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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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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Half UK 'suitable for fracking' :: A new report says UK fracking expansion will increase truck movements and water use, but that the environmental impacts will be "manageable".
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Shark Behavior Study Suggests Predators May Tell Which Direction Divers Face, Choose To 'Swim Up From Behind' :: <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>Sharks, those fearsome predators of the deep blue sea, often strike fear in the hearts of amateur divers and beachgoers alike. Well, here's another reason to worry: A new study confirms that sharks prefer to <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/science/dont-look-back-sharks-likely-approach-humans-behind-2D11759653" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pass divers from behind</a> – in other words, where we can't see them.</p></div></div></div>
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Another failed attempt to make ride sharing work in the U.S., Ridejoy to shut down :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/JA0nlCCe5Mw/
Damsels In Distress: Why Do So Many Contemporary Women Read Old-Fashioned Romance Novels? :: <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 other morning on my subway commute I sat next to an attractive young blonde woman who was reading something on her iPad. She was very well-dressed, carrying a Prada bag with tastefully applied make-up – indeed, she exuded an unmistakable air of affluence, material success and even authority. I suspected she worked as a highly-paid Wall Street attorney or stockbroker or something of that ilk. So, I was curious to see what she was poring over – the Wall Street Journal perhaps? The New York Times? The Economist?</p></div></div></div>
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What IT pros should know about Infrastructure as a Service :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/5mvs8sxTgD4/
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How feds use one "seed" and 3 "hops" to spy on nearly everyone :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ufVLivhQlQg/
Sen. Tom Coburn's 2013 Wastebook Shows How The Government Lives Large, Or Is Simply Careless With Taxpayer Money :: <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>$5 million for crystal stemware. Tax breaks for brothels. The world's most expensive dirigible. </p>
<p>That's all part of Sen. Tom Coburn's 2013 "Wastebook," in which the Oklahoma Republican outlines 100 examples of government waste that collectively cost the U.S. taxpayer nearly $30 billion. </p>
<p>In a year plagued with fiscal crises, when sequester cuts to the federal budget began to the tune of about $100 billion a year, Coburn says that, "Had just these 100 been eliminated, the sequester amount would have been reduced nearly a third without any noticeable disruption."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sen-tom-coburns-2013-wastebook-shows-how-government-lives-large-or-simply-careless-taxpayer-money
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