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Celebrity Islamic preacher Abdul Somad reported to police for saying crosses contain 'infidel genies'
By Coconuts Jakarta Aug 20, 2019 | 12:18pm Jakarta time
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One of Indonesia's most popular Islamic preachers, Ustad Abdul Somad (often referred to as UAS for short), has been reported to the police by multiple groups over a video that went viral recently in which he made controversial comments about the Christian cross that many say were blasphemous and insulting.
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UAS, who has risen to national fame in recent years for his crowd-pleasing sermons and colloquial style, is under fire after a clip of him speaking at a mosque in Pekanbaru from three years ago resurfaced on social media over the weekend and quickly went viral.
In the clip, UAS is taking questions from the audience, one of which is about why they get the shivers whenever they see a crucifix. After reading the question, UAS answers "Satan!" to the laughs of his audience.
UAS then goes on to talk extensively about crucifixes containing "jin kafir" ("jin" being a term for supernatural entities akin to genies or demons in Islam and "kafir" being a term for those who do not believe in Islam, often translated as "infidel"), including in the context of the crosses used at hospitals. He advises those listening to cover up such symbols because if their family member is dying at the hospital they will be called over by the jin kafir to denounce Islam in their final moments.
The video clip instantly ignited controversy online, with many saying UAS had insulted Christianity and calling for him to be prosecuted under Indonesia's blasphemy laws.
Soon after, a video was released online showing UAS providing "clarifications" about the clip that he gave at a mosque in Riau on Saturday.
In the clip, UAS says that he was only speaking in response to a question from the congregation and it was given in a closed forum at a mosque and so was only meant for other Muslims.
"It was a study in a closed mosque, not in a stadium, not in a football field. Not on TV, but only internally to Muslims to explain the questions to Muslims about the crucifix and the position of Jesus," he said.
His last point was that the sermon was given three years ago during a morning study session and he was surprised that it resurfaced now. But he said he would face the consequences of what he had said, leaving it up to Allah.
"I will not run away, I will not complain. I will not be afraid, because I do not feel guilty, nor do I think I have damaged the unity and integrity of the nation," he said.
Despite that clarification, UAS has already been reported to the police by at least four different parties for blasphemy, including a lecturer at a private university in Jakarta named Manotar Tampubolon, the Indonesian Christian Student Movement (GMKI), a group called Presidium Rakyat Menggugat (PRM) and Horas Bangso Batak (HBB), a Batak community group.
Manotar reported UAS to the police for violating Indonesia's controversial Law on Information and Electronic Transactions (UU ITE), specifically its articles that criminalize the electronic dissemination of information that can cause hatred between different racial and religious groups.
UU ITE is also the law that former Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama was infamously found guilty of violating in 2017 for allegedly insulting the Quran, a connection Manotar made clear in a statement to the media.
"In our opinion, if indeed the law could be applied to Pak Ahok that it can also be applied to Ustad Abdul Somad, indeed we believe the chance is even greater," Manotar said on Sunday as quoted by Detik.
Ahok was found legally guilty of blasphemy, and his political career was ended, in large part because the country's most senior Islamic clerical body, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), released a fatwa declaring he had insulted Islam.
Despite UAS' comments about the cross being, arguably, far more inflammatory than anything Ahok had said, MUI has already released a statement declaring that what UAS said could not be considered blasphemy against Christianity because it was given in the context of a sermon to his fellow Muslims.
"It is not appropriate to bring legal action against religious leaders who are preaching religion addressed to followers of their own faith, especially when delivered in special places such as houses of worship," Fahmi Salim, deputy chairperson of MUI's Dakwah Commission, said in an official statement received by CNN Indonesia on Sunday.
Although MUI has given UAS a pass because he was only speaking before other Muslims, the clerical body has called upon police to find out who uploaded and spread the clip online to see if they can be prosecuted for spreading hate speech.
What does Ahok think about all this? Asked about the controversy on Monday, the Chinese-Christian ex-governor said he had no problem if somebody insulted the Christian cross because it simply meant they did not understand its meaning.
"For us, the cross is a symbol of God's glory. So if the cross [is insulted] by people who do not understand, for us it does not matter," Ahok said yesterday as quoted by Tempo.
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I spend a lot of time travelling each year – short-haul flights within Europe, long haul flights between London and Asia, and of course the big one between London and Sydney. There are certain things that I can't live without when I travel, and so many of you are jet-setters too! So this is an important topic!
When I have a long haul flight, I try to be as comfortable and organised as possible – it takes the stress out of moving around. I always take tracksuit pants to change into on the flight as well – before the plane has even start taxiing, I pop to the washroom and get into something comfortable to beat the rush. It's just so much easier to work, relax and fall asleep in stretchy comfort-wear than a styled travel outfit, and this way it keeps your nice clothes fresh and wrinkle-free for when you're ready to disembark. I also love my personalised accessories, and for a stylish traveller a personalised passport holder is a must! I have a passport, boarding pass, a few different cards that I use when travelling in different places and some different currency – you need a little pouch that can keep all of this stuff!
A little bit about my luggage, I've been using Samsonite for years even before started blogging and doing a bit of work with them. The reason for this is because I always want to fit as much as I can into my luggage and weight is always an issue – the Cosmolite range has some of the lightest hard cases on the market. And they're indestructible! I've travelled so much in the past three years and nothing ever happens to the bags. Trust me I know what the luggage handlers get up to at the airport, let's just say they're not gentle!! Also Samsonite just came out with their new Karissa backpack range with Swarovski crystals. I put all my electronics in this backpack – it fits my cute little 12″ Macbook as well as my DLSR and a few other bits and pieces perfectly.
My skin also gets super dehydrated on flights, so I always make sure I remove all my make up with my favourite Bobbi brown cleansing oil (you can get a travel-sized one that can just pop into your carry on). No more breaking out or dry patches! I recently started using Dr Jart's Ceramidin cream and I think I'm in love. It has been promoted to an essential of mine. I tend to get dry patches around my nose and mouth, but since I started using this cream, it pretty much fixed all my skin issues. It's a dream.
Last but not least, don't ever get stuck without a trusty power bank!
I've featured most of these items below – tell me what you think!
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Ever so classy even when travelling!!!! Really gorg photography too!
Wow how many luggages! I've never travelled with so many suitcases! That's crazy and cool 🙂 love everything from this wishlist! Would love to buy all..
Such a cute backpack Ash! Love your tip about the power bank, that is one I always seem to forget!
Thanks for sharing babe! I can't ever go ANYWHERE without my power bank really haha. I find that for me,its my skin that ends up getting a lot of issues when I travel so I always make sure to carry Caudalie's Beauty Elixir with me on flights. It's my little holy grail. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week!
Samsonite are my favourite too. Way back for my trips when I turned 21 I bought a case that still holds up today and I still use it. That is now going strong for 14 years! Not bad hey? I love their hard cases too, those are my go-to, I have them in a few of the different styles and sizes and I just love them. I have a photo somewhere of me hugging my big case the day I bought it, I was just so happy to have found the one and it represented so many future travels.
Love that Samsonite Suitcase ! so stylish!
Obsessed with your travel essentials! My silk mask goes EVERYWHERE with me too!!
Oh, I love these Ash! These essentials are so stylish and fab.
You are so chic! Love your travel essentials, my skin also gets dehydrated on flights! I always apply a facial mask after washing my face!
That silk eye mask is indeed, a must-have!
Some great tips, especially the cleansing oil, cream, and sneaks!


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On Friday, January 15, the park introduced a taste of the rich French Canadian heritage of Quebec as TradNation, a musical family ensemble, joined the park's show lineup. TradNation showcases a repertoire of traditional songs as well as original family compositions that have been passed down through the ages.
In Québécois tradition, music is often a community experience that brings families, friends and neighbors together to play at every opportunity, from front porches to festival stages. This interactive, musical celebration of life is offered as a limited engagement five days a week on the Mill Stage in Canada.
The only Canadians who would be "entertained" by this would be French Canadian grandmothers! What is wrong with Epcot when it comes to Canada? It is embarassing. They have Disneyized instrumental music piped in using a song called "Chante Mon Paye" -loosely translated "sing of my country". This song is the anthemn of Quebec separatists- people who want the province to leave Canada. Just because it talks about winter, doesn't mean it's represents all of Canada! I even complained to Disney about it, but the song remains. So, we have moved from a terrible lumberjack show to foot tapping and spoon clicking. Augh! Would you want musicians from Delieverance to represent the US. Pavilion? I think not! Shut the damn thing down. If Epcot can't represent Canada in a more respectful way, then just show the 360 degree film and the buildings. Hey, I would even be willing to hear a cover band for Bryan Addams than this!
They just can not get Canada right. They would be better off picking a Great Big Sea cover band and feature East Coast Music. There is more to Canada than snow and Quebec. Do not exclude Quebec, but don't feature that province solely. Doing either indicates a lack of understanding of Canadian culture, and politics.


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Clap for carers is back but with a different name
During the first 10 weeks of the pandemic, the nation saluted the NHS and carers with a clap every Thursday, this week it returns…
The weekly applause for front-line NHS staff and other key workers last year was one of the most endearing and emotional scenes at 8pm every Thursday. Originally a one-off on the 26th March, people nationwide stood on their doorsteps beating pots and pans to support our NHS staff.
After proving popular it was expanded to cover all key workers and continued every Thursday for 10 weeks, with millions of people taking part including the Royal family and Boris Johnson. There were few eerier scenes that summed up the first lockdown than the silence in our towns and cities being broken by the din created by the nation and the memory alone is enough to still trigger a swell of emotion.
The founder of Clap for our Carers is Annemarie Plas, a Dutch national living in London, who yesterday tweeted:
"We are bringing back the 8pm applause, in our 3rd lockdown I hope it can lift the spirit, of all of us. Carers teacher, homeschooling parents, those who shield and ALL who is pushing through this difficult time! Please join & share!"
She also said, "I fully acknowledge that things are now worse than ever and some people might not feel an applause is appropriate, but I also know how much it meant to millions of people last time, not just to our carers but to our neighbours and communities.
"We all need to stay connected and be there for each other and we all deserve a round of applause for what we have gone through and can expect from the coming months.
"When people clap for all our heroes on Thursday, they should also clap for the heroes directly in their own lives, those whom they have personally found to be just incredible individuals."
This time it is to be called Clap for our Heroes, and it will begin this evening at 8pm.

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Materials in new Nike Joyride running shoes put environmentalists on alert
By Kraig Becker July 26, 2019
Nike has taken the wraps off a new running shoe technology that it calls Joyride. This new type of cushioning uses an innovative approach to protecting a runner's feet and legs, potentially delivering improved performance in terms of impact absorption, while also offering efficient energy return. That translates to fresher, faster legs on long-distance runs, which should help prevent injuries and speed recovery. But it didn't take long for the new product to catch the attention of environmentalists, who were quick to question Nike's use of microplastics when creating this new product.
At the heart of Joyride is a newly designed midsole that has four distinct sections or "pods." Those pods are each filled with thousands of tiny plastic TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) beads that have been created specifically to absorb impact. The size of the pod, and the number of beads that are inside of it, completely depends on its location. For instance, the heel has a larger pod filled with thousands of the tiny beads, while the forefoot has a smaller number as less cushioning is needed there.
Nike says that Joyride will conform to the foot of the runner, giving a sense that the shoe was made specifically for their feet. If the marketing materials are to be believed, the shoes will offer a very comfortable and supportive ride, giving runners a sensation that is "almost like running on bubbles." The sports apparel and footwear manufacturer is so confident in the new technology that it will be rolling it out in new shoes over the next few weeks. The Nike Joyride Flyknit, which is a general purpose running shoe, went on sale for Nike Members on July 25 and will see a global release on August 15.
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The decision to use microplastics in the creation of the Joyride system has raised eyebrows, with some questioning what happens to the TPE beads when the shoe is no longer in use or starts to break down. It has become increasingly clear that those materials are finding their way not just into the ocean, but the air we breathe as well, creating a potential healt hazard for millions of people. Considering that running shoes should be replaced every 300 to 500 miles, the potential for a lot of Joyride shoes ending up in a landfill is high.
In response to the criticism of Joyride, Nike released the following statement:
"Nike is committed to creating a more sustainable future and protecting the future of sport. Like all athletic footwear, Joyride can be recycled through Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe program and transformed into new products. We have also been actively exploring the source of microfibers and working with the sporting goods industry and other industries to understand the issue and identify long-term scalable solutions."
Nike has indeed taken proactive steps to protect the environment, and the company is correct in reminding runners they should be recycling their shoes anyway. The Joyride doesn't change that, even if its tiny beads are an unusual choice as a new form of cushioning.
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High rolling pokie players are always going to be made very welcome at any casino site or venue, however knowing just which types of slots to play can often by quite difficult if you much prefer spinning the reels for some much higher than average stake amounts!
Therefore what I am going to be doing in the following pokie guide is to give you some ideas as to just which slots you will be able to play online that are going to give you plenty of bang for your buck so to speak, but also slots that will give you fair chance of winning big too.
Just keep in mind that when playing pokie games and slot machines in any playing environment, they are games of chance, and it is down to just how lucky you are when playing them as to whether you will win to lose, and not every pokie playing session you have will be a winning one!
Before you do set about playing pokies for high stake levels do make sure the pokie site or online or even mobile casino site you have chosen to play at is fully licensed and regulated, as that way you are going to be guarantee of accessing completely fair and random pokies and will never experience any problems getting sent out your winnings if you do win.
If you have chosen to venture into a land based casino in New Zealand or in fact in most other countries of the world too, keep in mind that when playing pokie machines that offer players a range of different coin value settings, you often find when playing for much higher stakes and with high coin values in play the RTP's of those slots become much higher than when you play for the lower coin value settings.
However, when playing pokies online or on any type of mobile device the RTP's each pokie has been set to return to players over the long term rarely if ever is increased in value when playing for much higher stake levels and higher coin value settings.
So the very first thing you should be making a point of doing when playing online or on a smart phone or tablet device is finding the pokies which has the highest possible long term expected RTP.
If you are the type of player that much prefers getting stuck into playing three reel classic type slots or slots with three reels that offer more than one single pay line then always take a look at the pay table of such slots before playing them.
By doing so you will often find the jackpot is enhanced in value when playing single line classic pokies when you play with the maximum number of coins activated, so that is the way to only ever play those pokie games.
Three reel slots with more than one pay line will often have a much bigger jackpot on offer on the higher numbered pay lines, so always play maximum pay lines when playing those types of pokies!
When it comes to playing video slot games, then you will of course be hoping that you will trigger a huge paying bonus feature round on such games, much more so when you are playing or high stake levels as a high rolling slot player.
However, most pokies can and do tend to take quite some time regarding the number of base game spins you have to play off on average before a bonus feature round is awarded to you.
Therefore, you are going to be best advised if you are a high stake pokie player to make a beeline to play pokies that offer more than one bonus game, for the most of them on offer on any one single pokie machine the greater the chance you will have of triggering those bonus games.
It should also be pointed out that much like three reel and classic pokies, each video slot will have its own unique long term expected RTP, and as that information is published online for all major slot game developers, looking up which slots do have the best long term paybacks is simple to do and should be something that you actively do when trying to work out just which high stake video pokies to get stuck into playing online!
Most pokie players that do play online for high stakes tend to avoid taking bonuses, and they rarely find them high enough to give their bankrolls a significant boost in value, but by shopping around you will find a handful of casinos that do offer some much higher valued bonuses that could suit your playing strategy.


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Il Clubul Sportiv Gloria CTP Arad è una società calcistica rumena con sede nella città d'Arad. Fondata nel 1913, negli anni trenta ha partecipato ad otto campionati in Divizia A. Nella stagione 2012-2013 milita in Liga IV.

Storia
Il club fu fondato nel 1913 come Gloria Arad. Nel 1922 si fonde con il CFR Arad diventando Gloria CFR Arad (nome tenuto fino al 1934 quando ritorna a denominarsi solo Gloria) e l'anno successivo vince il campionato provinciale qualificandosi alle finali nazionali dove venne sconfitto ai quarti di finale dai futuri campioni del Chinezul Timișoara. La stagione migliore fu la Divizia A 1929-1930 dove arrivò a disputare la finale per il titolo ma fu sconfitta 3-0 dalla Juventus Bucarest.

Con la riforma del campionato e l'istituzione del girone unico fu ammesso in Divizia A dove giocò, con la sola eccezione del Divizia B 1939-1940, fino alla sospensione del campionato a causa della seconda guerra mondiale.

Con la ripresa dell'attività sportiva, venne ammesso alla Divizia B ma retrocedette nel 1949. I rimanenti campionati furono giocati tra la Divizia C e i campionati provinciali cambiando più volte denominazione.

Stadio
Il club disputa le gare interne nello stadionul Romtelecom, impianto con la capienza di 1000 spettatori..

Palmarès

Altri piazzamenti

Secondo posto: 1929-1930
Terzo posto: 1937-1938 (gruppo 2)

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Collegamenti esterni

Società calcistiche rumene
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PORTLAND, Ore.– A second-half goal by forward Eddie Johnson helped the Portland Timbers Reserves to a 2-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes Reserves in an MLS Reserve League match at JELD-WEN Field on Tuesday afternoon.
After a scoreless first half, Johnson's strike broke the deadlock in the 64th minute off an assist from midfielder Sal Zizzo. San Jose leveled the score four minutes later on a 25-yard shot by defender Chris Leitch, but it was Earthquakes defender Brandon McDonald's own goal midway through the second half that lifted the Timbers to the 2-1 win.
Johnson scored his third goal in the last two Reserve League matches, while Zizzo logged his first assist to lead the Timbers Reserves (2-2-1, 7pts) to their second win of the MLS Reserve League campaign.
Leitch tallied his first goal in his second Reserve League appearance as the Earthquakes Reserves (3-2-0, 9pts) had a string of back-to-back wins snapped in just their second loss of the season.
An intercepted pass by Zizzo at midfield led to the Timbers Reserves' opening goal. Zizzo found Johnson with a pass at the top of the box, and the forward was able to slip a shot between Earthquakes goalkeeper Andrew Weber and a defender into the back of the net for a 1-0 lead.
San Jose equalized in the 68th minute, when Leitch ran on to a deflected ball just beyond the arch and hammered a shot into the top left corner of the goal.
It was Zizzo in the 72nd minute who initiated the play which led to the own goal by the Earthquakes' McDonald. Along the byline on the right side, Zizzo tried to slot a pass through the six-yard box and as McDonald attempted to clear it away, he knocked the ball into the back of his own net.
Portland midfielder Brian Umony had the best scoring chance for either team in the first half, putting a shot from the top left corner of the six-yard box off the crossbar. Earthquakes midfielders Scott Sealy and Ellis McLoughlin forced Timbers goalkeeper Adin Brown to make two saves in the first half, with shots from the edge of the box.
The Timbers Reserves make the return trip to play the Earthquakes Reserves in San Jose in their next Reserve League match on Sunday, Aug. 7. The Earthquakes Reserves play host to the Chivas USA Reserves in their next match Tuesday, July 26.
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'That Dog Is Not Coming Here': Internet Backs Mother In Battle With 18-Year-Old Son
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Commenters were quick to offer their opinions to one mother after she explained why she won't let her adult son bring another pet into their home.
In a viral Reddit post published to the platform's r/AmITheA**hole forum, Redditor u/crystalpalacequeen detailed the battle between she and her 18-year-old son and asked the popular subreddit's 3.5 million members if she is wrong for preventing him from getting a dog. Titled, "AITA for not letting my son get at dog?," the post has received over 9,700 votes and 1,000 comments in just eight hours.
Writing that she and her son live in a condo with two cats that they have had for 10 years, the Redditor said that two months ago, her son announced he was getting a dog — but his plan was short lived.
In their original post, u/crystalpalacequeen provided multiple reasons for not allowing her son to bring a dog into their home.
While explaining that both she and her son work, meaning her son's dog would be stuck inside for at least nine hours per day, the Redditor said her homeowner's association only allows homeowners to have two pets and questioned the 18-year-old's ability to care for a pet.
"When one of the cats recently had a UTI, I asked him to give her a dose or two of her antibiotics when I was not home," she wrote. "He refused."
"He's unwilling to care for the pets we already have," she added.
Since the beginning of the global pandemic in March, 2020, homes across the United States have opened their doors to new pets at higher rates than before its onset. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), approximately 23 million households adopted a new pet during the pandemic.
One Redditor said her 18-year-old son is adamant about getting a dog, but that it is against the rules set by their homeowner's association.
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Last week, The Washington Post reported that the boom in pet adoption has caused another boom in the pet ownership economy. According to the report, American pet owners spent $21.4 billion on non-medical pet products during the pandemic, and an additional $28.4 billion on dog food alone.
The Washington Post also reported that dog-walking and boarding platforms like Wag and Rover reported new waves of customers and increased earnings, and that BarkBox, a subscription pet food and toy service, saw a 39 percent increase in membership and a stunning 130 percent increase in revenue "between April and September compared with the same period in 2020."
Despite ASPCA polls that show 90 percent of dogs and 85 percent of cats adopted during the pandemic have remained in their adopted homes, concerns over hastily adopted pets and "pandemic puppies" arose as animals were returned to shelters across the country.
Census numbers at shelters are climbing, and pet trainers and behaviorists are overwhelmed with requests for assistance with unruly animals. This, according to Scientific American, is a result of unprepared pet owners. In an article titled "Home Alone: The Fate of Postpandemic Dogs," Jessica Pierce and Marc Bekoff, co-authors of A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans, explained that "living with a dog is a whole heck of a lot harder than meets the eye and that Instagram photos of dogs doing cute things have very little connection to the actual responsibility of caring for an intelligent, emotionally intricate animal with complex social needs."
Although u/crystalpalacequeen did not specify whether the potential of cute Instagram photos was motivation for her son wanting a dog, she did describe his volatile reaction when she told him he could not have a dog in her home.
"He says he prefers to be homeless with a dog than live under my oppression," the Redditor wrote.
Redditors commenting on the viral post latched onto this reaction. In a comment that has received 5,000 votes, Redditor u/innocentsubterfuge said that the original poster's son was free to choose a dog over his home, and called out the 18-year-old's treatment of cats.
"That offer is always on the table!," they wrote, responding to OP's son.
"Also, what are the odds he wanted your cat to die so he could get a dog?," they asked.
Some Reddit users commenting on the viral thread echoed those sentiments, and wondered if the refusal to administer the cat's UTI medication was an attempt to make room for a dog in the future. Others, like Redditor u/Zagriel55, said that because both u/crystalpalacequeen and her son are full-time employees, they won't have the necessary time to properly care for a puppy.
"Your son doesn't realize the responsibility a dog entails," they wrote. "There's been a ton of studies that show dogs shouldn't be left alone for more than 6 hours at a time. Dogs can develop a range of behavioral issues if left alone too long."
Redditor u/shamelessseamus, who agreed with the original poster that she should not exceed the number of allowed pets in her condo, said adding a dog would create chaos, and warned the Redditor's son that life changes when you move out of your mother's house.
"It's a condo with 2 cats, adding even another cat, let alone a dog, would be too many for a small place," they commented. "Adios, kid… Gimmie a call when you realize how much harder it is out there."
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 Arnold Hauser: Sozialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur. 43. Ausgabe. C. H. Beck, München 1990, ISBN 3-406-02515-3, S. 396 ().
 Hermann Hettner: Italienische Studien. Zur Geschichte der Renaissance. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1879, S. 244 ().

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I like collecting these spontaneous compliments on my lights.
> Cyo LED headlight. He seemed impressed.
> I like collecting these spontaneous compliments on my lights.
lumen wars between manufacturers has got to come to a head, doesn't it?
And you should do what you like if it doesn't hurt anyone else.
> > Cyo LED headlight. He seemed impressed.
> > I like collecting these spontaneous compliments on my lights.
> lumen wars between manufacturers has got to come to a head, doesn't it?
What I said to Frank about "... more so... "
him coming at me from a *long* way, but I didn't recognize it as him.
not quite that afraid of the dark.
so what's new since then ?
received three spontaneous compliments on my lights in just 30 minutes.
straight, with the usual "I just didn't see him coming up on the side."
cyclist wasn't injured and my former colleague paid him for a new wheel.
> That's the ultimate compliment.
> received three spontaneous compliments on my lights in just 30 minutes.
> straight, with the usual "I just didn't see him coming up on the side."
> cyclist wasn't injured and my former colleague paid him for a new wheel.
noticeability against distraction / inattention).
blockhead actions like the ol' right hook.
You were walking around with your handlebar-mounted flashlight on??
a cyclist is in a motorist's _blind_ spot.
competence ride that same way on their own volition.
> > That's the ultimate compliment.
> > received three spontaneous compliments on my lights in just 30 minutes.
> You were walking around with your handlebar-mounted flashlight on??
> > for bicycle accessories).
> > straight, with the usual "I just didn't see him coming up on the side."
> > cyclist wasn't injured and my former colleague paid him for a new wheel.
> a cyclist is in a motorist's _blind_ spot.
> strobe light or not.
> competence ride that same way on their own volition.
than expect everything to be layed out and prescribed for them.
is distinguished from all these other items.
light is far more visible than an unlit cyclist.
off the strobe when I reached the venue of the event.
> than expect everything to be layed out and prescribed for them.
this particular shopping center is rather terrifying.
> is distinguished from all these other items.
> light is far more visible than an unlit cyclist.
> visible in the daytime.
good photo...move immediately to cleaner air.
4. Spontaneous pacing - good or bad?
6. Not conned by CF or spontaneous exploding forks.


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Leaseholder Association: Is secret mediation really the cure-all for leasehold?
UPDATEDudley Joiner demands removal of Leaseholder Association leaflet published on LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitationDudley Joiner, of the Leasehold Association, has insisted that the letter explaining the organisation be removed from the LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation websites.He claims it is a breach of copyright to reproduce the document, which was purportedly sent to all "invitees" – in fact, Martin Boyd was not sent a copy.It was also circulated to MPs.
The copy reproduced on LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation was that sent to Sir Peter Bottomley as part of the Leasehold Association's lobbying exercise of elected politicians.
There is a public interest defence in reproducing copyright material that is being used to sway public policy, as could be argued is the intention of Mr Joiner's leaflet.
However, Mr Joiner has specifically requested that this document be removed from public view on LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation. We have no idea whether it will be published on the Leaseholder Association website.
The contents of his leaflet are broadly in our report, and both Mr Joiner and his colleague in this venture have given their version of its purpose both here and, at greater length, on LKP here
Mr Joiner added that LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation could reproduce the photograph with an LA copyright line.
Mr Joiner suggests that he "probably" would have consented to publication of the photograph in the LA leaflet:
"subject to a credit and seeing the article and context [before publication]."
Last month saw the first stirrings of a new organisation: the Leaseholder Association, which is urging another confidential dispute resolution service as the cure-all for leasehold.
The Leasehold Association "has the potential to restore confidence in leasehold ownership", it informed key "stakeholders" in the sector at a meeting in central London on November 18.
The initiative does not come from a representative group of leaseholders but from entrepreneur Dudley Joiner, founder of the Right To Manage Federation, which isn't a federation but a commercial RTM facilitator, and owner of property management company Team.
The Leaseholder Association wants to educate leaseholders at £150 a head when they purchase their properties, and to provide a confidential mediation service to resolve disputes.
It is argued that there are 200,000 new leasehold property purchasers every year and "our target is to give them all the opportunity to join the LA.
"Potentially, within five years over one million leaseholders could be enjoying membership benefits for the lifetime of their property ownership."
It would also mean the Leaseholder Association would have revenues of £150 million.
The leaseholders would join as individuals rather than collectively in a residents' association that signs up to the Federation of Private Residents' Associations, an organisation which is representative of leaseholders.
"Through early education leaseholders will become aware of their statutory rights, which should encourage more residents to join tenants' associations and work together."
Whether leaseholders really need to pay for this "education" is somewhat doubtful. Subject headings on the Leaseholder Association website briefings are remarkably similar to those found on LEASE and ARMA, where they can be obtained for free.
Talk of leaseholder lacking "education" also makes Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation / LKP a little queasy.
The argument that leaseholders are basically ignorant of what they have bought, and that this is the source of unfortunate misunderstandings, has been repeated at virtually every occasion when the sector's professionals meet.
But the observation is not usually accompanied by another of equal validity: that the leasehold sector is purposefully complex and obfuscated for the financial gain of those who operate within it.
There are also a number of issues that require urgent reform, such as these.
Plenty of wealthy, educated and otherwise well informed leasehold owners have fallen foul of the system; they simply have greater means to get out of a fix than poorer leaseholders.
The Leasehold Knowledge Partnership / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation (which was invited, then disinvited and finally re-invited to Mr Joiner's meeting; but unfortunately could not attend) has no issue with educating leaseholders.
But the sector does not require another confidential mediation / dispute resolution service.
Mediation in secret is a way of sweeping the ills of leasehold under the carpet.
Janet Entwistle of Peverel is a firm enthusiast, naturally enough, so long as it keeps disputes out of the property tribunal. On the other hand, she has rejected mediation, suggested here, to address Peverel's compensation for pensioners cheated in the Cirrus price-fixing scandal.
The Leasehold Advisory Service, which ran an unsuccessful mediation service, also has spoken in favour of this gentle process.
More importantly, the property tribunal itself is seeking to expand its mediation services before disputes escalate to full hearings.
This is actually an encouraging and useful widening of its remit: mediation by the tribunal service is in a different league to other have-a-go efforts, and parties can always reject it and fight things out in a full hearing.
Then there is the fact that all managing agents have to be members of an ombudsman scheme. This is an initiative that came in this year thanks to former housing minister Mark Prisk, and is broadly to be welcomed, even though the rulings are not published.
No one seriously expects ombudsman schemes to make a huge difference, but they are fine for resolving sub £1,000 leasehold disputes.
Finally, there is ARMA, whose regulator is former Labour housing minister Keith Hill. His rulings are public and, as a result, have teeth, as we have already seen.
The mediation offered by the Leaseholder Association is much weaker.
"Unlike the First Tier Tribunal determinations and decisions of the Housing Ombudsman Service, the Leaseholder Association will assure parties full confidentiality in the settlement of complaints. The LA considers this will be attractive to both parties and in particular the managers as it means there would not be a published decision that might create a precedent."
Well, at least Mr Joiner is frank about who would most benefit from this.
Janet Entwistle could not have expressed the virtues of mediation more clearly.
Finally, Mr Joiner is seeking a "modest" 10,000 signed-up leaseholders in the first year, rising to 35 per cent of the 200,000 new leasehold sales in the next, or 70,000.
That would bring revenues of £10.5 million to the Leaseholder Association (a company limited by guarantee – ie no shareholders like the RTMF and, indeed, LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation).
It may be another hat for Mr Joiner, but if he pulls this off we will raise ours (and eat it).
Leaseholder Association Pt 2 (Originally headlined: I don't like our RTM, but what can I do?) Leasehold mediation from commercial operators backed by government Been ripped off over leasehold insurance? Take your complaint to the secret ombudsman, says Peverel Dudley Joiner: Not relevant that I was disqualified from being a company director for 7 years
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Big managing agents, which manage flats, are big because they have got business from developers or large-scale freehold owing companies.
Such as Proxima or Fairhold, which are administered through Estates and Management and are ultimately controlled by a trust in the British Virgin Islands.
Doubtless they are very obliging.
Not a single one is big through consumer choice.
Managing agents accredited to the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, on the other hand, want business from leaseholders. Many are former leaseholders. Many have spoken at our Parliamentary meetings urging politicians to clean up the sector.
All have signed undertakings of good practice and have provided extensive references … from leaseholders.
They can also hand-hold leaseholders through right to manage at minimal cost.
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Michael Epstein says
Perhaps the Leaseholder Association might like to add to their credibility by involving Benjamin Mire?
Insider says
Perhaps Mr Joiner needs the money to pay for the Elim Court appeal?
A bit harsh, Insider.
The RTMF has a value of at least £3,500 that could if needed be utilised towards a potential £25,000 legal bill
Mark S says
I am surprised and disappointed to read the Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation/LKP article that appears to criticise the aims of The Leaseholder Association (LA) before the service has even had an opportunity to begin.
I was employed by Age UK for over 15 years as their national leasehold retirement housing advisor until I was made redundant in 2013 when Age UK made the decision to close this valuable service. (please see Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation/LKP article on 31st May 2013 'Age UK to wind down retirement leasehold service'). I had many years' experience of using conciliation methods throughout my work, which resolved the vast majority of disputes that arose. I note that the Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation/LKP article I refer to acknowledged favourably this impartial service and the use of non-adversarial methods to resolve complaints.
The ways in which The LA seeks to operate within the wider leasehold sector are in many respects similar to the service Age UK provided and are primarily what attracted me to seek employment with The LA.
Adversarial models to resolve disputes in the leasehold sector are time-consuming and rarely successful often resulting in strained relationships between the parties for a considerable time afterwards. Although The LA is primarily a service for leaseholders we consider the best approach is for potential disputes to be dealt with quickly by engaging with all the parties at an early stage, before relationships deteriorate and the potential for compromise is lost.
I consider that there are a number of inaccuracies and misunderstandings in the report Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation/LKP have put on their website, which I would like to address.
The Leaseholder Association (LA) will not only be educating for a one-off fee of £150 per flat but will provide advice, ongoing support and conciliation for the lifetime of ownership at no extra charge.
The costs of The LA would increase at the same time revenue is received from membership fees as the demand for advice, support and conciliation would rise both with an increase in LA membership and in respect of new flat-ownership as disputes are likely to arise after an initial period. The reason past attempts at setting up mediation services failed is due to lack of funding.
The Federation of Private Residents Associations (FPRA) has indicated that it is supportive of the aims of The LA as it can only provide advice to associations and does not provide ongoing support or conciliation at all. The LA differs from the FPRA in providing help to individual leaseholders some of whom may have no prospect of forming an association.
LA members will not be paying specifically for early education as this is only one of the services offered. They will be paying for specific advice, ongoing support and where necessary conciliation, none of which are provided by ARMA or LEASE.
Independent sources all indicate that there is need for education in respect of leasehold matters such as the recent CMA Report. With 4.1 million leasehold flats we have to make leasehold work. There are four decades of legislation to protect leaseholders and although it can appear complex, it is not that complicated when properly explained.
There is a great deal of evidence that suggests the leasehold sector will benefit from a conciliation and conflict resolution service. The only current redress for most leaseholders is to use the landlord or managers' complaint procedure, which is clearly not independent and viewed by most leaseholders as biased towards the manager. The alternative is to make an application to a First Tier Tribunal, which is fundamentally an adversarial system and can be time-consuming and costly.
The LA will not be conducting mediation. It will be offering a conciliation service followed by an independent and unique form of redress. It is quite normal that parties entering into dispute resolution and who wish to settle through conciliation might want to keep the outcome confidential. Not everyone wants their affairs made public in the press or on websites.
Ombudsmans' schemes cannot resolve sub £1000 disputes. Ombudsman schemes have a very limited remit which concentrates on evidence of maladministration and whether the landlord or manager has followed procedures. They do not determine the reasonableness of service charges and whether they are payable or cover the wide range of other complaints that burden the Tribunals, which The LA can deal with. Cases can only usually be referred to Ombudsman once the landlord or managers' complaint procedure have been completed whereas The LA will offer a speedy process and certainty of an outcome.
ARMA's determinations are about the conduct of managing agents who choose to sign up to ARMA-Q. Despite its undoubtedly good intentions, it does not provide an outcome to individual leaseholders.
All parties will benefit from the type of conciliation The LA will offer because it gives certainty of an outcome. Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation/LKP have not mentioned that The LA panels and committees convened to hear disputes will always be formed of equal representation from leaseholders and property managers.
I hope that the above information will enable Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation/LKP to publish more balanced and accurate information in the future regarding the service we will be providing.
Michael Hollands says
I assume that the Leaseholder Association will only deal with legal disputes and not your everyday complaints which will still have to go through the Management Companies dispute procedure.
If they can proceed with legal disputes without this delay and have teeth meaning that the management companies take notice then it could be £150 well spent. Cover for life.
At present there is no point in proceeding through ARMA or ARHM, who are very weak, and Government promoted schemes are long winded.
If they will also deal with the Landlords who are often far remote then this is a plus.
Plus a correspondence course on the vagaries of my lease, what more can I ask.
So I say, give them a chance.
What is the management companies and Landlords reaction to this new association and will they cooperate with it.
The "objective" of the Leaseholder Association is to "educate" leaseholders for a fee of £150.
I note the following statement from the Leaseholder Association:
Potentially within five years over one million leaseholders could be enjoying membership benefits for the lifetime of their property ownership.
May I, take this opportunity to "educate" the Leaseholders Association for a fee of £0?
The point about leasehold (that is at the root cause of the problems) is that it is not "property ownership"
You own a document permitting residence for a given number of years.
I am surprised to find a launch statement of objectives to be so seriously misleading, especially on the key issue for which leaseholders are misled.
Read carefully, it may also appear that the £150 fee is not for lifelong individual membership, but needs to be paid each time a leasehold property is purchased.
If it is based on the AA system, membership goes with the member and not the vehicle.
So the £150 could be for lifelong membership.
The AA have a 95% satisfaction rate and solve 80% of problems on the spot.
Let's hope that the Leaseholders Association can do the same
The phrase used by the Leaseholder Association is "for the lifetime of their property ownership"
I would take that to be specific to the property. Others may construe it to be referring to all subsequent property ownership.
The trouble is, if it were to be disputed and went to mediation, any result would be kept secret!
Mystified says
I cannot believe that yet an other useless "body" is even considered to [REDACTED …] Leaseholders and the cost "only" £150.
Any Leaseholders that are ripped off bullied, harassed, lied to charged for so called services such as non existence maintenance of Fire Equipment year after year, lease extension takes ten months plus, prices quoted for the same size properties in the same Estate £6,200 up to £20,000, demanding to change the Lease terms in order to give them even more powers etc.
This antiquated medieval rip off Leasehold should be abolished without any delay. No other civilised Country in the World never heard of it so why we the Leaseholders should still be treated as a servants, prisoners need consent for everything from cats and dogs etc. Just like a big brother is watching (treated as little children).
One only have to read some comments in Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation, LKP and About Peverel Home sites how the Leaseholders are treated in the 21st Century and there are many more in fear of been targeted, bullied and harassed etc who can't go public.
A Reviewer says
Secret means NOT Open
Not Open means NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
NO accountability means UNJUST.
It is WHY in the courts you have a JURY, why generally anyone cann attend as a visitor, why each party MUST declare all it's information not only to the court but to each other.
A system that fails to follows the rules will necessarily FAIL
Is that clear enough ?
informed says
Has anyone actually checked the accounts of RTMF. Is there any substance to this company or is it just a money making organisation. If open and transparent why have secret meetings and surely there must be a conflict of interest to have the same family run business carrying out the property maintainance.
AM says
yet even if the ownership is outright say under commonhold all the other problems of communal expenses and priorities obligations to and from each other payment problems and the difficulties will still exist.
And of course under commonhold the education about rights etc will not need to cost more than £0, as there aren't any!
Well no more than can be put on the back of an envelope, in big handwriting.
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation says
But … why does commonhold work in the rest of the world?
England (and Wales) is alone in persisting with its leasehold system.
Why do both McCarthy and Stone and Peverel say there are fewer problems with property management in Scotland? (Answer: because a single, minority investor in the site – the freeholder – has ludicrous powers over those who own only leases – ie tenants.
If they weren't tenants, but joint freehold owners there will certainly be problems and fall-outs, but not the system playing which is endemic in leasehold.
Thats not the point- the point is that while it might remove the asset manager approach and system playing, there is an almost rabid expectation that CH is akin to owning a house and the restrictions and obligations which come with leases will vanish. The almost complete absence of rights and protections in those matters makes commonhold dangerous for owners. You can achieve what you want by legislating the transfer of freeholds and grants of peppercorn rents and leases of forever – 1 day and outlawing forfeiture, while maintaining a lot of protections, even if they need a week in a body shop to get back in shape 🙂 CH as legislated will have to be scrapped or end up inevitably with a two track apartment ownership system.
This little nugget is a warning to all
"The RTM has written to all the residents stating that the appearance of certain vehicles lowers the value of the flats and now requires that all vehicles be no more than 7 years old or if older has a reasonable market value of £2,500. "
Which, as not an uncommon mentality, it explains why professionals in the field, not those slavering over every inch of common areas to lease or claiming a "draught excluder" precludes RTM, have a realistic cynicism.
Who has this "rabid expectation" about Commonhold?
Those who have lived and owned flats abroad (or Scotland) have experience of functioning commonhold systems.
They do not stop all disputes, but they stop the type reported so often reported here and on LKP.
The SCAMS run by peverel are as equally bad in Scotland as elsewhere.
Ignore the deeds, get a few residents "on side" to stop the them being sacked [mole technology], and the usual over charges and under performance on insurance, cleaning, and supply of electricity… etc etc etc – let alone refusal to answer sensible questions.
In November 2015 all long term leaseholds in Scotland will convert to a form of common hold.
If they can do it why not in England and Wales?
Thats not the point- the point is that while it might remove the asset manager approach and system playing, there is an almost rabid expectation that CH is akin to owning a house and the restrictions and obligations which come with leases will vanish. The almost complete absence of rights and protections in those matters makes commonhold dangerous for owners. You can achieve what you want by legislating the transfer of freeholds and grants of peppercorn rents and leases of forever – 1 day and outlawing forfeiture, while maintaining a lot of protections, even if they need a week in a body shop to get back in shape 🙂 CH as legislated will have to be scrapped or end up inevitably with a two track apartment ownership system
Which, as not an uncommon mentality, it explains why professionals in the field, not those slavering over every inch of common areas to lease or claiming a "draught excluder" precludes RTM, have a realistic cynicism. A self appointed managing agent dictatorship is however I agree the other extreme
Any RTM company still has to abide by the terms of the lease. Therefore i suspect they would have a hard time trying to enforce the 7 year/£2,500 car rule.
That said, I was wondering what it was on my development that lowered values? My conclusion was Peverel!
This is a real example: An RMC in Kensington introducing daft £912 subletting fees after a panic over prostitutes moving in.
The leaseholder facing this charge could have gone to the tribunal, but that would have involved suing herself ultimately, as she is a shareholder of the RMC.
There are plenty of examples of empowered leaseholders doing daft things. And they have to make tough decisions, such as what to do about non-payers and those who cannot pay.
Wherever you get a collective group of people you will have disputes over just about anything.
But it is absolutely absurd to pretend that commonhold makes these worse or unworkable.
Italians / French / Spanish, Australians all live in commonhold flats: my experience of the former is that they take running the building very seriously and, after animated discussion, make sensible decisions.
Scadinavian Countries, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark and also Germany etc in other words every other country in the World have Commonhold, no criminal activity, ripping of property owners etc.
Everything done in accordance to the Law "no if no buts" meaning every word. Works perfectly no problems what so ever. That is a fact!!!
It seems to me that there are people who wants to hang on to the backwards old medieval Leasehold regardless of all the huge problems it causes to the Leaseholders. It's is like a never ending battle.
It simply is not suitable in the 21st century. Let's look forward and not pretend that it has been the practise for hundreds of years it must be kept at any cost.
Perhaps the Solicitors and all the professionals (although I don't count Managing Agents in since anybody without any qualification can open one) involved with the Leasehold are alarmed for losing easy money making business with "minimum red tape".
Nobody from oversees can understand and are shocked how in this country the Leaseholders are treated. 120 years Lease have to be extended before it goes dawn to 80 years otherwise there is "Marriage Value". When extending through the Statutory route adding 90 years. Nobody lives over 200 years. What do the Lease years actually mean. After an other 30 years and other extension??
It is purely and simply an other way just to rip off the Leaseholders. Unbelievable and yet some people want to carry on with this crazy system and the way the Leaseholders are abused.
As is the above example about cars. Even if they must abide by the lease it is the process an owner has to go through to eventually get them to see sense. Its one thing fighting landlord in Luton and another when they live next door.
There as at least three key differences between the landlord in Luton and the co landlord next door.
One seeks to make a profit from you the other not
One has no interest in the value or your flat the other has a mutual interest in the value of both properties
One does not want you to influence the other sites they own one does not own other sites.
As the result of the three issues that also means there is less inventive of the person next door spending lots of money in taking you to court than someone who earns their living from making a profit from being your landlord.
Yes an RTM or and RMC or commonhold site can make a silly rules but at least the members of the group can vote on those rules and change them or find out you are limited in what rules can be made. A freehold owning landlord can make up rules which are a lot more onerous and a lot more difficult to overturn.
We had to spend a year and over £20,000 going to court before we could recover our costs and the money the landlord chose to charge for renting us the reception area and gym even though there was nothing in the lease which allowed for such a charge. Not the sort of thing which would happen in a commonhold system?.
Mention is made of a landlord in Luton. Is it not in fact a managing agent in Luton and a landlord in the British Virgin Isles?
You fought a magnificent campaign at Charter Quay. Had the Leaseholder Association existed at the time and you had used their services than even if you had won, who would have ever known about your victory and the extent of the deceit you had exposed ?
Is it not correct that managing agents/freeholders rely on "not being found out" to continue corrupt practices?
Is it not correct that many leaseholders are emboldened to take action once they realise they are not on their own?
Who could possibly benefit from mediation (sorry it's conciliation) being kept secret?
How could any Leaseholder Association be enforced? And since the Leaseholder Association is not a statutory body, what happens if a satisfactory result cannot be achieved? What then?
Since leaseholders will be paying for Leaseholder Association services, may i ask if a managing agent wishes to use mediation services will they have to pay or will it be free to them but chargeable to leaseholders?
Micheal says
It's true in the case of Charter Quay part of the managing agents offices were in Luton and the landlord based in lots of places. I was working on the assumption AM was just talking about a hypothetical case.
I have responded to Mark's comment on the LKP site to explain why the article is correct.
There will be occasions where conciliation works and others not. Most often its the landlord and agent who gets a benefit from keeping things behind closed doors. For large complex cases like ours it seemed conciliation was a non starter as the managing agent was in total denial about their own abilities (until the courts decided otherwise). As the various cases moved forward mediation seemed to be offered when they thought we were in a weak position. At one point the offer was give in and withdraw now and we'll not pass on our costs. Somehow despite a s20C order in our s24 case we still had to take some of those costs into a s27 case becasue they had accidentally been added to the accounts.
Even after our s27 cases we still found it difficult to get payments as an awful lot of processing was needed by the managing agent – or so they said. In the end we found that payments often followed a story in the press. Thanks to The Times, The Telegraph and the The Mail not forgetting the Kingston Guardian for helping smooth the way.
So yes sometimes it is best to keep things behind closed doors and Peverel was very keen on occasions that things remained that way. In the end did not need to sign a compromise agreement with Peverel or the Tchenguiz group.
Yes it is a hypothetical. The very real example above indicates that a distant and remote landlord or agent is very different to the landlord who lives down the hall, and sadly the whispering rumour and gossip campaigns that sometimes go with it. Seb rightly pointed to the RMC case and of course the LKP story of the four in a converted house who have burned through many agents and LVT appointed managers.
While many here have suffered at the hands of big landlord and those that rue the day they RTM'd or bought the freehold, they are in the main exceptions to the majority of schemes under external or resident control who get by one way or the other, happily making it up as they go along,to so so or to excellent service.
That you did so much good and more importantly you refused to be gagged and you made so much effort to make sure that your experience could be shared so that others might benefit is very greatly appreciated.
Dudley Joiner says
I have reluctantly given up any hope that my actions and comments will be reported by LKP/Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation fairly and without additional spin to unreasonably distort or unnecessarily exaggerate what has been said or done.
I have for some time been seeking an agreement with Cartlex/LKP over some basis protocols. I have discussed these with Sebastian and Martin privately on several occasions.
The Leaseholder Association is not seeking a cover up, which is implied in today's update. We circulated some material to a select list of industry specialists from whom we have been acquiring feedback prior to a formal rollout of our service in the New Year. That information is our copyright and every organization has the right to protect its intellectual property from unlawful copying. I have not sought to prevent honest reporting.
I am copying below my recent email to Sebastian and leave it to readers to judge if I am being unreasonable. I see no point in continuing dialogue on the matter. I have made my position clear for the record and the matter is now closed.
Email dated 18/12/14
Dear Sebastian,
In my view the law on copyright is quite straightforward. If you want to actually copy our documents or photographs you need our permission. Otherwise it is a breach. If you want to keep the photo on the website I will give permission as long as there is a credit under the photo to say 'Photo courtesy of The Leaseholder Association. Copyright.' This prevents third parties copying it again and using it without consent. I would like you to remove the LA letter and attached documents.
My general point, as explained to you and Martin when we had coffee, is that in my opinion you have a responsibility as a journalist to seek my comment whenever you publish something quoting my name or something I have allegedly said. That seems to me a common courtesy. Further if you had called to say you wanted to reproduce our photograph I would probably have consented from the outset, subject to a credit and seeing the article and context. If you don't want to extend that professional courtesy, then I will be forced to protect our intellectual property rights on our material when copyright is breached and to seek corrections where you misrepresent or misinform your readers. That seems to me to be quite ethical and fair.
I believe the attitude you expressed in your earlier email is wrong. To the best of my knowledge, unless there has been a change in the law I am unaware of, you cannot copy and publish someone else's material without their consent on the ground of public interest. You seem to think you can do what you like without impunity. I disagree and I don't like threats about 'handing it over to professionals'. It seems to me you should seek advice before, not afterwards.
KRgds
Dear Dudley,
Your latest post displays your almost limitless sense of grievance, and repeats – again – fundamental untruths.
You demanded that we remove the reproduction of the Leaseholder Association leaflet on the weasely grounds that it was your copyright. This was in spite of the fact that you have circulated it widely among you chums in the sector and to MPs, rather than just the invitees to the meeting of November 18 (as you claimed).
We removed the item, and then you complain that we did so with "spin to unreasonably distort" – Eh? Is there such a thing as reasonable distortion?
Yet again, you write a long post on our websites.
One concession that you may allow is that at least here you are free to spout whatever you like, even if it is sanctimonious and self-serving drivel. That compares rather better that your insistence on secrecy, and pretending that copyright is a serious matter here.
To correct an untruth in your post, you did not distribute your material to "a select list of industry specialists", but you also circulated it to MPs.
I am confident that there is no copyright issue on such a widely circulated document, which seeks to influence elected representatives.
However, your insistence on its removal speaks volumes for your priorities and methodologies.
I will address the "basic protocols" point in your post.
You appear to believe that you have been unfairly treated, particularly in not having been contacted prior to publication of matters that concern you.
There are three recent issues that have been publicly addressed that have concerned you:
1/ Quadrangle House
Here http://www.leaseholdknowledge.com/quadrangle-house-residents-seeks-regain-control-rtm
your Right To Manage Federation, which is not a federation but a commercial RTM facilitator, brought the site to RTM and your property management company Team was appointed to run the place.
You have remained a director of the RTM company for four years. This year you ended up as the only director, even though you do not have a lease there, and are also the proprietor of the appointed managing agent.
To put it at its most polite, this was an unsatisfactory state of affairs and caused concern.
You were contacted, and did respond at considerable length, before publication of our reports.
I shall contact you again as four resident directors now appear to have been appointed.
2/ Elim Court
First, you were angry because we reported on October 11 that the right to manage appeal to the Upper Tribunal had failed. https://www.betterretirementhousing.com/elim-court-fails-win-epic-right-manage-appeal/
The result was that the residents learned from us, not you or the RTMF, that the appeal had failed.
This was entirely your responsibility: the ruling had been on the Ministry of Justice website since October 6, and your own lawyer was well aware of the result weeks before that. (I met her on September 23.)
In short, you had plenty of time to forewarn the residents and it was a shambles of your making that they weren't.
There was no requirement at all for me to contact you prior to publication over this matter. Only the tribunal ruling was relevant to the report that was published.
Then we come to your desire to take this litigation on to the Court of Appeal. We reported this on November 7. https://www.betterretirementhousing.com/dudley-joiner-rtmf-take-elim-court-onto-court-appeal/
We were questioning whether this was in the interests of the residents or whether it was, in fact, more in the interests of your own RTMF which faces the landlord's legal costs.
Our aim in running this article was to inform the residents in very clear terms what this litigation could involve in terms of their liability and, possibly, costs.
I have already explained why I did not feel any obligation to contact you before we published this piece. But to repeat: you had made clear your desire to take the matter on to further litigation; we wanted to inform the residents of the potential risks of such a course.
You have also made clear that you do not think that the Elim Court's litigation is any of our business. Reasonably minded people would disagree with you on that, I believe.
I have told you that while going to the Court of Appeal may serve your interests and involve confronting an issue of RTM law, it is not necessarily in the interests of the elderly residents, who are in a position of exposure.
No one I have discussed this with in the legal profession agrees that a retirement site should be taking an RTM matter on to the Court of Appeal.
I have urged you to litigate at this level on behalf of well-healed and well-informed metropolitans, rather than pensioners.
I have frankly admitted to you that this case has made me question the RTMF business model: supposedly free or low cost RTM paid for by commissions to you from the incoming managing agent (that is, managing agent companies prepared to pay the commissions).
The residents at Elim Court may well have been better served had they been in the driving seat of this litigation from the outset.
That would have involved paying the RTMF properly for its work. But it would also have meant that the residents could have dispensed with your services at a time of their choosing.
It is perfectly possible that Elim Court would now be in a better position had the RTMF – which was first introduced there by Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation – never been involved.
3/ The Leaseholder Association
This was presented to the professionals in the sector on November 18. At this point, it could reasonably be said that relations between us were strained.
Martin Boyd was invited, then disinvited specifically because of his association with me, and then re-invited.
You obviously did not want us to write about this organisation until you were ready.
Sorry, that is not a runner. You were lobbying the sector and MPs over this latest venture and we were justified in writing about it.
Of course, we were going to address an ostensibly representative leaseholder organisation, albeit one set up by a commercial operator in the sector. (To date, you are the sole director of the LA, as you are with the RTMF: a "federation" that hasn't been a federation since it was set up in 2006.)
Should I have contacted you before writing about your meeting?
I don't see why. Your briefing paper had been passed on to me, giving your own account of the meeting at considerable length. I decided that there was no purpose in speaking to you.
I reproduced your own account of the meeting, which set you off whining about copyright.
My intent was not to offend, but to ensure that your account of this organisation was reproduced. As we are critical of the LA, this seemed to me balanced and fair. You probably won't believe that, but in fact I habitually reproduce the documents on which an article is based.
You now say that had I contacted you beforehand to reproduce your photograph, "I would probably have consented from the outset, subject to a credit and seeing the article and context."
The response to that, Dudley, is four-lettered and blunt.
I am aware of Victoria Beckham making such demands over editorial approval, but they are not going to apply to you.
We have had a strained couple of months dealing with matters in which you have been involved. We accept that we have been critical.
You may not accept this, but we do try to report this sector accurately, fairly and responsibly.
I am struck by the contrast between your praise for our coverage regarding your nemeses Mr Moskovitz and Mr Gurvits, and the opprobrium you feel once we consider your affairs.
Sebastian O'Kelly
Well, Dudley Joiner,
If your latest post is an example of "conciliation" to avoid "misunderstandings" becoming disputes as the Leaseholder Association appears to seek, threatening Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation/LKP is not an encouraging beginning.
Within such a short space of time, so much of what had been claimed by the Leaseholder Association has been "clarified" or rowed back on.
Boiled down to its roots, you actually appear to be offering very little for a Leaseholder's £150.
Your much trumpeted conciliation service now appears to be for relatively minor matters ( perhaps a property manager not replying to a letter,but not a case of fraud for example). You seem to rely on an agreement from both parties to resolve minor issues, yet you cannot enforce such an agreement.
With regard to education, leaseholders should know that if desired there is a great deal of information freely available already. Apart from seeing an opportunity to generate a lot of cash i can't really see what the Leaseholder Association brings to the party.
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Any comments Dudley?
"spin to unreasonably distort" – Eh? Is there such a thing as reasonable distortion?"
Grammar aside, the act of distortion is unreasonable. Whether or not you distorted anything is another matter.
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation says:
I missed the reply, so I base that comment on comments made here during the year by supporters. Those abroad have not experienced commonhold at all, they have experienced non leasehold ownership Our commonhold is just awful. The problems here, egregious as they often are, are still affecting a minority of owners and the solution to those problems can be achieved without a two track flat ownership system with vastly differing rights and (lack of) redress, not to mention just as harmful carte blanche.
Michael Epstein says:
Well because they are not, leases have to be at least 175 years when granted and at least 100 years left and annual rent of under £100 to qualify The reason that the rest are not is because the higher rents and/or shorter reversions, contrived though they may be, are valuable and it was untenable to strip that asset from a freeholder.
What we want
Better Retirement Housing, formerly the Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation, exists to promote good practice in the retirement housing sector.
The elderly should be able to downsize, enjoy the benefits of stress-free homes, and live communally.
The advantages of this form of living to achieve mutual reliance and combat loneliness are obvious.
Sadly, the UK's retirement housing sector has been beset with poor practice and has an appalling reputation. It has been the subject of critical tribunal rulings, two investigations by the Office of Fair Trading, and one Law Commission report.
It has also been debated in Parliament, and at the All Party Parliamentary Group meetings organised by the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership.
That there is a problem is not disputed by impartial observers, although retirement housebuilders' do their best to minimise the issues.
It is scandalous that the most vulnerable in our society have been beset by sneaky and dishonest fees widespread in leasehold, or systematically cheated, as the OFT found in the Peverel / Cirrus collusive tendering scandal.
However, we acknowledge that the retirement housing sector is varied and there are good operators within it. Better Retirement Housing is delighted that new overseas companies are moving into the market, and that care providers are producing housing solutions. This has introduced a welcome change of culture.
Nonetheless, the standard retirement leasehold flat remains a dubious proposition. It is absurd that it can be the single worst residential property investment one can make, with plummeting re-sale values bearing no resemblance to the local housing market.
The worst practices are made possible by leasehold tenure, and is widely acknowledged that in Scotland, where leasehold does not exist, retirement housing is more harmonious.
Better Retirement Housing aims to improve this sector and, with the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, seeks to make reforms to residential leasehold law.
We assist with individual problems and provide an editorial service of the sector, which aims to be accurate and fair.
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