-ICE THE AIR: RUNNING A FAN? SET A BOWL OF ICE CUBES IN FRONT OF IT! THE MELTING ICE WILL COOL THE BREEZE, TURNING AN ORDINARY FAN INTO AN ACTUAL AIR CONDITIONER! -CLEVER COOLING SATCHET: FILL A CLEAN SOCK WITH RAW RICE, SEAL IT WITH A RUBBER BAND & PUT IT IN YOUR FREEZER FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS. THEN BEFORE YOU TURN IN, SLIDE THE FROZEN COMPRESS UNDER THE COVERS TO COOL THE SHEETS. SINCE RICE HOLDS A CHILL FOR HOURS, KEEP IT HANDY TO COUNTERACT ANY HOT SPOTS!
-WORK THE WINDOWS: WHEN IT'S HOTTER OUT THAN IN, CLOSE THE WINDOWS, PULL THE BLINDS & DRAW THE DRAPES--THE MORE LAYERS BETWEEN YOU & THE SUN THE BETTER! THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SAYS THIS CAN REDUCE THE HEAT COMING IN BY UP TO 45%!
-BACKWARD FAN RELIEF: THIS TRICK COULD HELP YOU CUT THE A/C AT NIGHT: SIMPLY OPEN YOUR BEDROOM WINDOW & POSITION A FAN SO IT'S BLOWING THE AIR OUT. FORCING HOT AIR OUT OF A ROOM IS TWICE AS EFFECTIVE AS TRYING TO BLOW THE COOL AIR IN!
-CLOSE YOUR FIREPLACE: AN OPEN DAMPER ACTUALLY SUCKS HOT AIR INTO YOUR HOUSE! JUST REMEMBER TO OPEN IT UP BEFORE YOU LIGHT YOUR FIRST FIRE NEXT FALL.
-CHANGE YOUR BULBS: COMPACT FLUORESCENTS PRODUCE ALMOST 70% LESS HEAT THAN STANDARD BULBS GENERATING THE SAME AMOUNT OF LIGHT!
AND THAT'S A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE SISTAH'S!
Personality Contacts
yvettewhiteside@clearchannel.com
Personality Bio
In 2005, Yvette Whiteside started out at a Clear Channel Radio station in Jonesboro, AR. In 2006 she relocated to Clear Channel in Memphis, TN. She has a feature segment on the Fun Morning Show called "Something for the Sistah's". Something you don't know about Yvette is that she has been a vegetarian for 11 years now and she also marched in President Clinton's Inaugural parade.
Personality Links
Wednesday 08-20-2008 8:25am CT
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
TO MY BEAUTIFUL STEVE LADD....NO MORE PAIN, NOW YOU CAN REST!
(SUNRISE: 1944-SUNSET: 2008)
I AM SO HAPPY THAT WE WERE CO-WORKERS & I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ADVICE & ENCOURAGING WORDS YOU WOULD GIVE TO ME AFTER A HARD DAY! (AND YOU KNOOOOOOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT! LOL)
WE'LL ASHLEY, STORMY, & I WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE HOSPITAL TO VISIT YOU SUNDAY! I BOUGHT A CARD FOR YOU & EVERYTHING. I GOT THE CALL THAT YOU HAD PASSED AWAY & I WAS LOST FOR WORDS!
GOD SOON REVEALED TO ME THAT HE KNOW'S BEST & TO BE HAPPY THAT I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET & WORK WITH YOU. NO MORE PAIN!!! I LOVE YOU STEVE...AND THAT'S A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR *MY* BROTHA!!!!
RIP: MEMPHIS' OWN SOUL MUSIC LEGEND ISSAC HAYES DIES AT AGE 65
(HAYES WAS FOUND IN HIS HOME SUNDAY LYING UNCONSCIOUS BESIDE A RUNNING TREADMILL & LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL)
RIP: COMEDIAN BERNIE MAC DIED SATURDAY AT A HOSPITAL FROM PNEUMONIA
(HIS WIFE BEGGED HIM NOT TO LEAVE HER & HE RESPONDED WITH "MY BODY IS TIRED")
BEYONCE & TINA KNOWLES ARE ABOUT TO ADD A JEWERLY COLLECTION TO THIER HOUSE OF DEREON CLOTHING LINE
YOUR KIDS ARE WATCHING YOU & THE TV!!!!
A SHIRTLESS KANYE WEST AFTER PLAYING BASKETBALL....SO HE DOESN'T WORK OUT!
HOOPZ COVERS KING MAGAZINE (OCTOBER ISSUE)
(FORMER "FLAVOR OF LUV" WINNER & "I LOVE MONEY" CONTESTANT)
THE SOURCE MAGAZINE CELEBRATES ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY
2008 ALMA AWARDS
WHO ROCKED IT BETTER? KIMORA VS. CHANEL
JENA 6 TEEN SENTENCED FOR NOOSES!
(Jeremiah Munsen was sentenced to four months in prison for placing two large nooses on his truck and driving past a group of Jena 6 marchers gathered at a bus depot)
MASTER P LAUNCHES BBTV (BETTER BLACK TELEVISION)
(A family friendly network that will provide positive content for a black and brown culture that will appeal to all races with a goal to bring people of color a choice when turning on their television)
DIDDY'S NEW "I AM KING" COLOGNE
DANITY KANE IN GQ MAGAZINE
VIBE MAGAZINE 15TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE RECREATES ITS MEMORABLE OCTOBER 1995 COVER FEATURING BIGGIE & FAITH EVANS!
DON CHEADLE COVERS GIANT MAGAZINE
THE OVERWEIGHT LOVER'S IN THE HOUSE!
(HEAVY D & BRANDY ATTEND AN LL COOL J EVENT)
ACTRESS MEAGAN GOOD IN A BIKINI
SAY CHEESE!!! (GUESS WHO?)
ITS A STICKY SITUATION BETWEEN LISA RAYE & HER HUSBAND AS THEY GO THROUGH A NASTY DIVORCE