just put anything over $10,000. Is that a smart move, Secretary? I will just leave that as a policy decision that the Legislature has to make. But I do want to add one thing and I think my colleague would be supportive of this. As long as we're putting state-wide and whatever for our tax returns, which I have no problem with, but maybe we should also require that of the presidential candidates that they supply us with their previous year. I've got that bill introduced. Becca Ballant and I have that bill introduced. Actually it's five years, I believe. Which interestingly enough, most people would think of President Donald Trump, but this would have impacted our very own Senator Bernie Sanders as well. So no, I don't know if it should be arranged, but I do, I think that at least beginning, let's see if this makes a difference and let's see if people, and then you also have to declare things like if you earn, if you own more than 10% of a company. Right. And that 10% came from CPAs. They said that's a standard that they use when they're dealing with influence and with their clients. We have just a couple of minutes left. Oh, I'm sorry. But I want to ask you again also about the one-year ban on executive branch employees and legislators from registering as lobbyists. Why one year? How did you settle on one year? Out of the year. No. You could do, there are some states that have lifetime bans. We certainly didn't want to do that. And we didn't want to impact people's opportunities to get jobs too much. It's a small state. There's not a lot of opportunities for employment in the state. And some people thought it should be for one full biennium. We settled on a year. Mr. Secretary, is that a decent...  And there aren't a lot of high-paying jobs out there that go along with some of the ones that you would have as a state commissioner or secretary. So I think you don't want to force people to have to move out of state to take a job. And I think that it does make sense to have some kind of a cooling off period. I do think, and I believe this is the case in the bill, is that it's only in regards to stuff that was under their control. So... That's for the executive officers. Okay. For them advocating before certain public bodies, which is additional. They are limited from becoming a lobbyist of any sort for a year as our legislators. That provision is for them advocating in front of, not as a lobbyist necessarily, but yeah. So I am down to about 20 seconds now, but it's a one-way street. Lobbyists, excuse me, legislators and executive branch employees can't become lobbyists, but a lobbyist could become an executive branch employee or a lobbyist. Sure. We can't tell people they can't be on the ballot. Right, right. Okay. Very good. My thanks to Secretary of State Jim Condos and Senator Jeanette White. Thanks. Thanks for this riveting discussion on ethics. I appreciate it. Thank you. And on behalf of everyone at Orca Media and Vermont PBS, I'm Neil Goswami with the Vermont Press Bureau. We thank you for watching and we hope you join us again next week.


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That one as much as i did find them on youtube at the jana barbara I think we'll find them and bring them to the show and uh so that they can tell us more about their song Right, we'd love that and keep the conversation going the hashtag is karyoke y254 at philine june at halfulu imboko And of course that karyoke live white 254 that's on facebook and twitter and the on instagram as always karyoke underscore live White 254 and remember guys we are now on dstv channel 376 if you have not checked out If you've not rather checked us out make sure you do that All right about now is that time for unscripted and you know how we do we have different guests coming through on the show They want to talk about their music career what they've been up to what they are doing even upcoming talent We want to know all about that but today we have a producer at b-comp music studios He is also a songwriter if you know vivian. Yes, he's the one behind vivian songs So if you love vivian, you're gonna love him as well. He's a former member of mo g Right, so boss mo g guys and he is right here for karyoke live. This is your first time on the show, right? This is my first time on the show I was looking for love and finally I found one It depends on the english teacher My language is english and it's coming from my school field You should get a refund By the way, all right, so let's talk about Music because I have concert once a year. I hear there's a rumor somewhere Our mo g are coming back. Is that true? Wow. Well, um Ah Save is only You had it here first. All right. You had it here. All right. So, um, what's your secret? I mean I decide you're still relevant. You're still doing good music people still know who you are. What's the secret behind that? How are you still relevant right now? Uh The secret You have to stick to the source first of all right and stick to your calling If you do this thing as a hobby, it will backfire on you. So for me, I don't do it as a hobby I do it as a calling and that's it. Yeah, it's a calling and that was my next question I want you to know like because now these people are doing things for clout You'll find like you're in the gospel just because it sells somewhere in the gospel Because this one so he's in the gospel.  Are you still saved? So for me, um, I'm not here because of uh Um, I think consistency Okay, there is this question of all those wanted to ask Social media people because it seems by the way, if you get carried out by social media fans They have a lot of time to hate you. Do you read comments on your post on YouTube? I do and I hate people comment but they actually I think I Right and I want you to know, um We have a lot of scandals right now in the gospel industry in Kenya specifically. Okay. No, just Kenya The gospel industry what is happening? What's going on? It's actually worldwide. It's not just Kenya, but I would love for you to speak about um, our gospel right here in Kenya What's going on? What's happening? Okay Um, what are you asking? Yeah In the 254 everything is fine gospel music is fine and I can't use uh character of one person to describe the whole industry. So I laugh appear Basically And that's what has been happening people have been saying oh gospel artist gospel music and there's so much gospel Good gospel music that people can listen to me. I always tell people Change your playlist, right? Yeah, if you have a problem with gospel music Change your playlist because the problem is not gospel music Your gospel music has a problem your gospel music the kind of people you follow. Yeah, that's the problem. That's the problem All right And uh the conversation that is happening right now kill them to go play ke music How do you feel about that? What's your take?  Yeah, some of us were made by you know Just tv planners. Yeah, you can't send us to youtube. You can't tell us. Oh now that is youtube that is social media Is what I do In Nairobi, they don't even buy bundles. They don't even know what bundle is. So all they know is tv Yeah, yeah, yeah, if they don't see you for tv Automatic You know, this is the problem and this is why the newcomers the new artist are They are gonna cause is on because you you think because Umahit kosho media now you're a star. Yeah, people don't know you in okuru People don't know you in the western people don't know. Yeah, so what we are trying to push is that at least What to appreciate our own cause we can't kenya can't be the only country where uh Uganda ones when they come when they feel to trend here They come and they pay presenters and all that and then they start trending and then We've been told but I just to add on that wait for for presenters.  Yeah, because Even before Nigerian music or We knew what was going on these people are paying And after Pulizawa say why are you guys playing these people more and they'll tell you those guys are playing tunes A lot of tunes to be played here. Yeah, and so what does that mean? You're gonna sell your own country because of Chooms So I just think that we should love our own because tomorrow your child would want to be An artist and you won't be there to play them It's actually for those people who are into school who study journalism They know it's against the codes of ethics of journalism. You're not supposed to do that But still it's um right now when it's just say anyone can be a presenter You don't have to have going to school. It can be a comedian.  We are praying about this myself. I'm praying that kenya will Come to realization that we have what it takes just like other countries And it's not about compiling zone when you start comparing us Comparing yourself with other people even the bible does not allow that So you can't just sit there and start saying this is good music All right, so um, what's it? I mean like you've been in the game for too long. I know you have a fun base How would you deal with them because sometimes um some funds tend to go out of the way the normal way How do you deal with that? All I can say I love my fans. They love me. They are they love me That doesn't mean that I'm perfect in what I do, but uh I just love my funds right Okay, so let's talk about your song. There's a song you released about two months ago Yes, what inspired that and we're waiting for the video video I'm all about play kenya music 90% of the time on the show. So I know what's going on.  Of course. Wow. So you love praise Yes, I go to church. Yeah I felt like we've come to the end of the year because in this december And I I was just counting my blessing and seeing how much god has been faithful how much god has been loving And and and then he has blessed you.  And mercy most of all and also through grace and to survive Because if if billa billa god's grace and this is what I say at times I look at Secular artists. I don't look at them as people who will go to hell or people who are bad I look at them as They just chose to do Because you need to separate the person from what they do Just because Because they need to sustain themselves And and and you can find a gospel artist akimba circular Like when it's a part of kukimba gospel and then you get broke through and then immediately you start doing circular Everybody knows you. Yeah, so it is it is not about the the the thing the action. It's about the person It's about the person. Yeah, that's why god All right, so, um, I want to talk about your latest song but before we get to that it's karaoke and it's a norm I'm on your favorite your favorite one of your favorites from your own collection here you go My collection is uh I love this song because every day there is something new and there's a question coming after that, but that is after you see Today's my wedding day leo today's my wedding day leo today's my wedding day leo Leo My star this girl attract me like a spark if i'm gonna lose i'm gonna have a heart attack She looks so fine the first time i saw her she said she don't have a time Will she be mine? Will she cross my line today? I don't believe she's gonna be my wife from the rest of my life Maybe Hit him up at boss emoji, right? That's all in our instagram, twitter Facebook youtube killer mahali. All right, so you have a new song Yes, and I love it dance sedance. It's very danceable. It's just like the first time I heard it. I was just like, oh He's a vibe. We survived. I feel it and I love it. Tell us about the song. What inspired it? there was uh What a lot of people want to do and come back since generally there have been a lot of bad vibes going around About gospel artists gospel things and scandals I just came up with that tune, but then they came to my place to my studio and uh, yeah, I had the track And so we composed it. So for me, it was just what we were going through as a gospel industry There are so much bad vibes going around and Yeah Yeah, there was a need to come up with some good vibe music. And so this is just a good vibe song Anyone when you're on a schizan, you can just break into dancing and remember that Don't say don't say Goodbye to the bad vibe Inningamaya.  Oh, yeah, we have 10 questions After that It's it was funny the way we met with banembe I saw a song on youtube and I was going through that song and I was like, wow, this guy's so talented What is he doing? Like, how can I get him? Yeah, that's you in your mind. Yeah, me in my mind And so the funny thing a guy calls me a canyambia So I mean the how and then this guy knocks the door So I go I'm back I remember, yeah, it's me. I'm an artist I'm like, okay, coming So I'm like, what are you doing? I was looking for you guy. Yeah, and you showed up on my doorstep. Yeah, and then yeah, you showed up on my doorstep So it was a godly planned. Yeah, and so we became best friends and I'm a producer even by album. Yeah Right. Yeah, and for Kolo Kolo I met Kolo as a director Kittambu and he was a director, you know, he could sing until he put me on a guard.  Yeah, so far I'm telling you You know at times the power of the tongue In this idea You have to You speak life things into existence. Yeah These people are good Kolo is good And uh, yeah, so Yeah, it was just a thread And then it was supposed to be mine and but then I was like it needs someone who's not singing When it has vocals, you know, yeah When it is good And people should check out With Kolo. Yeah, so Right So guys, by the way You can work together hit him up at Boss emoji Right. So before we let you go, we have 10 questions, right? So 10 questions are very easy, but this is what I love this. I love this. Even the guys at home love this. So The rules are very simple. So when it comes to 10 questions, I have 10 very personal questions And you cannot say skip. You cannot say pass. You cannot say no or yes, you cannot explain your answer So just answer truthfully. What if I give you some facial expression? No, that doesn't count. So you gotta put you in the spot. Are you ready? All right. So here you are. Here we go. The first one. How do you ask for a girl's number? All right, all right, right. We have number three. Would you rather always have bad breath or body order? You have to pick one Which one would you rather? Both are not nice, but which one would you rather? I think bad breath I can control body order I can also control perfume All right, number four. When are you getting married? Um, when I want When you want. All right, number five. Have you ever dated a fan? No Describe your fashion style Hey man, rugged Rugged. Spell entertainment If you are a girl, what would your name be? Patricia All right, number 10. Which fictional character would you love to meet in person? Um, it's a grammar matrix I don't understand But Denzel will do Denzel, but he's not a fictional. He's not a fiction. He has to be a fiction All right, thank you for playing 10 questions. Yes, that was dope and thank you so much for coming If you're being honest and uh, we love your new songs guys Go check it out. We have Iguia, but they don't got the video that one Iguia profile And then the new one is called don't say don't say that is a boss emoji featuring by name By Jeremy and collogy. So go check it out on youtube. I mean put it on my status by the way. It's a it's a vibe. Yeah I love it. You didn't tag me. I didn't say it Uh, I'll talk to you. I'll talk to you. And then there's another one. We'll keep reposting. There's another collab song coming out coming out No, I didn't sing with anyone, but No, you have to tell her. You saw the guys here it first Yeah, it's a it's a it's a good song. It's a good song. It's a good. It's not just a love song It's a good song. All right, and yeah, so it's uh about Is it possible to love me when I'm broke, baby Is it possible to love me when I'm done, baby Press I see all my Benji Well when the eggy Benzy Press I see all my Benzy Look at you. I told you all about the But you can actually sing thank you so much for coming through. It's been fun having you around And we look forward to having you more when you release new music, you know where to drop it first, right? All right, guys, so we're gonna go for a very short break. We have more Sure for you. We have more show for you. So keep it here and we'll be right back


Hi, I'm Tom Stewart with Cleaning Business Today. One number that you're going to track in your business is active clients by month. If your production management software doesn't give you that number easily, one way that you can get it is through your accounting software. Most accounting packages will allow you to export reports into Excel. What we're looking at here is the sales summary report by month out of QuickBooks. You can see I've got months across the top and I've got clients going down the left-hand side. Most sales have zeros in them, which means that particular client for that particular month did not get billed. They weren't active. So what I want to do is in each column count the number of sales that have some number in them. So I will go down to the bottom of the report and you can see it adds up the total dollar amount here. This was the formula that was exported out of QuickBooks, but it doesn't count the number of sales that have a number in them. I could do that by hand, but there's an easier way. Excel gives us a formula to do that. I will go up here to formulas and say insert formulas and there's a formula called count if. In order to make this work, it asks for a range, so I will highlight the range in this column. So I'll go all the way up to the top and I'm going to give it criteria. In this case, I want it to count the sales that have a value greater than zero. If I do that, it counts 40. While I'm at it, I might as well go ahead and see what the average revenue per client per month is. So I'll take the revenue number divided by clients. In this case, it comes out to be 102. So I'll drag that all the way across now and you can see that I get active clients for that given month in the revenue per client for that month. Obviously these are numbers that we want to manage and we want to drive each one of those up from month to month. So this is a good number to track and an easy way to get it is out of your accounting package. You can export it into a spreadsheet just as we've seen here. Hope you find this tip useful. Thank you for watching Cleaning Business Today.