How's it going guys? Noah from Kickin' Their Bass TV and I've been asking you about what series should we do. I want to do a weekly series. I finally came to a conclusion. Somebody called me on one of my videos. A couple of you guys, a lot of you guys were saying tackle, tackle, tackle. I want to see your tackle. So I came to a series where I'm going to go over my tackle, but it's going to be different tackle every time. So maybe this week, it's probably going to be posted on Tuesdays. I'm probably going to call it tackle Tuesdays. So the first video may be over my reels. Second video the next week may be over my rods, square bills, deep divers, worms, creature baits, lizards, anything in that sort of nature. Pretty much going to continue this series. I don't know how long it's going to take, but it's going to be a pretty long time. So that's the series I want to be doing. Leave a comment below if you guys are going to like that. I may change it if you guys want me to do something else, but I'm most likely going to follow through this series and give videos out to you guys. So leave a comment below on the next series. If you have any more ideas, please give the video a like. Click that subscribe button if you haven't already. See you guys next time.


Hey there friends, thanks for checking in at the range now and today we're looking at the new canik tp9 sub elite newest offering from canik is right here. It's a subcompact tp9 offers everything that the tp9 series has but in a smaller package with a 3.6 inch barrel and what makes this a little bit more special is that it is optic ready It also has a plate included in the case that you could add an optic for those who love that now It also has additional and additional back strap as well as other things in the case Like this holster that we have come to know from canik. They offer a lot here. We'll show clear here and This holster that I had been wearing the last couple days It's currently set up for outside the waistband, but you can turn these clips around and go inside the waistband But it is a nice carry Option that also includes a holster, but here it is very nice setup It comes with a 12 round magazine with an extended base plate They also have a flat base plate for the smallest configuration possible and a 15 round magazine That looks like that and it gives you the full grip feel to it in a subcompact Format, but it has a pick rail here two-slot pick rail a beautiful tungsten finish And I have the same finish on my TP9 SFX the full size and I do like that and after owning it for about three years Now there is nowhere at all. It also has a loaded chamber indicator bar that pops up front dot there and blacked out rear sights that our metal both our metal and does have a Ledge there to charge the gun off a boot belt whatever It also has a striker fire indicator. All right already showed clear But that will go away when the gun is no longer charged the trigger itself is nice It does have a trigger bar safety in there and that's what we're looking at with the reset All right, I'll get more into this when I do my tabletop review But I'm at the range now and I am here to shoot so let's go ahead and do that And we'll come back and talk more about this TP9 sub elite The TP9 sub elite is an ambidextrous gun So you can see that it does have the slide stop on both sides and the magazine release that comes on the left side is Reversible for lefties, but one thing I really like is the way the gun Disassembled so here we have an unloaded firearm. All you do is pull the trigger Move this slide back a little bit pull these takedown tabs down and then just move forward and off comes the slide And there we have a dual recoil spring 3.6 inch barrel, and then there is the frame and Then to reassemble all you do is places back on you get it to this point right here Where it's placed on and then pull it back like that and you're good to go Let's do a limperest test with the TP9 sub elite pretty darn impressive It passed so there it is the new canik TP9 elite sub compact This was my range review But we're going to get a closer look with a table review and compare it with other guns of the same class weight and everything else But I have to say after putting several hundred rounds through this gun I'm pretty impressed with it, and it performed excellent if you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe


Hollywood, it's time now for... Johnny Dollar. Detergent fatality and bonding. Oh, hi, Nick. How's with you? Good and bad, Johnny. Good and bad. Well, I'm sure it's nothing good you've called me about. What's the problem? $58,000. Law straight or stolen? Is that what I didn't know? Yeah, probably stolen. At your company? I have not. Sounds like a gag. It's traditional furniture in the world. Comes out of that plant. Really? And you're kidding why? Yeah, Nick. I think I'd better. Fighting adventures of the man with the action-pactic sense of God. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.  Special investigator Johnny Dollar. To the northeastern fatality and bonding company, Home Office Hybrid Connecticut. Following his account of expenses and courage during my investigation of the true face matter. Expensive account item one. After shaving, showering and donning the most funereal clothes I could find. Item one, $1.10, taxi to Nick Weldon's office at northeastern fatality and bonding. Just remember what I told you, Johnny.  Yeah, that's why it frees me. That's why I came over here. Oh, they're craftmen, all right. The old school. They take them a couple of years to make an ordinary straight back chair. But when it's done, it's the most beautiful thing you ever saw. And the finish they get on the pieces they turn out. Beautiful. And expensive, too. Oh, sure, but worth it. Any piece of furniture they make will last for 100, 500 years. Yeah, they're real honest craftsmen, the kinds you don't see anymore. Uh-huh. Well, apparently somebody wasn't too honest with them. So tell me all, Nick. Johnny, it seems one of their lads is run off with some of the company money. Yeah, you mentioned $58,000. Yep, $58,433 to be exact, and those boys are exact. Well, what do the police have to say? Nothing. They were never called in. Well, why not?  Oh, brother, they must be. What did this happen? Sometime within the past three and a half years. And you've just found out about it now? That's right. Well, how come? I told you, Johnny. Yeah, that's right.  But didn't their policy state that any claim had to be filed within 60 days of the loss? No, we waived that form. Struck it from the policy. Why? Because they don't like to be rushed or anything. Rushed? After all, 60 days. And don't forget, they only discovered the loss a bit over a month ago. They even took a month to let you know about it. Yeah. And yet you say it could have occurred as much as three and a half years ago. Yeah, yeah, I know. But why don't you save the questions for Mr. J. Worthington-Keasley? Oh, see. Yeah, they're senior member of the organization, I guess you'd call them. There are no officers, you know, president, vice president, and so on. You mean a company big enough to suffer a cash loss of $58,000? Johnny, I told you. Oh, yeah, that's right. You told me. Yeah. So, will you go up there and see what's what? Nick, I'm going up there for just one reason. All on expense account, of course. Oh, of course. And that is to take a good look at these crazy characters you've been telling me about. Item two, 325 for a bus to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, where at the terminal I picked up a local to North Weldon, home of the old Langsheim furniture company. The name was appropriate. Located on the outskirts of the quiet little New England town, it consisted of a huge barn-like building that looked as though it had been standing there since the year one. Surrounded by stately-elmed trees and a couple of gnarled ancients, it looked, well, very picturesque.  The road leading up to it was just an old-fashioned dirt road, and I kicked the dust as I plowed it along. Then suddenly I stopped. But there at the side, instead of automobiles, were, believe it or not, horses. Horses and carriages and a bicycler two or three. It was almost as though a picture of 50 or 60 years ago had suddenly come to light. And then inside, when I promised a J-wedding named Keasley, well, he looked like one of the Smithfathers, and was sitting in front of a fine, but ancient, old-top desk. Of course we do, Mr. Daller. Our fathers and their fathers before them all wore full beards. Therefore we do, too. Would you like a bit of snuff, sir? No. No, thanks. Yes, it's one of the traditions, sir. The traditions to which we adhere in order that we may continue to fabricate the superlative furniture for which we become famous over the past 107 years. And I take it, Mr. Keasley, that the same thing applies to the horses and carriages out there at the side? Yes. They were good enough for our grandparents, so they're good enough for us. Eh, I suppose that's why I should have suspected Mr. Tuller. Mr. Tuller? Must go James Tuller, Mr. Daller. Eh, here, sir. There's a picture of him. In this group photograph, taken on the occasion of our 100th anniversary. I feel like I ought to yell beaver. I'm afraid his mighty shock of hair and magnificent beard misled me back in 1941 when I hired him. Yes, and I suppose I should have known when he gave up horse and surrey to drive one of those newfangled motor cars. Should have known what, Mr. Keasley? But he was no longer a man suited to our fine establishment. Is he the one who took off with your $58,000? $58,433.41. Are you sure? I mean, sure it was he? Beyond the shadow of a doubt, sir. He was the only one beside myself who had a key to the vault in which we kept our building firm. And when he suddenly left us three years, five months, and 16 days ago? Yes. Yes, I should have known. But you didn't discover the loss until recently. It was June 21st at four minutes after ten that I went down to the vault. For the first time in four years, we had something extra to put aside. And you discovered the money was missing. The vault was empty. Except for this note. Huh? Goodbye, suckers. Hot at wed. Signed toller. Oh, you seem, Mr. Dallop. Yes, I do, Ed. Looks like he's our man. No question about it. And you've no idea where he might have gone. None whatsoever. Well, surely there must be some clue. None whatsoever. But you must find him. But that was three and a half years ago. Exactly three years, five months, and 15. So where do I start? Unless your company decides simply to reimburse us for our loss, that Mr. Dollar is up to you. Johnny Dollar in a moment. Sometimes we may wonder why a football team doesn't quit playing and walk off the field when it finds itself 50 points behind with only a few minutes of play to go. What is that indomitable spirit that fills men with hope and keeps them going in spite of terrific odds, keeps them going just to play the game according to the rules, just to get the job done as well as they know how? This kind of spirit pervaded the feelings of heavy bomber crews of the 9th Air Force on that day of glory, August 1st, 1943, the day of one of the most secretly planned surprise bombing missions of World War II, the day of the low-level attack on the Romanian oil refineries at Plouestik. More than 170 B-24 heavily loaded bombers took off in a swirl of red dust from Benghazi, Libya to bomb a highly defended priority target. The element of surprise in the low-level attack was to be one of their greatest weapons. But things went wrong from the start. Three planes exploded during takeoff operation. Eleven more aborted due to engine trouble. Of those that reached the target area, less than one-third returned to home base. The leaders of the mission encountered navigation difficulties and difficulty in identifying specific targets. And due to the loss of that elemental hope, surprise, they also input a devastating enemy firepower from flak and fighters. The mission was partially successful, but a horrifying experience. Five medals of honor were awarded to the heroes of the Plouestik raid for valorous action above and beyond the call of duty. At any time, the men would have been justified in turning back, but they had a code of conduct that made them want to see the unequal game through to the end. It was a job that had to be done. A charge of the light brigade in the air as they flew down the valley of death to glory. And now, act two of yours truly, Johnny Dollar, and the two-faced matter.  No question about it. And unless you can find him, your company will have to pay the full amount of the loss. Yeah, well, even if I do find him, the chances are he'll have spent that money after all three years and a half. Exactly three years, five months, and so on. You say you have no idea whatsoever as to where he might have gone. With that much money, he could be anywhere in the world. Ah, where did he live? I don't know, sir. What? After all, it was none of my affair. But have he worked for you a number of years? I make it a rule never to pry into the affairs of others. Except, of course, for the manufacture of fine furniture's concerned. Well, doesn't anybody in this organization know anything about Twiller? Possibly Mr. Buttonley. Who's he? He is presently engaged in creating a Hufflepfeist table in the shop. Come, we shall speak with him. The huge shop dated back a hundred years at least. There wasn't a single power tool, not even a buzz saw. But some of the tools looked as though they might have been used to build the art. Eight or ten men, all of them old, all wearing dark trousers, suspenders, and white aprons, were busy turning out fine pieces of furniture, carefully, almost lovingly. And every one of them wore his own distinctive full of beer. Great for tradition. Mr. Keasley led the way to a man who was gently trimming the edges of some kind of a sidewalk. Good morning, Mr. Buttonley. Good morning, Mr. Keasley. You must pardon this intrusion, Mr. Buttonley. It must be for good reason, Mr. Keasley, so you must understand that I cannot afford interruption if I am to finish this credenza by the foot of the year coming. Of course. I wish you to meet Mr. Johnny Dalla. Good morning, Mr. Dalla. Oh, I am. He is an investigator, Mr. Buttonley. Come to get us back the money we lost. And then he must find Mr. Twiller. Exactly. Good morning, Mr. Thurston. Good morning, Mr. Keasley. Mr. Keasley tells me you know where this man Twiller lived. He was my neighbor, lived alone next door to me. Where? And I assure you, sir, I had no idea of his designs on the company building fund. Yes, I'm sure. But now, if you tell me... This morning, he drove me to work in his carriage until he purchased that abominable motor car. Oh. I refused to ride in it, sir, and bought myself a bicycle. You did properly, Mr. Buttonley. Good morning, Mr. Woodstone. My name is Keasley. Well, just where is it that Twiller lived, Mr. Buttonley? In the village of North Weldon. East North Weldon, on Peach Avenue. Well, and perhaps the authorities there will all be able to give me some kind of a leave. The authorities? The American police, Mr. Keasley. The police? Good heavens. I hope not, Mr. Buttonley. I'm sure we must believe you. I hope not, Mr. Buttonley. Gentlemen, gentlemen. Gentlemen, please. These gentlemen are right to dollar. Think of the blot on our good deed. Now, look, your loss amounts to $58,000. $58,000 for...  I know, but the police... Now, look. My immediate job is to find this Roscoe James Twiller. And if I need the help of the police to do it... Oh! Who's the chief of police in North Weldon? Well, the mayor, Mr. Dollar. What's his name? John Kenworthy Wilkins, Mr. Dollar. Any of you know him? We do not mix with the townspeople, Mr. Dollar. We don't even go into town, Mr. Dollar. But I do have a picture of the mayor. Here, sir. Buttonley, where did you get this? He's running for reelection, Mr. Keasley. I found this poster in my carriage. Well, get rid of it, man. This is indecent. No, no, wait a minute. Let me see that. It's terrible. Disgusting. I'm glad that this place had such a thing within the world of this fine old company. Oh, no! No wonder the old boys were shocked. For his honor, the mayor of North and East North Weldon was not only as bald as a billiard bald, but the top of it off was clean shaven. Here, a picture like this within the walls of the all-angelsine furniture company was real sacrilege. But I still hadn't done my job. I had to find this man, Triller, or let the company pay out $58,000. How to find him? I hadn't the least idea. Hey, if yours truly, Johnny Dollar, in a moment, times have changed, and so has the man. During the 18th and 19th centuries, warfare with its musketeer and cavalry charges and cannonades was a simple, direct, easily understood type of conflict. The undisciplined but sharp-eyed revolutionaries hid behind trees and hedgerows to pick off the advancing British troops. The wild, dashing, hellful other cavalry charges of the Civil War and custers encountered with sitting bull and the Sioux Indians were both courageous, simple, and direct. But they were far removed from the development of the atomic age, which demands selectivity, skill, and rigorous training. Until recently, the soldier's general level of knowledge determined his job suitability. Today, however, with more and more complex weapons and equipment being used, the military needs large numbers of skilled technicians. To that end, tests have been developed to find men with intelligence and technical aptitude, and to develop in these men the needs of the future. Yes, times have changed, and so has the man.  I found the mayor of North Weldon sitting comfortably on the shaded porch of his home, fanning himself with an election placard and sitting at what looks suspiciously like a gym and tonic.  Did I made too, Mr. Dollar? No, no thanks, Mayor Weldon. Yes, well, now, as I started to say, when I first came here, I did hear something, some rumor about money having been taken from the old Lang Syne furniture company. But, until they lodged a complaint with me, we see I'm also Chief of Police. Yes, well, the one I can see, they're pretty slow about things like that. Yeah, they're slow about everything, but they make magnificent furniture. I could see that. Tell me, did you know this Roscoe Twiller at all? No, gone before I came to North Weldon. Oh, well, that was only three and a half years ago. And I came after that. Get you the mayor of the town. Billage, really, Mr. Dollar, but lovely place. If I've only... I've liked it ever since first time I saw it. And when the people learned of my police record... My record in police work, out in Ohio, right, they insisted that I take over my present job for them. Oh, I see. And you have no idea where I could get a lead on this man, Twiller. No, no, sorry. Don't the people at the furniture factory have any ideas about him? None whatsoever. You're sure? I'm sure. Yes, well, if what you've told me is true about his king of money, I mean, he is probably far, far away. Yep, I'm afraid so. Just as far as I am from solving this case. Well, we chatted on for a few minutes and then I left him in the hope of finding some first-while neighbor who might be able to give me some help. I headed across town toward Peach Avenue. And as I was about to pass the bus stop... Bang, bang! Huh? Have him bit the duck. Well, hi there, fella. Cowboy, huh? Sure, I'm a cowboy and a police man and an artist and everything. Sure. My name's Jimmy Carter. What's yours? Tony Dolling. Want to see some of my artistical drawings? Yeah, sure, sure do, Jimmy. Just look at this cigarette advertisement here in the fence. There's my own crayons, too. How's that? Jimmy, that's the most beautiful mustache I've seen in a girl. Sure. My teacher says I'm going to grow up and be a great artist. Oh, sure. First I have to get a paint fair. Sure, sure you do. And see what I've done with this one? Sure, you're... Jimmy. That's our mayor. Yeah. He's running for re-election. That's why he has all these signs on him. Doctor's thinking he looks a lot better with some hair on his old bald head. And a little child should be there. Now I'm going to put a beard on him. Some of those old men at the furniture factory. Stay with it, Jimmy. Stay with it. Ah, they're funny old men. Like this, see? Uh-huh. They never come to town. Doesn't that look like one of them? So good I'm going to say that. Sure, thanks a lot. Jimmy. I sure do. I didn't know I was that good. Jimmy, you'll never know how good you are. Hello, Mr. Dahlia. Mayor Wilkins. Oh, rather Chief Wilkins. Yeah. I have to ask you to make an arrest. You... You mean you've very found a man that you've been looking for? If there's any question about it, I'll make a civilian arrest. Well, I don't understand, sir. Only a few minutes to go. Only a few minutes to go, I was blind as a bat to the most obvious possibility in the world. You showed up in this town a short time after Roscoe Twiller left. Yes, it's true. Roscoe Twiller with a heavy shock of hair and a thick beard. Well, if I understand, it's old man out at the old Langzine furniture. You! Clean shaven. Completely bald. Mr. Dahlia. I should have realized by the funny pink tint on the top of your noggin that you've been using some kind of hair remover. I beg your pardon, sir. Here. Look at yourself. Here. What? What did you get? Roscoe James Twiller. Alias John Kenworthy Wilkins. Now, now, Mr. Dahlia. And I'll bet that if I make a search of your house, I'll find the key to that vault in the furniture factory. No. I threw it away. I... Yeah.  Or shall I? I told her I gave up so easily. I guess it was because I'd caught him completely off guard. He even signed a confession and promised to pay back what he caught. So, from here on in, it's up to the courts.  Expense account total, including the finest paint set I could find for my little pal, Jimmy. Oh, hey, wait. I gotta pad this. It only comes out to $9.80. Yours truly, Johnny Deller. Jack Johnstone. Ferdinand Caswell Will White. Derv Byron. Boris Lewis. Edgar Berrier. Richard Beale. Bill James. And Gus Bayes. Be sure to join us same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly, Johnny Deller.


Why did Sega make The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog? An April Fool's Day observed offering that has taken the Sonic fandom by complete surprise, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog has won the hearts of the vast majority of players. According to SteamDB, the game is currently one of the highest ranked games on Steam, nestled snugly between Baba Is You and Undertale. This makes it the highest ranked Sonic the Hedgehog game on Steam by a large margin.   And how did the game end up becoming one of the biggest hits of 2023? The game was the brainchild of Sonic's social media manager, Katie Kronowski. According to lead developer Greg Bathur, the idea initially came about during a conversation at the premiere for the first Sonic movie in 2020. It wasn't until 2022 though that Katie began discussing the game as a possibility in Ernest. She said of the development, The process for The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog was over a year long. I pitched a few ideas to the core group around late February or early March 2022. We then made an official internal pitch at the end of March with our Murder of Sonic direction and development started from there. Together we took a couple of months to iron out the story. At the same time, Greg began getting some of our game systems set up and we managed to get everything done and out in time for April Fool's 2023. A slide from an internal presentation that Katie has shown off on Twitter suggests that this was one of several options for games that the team were considering, but this was the first option pitched. What then was the appeal of Murdering Sonic? Said Katie, Much of it boiled down to, we think this is funny. We started with the idea of a typical Victorian murder mystery party and many of our themes and character roles spawned from there. We considered roles that made sense in similar stories and then tweaked them to match the vibe of our characters. Perhaps a few of them didn't get the roles that perfectly fit what they would have hoped for themselves, but we knew we could write around all those scenarios. Greg was an excellent choice of lead developer for the project, given his previous work on the similarly quirky visual novel Dream Daddy, a dating simulator all about fathers. Said Greg, Both games are games that have meme hooks.   And you get into them because you heard this joke, but we kind of surprised with how genuine and meaningful all the interactions in the story are. There are things to learn and lessons in these stories. Starting with a meme-able game title was only the beginning though. Katie and her team had lengthy meetings, trying to pin down every detail of the story to make something that fit within Sonic's world while still being surprising and mysterious. Said Greg, We would have meetings together. Who killed Sonic? How did any of this happen? We knew that the headline was Sonic is Dead, but how did any of this happen? We knew it was a strong concept, just in terms of what is an effective social media move. This was a pretty good one, as long as it isn't something that makes people very upset.  We figured those good intentions, plus how much fun the headline would be, would get everyone on board. According to Katie, I shared our entire script with our lore team to make sure that even with the fun tone we were going with, we still made something that was Sonic to its core. Their feedback is always so invaluable, and we were able to sneak some of their great jokes and references in. Despite the game's relatively short runtime and simple visual novel design, the project involved a surprisingly large number of developers, many of whom were contributing to the game around other work assignments. Said Katie, we're lucky enough that Sega trusted us with this project, and it was a lot of extra work, as we still had to juggle all of our usual social, community, influencer responsibilities. Thus, while the game was made for marketing purposes, it also came from a sincere love of Sonic and his supporting cast. Katie and the rest of the team used the opportunity to sneak in a variety of references to their own favourite Sega games, characters, and even merchandise. While to explore all of these would involve dipping into spoilers, at one point a purple chow appears on screen. This chow is John. He was raised by Katie and her brother when they played Sonic Adventure 2 Battle as children. The game is littered with in-jokes and references for the team who developed it. Katie feels that this level of sincerity was crucial in making a game that didn't just get written off as a joke. She said, Coupled with the fact that we have a few team members who have shipped or are actively working on legitimate visual novel titles, helped make something that the visual novel community could be happy with. While we still wanted it to be humorous and make people laugh for the holiday, the team put so much love into the game that it wouldn't feel right to call it a joke. The game was only possible because a group of friends worked together on something that they were passionate about, even when doing so was difficult, time consuming, and didn't obviously bear fruit for their day jobs. The moral of the story then is that life is less predictable and a lot more fun when you share it with friends.


We are going to start this morning with general questions, and our first question is from Claudia Beamish. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the impact on communities of banks reportedly closing branches without consultations such as Santander in the South Scotland region. Minister Keith Forums, I am sorry to be answering this question again, because I remain deeply concerned at the scale of branch closures across Scotland, concerns that will be shared byw y cwmniadau gwmniadau sefydliadau o bapwysig a'n dechrau i rydyn niolodau'r fregyn â ddocherydd iawn. Nid oedd Rodi GŽ yn dyn nhw i ddrygu ffordd i ddwylo'r hyn fydd yn hynny'n i'n niw yw'r trwm bach, ond rwy'n aesdem yn gwak bardzo dym Axeldd Ain bydd yn bach o bach i ddrygu i ddrygu i ddysgu i ddrygu i ddrygu i ddrygu i ddrygu i ddrygu i ddrygu i ddrygu i the need of all customers and digital should never be exclusive and the only means by which customers can engage with their banks. Claudia Beamish. I thank the minister for that answer and it is indeed very interesting the point that she raised. I do agree with her on that. But what steps can the Scottish Government take to ensure that there is a presence on our high streets of banking? That's very important and also it's important to make sure that there are measures that Scottish Government maen nhw y gallwn cyddiadau i gael eich unid i gael dweud dod rydych chi i ddoch gyd? Rwy'n cael eu ddig呢. Rwy'n cael eu wir mae'n mynd y baieth i ddweud i gael dweud digarn o'r ymerdd o'r credu diwg i'r credu sy'n ei gro violate ddechrau. Mae'n ni ddatblygu i ffrif. ac wedi il iawn o'r union i poblem ei bod dal yn gyff SNPs. Mae�faenляid hwnnach yn cirpalad mwy ar gael eu defnyddio ar flynadau oesglwll yn oeddennodoo Leadership ond cynsweldon ond eisiau sleidio uglрыw ar hyfruion caf ei hannu mewn cwestiyneau yn eich cynnig ac maen nhw eggimno. of the Scottish population enrolled in a credit union at 7.3 per cent than elsewhere in the UK. In November, we launched a campaign to encourage people to sign up to credit unions and have previously funded junior saver schemes and the First Minister has written to employers to look at partnering with credit unions, as well as engaging with the post office too. Jackie Baillie? No consultation in advance, just a letter telling long-standing members of the Santander branch in Helensborough that they need to travel 40 miles for their nearest bank branch. The minister said that she regularly meets with some of these banks. Has she met with Santander? Will she seek a meeting with them specifically to encourage them to reconsider the extent of their closures? I would happily meet with Santander. I do meet with them regularly and make clear my disappointment in these areas and as somebody who knows well the impact in particularly in rural communities recognise the huge impact. Scottish Government officials are currently in contact with Santander and will continue to engage with the bank. Again, we do all that we can with the powers that we have to make clear our displeasure, but at the end of the day, when it comes to regulation, that is a reserved matter. Neil Findlay? To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to alleviate the reported parking problems at St John's hospital. Scottish Government health officials met with NHS Lothian yesterday. The board takes this matter seriously and has taken steps to manage availability of spaces and to provide alternatives to on-site parking along with alternative forms of transport. The board remains committed to on-going engagement with patient staff, visitors and neighbours to understand and address parking-related issues. Neil Findlay? Hundreds of patients and staff and local residents have contacted me about the parking chaos in and around St John's hospital. I have asked NHS Lothian officials to attend a public meeting so that they can hear ideas from patients, staff and residents about how those problems can be resolved, but so far they have refused to attend such a meeting. Surely NHS Lothian has to be accountable for their actions? Will the minister instruct them? To come to a public meeting in Livingston to hear ideas from patients and those who use the area in and around the hospital about how we can resolve those problems? Of course, 66 per cent of spaces are available to staff. The board has reconfigured some of those spaces that are available to increase the number of spaces available to patients in order to ensure that they are not late for appointments and that they receive very positive feedback. The board advises me that it has received a very small number of complaints from neighbours, around two to four complaints that have been dealt with directly. The board does engage with staff through the local partnership forum, which in our NHS is a very successful way of engaging with staff across an entire health board and in a particular site, in reaching shared solutions to matters. They continue to engage with staff through that partnership forum as they look to plan the new elective centre, which will of course be based at St John's. It is not for me to instruct the board in this matter. It is for me to make clear to boards, to the board and to others that I expect them to engage effectively and continuously with the local community, neighbours, staff, patients and others. They have done some work to ensure a corporate discount scheme in terms of public transport, and they have taken on a number of suggestions that have come to them from patients and staff through the work that they have undertaken. Mr Finlay may feel that that is inadequate, but from my purposes, as I said before, it is not for me to instruct the board exactly how they do these matters. I could see criticism coming my way if I did precisely that, probably from those very benches. However, it is for me to ensure that the board engages constructively, and I will continue to ensure that they do that. To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to consult on setting a target for all homes to have at least a sea energy performance certificate rating. Minister Kevin Stewart. The Scottish Government has already consulted on whether all homes should have to meet at least an energy performance certificate band C rating. We consulted on this proposal last summer, following the launch of our energy efficient Scotland route map, and welcomed the on-going cross-party support for this ambition. An analysis of the responses received was published on 22 November, and is available on the Scottish Government's website. Thank you very much. The minister will know that Paul Wheelhouse in November made a further commitment and that, in answer to a question only on 31 January, he said that the Government would consult in March seeking views on whether energy efficient Scotland could be accelerated, and how the risks of doing that could be overcome. In that context, will the minister recognise that those certificates are currently calculated on the basis of cost efficiency, which fails to take into account the cost disadvantages of rural communities that are off the gas grid? Will he consider taking the opportunity to base future ratings on kilowatts of energy that is used per square metre so that they are measuring carbon emissions rather than cost to consumers? Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. As Mr MacDonald pointed out, Mr Wheelhouse in answer to Tom Arthur on 31 January gave some detail about how we will progress on those issues. Mr Wheelhouse said that we will set out more detail about the suite of legislation that the Scottish Government will bring forward to deliver on the energy efficiency Scotland pipeline. We will do so in the very near future. Obviously, we will look at concerns right across the board, urban and rural. As Mr MacDonald and others in the chamber are probably well aware, we spend more on energy efficiency on rural areas per head of population than we do in urban and will continue to do so. Gillian Martin Thank you, Presiding Officer. I am not on that note. Can I ask the minister what solutions the Government is considering to assist those in rural areas who have limited choice in heating fuel and often have a harder to heat properties? As I said to Mr MacDonald, we are committed to continuing to spend more per head on energy efficiency in remote rural areas, where we know that installation and labour costs are higher since 2013-14. Our remote and rural areas have received almost £64 million in investment through our home energy efficiency programmes. That funding is distributed based on assessment of need, which means that remote areas receive more money per head of population to tackle fuel poverty. For example, the maximum grant that is available to households in very remote rural areas through the Heaps area base scheme has risen since 2013 to £9,000, and that is compared with the maximum grant of £7,500 elsewhere in Scotland. We have reviewed our warmer home Scotland programme, our national fuel poverty scheme, to see how it can better support those in rural communities. Ms Martin and others can be assured that we will continue to do all that work. Alexander Burnett Thank you, Presiding Officer, for noting my register of interests in property. I would point out that there is an increasing frustration in the housing sector about the lack of guidance from the Scottish Government on the proposed EPC regulations due to come into force in 14 months. Details were supposed to be published early this year, but none have been forthcoming. Does the minister understand the issues that the lack of details at this late stage creates, and can he clarify exactly when that information will be available? Presiding Officer, we are going through a very rigorous process in making sure that we get all of this absolutely right. We want to ensure that companies in Scotland, including companies such as the one that Mr Burnett owns, benefit from our energy efficiency programme and that we do our very best for the people of Scotland. We want to grow supply chains here and make sure that we have the labour and skills to develop energy efficiency properly. I realise that there are people out there who want us to move further and faster. What we will do, Presiding Officer, is do this right. Presiding Officer, to ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of the proposed closure of the Cymorod village surgery. We are aware of the situation at this branch practice, and NHS Lanarkshire has been in discussions with the practice about options for the future. The board will ensure, as it is required to do, that a primary care service continues to be made available to all patients and that patient safety is maintained at all times. My understanding is that the practice has recently closed a consultation with two options available for consultation, but, as yet, no decisions have been taken. Mark Griffin. I thank the cabinet secretary for her answer. If the proposed closure goes ahead, patients will go from a service on their doorstep to a five-mile bus trip, not a journey that any of us would want to undertake when we are ill. Given previous interventions by health boards to directly run GP surgeries in the event of a closure, will the cabinet secretary ask NHS Lanarkshire to step in and protect this vital service that my constituents in Cymorod village depend on? I completely appreciate the sentiment that Mr Griffith is expressing and the concerns of local residents who use this particular practice about what may happen. We will ensure in our discussions with the health board and in the health board's discussions with the practice itself that primary care continues to be available and continues to be accessible. At this point, it would be wrong of me to lead to conclusions until I see what the GP partners want to do as a consequence of their consultation and the further discussions that they have with the health board, but I can assure their member that I and my officials will keep in close contact with it and do all that we can to ensure that the primary care service of the highest quality remains available and remains accessible to patients in the area that it serves. Richard Lyle Can the cabinet secretary confirm the increase in funding to front-line health services and explain what that will mean for GP practices across Scotland? As Mr Lyle will know, we have in the budget a significant increase to our front-line services. We are moving very fast towards our overall aim of more than 50 per cent of all health funding being directed towards front-line services. There is a significant investment in primary care, in primary care reform and, of course, in the GP contract, which is an essential part of that, and significant additional investment from my portfolio area to local government for health and social care partnership and those integration services. I am very happy to give the member the specific numbers for his area of interest and, indeed, to provide that to other members, should they wish. However, what is absolutely clear is that resourcing is significant in this area, and we have the plans, we have the commitment, and we now need to carry on and further the delivery of our ambitions. To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it has provided for mental health services in the current parliamentary session. Minister Clare Haughey In 2019-20, the Scottish Government will increase direct investment in mental health by £27 million. That will take overall funding from mental health to £1.1 billion. Mental health expenditure over the four years since 2016-17 will amount to £4 billion. As Mr Dornan is aware, mental health is a priority for this Government, evidenced by specifically appointing a Minister for Mental Health and significant investment in the Scottish Government mental health strategy progress in which I updated Parliament last year and there is a commitment to do so annually. James Dornan Thank you. Will the minister agree with me that proposals in the draft budget to invest in an additional £250 million over the next five years to improve mental health outcomes for children and young people is a step in the right direction? Will the minister also agree with me that it is deeply disappointing that the Liberal Democrats, who have championed extra funding for mental health services over the past few years, will not support that important investment because of their constitutional obsession? Clare Haughey I would agree with James Dornan that our £250 million investment will support the ambitions set out in the programme for government to build on the principles of early intervention and radically change what we do to ensure that care and support is available as close to children, young people and their families as possible. The better mental health delivery plan that was published in December, which includes a number of actions to reform children and young people's mental health and boards, will be expected to have in place by April improvement plans with clear milestones to be achieved over the next two years. While the Liberal Democrats talk about mental health and the need to invest in it and expand services, it is worth remembering that last week they voted against a budget that would deliver significant investment in mental health care. It appears that the Liberal Democrats might talk the talk, but when they have the opportunity to support the Scottish Government in improving mental health services, they refuse to do so. To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to increasing pay for local councillors. A Scottish statutory instrument to increase the level of remuneration payable to local authority councillors by 2.8 per cent, with effect from 1 April this year, was laid before the Parliament on 1 February. John Mason. I thank the minister for that answer. MPs are paid some £77,000, we get £62,000 and councillors get £17,000. It does seem a little bit uneven, given that I consider many councillors work just as hard, certainly as some MPs that I know. Would the minister not agree with that? Presiding Officer, Mr Mason has pointed out the basic salary of councillors as he is well aware. There are also special responsibility allowances above that in many cases. The independent Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee, considered in 2005 whether councillors' pay should be comparable to that of MSPs, but concluded that it should not, because the differences between the two roles are more significant than there are similarities, with MSPs being legislators with a national role, whereas councillors are responsible for local services. The committee revisited the issue again in 2010, and it came to exactly the same conclusion. As a former councillor myself, I very much appreciate the contribution and the hard work of councillors right across the country, but I am not personally persuaded that recalling the remuneration committee at this point would lead to a different conclusion. 7. John McAlpine To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the Tenant Farming Commissioner. Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Fergus Ewing. The Scottish Government officials last met the Tenant Farming Commissioner on Thursday, the 24th of January, at his tenant farming advisory forum. As the cabinet secretary will be aware, the conduct of some land agent has caused concern for many. Can he advise me on what progress has been made in creating a code of conduct for individuals providing land agent services, as the land reform act is provided for? The member raises an important issue. The Tenant Farming Commissioner's report on the operation of landlord and tenant farming's agents was published in May 18, and I welcomed the report's findings. That highlighted that the majority of landlords and their tenant farmers are content with their relationship, but for some individuals there are still issues. The Tenant Farming Commissioner is currently working with the relevant professional bodies on producing a code of practice for land agents, which will include the standards expected of an agent and how to complain if an agent fails to meet those standards.


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Hi everybody, I'm Jen and this is the opensource.com weekly top five. Every week I check out the stats and I listen to the chatter and I see which articles have been doing the best on the site. So here are our top five. At number five, top ten, FOSS legal developments of 2014. Mark Radcliffe shares with us again this year the legal issues that continue the trend of increasing importance for the FOSS community. His selection of the top ten legal issues for open source and FOSS in 2014 might just surprise you. At number four, Consumer Electronics Show 2015, open source highlights. Alex Sanchez writes his debut article for us about the exciting new open source platforms and products at the Consumer Electronics Show this year. He tells us there were many to choose from, but only five made it into his roundup. Go see which ones. At number three, what is your favorite Linux distribution? The opensource.com team published one of its best poll questions again this year because it's fun to hear how preferences change from year to year. We start with the top ten distros from distro watches hit rankings lists from the past 30 days. Then we let our readers tell us what they think. Right now, Ubuntu is head to head with Mint, Debian, and Fedora. We'd love for you to add your vote into the mix, so head over to the homepage and vote on our latest poll. At number two, world record set for 100TB sort by open source and public cloud team. Reynolds Shin tells us what it was like to set a world record using Apache Spark on EC2 virtual machines to sort 100TB of data in 23 minutes. Read more about this achievement for open source software and the public cloud. Finally, at number one, we have top five open source project management tools in 2015. Robin Mulwit covers five of the most innovative open source tools out there for project management. He also gives an update on the five tools he covered last year and where they are today. Could these tools help you better operate or complete the task for a project you're working on? Hope to see you over at the site. Thanks for listening and we'll see you next week.