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>
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Despite Slight Growth In Numbers, Brazilian Tourism Is Still Significantly Lower Than It Should Be :: <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>Brazil is a constant feature in travel bucket lists around the world – and those who do realize their dream, go back home already planning to return. According to Brazil's Tourism Ministry, 98 percent of visitors leave the country wanting to come back.</p>
<p>However, the numbers of tourists in Brazil are not as spectacular as one would imagine. In 2012, only 6 million foreigners visited Brazil, as opposed to 62 million in the U.S. and 23 million in Mexico. Even its small mother country Portugal, with 7.2 million visitors in 2012, got more tourists than Brazil. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/despite-slight-growth-numbers-brazilian-tourism-still-significantly-lower-it-should-be-1503936
These US Cities Will Hit You With The Highest Travel Taxes :: <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>Taxes levied specifically on travel services increased the total tax bill for travelers by a whopping 58 percent in 2013, according to an eye-opening report from the Global Business Travel Association, which reveals how cash-strapped cities have attempted to reduce debt by tossing the burden onto visitors.</p>
<p>The annual study looked at taxes on hotel lodging, car rentals and restaurant meals in the top 50 U.S. destination cities to show how these funds are regularly used to bankroll local projects that are largely unrelated to tourism and business travel.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/these-us-cities-will-hit-you-highest-travel-taxes-1504122
EU wrestles with bank rescue plan :: The EU edges towards a common mechanism for rescuing problem banks, in a drive to avoid any more taxpayer-funded bailouts.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25330432#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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
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
US Stock Futures Suggest Weak Start As Markets Pause Ahead Of Key Data Releases And FOMC Meet In Coming 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>Stock futures on Wednesday morning indicate that investors might prefer to ease off on the momentum and adopt a watchful stance as attention shifts to the Federal Reserve and its next policy move.</p>
<p>Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, or DJIA, were down 0.11 percent and futures on the S&P 500 were down 0.4 percent while those on the Nasdaq Composite Index were down 0.26 percent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-suggest-weak-start-markets-pause-ahead-key-data-releases-fomc-meet-coming-days
NSA's taste for cookies reveals the danger of marketing-driven web tracking :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/tsp7d79Mc7k/
Biofuel mix linked to diesel glitch :: The mix of biofuel in diesel is being investigated as a possible cause of unexpected power loss in cars.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25321913#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Rdio brings its Spotify competitor to 20 more countries :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/kJV5QnFjZpE/
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
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
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
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