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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EU rejects UK short-sell challenge :: The UK government's attempt to limit the extent of European Union power to ban certain financial practices fails in the courts.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25845291#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Xbox One Paid Promotions: Microsoft Responds To YouTube Allegations :: <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><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft</a> recently responded to <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/xbox-one-paid-promotions-microsoft-buys-positive-reviews-youtubers-1545007" target="_blank">allegations</a> that the company was offering money to <a href="http://youtube.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> video content creators to promote its next-gen Xbox One. A number of users have come forward to say they've received e-mails offering up to $3 per 1,000 views of Xbox One-related content.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/xbox-one-paid-promotions-microsoft-responds-youtube-allegations-1545326
Supreme Court rejects HS2 legal bid :: The Supreme Court rejects a legal bid by objectors to the HS2 high-speed rail link to force further scrutiny of the government's plans.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25839958#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
VMware doubles down on enterprisemobility with $1.2B buy of AirWatch :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/8hVwP5s7aOI/
A 3D printed house rises in Amsterdam :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/7IV8UL5J7mY/
UK unemployment rate drops to 7.1% :: The unemployment rate drops sharply to 7.1%, approaching the point at which the Bank of England has said it will consider raising interest rates.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25841570#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
London Market Report :: The pound jumps against other currencies after a big fall in unemployment raises the possibility that UK interest rates may rise sooner than previously thought.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL) Earnings Preview 2014: Airline Will Swing To Profit After Strong December :: <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>United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE:UAL), one of the world's biggest airlines, will swing to a fourth quarter profit primarily due to a surge in business over December and weak results a year ago.</p>
<p>The Chicago-based company, which reports before the market opens on Thursday, is expected to report net income of $181.41 million compared with a loss of $190 million in the year-earlier quarter, while earnings per share will increase to 49 cents per share from a loss of $1.87 per share over the same period, according to a Thomson Reuters survey of Wall Street Analysts.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/united-continental-holdings-inc-ual-earnings-preview-2014-airline-will-swing-profit-after-strong
Quentin Tarantino Drops New Project 'The Hateful Eight' After Script Leak :: <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>Quentin Tarantino scrapped his latest project "The Hateful Eight" after it was found that the script for the upcoming film, which he had shared with six people he trusted, had got out.</p>
<p>The Oscar-winning filmmaker told Deadline that he feels betrayed and will not move ahead with the project as he has "no desire" to make the film anymore.</p>
<p>"I'm very, very depressed," Tarantino told Deadline. "I finished a script, a first draft, and I didn't mean to shoot it until next winter, a year from now. I gave it to six people, and apparently it's gotten out today."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/quentin-tarantino-drops-new-project-hateful-eight-after-script-leak-1545458
Davos 2014: In pictures :: Images from the 2014 World Economic Forum
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Impressions of Davos: a rich man's world :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/nYKcac1ZmjA/
Meet supermodel who codes apps :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/xXy4njJ-4UA/index.html
Intel Media's sale: Why Intel failed with its OnCue TV service :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/OzMQsJ-FyV0/
Quest versus dos Santos on inequality :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LuuJy2bvHg4/index.html
Samsung 'infringed' fast type patent :: A US judge rules that Samsung's use of a word auto-complete feature on its handsets infringes a patent owned by its rival Apple.
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Will elite listen to Pope of poor? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/y1Co8vfFO44/index.html
Thailand Economic Outlook 2014: Political Tension Could Resolve In 4 Ways, None Allowing More Than 3% Of GDP Growth :: <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>Thailand's political unrest, which has been ongoing since October, is looking increasingly less likely to be resolved peacefully. The best-case scenario would see the Thai economy grow about 3 percent this year, analysts say, while the worst could plunge the Southeast Asian nation into a recession.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/thailand-economic-outlook-2014-political-tension-could-resolve-4-ways-none-allowing-more-3-gdp
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) Q1 Earnings Preview 2014: Profits Up Despite Slow Growth in Americas :: <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>Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), the world's biggest coffee retailer, will see earnings increase 21.3 percent October-December. While the number seems good, it's actually a conservative bet for the global coffee giant. Analysts expect to see slow same-store growth in the United States during the usually successful holiday season, thanks to low consumer demand and a change in shopping habits. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/starbucks-corporation-sbux-q1-earnings-preview-2014-profits-despite-slow-growth-americas-1545151
Genocide, Gendercide And Other Dirty Secrets :: <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>Fifty-five years ago, on Jan. 26, 1959, the French Academy of Sciences published the findings of a young scientist, Jérôme Lejeune, which proved, for the first time, a link between mental disability and chromosomal abnormality. Lejeune's discovery that Down syndrome was caused by the presence of an additional chromosome was nothing short of revolutionary. Twenty-four years later, on Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S Supreme Court ran roughshod over the laws of all fifty states by mandating the legalization of abortion. Today, 90 per cent of all children with Down syndrome are killed in the womb.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/genocide-gendercide-other-dirty-secrets-1545249
Betting On Bitcoin, Two Las Vegas Casinos Allow Virtual Currency :: <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>Las Vegas is a city that sustains itself on novelties, so it should come as little surprise that two of its hotel casinos will become the first in the nation to accept the unregulated digital payment system known as Bitcoin.</p>
<p>The D Las Vegas Casino Hotel and Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, both recently upgraded and under the same ownership, will allow virtual currency starting Wednesday morning at five on-property locations, including the two front desks, a gift shop and two restaurants.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/betting-bitcoin-two-las-vegas-casinos-allow-virtual-currency-1545341
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