Monk and nun left their religious communities – to get married

Change your whole life to marry the great love? Sounds like a pretty daring move. But a nun and a monk from the UK add to it: they saw each other only once before they decided to leave the Order. There are enough unusual love stories. Sometimes you fall in love with your former nemesis; sometimes, you look for great love with a Lego reconstruction of getting to know each other; and other times, you give up everything to be with your great love. Mary Elizabeth and Robert also took…

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Snow hits Vienna as well

Vienna’s city center woke up in a white winter dress on Saturday. During the night, a low-pressure area caused a decent snowfall. Low-pressure area “Khang,” in connection with a northerly flow, provides snowfall over the weekend, especially along the northern Alps. In the night to Saturday, even the previously snowless federal capital was affected; the Viennese awoke under a delicate winter dress. The reason for this is a pronounced low-pressure complex over Central and Southern Europe, which determines the weather in the Alpine region. In addition, a small-scale low pressure…

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Myth or truth: Better not to eat salad in the evening?

Better not to eat salad in the evening? Experts say: In combination with fat and protein, salad can be eaten in the evening. In truth, the body digests salad in the evening just as it does during the day. However, some people tolerate raw vegetables worse than cooked vegetables. According to nutrition experts, this can be counteracted by eating salad with sufficient fat (for example, in the dressing) and protein (for instance, in nuts and feta cheese). The stomach prepares the food well for digestion by combining fat and protein…

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WhatsApp: New feature makes photos much better

WhatsApp is used to send messages as well as heaps of photos. However, you must cut back on the quality if you want to send a snapshot with the app. This is to change in the future. WhatsApp reduces the size of photosWhatsApp will shrink the photos to save storage space if you want to share pictures with your contacts. An image with a size of a few megabytes then becomes one with a length of a few 100 kilobytes. This has the advantage that fewer data is used for…

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This app aims to make the waste separation even easier

A new app for waste separation aims to make it easier to dispose of packaging and its various components properly. Too much packaging still ends up in residual waste. In addition, up to 18 percent of waste is still mistakenly put in the yellow garbage can or the yellow bag. This is now set to change. The “Digi-Cycle-App” of the company Saubermacher and Altstoff Recycling Austria (ARA) aims to better communicate the handling of waste separation to Austrians, according to a statement on Thursday. New collection of plastic waste since…

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This is the best time to wash your hair

We all have a plan for washing our hair – do I have somewhere to go today? Do I do sports today? Can I go one more day without washing it? Who doesn’t ask themselves these questions every day? But have you ever thought about the best time to wash your hair? The best time to wash your hairExperts recommend washing your hair in the evening because you have more time to care for it. Especially when it comes to drying, you should take some time. When wet, the hair…

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Come back of snow, also in the eastern part of Austria

The weekend weather will be quite wintry in Austria, according to Thursday’s Geosphere Austria weather service forecast. In the eastern lowlands and on the southern side of the Alps, it will remain dry in many places except for a few snowflakes. In the morning, it will be minus nine to minus one degree; in the day, at most, it will be minus three to plus three degrees. Also, some snowfall is expected on Saturday in many regions. On the other hand, the south will be under the influence of a…

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Mask requirement in Vienna – soon to end?

The pandemic is not over yet in Vienna’s public transport system: everyone has to wear an FFP2 mask. But this could now soon be an end. Health Minister Johannes Rauch wants to abolish all Corona laws, which has implications for Vienna. The current COVID regulation is valid in Vienna until February 28, 2023. By this time, experts will evaluate how to proceed with the mask requirement in public transport, pharmacies and healthcare facilities, according to the office of Health City Councilor Peter Hacker. As it looks, the mask obligation could…

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This is how much exercise the body needs in a week

For many, walking at least 10,000 steps a day is part of a healthy lifestyle. But how much exercise does the body need every day? Ten thousand steps are not only the personal goal of many people. Even pedometers often have this number preset as the optimal value. But are so many steps necessary? At least 10,000 steps dailyThe assumption that the body should take at least 10,000 steps a day is not based on any scientific study but on a marketing stunt from 1964 when the company Yamasa took…

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