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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Inside the Solidoodle 3D printer factory (photos) :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/BcdMnNfYoEk/
Sponsored post: Turning big data into bigger and better mobile marketing :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/3hIOFmQeLnE/
Lloyds bank in record £28m fine :: Lloyds Banking Group is fined £28m, a record for a UK retail banking operation, 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
Hilton Hotels Set For $2.4 Billion IPO, In Massive Private Equity-Backed Launch :: <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 prestigious Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc., the world's largest hotel operator, is set to launch on the New York Stock Exchange, seeking to raise $2.4 billion after markets close on Wednesday in its initial public offering (IPO).</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hilton-hotels-set-24-billion-ipo-massive-private-equity-backed-launch-1504538
Archbishop Welby meets energy bosses :: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, meets four bosses of the UK's "big six" energy companies, weeks after he criticised energy price rises.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25331003#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Facebook wants to give brands a peek into what users are saying about them :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/GLTY7XfghYE/
Why Microsoft probably won't go through with Nokia's Android plans :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/tSEeAx41e3A/
OS X video chat app Rabbit gets ready to hop onto the web :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/nCG73xYqVDE/
Sponsored Research: How empowering workers enhances business communication :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/9NOQkysri5A/
Peak Chinese Gold Demand: Has 2013 Seen The Most Consumer Appetite For A While? :: <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>Physical demand for gold in China has <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/gold-demand-western-investors-flee-record-amounts-asian-consumers-attracted-price-plunges-world-gold">skyrocketed</a> this year after prices plunged in April and June. Experts expect upwards of 1,000 metric tons to be bought by ordinary consumers in 2013, an all-time high.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/peak-chinese-gold-demand-has-2013-seen-most-consumer-appetite-while-1503724
Zavvi threatens PlayStation shoppers :: Online retailer warns gamers to whom it accidentally sent copies of the PlayStation Vita that they may face legal action if they have not returned them.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25330615#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
VIDEO: 'Bus cuts are a false economy' :: Martin Abrams from the Campaign for Better Transport tells BBC Breakfast, "to continue cutting funding for buses is essentially a false economy."
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25318643#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's India Visit: Defense Equipment A Priority, While India Hesitant To Provoke Regional Players, US :: <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>Afghan President Hamid Karzai is expected to renew a request to the Indian government for the supply of defense equipment when he visits India this week, in a move that could put New Delhi in a tough spot as several stakeholders in the region, including the U.S. and Pakistan, may find such a partnership undesirable.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/afghan-president-hamid-karzais-india-visit-defense-equipment-priority-while-india-hesitant-provoke
VIDEO: Tesco: Shoppers pick 'cosmetically' :: Matt Simister of Tesco supermarket explains that British shoppers are contributing to food waste problems by choosing fruit and vegetables that "cosmetically look better".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25318646#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Android 4.4.2 KitKat Update: How To Install The Official KOT49H Firmware On Nexus 5 [Tutorial] :: <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>Four days after releasing the Android 4.4.1 KitKat firmware for Nexus devices, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) rolled out the new Android 4.4.2 update on Monday with a set of bug fixes, making it one of the fastest firmware releases in the company's history.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/android-442-kitkat-update-how-install-official-kot49h-firmware-nexus-5-tutorial-1504330
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
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India's Trade Deficit In November Narrows More Than Expected, Aided By A 80% Fall In Gold Imports :: <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>India's trade deficit in November narrowed as exports rose and imports dropped to a 30-month low, aided by a steep fall in gold imports, data released by the nation's trade ministry showed on Wednesday.</p>
<p>India's trade deficit stood at $9.2 billion compared with $10.56 billion in October, and deficit for the April-November period stood at $99.9 billion, compared to a deficit of $129.2 billion in the same month last year. Analysts had expected the trade deficit to narrow to $11 billion in November.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/indias-trade-deficit-november-narrows-more-expected-aided-80-fall-gold-imports-1504326
Keystone Pipeline Update: Second Portion Of TransCanada's (TRP) Pipeline Moving Oil :: <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>Energy giant TransCanada Corp. (USA) (NYSE:TRP), the company that is building the Keystone XL pipeline, reported Monday that the second half of its pipeline is now operational.</p>
<p>The pipeline, named the Gulf Coast pipeline, is now moving crude. The $2.3 billion pipeline would bring more than 700,000 barrels of oil a day from the oil hub of Cushing, Okla., to Texas refineries. The project has been under construction since August 2012.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/keystone-pipeline-update-second-portion-transcanadas-trp-pipeline-moving-oil-1503334
Fin De Siècle: The End Of Western European Civilization, Power And Culture? :: <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>Western Europe has dominated global affairs for at least the past five centuries. From enormous empires built by the British, French, Dutch, Spaniards and the Portuguese spanning the world to stunning advances in science, technology, literature, art and democratic politics, nary a corner of the earth has not felt the influence of the European continent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/fin-de-siecle-end-western-european-civilization-power-culture-1503626
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