Well, we can resume with Parliamentary Business now. The first question we will turn to portfolio questions on communities, social, security and inequalities. Question 1 from Claire Baker. To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Mid Scotland did five and receive of support from the Scottish welfare fund? Minister Kevin Stewart. Before I answer Miss Baker's question, I will ask everyone to bear with me this afternoon, because I will be answering all of the questions on behalf of the portfolio. In response to Ms Baker, the latest statistics published on 24 April show that, for the period covering 1 October 2017 to 31 December 2017, 5,955 people in mid-Scotland and Fife received one or more crisis grants and community care grants from the Scottish welfare fund totaling £795,328. I thank the minister for that response. The minister might be aware that official figures show the successful tier 1 reviews, ie the appeals, for both community care grants and crisis grants sits around 50 per cent. Following a recent visit to a food bank in my region, it was suggested to me that the staff administering the fund are working under significant pressure, leading to potentially successful applications being initially denied before then being overturned on review. Does the minister agree that such a high appeal rate, while showing that the review system is working, may also indicate problems at the initial application stage? What assurances is able to give that my constituents that sufficient resources are in place for staff to deal thoroughly with applications in the first instance? I thank Ms Baker for that question. I know that Ms Freeman was keeping a very close eye on situations in a number of councils and wrote to them and was looking at the guidance around about the Scottish welfare fund. If Ms Baker has any specifics that she would like to raise, I am quite sure that the new cabinet secretary will look at that. I can assure Ms Baker that Ms Freeman was definitely looking at that in her previous portfolio. Mark Ruskell. The universal credit was rolled out in Stirling last year, and it has resulted in increased rent arrears, increased food bank referrals and increased risk of homelessness. Clearly, the Scottish welfare funders are under a lot of pressure to try and mitigate the heartless approach that we see from the UK Government of Social Security. What further action can the Scottish Government take, in particular with Stirling Council, to support local authorities, to support the communities that have been crushed by those welfare reforms? Continuing austerity will result in a overall reduction in annual welfare spend of £4 billion in Scotland by 2020. The Scottish Government is spending more than £125 million in 2018-19 on welfare mitigation and measures to help those on low incomes from those changes that have been imposed by the UK Government. That is more than £20 million in previous years. Ms Constance wrote to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Esther McVey, on 15 June 2018, calling again for the roll-out to be halted. We believe that universal credit is flawed, and until they get it right, they should halt the roll-out of the flawed policy. Stuart McMillan. It is minister aware of any councils underspending the Scottish welfare fund allocation. What can we do to encourage councils to make the most of the vitally important fund? The Government is aware of 11 councils that underspent their Scottish welfare fund allocation by £30,000 or more. Those councils were East Ayrshire, City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Highland, Inverclyde, Murray, Scottish Borders, Shetland Island, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The Scottish welfare fund is a vital lifeline for families and individuals across Scotland. I agree that it is absolutely crucial that councils are encouraged to make the most of the fund, especially given the welfare reform cuts being imposed by the UK Government. The Scottish Government itself publishes statutory guidance on an annual basis, which requires local councils to manage the fund in a way that helps those folks that are most in need in their local area. We also hold quarterly practitioner forums, which all councils attend to promote best practice and address issues such as take-up. Mark Griffin There are local authorities who exhaust their welfare fund allocation. Are people in desperate need who would qualify for a grant from the welfare fund and do not get it simply because of the time of year that they fall into hardship? What does the Scottish Government think of the fairness of that? If the minister would propose taking any steps to ensure that those who are in desperate need of that support do not miss out just because of the time of year? Mark Griffin As Mr Griffin is well aware, Ms Freeman kept a close eye on all those matters. Since April 2013, £38 million per annum has been allocated to local authorities for the Scottish welfare fund, and we are committed to keeping that fund. Mr Griffin will also be aware from previous answers from Ms Freeman that the basis of distribution to local authorities changed in November 2015. That followed a recommendation from the settlement and distribution group and was agreed by COSLA leaders and Scottish ministers. That was phased in from 2016-17. Distribution of the welfare fund is now wholly informed by the income domain of the Scottish index of multiple deprivation to help to support the most vulnerable in our communities. The new cabinet secretary is listening, and I am sure that she will keep a close eye on all of that. If there are any specifics that Mr Griffin wants to share, I am sure that she will respond positively. Miles Briggs To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce loneliness and isolation among older people. In January, Ms Freeman published Scotland's first national strategy on social isolation and loneliness anywhere in the UK for consultation. We have consulted with a range of groups, including older people in organisations such as Age Scotland and the Scottish Seniors Alliance, and they have been active in contributing to that. The older people strategic action group that Ms Freeman established last year discussed the strategy at a previous meeting. We are also taking action. Our £500,000 social isolation and loneliness fund in 2016-17 supported a number of local initiatives across Scotland, which have provided support for older people and other vulnerable groups. Our work to deliver more accessible housing, tackle poverty, promote employment and volunteering opportunities, maintain concessionary travel and reform adult social care all helps to ensure that older people are able to live their lives to the fullest and maintain their important social connections. Miles Briggs Can he give an indication of any additional measures that will be contained in the final A Connected Scotland strategy? Specifically, how is the strategy looking to support the fantastic work of voluntary organisations such as those in my region of vintage vibes, health in mind and contact the elderly to enable them to expand their services that they offer? I am aware of some of the groups that Mr Briggs mentioned in his question, including vintage vibes, which are in Mr Gordon MacDonald's constituency at the Breamhys Centre. I know that Ms Freeman paid close attention to that and a number of other organisations across the country. The Government will continue to listen to those groups. Social isolation is one of the things that we are determined to tackle. I was very pleased to visit Dundee City Council quite recently, where their social isolation teams were based with their energy efficiency teams, their homeless teams and their welfare benefits teams. It is very important that local authorities look to bringing those services together so that we can provide our very best for those folks out there who may feel isolated. Does the minister agree that befriending services such as those that are run by quarriers in North Ayrshire can deliver great benefits, including improved confidence and wellbeing to people experiencing loneliness and, indeed, those who befriend them? How does the Scottish Government plan to encourage and support such initiatives? I pay tribute to the important work that organisations like quarriers do. I think that befriending services like those are often a vital lifeline to those who are most at risk of social isolation and loneliness. Not everyone needs them, but for those who do, they play a vital role in supporting individuals to build up their social networks, spend quality time with another person and participate in activities that they might otherwise not have the opportunity to do. I know that, for many people who have been the befriender, their own life has been enriched both by the individual relationships with their befriending and by the opportunity to give back to their community. I say more power to the elbow of quarriers and other organisations like that. The Government strategy on loneliness acknowledges the importance of libraries and notes government investment in the public library improvement fund. I wonder if Jean Freeman kept a close eye on recent figures provided by the Scottish Library and Information Council, because they show that a total of 30 libraries closed in Scotland last year, up from 15 the year before. Does the minister agree that those closures will have a negative impact on community cohesion, and how does the Government plan to prevent further closure of public libraries in future? I thank Ms Lennon for her question. I had the great pleasure of being in the south of Edinburgh this morning at the community hub there, which incorporated the library. I think that Edinburgh has done very well in incorporating community facilities together, which not only saves money but brings services together so that people can access those services in one place. As Ms Lennon is well aware, she is a former local councillor like myself. She is up to local authorities themselves to make the decisions about libraries. While I was serving in Aberdeen and in the administration, I ensured that there were no library closures, and I think that many other local authorities should try and do likewise. Does the minister recognise that the Government's own free bus travel for the over-60s helps many people to overcome loneliness and isolation at the moment? Should we not be promoting this scheme rather than considering restricting it? If he disagrees with me, would he mention it to the new transport minister? I know that I said that I was going to answer a fair amount of questions across the portfolio this afternoon, but I did not expect questions on transport. The concessionary fare scheme itself has been kept by the Government. Obviously, there has been an on-going review. The positivity of concessionary fares is beyond doubt, and I am sure that the new transport minister will report back to Parliament after the findings of the consultation are complete. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by crisis everybody in How to End Homeless in Great Britain published in 2018. I welcome the recent report from crisis and the work of its chief executive, John Sparks, who chairs our homelessness and rough sleeping action group. I am pleased that the report recognises the Scottish Government's strong commitment to tackling homelessness and highlights some of the strides that we have already made, for example, noting that we have set the highest standard in limiting the use of unsuitable temporary accommodation in the UK. The crisis report highlights the challenges around homelessness and the need for us all to do more. That is exactly why we established the action group last year to help us to identify the solutions to homelessness. I welcome the recommendations that they have published, including the final set in their report today. Minister, as you know, the report is a weighted document, substantial recommendations contained within it. However, let me pick just the first one to introduce a statutory duty to prevent homelessness for all households who are at risk of becoming homeless within 56 days, regardless of priority status, local connection and tensionality, or migration status. As the MSP for Mary Hilton Springburn, I occasionally have constituents at imminent risk of homelessness, including elderly residents, told to turn up homeless services a couple of weeks before they are homeless or worse still once they are on the streets. Can I ask the minister to act on the recommendation contained within the report that I have highlighted and monitor practice across local authorities to ensure its appropriate implementation? As I said, I welcome the report from Crisis and the work of John Sparks. Once we have strong rights for homeless households and we have made much progress on preventing homelessness in recent years, we are determined to do much more to make a step change in people's experience of housing and homelessness in Scotland. That is why we have accepted in principle all the action group's recommendations, including examining the case for introducing a comprehensive homelessness prevention duty on local authorities and on other local public bodies. We have committed to working with our partners across a range of sectors to bring forward a programme of work to take forward the recommendations. I know that Mr Doris has been keeping a very close eye on that. I am sure that he will continue to scrutinise the Government as we go forward on that front. Annie Wells Thank you. Statistics last week showed that the number of homelessness applicants formerly in the armed services in Scotland increased by 11 per cent between 2016-17 and 2017-18. As housing is a devolved issue, what action has been taken by the minister to ensure that veterans in several countries are being supported once they leave the armed services? I pay tribute to Keith Brown in his role as minister for veterans in the last government. It would be fair to say that he kept me on my toes in dealing with veterans' issues. The Government has provided funding to the garden city project, for example, to provide housing for veterans. I would say that what would be helpful is if the Ministry of Defence actually helped us in terms of land and housing that it has in Scotland, which would help to alleviate some of the difficulties that we face here. I know that Mr Brown was assiduous on that, particularly in his discussions about the Stirling and Clackmanager city deal. In order for us to get that right, I would be grateful if Ms Wells could talk to the UK Government as well to see whether it can be a bit more positive in allowing the transfer of land and housing from the Ministry of Defence so that we can do more for our veterans. To ask the Scottish Government when the minister for local government and housing last met East and Bartonshire Council on what issues were discussed. Minister, ministers and officials regularly meet representatives of all Scottish local authorities, including East and Bartonshire Council, to discuss a wide range of issues as part of our commitment to working in partnership with local government to improve outcomes for the people of Scotland. Neil Bibby. I would suggest that the minister meets East and Bartonshire Council promptly, because the minister will be aware that GMB Unison and Unite trade unions have taken understandable and unprecedented strike action against East and Bartonshire Council after a sustained attack on the conditions of some of their lowest-paid council workers. The Lib Dem Tory coalition running the council have put forward proposals to cut annual leave, scrap overtime allowances and reduce redundancy benefit to the lowest level of any Scottish local authority. Will the minister unequivocally condemn the administration at East and Bartonshire Council, although it is not an excuse for the council for their conduct? Will the minister also accept that this attack on workers' rights is also driven by austerity or austerity that the SNP Government has intensified and passed on to Scotland's councils for far too long? I think that Mr Bibby spoiled his question at the end. If he wants to point the finger about austerity, he should be pointing the finger at the UK Government, who have slashed the budget of this Scottish Government. As Mr Bibby well knows, this dispute is between the councils and the employer and the unions representing staff. Councils are independent of the Scottish Government and ministers do not have legal powers to intervene in such matters. However, we regret any action that disrupts schools and other public services and we would encourage all parties to resolve the dispute quickly without further disruption for the residents of East and Bartonshire. Rona Mackay The SNP group on East and Bartonshire Council resigned from leading the council after losing the vote when opposing the assault on workers' terms and conditions. Does the minister agree that administrations who ride roughshod over union members on workers' rights should be condemned in the strongest terms? As I said to Mr Bibby, the dispute is between the council and the employer and the unions representing the staff of East and Bartonshire Council. As members are aware, councils are independent of the Scottish Government and it is for locally elected representatives to resolve the disputes. I have no powers to intervene on such matters, but I reiterate again that I think that the council, the employer and the union should get round the table to resolve the situation and ensure that the people of East and Bartonshire are served well. Murdo Fraser Thank you, Presiding Officer. I know that we now have a statement on this coming up imminently, but can I ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle the recent rise in homelessness? Murdo Fraser Presiding Officer, it is not acceptable in a country like Scotland for people to be rough sleeping or spending extended periods of time and temporary accommodation. That is why we established the homelessness and rough sleeping action group and have set up the £50 million ending homelessness together fund to drive sustainable and lasting change to tackle homelessness in Scotland and to make rough sleeping a thing of the past. This morning, the action group published its fourth report and its final set of 29 recommendations about ending homelessness, which the Scottish Government has accepted in principle. We look forward to implementing the action group's recommendations and moving towards ending homelessness in Scotland for good. Murdo Fraser Can I thank the minister for his response? For the first time in nine years, the number of homelessness applications has risen. For example, in my own region, in Perthyn Cynroth, there was a 17 per cent spike in the number of homelessness applications over the past year. As the minister said, there has been a rise in the number of households and children sleeping in temporary accommodation. On the action plan that the minister referred to, can he tell us specifically what headline action will tackle the problem? Will there be additional resources available to local authorities who have seen a particular rise in homelessness problems? I find it always rather surprising that the Conservative benches talk about spending more money when they were the party that wanted to slash £550 million from our budget by giving tax cuts to the rich. We have seen a situation for the first time in a decade where we have seen a 39 per cent drop in homelessness applications here in Scotland. We have seen a rise. I have to say that that is regrettable, but one of the reasons why we are seeing that rise—we hear that from third sector partners and from the likes of the national audit office—is because those things are being driven by the Tory Government's welfare changes. Things such as the benefit cap, sanctions and Mr Fraser shites from a sedentary position somebody else's to blame. In this case, the Tory Government is very much to blame, and it should rethink all of its welfare policies and put people first. Does the minister accept the national audit office's conclusion that the rise in the number of homeless families in the UK is likely to have been driven by the UK Tory Government's welfare changes? I am glad that Mr Lyle, like myself, has read the national audit office report, which is pretty damning. I agree with him. The Scottish Government believes that the UK Government's welfare policies are limiting access to affordable accommodation for those on low incomes, as such is increasing the risk of hardship and homelessness. The Scottish Government recently published a report on the impact of welfare reform on housing and found that, in the private and social sector, households have been severely affected by the UK Government's welfare policy. The report highlights the negative effect of universal credit on both tenants and landlords due to the major increase in rent arrears. In East Lothian, for example, 72 per cent of social housing tenants claiming universal credit were in arrears compared to 30 per cent of all tenants. That is down to universal credit, that is down to those welfare changes, and it is about time that the Tories recognise the damage that they are doing to people across the country. To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates the roll-out of universal credit on people in the Renfrewshire South constituency. The UK Government's planned roll-out of universal credit full service in Renfrewshire in September 2018 is unfortunately likely to result in increased debt, hardship and rent arrears and push people into crisis. At risk of homelessness, that is what we have seen in other council areas, as I have just said. The trust of trust explicitly links the rise in the use of food banks to the roll-out of universal credit. It found that food bank use increased by an average of 52 per cent in UC full service areas. Evidence provided by COSLA also suggests that average rent arrears for those in receipt of UC are more than 2.5 times higher than those on housing benefit. The Scottish Government has now written to Esther McVeigh for the sixth time in two years, calling on the UK Government to halt the roll-out of universal credit. However, Esther McVeigh's statement to the House of Commons in 21 June suggests that our plea continues to fall on deaf ears. Tom Arthur. I have had far too many constituents come to my surgery in tears as a result of the UK Government's welfare reforms and our sanction regimes. Does the minister agree with me that the recent national audit office report on the rolling out of universal credit is a damning indictment of the Tory UK Government's handling of the benefit system? However, it is further evidence that Westminster cannot be trusted to look after the most vulnerable and yet another reason why this Parliament should have the full powers of a normal, independent country. I agree completely and utterly with Tom Arthur that this Parliament should have full powers over social security. Every day we are hearing further evidence about the misery that universal credit and other benefits such as ESA and PIP are causing. Continuing austerity will result in an overall reduction in annual welfare spend of £4 billion in Scotland by 2020. That is in stark contrast to the way that we will deliver social security in Scotland. We are putting people first and treating them with the dignity and respect that everyone has the right to expect from their social security system. We expect to spend over £125 million in 2018-19 on welfare mitigation measures to help the most vulnerable people here in Scotland. That is over £20 million that has been spent in previous years. The key thing in all of this is that the Tories should rethink their policies of austerity and roll back on those nonsensical benefit cuts. 7. Stuart McMillan Thank you, Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes it plans to build in Inverclyde with local housing associations by 2021. Presiding Officer, over the course of this Parliament, 898 affordable homes are planned in communities across Inverclyde, with locally-based associations delivering 671 of those. That is backed by nearly £50 million of investment from the Scottish Government. That investment will go towards meeting our ambitious target of delivering over 50,000 affordable homes by 2021 and back by £3 billion of investment. I am delighted to say that, since 2007, we have delivered over 76,500 affordable homes across Scotland. Stuart McMillan I thank the minister for that reply. I welcome the vast investment that the Scottish Government will be allocating to Inverclyde and how that will benefit many families and local community. However, the minister agrees with me that, alongside any new homes that are affordable and private, local authorities should consider when progressing the local development plans how they will be serviced with improved infrastructure to guarantee positive outcomes for those new developments and residents. I thank Mr McMillan for that question. It is the responsibility of local authorities to address those issues through their local development plans in accordance with the Scottish planning policy and the national planning framework. The Scottish Government is committed to promoting an infrastructure first approach to the delivery of development and to supporting stakeholders in the process. Achieving better co-ordination of infrastructure, planning, delivery and the development plan process itself is a key part of our on-going planning review and also a large part of our planning bill. To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet the UK Government ministers responsible for social security. The next formal meeting between the Scottish Government and the UK Government ministers is the joint ministerial working group on welfare, which is scheduled to be held on Monday, 10 September. The previous meeting took place in Edinburgh on 14 June. In addition, Angela Constance and Jeane Freeman have had contact with the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions and the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work. May I ask that, at the next available opportunity, Scottish ministers raised with UK ministers the question of the removal of both enhanced and severe disability premiums from universal credit. Could they ask them to explain why the UK Government thinks acceptable that a constituent of mine, registered disabled, will lose more than £200 a month from transfer to universal credit, despite the so-called transition protection payment? Presiding Officer, I thank Ms Fabiani for her question. I know that Ms Freeman has written twice to the UK Government regarding the issue on 21 March and 16 May this year, sharing our serious concerns over the loss of income that disabled people are having to endure when they are moved to universal credit. The lack of transitional protection for people moving on to universal credit is completely and utterly unacceptable. Even the UK Government has now recognised that, but its offer of backdated transitional protection will be of little comfort to those who have had to live with the impact of mis-premiums on their incomes and living standards. On 7 June this year, in a written statement, Esther McVeigh confirmed that the DWP would provide transitional protection for people on receipt of the disability premiums. Draft regulations recently published by the DWP have given some information about the plans for that transitional protection, but not only have people missed out on the premiums when they have moved to universal credit, but many thousands of people who should have been entitled to the premiums when initially making that switch to ESA from incapacity benefit have not been receiving them due to administrative errors from the DWP. I know that Ms Freeman recently met with the independent living fund Scotland, who shared with her some of the stories of people who they have helped to receive upwards of £10,000 of missing premiums. This is yet another disgraceful shambolic situation that the UK Government has put in place, and it is now time for them to fix it so that the most vulnerable people in our society are protected and get the payments that they need and deserve. Thank you, minister. I know that the minister is trying to be helpful, but if he can direct his remarks to the chair and through the microphone, everyone will pick it up and clean the official report. Thank you. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackling hate crime. Presiding Officer, last year Angela Constance published an ambitious programme of work to tackle hate crime and build community cohesion. She also established an action group to take this forward. The action group is tackling a range of issues, including how to increase reporting, raise awareness and prevent hate crime from occurring. Last October, the Government ran the successful Hate Is No Home in Scotland campaign to raise awareness of hate crime and how to report it. The Government is carefully considering Lord Bracadale's important recommendations published on 31 May on hate crime legislation. I thank the minister for that answer. Figures released by the crime office this month show a massive spike in certain forms of hate crime.  I recognise that that is part due to increased reporting, but what action is the minister taking to ensure that such crimes are being tackled at the root and that real progress will be made? I think that Ms Wells is right to highlight the fact that there may be increased reporting and that is a good thing. However, we cannot be complacent on any of those issues. I have to say from a constituency perspective that I was very perturbed to see the rise in hate crime against LGBT plus people in my own area. I, on a constituency capacity, have been in touch with the police there to make sure that all is being done. Ms Wells can be assured that the Government will look carefully at the important recommendations that have been put forward by Lord Bracadale and our continued efforts. The minister is referring to his constituency experience, but, with respect, we are in the chamber to ask questions of the responsible Scottish Government ministers. It is my understanding that the vote on ministerial appointments does not take place until tomorrow lunchtime, and we find that the front bench is short of the cabinet secretary for this portfolio and the Minister for Social Security, which Mr Stewart has already made reference to three or four times that he was dealing with those issues and not himself. Is it not more respectful to Parliament that the ministers in charge of those portfolios show up to answer the questions? The member has expressed her view. It is up to the Government to decide which ministers should reply to parliamentary questions. In that case, the minister did make it clear from the outset that he would be answering all the questions, and he needed to ask for the chamber's indulgence at that point. Ms Wells is a question. If Ms Wells has any specific points that she would like to make, then I am sure that the new ministerial team will be pleased to look at that, but she can be assured that this Government will continue to have a zero tolerance policy towards any hate crime. We would encourage people to report it, and we would encourage the authorities to take action as necessary to deal with those despicable crimes. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle discrimination and prejudice based on immigration status. The Minister for Public Health and Sport has launched our We Are Scotland campaign, which challenges attitudes around migration. I have outlined my answer to Annie Wells and the range of steps that we are taking to tackle hate crime. In addition, at the end of last year, we published our new Scotrefugee integration strategy, which supports the vision of a welcoming Scotland and our race equality action plan, which is focused on ensuring better outcomes for ethnic minorities in Scotland. We are clear that any form of discrimination or prejudice is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated. In answer to the previous question that the minister mentioned, the Brachydale review, which concluded in paragraphs 4.72 to 7.6, respondents had a clear view that there was offending behaviour involving hostility to people on the basis of immigration status and that there was no central collection of data in relation to the immigration status of those victims of crime. It did not recommend a new statutory aggravation, and I can understand why it is already covered. Does the minister agree that we are not doing enough if we are failing to collect that data around the immigration status of people who are victims of crime that is motivated by prejudice on grounds of their immigration status? What is there short of introducing a new aggravation that the Government can do to try to address that? Presiding Officer, I am not going to pre-empt the Government's response to Lord Brachydale's recommendation. I am sure that the cabinet secretary will look at that in some depth and will report back to Parliament exactly what our responses are in that regard. However, I reiterate again that this Government has zero tolerance for any hate crime. I think that a lot of what is going on out there has been fuelled by the UK Government's policies, including the hostile environment policy, and fuelled even more by some of the so-called newspapers that try to blame migrants for everything when those people have come to our country and have done extremely well in our society, earning and living amongst us and providing us with added value in our cosmopolitan Scotland. Long may that continue. To ask the Scottish Government how it defines social enterprise for the purposes of providing public funding, support or other assistance to relevant organisations. Public funding is targeted in line with our strategic approach, developed in partnership with the sector. Broadly speaking, social enterprises are businesses that trade for the common good. They seek to make profits but are committed to reinvesting them into a social mission. Although there is no legal definition, the Scottish social enterprise sector has set down the values and behaviour by which they recognise a social enterprise. That voluntary code of practice recognises five basic criteria for social enterprises. The code is referred within the Scottish social enterprise strategy, co-produced between the Scottish Government and the social enterprise sector, which was launched in 2016, and which sets out our shared priorities over the next 10 years. I thank the minister for that response. As he indicated, there is no legal definition of what constitutes a social enterprise in Scotland, and that has led to confusion for many enterprises operating in that area. I ask the minister and the new cabinet secretary to look at measures to clarify the definition of social enterprise in order to address that confusion. I am sure that the new cabinet secretary will look at that. Although there is no legal definition, it has to be said that that has not been a barrier to growth in the sector. The 2017 Scottish social enterprise census recorded an additional 400 social enterprises operating in Scotland compared with the number identified in the 2015 census. The sector in Scotland is thriving and contributed £2 billion to the economy in 2017, but we will look at what Mr Lockhart has highlighted here today. That concludes portfolio questions. We will move on to another item of business involving the same minister. However, we will just take a few seconds for members to change seats.


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Hi, my name is Jeff, this is Duncan, this is Bella and we're from Springfield, Massachusetts and we watch Trucker Josh Vlogs. Alberta, we're headed east. There's going to be a lot of driving today, not a lot of stopping. Only what's absolutely needed because I want to get home. The time is now 7.30 here in Alberta, that'd be 8.30 at home in Manitoba. I'm 1066 kilometers away, probably with 650 miles and I want to get home tonight as early as possible. So as soon as this guy in front of me lets me go, I don't know how fast this truck will carry me. Which isn't that fast, but I'm still going to try. I'll be home for tomorrow, drive 1.5 km on 3-street northwest. Home for tomorrow and for Sunday and I've got to leave again Monday morning down to Minnesota. I've got to deliver these steel racks on my trailer. So a lot of road footage today I'm guessing. Just crossing the prairies. I got my pay statement today and I moved on to percentage. What was it? It's been months already. Has it been a year? Close to a year since I moved to percentage, I used to get paid by the mile. Now I get paid by the percentage of the load and it's all a little bit different. The numbers are bigger, but there's also the fact that the expense numbers are bigger. A lot of the expenses that were covered by the office before are now covered by me. So things like the insurance on my truck is $1200 a month, I think, $1200 a month for the insurance on my truck and I still have a $5000 deductible if I get into an accident. So that's fun. Tollways before, tollways were covered by the office. So when I went through Chicago, I've never seen the numbers from tolls before. I never knew how much they cost. I thought they were a couple of bucks, right? Last month, how many times have we gone through Chicago once or twice? No more than twice last month. I have built up $500 of tolls just from driving through Chicago once or twice. $500 bucks last month. I had no idea it was that expensive to go down the Illinois tollways. How is that state not, like, drowning in money? Can you imagine the thousands of trucks, like hundreds of thousands, tens of whatever it is that go down those tollways in Illinois? Every day? I went down there once or twice, $500 in a month. What are they doing with all that money?  But anyways, that's besides the point. So tolls are expensive, so no more fancy tollways for me. I will be dodging those from now on as if. It's ridiculous. I can't believe, like, companies still send their trucks down those toll roads. If I had known they were that expensive, I would have asked to dodge them earlier. You have to go quite a ways around. They do that on purpose, because to dodge the Illinois tollway from Wisconsin to Chicago, you've got to go all the way down the I-39 to Rochelle, Illinois, past that, I think, and then I-80 in or I-88 in to Chicago. And then you still hit the tollway once you hit Indiana. But that's a long ways around. Is it, what, 30 to 50 miles further? So it depends on how much fuel you're burning, does it? Is it worth it? It seems like it. So no more fancy tollways for Director Josh, avoiding them at all costs from now on. I had no idea. So when you have to pay for your own stuff, things really come to light. They really, you're really showing how expensive and ridiculously expensive everything is. So all of the expenses related to my business now are mine, whereas it was sort of shared before when I was on mileage, now it's all mine. So yeah, my gross income, it looks bigger, it looks pretty fancy, pretty nice, lots of numbers, a few more zeros maybe sometimes. But then you look at the expenses a little further down the pay statement, and they also added a zero or two on there also. So really, I'm still better off on percentage. I'm still coming out ahead a little more, but not as much as you would think looking at the numbers, but I like this better, don't get me wrong, I like being on percentage. It feels, I feel more attached to my load this way, like you know, the load I have behind me right there, like, it's my load, rather than just, you know, I'm pulling it for someone else. So this is my load. I'm taking it to Minnesota, and then from there I'm reloading, and that's going to be my load, wherever that's going on. I just like the way it feels better, I guess, but yeah, the poor people at work, our lady who does our paperwork for our pay statements, she knows I watch my pay statement like a hawk. Not because I don't trust her, she's never made a mistake, never made a mistake, but every time I think I've caught her in a mistake or I've caught someone else in a mistake, every time, nope, I was wrong. But they know I watch it. You got to be careful with these things. You got to keep your eye on your pay statements. When you think there's an error, you should, you know, politely confront them on it or politely bring it up. You don't want a confrontation. They're all such nice people that are in the office, like great people, and they've never made a mistake yet, but I have tried or I have thought that I've caught them a couple of times. No, so far everything is good. I've just forgotten that I got to pay my own tolls now. I'm pretty sure they must have told me when I signed my, well, it's in my contract. Maybe I didn't read the fine print. Maybe I didn't read the whole contract before I signed it. Don't look at me like that. Do you read everything in the terms of service and in every contract before you sign it? You probably do when money's involved. I know. I don't know why I didn't read that part, but. Trevor Dosh is paying his own tolls now, $500 of them for May. Illinois, I am not happy with you. Why are you so greedy? So about 2000 smashed bugs later, we're traveling around the perimeter of Winnipeg. I just got to quickly park this thing at the yard and head on home, be home for the next couple of days. This is Friday when I'm filming this, tomorrow we're planning on, well I got that early breakfast with my friend and then we're planning on going to Bert's dad's stepmom's campsite for Father's Day and we got to get some lawn mowing done again, it's summertime, it's all we do yard work in the summertime. So I may see you just on Monday, I'm not sure if I'm going to make a video tomorrow and I don't do any filming or work on Sundays anymore, so Monday may be the next time you see me after this, we'll see. I'd like to make a video tomorrow, I'm not sure how the day is going to go yet. For now I'm just trying to get it, it's been a long day, I'm kind of tired, I've already driven 1065 kilometers, a little over 650 miles maybe, we stopped three times today, so it's been a long day for me, just staring at this flat, straight road, but it has gone by pretty quickly, I can't believe we're in Winnipeg already. It's one thing about these long days in the summertime, the days feel a lot longer, because the sun is up longer, I love this season, everything's green, everything's growing. Would you guess it? Construction, everywhere, every city, every place, every road under construction. You know one day they're going to invent some kind of surface that we can pave our roads with, that doesn't need to be redone every six months, it's going to be great when they invent it, whoever invents it's going to be rich, I don't know what it's going to be made out of yet, but it's going to be awesome. You know I wouldn't be surprised if Illinois started paving their roads with gold, I think I mentioned that today already didn't I, it's been such a long day already, I don't remember what I've all been talking about, I'm pretty sure I talked about the Illinois tolls already, I would expect them, I should say that, I would expect them to be paved with gold, at least with silver, next time I go there, came out they charging tolls, eggs, now we're about what, 10 minutes from our yard, so this past weekend was father's day here in Canada, I think America had the same day right, North American thing, I learned something, I learned something new this year, apparently Australia has father's day in September or something weird like that, I guess that's their June, weather wise for them right, so father's day supposed to be nice and warm I guess, makes sense, so I went home for Saturday and Sunday, had a great weekend, and we're back in the truck, this is now Monday morning when I'm filming this, we're hooked up to the same trailer with those same steel racks behind us, and we're going down to Minnesota, we're going to unload there tomorrow, on Tuesday morning, and then we're going to reload there with a load that's taking me to Calgary for the following Monday, so there's no rush to get to Calgary, I'm going to be coming home in between, my truck ready to go here, I've already done my pre-trip, I'm hooked on, I'm good to go, the world knows I am here, I'm about to start driving, E-Log is on, ah GPS, I gotta set this, so yeah I'll be home Wednesday night, if everything goes right, which shouldn't have a problem getting home for Wednesday night, be home for Thursday, Friday, and I'll leave Saturday afternoon, it's about a day and a little bit drive to Calgary, so I'll get a little bit of a head start on Saturday, Sunday will be a full day of driving, Monday will unload in Calgary, so I'm only gonna be gone now for a day or two and then I'm back home, that's kind of nice, nice little short one, so let me get my GPS all set up here and we'll be on the road, come on Mandy, speak to me, your volume off or something, there you are, I knew you wanted to talk to me, it's been a couple of days, I knew you missed me, okay 842 kilometers or so, let's get it, oh this isn't good, this doesn't look very promising, we're about two miles from the US border right now and I can already see the trucks lining up, oh well they're moving at least, they're not at a dead stop, but there's a lot of trucks trying to pass the border this Monday, goodie, like I said it looks like they're moving pretty good though, so it shouldn't be more than like a 20-30 minute wait here, it could be worse, it gets a lot worse in places like from Ontario into Michigan, so this is just really bad for this border crossing, all the signs coming up here, they have new signs that they put up at the coming up to the American border crossings on the Canadian side, they've got these new signs that say no marijuana at the border, as if people are dumb enough to try to cross the border, well then again I shouldn't say that, because now that it's legalized in Canada, people might not realize that it's still very much illegal in the United States and if you try to cross the border with something illegal like that, they're not going to look at you very favorably, you know they're gonna give you a hard time, they're gonna send you home and you might not be able to cross the border again, because you tried to cross the border with, what do they call it, illegal paraphernalia or whatever, so even though it's legal up here, if you try to cross the US border with it in your pocket or in your car, you might lose your privilege to go back and visit the US, you might have to go get a lawyer to get a pardon just to go back and you might be banned for who knows how long a year, maybe a couple years, I actually heard a story of that of a Canadian who bought some legal cannabis and was gonna bring it with him on a trip to the US to do some shopping, that idea he is now banned from entering the United States indefinitely from what I've heard, I'm sure he could you know down the road get a lawyer to possibly fight for a pardon, but it's gonna be a lot of money a lot of paperwork now to ever be able to visit the US again because now they don't trust him, just a heads up, there's signs at the border here that say no cannabis at the border, they mean it, it's coming up here in a bit, here comes the sign on the right there, also you guys should know if you're truck drivers, you're still not allowed to smoke it, even though it's legal here in Canada now, I've discussed this in past videos, but if you're new, if you're a Canadian driver and you want to drive into the United States, you're going to have to pass a drug test to enter the United States, now that drug test is not by Canadian standards, that is a drug test to see if you pass by American standards because you're going to be driving on American territory, American law says that you cannot have any of the chemical THC in your system, you can't have any, you can't smoke, you can't smoke it, alright, you go and buy it legally here in Canada, you smoke it with your friends on the weekends, okay, you are not going to be able to drive a truck into the US, and if you do, things that could happen to you are, if you get into an accident, as a trucker in the US, the first thing they're going to do is they're going to send you for a drug test, they're going to test your blood, if they find out you have smoked, even legal Canadian cannabis on Canadian territory, they find out you are going to be held liable for everything in that entire accident, you're going to be sued like crazy, you're going to be held liable for all the damages to all the vehicles involved, all the health care bills of all the Americans involved because they don't have free health care there, you got to pay for it, they're going to be coming after you for that money then, because you were on illegal drugs, or you had illegal drugs in your system, or you could get pulled in for a random drug test, on a roadside drug test, they do these things, it's never happened to me yet, but I've heard it happens, for no reason, and if it comes back that you have smoked in the last while, or if they can find it in your system, even they can take your hair follicles and they can find out if you smoked a few months ago, if they find out, you're going to be parked right there, find, and they could even put you in jail depending on the state, I believe, they're pretty serious in the US, pretty hard line stance against it, the biggest risk that you would put on yourself is that even if you're not high at the time, you get into an accident, a bad one let's say, even if somebody cuts you off, it's not your fault, you're not at fault 100%, they're still going to send you for a drug test, and if you come back positive that you do have some of it in your system, from a couple of weeks ago, it's now completely 100% your fault, your life is over, I don't know they could send you to jail, they're definitely going to find you, you're definitely going to be held liable for everything, all the healthcare, all the physiotherapy, whatever these people have to go through, all the damages to their vehicles, their lawyers are going to come after you like you wouldn't believe, and then you're going to be deported from the US and you're never going to be able to visit the US again, and I don't know about you, but in my opinion, that's a shame, I would be crushed if I could never leave Canada again and go anywhere, you know, Canada's a big country, but there's so much world outside of our country yet, like you'd love to go to Europe, well now you want to go to Europe, they're going to ask if you have a criminal record, a criminal history, I guess what, now you do good luck in life, try getting a good job, they're going to ask for a criminal record report, that's going to show up, good luck you're just better off as a truck driver, I'm not, I'm pretty neutral on the whole cannabis thing, I don't care this way or that, I'm kind of libertarian in that sense, I don't, I don't really care, but if you're a truck driver and you want to drive into the US, don't do it, it's a bad idea, bad idea, if you're just within the Canadian border and you never leave Canada, check with your company and their policy, most companies still have a company policy that you can't, but that is up to each individual company now, like ours we still have the policy in effect, the more you know, before you smoke, think, like I said, this doesn't come from a place in my heart where like I don't want you to smoke, I really don't care, if you want to be a truck driver, I'm just telling you, it's a bad idea, so we're still waiting, got all my paperwork here already, still waiting, wasting my log hours away, I wonder if I have any US currency, I'm gonna need some US currency, I got like no way I do, I have like 13 bucks, I just need enough to grab a coffee, over to the left in the sky there, you can see a huge military plane, which I think is a bomber, it's just been circling Fargo here for as long as I can see it, approaching town, it's the third time it's been going around the city, getting lower and lower, what's it doing? It's off camera right now, but still circling, just flying around Fargo, a few hundred feet in the air, that's a huge plane, so we're about to turn eastbound on Interstate 94, here in North Dakota, we'll be crossing into Minnesota, it's just off to our left, as soon as we cross the Red River of the North, as they call it in the States, in Canada it's just called the Red River, but apparently there's another Red River in the southern United States, so they have to clarify, this one is Red River of the North. Mandy, I already told them, you're a little late, I already told them that we're going to turn down 994 east, thanks anyway. I wanted to go to the truck wash here, but things are a little tight this week, so I'll have to wash it next week, can only work with what I got right now, so for now I just need to get this load delivered, pick up my next one. So I'm not going to be there first thing in the morning with this load, the reason being is my reload is only going to be ready in the afternoon, and if I arrive there early in the morning, that means my E-log is going to be ticking all day, for no reason, while I sit and wait for my reload at the exact same location. Thanks for the reminder Mandy, but I don't want to be sitting there and wasting my E-log, so I'm going to deliver it probably about midday, around lunch, I think, or just after lunch, that way they can quickly get these racks off my truck, then just reload me soon after that, and then I waste as little time on my E-log as possible, because I've got to load up that glass, right? Loading it takes at least four hours, just for them to load it if they're quick. They're not always quick, usually takes six to eight hours for me to get out of there. It's taken as long as 12 hours before. So if I get there first thing in the morning, I might run out of hours before I'm even loaded, and then technically I'm not even supposed to work outside the truck tying it down and tarping it. So, well there's that bomber again. What is he doing? Is he going to bomb us? Looks like an American plane, I mean I wouldn't know what any other plane would look like. They all kind of look the same, you know, two wings. US Air Force must be running drills and training or something. No one else seems alarmed by it. They're all just going about their day. America! Military all over the place, no big deal. They're the good guys, which is kind of true. I don't mind seeing the American military around. When I see the American military, I actually feel better. Like when I'm at a truck stop, sometimes you see a convoy roll in. Oh good, the good guys are here. At least you know nothing's gonna happen, right? Or if something does, they'll take care of it. We're going to be getting into low tone pretty late tonight anyways. Probably like past midnight. So it'll work out fine just to unload around one o'clock I think tomorrow afternoon. I think that's windshield before. That's a lot of good that did. I love summertime. I really do. I hope these are all mosquitoes. I hope every bug that is splattered on my windshield right now. I hope they're all mosquitoes. Every last one of them. The more I kill, the better. Mosquitoes are so bad at our place this year, man. I don't know if they're bad where you are, where you're watching this, but where we are home, man. And they're big this year, man. You gotta be careful. Look, carry you away. We're just rolling around the south side of Minneapolis here. I'm going to go to the first rest area or truck stop I find outside the city. I just wanted to get through the city tonight so I don't got to deal with the traffic tomorrow. See where we end up. We're still about 60 miles from our destination but we've got enough time to get there tomorrow. All right, here's our exit. Rest area south of Minneapolis. We're 57 kilometers or you know 35 miles or so from our delivery and pickup tomorrow. I'm ready to go to bed. I don't know about you guys, but I'm ready to pull off here and hopefully they got parking for me. What do you guys think? Time is 12 17 in the morning. 550 meters to new market rest area. New market rest area. Oh, here's people parking on the ramp already. I don't know if I should park here or if I should risk it. If I go all the way up there and there's no parking, I can't back down the ramp again and park behind this guy. I'm going to risk it. I'm going to I want to park closer than this. I don't like parking on the ramp if I don't have to. In 200 meters, arrive at new market rest area. Let's see this trucks this way, autos that way, this way. Oh shoot. Shoot. It does look full, doesn't it? There's people parked in the back already. I really don't like it when people park in the back like this because if any of those spots open up behind them there, I can't get in there. No one can get in there. Let's see what's past this guy here. That's a terrible spot to park, man. I wouldn't do that. It's just me. Yeah, this is crazy. Yeah, that's the exit there. No space. Well, diesel and some light on in here. A spot opened up. Lucky us. This is where we're going to spend tonight. How do you feel about that? How do you feel about that? Can I come sit down here with you? Lay down here with you too, buddy. It's a room. It's a room for a trucker Josh around here with the wheel. Good boy. Good boy. Very nice weasel butt. Very nice weasel butt.  Diesel. Come here. Come here. You know what?  Turn the camera off, mate. Turn the camera off first. Fine. You want to be camera shy? That's fine. So yeah, we're at the new market rest area. Found a parking spot. Luckily, luckily one opened up. Otherwise, I don't know what we'd do. I guess we just keep going on until the next parking area. Oh, the joys of trucking. Never enough parking. And you know, very rarely do they create more parking areas, but more often than not, they make less parking areas, at least in Canada. It's just never ending struggle. Thanks for joining me today and I believe this vlog started last end of last week. So it was Friday. I didn't film anything on the weekend, but tomorrow we have to unload these racks and then reload glass and head home. See how close to home we can get tomorrow. I probably won't get all the way home tomorrow. I doubt it because we'll be there all day loading up, tarping and stuff. Take care, everybody. I'll see you in the morning. Again, if you want to send in an intro, you know, I've been using these intros from you guys. I usually try to include tomorrow's intro at the end of the vlog here. 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Can you explain in Greek how confident is confident in Philippians 1-6 concerning finishing what he started? Amen, Mike Taylor, for I am confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus, this work. This seems to be a perfect tense, and it is a perfect tense. This is word pethos, which means to persuade, believe, trust. Now, this is a perfect tense, so Paul has been this way. So Paul's confidence, here's why it's extremely confident. Paul's confidence, Mike, isn't in us. How do we know Paul's confidence isn't in us? Let's go back to it. Paul uses the perfect tense. This word, if you see what's called this reduplication, so this pepsilon, and then p, again, so the beginning of this word, pethos, begins with a p or pi. Some of you guys would say it's p, there's no i sound in the Greek, it's e. This poethos, so it's pepoethos, it is the perfect tense, which is a completed action in the past. Well, how can Paul be confident about them? He's not. He's confident about God. That's how confident he is. And so for this reason, I am very extremely confident of this very thing that he, and notice he even emphasized why he's confident. He's confident in this very thing because he, that being God, who began the good work. So who starts the work? Who begins it? God does. He began a good work in you. And will perfect it. Oh, by the way, this is a future active indicative for this word. He will perfect it. Or I should say he will complete it, perfect it. He will cause this thing to come to a complete, to completion, to end. That's what the word teleos is. He will do so until the day of Christ. So how long will he, how long will he who began a good work continue doing it? He says, look at it. Archi hameras, which is until the day of Jesus Christ. Yeah, Paul is extremely confident about that. Extremely confident, amen. Now someone can want to refute it, but again, words have meaning. Words have meanings.


Aswa breaths It's the mood, it's the mood to me punditia laugh for the fact that when you're metangese you wanna walk around ashe I am man ge tani ni i do rah Eh you don't have to wear a dress Please introduce the people I am just start watching you are watching hashtag Kupu mila nga kikubu tbm m 같습니다 Ito 100 tbm wo topa tiba kwasit tiba ktsova 10 tbl tiba kwasit So past 9 to 10? Yes Mi su cleaning kt Mi n給 ukini kikiziJust like us host, we will be because of that, we want to stay with the guest Please, Valentine What are you upto? Did you know that also you are the manager of Soneja? No Is that the name of the room? No, Z-Wep Запasal This is our project I'm subscribed to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Uq Mwه De Gea Mika Okay, what? Wale, wana itangale Rodman. Say less. Let's introduce the society. Benya unam juwa kwa sasa ni kwa swende kwa. Menu, menu. Una semanga nini padipro, tu se metru kwele. Menu, menu, menu. Ejok, ejok, ejok. Ejok isupoi padikiti na mutu. Ndanya jumbani ake. For the first time up on Ndanya, Aha. Iikini na se mo kwa, ma feeling sa kwenu pereka wapi kukokando. Oki siya inki ya kwa dancefloor. Nini ya tingili. Miski ya? Ngefanya kwa kis mama tuwenu. Ma feeling sa kwenu pereka u kokando. Oki siya inki ya kwa dancefloor nini ya tingili kiniya do do do. Niki ya ma pekana muku. Niki ya ma pekana muku. Menu, menu, menu. Kuswen deka. Menu, menu, menu. Rucha. Mwaga. Menu, menu, menu. Vidi jajom su na chuwa kejani. Kwa ya? Menu. Thank you, Waii, to Waii for ma jamas. Menu ni jaribu kushika e danse. Tsimtia paru wa minu brakana na nani mewa, bani kuswen jaribu. Pili jaribu kai mokaya. Uo mi. Kwa ewa? Hika kwa drafter. Uo koma. Hika. Hika kwa drafter. Hika kwa drafter. Hika kwa drafter. Hika kwa drafter. Hika kwa drafter. We have to do it that we post kwa hapa That is a promise from Y254 Nasi wutua ingina tukiwa hapa ndo 2 hands a trend 2 hands a trend? 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No wajimadne ni wajimadne ni cracks Hi Soru atulafu m changed kompas been on tutu ko and already took the other person We spoke about k scariestтрomけて on renao V become sure of it How did it go out there? and next day in the morning ya wa say Nao nao We did itTER na nini na Virigia Jones kus actually the whole idea it's a show this is not just a song, the dance is kibamba it's a show, you show your dance and ina hanzi iwi karibuni tu naongi yadana wa itu wa efo iwi karibuni kuna huweze kuhano oh my god tu na iwi kubulia tu wa apa uesiyo nifanya host nia unaba kazi nbia serikali kupatia kazi si tu kogu wa serikali kutuko ambisa no! tu kogu ambisa sumunfinyaan eme baka sumunfinyaan eme baka apa tuna kozi i have no idea why every time padizi i na kuanga chaos too mme ia nima nanasama ue uesiyo ATUogu ahʟugi na magu rabiku uesiyo buzkia So, I usha widening for me the length of the dance while crossing the nation to define 100% of the local dance. We are going to scout for dancers, we are going to do it far away in Kenya and for COT, but we have to find anything influtable. Kwa'i ngizi jwee, nii misu ya muka kwa'i kwa'i OK OK, ma'a strictluy loko So if you know you can dance Muka kwa'i you can dance Ya This is a Rabu dancer Tu na kuingiza pwa'u moongiza Tua All Kenyams Pya'i ma'u ma'u ma'u ma'u ma'u na tangi Tanda mика na video And then you send it to DanceikiBamba at jmail.com Tuna chukua, tuna iquea Kenyams Na Kenyams niya nama moa We have a slot here up to 32 Hach evena matakuha ya kawakako haus Kumbitumia Ameeni, mawa 500k unu So zbili 500k inu Tanaka k projetunia Half a meter Hiha, hiha Imaji, nitu maintenance Imaji, nitu maintenance We are tagging to m We are tagging to m Hyha, nyumiki Hyha, nyumiki We are tagging to m Tax free Tax free Tax free It's there The sponsors are there everything is ready Ok So the only thing we need is just those dancers Herthing. The crew, camera, killer, kid too. We're ready to go. To Tika. Janatu wa kwa kisumu. Isu, kwa niwa kinda neiifom? Ukun nani! Come on! I want to fufu! I'm 100% dense genero. I had no dance lessons. So you've been doing out source kwa ni Rajitha wa. I don't need much time. I can't believe you haven't done a dance lesson! Taka ya talanta actually ata piya ni talanta because my youth is so small our target is so small of course we expecting my youth to turn up wadwana dance apa inja but people are dancing kia una bili wadwana pwa kwa stage then you just judge them we really want to see wadwana wadwana dance it's not just us judging them Kwaana res What's all the time when you got hurt, sn things so that's all what is going on. Some people dancing because it was tooless they don't want this and this and this to happen to them some are dancing because women lose hope some are dancing what people膣li Чер ti naka? Some are dancing because they they're just haft all we do what we shouldn't do we're sure last last Zileza an more So let's do that it's a show that we're documenting isi wituzote on i'm expecting it play are you going to be one of the judges?  I'm a good dancer Nته banandan I've been dancing in various places more than 40 places Untuwe na g最近 Give it me what you do I dance my place kumukililisiku yu nasili kuna yu remember ekangum, dasi lam mone, mone na mene 300,000 videos, zime ka t такое ni zene nana s一定 mone na support paydi lewo like ni nani We were three weeks old and we believed that she would be a tough fighter. I am going on the win inside. For the show. I was judging him, I don't think that people will take him seriously. And then I started coupled with the kids I started dancing So I started watching them Are you playing with them? I am dancing I did not have any idea Hii Hii Come on Is it a skier? I do not have the room I started dancing I started dancing After this in the next hour If you can keep me up before the next one out. Tell me the inspiration behind your videos. Kuna uposfu lani, but I can see you like what you do. Like you really do. Is that like a message? Is it hafan? Is it kulewgali? Kiseyagi? Mendo o mendo? Kasuende? What's happening? Life is revolving around posts, come on. Kuna zile the king post zene na konga zemeshkiliya life. King post? First nichea kula. Without food to do anything. Una zempeke? Joi nangia sen saapo. Kuna iku? Food. Magla zizi kya kula. Una ribu yu tensilis. Una kyu o pula wana penda. Upe effecting yene. Saza kuna effecti ope. Ukona effecti ya tisiagi. Yapojumi. Vala nezafani effecti na mdomo. Ya tisiagi. So the first king post yuna konga kya kula. You nothing without food. Second king post zene na naminia kwa life ni fun. Manzea. Manzea ataka muna hinshi na ukuna perso, kuna chakulu, kuna kila kitu.  Kaka kando. The third I believe is information. You get best information by giving out information. And then here in Gine, Miss Chasa ni ya kuendeleza familiar. Siuna jwen ni nil. Misi jwee. And how much? Spell it out. How much? I'm hand treatment. Om homo homo. Iyo. Chasa here on the island. So, Kamu hini binaramu na wuja piti ya hini jia yote. So, mainly for me when I'm creating. Na piti ya hini jia yote. Na piti ya hini jia yote. But king post zene na tambua sana nizubileza kuwanza. Ta kula. Ta kula? Fun. La kini ya muishope unaka kuwana strongholds. Sema tu kuweli pa handa. Set the truth. History in a semi, what? Science anapi? Time ya meji. Ah, sana ni kifikamu ni ami. So, when it comes to create. It's really about wini piya watu na receive mambuyaku. Understand? Kila mtu akuna ka area lana taka. This is what ni ya taka ku receive. So, if you meet whatever doesn't make sense to them. No one will receive it. Na, anata, watu na ki receive wana taka receive na resistance? So, I think that is my winning point. Ka wana fanya joke. It must be something that people will receive. Vizuri. Understand? But so far the reception has been excellent for you. It has been. From a judging point. It has been. It has been. You see, you can tell ya come turned out. The people were just posting because they have bundles. Not content. Now your time. Yes. Time started to konayo. Time to konayo. 24 hours ya kundeya yango. But bundles still started to konayo. Yes. It's not like you have 13 hours. Me ni konayo 20. Something to konayo 24. But bundles. U konayo mi misi na wana elewa. Yes. Ama ni konayo e wana. So, kuna wana wana. You just want. They think they are musicians. Just because they can rap. And then kuna rusha tu vitupale. Na kuna pia wana elewa. They feel like they are comedians. Now anezaka tu wa tu something. They can imitate this. And then wana rusha pale. Feel attacked. Yes. But I think also we have a generation in ya. Ikohangri sana. Not just the people when you're on a post, but also what to pay on your receive. Pia wako na bundles. And they are ready to scroll. Nani ya meto wa ni ni. Nani ya meto wa ni ni ni. So, to say a message in terms of what to pay entertainers, we are taking advantage of these people. And it's not just about money. It really starts now. Are you having fun? Second thing. Relevansiako kukulenge. There are people when ya na jua, when ya tawana tawangoma.  And I don't want that. I don't want that. Me nge wish u kiyon na goma ya ngu next year. But one. Ni geta kawihione. Because the fund that would extract from it hapa, I don't want it to be equilimited.  That's the reason why we're watching Vituza kina Bobmally. We're watching Vituza kina Charlie Chaplin. We're still watching kina Mr. Bean. Yes, we're still watching kina Malcolm X. Because what they did still has relevance. It's called the shelf line. It's not just about trending and everything. Nadia na za kwa siga kusho. Lipnok. Lipnok. Lipnok. Ni nga airi pw ubrvan. Yan na maniwa ni nga heri pw ubran. Pachan audisha suria kazi. It's about that time that we actually jump straight into it. Social break. Hold it. Hold it. Ombo na lusa. Sema teacher? Hold it. Tatsa met piyan teacher. Sana kwampakwa ma nga? Headboat. Mww o na omba mwungu. Mi mme sama hold it. Ni hampa mba kwa ma nga omba na lusa. Niklas. Mi mi uyu tiyo. Ushikun kanya, ushikun, kwa nake. You have someone in your life and I can't help but ask them to make a tamagama and to ask them to accept it. Do you know anyone, I've been serious, I've been serious but I want to say I'm fullishness. Do that to me. Me? You want to do that to me, I'm a hero and I have a partner? I'll give you a name, AReal. Siunani Fuunza. Siu wa zga, hilapu po. Siunani Fuunza?  Buna na nini na talent saa Nini na nini Nini pae 2 talent Nini pae 2 Pae 2 squad Ake basi ni fonse challenge Nini pae ake basi amene Nini ta ni musika


It actually worked out really well, but I don't really walk into my days hoping to like rip my hair off my head by 10 o'clock in the morning You know what I mean? Open up my platform at 7 30. I don't really have that as my main intent. So I'm very happy with how CX AI has been working out. I would assume next major resistance would be off that 10 level Yeah, good time to get out actually just to take the money I will get out right here at 975 o'clock down at So Chuck and Alex getting out and they kind of a Made me quickly internally realize like let's just get out Let's join the guys right there and get out There we go Chuck with the clean exit under 10 bucks Cal that was a beauty it from Cal beauty from Sid from Mike on EYPT


Hi everyone, Joe for JanicePee's casebreaks.com coming at you with another bounty break 2022-23 Panini Prison Basketball 4 box pick your team number 12 Final 4 boxes of this case the next 4 box break is in the store right now next 4 boxes from a fresh case Big thanks everybody here for making it happen appreciate it We've been really close. We have we've been pulling some nice stuff here, but we've been really close to Unlocking some real nice bounties here as well Maybe we'll get one in this break Ryan Harold last Bob Mojo Detroit Pistons. You know what they say? 70% of time last Bob Mojo hits 100% of time. There are the bounties that we're looking for right there We want exactly these numbers If we get exactly 196 out of 299 we're giving away $1,500 of break credit whoever has that card With that number and we'll keep that on hand right there Good luck. We've got a triple header going on in basketball today a TNT triple header The Lakers game was the was an ABC game my Lakers with a nice little Opening game of the series so long ways to go, but they beat the Grizzlies 128 to 112 without Anthony Davis or LeBron James having like some sort of Ridiculous game That's a good sign He beat the Bucks 130 to 117 think the heat Have lost Tyler hero with a broken hand And I don't know if has anyone heard any word on the onus's condition. He landed on his bottom I think he landed on a tailbone Kind of painful if anyone's ever done that I have Not on a hardwood basketball for but the carpeted floor still hurts though Clippers Beat the Suns 115 to 110 no Paul George no problem Kawhi Leonard 38 points Suns wasting a 27 9 and 11 Day from from Kevin Durant and at halftime Nuggets lead the Timberwolves 55 to 44 All right. I'm Ari Staudemire reveals a Johnny Juzain Sensational rookie Otto sorry I forgot Forgot Utah drafted UCLA is Johnny choosing. It's fun to watch Logan what's what's where where's where's he at these days? Logan's so listening Well, Mari Staudemire to 149 What what happened at the ending of the daughter all I saw is Freddie Friedman strike out Which is unlike Freddie Friedman striking out four times in the game The rare golden sombrero for for Freddie Friedman These red waves are not numbered It's highest Jones to 99 12 out of 99 just a little bit off the bounty That's gonna go to Memphis. That'll be for It'll be for your Jake. It's a car on a thing towns to 56 out of 199 Yeah, I'm sure We'll look at the umpire scorecard tomorrow. See how bad it was but I'm sure the I'm sure the aunt was bad for for both teams So you got to adjust for that what's BS is The Dodgers having runners in scoring position and unable to be unable to convert more runs a couple innings earlier There's tarry eason for Houston. That's gonna go to Tristan Correct. Am I a breakfast bowl kind of what is it? What is a breakfast bowl? I've made a breakfast that goes into a bowl. So I guess yes There's a marjan Beauchamp for Milwaukee. That'll be for Chris Butler. It's a Chet Holmgrim nice And behind Jason Preston is a Vince Williams jr Rookie autograph for Memphis. That's gonna be for Jake The Jason Preston 124 out of 299 No, we need 196 out of 299. That just sounds like breakfast to me So yes, I guess I am I don't put it and I don't put that in a bowl though They're usually They're usually on a plate plated nicely I probably Subtract cheese or gravy, but bacon's definitely there sausage definitely there eggs are definitely there Some sort of potato is definitely there There's Vince Carter to 125 So you're asking if I like breakfast. I do love breakfast I'll often have I'll I've been known to have breakfast for dinner. That's to 125 There's a Palo Bencero Luck of the lottery silver Benedict Matherian. Am I ready for summer? Yeah, I'd like I am ready for summer. I'm always ready for summer. I'd like it to be here soon My abs are not ready for summer though. I did lose a lot of LBS is from last summer to this summer Like if that's an improvement No, I don't go to I don't go to the gym. I just trained I just trained like Rambo No, not like Rambo. I trained like same guy, but I trained like Rocky in the In the Rocky where he goes to Russia and he's just lifting rocks and running through Like four feet of snow Jason said the other he sees me as a snacker. Yeah, that's probably right. I've I generally Like to eat it's like a smaller meal throughout the day.  It's it's on the weekends. It's a little different. There's Anthony Davis to 125 for the Lakers There's a Jaden Ivy For the pistons that'll be for Ryan for people say, yeah, I mean, I think it really Really doesn't matter Frequency or size of a meal, but but yeah, some people say eat smaller meals throughout the day Some people say eat three larger meals There's Max Christie 226 out of 299 We need 196 out of 299 Max Christie going to my Lakers. That'll be for Greg Um Five star is a weird size We usually put them in these 180 top loaders But I think if you've ever received five star from us most of the time they'll have painters tape on here So they don't slide out but they're They're a tiny bit Because the next size down is 130. They're kind of between 130 and 180 if they ever made like a one 70 top load or something like that it might be perfect But they don't make that size So tops should really just cut it to a more common top loader size But yeah, that's what that's what we do the trend center gets self-conscious about his his Wakeles here's a Kenneth Loft into 149. No, we need 199 and we got a Jalen green for Houston You got another cantaloupe and jr. Rookie silver for the Grizzlies. Let me fridge. I eat Joe Dilara. What's going on? Have I seen monopoly prison basketball? What in the world? You know what actually now that you mentioned it. I think I have heard you're actually talking about the game monopoly but with prison basketball Like Parallels or something like that on it or players. I feel like I've heard someone talk about that that seems to jog something in the the caverns of my brain But you know, it's not the game. No, then I don't know what you're talking about I'm intrigued though. I do enjoy the game monopoly Wait, can you pull cards out of here too? I'm looking at it right now. Here's the link to target to the target on There like the link is too long Well, you can you can just search it. I'm sure you guys know how to use Google That's kind of cool collect trade compete Yeah, it's the actual monopoly game But with different teams around the board Jail is you're in timeout free parking still free parking This looks interesting But what are the what are the cards looked like? Do they do they have monopoly logos on them or something like that? Someone so pull someone pulled a Steph Curry color blast out of there. All right behind a red Palo Banchero Which is really nice. There's Marcus smart for the C's. That's gonna go to Jennifer and the Celtics and Here's red rookie Palo Banchero 154 out of 299 imagine if it was a bounty and this red Banchero But still nice Jonathan with the Orlando magic Just like all the regular prisms, but has a monopoly logo and that's kind of sick actually I'm not sure if I have too much interest in the game itself with the with the different Places where you can land being like different basketball teams and stuff But I do like the idea of the cards Out of there. So it's it's $40. It's $40 for the game Which has cards inside. I wonder if people are buying the games just for the cards and Then just throwing away the game. All right, you should donate it donate to a local local boys and girls club or something like that It's Patrick Baldwin red wave for the Warriors for Canard It was an Isaiah Mobley rookie hyper And a Jaden Hardy to 125 Yeah, Moby will go to Chris and the Cavs Someone's like a Banchero color back to mouth a car for 20. Yeah, I'll bet with those prices I mean $40 is what the costs just a little over the cost of a standard blaster box these days aren't blaster box like 30 But what are we selling our basketball blaster boxes for I don't know if you have any prison blasters out there It's about the cost of a blaster box right 40 bucks Or a little bit higher than the than a blaster box a prison blaster box Just buy the game donate the game to to a local charity or something like that and Keep the cards. Oh They have a proper monopoly blaster box. That's 30 bucks. Okay, then that makes more so that makes sense Should we make a Jaspie's monopoly game? I need a good Wish monopoly would have done a better job at Making the game easy to play on a mobile app do they have them they must have a mobile app, right? We got Tyrese Martin For the Hawks, it's William with Atlanta Man a Joe Jaspie color blast. I'd be pretty sick. There's Wayne Way to 149 Can you imagine? It's me doing my classic train whistle. We like Right and then the plastic color behind me. Oh a Chet Holmgren purple 32 out of 99 24 out of 99 to the bounty, but we'll take a 32 out of 99 Chet Holmgren Matthew Sharad with okc There's a Mari Stoddermeyer 59 out of 199 We need 100 out of 199 not quite, but this will go to the Suns. It'll be for Alan's Suns Felt to the Clippers today Denver is up 64 48 803 left in the third. There's the other Jalen Williams This is Arkansas Jalen Williams who was a later round pick But both Williamses have been turned out to be pretty good All right fourth and final next four box break is from a fresh case And that's our last case if you're keeping track of our inventory That's our last case for now or at least at that price All right next box. I didn't realize they had so many in Monopoly So they have the class of Monopoly board game. They have a monopoly travel world board game They've got a monopoly stranger things There's a monopoly cheaters edition. What in the world is this? I don't I don't like cheaters Follow bend or break the rules to win the cheaters edition of a monopoly cheating is part of the game Includes plastic handcuffs. That's hot. Don't get caught. This monopoly includes a plastic handcuff that chains at cheating players to jail space Cheat cards encourage players to cheat and which cheat to attend Just really leaning into the cheating and it's ages eight and up Unbelievable and this is Unbelievable, let's do we some some surely some religious group will get that game canceled There's a Monopoly prison basketball edition There's Monopoly Super Mario movie board game edition. There's a target edition. There's a discover edition There's a secret vault edition. There's it. Wow a Wakanda forever edition. That's crazy. It's classic for me. Thank you very much Also, I always wish this would never happen just because the turnover would be so unless they figure out a way to make the game faster I'm sure they could but To actually play Monopoly like in Vegas with real money, you know, so they did but I don't know how that the bid there'd be like a You know, there'll be like a whatever however much buy-in You get those as chips and then you just play the game as you would. All right. We got a Jalen Williams That's Arkansas edition revealing a Dijon tamari For the Hawks, that's gonna be for William. It's 14 out of 25 for the ATL. It's for William Tyrese Martin rookie silver Also for the Hawks, that's for William and the Jalen Williams red to 299. Oh my gosh Are you kidding me? Three off. It's 196 out of 299 Sorry Matthew very close, but just just not quite. I want to hit some bounties. All right. You got Jordan pool blue Revealing Isaiah Williams sensational signature Memphis that'll be for Jake Joe. That's 40 out of 199 Jordan pool for Canard and the Warriors Brandon Ingram purple 12 out of 99 in the last half Isaac O'Coro 296 out of 299 not 196 a lot of close calls here Isaac O'Coro going to Chris and Cleveland There's Bennett Mathurian red wave not numbered There's a Paolo Benchero base that's gonna go to Jonathan and Orlando And there is Christian Braun. That's to 75 Denver that's gonna go to Dayton and Denver Lamello ball silver and Christian Braun at the end. All right Dave. We got close To some bounties, but just not quite there, but I appreciate everyone giving it a shot Thanks for watching everyone nice check homegrown purple nice Paolo red Some nice stuff here. Thanks for watching. Thanks for breaking with us. I'm Joe I'll see you next time for the next basketball break. Bye. Bye


The postage stamp is the most widely known postal symbol. It travels the world as an ambassador, representing the past, present and future of its nation, state or territory's cultural identity and heritage. Postage stamps and philatelic products represent a considerable source of revenue for posts around the world. The primary function of the stamp is of course to pay for mail, but posts are increasingly issuing stamps to sellers souvenirs or for philatelic purposes. Today the stamp generates a $27.7 billion annual turnover for posts. If we include stamp sales through dealers and auctions, this figure can reach upwards of $50 billion. An entire industrial chain is dependent on the postage stamp, from the issuer, the printer, artist to the seller of individual stamp albums. Innovation is a must to attract new customers and satisfy philatelists. Posts are now using original shapes, customizations, security perforations and new techniques such as holograms and lenticular motion, or incorporating other materials such as crystals, seeds and stone, and printing onto unusual materials such as cork, metal and woven fabrics, even real silk as we can see here. This remarkable stamp was printed onto a specially prepared silk and its counterpart, which we will see later on, was gold foil blocked to produce a collection of two wonderful stamps with a self-adhesive backing. Like all stamps the story really begins in the repro department of the stamp printer where skilled artists prepare the artwork for print using specialist equipment and software. Our stamp then begins the next stage of its journey. The artwork is electronically transferred to the printing plates with the design being reproduced onto four metal plates. This work, which traditionally involved baths of chemicals, dark rooms and large pieces of photographic film, is now carried out using the very latest straight to plate technology and daylight plate making machines. The plates are attached to a sheet fed offset litho press and the ink added to the separate color stations of the press. A pallet of silk is loaded and the press can begin rolling. The sheets are printed in one operation with each color laid down in turn as they pass through the press. The first few sheets are carefully inspected before subtle adjustments are made via the touch screen and control panel. Meanwhile metal blocks are being prepared. The blocks or dies are engineered to suit each stamp or stamp sheet. The metal pins inserted into the pre-drilled holes will eventually create what we know as perforations. The silk stamp's counterpart, a gold foiled stamp, is also about to go through its finishing touches. The addition of fine real gold foil detail is the crowning glory and gives the stamp extra depth as well as enhancing its appeal to the collector. The brass dies with hand-finished designs engraved on their surfaces are secured to a metal plate that is pushed into position and meticulously aligned with a perfectly matched reverse impression. As the printed sheets are fed into the foil blocking press, the dies are brought together and sandwich the sheet momentarily along with a thin metal foil. The heat and pressure will transfer the foiled design to the stamp sheet. The ultra-thin metal ribbon used to create the effect can be a coloured foil or, as in this case, real 22 carat gold. The effect is mesmerising. Although the sheets look perfect, as with every procedure in stamp production, they are thoroughly inspected to check for alignment, adhesion and overall quality. This is where we started our journey, with our highly unusual and prized silk and gold foiled stamps, just two of many stamps that challenge the notion that stamps are one-dimensional, gummed and printed on paper. New techniques, new finishes and the addition of real material are all making their presence felt, offering an amazing uniqueness to each stamp, as well as interest and fun and providing another level of security for posts around the world. One can therefore expect to see the stamp remain with us as it evolves in time and originality, for the greatest pleasure of philatelists everywhere.


Conditional discriminations are discriminations that are discriminated, and for those of you that know what a conditional discrimination is, you're like, yep, it's all good, man. Why? Because it's accurate, right? So under certain conditions, a discrimination will be made. Under certain conditions, that same discrimination, under different conditions, that same discrimination is pretty much irrelevant, right? So when I'm talking to behavior analysts, there's all sorts of discriminations that I need to make in order to not get punched, hit laughed at, kicked out of the room, or generally ejected from the field. However, when I'm in the presence of people that aren't behavior analysts, in other words, most other humans on the planet, those types of discriminations won't need to be made. It's irrelevant if I talk about conceptual behavior versus having a concept when I'm talking to my mother. But if I'm talking to you, it's a whole different issue, right? So I'm making a discrimination after I've already made the first one. So under a certain condition, a conditional discrimination. So one condition, the discriminations after that are dependent on the condition that you're operating in.