Carnival doughnut (Faschingskrapfen)

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The carnival doughnut has been a popular tradition for centuries, and it is practically impossible to imagine the carnival season without it. But what exactly is a carnival doughnut, what does it consist of, and where does the tradition come from that the doughnut is so popular at carnivals of all times?Traditional at carnival timeThe tradition of the carnival doughnut goes back to the Middle Ages. At that time, it was the case that the particularly high-fat doughnuts, which had other names at the time, were eaten in preparation for…

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Women’s retirement age increases: This is how the gradual increase will take place starting in 2024

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Those new regulations around the women’s retirement age in Austria, which will apply gradually from 2024, are not surprising. After all, the basis for this goes back to 1992. At that time, the Constitutional Court set the course for raising the legal retirement age with its decision. The aim was to align it with the statutory retirement age for men, i.e. 65. At the beginning of February, the National Council and, on Thursday, the Bundesrat, with an amendment of the Social Security law key dates finally concretized and fixed. In…

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Adapted Corona vaccines significantly reduce mortality risk

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Booster vaccination with matched Corona vaccine significantly lowers the risk of death compared with unvaccinated. Corona vaccine matched to Omicron BA.4/BA.5 is significantly more effective than a “booster” with the old un-matched Covid vaccine (reduced mortality by a factor of 5.4), a U.S. study finds. The study examines protection by matched Corona vaccines against omicron waveThe study was conducted by scientists at the U.S. government-run Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC/Atlanta/Georgio). They analyzed data on 21.3 million people from 24 states over 12 who had covid-19 between October 2021…

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Here’s what you can do about food waste

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Worldwide, one-third of food ends up in the garbage, about 1.3 billion tons. In Austria alone, 157,000 tons of food and leftovers from private households are thrown away yearly. A large part of this waste is due to incorrect purchasing behaviour. The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is also working on the topic. Gerald Reiner, head of the Institute for Production Management, is researching food waste and how retailers can prevent it. In Reiner’s studies, three main causes emerge: Overproduction due to inaccurate sales forecasts, inefficient warehousing and…

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Urgent warning – do not open this SMS message

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Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH (RTR) warns of a new scam via SMS. A new scam SMS is currently circulating in Austria. Using SMS, an impending seizure of household goods is faked to stir up fears and extort payments, Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH (RTR) informs in a release. The message contains a link to allegedly settle outstanding debts. In this way, the perpetrators try to obtain account data and thus the victims’ money, RTR warns. The new SMS scam was reported via the “rufnummernmissbrauch.at” platform. “The SMS informs you that a…

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Corona: increase in infections and patients expected

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The Covid forecasting consortium expects more Corona infections and patients in normal wards in its Wednesday update. An increase in Corona patients is expected in normal wards.Vienna. In the normal-care sector, the number of occupied beds is expected to range from 854 to 1,379 across Austria in two weeks on March 1, with a mean of 1,085 beds. As of Tuesday, 914 infected people had to be treated in normal care units in hospitals. Within a week, the number had increased by 27 percent or 192 patients. In intensive care…

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The five main foods that lower cholesterol

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Foods that lower cholesterol is divided into 5 groups.The five food groups are divided by characteristics: rich in fibre; rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) essential (AGE) Omega 3; rich in PUFA-AGE Omega 6; rich in PUFA Omega 9; added in sterols and vegetable stanols. Food group with dietary fibreFoods with dietary fibre are plant foods, i.e., vegetables, fruits, cereals (especially whole grains), legumes and mushrooms; the fibrous component that has the greatest effect on cholesterol levels is the “soluble,” and the daily amount of dietary fibre consumed in the…

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Over 700,000 sick in Austria – most severe flu wave in a long time

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This winter, more hospitalizations were due to the flu than before the pandemic. More than 700,000 people were on sick leave. Coughs, colds, headaches and sometimes high fevers: Austria was hit by a triple wave of infections this winter. In addition to Corona and the RS virus, the flu wave was particularly severe in December and January. As the Austrian Health Insurance Fund reported, there were 22,650 influenza cases in Austria between November 2022 and January 2023. The seasonal infection wave started early this winter. The first flu cases occurred…

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Windows 11 now officially runs on M1 and M2 Macbooks

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Through cooperation with Parallels, Microsoft now supports Windows 11 on Apple’s M1 and M2 Macbooks. Mac users can now run Windows with official support from Microsoft. “Parallels Desktop version 18 is an authorized solution for running ARM versions of Windows 11 Pro and Windows 11 Enterprise in a virtual environment on its platform on Apple M1 and M2 computers,” it says. Valid license requiredParallels had begun supporting Windows on M1 chips with desktop version 16.5. With the latest version, Windows 11 can now be downloaded and installed with a single…

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