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.
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Structure Data: Just the right amount of Hadoop :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/bIS7Cqqoa0g/
European markets at close: 08.01.2014 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/D8MbCy5XO38/
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Al Gore Running For Mayor Of Toronto: Can He Beat Drug Addict Rob Ford? :: <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>Al Gore is running for Mayor of the city of Toronto, Ontario in Canada. Not the former Vice President of the U.S., but rather someone (presumably a Canadian citizen) who shares the same name as the man who is obsessed with global warming The Canadian Gore is only one of more than twenty candidates who will challenge the incumbent (and crack cocaine user) Rob Ford, who has already filed his re-election papers, while bragging that he is the "best mayor" the city has ever had.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/al-gore-running-mayor-toronto-can-he-beat-drug-addict-rob-ford-1532088
London Market Report :: Retail shares pull the market lower after Sainsbury's cuts its sales forecast.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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Number Of Jobless Young Europeans Continues To Rise In EU, Euro Zone, Especially In Spain And Italy; Portugal, Ireland Managed To Bring Their High Rates Down :: <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 latest European unemployment numbers were released Wednesday and they show more unemployed youths in November than the previous year overall largely due to growing numbers of under-25 unemployed in the region's worst-hit economies.</p>
<p>Eleven out of the 20 European countries that submitted youth jobless figures had rates above 20 percent as of November, while four of them topped 33 percent. Italy and Spain have the highest rates of jobless young people at 41.6 percent and 57.7 percent respectively.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/number-jobless-young-europeans-continues-rise-eu-euro-zone-especially-spain-italy-portugal-ireland
Polar Vortex & Cold Weather Constrain Natural Gas Supplies [Charts] [Graphs] :: <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 temperatures reaching record lows across the U.S. caused by the "polar vortex," the increased demand for natural gas to heat homes and commercial spaces has constrained gas inventories across North America, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch note.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/polar-vortex-cold-weather-constrain-natural-gas-supplies-charts-graphs-1532030
PlayStation Now: 5 Questions You Need To Ask About Sony's New Streaming Sevice :: <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 2014 International CES is currently taking place in Las Vegas, and dozens of tech giants, brands and companies are demonstrating innovative new products and services. Yesterday, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_House" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sony Computer Entertainment President and Group CEO Andrew House</a> announced a new online service for its latest console – PlayStation Now. The service is Sony's latest attempt at making the PlayStation and Sony network more accessible to gamers. The next-gen PS4, which launched on Nov.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/playstation-now-5-questions-you-need-ask-about-sonys-new-streaming-sevice-1532022
Mars One Second Round Astronauts: Meet A Comedian, Sculptor, and Two NASA Scientists That Want A One-Way Ticket To The Red Planet :: <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>In late December, more than 1,000 people got notice that they were a little closer to a one-way trip to Mars in 2025, as Dutch outfit Mars One made its first round of cuts among the more than more than 200,000 people that applied to become Red Planet pioneers.</p>
<p>But is it really plausible that men (and women) could be living on Mars in just over 10 years? It's one of the longest of long shots, and there's plenty of engineering hurdles to be surmounted. But there are plenty of true believers – from businessmen to artists to scientists – willing to stake their futures on it.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/mars-one-second-round-astronauts-meet-comedian-sculptor-two-nasa-scientists-want-one-way-ticket-red
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Barnes & Noble appoints new boss :: New York bookseller Barnes & Noble appoints a chief executive after six months without a boss.
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Gabrielle Giffords Speaks Out On Recovering From Paralysis, Increasing Gun Control :: <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>Former Arizona representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head three years ago, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/08/opinion/gabrielle-giffordss-call-for-persistence-on-gun-reform.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spoke out in a New York Times op-ed</a> about overcoming paralysis and struggling to pass gun control legislation that she believes will stop others from experiencing the same tragedy that rocked her life.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/gabrielle-giffords-speaks-out-recovering-paralysis-increasing-gun-control-1531898
Yahoo At CES 2014: CEO Marissa Mayer Reveals New Products, Advertising Platform, And Acquisitions [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>Since taking over as the CEO of Yahoo Inc. (<a href="https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:YHOO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NASDAQ: YHOO</a>) in July 2012, Marissa Mayer has been on a spree of <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/yahoo-purchases-qwiki-marissa-mayer-continues-spending-spree-mobile-slideshow-app-1333941" target="_blank">acquiring smaller tech companies</a>, leaving many questions about Yahoo's strategy. At the 2014 International CES, Mayer finally revealed some of her plan, which includs new apps, websites, improvements to existing projects, and, of course, more acquisitions.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/yahoo-ces-2014-ceo-marissa-mayer-reveals-new-products-advertising-platform-acquisitions-video
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