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All Saints Day is a holidayAll Saints Day is on November 1, so it falls on Friday in 2024. In Austria, All Saints’ Day is considered a public holiday. It has a high religious significance but is lived out to varying degrees. All Saints Day Meaning – What is All Saints’ Day, and why do we celebrate All Saints’ Day?All Saints Day is a Catholic Solemnity and thus has special significance in the Catholic faith. The name suggests that it is about all the saints. This is precisely the reason…

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By cosmic standards and quite close for its size, an asteroid hurtled past Earth on Tuesday, All Saints’ Day. Estimated to be up to 740 meters, the near-Earth object is slightly smaller than the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. Christened 2022 RM4, the asteroid is classified as a near-Earth object. Those that pass within seven million kilometers of Earth and have a diameter of more than 140 meters are considered “potentially hazardous.” Requirements met by 2022 RM4, according to NASA: The shortest distance at which the asteroid…

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Halloween has managed to establish itself in Austria. The name “Halloween” itself has to do with November 1. This is All Saints’ Day, which is called “All Saints Day” or “All Hallows” in English, and the evening before it is, therefore, “All Hallows Eve” – shortened to Halloween. By the way, this is supposed to be very suitable for prophecies. Popular are prophecies about wealth and private luck. Coins and rings or thimbles are discovered in food, the finder would sail into the harbor of marriage, or remains alone for…

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“Hello Mom,” “Hello Dad” – many receive messages from criminals. The consumer protection warns. A new message: “Hi, mom, I have a new number. I’m sending this message from (sic!) a friend’s cell phone because my phone is broken.” SMS messages like this increasingly appear on the cell phones of many Burgenlanders. In it, the supposed daughter or son states that they have lost their cell phone and asks them to contact a new number via WhatsApp. However, anyone who does this is falling into the trap of scammers. Then,…

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Coronavirus variants BQ.1.1. And XBB have a very high immune escape, researchers now warn. For the vast majority of the population, Covid-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has lost its major scare. Still, scientists worldwide remain vigilant, looking for variants that could lead us back into a predicament. According to a new study, those could be the BQ.1.1. and XBB variants. Medical expert Dr. Christoph Specht classifies whether we should be worried. Do variants BQ.1.1. and XBB with high immune escape necessitate broad-spectrum vaccines?All viruses mutate, some more…

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It is well known that a healthy diet is important for a beautiful, radiant appearance. Under the guise of the term “beauty foods,” you can find numerous foods that make you fit, healthy, and beautiful. But many people are unaware that kitchen ingredients are also helpful for skin and hair when applied externally as beauty aids. Who doesn’t know the classic beauty remedy from the tea kitchen: cold bags of black tea make wide eyes puffy when they are briefly placed on closed eyes? The addition of vinegar to bath…

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The clock is being turned again: wintertime starts on Sunday; what matters now is how to master the time change “in your sleep.” Wintertime is here. From the night to Sunday, the clocks are adjusted by one hour. But in which direction and when? We’ll tell you everything you need to know about the upcoming time change, what it will do to you, and how to keep your sleep rhythm on track. Wintertime 2022: When is the time change?The time change happens at the same time every year: On the…

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Those who celebrate Halloween in style do so dressed up and wearing makeup. However, the spooky celebration can end without evil. The “Heute” newspaper warns that spooky young fans should be careful because costumes and makeup can be contaminated with harmful substances. In addition, they are often produced in poor quality. The Food Supervisory Authority of Upper Austria regularly confirms warnings for children’s costumes and cosmetics: There is a risk of strangulation, suffocation, and flammability. In addition, heavy metals or other harmful substances may be contained. Many of the criticized…

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Statistics show that more than a third of Vienna’s population has a migration background. Most of them live in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. 1.842 million people with a foreign birthplace live in Austria, more than one-fifth of the total population. Thus, since Jan. 1, 2017, the number of people with a foreign place of birth has increased by 11.2 percent. This is according to new statistics from the Austrian Integration Fund with figures from this year (cut-off date Jan. 1, 2022), which also show the distribution of migrants in Austria (residents with a…

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