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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Youth hostels grow up :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/wMV-JAbfqZs/index.html
The trouble with Apple's Touch ID :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/1B-JdXQhn8I/index.html
World's most corrupt nation is.. :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/eXpKjJNcjgM/index.html
Embrace mobile or fail :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/5Bp7AEtVyrE/index.html
Small town turns spaceopolis :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/AU6h50mW29c/index.html
These emeralds will make you mad :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/3tt90dZbEZA/index.html
NZ unveils ode to "The Hobbit" :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Q_zIB6dP0Oc/index.html
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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New Google Glass update includes MyGlass iOS support, Hangouts and more :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/b74vhQXGgKA/
Stackmob gets bought by Paypal :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/0lQaAv-MA6M/
GSK to stop doctor incentive schemes :: Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline is to overhaul incentive schemes following a corruption scandal in China earlier this year.
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60 Sec Tech: Facebook Rolls Out Video Ads, Amazon Finances Fire [VIDEO] :: <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 dir="ltr">Now Facebook "likes" to support causes might actually mean something.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Users will be able to donate to causes like St. Jude's Hospital and the ASPCA without navigating away from themed Facebook posts. <a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/News/773/Donate-to-Nonprofits-Through-Facebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook announced</a> this new feature, allowing altruistic users to give the gift of cash instantly through pop up menus.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/60-sec-tech-facebook-rolls-out-video-ads-amazon-finances-fire-video-1512460
Is 'Who You Love' Worse Than 'Bound 2?' Katy Perry, John Mayer And More Celebrity Couples Who Tried Working Together Onscreen :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Kim Kardashian and Kanye West need to move aside, as another couple has decided to work together in a music video. John Mayer and Katy Perry show their love for one another in their first collaboration together, "Who You Love." The couple stares lovingly at one another as Mayer sings lyrics such as "My girl, she ain't the one that I saw coming/And sometimes I don't know which way to go/And I tried to run before/But I'm not running anymore." But is it too much?</p>
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Climate Change Watch: The Banana's Days May Be Numbered As Warming Prompts Insect Infestations :: <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>Add bananas to the list of things we love that are threatened by climate change.</p>
<p>That's the takeaway from a recent Scientific American report and the conclusion of Magda González, Costa Rica's director of the agriculture ministry's State Phytosanitary Services (SFE), which oversees the Central American nation's crop of the yellow fruit eaten around the world.</p>
<p>Costa Rica is a large banana exporter.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/climate-change-watch-bananas-days-may-be-numbered-warming-prompts-insect-infestations-1512456
Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Release Date Arrives: AT&T Galaxy Note 2 And Verizon HTC One Receive New OS After Long Wait :: <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 day AT&T Galaxy Note 2 and Verizon HTC One owners have been, not so patiently, waiting for is finally here as the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update is now rolling out onto both devices.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/android-43-jelly-bean-release-date-arrives-att-galaxy-note-2-verizon-htc-one-receive-new-os-after
Top 5 States With The Most Underwater Mortgages :: <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 main theme these days in the U.S. housing market is that things are really looking up: home prices are on the rise, driven by strong investment buying and tight supply conditions. Despite the improvements, 6.4 million U.S. homeowners stilled owed more on a home than it's worth at the end of the third quarter, a report released Tuesday found. That's 13 percent of all residential properties that have a mortgage.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/top-5-states-most-underwater-mortgages-1512442
'DayZ' Standalone Steam Early Access Alpha Release: Bohemia Interactive Releases Zombie Survival MMO; Should You Buy It? :: <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>It has been over a year since the original release of "DayZ," a zombie horror survival simulation mod developed for "Arma 2" by <a href="https://twitter.com/rocket2guns" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dean "Rocket" Hall</a> in the summer of 2012. Since then, Hall along with his "DayZ" project team at <a href="http://www.bistudio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bohemia Interactive</a> has been working tirelessly on a full version of the mod. The alpha release on Monday, of "DayZ" is the result of their efforts.</p>
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Lunar XPRIZE president: 'They're going to pull this off' :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/E0mRwntol2U/
As President Dilma Rousseff Ponders Edward Snowden's Asylum, Brazilian Media React To NSA Whistleblower's Letter :: <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>NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is safely sheltered in Moscow, for now. Russia has granted him a temporary refugee visa, which will run out mid-2014. And while Snowden might still want to say -- reportedly he's filed for a permanent refugee visa -- he is also considering where to go next.</p>
<p>Brazil, which was already among his earlier options for asylum, has become the dream destination for Snowden. The South American country was the recipient of an open letter by the leaker, praising the government and calling on mutual feelings.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/president-dilma-rousseff-ponders-edward-snowdens-asylum-brazilian-media-react-nsa-whistleblowers
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