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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The trouble with Apple's Touch ID :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1B-JdXQhn8I/index.html
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NZ unveils ode to "The Hobbit" :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Q_zIB6dP0Oc/index.html
With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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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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US 'Volcker rule' set for vote :: Three years after it was first proposed, US regulators are set to vote on a rule to ban banks from using their own money to invest.
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Qualcomm Goes Apple's Way, Announces Snapdragon 410 Chip With 4G LTE, 64-Bit Support For Mid-Range Phones :: <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>In a quest to take on Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) move to incorporate 64-bit technology into the iPhone 5s, Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) introduced its new Snapdragon 410 chipset on Monday, which would support the same processing capability.</p>
<p>According to the company, the new Snapdragon 410 chip will also support 4G Long Term Evolution, or LTE, connectivity and will target the fast-growing Chinese market, where it is expected to power mid-range smartphones, starting in the second half of 2014.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/qualcomm-goes-apples-way-announces-snapdragon-410-chip-4g-lte-64-bit-support-mid-range-phones
Podcast: All I want for Christmas is a 210-inch, unfolding TV :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/OxVcckSLt6M/
Carney warns on housing market :: The Bank of England's Mark Carney warns on the housing market as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it expects house prices to continue to "surge ahead".
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Tui Travel hit by one-off costs :: Travel company Tui, which owns Thomson and First Choice, sees profits slip thanks to weak French sales and a restructuring in its activity division.
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Pussy Riot Members, Greenpeace Campaigners To Be Freed Under Putin's Amnesty: Russian Media :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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>Two members of the band, Pussy Riot, and 30 Greenpeace campaigners, who are imprisoned in Russia, could be freed under an amnesty drafted by President Vladimir Putin, Russian media reported on Monday.</p>
<p>Putin's amnesty bill, which was submitted in the parliament on Monday, will free as many as 25,000 people, according to Deputy Speaker Vladimir Vasilyev who was quoted by Russia's non-governmental Interfax news agency.</p></div></div></div>
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New China data boosts recovery hopes :: China's industrial output and retail sales rise in November, the latest in a series of signs suggesting a recovery in the world's second largest economy.
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac To Hike Mortgage Guarantee Fees; Reduces Adverse Market Fee Of 25 Bps In All States Except Four :: <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>State-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will increase the fees they charge lenders for guaranteeing new mortgage loans, beginning in March 2014, in a bid to reduce their market presence and woo private lenders back into the housing finance sector.</p>
<p>The companies will raise the guarantee fees by an average of 10 basis points, or one-tenth of a percent, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates the firms said, in a statement on Monday. The move will help the companies to reduce their footprints in the market, and ease credit risks.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/fannie-mae-freddie-mac-hike-mortgage-guarantee-fees-reduces-adverse-market-fee-25-bps-all-states
China's Retail Sales Stay Strong; Industrial Production, Urban Investment Miss Forecast :: <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>Retail sales in China grew more than expected, indicating resilient demand in the world's second-largest economy, while growth in industrial production and urban investment in November on a yearly basis were slightly lower than the expected increase, and below October's figure.</p>
<p>Industrial output in November rose 10 percent, year-on-year, missing a consensus figure of 10.1 percent and October's growth of 10.3 percent, data released on Tuesday by China's National Bureau of Statistics showed.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/chinas-retail-sales-stay-strong-industrial-production-urban-investment-miss-forecast-1501824
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