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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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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Germany's ZEW Economic Sentiment Index In December Climbs To Highest Mark Since 2006; Slight Upturn In Euro Zone's Annual Inflation In November Confirmed :: <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>Economic sentiment in Germany, as measured and published by ZEW, a research group, to gauge investors' expectations for the future of the country's economy, climbed 7.4 points to 62.0 in December -- its highest reading since April 2006 -- suggesting that financial market participants are finishing the year in an upbeat mood.</p>
<p>The rise in the index was significantly higher than a consensus forecast of an uptick to a 55.0 reading. ZEW's assessment of the current economic situation for Germany also rose in December by 3.7 points to 32.4 points.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/germanys-zew-economic-sentiment-index-december-climbs-highest-mark-2006-slight-upturn-euro-zones
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Facebook To Run Auto-Play Video Ads In News Feeds, A Move That Could Annoy Many Users :: <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>Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is set to launch video advertisements in users' news feeds, a new report from The Wall Street Journal said, adding that the social networking giant is expected to make the announcement on Tuesday and that video ads are likely to start appearing on the site from Thursday.</p></div></div></div>
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UK inflation rate falls to 2.1% :: The UK's inflation rate, as measured by the consumer prices index, fell to a four-year low of 2.1% in November, down from 2.2% the month before.
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UK Inflation Hits Four-Year-Low :: <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 UK's annual consumer price inflation, or CPI, in November fell to 2.1 percent, the lowest rate in four years, according to official data released Tuesday, and missing market expectations for inflation to hold steady at the 2.2 percent rate registered in October.</p></div></div></div>
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US Stock Futures Suggest Mixed Open As Markets Await FOMC Move Amid Strong Economic Data :: <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>Markets will closely watch Tuesday's release of inflation data for further corroboration of a growing body of evidence and comments from Federal Reserve officials, which signal that the Fed is inching closer to announcing a gradual tapering of its monthly asset-purchase program.</p>
<p>The consumer price index, or CPI, for the month of November is scheduled to be released at 8:30 a.m. EST. And, according to Capital Economics, "A rebound in CPI inflation to 1.3 percent in November from October's four-year low of 1.0 percent, should ease some concerns that inflation is too low."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-suggest-mixed-open-markets-await-fomc-move-amid-strong-economic-data-1511348
Gold: All Eyes on Federal Reserve December Meeting, For Stimulus Reduction Talk And 2014 Outlook :: <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 gold market may hold its collective breath this week as investors mine for hints – for anything at all related to tapering – from the Federal Reserve's press conference on Wednesday, which comes after the two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting.</p>
<p> The anticipated news conference is the last major market trigger for gold, in its worst year for several years, before an uncertain 2014. Gold investors may look to consolidate positions and calculate returns before the end of the calendar year.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/gold-all-eyes-federal-reserve-december-meeting-stimulus-reduction-talk-2014-outlook-1510898
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