x wethepeople "Patrol" BMX Frame By www.kunstform.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT The "Patrol" Range is a whole sub-brand of wethepeople which is heavily influenced from the trails and concrete park riding. The full line features a frame, fork and handlebar as well as stem, sprocket and barends. The wethepeople "Patrol" BMX Frame is designed to be run with a larger 28-9 gearing and with chainstay located brakemounts. The wethepeople "Patrol" BMX Frame pairs up a classic and satble geometry which is optimzed for trails and concret bowl riding.Wheel Size: 20" Material: 100% 4130 CrMo, top tube and down tube gussets, integrated headset Geometry: Top Tube (TT): 21.5" Chain Stay (CS): 13.6" – 14" Head Tube Angle (HA): 74.25° Seat Tube Angle (SA): 71° BB Height: 11.5" Standover Height (SO): 8.9" Seat Clamp: integrated Seat Post Diameter: 25.4mm Bottom Bracket: Mid BB, heat treated, CNC machined Dropouts: 6mm thick, 14mm slots, minimal size, not suitable for pegs, heat-treated Chain Tensioners: integrated Brakemounts: removable, pivot-3 (M6), not included with delivery Extras: extended 125mm headtube, wide rear end for fat 2.4" tires Model Year: 2021 from 378.11 EURTaxfree excl. shipping Full Article
x wethepeople "Reason FC" BMX Bike - Freecoaster | Matt Translucent Teal Raw Fade By www.kunstform.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT The wethepeople "Reason FC" BMX Bike - Freecoaster | Matt Translucent Teal Raw Fade has a freecoaster hub which will allow you to ride fakie without pedaling. The wethepeople "Reason FC" BMX Bike - Freecoaster | Matt Translucent Teal Raw Fade is a really great equipped mid-class BMX complete bike with a 20.75" long frame including 100% 4130 CrMo quality with integrated headset and seat clamp, a Mid BB and full removable brake hardware. A high rised 4-piece street style handlebar, fork and the 3-piece crank set are made from 100% 4130 CrMo and build up a stable quality basic. The wheel set includes fully sealed front hub and a SaltPlus "PRO" freecoaster incl. hubguards laced into a double walled rim at the rear. A fat pivotal seat and great quality components like wethepeople "Logic" Pedale, eclat "Talon" U-Brake or wethepeople "Paragon Guard" sprocket made from alloy and nylon guard let the wethepeople "Reason FC" BMX Bike - Freecoaster | Matt Translucent Teal Raw Fade become one of the best mid-class BMX bikes you can get. Note: The BMX bike comes with preassembled rear brake (U-Brake)Wheel Size: 20" BMX Frame: 100% 4130 CrMo, tappered top tube and chainstays, removable brakehardware, integrated seatclamp, Mid BB Top Tube (TT): 20.75" Chain Stay (CS): 12.75" Head Tube (HA): 76° Seattube (SA): 71° BB-High (BB): 11.75" Standover (SO): 9" BMX Fork: SaltPlus "Reason", 100% 4130 CrMo, 1-piece steerer tube, 15mm offset BMX Bar: SaltPlus "HQ", 100% 4130 CrMo, 4-piece Height: 9" Width: 29.5" Backsweep: 11° Upsweep: 3° Clamping Diameter: 22.2mm Grips: wethepeople "Perfect" Grips, flangeless Stem: Salt "Zion", topload, 50mm Offset Headset: Salt "PRO", integrated headset, sealed bearing Gyro: - Gyro compatible: Yes Brake Lever: Salt "AM", aluminum Brake (rear): eclat "Talon" U-brake, aluminum Seat: wethepeople "Reason" Pivotal, fat-padded Seat Post: Pivotal, aluminum, 200mm, 25.4mm Seat Clamp: Integrated Pedals: wethepeople "Logic", plastic Chain: Salt "AM" Z1 type, standard Sprocket: wethepeople "Paragon Guard", 6061-T6 aluminum with nylon guard, CNC, 25T Crank: Salt "Revo", 4130 CrMo, 3-piece, square profile, 160mm, 8 Spline 19mm Spindle Bottom Bracket: Salt, Mid BB, sealed bearing, 19mm Hub (front): Salt "PRO", aluminum, sealed bearing, 10mm (3/8") axle, including 2x SaltPlus "PRO" plastic hubguard, 36H Hub (rear): SaltPlus "PRO", Freecoaster, sealed bearing, 14mm axle, including 2x SaltPlus "PRO" plastic hubguard, 36H Driver: 9T RHD, sealed bearings Rim (front): Salt "Valon", aluminum, single wall, 36H Rim (rear): SaltPlus "Summit", aluminum, double wall, 36H Tire (front): wethepeople "Activate" BMX tire Width: 20" x 2.35" Tire (rear): wethepeople "Activate" BMX tire Width: 20" x 2.35" Pegs: 1 pair x Salt "AM" Peg 655.42 EURTaxfree excl. shipping Full Article
x Voxom "PE31" Pedals By www.kunstform.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT The Voxom "PE31" Pedals are made of highly durable TPE plastic (Thermoplastic Elastomer) and are therefore suited to the extreme demands of BMX riding. The Voxom "PE31" Pedals are equipped with a 9/16" thread compatible with three-piece cranks.Material: Pedal body: TPE plastic (Thermoplastischem Elastomer) Axle: CrMo Thread size: 9/16" for 3-piece cranks Scope of delivery: One pair of pedals (for left and right), 95mm x 95mm x 20mm Extras: Platform design, removable reflectors, EPB bearing (Engineered Polymer Bearing) 20.97 EURTaxfree excl. shipping Full Article
x Voxom "Junior PE32 Pedals By www.kunstform.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT The Voxom "Junior PE32 Pedals is designed for small feet and fits three-piece cranks with a 9/16" thread. The Voxom "Junior PE32 Pedals is equipped with a special EPB (Engineered Polymer Bearing) for durability.Material: Pedal body: Plastic Axle: CrMo Thread size: 9/16" for 3-piece cranks Scope of delivery: One pair of pedals (for left and right), 85mm x 85mm x 18mm Extras: Platform design, removable reflectors 12.56 EURTaxfree excl. shipping Full Article
x Voxom "Junior PE33" Pedals By www.kunstform.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT The Voxom "Junior PE33" Pedals is designed for small feet, features grip tape for optimal hold, and fits three-piece cranks with a 9/16" thread. The Voxom "Junior PE33" Pedals is equipped with a special EPB (Engineered Polymer Bearing) for durability.Material: Pedal body: plastic Axle: CrMo Thread size: 9/16" for 3-piece cranks Scope of delivery: One pair of pedals (for left and right), 112.5mm x 115.5mm Extras: Platform design, with grip tape, removable reflectors 20.97 EURTaxfree excl. shipping Full Article
x eclat "Bondi" BMX Rim By www.kunstform.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT The eclat "Bondi" BMX Rim comes with the new Design and with a width of 38mm. High quality 6066-T6 aluminum paired with a welded double box section hollow chamber structure and 17mm high sidewalls offer you here a very stable rim which ensures optimized fit and profile for wide tires.Wheel Size: 20" Material: 6066-T6 Aluminium, double wall, double box section Connection: Welded Holes: 36H Width: 38mm Height (Rim Wall): 17mm Rim Wall: Straight (compatible with brakes) Valve Hole Diamater: 8.5mm for schrader valve Spoke Arrangement: Regular Laced Extras: Extra wide, very strong rim with low side walls, offers 2.4" inch wide tires better profile properties, 2019er Design from 62.98 EURTaxfree excl. shipping Full Article
x FDA’s OPDP Sends First Regulatory Letter of the Year Aimed at Rx Drug Promotion By eyeonfda.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 19:39:03 +0000 Last week FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion issued its first regulatory action letter of the year. This was an Untitled Letter – a/k/a Notice of Violation Letter (NOV) – sent by the agency to Novartis in relation to promotional … Continue reading → Full Article Warning Letters #FDA #OPDP #pharma
x Pod Rods: Saab goes down, Jaguar C-X16 concept By news.jacksonville.com Published On :: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 12:00:00 -0500 Plus: Pink Camaro pace car, weekend car events. Full Article Pod Rods
x Pakistan joins hands with China for lunar exploration mission By www.geo.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 18:05:00 +0500 This undated photo shows the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission's rover during a test. — APP/File In a major development, the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission has announced its collaboration on a groundbreaking lunar... Full Article
x Australia's Rex Airlines accused of stealing planes from Arizona boneyard By tribune.com.pk Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 24 09:16:16 +0500 Rex agreed to purchase planes for $US2 million, paying a $200,000 deposit but failed to make further payments in 2020 Full Article World Business
x Israeli pleads guilty to violating US sanctions by exporting missile tech to Russia By tribune.com.pk Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 24 10:51:37 +0500 US Justice Dept announces Haimovich's actions include shipment of components with missile technology applications Full Article World
x Executive for Saudi Arabia's Neom project reportedly calls worker deaths 'time-consuming' By tribune.com.pk Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 24 10:07:53 +0500 Wayne Borg, Neom media executive, reportedly continues to make offensive remarks despite complaints. Full Article World
x Greece introduces cash incentives, tax breaks to address declining birthrate By tribune.com.pk Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 24 16:41:21 +0500 Greece has one of Europe's lowest fertility rates, a dire demographic state driven by a decade-long economic crisis Full Article World
x Russia places six foreign journalists on wanted list for illegal border entry By tribune.com.pk Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 24 18:31:48 +0500 Journalists looked to report inside the Kursk region after a Ukrainian cross-border incursion Full Article World
x MPA Escalates Pirate Site Blocking in Philippines, Targeting Sflix and Myflixer By torrentfreak.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:11:11 +0000 The Motion Picture Association (MPA) continues to play a key role in expanding global site blocking efforts. After helping to establish a voluntary site blocking agreement in the Philippines, the MPA also filed the first complaints under the new rule. Torrent site YTS was the first target, followed by popular pirate streaming sites SFlix and MyFlixer this week. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Full Article Anti-Piracy Site Blocking MPA Philippines
x Braflix to Shut Down: Pirate Site Throws in the Towel Citing Legal Pressure By torrentfreak.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 19:36:09 +0000 Pirate streaming site Braflix burst onto the scene last year, offering a vast library of movies and TV shows via a user-friendly interface. With millions of monthly visits the site was destined to profit from the demise of several large competitors. The opposite happened. Facing legal pressure, Braflix has decided to throw in the towel instead. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Full Article Piracy ACE braflix
x Google’s “Negligent” Piracy Response Prevented Critic Deindexing Its Own Site By torrentfreak.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:08:15 +0000 Google is facing criticism in Spain and Italy for alleged anti-piracy failures. The latest claim accuses Google of ignoring notices that aim to remove pirate IPTV providers from search results. So here's the thing: why would a company take down 10 billion URLs from search but suddenly start acting differently? The public labeling of Google as "grossly negligent" deserves context too; two weeks ago, Google's diligence prevented one of its accusers from deindexing its own website. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Full Article Anti-Piracy deindexing google Piracy Shield Serie A
x Dutch Court Orders ISP to Block Torrent Site TorrentGalaxy By torrentfreak.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:42:29 +0000 BREIN has obtained a new blocking order in the Netherlands targeting TorrentGalaxy, one the world's most popular torrent sites. Internet provider Odido objected to the request, arguing that the Dutch anti-piracy group could have done more to target the problem closer to the source. The Rotterdam District Court found that the anti-piracy group can't be expected to do more than it's already done. From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more. Full Article Piracy
x The exclusion of health and climate ministries from cabinet By tribune.com.pk Published On :: Mon, 01 Apr 24 10:54:00 +0500 Our leaders have failed to show their unwavering commitment to two of the most pressing challenges facing our nation. Full Article The Way I See It
x Korea star denies match-fixing charges By tribune.com.pk Published On :: Wed, 11 Sep 24 19:36:45 +0500 Son had served a 10-month detention last year Full Article Sports
x John Krasinski crowned as 2024's ‘Sexiest Man Alive' By www.geo.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:20:00 +0500 John Krasinski crowned as 2024's ‘Sexiest Man Alive'John Krasinski, who is best known for his role in famous sitcom The Office, has been named as People Magazine’s 2024 "Sexiest Man Alive”.According to People, the 45-year-old actor’s name was revealed in a... Full Article
x Chris Evans 'excited' to start family with wife Alba Baptista By www.geo.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:31:00 +0500 Chris Evans 'excited' to start family with wife Alba BaptistaChris Evans has expressed his desire to start a family with his wife, Alba Baptista.During an interview with Access Hollywood, the 43-year-old actor was asked if he'll become a "superhero" dad one day, like his Red One... Full Article
x Leonardo DiCaprio treats himself with Mexican getaway on 50th birthday By www.geo.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:40:00 +0500 Leonardo DiCaprio treats himself with Mexican getaway on 50th birthdayLeonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend, Vittoria Ceretti, recently jetted off to Mexico to celebrate his milestone 50th birthday. The Oscar-winning actor was spotted boarding a private jet in Los Angeles with... Full Article
x Emily Blunt reacts to John Krasinski's ‘Sexiest Man Alive' title By www.geo.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0500 John Krasinski, who has recently been named the 2024’s “Sexiest Man Alive” by People, shared the response of his wife and actress, Emily Blunt, upon hearing the news.In an interview with People Magazine, the 45-year-old actor said that his wife, whom he has been... Full Article
x Laura Prepon, Ben Foster end marriage after six years By www.geo.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:11:00 +0500 Laura Prepon, Ben Foster end marriage after six yearssheeLaura Prepon and Ben Foster are reportedly ending their 6 years of marriage.As per TMZ, Ben filed for divorce from the actress on Tuesday, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason behind their separation in the... Full Article
x Petroleum products prices expected to 'rise by Rs5.50 per litre' By www.geo.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:22:00 +0500 A large number of motorists gathered in a queue to fill petrol in Karachi on Friday, July 5, 2024. — PPI Govt to announce fresh rates on Nov 15.New prices to come into effect on Nov 16.Federal govt hiked prices in previous review. KARACHI: The price of petroleum... Full Article
x Meghan Markle gives major giveaway by exposing true feelings about Harry appearance By www.geo.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:41:00 +0500 Meghan Markle gives major giveaway by exposing true feelings about Harry appearanceMeghan Markle and Prince Harry’s body language, as well as major ‘giveaway’ from his wife gets exposed.Royal expert Darren Stanton made these comments during his interview on... Full Article
x Coldplay updates music lovers with another exciting announcement By www.geo.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:20:00 +0500 Coldplay updates music lovers with another exciting announcementColdplay recently announced an exciting show in Ahmedabad, India.The boy-band, who is set to in the Indian cities next year in January, declared that the show will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad... Full Article
x Karla Sofia Gascon responds to 'Emilia Pérez' audience's unexpected reaction By www.geo.tv Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:50:00 +0500 Karla Sofia Gascon responds to 'Emilia Pérez' audience's unexpected reactionEmilia Perez actress Karla Sofía Gascón opened up about how the audience did not recognize her in the movie.In the movie, the 52-year-old actress plays the role of Mexican cartel... Full Article
x Another case of police excesses surfaces By tribune.com.pk Published On :: Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:42 +0500 The report further showed that the additional SHO had been previously found guilty of framing a man in a fake case Full Article K-P
x Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim likely to visit Pakistan next month By tribune.com.pk Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 24 17:40:33 +0500 This would be the first visit by a Malaysian prime minister to Pakistan in five years Full Article Pakistan
x Analog Equivalent Rights (8/21): Using Third-Party Services Should Not Void Expectation of Privacy By falkvinge.net Published On :: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 18:00:49 +0000 Privacy: Ross Ulbricht handed in his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court last week, highlighting an important Analog Equivalent Privacy Right in the process: Just because you’re using equipment that makes a third party aware of your circumstances, does that really nullify any expectation of privacy? In most constitutions, there’s a protection of privacy of some kind. In the European Charter of Human Rights, this is specified as having the right to private and family life, home, and correspondence. In the U.S. Constitution, it’s framed slightly differently, but with the same outcome: it’s a ban for the government to invade privacy without good cause (“unreasonable search and seizure”). U.S. Courts have long held, that if you have voluntarily given up some part of your digitally-stored privacy to a third party, then you can no longer expect to have privacy in that area. When looking at analog equivalence for privacy rights, this doctrine is atrocious, and in order to understand just how atrocious, we need to go back to the dawn of the manual telephone switchboards. At the beginning of the telephone age, switchboards were fully manual. When you requested a telephone call, a manual switchboard operator would manually connect the wire from your telephone to the wire of the receiver’s telephone, and crank a mechanism that would make that telephone ring. The operators could hear every call if they wanted and knew who had been talking to whom and when. Did you give up your privacy to a third party when using this manual telephone service? Yes, arguably, you did. Under the digital doctrine applied now, phonecalls would have no privacy at all, under any circumstance. But as we know, phonecalls are private. In fact, the phonecall operators were oathsworn to never utter the smallest part of what they learned on the job about people’s private dealings — so seriously was privacy considered, even by the companies running the switchboards. Interestingly enough, this “third-party surrender of privacy” doctrine seems to have appeared the moment the last switchboard operator left their job for today’s automated phone-circuit switches. This was as late as 1983, just at the dawn of digital consumer-level technology such as the Commodore 64. This false equivalence alone should be sufficient to scuttle the doctrine of “voluntarily” surrendering privacy to a third party in the digital world, and therefore giving up expectation of privacy: the equivalence in the analog world was the direct opposite. But there’s more to the analog equivalent of third-party-service privacy. Somewhere in this concept is the notion that you’re voluntarily choosing to give up your privacy, as an active informed act — in particular, an act that stands out of the ordinary, since the Constitutions of the world are very clear that the ordinary default case is that you have an expectation of privacy. In other words, since people’s everyday lives are covered by expectations of privacy, there must be something outside of the ordinary that a government can claim gives it the right to take away somebody’s privacy. And this “outside the ordinary” has been that the people in question were carrying a cellphone, and so “voluntarily” gave up their right to privacy, as the cellphone gives away their location to the network operator by contacting cellphone towers. But carrying a cellphone is expected behavior today. It is completely within the boundaries of “ordinary”. In terms of expectations, this doesn’t differ much from wearing jeans or a jacket. This leads us to the question; in the thought experiment that yesterday’s jeans manufacturers had been able to pinpoint your location, had it been reasonable for the government to argue that you give up any expectation of privacy when you’re wearing jeans? No. No, of course it hadn’t. It’s not like you’re carrying a wilderness tracking device for the express purpose of rescue services to find you during a dangerous hike. In such a circumstance, it could be argued that you’re voluntarily carrying a locator device. But not when carrying something that everybody is expected to carry — indeed, something that everybody must carry in order to even function in today’s society. When the only alternative to having your Constitutionally-guaranteed privacy is exile from modern society, a government should have a really thin case. Especially when the analog equivalent — analog phone switchboards — was never fair game in any case. People deserve Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights. Until a government recognizes this and voluntarily surrenders a power it has taken itself, which isn’t something people should hold their breath over, privacy remains your own responsibility. Full Article Privacy
x Pirate Party enters parliament in Luxembourg, gets 17% in Prague By falkvinge.net Published On :: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:22:34 +0000 Pirate Parties: This past weekend, elections were held in Luxembourg and the Czech Republic. The Pirate Party of Luxembourg tripled their support and entered the Luxembourg Parliament with two MPs, and in the Czech Republic, the Pirate Party increased their support further – now receiving a full 17% in Prague. With 6.45% of the votes of the final tally, the Luxembourg Pirate Party is entering its national Parliament, being the fifth Pirate Party to enter a national or supranational legislature (after Sweden, Germany, Iceland, and the Czech Republic). This may not seem like much, but it is a very big deal, for reasons I’ll elaborate on later. A big congratulations to Sven Clement and Marc Goergen, new Members of Parliament for Luxembourg! Further, the Czech Republic has had municipal elections, and the Czech Pirate Party showed a full 17.1% support in Prague, the Czech capital, making the Pirates the second biggest party with a very narrow gap to the first place (at 17.9%). This may or may not translate to votes for the Czech national legislature, but is nevertheless the highest score recorded so far for a Pirate Party election day. I understand the Czech Pirates have as many as 275 (two hundred and seventy-five!) newly-elected members of city councils, up from 21 (twenty-one). Well done, well done indeed! For people in a winner-takes-all system, like the UK or United States, this may sound like a mediocre result. In those countries, there are usually only two parties, and the loser with 49% of the vote gets nothing. However, most of Europe have so-called proportional systems, where 5% of the nationwide votes gives you 5% of the national legislation seats. In these systems, the parties elected to Parliament negotiate between themselves to find a ruling majority coalition of 51%+ of the seats, trying to negotiate common positions between parties that are reasonably close to each other in policy. This usually requires a few weeks of intense negotiations between the elections and the presentation of a successfully negotiated majority coalition. Further, it could reasonable be asked what kind of difference the Czech Republic or Luxembourg could possibly make on their own in the global information repression. The answer is, a whole lot. The key here is realizing that one country is sufficient to break the global repression of information; the repression is completely dependent on every single country keeping watertight doors. If one single country decides to allow the free movement of culture and knowledge, then all such distribution will immediately be based there. The copyright industry lobby in other countries will protest, quite loudly, but there’s not really anything they can do about it. And since the problem from a policymaking standpoint has been that the industry-age era politicians consider the Internet-related policy areas completely peripheral in the first place, conceding those policy areas will be seen as very cheap price to bind those votes to a majority coalition. “One country is sufficient to break the global repression of information.” A relevant comparison is how Canada has now legalized cannabis at the country level, following many state-level initiatives here and there in the world, and at once, the floodgates are open. Not just for the illegal distribution networks, but more importantly, for legalization everywhere else. As a German politician dryly said today, “what’s possible in Canada is also possible in Germany”, proposing that cannabis should be legalized outright in Germany. I would imagine the tone is similar in most places — or, importantly, many enough places. The Luxembourg and Prague coalition talks have just started, with an outcome typically expected in a few weeks. Full Article Pirate Parties
x Why Political Organizations Always Drift Off Left: O’Sullivan’s Law, Experienced By falkvinge.net Published On :: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:19:00 +0000 Activism: As the Pirate Party slowly veered to the left in politics, I got to experience Sullivan’s Law, which states that organizations that don’t outright declare themselves otherwise will inevitably drift off to the political left. The law doesn’t explain this phenomenon, but I think I can. The Pirate Party was unique in its composition of activists. Whereas most political organizations can plot the political attitudes of their activists to a bell curve on the political left-to-right scale, that is, the organization can identify a clear peak and center mass where they lie politically, the Pirate Party instead had a complete empty trough in the middle, with waves crashing into the left and right wall on the left-to-right spectrum plot. We had the most fervent anarchocapitalists and the most fervent anarchocommunists. At the same time. Cooperating. That was probably something of a political first. It also allowed me to see differences between these two groups that weren’t clear from the outset, and which might explain why organizations drift left over time. O’Sullivans Law states that any organization that is not expressly right-leaning in politics will change over time to become left-leaning. There are some hypotheses as to why, including the observation that right-wing people will tolerate and even welcome left-wing people in an otherwise unpolitical organization, but that left-wing people will generally not tolerate right-wing people. While this observation can be made, I believe it is not enough for an entire organization to shift politically. The explanation is far simpler, and it’s been hiding in plain sight for everyone. Left-wing people are collectivists. They believe that the greater good shall have precedence over the wishes and desires over the individual, and organize to achieve this. Conversely, they do not feel at home when somebody tells them to promote a cause in whatever way they themselves think is best in their individual situation. Right-wing people are individualists. They believe that the greatest good, even for the worst-off people, is best achieved by giving individuals as free reign as possible so that innovation and creativity can take place. Conversely, they do not feel at home when somebody is trying to dictate to them what to do and not to do. This is almost painfully clear when working with both groups at the same time in a political organization. Ah yes, that’s the magic word, right there. Organization. A Non-profit organization, specifically. Do you know how these are run? Basically without exception, they are run as a general assembly, where people are elected to positions and decisions are taken with a majority vote. …decisions are taken with a majority vote. It became painfully clear to me, that the form of a neutral association — the form we have, or had, accepted as neutral — is actually nothing of the sort. It turns out, that an organization that takes collective decisions promotes people who like collective decision-making, and turns away people who prefer individual initiatives. The association with its board, its general assembly, and its majority votes isn’t neutral. It is pushing its membership left, through its very nature, by selecting for those who enjoy collective decision-making and procedural trickery, and marginalizing those who prefer individual initiatives. This is why, if I were to found a new political organization today, I would never use the traditional Non-profit Association format, for it is not neutral and it will ruin whatever original vision you had. For this same reason, I have come to be sceptical of center-right political parties who are run by this majority vote. They’ll never be as powerful as they can be, had they instead organized by individual initiatives — because they are competing against left-wing political parties who feel right at home in this form of organization, which they usually mandated to be the norm for everyone. Full Article Activism Swarm Management collective left majority o'sullivan organization political right
x BMX Shop Stuttgart By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2009-03-20 23:40:03 In our BMX Shop in Stuttgart we offer a large selection of BMX bikes, BMX parts, BMX fashion and protection. Under the slogan from BMXer for BMXer, all our BMX Shop employees riding BMX and therefore we can provide expert advice for BMX beginners and for BMX professionals. From Stuttgart we are sending most of the online orders which we receive via our BMX Online Shop www.kunstform.org . The development of BMX is very important to us, which is why we actively participate in many BMX projects and BMX events or support them or running them by ourselves. Address kunstform BMX Shop (Stuttgart) Rotebuehlstr. 63 70178 Stuttgart Opening hours Mon: closed Tue - Fri: 11 am - 1 pm and 2 pm - 6 pm Sat: 11 am - 4 pm Sun: closed Contact Phone: +49 (0) 711/21954890 Mail: stuttgart@kunstform.org Payment Options Bar, EC-Karte, Creditcard (Visa, Master, American Express and many more), PayPal Self pick up and returns of online orders easily possible. Arriving by car / parking Unfortunately, we have no customer parking . We therefore recommend the following parking facilities: Parking Area Rotebuehlhof Each started 30 minutes costs 1.20 EUR. The maximum daily rate is 12 EUR. Walking to the shop: 3 Min Address for Navi: Rotebuehlplatz 30, 70173 Stuttgart Underground Car Park Gerber Each started 20 minutes costs 1.00 EUR. The maximum daily rate is 18 EUR. Walking to the shop: 5 Min Address for Navi: Tübingerstraße 26, 70178 Stuttgart Arrival by S-Bahn S-Bahn stop: Feuersee The easiest way to reach us is by S-Bahn, as all six Stuttgart S-Bahn (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6) stop at the stop Feuersee. From Stuttgart main station, the station Feuersee station is two stops away (duration 3 min). The transport of bicycles is free in the Stuttgart S-Bahn (except Mon-Fri 6 - 8 clock). As soon as you have arrived at the S-Bahn station Feuersee, you only need to walk towards the exit Silburgstraße and then you should use the exit Rotebühlstraße. Our shop is located directly at this stairway, so you should already see the kunstform BMX Shop (Stuttgart). BMX Shop Stockroom BMX bikes The Stockroom for our BMX bikes is located directly under the BMX shop in Stuttgart. Not only our BMX bikes are stored here, but also thanks to our small obstacles (Subrosa Street Rail, Grindbox with Wallride, Banks and Manupad) you expect especially in the winter and despite the low ceiling height some BMX ridings session there. If you also would like to ride BMX there, you are welcome to inquire in the BMX Shop Stuttgart from 16 clock, so after we are done with the shipping. However, as we get larger deliveries from time to time, it may be that the space is not always available. Driving is at your own risk and there must be at least one adult. BMX Workshop You are welcome to use our BMX workshop in the BMX shop Stuttgart to repair your BMX bike or to mount the BMX parts, which you have bought from us in the BMX shop, directly. BMX Parts & Helmets Stockroom The kunstform BMX Shop (Stuttgart) Team is looking forward to your visit. Full Article
x How to built your BMX Bike (Video) By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2011-05-05 21:02:49 If you order a BMX bike then you will get it prebuilt in a box. To get ready for the first ride with your new BMX bike you have to do some easy steps: 1. put on the bar 2. put on the seat 3. put on the pedals 4. put on the frontwheel At the how to BMX Bike Video you can see how it will look like ! Enjoy to ride your BMX Bike. Full Article
x How to change grips of your BMX Bike (Video GER.) By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2011-05-05 21:25:03 Many people asked us already how to change grips at the BMX bike. If you don't know the specialtricks then it will be very difficult. So enjoy to watch the video : how to change your grips !! For now is in german but english and some other languages will follow soon. Just check out the kunstform?! BMX Shop Youtube account at http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/kunstformbmxshop Full Article
x How to fix a flat tube of your BMX Bike (Video GER.) By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2011-05-05 21:47:49 Sometimes you will get some flat tire. If you want to get some tricks how to change your tube of your BMX bike then you should watch the video. Full Article
x How you put a new chain on your BMX Bike (Video GER.) By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2011-05-30 23:31:33 Actually it's very easy to change the chain of a BMX bike. As well it's not a big thing to make the chain shorter. But without some little tricks it can be a long way to solve this work. That's why you should watch the kunstform?! BMX Shop - How To put a chain video! Full Article
x How to put a front brake on your BMX Bike (Video ENG.) By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2011-09-24 18:40:43 Not a lot of BMX rider use a front brake. But actually many tricks like nosetap-no-footed are just possibil with a front brake and so it's just a question of time and a opinionleader will put a frontbreak and will come up with new variations and new tricks. If you want to be this leader then u should watch the kunstform?! BMX Shop How To put a front brake ! At the moment it is just in german available but will be with english subtitles soon ! Full Article
x How to install a crank on your BMX Bike (Video ENG) By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2013-02-12 15:02:24 If you decide for a new crank and you don't know how this to install, then you look at this video. It differs they in reference of structure. There are one piece, two piece and three piece cranks then again have various lengths and various axles. The axle are different from the material, the size and numbers of notchs (splines). Full Article
x How to install a bottom braket on your BMX Bike (Video ENG) By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2013-02-12 15:43:48 It will happen in the course of time, that's your bottom bracket broke down. If you do not know exactly how you should install a new bearing, then you look at this video! Basically, the bottom bracket differ in "loose ball" and "sealed bearing". The loose ball bottom bracket are installed in many cheap beginners bikes. The bearings in turn differ in different sizes. Starting with the largest outer diameter are US-BB, MID-BB, SPAN-BB and EURO-BB. The EURO-BB you recognize the screw thread and are rarely built on a BMX frame. This is important, first you have to check if you have a 19mm or a 22mm axle crank! Full Article
x kunstform?! BMX Shop at the BMX CGN Contest By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2014-07-12 10:56:05 As the last years we are proud to anounce we will have a huge booth at the BMX CGN Conest formaly known as BMX Worlds this year again (18th - 20th of July 2014). At the kunstform?! booth you can get nearly everything a BMX rider could imagine. Come and visit us on over 125sqm to shop the best bmx parts and check out some specials and goodies. Visit the BMX CGN site! Full Article
x kunstform?! BMX Shop at Highway to Hill in Berlin By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2015-05-13 23:22:54 We have send all our staff from 15 May 2015 - 17 May 2015 to the Highway to Hill BMX festival in Berlin Mellowpark. They will recharge energy and motivation that's why kunstform?! BMX Shop will be close on Friday, 15.05. and Saturday, 16.05. At Monday we will be back with new power. Thank you for your understanding and we would be happy to see one of you there. You can get more information about the event here: Highway to Hill Mellowpark / Berlin Full Article
x kunstform BMX Shop Team - Season 2015/2016 By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2015-09-16 19:24:30 We are very happy to announce officialy the kunstform BMX Shop Team for the season 2015/2016! Our focus with the choice of riders is to cover every BMX Freestyle disciplines like BMX Park, BMX Street and BMX Flatlen and to give them support and motivation. For BMX Flatland we could get Kevin Nikulski and John Krämer. Shawn Hammer from Berlin and Miguel Franzem from Sindelfingen represent BMX Park. Both of them have a very nice attitude! For BMX Street is riding David "Arthur" Biedermann, a local rider from Stuttgart and Robin Kachfi who won the kunstform "Can you Sponsor me" Video Competition. Jonas Bader and Miguel Smajlji feeling home everywhere! We have planned some projects, so stay tune! Full Article
x BMX Jam at HipHopOpen in Stuttgart By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2015-09-17 13:26:00 kunstform BMX Team at HipHopOpen BMX Jam in Stuttgart On 18th of july we did have the chance to organise a relaxed BMX Street and Flatland Jam at the hiphop open musical festival in Stuttgart! Our friend OKOO MEDIA / Gideon Merz (http://www.okoomedia.com) made a little video about our teamrider like Miguel Franzem, Miguel Smajlji, Kevin Nikluski, Robin Kachfi, John Krämer and also he catched some moments of the event! It was such a good session! Thx to all the riders which created a very postiv and special vibe during the Jam! Cheers Daniel! Full Article
x WETHEPEOPLE X kunstform BMX Shop - Get in the Van Tour 2015 By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2015-10-14 18:46:48 WETHEPEOPLE X kunstform BMX Shop - Get in the Van Tour 2015 The WETHEPEOPLE crew which consisted of Ed Zunda, Dillon Llody, Pete Sawyer, Moritz Nussbaumer and Dima Pyrkhodko did a huge roadtrip trough Germany and visited every day a BMX Shop. At 9th of July the team stopped at kunstform BMX Shop in Stuttgart. First we did a little session in our warehouse. After that we all went to BOOST Skatehalle and spend some great ridin till deep in the night! It was a very awesome time to hang up with Pros of WETHEPEOPLE and we're very happy about that good session. Our friend Sebi Nitsche did a little videoclip just to share some impression. Thanks for WETHEPEOPLE, SPORT IMPORT to make this stop in our BMX Shop possibil and of course a very special thanks to all local riders and customers! Cheers Daniel !! Full Article
x BMX Autumn Session - Shawn & Robin - Mellowpark Berlin By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2015-11-12 13:46:15 BMX Autumn Session - Shawn & Robin - Mellowpark Berlin Robin Kachfi & Shawn Hammer spend some time at Mellowpark in Berlin and made this edit for us! Nice autumn mood and chilled vibes out there! Kamera: Robin Kachfi, Meo Kunze & Markus Lange Music: Danny Brown - 25 bucks instrumental Full Article
x kunstform BMX Shop - Stock Session 2015 By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2015-12-08 10:59:21 kunstform BMX Shop - Stock Session 2015 On 5th of december we opened our warehouse to run a little bmx jam with free beer and good vibes! Well, the height of our stock room is quite tuff so we could just put little obstacles and streetrails but every rider killin in it and it was a lot of fun. At the end we were runnin a best trick contest with the following result: Best Trick: 1. Miguel Smajlji 2. Adrian Warnken 3. Robin Kachfi Best Crash: Stefan Barnickel Thanks for the support: sundaybikes & Subrosa Kamera & Edit: , Vincent Doczekala Music: Herb Shuttles - the Underachievers Thanks for everyone who was there! Daniel Full Article
x kunstform BMX Shop - sunday session - Darmstadt By www.kunstform.org Published On :: 2015-12-22 12:46:47 kunstform BMX Shop - sunday session - Darmstadt We went with few BMX riders of our team to Darmstadt to run our first sunday session! Darmstadt is very close to frankfurt and have a very nice skatepark runnin by riders! It was a lot of fun to spend a good time together! Rider: Shawn Hammer Miguel Franzem Miguel Smajlji Robin Kachfi Vincent Doczekala Daniel Fuhrmann Camera: Robin Kachfi & Vincent Doczekala Music: Foxwedding - U Should Chill Stay motivated! Daniel Full Article