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...<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>
url: http://www.medworm.com/index.php?ridf21348&cid=ct_15_36_f&fid3726&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fresolve%2Fdoi%3FDOI%3D10.1002%252Fejsp.1905
Greek Unemployment Rate Rises To 27.4% In September :: <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>The unemployment rate in Greece edged up in September, hitting 27.4 percent compared to 27.3 percent in August, and more than a percentage point above the 26.0 percent rate reported in September 2012, even as the government expects employment levels to improve in 2014.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/greek-unemployment-rate-rises-274-september-1504276
Cost of energy hits family budgets :: The increased cost of energy has helped make housing the most expensive part of the family budget, according to the ONS
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25330582#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
You Are What Your Father Eats: Study Says Father's Diet Can Influence Offspring's Health :: <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 potential father's diet before conception may play a significant role in the health of his child, a new study by researchers at Canada's McGill University says, raising concerns about the long-term effects of current diets and food insecurity issues.</p>
<p>The research, which focused on vitamin B9, also called folate, said that while mothers need to get adequate amounts of folate in their diet to prevent miscarriages and birth defects, it's equally crucial to regulate the would-be father's diet as it could influence the health and development of the offspring.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/you-are-what-your-father-eats-study-says-fathers-diet-can-influence-offsprings-health-1504270
Shoppers shun ugly veg, says Tesco :: Customers should be educated to select not only perfect fruit and vegetables, but to look at buying "ugly, misshapen" cheaper produce, says Tesco.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25330996#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
NASA Unveils Valkyrie, A New Super Humanoid: The 6.2-Foot "She" Robot Designed For DARPA Trials Could Feature In Future Mars Missions :: <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>NASA has unveiled Valkyrie, its new humanoid super robot with distinctive female features that is expected to compete in the upcoming DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials, and perhaps even assist in future space missions.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nasa-unveils-valkyrie-new-super-humanoid-62-foot-she-robot-designed-darpa-trials-could-feature
Lloyds bank in record £28m fine :: Lloyds Banking Group is fined £28m for "serious failings" in relation to bonus schemes for sales staff.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25330366#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
FirstGroup shuns Greyhound sell-off :: UK rail and bus firm FirstGroup has rejected a proposal from one of its shareholders, Sandell, to sell its US assets, including the Greyhound bus service.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25330358#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Best Places To Work: Apple Drops To 35th Spot In Annual Glassdoor Survey, Twitter Top Among Tech Companies :: <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>Glassdoor, a Sausalito, Calif.-based job-listing website, has announced its annual list of the "Best Places to Work 2014," in which Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), one of the world's most valuable companies, slid more than two dozen places to be ranked 35, based on reviews from the company's employees.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/best-places-work-apple-drops-35th-spot-annual-glassdoor-survey-twitter-top-among-tech-companies
Stagecoach looks to US for expansion :: Transport firm Stagecoach reports a small rise in half year profits and sees "significant potential" to expand in the US.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-25330238#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
HP's new CloudSystems bundle "hardened" OpenStack :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/zeqyjhlOkio/
India's Top Court Reinstates Ban On Homosexual Acts, Says Government Should Frame A Law To Address Homosexuality :: <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>India's top court overturned a lower court's 2009 ruling that had decriminalized homosexual acts, shifting the responsibility to frame a law to address the issue on to the country's parliament.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/indias-top-court-reinstates-ban-homosexual-acts-says-government-should-frame-law-address-1504212
First woman boss for General Motors :: US car giant General Motors says Mary Barra, its product development chief, will become the next chief executive.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25322185#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
German Inflation Holds Steady In November; Helped By Low Energy Prices :: <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>Consumer price inflation, or CPI, in Germany remained unchanged in November, in line with market expectations, data released by the Federal Statistical Office showed.</p>
<p>Germany's annual CPI grew by 1.3 percent in November, the rate of growth being the same as in the previous month, while on a month-on-month basis, inflation grew by 0.2 percent. CPI grew by 0.2 percent in October, as estimated by analysts.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/german-inflation-holds-steady-november-helped-low-energy-prices-1504204
Revolution coming to a screen near you :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/RlWbgX9pirw/index.html
WRU and regions set for meeting :: Welsh Rugby Union officials will meet with the four regions on Wednesday in an attempt to resolve their differences.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/25325859
GM to stop making cars in Australia :: Holden, a subsidiary of General Motors, says it will stop making cars in Australia by the end of 2017, with almost 2,900 jobs to go.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25328924#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Beastie Boys countersue as fair use fight over "Girls" song escalates :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/nf32CiCK25A/
Google opens first Asia data centres :: Google opens its first ever data centres in Asia as it looks to boost its growth further in the region.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25328932#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
US Expresses 'Disgust' In Unusually Severe Response To Police Action Against Ukraine Protesters :: <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>Police action against protesters in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, which led to clashes at Independence Square, the main opposition site, elicited an unusually stern response from the U.S., with Secretary of State John Kerry expressing "disgust" over the Ukrainian government's decision to deploy riot police.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-expresses-disgust-unusually-severe-response-police-action-against-ukraine-protesters-1504170
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