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    We recently upgraded our newsletter script so we can send now in HTML. This is nothing radical and we wont, as far as i can see, do anything else with it other then insert links, but nevertheless a nice new touch i believe. We "tested" this new functionallity today on our newest promotion we just sent out, so check your mail [if you have subscribed] (or the front page or the Trajan Forum) for more details...
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    This is so much harder than i thought, almost a week since my last weight post and i only lost 0.1 kilograms = 0.220462262 pounds, I am not eating particulary much, neither unhealthy, in fact, i eat mostly vegetables and fruits and some meat, the only hope i have is that my muscle building is just as fast than my fat loss, (although i dont really see that in the mirror), i do however feel much more energized.
     
    I finally got my first MP3 player (Ipod Shuffle which is ideal as its extremely small so doesnt bother me when exercising), it gives me the perfect opportunity listening to the Ancient Warfare podcast and to get distracted while working out... Its going to be a much longe ride than i thought but at least its fun while doing it....
     
     
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    My grandma (85 years old) was invited to have dinner with my mother, so we go there in the late afternoon to pick her up. She was almost ready, just need to brush her hair, get dressed and off we go downstairs to the car...
     
    Well she slipped at the last staircase and bang there she was lying on the floor not able to move. We tried to get her up but to no avail. So we call the ambulance, they arrive pretty soon afterwards, moved her to the hospital and there they made x-rays examinations etc...
     
    Well she has broken her left arm, and she got some bruises on her back, but not as bad as we thought at first. My grandma seems now in good hands, she got some pills for the pain, and we will of course visit her tomorrow again...It is now 11 in the evening and i haven thought of christmas once today (in austria we celebrate christmas on christmas eve)...
     
    but in any case, merry christmas to everyone...
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    You must know, in Austria, sport Nr.1 is alpine skiing. We are crazy about it. During winter season there is only one thing that will gather half of the population in front of the TV ---> a downhill race!
     
    Now our downhillers are our true superstars, and one in particular is Hermann Maier. I was looking on Google Video if there was something about him, and indeed i found the IOC promo with his monster crash in Nagano 1998. If you look at it, one is happy he survived, but as the video says, just a few days later he won two gold medals....
     
    The infamous Hermann Maier Crash of 1998 in Nagano
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    Subfora

    By Viggen,

    Now that we have our first subforum, i would like to know what other topics could we make into a subfora? Keep in mind that it should be related to the parent forum and of course the main forum should be busy enough to support a split into a more specific niche...
     
    cheers
    viggen
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    Redbull Is King

    By Viggen,

    I just read this article Red Bull wings its way past diet sodas
     
    It doesnt happen often that an austrian company is known in the USA or worldwide, one example would be PEZ, yeah you heard right, thats from Austria
     
    Now i guess everyone knows RedBull, but did you know it is from Austria? Headquarter is in Salzburg, about an hours drive from my home town.
     
    cheers
    viggen
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    White Men Can Jump

    By Viggen,

    I just watched today europe`s biggest TV Show Wetten, dass..? (which would translate into something like Wanna Bet..?). This show is one of the few i really like to watch on a regular base (its usually about 6 times a year), it has the
    , and some really funny moments on german TV.  
    Todays venue for the show was the Coliseum in Mallorca, which is a wonderful setting to begin with, the next great thing was swiss Michelle Hunziker, a beautiful women that seems to be not only pretty but also has this feel good laugh and fun person to be around. (italians should know her well she hosts there a show). Finally, eventually it has been proven, white men can jump!
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    I am doing great, much better then expected and at a much faster rate. (Just got an 20% increase)!!!
     
    I decided that I need some extra Karma , and joined the World Vision Sponsorship, thats 30 Euro a month to support a child in need! This is such a wonderful organization and if you read up on how much my (your) 30 Euro per month can change a whole families life, it makes one really humble. I could choose the gender (I have choosen a girl) the age (below 7 years) and the country (mozambique). Soon i will get per post a folder with all the infos of the little girl i am going to support now. I keep you guys up to date!
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    Under 20 Soccer World Championship in Canada
    OMG,
    something is wrong on this planet, Austria actually has a damm good soccer team for a change!
     
    Just a few minutes ago we have beaten the USA to advance to the Semi-Final. It was an excellent game with much more chances for Austria and so the win is more then well earned. I can`t believe it, we have currently one of the four best youth-teams in the soccer world
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    I am tired of not beeing filthy rich, honestly i am...
     
    I finally realized that if i continuing doing what i do, i will end up with what i already had when i was in my late teens, just enough to make ends meet...
     
    I will put an end to this, I wont take no for an answer, i repeat I wont take this szenario of my life as a given fact, because it is not, I will change, Today!
     
    You may ask why i want to be filthy rich, and if that is actually a desirable thing to stride for, (apart from the question, what i understand under filthy rich)
     
    My reasons why i am going to be filthy rich!
    (in no particular order)
     
    . because i want to read and write on Unrv.com any time of the day
    . because i want my money to work; while i sleep, while i am cruising the caribbean, while i fly to the moon, where ever i am, whatever i do, i don`t want to work, my money should do that...
    . because i want one day, pick up the phone, fly first class to London, watching whatever sensational band is playing in the Royal Albert Hall, just because i have the time and the means to do it...
    . because when i am filthy rich, i can support people in need, which i can`t right now
    . because it feels right!
     
    I changed over night, completely, at work people stare at me, i became over night a freak - and it feels great, because every day is one step closer to my filthy richness...
    I figured it out, only a few things were missing in my current life, just the small tiny things that is common sense, it is actually so stupidly easy that i wonder what i was thinking the last 30something years...
     
    The things i have discovered, that are common sense, but i never did!
     
    .make myself to the center of the universe
    .think big
    .have a plan
    .earn more, spend less
    .give before you receive
    .surround myself with successfull people
    .invest any penny wisely
    .have disziplin
     
    sincerely
    your "soon to be filthy rich" Viggen
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    Where Are People From?

    By Viggen,

    To give you some insight from where visitors to UNRV.com are coming from, here some stats...
     
    United States 60%
    UK 16%
    Canada 6%
    Australia 4%
     
    From all the USA visitors are..
    10% from California, 9% from NY State, 5% from Pennsylvania, 5% from Virginia, 5% from Texas, 5% from Florida and 4.5% from New Jersey....
     
     
    Some exotic places we had visitors from the last couple of days are....
    Tanzania, Sudan, Malawi, Cayman Islands, Uganda, Palestinian Territory, Syrian Arab Republic, Vietnam and Guam....
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    Dalai Lama Was Here

    By Viggen,

    The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, attended a ceremony on Sunday to launch the building of a Tibetan health and cultural center. Planned at Huettenberg is an international center of Higher Tibetan Studies,' which local Carinthian officials say will include 'the first and only training center for Tibetan medicine in the western world.' via Moster&Critics
     
    Huettenberg (actually in correct german its H
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    You know this community is amazing, the latest giveaway Ancient Warfare Magazine Special has already over 200 entries, (so drop quickly a line that you are interested if you haven`t yet), the amazing thing though is how many people are actually dropping a little line, "how they like the site, how they appreciate the community, how they look forward to all the freebies, the book reviews etc... but most of all, that many want to give back, they tell me almost apologetic that they dont have the capacity or the knowledge to write articles or the skills to write a review but would still like to help the site. Very often, they mention that they would like to donate a few dollars to keep the site running. (btw. i reply to each and everyone in person)
     
    Well, there it is, the Admins are thirsty page
     
    ...the cool thing about it is, that in the last 7 years we have been giving back almost all of the revenue that the ads bring in, in form of giveaways, review books etc., so if we get a beer, be assured that the community will get a big sip of it, as Seneca wisely stated "We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers."
     
    ...and now cheers!
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    ...after two months into my adventure becoming really wealthy, i experience side effects i did not expect...
     
    While the focus of this two months were to slash costs on not necessary stuff, something else happend, as i think, breath and act as if i already have those millions on my bank account, the following is happening...
     
    I seem to attract rich people
    In the last two months i had an unbelievable amount of interesting encounters with wealthy people, at the weiredest places, i think the smell of money attracts each other (even if i only have them only in my vision yet)
     
    If it wasn`t for the Euro Soccer Championships i wouldnt have turned the TV on, i don`t know if that is true, but it seems when you think of wealth, TV seems to become less attractive, i estimate i watched less then 5 hours the last two months
     
    I stopped reading my local newspaper, it wasn`t even a planned move, the subscription cancelled (fault on their site), so i had spare cash i have now the Financial Times Germany instead and read even more about wealth...
     
    Classical Music is all of a sudden really nice to listen to
     
    I get money i did not count on.
    unexpected tax refund, i find money on the street, a guy that owed me for years, all of a sudden paid back in full,
     
    ...so there you have it, more to come
     
    cheers
    viggen
  18. Viggen
    New record low since i started to check on this! 112,4 kilograms = 247,799583 pounds
     
    Just got back from the gym, 20 minutes cross trainer, 25 minutes with cardio bike and some weightes, feels good to be alive...
     
    let see if we can get below 112kg this week...
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    OMG, I am a prophet! As you can see on my previous post before the world cup, i did predict that New Zealand will loose against the french and that South Africa is going to be the next World Champion, (thats what happend) you may say Nostradamus to me!
     
    What a defensive master piece of the Springboks, and what a disaster from the english site to try (first half) to make that a kicking game, when the whole world knows the line out is Springbok-Territory!
     
    A very tense, defensive game on both sites.
    Not a pretty game, but what the heck, the Boks are world champions again Yipeeeeeee
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    World War 2 Memories

    By Viggen,

    I recently discovered some old stuff from my grandpa (who passed away about 10 years ago) in the attic. It is mostly photographs, postcards and war related documents from 1932 to 1948. I thought i share some images i scanned today over the next few weeks in my personal series "WWII Memories".
     
    The first image i scanned today is actually rather unspectacular. A simple postcard from end of January 1944. From someone unknown to me (Dr.med. Elisabeth Obladen) to my grandma. It is stamped in Stuttgart (strange enough it says Stuttgart - Stadt der Auslandsdeutschen) (something like Stuttgart - City of the foreign born Germans)
     
    The stamp itself shows an image of Adolf Hitler and it looks like it cost back then 6 Reichspfennige?
     
    Next to it is another stamp which says "Nahrung ist Waffe" (Food is a weapon?). At the bottom left there is another imprint "Der F
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    Life Ball in Vienna

    By Viggen,

    The Vienna Life Ball, Europe's most colourful charity event will take place again tomorrow. This is the craziest, sexiest, strangest ball you will ever see. It started as an AIDS Charity Event, and exploded into a fashion extravaganza that you dont see on the catwalks of Paris, Milan or New York. Unlike the Vienna Opera Ball who is the most glamarous event in Europe, the Life ball is the most colorful one. There is a huge catwalk for the first part of the event, were outside of the Vienna city hall a massive show with free entrance for anyone takes place, and behold, no unknown little designer present their glitzy stuff, no the big ones, from Thierry Mugler to Jean-Paul Gaultier, from Vivienne Westwood to Versace, each year one can present their craziest outfits. This year its the lingerie gods of AGENT PROVOCATEUR`s turn.
     
    This ball is not only the biggest charity event in Europe but also a gathering of stars and starlets of the crazy sort. If you like outrageous fancy dress costumes, this is the place to be!
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    Tweet Tweet

    By Viggen,

    The news is now out on the forum and via our newsletter (you should get it during the course of the day), we are officially Tweeting now, if you never heard of Twitter and wonder what the heck is this all about, go to http://tweeternet.com/, its basically a micro-blogging service that allows people to type in short messages or status updates that can be read by people following them. An individual message or status update is often referred to as a 'tweet'.
     
    If you go to http://twitter.com/UNRV you can see, first of all what we have written (always limited to max. 140 characters), also you see on the right hand site, Followers and Following.
    Followers are people that are following what we have to say, Following are the people that we (UNRV) are following and therefor receiving their messages.
     
    I found two authors via Twitter already (Adrian Murdoch and Caroline Lawrence are our followers and we follow them)
     
    ...in anycase if you have already an Account follow us, you might get a free map even... (read newsletter or forum and you know how)
     
    Happy Tweeting...
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    The cover story is about the 2000 year celebration for Carnuntum.
     
    Exatly 2000 years ago, Carnuntum was founded by Tiberius, and just a few years later it became one of the biggest cities of the Roman Empire. The austrian television is in the process of making a documentary of Carnuntum. They invited reenactors from all over Europe to participate in this film. The same people who make this had made in the past the award winning documentary of Oetzi the Iceman, so i am sure this will be fantastic!
     
    Here is an english link to the archaeological park of Carnuntum
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