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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How to build your brand with visual storytelling :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/b8LNtvtl_8k/
Facebook to join S&P 500 index :: Slightly over a year after its stock market debut, social networking site Facebook joins the S&P 500 index, which is made up of many of the world's largest firms.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25343331#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Researchers create a more accurate alternative to Wi-Fi for tracking people through walls :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/QCLqsMgOf_4/
VIDEO Chelsea 1-0 Steaua Bucharest: Highlights; Ba Goal Secures Blues Top Spot In Champions League Group :: <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>Chelsea secured top spot in Champions League Group E with a 1-0 victory over Steaua Bucharest at Stamford Bridge. Demba Ba scored the game's only goal after 10 minutes, but again it was far from a convincing performance from the Premier League side.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/video-chelsea-1-0-steaua-bucharest-highlights-ba-goal-secures-blues-top-spot-champions-league-group
Dallas Cowboys Vs. Green Bay Packers 2013: Prediction, Betting Odds And Preview :: <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>With three weeks left in the 2013 regular season, time is running out for teams that are currently out of the playoffs. In Sunday's matchup between the <strong>Dallas Cowboys</strong> and <strong>Green Bay Packers</strong>, the loser could find themselves in a hole from which they are unable to come back.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/dallas-cowboys-vs-green-bay-packers-2013-prediction-betting-odds-preview-1505922
What Is The Syrian Electronic Army? Th3Pr0, Alleged SEA Member, Answers Questions About Mysterious Hacker Collective :: <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>Matthew Keys, the <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/reuters-fires-social-media-editor-matthew-keys-over-boston-marathon-bombing-coverage-keys-also" target="_blank">former social media editor for Reuters</a>, who was accused in March for <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/matthew-keys-reuters-social-media-editor-charged-helping-anonymous-hackers-breach-la-times-website" target="_blank">helping Anonymous hack the Los Angeles Times</a>, hosted a live conversation with someone who claimed to be a leader of the <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/fbi-adds-syrian-electronic-army-wanted-list-supporters-hac</body></html>"></a></p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/what-syrian-electronic-army-th3pr0-alleged-sea-member-answers-questions-about-mysterious-hacker
Yahoo's webmail outage continues to frustrate users :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Q8hGukF770g/
New vision algorithm will label you 'goth,' try to sell you black makeup :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Uf-3WlzS1V8/
RBS fined $100m by US regulators :: The Royal Bank of Scotland is fined $100m by US regulators for violating US sanctions against Iran, Sudan, Burma, and Cuba.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25341882#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
VIDEO Napoli 2-0 Arsenal: Highlights; Higuain And Callejon Goals Not Enough As Partenopei Cruelly Crash Out In Dramatic Finale :: <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>Napoli fell just a goal short of qualifying for the Champions League knockout phase at Arsenal's expense in what turned into a dramatic final night in a group that fully lived up to its billing as the "Group of Death."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/video-napoli-2-0-arsenal-highlights-higuain-callejon-goals-not-enough-partenopei-cruelly-crash-out
If you're anything like my wife, you'll love Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/iTeCGQn8sps/
Mexican Senate Approves Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Reform :: <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>Mexico has moved on from its 75 years of state-owned energy. The Mexican Senate Wednesday passed a bill that will open Petróleos Mexicanos, commonly known as Pemex, to foreign investment.</p>
<p>The ruling party, the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI) and its right-wing ally, the Partido Acción Nacional (National Action Party, or PAN) secured 95 votes for the measure, with 28 against, in a controversy that occupied the country since August.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/mexican-senate-approves-petroleos-mexicanos-pemex-reform-1505836
Sponsored post: The missing link in mobile :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ZidwSbnLFvA/
US State Health Rankings 2013: Hawaii Tops List, Find Out Where Your State Stands[FULL LIST] :: <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>Let's all give ourselves a well-deserved pat on the back, because according to an annual measurement of the U.S.'s overall health, Americans made healthier living choices in 2013. The <a href="http://americashealthrankings.org/rankings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">report</a>, released Wednesday, shows that Americans improved in more than two-thirds of the health factors measured, including getting our butts off the couch more often.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-state-health-rankings-2013-hawaii-tops-list-find-out-where-your-state-stands-full-list-1505834
If I had a dollar: Be a part of the story of Trees for Cars :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/pGqmSFD-lYs/
If Congress can't stop patent trolls, Article One hopes crowd-sourced funding and research can :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/q2aGqiboF2A/
WRU and regions fail to agree deal :: The meeting between the Welsh Rugby Union and the four regions ends without a deal being agreed but with further talks planned.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/25325859
iStocking stuffers: 5 great iOS gifts under $30 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/M5Dq3R6ztis/
Mexico moves to open oil resources :: Mexico's Senate approves a measure to open the state-run oil fields to foreign investment for the first time in 75 years.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25341887#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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