If you are 65 or over, it is important to spend most of your time in a warm environment during the winter months. There are a number of things you can do to cope in cold weather.
Keep your main living room at around 18-21°C (65-70°F) and the rest of the house at least 16°C (61°F). If you can't heat all the rooms you use, heat the living room during the day and the bedroom just before you go to sleep.
Make sure you are receiving any benefits you are entitled to, such as the Winter Fuel Payment and Cold Weather Payment.
Regular hot drinks and eating at least one hot meal a day will help keep energy levels up during winter and keep your body warm.
Finally, make sure you get the seasonal flu jab. While not 100% guaranteed, it should reduce your vulnerability to infection...
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'We police it ourselves': Group processes in the escalation and regulation of violence in the night‐time economy :: Abstract
The attempt to regenerate city centres has led to the creation of a 'night‐time economy' (NTE) based around alcohol‐led entertainment. This has been accompanied by an increase of violence. Using insights from social identity research on collective action, we argue that NTE violence can be viewed as a group‐level phenomenon. Twenty focus groups were conducted with participants who socialise together (total number of participants = 53). Participants discussed their experiences of the NTE, including violence. A thematic analysis of the transcripts drew out four ways in which NTE violence is discussed in group terms: intergroup violence, intragroup violence, intragroup intervention (escalation) and intragroup intervention (regulation). The analysis reveals that groups ca...
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She'll change how you watch TV :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ikAcLeQw0Yk/index.html
13 tips on building a coalition to tackle climate change :: How do you foster effective cross-sectoral cooperation to end climate change? Our expert panel suggests you might want to start by watching your languageTerry Townshend, deputy secretary general: policy, The Global Legislators Organisation (Globe International), Beijing, China. @terrytownshendIf you want to get the political establishment on board, watch your language: I think the biggest obstacle to effective climate action has been political, largely driven by ideology and the power of rich corporations over politicians. Political campaign finance reform is absolutely necessary but, until that happens, climate change objectives need to be expressed in language that is not politically divisive. Speak in terms of energy security, risk, air pollution, health and not climate change, green, o...
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Qualcomm's first 64-bit CPU targets lower-end smartphones :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/d-znvYdzFTE/
India stock markets buck global trend :: India's stock markets rally, bucking global trend
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US Federal Reserve turns 100 :: A short history of the world's most important central bank
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'Freeze-Intolerant' Bed Bugs Can Survive Subzero Temperatures For Days :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>As if we needed another reason to lose sleep at night. Contrary to what researchers previously believed, bed bugs, the parasitic insects that feast on our blood after we bed down, can survive freezing temperatures, meaning that exposure to subzero conditions may not be a viable option for eliminating them from our bedrooms.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/freeze-intolerant-bed-bugs-can-survive-subzero-temperatures-days-1501640
After-Hours News: American Airlines Group Inc (AAL), General Motors Company (GM), Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF) [VIDEO] :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>U.S. stocks closed higher on Monday, as the S&P 500 ended the session at a new record high, after investors continued to weigh whether the Federal Reserve will announce a possible taper scenario at next week's FOMC meeting on Dec. 17-18.</p></div></div></div>
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Retrofit for purpose: New from old :: Old buildings get a green facelift
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US Treasury Exits GM Ownership At A $12B Cost To Taxpayer, Excluding GM's Former Financing Arm, Ally Financial :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Almost five years after General Motors received its first tranche of financing to keep it from collapsing, the U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday it sold the final shares of the world's second-largest automaker, closing one chapter in the $475-billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).</p>
<p>"With the final sale of GM stock, this important chapter in our nation's history is now closed," said Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew.</p>
<p>Well, kind of.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-treasury-exits-gm-ownership-12b-cost-taxpayer-excluding-gms-former-financing-arm-ally-financial
Porn Industry Shuts Down After Fourth Actor Tests Positive For HIV :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A fourth unidentified adult film performer has tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/12/09/3037361/porn-industry-shutdown-hiv-positive/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Think Progress</a> wrote Monday. As a result, for the third time this year, the industry trade association Free Speech Coalition called for a moratorium on filming X-rated movies. The moratorium has also inspired an advocacy group to renew their fight to require that adult film performers wear condoms on set -- and have it be mandated by California law.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/porn-industry-shuts-down-after-fourth-actor-tests-positive-hiv-1501678
US Treasury lost $10bn on GM bailout :: The US Treasury sells its remaining shares of General Motors, leaving it with a $10bn loss on the bailout of the car maker.
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