I want this in every tournament. I play it I'm in like yeah for this one Yeah, both corners your army stretched The scoreings yeah, you can score Two VP on round one then you might get three VP for round two because you've got across the board to be able to contest One of your opponents to That also might be three VP for round three and then you're gonna go back down to two VP for round four and five Because you've only got one objective, right? And if you hold the one you hold one and more than your opponent who I wouldn't have zero. Yeah, yeah, I Love this scenario. I love the way it plays with the basic structure of the one one one It's so clever in what it's doing there I love the way it wants your armies to move to spread to be in different places at different points in the battle like Yes, it is it is empowering I think of Things like teleporters and stuff like that. I do think that is true Yeah, but that you know that that has counterplay, right? Like you can counterplay that stuff And I think that that makes for an interesting game. I Love the vice You're on the island this this this Yeah, I played once but it was Suns and iron jaws and we just had a It was nice because obviously we didn't have any tell it well, I guess I didn't have hand of Gork I was cheating I had some teleport but I was thinking you know at the start of the first before the start of the first battle round Of course now we are scoring so we take control which is interesting so we can move away in round one So yeah, we did that in that matchup But yeah, we ended up pulling the trigger I pulled the trigger in round three before we got to round four So never never even got to the scrum in the middle, but yeah Nice. Yeah, love the vice. Yeah, cool. Anything else you want to say on this one? I Think we're good. I hope it's I hope it's as good as it looks. Yeah, I I I haven't got to play this one yet I'm quite excited to Now to one I have played apex predators or also known as places of arcane power or the three things or Leaders are important. So have leaders. Yeah So it uses this little square box thing. This one's easier I don't mind this nine inch thing because I only have to set up one nine inch bubble Across the center, right? Yeah, that's total conquest set up there. Yeah, classic classic setup. This one's fine So the only way you take objectives is if a friendly you leader unit finishes a move Other than a retreat move within three inches of an objective And there's no other enemy leader within three inches of it Or if you kill a leader who's on it and you're within three inches of it, then you gain control of it Yep with a melee weapon. Yes, that's right Very yeah, that is very important and once you gain control of it It remains under your control until your opponent gains control of it until there is no friendly leader within or there or there is no Friendly there within three inches of it. In other words, this one you cannot walk away from right, oh Well, you can you can you can walk away as long as you've got another leader there sure yeah Yeah, so you can have your your combat hero come along Take control of the objective and then wander off to get another one as long as you've got a support here Because it's not remember it's the player who controls the model who contests right that being the key So you can have to like two euros move up You're absolutely right combat hero smashes support your holds because it just says there's you lose it if there's no Friendly leader within three. Yeah, it's a good point. Yeah, my point is you can't abandon it, right?  You got a babysitter with somebody other than that it uses standard scoring one one ones standard breakdown Yeah, I I like this one. I've always liked the leader scenario. I've always liked three places of arcane power I think it's cool. It does incentivize models that are already pretty good in this addition That is say like, you know leaders are already pretty potent You're already having a heroes and hero monsters do a lot of really good stuff and be really powerful pieces in winning the game The only thing that would hold me off when we're saying it should be in tournament packs is that you're already gonna have leader monsters showing up everywhere So, yeah, do we really need more incentive for them? I don't know Yeah, do we do we need to reward kaiju hammer more than we? Yeah, yeah, that's my basic take as well. I don't yeah, I wouldn't personally include this one I think we've got plenty of incentive. It's not really fulfilling a meaningful purpose I don't think in GHP 21 at least like I think it often could lead to better game in my experience with place of arcane power over the years Most of the games were pretty good, you know, like the fear double Marathi or whatever, you know Or getting shot off all your heroes getting shot off like I don't know that at least in the However many dozens of experiences like it never happened for the most part They were always really intriguing games, but I just don't know if we need this this time around Well, and now like I said, I mean, I think you've got you've got Marathi You've got immortal RK on, you know, you've got like there are just heroes in the mix here that I'm not sure it's They you already are gonna include them. They're no-brainers. So yeah, again Do we just need to have you rock up?  So to hang on at least two of those for a little while So, yeah, I yeah, I think it could be a lot of advantage in going first in this one We've got You look at the core battalions and we've got a lot of incentive to take those smaller support heroes So this is gonna favor the smaller support heroes that all come in But as we've said, you want you want your big smashy, right? You only need one big smash to go and do the dirty business and then you have your five of them running around I played against Sylvaneth, I did play this one I played against Sylvaneth with my scaven I promptly assassinated all three of their He's about right and then won the game. That was the it was a pretty straightforward solution. All right Bang bang go went the went the scaven shooting and then I won the game. That was pretty much that one.    Then we also have this new mini game. We get a play called top of the food chain After armies have been set up But before determining who has the first turn in the battle round each player pick three different friendly units on the battlefield Starting with the attacker. These units are your predator units for the battle So it uses completely normal scoring except You also get a bonus victory point for each enemy predator unit that was destroyed by a friendly predator unit During that turn.  Yeah, exactly. Yeah And you never get in the fight. You're just like well, you're we're just none of us are ever getting those right, right? right, so you get this weird mini game happening of like Who can who can pre-plan this the best or who can get their exact chess pieces into place and whatever whatever Yeah, I love the concept of it. Yeah, I worry exactly as you said that it's in terms of it's just incentives gone wrong It feels like there's a lot of potential for that. This is the other one This is the what's the other one first blood? These are very similar and I would just go first blood in a pack, but what do you think Dan? Yep Yeah, I mean, I just feel like this one has this extra mini game layer. That's just kind of silly and I'm like It's not gonna I know how they pictured it in their head when they sure It's a cool. I think it's a really cool idea Sure, they were like oh people are gonna pick like three aggressive units and three other aggressive units I have monster fights like in Ger and in my head. I'm like no My I'm gonna defensive pick and three things I think are never gonna fight and I'm gonna stay way out of the fight And I'm gonna hide and deny my opponent those victory points, right?  It's not sure. Yeah, it's it's we're playing a bait game I wouldn't be against this one in a tournament pack if this one showed up.  So it's like it's fine. It's silly, but fine The other thing to note with this is that there's no prime objectives. Yes For this one And it is three objectives so you can quickly get down and sort of skew towards better tactics again Sorry, I was also right. I was jumping ahead to the end where I was writing down the five scenarios that I Dating the question All right So yeah, this one's like a border for me of like F is in there fine, but I I don't need it is what I'm saying It's not like the vice where I want to see it in every pack ever no matter what period end of story Please put it in there. Thank you and I appreciate it. Yeah. Yeah And like I said, it it's just the fact that it's so similar to first bloods and I like I think it's just a very strong Scenario to include you need a first blood in there because you need something that isn't breaking your brain first blood is like a great game One it's great game one. We're all warming up. Everybody's settling in it's an early morning on a Saturday Everybody was up too late drinking before the tournament Get some first blood. It gets a good warm-up right like you need those that kind of cadence in a tournament. So Okay feral for a So this one is Interesting to say the least this is your new sort of like I get to destroy enemy objectives scenario Squished earth new scorched earth. Yeah, basically sure. There's only six scenarios or six objectives, right? Yeah So three in three they are 30 inches apart from each other The DMZ is 18 inches right so nine inches from each side of the line Lots of space here to set up things like faction terrain huge territories great trellors things We're trying to pop in behind you know be an opponent's territory All those things are great in this one because there's just there's lots of room for activities in this one From the start of the second bout around after you score victory points You can raid one objective that you control that is wholly within your opponent's territory and Is within one inch of a friendly unit if you do so you score one additional victory point that is after you scored That is the point. So if you get so when you're counting your do I have one do I have two do I have more you do that first? Then you make this choice to burn it Okay, and if you do so bonus one, but then that objective is removed. You cannot raid more than one objective per turn So very clear Cadence there as to how you'd want to do this and how you want to push a good change Absolutely This can be one of those scenarios is where it's very difficult to break the line It is one of the you know It's tied for the largest number of objectives the turn three objective remove matters a lot here there's none of these are prime and Like it's often you might be in sort of a stalemate kind of pushing and then then turn three ends up being the thing It sort of tilts it in one way or another if no one's really managed to get in hard and burn yet, right? Yeah Dan what are your thoughts on on barrel for a I like it. Yeah I do like it for that that consideration and you can see yourself going into the opponent's objectives Raiding burning depriving them of that one and then sort of going back to yours So now I think it's an interesting one I sort of when I was it when I was going through my set of five that I'd picked for packets This one for me is paired with power in numbers Meaning meaning you would pick one of the two or you'd pick one of these two So I've got my four other choices and then I pick one of these two Yeah, I think I'm probably leaning towards power in numbers over fell for a But I'd be interested in your guys thoughts Good. Yeah. Yeah, I think I would too for which is because I couldn't stand better part of valor With the battle line orientation and now it really stands out as probably the reason you want power numbers in a pack Is that sorry? Is that the name which whichever one has one? Yeah, yeah that yeah, I I think I'd lean that direction, but yeah, I like both of these Yeah, she's checking objectives always always nice classic and a couple nice little changes. Yeah, I have gotten to play this one I quite liked this one It was very fun the turn three objective thing mattered a ton because I Pushed and they burned and it basically stayed even and I like they they removed I burned Sorry, and it was like, you know, the world kind of balanced, right? And it fell back into into into balance So it was it was funny how much that turn three seismic shift mattered there and I could see that happening a lot And you do what you want that? in a scenario Somewhere in the pack where it's not leading to the feel bad that we talked about the sort of new knife Roan instant loss scenario, right? You want seismic shift to have an impact? In a scenario, which isn't gonna instant win where you then gonna see that play out the consequences it over three four and five Agreed, and that's what happens here. So beautifully, right?  Like absolutely that happened All right speaking of power in numbers power in numbers Only slight difference is that in the setup is that this is 22 inch DMZ instead of a 18 inch DMC But otherwise quite similar still six objectives Still horizontal deployment The big difference in this scenario two big differences. I mean this one this scenario is very very different actually, okay? Yeah Let's get to one if there are the backbone of success if there are any battle line units within six inches of objective Then only models from battle line units can contest the objective or if you're play 40k you've got ob-sec Mm-hmm We're assuming this is battle line if as well. Yeah Battle line if isn't a thing it's just just battle line, right? It's just you become battle line I think the thing that I find interesting about this is someone is gonna screw themselves over Because the opponent will have five models on an objective non-battle line You will then move up your non-battle line unit To take it might have ten models or whatever and you leave one of your battle line chaff models within the six inch zone and so That's the only one that counts. You've got one versus five or whatever and you get your numbering screwed and you Yeah, not yeah Because it isn't that yeah, that's it's like this. This is worth mentioning and drilling in on for a second The the wording of this is not if the battle line unit controls Right, it's It's if there are any battle line units within six inches of an objective period Okay, like you could have one battle line guy towing in within six inches Okay, you're actually controlling it with a completely different thing Right, you've got a monster there worth five and one battle line dude, okay The other the other the other thing that you can do is this could be a long Battle line unit from your army. Yeah, that is Contesting an objective over here and is denying an opponent over there Yes, because you are triggering the rule about only battle yarn units being able to Do it because your battle line unit doesn't have to be contesting the objective That it's turning off. Yep You can be contesting another objective and you just stop the other person Correct, like let's take let's take the escape an example since I've run it so many times 60 clan rats they can still go 30 long Easily in there in a very safe way, right? You can just do your standard two ranks of 30 That you can stretch that across all three of those objectives No drama llama easy peasy, right?  They're only contesting the left one Okay, that's it. They're added. They're giving me contest and control of the left one But their mere presence Standing behind the other two Okay means that anything in my opponent's army that isn't battle line can no longer contest my objectives Yeah Because I don't the wording is if there are any battle line units within six inches of an objective Lord, the only models from battle line units can contest that objective. Okay. I I hate it How many are how many armies Have battle line units that you are sending across the board to contest an opponent Not every one so many ones your hammer unit or whatever you're throwing across the board is not battle line So it's a really good defensive play as as Ben says Yes, and the important part is keep mine That goes for you as well. Only your battle line can contest as well However Okay, if you just Started the game by having control of all three years with anything All right Then you have control of them Yeah, okay, you don't need to contest anymore at that point. Right Can you start your rats or whatever like it like it's easy because you gain control pre game now Sure.   He's just going in to pick up bodies while three pigs fall behind to do the actual work to contest Yeah So and then the other big thing to talk about here. Yeah, that one's like it's so crazy tyler the layers on this one, right? Yeah, I completely miss that. Yeah that that nuance. It's a fun one I mean joking aside, I think I I think we'll play this wrong Oh, yeah I I'm gonna yeah now. We're really going to try this. I think I still like it, but yeah We haven't even talked about the scoring Which is also crazy We've only talked about the objective force All right, so the scoring standard battle tactics two points every that's true across all of them. There's nothing that deviates from that and then uh starting from the second battle round from the second battle round Hmm At the end of each of your turns or the player's turns, right? The player can destroy one or more of the objectives They control in order to score the following victory points If you gain control of the objective this turn one victory point If you controlled it, uh in your last turn, it's two then two turns four and then the whole game eight That basically being that way, right? So obviously your incentive ice to like hold on Right to these things Uh So, yeah, um, I would call this the new better part of valor, right? Obviously. Yeah So but with this battle line kicker Yeah, yeah, man, uh, this one's super interesting. I like I this one is a high level play Separate the the the wheat from the chaff as it were right because knowing how to structure your army how to use your Battle line effectively and knowing when to hold them when to fold them when to walk away and when to run Yep, and it stops three times five min battle line And yeah a whole range of other things. Um, and it incentivizes that battle line unit and gives them some benefit in a hero hammer meta um Outside the sort of suns and stuff, but uh, yeah, I like it. I I would be in a pack for me Because yeah, because summon doesn't you know, Summon doesn't count as bad line, of course. So yeah, no, it's yeah It's it's yeah, it's it's a grenade and uh, you know a huge mucky wrench and it Yes, seems like a maybe an auto include honestly at these tournaments Uh, but you know to try to try to shake things up push push against what we have so many incentives going in the other direction Agreed. Yep. Totally agreed Okay Uh, so I have my summary here. I'll do that and let's talk about our our winners and we'll call it a night. Hmm. Yeah, uh, so Uh, the average number of objectives in this pack is smaller five to 12 prime objectives. I talked about Uh, the fundamental structure of the scenario scoring is incentivizing you to spread out less talked about that already Battle tactics are really important in some scenarios where they are 66 of the score you get from objectives or more or equal if you count the monster bonus, right? And uh, and in some scenarios, they really cannot matter at all Other than as deciding the minor because some of them the score can run so far beyond what battle tactics can gain you It's crazy Oh, okay. We haven't even talked about I guess we'll have to save the whole tournament scoring system Conversation for now. Yeah, we'll save that for the future. That's more like how do we run tournaments? I think is in that but yes, there's a boy that could be a whole show on its own. Yeah uh And I might I have my final point. I said it earlier. I think more games will end in a draw Uh, there you go uh so Dan Your Five what are you picking? What do you think your winners are? What what's your your pick list at least? So my pick list so my five of first blood savage gains power struggle the vice and power in numbers love it Love it. Am I five? With sort of feral four way and survival of the fittest around the outside, but those are my What were you what were you picking on the outside Dan? Feral four way And survival of the fittest. Okay. Yeah, but well, I have a strong preference for my first fight I'm I literally completely agree with that list. I I am exact five That is the exact Yeah, I've got four out of the five so far. I'm trying to decide whether power struggle is the fifth or if it's something else I mean, I think if you weren't going to pick power struggle, you'd pick feral foray feral foray is Because it's the other six objective scenario that encourages sort of the horizontal push and You know, yeah And has a lot of like that clever counterplay potential and trading and not prime objectives And so and you get the benefit of the whatever we call the stealing objective rule Yeah, the size of the shift being able to play Yeah, yeah to me. It's like I I agree with you. I the reason I think Powered numbers is such a strong inclusion is because it does push and incentivize good battle line Which is something that doesn't you know, like it's good like don't be wrong. Look big units are still big units There's still the best thing in the game, right? Like I mean, let's be honest with ourselves here Yep, yeah, but there's a lot of incentive now to heroes and monsters But it's good to have one of the five actually then still bring that incentive back up and say hey People using big units and not just pure msu the whole time Yeah, yeah Yeah, and use that reinforced unit This is a scenario where you're going to be getting maximum bang from the back from that reinforced unit That you have in your sort of mixed arms List that you've built for this tournament. Yeah Yep, yeah, cool with your sons. You just walk around Yeah, I think Yeah, I think for her power struggle is probably that fifth spot for me So, yeah, we're either all onto something.  Hopefully. Yeah, those those feel about right there Yeah I was gonna say Yeah, good I was just going to say one conscious you just sort of said you're five as will vint Hopefully not coming off but on that tournament scoring point Now that we have got clear win-loss draw And more draws We're going to need ways to separate and the question for me is Do you determine that on the basis of battle tactics? So people that just get the most battle tactics over the course is going to be the next sort Um, and that is effectively double counting Yeah, the benefit of battle tactics So if you're good at getting better tactics, then you're going to do well in the overall event or are you going to go for VP differential say and so Yeah, I don't differential is going to be that is going to be the sorting point. So incentivizing you to win more Whether it is by objectives or battle tactics So you still get the benefit of battle tactics because you're running up the score in round four and round five In order to maximize that differential Yeah, I'm really I'm really unsure on this one. I've you know, like I don't like the 20o system Right, which is sort of a not pure vp It's like a vp differential and then you see that you pin it to a To a set scores of 20 nil the classic 20 nil system, right? Like how much you win by set your basis on a 20 nil system Um, I know some people in 40k in the states just use raw vp counts Yeah, so like whatever it is In 40k attorneys, I think that's probably fine Um, I've always been a fan of just using strength of schedule throughout the tournament to continue determining and like I like Magic swiss uses strength of schedule pretty heavily And I think strength of schedule has always been the best the best decider Like I think we should use strength of schedule more Yes, the strength of schedule Does a great job. It drives you to particular tournament software. Um, in order to calculate It's this is actually true Um, and the the thing I was going to say about the 40k scoring is just pure vp's Removes that element of denying your opponent. So in a os2 We had the strong benefit of getting points for denying your opponent's secondaries, right now The only benefit of denying your opponent that is is the sort of overall win is making sure you win on vp's, right? right If you kept it a vp differential, then you incentivizing you to Deny your opponent and maximize your own scoring. Sure. Sure Yeah, it's it's interesting like I said It's this is probably worth a whole show in its own and I don't think we'll solve it I think there's lots of different options. I will say this, you know My classic answer and what we always did, you know with with david nashkon was we set up schemes, right? Which were sort of these built-in secondaries that very much felt like battle tactics And and we use those very much as the decider, right? Because you had to complete your thing and then your scheme and they were scored separately and then the score totaled together and yada yada I don't think you could do that anymore because there's already so much going on I just don't think there's enough room for another thing To be doing. No, you're not you're not going to add additional layers onto all of the things that we Were in we're cap. This is it. Yeah This is as complicated as I'd ever want the game to get so we've got to figure out how to do it with whatever's here I think yeah to me this is kind of pressing because I know of multiple to's who are actively considering adding additional layers essentially secondaries and tertiaries And I'm that seems like a bad idea in general to me There's so many things to be tracking and thinking of Especially a brand new addition when there's so much to already you don't have internalized yet like come on No way. I would I would say that's the right answer right now Please leave that crap at the door. Like you're just gonna break your player's brains. All you're then doing is just Getting like all the person who wins is the person who forgets less Everybody's gonna forget a ton of stuff. It's just who happened to forget less It's just not needed I think that like my my rough answer right now Would be Just use a basic vp run Like just total the vp's for now because we don't and then later we can agree on if we want to do a point differential And what does the 20 out nil look like? Right like we could get there and you know or if you want to experiment with that fine Yeah, I'm a bit. I'm a big fan of that one of those two systems to just just start with the basics and run it out Yeah, you wouldn't have to move to a 20 nil you can just take sort of vp scored vine minus vp's given up to opponents Um and tell you so sort of goal difference analogy from football Yeah, big big big fan of that. Yeah, Ben speaks me by one point. I don't I don't want him getting 20 I mean nothing. That's that's no fun. Yeah, exactly. So like, you know Yeah Probably a whole show I think what we do is we trot it out and and like let some to his experiment and see where it goes from there That's the right answer Sure. Yeah, and my and my thought is anybody who tries to add additional layers onto this It's going to fail miserably, especially in these first two months Like I just I can't be more blunt with people right like you're it's there's already too much going on in this game folks At the moment like you're going to break everybody's poor brains All right gentlemen, I think we did it. Absolutely. There we go There we go All right, folks will dan thank you so much as brian s just said we appreciate you being the hot nerd Who comes on the show? He said that uh, whenever time he watches his wife sees him watching and asks if the hot nerd is on I think that's very apropos You're definitely bringing up the overall average of hotness on this channel. So we appreciate that dan Thank you very much. I love how much we objectify dan in the annus community. It must feel good Ah No, dan it all seriousness. Thank you so much for coming on brother. I really appreciate it It's great. This was a great discussion. I was very glad to have you on again We will of course have dan back again in the future Uh, don't forget a os shorts. It'll be linked down below all that information you can find there Don't forget about the events list we talked about at the top.  Thank you so much Uh, this weekend is a big weekend. We'll hope with it. 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It's the finale in the Mustang Classic to RIT. Glenn Clark with head coach Paul Cantabene. Coach, you guys got a big emotional win last night. Is it fair to ask whether this was a bit of a letdown this evening? Obviously it was a letdown, but it's no excuse. Both teams had to play. And obviously, we gave RIT a lot of credit. I thought we kind of ran into a little bit of a buzz saw there. They came out and played great and really skipped the ball around. And everything that we told them our guys to do, they did. And we didn't do the things well that we thought we needed to do well. And we just blew a lot of clears early on about silly little passes. And they made us pay. But they were a fired up group. They got beat the day before, so they wanted to win. And we didn't handle it well in the first half. But we played much better in the second half. And we'll move on. Are you able to take a big picture, look at the weekend as a whole, and as a positive on the whole? How do you measure this versus getting the big win last night? I don't know if we're measuring the weekend on this game. Or last yesterday, we played great. Do that. But I think this is really a great celebration. I think the weekend was just lacrosse. I did a great job. And we didn't play great today. That's a fact. But I think the overall weekend was great. Everybody here did a great job at Stevenson and SID people and all the janitorial people. And there were security. And everybody here, the president, all the support, everything did a great job. And all the media people here were so gracious to cover this great event. So it was awesome. So we take, I think, a little bigger picture of it just because we got beat doesn't mean it's a bad day. I think it was a great day to celebrate lacrosse and everything like that. I don't think today's result really is indicative of who we are. It was just a really bad half. And I think we'll be better in a week from now. And I think we'll be all right. And so I don't think today's really who we are. And our guys will play great character guys. They'll work hard. We'll get better. And we'll be a much better team for it. In a particular area of focus, I mean, we've been talking a lot about face-offs, clearing, things like that. Face-offs are really our problem. I think it was more of our wing play that was a problem. I thought the face-off guy actually did a good job. He got to do a better job in the wings than giving a guy. We just got to get much better off the ground. And we got to do a much better being a little more creative in the clears and that kind of stuff to give ourselves a chance. All right, T, so crafty. And we just didn't really handle it well, you know so. And again, they just played really, really well for a half. I think they would have beat the archers today for a while there, I think, for a while. So they did a great job. There's no doubt about that. They were excellent. All right, coach, I know these aren't fun, but it was, as you pointed out, a great weekend. And we appreciate all the hard work that you and the staff puts in to make it possible. Thanks for coming up and spending a few minutes with us. Appreciate it. Thanks, Liffin. Thanks to everybody for watching. It's Paul Cantabene. That'll do it for us. Thank you for tuning in throughout the weekend. This has been the Mustang Classic on GoMustangSports.tv.


Here's the drill. You're going to flip your card, keep the gun in a safe direction the whole time, so it's going to be on. You're going to flip one card at a time, shoot the suit that this card matches to that base target. Okay, and I can start with the magazine in? Yes, you're going to have your magazine in, so I'll say load and make ready. So you can load it up, get it in a position where you're ready to go. When the timer starts, you're going to have one chamber. You're going to flip your first card, finger off the trigger, and I'll be able to see if I see it through that hole. If the finger's on the trigger, I'm going to do a 10 second bonus. A little faster. I like you are trying to toggle the safety to get your feel for the gun and how everything moves.


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still lying Luther I know I know you think it's wrong not very wrong Luther at least the way you explain it thank God all day Chuck thought we agreed on this last night well if you don't get caught Luther I'll come in right after you how soon right after after everything's I mean after you tell him your story and if they believe it shouldn't take more than ten minutes I'll be there I hope so Chuck because you promised me and it's better you lie to them than a lie to me no matter what I do I'll be lying to someone what can I do for you I want to join the army no you don't that's not as easy as all that just wanting to there's questions to be answered I reckon I can answer bring that chair up to the desk now get out papers name Kelly full name Luther S the S is for sage you folks think you'd be a wise man to give you that for a middle name was my mother's name before she wed where do you live Lima New York born where Geneva New York when Geneva New York that's where you answered that can you tell me when July 27th I'm old enough to be a soldier sergeant you calling me a sergeant won't make me one I'm a corporal at two stripes you know you forgot to give me the year of your birth why is it so important I'm healthy and I'm strong what's the year it's important 1818 49 yeah yeah yeah that's it 1818 49 my boy you're not old enough yet maybe it was 48 yeah yeah yeah that's it it could have been 47 47 what 1847 make me old enough 49 is right isn't it yeah it is he's a friend of mine you're in yet Luther isn't 10 minutes Chuck you should have waited corporal was just telling me that I'm too young 16s too young but Luther you said that I'd lie about my age and you didn't wouldn't have done much good Kelly we'd have found out sometime what do we do now wait a year then if your folks say it's all right you can join when you're 17 I'll be back then I'll be back with him thought you were gonna lie about your age couldn't lie Chuck when I got in there I wouldn't hurt anyone Luther nobody but me chuck and but you said last night I know I know I got to thinking Chuck if a man a lie he'll steal and if they'll steal I'll go on other things yeah yeah I see what you mean I'll come back next year with you Luther I'm certain my folks will say all right too I forgot the lock stuck in a backdoor why are you so out of breath listen been in a fight with your friend Chuck oh no no me and Chuck ain't fighting anymore least ways not another son when you get your breath tell me why you're so excited mom net next year whatever it is for next year Luther can wait until next year I'm next year will you let me be a soldier the corporal said I could be with your permission so that's why you're so excited next year you may have other ideas Luther sage Kelly so until I forget it mom but I won't know mom I won't forget it Luther Kelly didn't forget it he came back to see the corporal a year later with his mother's permission allowing that he could be a soldier it was March of 1865 when Luther took his basic training on Governor's Island in New York Harbor as a private and company G of the 10th Infantry Regiment he soldiered the winter at Fort Ripley Minnesota and in the spring of 1866 was promoted to corporal and assigned to Fort Wadsworth in the Dakota Territory when Corporal Kelly I sent for you because I have a job that I feel you can do perhaps better than any other soldier in camp thank you captain I can only do my best what is it sir our rations are getting low if were to replenish a mule train as to get through to Salk Center I'm not a mule driver I know I know Kelly I know we have other drivers and what'll I Kelly you've been pretty good as a scout in this territory I want you to yes captain to lead a mule train back to Minnesota but a scout now the river is over flowed as banks so you'll have to find a new trail because the regular one is underwater well can't we drive the train sort of parallel to the old route no Kelly the bridge is washed out at the main junction you never get the teams across sir I think we can go west a little and then backtrack northeast enough to get around the floods now you'll have three wagons with drivers you can start early tomorrow morning Captain Corporal the instructions were clear captain if it's all right with you I just assumed start right away we can get 10 miles for sundown I like that spirit corporal leave when you're ready the wagons are loaded with some food and extra blankets oh there oh there boy we're not stopping here so why hold the mules some's wrong with the harness on the left side we've got a repair kit how many I remember checking it off of my list before we started yeah we got a kid and I guess we better fix it before we go any further oh there how you can't you stop these mules not only slow starters they're slow stoppers as well wow can you fix it for the other wagons get caught up to us let me look and see this can't be fixed wow we got spare straps I'm we corporal Kelly we used the last two spares yesterday my job is to pick the trail yours is to keep this wagon roll I know wait maybe this cow hide out of my boot hold a strap together till we reach sock center yeah yeah yeah after all we've only got another two days traveling to go we can get harness leather it's sock center I'm worried that part of the harness gets most of the pull we're both worried driver but we got a chance it come on let's get aboard yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I don't take much stock in your commands listen you longy velvet coated nags get a move I hear our slow starters like you said the corporal that was a strong pull one of the cow hide loops just snapped how many loops did you make made a dozen all separate so is one going bad won't mean too much harm yeah better cut left to that pine knoll and keep her on as high ground as you can rims are sinking in the mud already listen I don't hear nothing I think another loop just snapped well maybe if we make a cross-bind over the other loops that might help let's try it whoa wow here mules obeyed for a once seldom know what they expected them here you like to break now bind this belt over the loops hey what about your pants if you use it so much in these pants fit extra tight anyway they'll stay put we got to make up last time we're going to reach sock center tomorrow with the help of the belt from my pants and the cow hide laces from your boots we'll make sure I'm glad that trip is over you mean half the trip we still got to return well that'll be easier cause the trails are drying up fast so it's so accented be bigger than this just a handful of buildings size don't interest me as long as our rations are here I'll check in at the store and you and the other men pull a wagon to the rear loading platform I guess you mean one of the time that store won't have three loading platform yeah any way you say just load the stuff as fast as can as we can yep you want to start back to Widesworth tonight me and the other men were kind of figuring on an evening's entertainment this town's too small for all of us we'll do better after we get home no chance of some time out after we load we we can get an early start in the morning we no chance talk we'll be well rested now you won't know you won't not after one of your nights out come on now we got along all right so far let's get the job done and then we'll have us a time I guess I can't win you over Kelly oh by the way don't forget the harness piece you were gonna get I won't you get the wagons loaded while I check off the grub bliss with a storekeeper I'll take care of the harness trap while you in the store I'll pull around back don't forget the stress I won't we got here by the grace of a pair of cow hide bootlaces and don't forget them mules you mean the slow starters and the slow stoppers yeah you know it's a funny thing mules is a lot like people some people and what would you be meaning by that well you take that off mule and generally he's got one of the sweetest dispositions are going what you might say a real nice fella yeah go on and then for no good reason he'll get an idea in his head plant them front feet bow his neck and stand as steady as a rock I can talk my fool head off and he just stand you might say he may he make me do his bid that's a mighty lot of talk about a mule and if I've been adding up correctly you figured that off mule should be rightly named Kelly all right now I didn't say no such thing but being you're in a palaver and mood well I I mean can it be that you've seen the error of your ways mr. get yourself down off that wagon now we've been through some trying times on this trip but if you think for one minute I'm going to let a mule skinner take over the I can use a little muscle on them supplies you're going to be ready to roll in an hour yes and fella keep an eye on that off mule you are listening to the proudly we hail production yellowstone Kelly will return in just a moment for the second act among the 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discharge to have a look at the upper areas of the Missouri River with what training he had in service he felt himself ready to be a scout when there must be someone who can do it major Sawyer for weeks we've been trying to get mail toted from Fort Peck look it's piling up and some of it must be important lieutenant I'm not as interested in the quantity or its importance as I am yes major as I am and who killed the last two male writers well can't we send soldiers with a male this time yeah our orders are to hire a civilian scouts we need our own man here to do for just in case after the last two writers were scalp cleaning a whistle we may have trouble finding anybody else for the job there must be one in this region who knows the route and who can outwit Indians with killing ideas for three days we try to locate one but lieutenant I have an idea might work in fact he might be crazy enough to want to try it know someone major yeah I don't know him but I heard of him a couple of times well her name Kelly captain Prescott at Ford Wadsworth made him a week ago and he came here to replenish his ammunition what about Kelly Prescott said he was a soldier out of service now humdinger when it come to leading Russian trains across unmapped regions and that Kelly was staying in this area doing some scouting along the Missouri now if he works his way down the Buford should we latch on them for the job we can ask him the most he can say is no you seem to think that he'll say yes and I got a hunch he will Prescott said this man Kelly would make a darn good scout with a little more Indian experience well if it's experiencing needs this will be to his column all right I'll have him report to you if he comes to the fort Rufus something's wrong I think I yeah I hear something too sound don't say it not a lot anyway Lucy I think it's engines he's sneaking up on us why it plays it as a yell you figure it lose I never could understand an engine but it this modern hide the horses Rufus I don't like the looks of this looks what a man we can't see 20 feet it's a dog and well let's hide the horses in the clump of birches over there maybe this engine isn't alone easy there boy easy there easy does it come on boy Kelly I ain't got a sense we'd better walk back to back or at least stand that way because if we don't there are more of them Lucy that arrow came from the north looks like the engine we heard was decoying for his friend and just may travel alone or in groups but hardly ever in pairs that means maybe we surrounded and don't know it they sound good hitting trees Rufus ever get shot with an arrow ain't a nice way to die we got to make a break for it Lucy before they circle us too tight you got any ideas just one been saving it for last cause it's the only one I have how fight as long as you will lose here we can fight our way out of this I hope we can't fight through them if they're half a tribe but we can outsmart them at least we can try scouting is one thing with it but matching wits with you don't know how many engines is another thing unleash the horses Rufus and give them a good slap in the shank make them run towards that saddle valley between those two hills without horses will be in a pretty pickle yeah you're right well whatever it is we'll be in it for sure without horses you lose them but get the mail bags before you do well they're gone with a mighty quiet you got any ideas listen you hear that listen those bushes cracking yeah now I do our troubles are over over you mean over sure these engines out here are mighty shorter horses not after us as much as after our animals my roof long walk to Fort Buford especially with these male sex Kelly got back to Buford all right and made his report to Major Sawyer carrying male and losing horses wasn't exactly what Luther Sage Kelly had in mind when he once posted that someday he'd be the best darned army scout in the Yellowstone region couple of winners found him hunting and trapping along the milk river in Montana and in the seasons in between he explored the Yellowstone River it's every crook and cranny would be remembered by the former corporal his woodsman fame continued to spread until General George Forsyte asked him to scout the Missouri and Yellowstone River regions for the army during the war with the suit peace with the Indians sent Kelly back to his hunting and trapping when in 1876 hey Kelly I hear it General Miles is looking for someone be a scout I'm not too interested right now Smitty we're out for bear this trip yeah I know but I thought you'd be my interest is the word come on let's get a trot going it Miles has a good reputation in these parks look Smitty let's get the bear and forget the scouting just for a while you know General Miles has had scouts before this time he wants a new one the real tough one who can fight as well as scouts I'm for fighting a bear with this rifle and for fighting no one else you being a soldier one should hit it off real good a general mile still not interested Smitty I'm after bear well Miles ain't interested in no weakling I hear he wants a scout who can lick a bear let's Smitty I think did you see something I think we got us bear about a hundred yards northeast see that cover your partridge on the wing something must have scared him to make him rise like that well sure we leave the horses here they might as well all brewing might smell them before it smells us now if we spread apart we can close in butter on the old boy you still think it's a bear I know it is fact I can see him hold up a minute did you get him Kelly allowed one bullet for him come on he's a beaut lots of meat and lots of hide you can have it all well you wanted it Kelly besides what'll I do with meat and the bear skin I'll take the left front paw you can give the meat to that family of settlers we passed yesterday skin will make good blanket noble at least not for our doors it's too heavy when it gets wet shall we dress him here no let's make a sled and drag him to the settlers first I'm taking the paw he's heavier than I thought look at that paw so foot across the open palm so what you gonna do with it Kelly ain't eatable not for me Smitty you'll take it I'll take yeah the general miles as soon as I get through miles won't water bears Paul Kelly you like this one I bet size being a foot across how's it different from any other oh this will be different sort of a calling card personally engraved with my name give me your knife it's point of sharper than mine general Nelson miles was mighty impressed by this unique card the bears paw on which was carved the name of Luther Kelly miles hired Kelly and made him chief Army scout for the district of Yellowstone it was the pinnacle but not the end of a career that started when Luther Kelly couldn't lie about his age when close to 50 years old Kelly went to Alaska to explore the region for a railroad for the army nobody called him Fairbanks in the Spanish-American War he was a captain of volunteers in the Philippines but nobody called him Manila to the day he died in Paradise California in 1928 it was always Yellowstone Kelly young men when you volunteer for service in the United States Army today you can rest assured that your best talents and natural skills will be considered in giving you an assignment to your liking yes today's modern army fits the right men to the right jobs and real merit is recognized with faster promotions and more opportunities now more than ever before men with above-average ability are finding better jobs and more important assignments in the U.S. Army why not investigate an army enlistment for yourself today and find out just what you stand to gain full information is available at your nearest U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force recruiting station this has been another program on proudly we hail present a transcribed in cooperation with this station proudly we hail is produced by the recruiting publicity center for the United 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Everybody, good morning, everyone. I would now invite you to stand to observe, a minute, silence as a mark of respect to those affected by the attack in Brussels yesterday. Now, I will move to portfolio questions. I call question one. It has been withdrawn, and the explanation has been provided in the name of Neil Findlay. We will call question two. The name of Jamie MacGregor. Is that, particularly in west Scotland, you would most often think that your advice for a mum and a child is of the future? i ddweud i ddweud rwy'r cymryd i ddweud 30,000 o diwethefn gwirioneddau modernu ariadau i ymwnghysgwyr o'r ddechrau, ac yn fwyaf o'r ddiddordeb yng ngyraer, ysbryd, ddwy ar gyfer rwyfyrwyr o'r ddechrau. A oedd y targed o'r 2016-17 oedd 26,000 o ddweud o ddweud o ddweud. Thank you, Presiding Officer. One of my representatives, Ardfarn Jotset Centrion ar Gaill, have been contacted by partners who are keen to take on an apprentice boat builder to train with their experienced team. They have identified the young person who is keen to fulfil the rule, and they are experiencing real problems by accessing funding support from SDS. As a formal theory parts nesaf . O'r ddisgynno i'r blaenau Lleis-Dудd yn ddefnyddio eu llawr Alyw kindergarten yng Nghymru. Mae Llyfrgell Llyfrgell yn ddefnyddio dîm ac yn fflexibledu i ddigon ni'n gwneud escetedaeth gyda gennymau i ddweud gan unrhyw pwynt o'r boitiau. Rym ni'n gwybodaeth o'r bach o'r boitiau mwyaf cael y llai, ond mae'n gweithio'r boitiau bydd i'r bywch i'ch besideio. I would also thank Mr McGregor, who I know it's his last question time, or perhaps not quite, maybe there's a few more to come this morning, but for helpfully providing a copy of his supplementary which he tweeted yesterday, so that was very helpful indeed. On the serious question that Mr McGregor raises, I will of course be happy to look into the specific case, that is the first thing to say. SDSR is always available to discuss options and that would apply to the member's constituent as it would apply to anybody else, seeking to do their best to make young people their business, but I do undertake that we will look into the matter to see where matters stand. On the last point that Mr McGregor raised about Clyde build, I would of course hope that he would be aware that just a couple of weeks ago the announcement by Ferguson's at Port Glasgow of the taking on of 150 new apprentices was very, very good news indeed, and I'm sure that Mr McGregor wished to welcome that. As ever, short questions and answers will be appreciated. Question 3, Christiane Allard. To ask the Scottish Government what training and support it provides to people no longer working in the oil and gas sector. The Scottish Government fully recognises the severe challenges facing the oil and gas sector at this time, and we're doing all we can to support oil and gas workers. The First Minister established the energy jobs task force, which has achieved a great deal since January 2015, including three large pace events, which provided direct redundancy support for over 2,500 people. We also recently announced a £12 million transition training fund, which will offer grants to individuals to support their redeployment and help people with the costs of maintaining licences. We're also providing an extensive network of support through our economic development and skills agencies. Thanks, Christiane Allard. Thank you, cabinet secretary, for your answer, but could you give us more detail of how the training to work in tourism, food and drink and life sciences is accessible for people in order to create a sustainable, diverse economy future for the north-east? The Aberdeen and the North-East are essential to driving future growth and prosperity in Scotland, which, of course, is why we've invested so much money in the Aberdeen City Region deal—£125 million—from the Government. SDS is working with industry on the development and refresh of the skills investment plans, the aim of attracting new entrants into the areas of life science, tourism and food and drink. SDS is extending its approach to include regional skills investment plans, which will recognise the diverse needs of the regional areas across Scotland, particularly such as the north-east. Of course, the successful MA programme also offers young people the opportunity to start a new career and to earn a wage while learning the skills that they will need throughout their chosen career. If the member wants a specific example of some of the work that is happening, I could direct him to the charity springboard, which is currently working with SDS to deliver range of initiatives to encourage and support more young people and adults into the hospitality sector and equip them with the skills that they need to sustain employment and thrive within it. Springboard is engaged with eight schools in the area with regard to future chef, where all schools have been paired with a mentor chef from industry. Lewis MacDonald briefly, please. The cabinet secretary mentioned 2,500 people supported through the three very welcome pace events held so far under the auspices of the energy jobs task force. Can the cabinet secretary tell us how many of those 2,500 people have since secured employment? I do not have the information about how many who have gone on to secure employment out of that particular 2,500, but many will have. The fact that not everybody has been able to do that is why we have also introduced the transition training fund, which is a further specific £12 million, which will give direct grants to individuals to support their redeployment. There are opportunities available for people to redeploy, and we hope that they are able to take them up where possible. Thank you. Question 4, Mike McKenzie. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the developing the young workforce programme. Minister, Annabelle Ewing. In fact, the first developing the young workforce annual report was published in December of 2015. In terms of the report, it showed that we are making good progress in better repairing young people for the world of work. Key developments to date include expanding work-related skills and qualifications such as the new foundation apprenticeship, introducing new national standards and guidance for work placements and careers education, offering careers advice earlier in school and developing closer partnerships between employers and education with 14 new regional employee groups set up across Scotland. Thank you, Mike McKenzie. I thank the minister for that answer. I wonder if she can outline what role businesses in the Highlands and Islands and indeed across the rest of Scotland should play in supporting this programme. Minister? I referred in my first answer to one of the action points that was the development of the regional developing young workforce groups. They are industry-led. They provide a fundamental bridge between education and business. They involve local businesses. They build on what was already there. We will be supporting the setting up of we aim for 21 regional groups across Scotland. There are 14 to date, including in North Highland, in Murray, in Inverness, in Central Highland and in West Highland. We hope that all members will rally round the regional groups as they are rolled out across Scotland so that we can all do our best to ensure that we bring on young people and ensure that they are ready for the world of work. Thank you. Cameron McCannon, question 5. To ask the Scottish Government what training opportunities it offers for people over 25. Minister? We view Scotland's people as, indeed, our greatest asset. The Government therefore recognises that responding to the skills and training needs of individuals enables them to meet their full potential and is, indeed, a prerequisite of inclusive economic growth. In terms of training support for adults, there is a range of provision available in colleges and universities, in communities and workplaces. Through Skills Development Scotland, our national skills agency, which provides professional careers advice and training support for individuals of all ages. Specific initiatives include modern apprenticeships for those over aged 25 in key growth sectors, direct support from the STS Individual Learning Account programme for low-paid, low-skilled and unemployed individuals and in-work support via the STUC Scottish Union Learning programme. Cameron McCannon? I thank the cabinet secretary for her reply, but she should be aware that 152,000 college places that are cut by the Scottish Government have disproportionately affected older learners. The 2015 Audit Scotland Colleges report shows that there are 41 per cent fewer students over the age of 25 in our colleges than there were in 2008 and 2009. Given that those learners are often the furthest removed from the labour market and other training opportunities, could she outline what steps the Scottish Government has taken to help people over the age of 25 to access training in Scotland? On the issue of colleges, we have exceeded our undertaking to maintain full-time equivalent places. Indeed, we have seen more than 119,000 full-time equivalent places. We make no bones about focusing on those courses that will lead to progression to work to further educational opportunities, that is to the benefit of the individuals themselves. In terms of opportunities for the over 25s, I mentioned in my first response, that the MA programme is available to provide some support for over 25s in key growth sectors such as the food and drink sector. 63 per cent of MAs in the food and drink sector are with respect to individuals aged 25 plus in digital technologies transition training, where we expect to see a transition training programme to support key skills challenges for ICT digital technologies in the Highlands and Islands. We expect to see some 40 per cent of those individuals will be over the age of 25 in the transition training fund in the oil and gas sector, to which the Cabinet Secretary already referred. That will also, of course, be available to the over 25s. We are determined to ensure that we do the best that we can across the piece for those seeking work. I would say finally to Cameron Buchanan that, of course, in terms of the devolution of employment support services, which we will see shortly, sadly, those new powers came with, effectively, an 87 per cent cut from Westminster, but we will do our best to ensure, nonetheless, that we continue to help those who need a bit of help to get into work. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations in the final report of the commission on widening access regarding improving skills among the workforce. The commission highlights the importance of teachers in early years' practitioners equipped with an understanding of the challenges faced by those from deprived communities and how that impacts on their learning. However, the report does not contain a formal recommendation on that. We have warmly welcomed the report and have moved swiftly to accept a number of key recommendations. We will give careful consideration to the remainder of the report and, if re-elected, we will publish a formal response early in the new Parliament. Thank you, cabinet secretary. We will be aware that, in recommendation 29, the silver report is very clear that it does not think that nearly enough is being done to make best use of the relevant data to track learners at colleges and universities and their progression into the workplace data that the report has said could provide much more insightful analysis for upskilling the labour force right across all sectors. Could I ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to address this issue on data? I will raise this matter directly to my colleague Angela Constance. We would always want to ensure that data that was available was being used in the best possible way. If that is something that comes out of the commission that we discover has not been happening to best effect, then it is likely to be a key issue that will be looked at, as I said, if we are re-elected and are looking to deliver a formal response. Many thanks. Does George Adam want the likes? Question 7, Mark McDonald. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Fair Work Convention. Secretary Rosanna Cunningham. The Fair Work Convention developed and published its framework on 21 March. The framework sets out the convention's vision that by 2025 people in Scotland will have a world-leading working life where fair work drives success, wellbeing and prosperity for individuals, businesses, organisations and society. The framework then sets out what it means by fair work, why it is important, who the main players are in taking this forward and what the challenges are as well. It describes fair work as work that offers effective voice opportunities, security, fulfilment and respect. Mark McDonald. I thank the cabinet secretary for her answer and I welcome the recommendation by the Fair Work Convention. Can she highlight how this will now be taken forward in promoting fair work across public and private sector employers to ensure that the recommendation is taken forward and that workers across Scotland can benefit from fair work in future? The convention has recognised that real progress will only come through businesses, organisations and trade unions working together to deliver change. It invites everyone in the workplace to become involved and has challenged itself to proactively support the implementation and evolution of the framework. It will take this forward over the coming weeks and months by engaging with and bringing together stakeholders who have an important role to play in the fair work landscape. As with the commission that we discussed in the earlier question if re-elected to government we will be providing a formal response in due course. To ask the Scottish Government to invest employers in the care sector to help them pay the living wage. As part of the 2016-17 budget we have taken action to protect and grow our social care services and deliver our shared priorities by investing a further £250 million in health and social care partnerships. Part of this investment is to enable local authorities to pay a living wage to care workers supporting vulnerable adults, including in the independent and third sector. It is an ambitious commitment that we are currently working through with providers and councils. There has been a series of meetings to discuss this investment and we will continue to work in partnership with stakeholders between now and October to ensure effective implementation. I thank the cabinet secretary for her response. I know that the additional money that she talked about has been welcomed by many in the sector but there are still concerns that, for example, the issue of differentials in the sector is perhaps unusual in that so much of its income comes directly from public funds and therefore there is very little scope to raise additional funds from other sources. Therefore, the living wage of its paid has to come really from that source. Will the Scottish Government whoever might be in the Scottish Government after the election agree that it needs to sit down and continue to work with employers to make sure that the funds coming in are sufficient to meet the ambition of the Scottish Government? Murdo Fraser is correct to say that the partnership working has to continue and is absolutely vital if that is going to work. I would direct him to the fact that there are actually five care companies who are accredited living wage employers and working in the adult care sector so it is worth flagging up that it is possible for care companies to be already paying the living wage. The integration authorities, the integration joint boards to taking that forward will direct local authorities to commission care from the independent and voluntary sectors on the basis that people will be paid £8.25 and are giving thousands of care workers a pay rise. We would have preferred implementation earlier than 1 October but we have allowed that extra time to allow COSLA to do the preparatory work that is going to be required and precisely the kind of work that Murdo Fraser is referring to. The beneficiaries of this will be care workers in both care homes and home care services provided by independent and voluntary sector providers and I would hope that everybody in this chamber will welcome that. Question 9 James Kelly To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the pay of workers in the hospitality sector. Although the Scottish Government is not able to set pay levels in the third and private sectors or indeed the wider public sector in Scotland where employees are not covered by our pay policy we do encourage every organisation regardless of size or sector to ensure that all staff receive a fair level of pay and where possible to pay the living wage. Indeed research suggests that the living wage can enhance productivity, reduce absenteeism and improve staff morale and those are key advantages for an industry such as hospitality that recognises excellent customer service impacts favourably on the bottom line. James Kelly I thank the minister for the answer. Does the minister agree that it remains a challenged payment of the living wage in the hospitality and retail sectors? Indeed, Greg Silver, who has a base in my constituency, has expressed opposition to payment of the living wage and I therefore ask what action the Scottish Government is taking to enforce payment of the living wage in the hospitality and retail sectors with companies with whom they have contractual arrangements. Briefly, please minister. I hear what the member says and I encourage every member to take the opportunity in their constituencies to work with local employers of whatever kind to encourage them to pay the living wage. In terms of the example that the member raises I am not aware of the particular circumstances but I am not also aware that the Government has any particular contractual relationship with that particular company. In broad brush, if the Parliament had powers over the minimum wage which the member's party did not seek in the Smith commission we would be in a much better position to enforce payment of a decent wage for our workers in Scotland. Many thanks. That concludes portfolio questions on fair work, skills and training and we now move to portfolio questions on social justice, communities and pensioners rights. Question 1, Linda Fabiani. Thank you. To ask the Scottish Government how it will increase affordable housing supply in East Kilbride. Minister, Margaret Burgess. The Scottish Government works closely with the housing providers throughout South Lanarkshire to increase the supply of affordable housing. In East Kilbride, 238 new affordable homes were built between 2011-12 and 2014-15. We expect to see a further 72 new homes completed in the town by 31 March 2016. Another 191 new homes are currently on site and due to complete by 31 March 2017. Land has recently been acquired by a housing association with the Scottish Government grant to provide a further 34 new affordable homes. Linda Fabiani. I thank the minister for that answer and the minister will be aware that East Kilbride suffers a particularly acute social housing shortage and some measure due to the aggressive right to buy policy that was historically applied when it was a new town. The current Government's record in affordable housing is certainly way beyond that of the previous administration but will the minister confirm that if this Government takes action, particular discussion will take place on East Kilbride's social housing provision? I can certainly say to the member that the Government would be willing to, if re-elected, willing to discuss with her and with South Lanarkshire council their plans for affordable housing in East Kilbride but I can say that we have increased the resource planning assumption at £1.6 million in 2015-16 to £16.938 million to 2016-17 and that's a 66% increase in committed funding and that's in spite of the constraints of the UK budget cuts. Question 2, Drew Smith. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I ask the Scottish Government what policies it has instigated to achieve greater equity between the most and least wealthy parts of Scotland? Presiding Officer, our commitment to tackling inequality and poverty across Scotland is made clear in the 2015 programme for Government and we have instigated a number of policies to achieve a greater degree of equality across the country in our time in office including a commitment to support people in Scotland affected by the UK Government's welfare cuts. The First Minister appointed an independent adviser in poverty and inequality who has published a series of recommendations about shifting the curve. We also launched a nationwide discussion last year asking people across the country what a fairer Scotland means to them and a report on the findings that was published recently. Thanks, Drew Smith. I'm grateful to the Cabinet Secretary for his response and I would welcome many of the initiatives particularly in welfare that he highlights. However, I must congratulate him on getting through that answer without once mentioning the word redistribution. Is it becoming the best place in the world to be middle class? Does he not agree with me that when COSLA yesterday produced a manifesto claiming that Scotland's inequalities are in danger of overtaking countries with which we would not want to be compared? I think that the poverty adviser who advises the First Minister has said something similar too. Isn't the real challenge in the next Scottish Parliament for the rhetoric on inequality to actually turn into action? Presiding Officer, this Government is taking action across a range of fronts. First of all, we have the highest level of employment in any part of the United Kingdom. Secondly, we are extending the living wage as much as we can. Thirdly, we have improved the social wage. Fourthly, we will use our new powers on social security to maximise equality and reduce poverty in Scotland. Finally, Presiding Officer, I wish the member all the best as he is not returning to the Parliament and I look forward to working with him on the capacity in the near future. Many thanks. Alex Johnson, brief supplementary please. Would the minister undertake to assure us that rather than concentrate exclusively on the redistribution of wealth through taxation, that he will actually do something to improve labour mobility in Scotland so that Scotland's unemployed can actually move to the areas where the new jobs are created and take up the opportunities that George Osborne has generated through his economic growth? Cabinet Secretary. I think that in the next six weeks what the Scottish electorate will be saying to the Scottish Tories is get on your bike because this Government is doing everything it possibly can, which is why we've got the highest level of employment ratio of any part of the United Kingdom. If we weren't burdened by the UK Government's rather hideous policies, we could do much, much more for the people of Scotland. Question 3, Bob Doris. To ask the Scottish Government how it supports anti-poverty initiatives in Glasgow. Cabinet Secretary. Presiding Officer, we fund a number of organisations to deliver anti-poverty initiatives in Glasgow. This includes advice services delivered by Macmillan, the Citizens Advice Network and One Parent Family Scotland. A range of initiatives with the likes of Glasgow Disability Alliance, the Alliance, fair shares, Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector aimed at helping those affected by poverty and welfare reform. Thanks, Bob Doris. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer and I say that I very much hope that the new maternity and early years allowance being rolled out by the Scottish Government will help some of the poorest families in the communities that I represent in Glasgow region. Can I ask the cabinet secretary for some more details in relation to the roll-out of that new allowance in the city of Glasgow? For a family with two children, the maternity and early years allowance means £1,900 worth of support over the period of their early years compared to £500 that is available now. The payment at birth for a first child will increase from £500 until a sure start maternity grant to £600 and reversing the UK coalition Government decision to restrict payments to the first child we will introduce a £300 payment for second and subsequent children but we also recognise that the disadvantages of poverty affect children not just at birth but at other key stages of their young lives. We will therefore make payments of £250 to support families through the transition when children start nursery and again at the start of school. This is an example of the fairer social security system that we want to achieve in Scotland and whereby we are redistributing resources in favour of the most vulnerable members of our society. I thought that Mr Dorris might declare an interest given the recent happy birth of his young son Cameron so congratulations to Mr and Mrs Dorris on that. I wonder if the cabinet secretary would acknowledge that the good work that Glasgow City Council does in tackling poverty in the city is going to be vastly affected by the cut of some £130 million as a result of his Government's funding settlement to that city. The overall cut to the local government budget is less than 1 per cent of the total revenue expenditure after taking account of the additional money being put into social care so there will be no excuse for Labour-controlled Glasgow City Council to make Glasgow a less fair city than it is. Thank you. To ask the Scottish Government whether it complies with its social justice policy objectives for self-funding older people in residential care to pay more than local authorities for the same care. Presiding Officer free personal care is available for everyone aged 65 and over in Scotland to have been assessed by the local authority is needing it. Free nursing care is available for people of any age assessed as requiring nursing care services. We are committed to ensuring those in the lowest incomes or with the lowest asset wealth continue to receive financial support from their local authorities for the residential care. Two thirds of people in residential care around 24,000 people are supported in this way in Scotland. The Scottish Government and the Royal Commission in long-term care have been clear that those who can afford to pay for their care should continue to do so for those who cannot afford to pay for theirs. Thank you. I thank David McLaren in the chamber desk for randomly selecting me for this question given that I've been complaining about not being selected for the past year. Question is... Can I ask the cabinet secretary how it can be socially just when councils pay about £470 a week for a placement in a care home but a self-funding placement costs well over £1,000? Can I just in my final question say that I've been asking this question since 1999 the Labour Party's response used to refer to a 1951 act of Parliament which forbade them from applying charges equally. With the huge raft of powers being devolved to this Parliament can I ask if the Government will commit to reviewing this situation to bring fairness and social justice for all elderly people? Having heard the supplementary I'm absolutely sure that it was not a random pick for Mary Scanlon to ask that question because she's campaigned in this issue vigorously ever since 1999 and I draw her attention to the joint review of residential care services between the Scottish Government and COSLA published about 18 months ago where that was amongst a number of issues that we intend to try to address. Can I finally, Presiding Officer, since this is Mary Scanlon's last question just pay tribute to Mary's tremendous service to this Parliament and to the country and particularly to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, she will be sorely missed from this Parliament. Many thanks. Question 5, David Stewart. To ask the Scottish Government what support it's providing to communities in the Highlands and Islands. The Scottish Government and its public sector partners continue to make significant investment in our communities including the Highlands and Islands. For example, yesterday we announced a £315 million inverness in a Highlands City region deal including a Scottish Government commitment of up to £135 million over 10 years. The deal which also includes up to £53 million from UK Government and £127 million from the Highlands Council and its regional partners contains a package of measures aimed at improving the regional economy. Those include better transport connectivity and digital networks, increases in innovation, more local housing and assisted living schemes. Many thanks, David Stewart. Thank you, Presiding Officer. Communities across the hands and islands are on the front line of council cuts. In my home area, the Highlands Council has made cuts of £30 million with 341 staff facing redundancy. Is the minister aware that in the Highlands bereaved families face rocketing burial charges with over 50% increase, bringing funeral poverty to the most vulnerable at the time of acute grief? The council leader places responsibility for the cuts squaly a door of the Scottish Government settlement. Does the minister agree? The Highlands Council is receiving £439 million from the Scottish Government and, as my colleague the cabinet secretary has already said, the overall reduction nationally for local government is 1 per cent when the figures for health and social care are taken into account. That money is going to achieve the living wage for health and social care staff a further freeze on council tax bills. It is going to deliver great advantages for the whole of the country. There are clearly challenges that each local authority is going to have to address to decide how they want to deal with financial circumstances. Those are the same financial circumstances and the same challenges that have been striking the entire public sector. On the issue of funeral poverty in particular, the member will be aware of the work that has been done between the Scottish Government and Citizens Advice, which was launched by the cabinet secretary relatively recently. We will be taking action forward from that. Question 6, Graham Day. To ask the Scottish Government how many homes have been built since 2007. Under the Government over the 2007-08 to 2014-15 period an average of 336 new homes per 100,000 population have been built in Scotland per year across all tenures. I thank the minister for that response. I wonder if she can ask her how that figure compares to England and Wales. I can say to the member that house building and I have said it in a number of occasions here that house building in Scotland has been consistently higher in each and every year since 2007. The 336 homes built per 100,000 population in Scotland compare with 237 built per 100,000 population in England and 2007 homes per 100,000 population in Wales. In percentage terms it means that over the 2007-08 period building in Scotland is 42 per cent higher than in England and 62 per cent higher than in Wales. Question 7 Richard Lyle To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the people and community fund and how it supports community organisations. On Monday I announced a budget of £10.755 million for the people and communities fund in 2016-17 which will support nearly 190 continuing community-led people and community funds projects throughout Scotland with a further year of funding. An evaluation of the people and communities fund will be conducted in 2016 to explore its impact and to understand better how this type of funding supports and empowers communities. Richard Lyle I thank the minister for her answer and can I welcome the update Minister, what advice could be given to possibly help a local Belsil group in my region who require funding for a traffic report requested by North Lancer Council to establish a sports hub therefore ensuring that this project can gain the best for their local area. Minister What I can say to member is that this Government recognises the importance of funding for our community groups to help to empower them to deliver the local priorities to them most. That's why despite a tight spending review we maintained a £20 million commitment to the family of empowering community funds in 2016-17. Local authorities also have a key role to play as a partner in community groups to help them realise their local ambitions. I would encourage all community groups to use the Scottish Council for voluntary organisations helpful funding portal that can be accessed at www.scotland.com to help to identify funds available in Scotland for their activities and wish the local group and the member's constituency luck in facilitating this new enterprise in Belsil. Question 8 To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing a time limit for temporary accommodation. Minister of Market Burgers Time limits already exist for the use of unsuitable accommodation for families with children and pregnant women. The provision of temporary accommodation is an important part of the local authorities duties for homeless households in Scotland and provides a vital safety net for those that require it. Time spent in temporary accommodation should be as short as possible while suitable, sustainable settled accommodation is found. Moving households through temporary accommodation as quickly as possible is a person-centred approach that considers the particular needs and housing options of individual households. Local authorities report significant increases in the length of time spent in temporary accommodation. Typical stays in temporary accommodation are now over seven months and some people can be up to two years. Will the cabinet secretary support a reduction in the length of time homeless people have to spend unsuitable temporary accommodation to 14 days and extend provisions on standards in the homeless persons order 2004 to include single homeless people and families without children? Minister? What I was saying to the member is that we are continually reviewing temporary accommodation and the use of temporary accommodation for all homeless people and from the end of this month, March 2016, local authorities will begin a mandatory collection of information on length of time spent in temporary accommodation and this will help inform the Scottish Government in consultation with our stakeholders about any further steps that it may need to take. What I said at the beginning is that the length of temporary accommodation for anyone should be as short as possible. To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to strengthening community councils. Minister? Although local authorities have statutory oversight of community councils, the Government has been working with COSLA, the Improvement Service and Edinburgh Napier University to further enhance their role. I wonder if he shares my concern that as we want to push power down to local communities below the city council level, it is difficult when many community councils are not active or if they are active, they really are only kept going by a small band of people. Minister? I do share that concern and community councils that don't feel listened to will not attract people, they will struggle to recruit. Our work includes a website to support community councils digital engagement workshops to support them in recruiting new people and hosting a fairer Scotland community council event to which all community councils were invited. Last year I also met the national body for English parish and town councils about their system. I would describe myself as actively interested but any further work would be for the next administration to take forward of which I will clearly not be a part. Thank you. We now move to general questions. Question number one, Gordon MacDonald.


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