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No Air Conditioner? How to Keep Your Cool No Matter How Hot it Gets
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Now that the high temps have really kicked in, it's hard to remember that this is the season everyone longs for during the darker, colder months of the year. Ha! If your home doesn't have AC (or you are choosing to leave it off as much as possible) you can feel stuck, especially when it comes to getting a restful nights sleep.
Thankfully our readers have come to the rescue with a long list of tips ranging from from absolutely quirky (but they swear they work!) to "why didn't I think of that!?" good old common sense ideas . Bookmark this quick list of possible solutions and get started on your a cooldown plan!
Freeze a 2 liter bottle with water. Put in a pillow case and hold to your chest like a teddy. Cooling down the central core will cool down all extremities as a result. My roomie calls them "ice babies". - Novalis
I have a couple of old plastic water bottles in the freezer 3/4 filled with water. When it's really warm I fill the remainder of the bottle with tap water and take them to bed with me, creating a 'hot water bottle' in reverse. I tuck one behind my back and roll the other one in a towel for the front side and I'm pretty good to go. - Hawaiinei
When I was younger my bedroom was in the unfinished upstairs of our cape cod style house. No heat in winter, no AC in summer, but I loved the privacy! On the hottest nights I would employ window fans, and a spray bottle, set to the finest mist. When I got hot, I'd spray myself with some cool water and let the air from the fan chill me. - BrandeMT
My mother-in-law, who grew up in Houston TX—-and without air-conditioning—-sprinkles talcum powder on her sheets. She's had a/c for a long time now, but she still powders her sheets in the summertime. - Sunnyblue
I know this sounds odd but here i go....growing up i never had an air conditioner so we had to come up with ways to cool down. My number one way was always giving myself chills haha. i just use my finger tips and very slightly move them up and down my arms. within one minute you will get chills. Its usually good enough to let me fall asleep. Its been working since I was 4. - Carlyhannah
My crazy tip only works for people with long hair: I used to french braid my hair, loosen the braid at the bottom, and stuff my hair with ice cubes. I'd then pin the ends of the braids into the bottom to keep the cubes secure. (I lived in a family where my dad used to come around every night and turn off everyone's fan to save electricity). - Bee T.
Take a tip from when the cold-loving British were in hot India pre-a/c - use natural fabric curtains (linen, cotton), and leave the ends in a bucket of water. The water wicks up the fabric, and the breeze from the open window blows cool into the room. Doesn't help on still airless nights, but works a dreams with even a light breeze. - FionaAustralia
I highly recommend bamboo mats. They feel cool, definitely cooler than cotton. You may be able to find them thin bamboo mats specifically designed for sleeping in Chinatown. There are special ones for your pillow as well. I got through a few heat waves in an air conditioner-less, top floor walk-up apartment in NYC with a set my mom got for me from Hong Kong. Lifesaver. That, plus wet towels I kept in the refrigerator. - Shenge
There's something that can boost the power of a shower — using Dr. Bronner's peppermint liquid soap (specifically the liquid, not the bar). The liquid soap is LOADED with peppermint oil to the point that the menthol actually has a cooling effect on your skin, that lasts about a half hour and will help you drop off to sleep. - Empresscallipygos
If it's cooler outside at night than inside, I put my fan in the window to draw the cool air in. It's amazing how cold our bedroom gets and the gentle sound of the fan helps me to fall asleep more quickly! -MeKritterkrazy
I'm a big fan of wrapping an ice pack in a towel and putting it under the small of my back for a bit when I first go to bed. Then I'll keep it nearby during the night in case I need a quick cool down. Even though it melts throughout the night, it's still cold for at least 8 hours and definitely helps cut the heat. - Ramblingirl
When I was pregnant I used to climb in a tepid shower wearing my nightgown and get thoroughly soaked, then get into bed dripping wet with the fan blowing at me. Drastic measures for drastic times. It worked very well. On the worst nights, I'd get up in the middle of the night and stand in the shower again. In less drastic times, don't forget to use a mattress pad with no man-made fibers, in addition to cotton or linen sheets. - Dulcibella
Tuck a couple fla-vor-ice popsicles in bed with you. Sounds crazy but that's what I did in my college dorm with no AC. We used to carry them around, tuck them in tank tops, lay on them, and eventually when we got around to it, eat them. They were a life saver! - Nwatrous
Put a block of ice (in a pan big enough to catch the melted volume of water) in front of the fan. Makeshift air conditioning! -Ruffh20
My mother's house had a furnace in the basement. She would close up the house during the day and set the furnace fan to reverse, bringing cool air up through the ducts into the rest of the house. - Georgeandgracie
For me the key is to have two windows with fans... one venting hot air out, and the other bringing cool air in. Ideally, if you have double hung windows put the fan venting hot air out in the top of the window to pull out that rising heated air. - Mapchic
We live sans air conditioning as well, and since our apartment is not capable of housing an attic fan, we use those double fan units in our windows. During the cool nights, we use them to suck outside air in to cool everything down and then first thing in the morning all the fans get turned off and the curtains get closed to keep the cool air in and the sun's heat out. Now, since I can't live in darkness once I get home from work with all that nice summer sunshine to be had, I simply open the curtains and windows and switch the window fans so that one pulls in air from outside and the other pulls hot air out of the apartment. Repeat each night! - Midwest Nutmeg
I grew up in Fresno, CA in an old farmhouse without AC—now totally unimaginable. I completely agree with the daytime clamp-down...that is the best way to keep the temp from spiking beyond what you can control with fans. Room darkening drapes or thermal shades really make a huge difference. Also, I am a big fan (ha!) of reversing the fans to move hot air out when inside temp is above outside temp. I also would suggest sleeping low...hot air rises, so getting as close to the floor as possible/comfortable makes a good bit of difference. Ideally—a hammock is the ultimate summer sleep vehicle, plenty of airflow—but not always an option inside! - Barbieq
The key isn't what you do at night, it is how you regulate the temperature all the time. Always shut up your apartment during the day and turn on ceiling fans (if you have them) to circulate air. Then at night, switch to window fans. If you mess it up you will have to wait til a 60 degree night to get things back to normal. - Rahskolnikov
If the air outside is cooler than the temp inside, try this trick. In a room other than the bedroom, place a high-velocity fan so that it level with and facing out toward an open window. Open windows in your bedroom (or all rooms) and turn the fan on high. It will pull the air from the outside through the other windows and send the hot air out the window where the fan is placed. It's especially nice if you can position your bed so it's in the air flow - it feels like a fan, with air flowing over the bed. Run it for 15 to 30 minutes before bedtime, and the room will cool right down. Even if you have A/C and decide to use it, it starts the cooling process from a much lower temp, hopefully saving money. I used to do this all the time in an apartment with windows on only one side (but in separate rooms). The air would flow around the dividing wall. Another advantage - if the fan is placed in a window some distance from the bed, the sound isn't so loud, and you can sleep. - Rubylionesse
We like our house really cool (67-69). We recently had two solar attic fans installed. The past few days, we've noticed it is cooler in the house and the AC has been off the past 2-3 days. That should save on our light bill and makes the installation costs seem not so bad. - williamsweyr
I find a shower, no matter how cold the water, still increases the humidity of my place. So I opt for cool baths. It cools me right to the core and I think sometimes that I heat the water on really hot days...Oh, and coffee popsicles in the morning :) - Emtdmt
Please share your best fixes and tips to the comments - help make this a one stop shop of super chilly coolness for future hot weather suffering solution searchers!
(Image: Eleanor Büsing / Nicolas & Fabienne's Quirky and Colorful London Home House Tour)
Re-edited from a post originally published 5.28.12 - JL
81 Comments
Drink piping hot tea. People in many hot countries, i.e. India, do this. It cools the body temperature.
Jasmineisdomestic - I think the theory is that this increases your body temperature, making the difference between it and the air temperature less - therefore you feel cooler. However logical this might seem, I never want to drink a hot drink on a hot day.
Coffee popsicles! I'm definitely going to try that one :)
Three summers ago, we had ten days in a row of temperatures of close to 105 degrees.Even with fans and blinds, etc., I pretty much thought I was going to lose my marbles due to no sleep and thus crankiness. I hit upon the idea of setting a bath towel next to my kitchen sink and then sticking my head under the faucet and getting my hair soaking wet in lukewarm water (not ice cold, too much of a shock), drying my hair slightly with the towel, and let it air dry. I rinsed and repeated as necessary to get through the day. It saved the day(s)!
I drink hot tea on hot days, but then I drink it every day. Heat makes me tense, and tea relaxes. As you relax into tea drinking, you are no longer stressed by the heat.
During our rare heat waves I walk around with a wet washcloth draped over the back of my neck. It does warm up, but as the cloth dries the evaporation helps take away some of the heat. I recharge it regularly. Holding a glass of ice water against my wrists is my other refresher.
I work outdoors as a trail guide, moisture wick clothing is essential. I like to wear it right out of the washing machine so it's still damp and cool. Suntan lotion seems to keep me cool, and quite frankly, I bring cheerful items to cheer me up when it's really miserable.
Yes, hot tea (and spicy foods!) both actually cool your body. They stimulate the blood vessels in your skin to dilate and thus release body heat into the surrounding air faster. It's the same method that hot climate animals use to keep cool with large ears, etc. It's also the same reason menthol makes you feel cold - it dilates your blood vessels!
So, yeah, a spicy curry dinner in summer definitely helps ;-)
Ps the photo reminded me, don't forget your pets. Brush your cat frequently, give them cool surfaces to lie on. Plenty of water too I leave a bowl of water outside for strays as well and we give them a shaded igloo on our porch.
@PETITOISEAU I'm so glad you posted that! I thought I was weird - when it's really warm I crave curry (which I love). Luckily I live in Florida, so it happens quite a lot :)
I find that creating a through-draft with open doors and windows works the best. I like heat but I don't like stuffiness and stale air. At night though, my partner closes them all apart from a small bedroom window. We have a small beverage fridge by the side of the bed (it acts as a night stand) and keep cool drinks in there - and frozen socks. I put a pair of damp socks in a ziploc and then into the freezer. At night I take them to the beverage fridge. If it gets hot during the night, I just put them on. Sometimes we have a bottle of frozen water by the fan and that works well. It's good to cool the insides of your wrists against it too.
I find that peppermint foot lotion helps at night. Store bought peppermint lotion is not minty enough for me, so I add some peppermint to it or a heavier lotion.
I was given something called a chillow a few years back It is spnge in a waterproof case that you add water to then squeeze most of it out and seal. It's enough to cool without chilling, great as a cushion during the day too. Don't know if you can get it state side but they principle seems simple enough and no damp/wetness to deal with.
Coffee popsicles!!
I'm in Texas, and we had over 60 days of 100+ degree weather last summer. Just getting in your car after work can be dangerous. I always, always carry an insulated travel mug with ice water, which, in desperate times, can be poured across your body or head to keep you cool. (I did this a lot when I was pregnant in the summer) Running cold water on your wrists can really cool your body quickly, too, and I'm a big believer in body powder to stay cool all day and before bed. We have A/C and solar shades on our windows, but I also shut the blinds against the sun once it gets too brutal in the afternoons.
My small house can get very hot quickly. Each morning I draw the curtains across the east facing windows, open the west windows and turn on the fan. along about noon, I turn on the vent/fan from the central heater and the bathroom exhaust fan for about an hour or two. Then I close the drapes over the west windows, open the east windows and move the fan to draw in the cooler air. I leave the windows open all night and on especially stuffy nights I use the fan. As a previous poster said, you do have to be diligent with this routine, but it does work.
Can anyone recommend an attractive metal window/box fan? I can only find cheap-looking white plastic ones.
I wish we could leave our windows open. Unfortunately on almost every summer night we get the smoke from bushfires (we have a lot here (Perth, Australia), and the prevailing winds blow the smoke from hundreds of miles away right to our suburb) or the smell of the highway (just 100 yards away) blowing in, even on near-windless nights, so there's perhaps a handful of nights we could leave the window open. However, during summer our nightly temps rarely get below 80 anyway, so it kind of defeats the purpose. Winter is no better, either. Our neighbours have a wood-fired heater and the smoke blows straight into our house. I hate having to have the house closed up on a sunny, crisp winter's day when it's nearly 75 outside and beautiful and their wood heater is going full-tilt and there's so much smoke it's choking outside the door :(
A small spray bottle of Sea Breeze astringent kept in the fridge. Good for misting feet, legs, back, neck on steamy days. Lots of cornstarch (no talc - bad for the lungs). Avoid knits, i.e., t-shirts, which are always warmer than woven fabrics, as well as silk, which is very good at insulating.
Something that has helped me on hot summer vacations is keeping a bottle of aloe vera gel in the fridge. Then when you apply it, it feels super cool and refreshing with the bonus of giving your skin much needed hydration after being in the sun. You can do this with any lotion, really but I find aloe vera just feels more refreshing and I like to keep things as natural as possible.
My biggest issue in summer is getting enough WATER. I hate getting halfway through running errands and realizing I'm out of drinking water, or that what I have is warm.
Every night, fill a 2-litre bottle about 1/3 full of filtered water, then lie it at about a 45-degree angle in the freezer with the lid only half screwed on. (Yes, I have got this down to a science, LOL). Before leaving the house in the morning, fill the bottle the rest of the way and screw the lid on tight. Wrap in a dish towel. Free cold water in the car whenever you need it.
We live in Barcelona and don't have air conditioning. Now that it's finally gotten warm over here (for Barcelona standards, winter was very long!), we sleep with our windows open at night. Also be mindful of what you wear to bed. This is the time for 100% cotton clothes and I have a light linen night gown which is very cool. Also--no cuddling!
As for the day time, if you keep your blinds drawn during the day, the sun won't heat up your house very much. If you need the natural light because you're home all day or something, open them just a crack to let in the light but keep the heat out.
Alternatively, send some of that heat to me in Australia! It's still a day until winter proper and I'm already freezing :(
This post is quite an insight into people's lives. Funny, I can't help but think of how nocturnal activities with a partner would be severely limited with some of the stated options. I think even the Kama Sutra neglects to include frozen two liter water bottles.
We try not to turn on the conditioning except when it is 100F outside. We live in Astoria NY, and are lucky to have a house that has a breeze. My key on hot nights without AC, before we go to bed, we fill our bathtub with cold water above the ankles and puddle in it. It cools my core really well since all your blood flow has to go to your feet and then go to your heart again, plus we end up chatting about our days, and our son thinks its so much fun. I also use some of the methods mentioned above, such as run cold water on my wrists, and put a cold cloth on my neck. Linnen nightgowns are a MUST.
We turned on the AC as soon as it hit 80 degrees outside. It was just unavoidable. We have huge windows that get a lot of sun, and it can turn our apartment into an oven. We draw the blinds and it helps, but we give up having a nice view.
Biggest luxury ever, a midwest sleeping porch. We had a little second floor room on the east side of the house that didn't get much use. We replaced the sash windows with way bigger windows. Now on really hot nights, we drag a futon in there, open up all the windows and it's like sleeping outside.
In the area of the country I live in, there is no option- you turn on the air! The humidity is a killer around here, which worsens the pollution, which worsens my asthma. Therefore, the key to not owing your power company a small fortune is the keep the thermostat high-we keep ours around 74 degrees during the day and we have a really large ceiling fan in the great room that we also keep circulating. Once the sun is overhead, at about noon, curtains get closed to keep the cool air cool. At night the ceiling fan over our bed gets turned on. I'd love to be able to do more to reduce my carbon imprint but my health has to also be a consideration.
Get vinyl window shades and lower them half way down. You'd be amazed what a difference just blocking off the bulk of the sunlight can make!
Off topic of cooling, but on topic of the photo, can you tell me anything about the stair runner pictured here? I am looking for a modern, bright, clean lined stair runner. Is the one in the photo something commercially available, or it is a DIY? (And on topic of cooling, having spent a grad-school summer in San Antonio without AC, I believe in wet cotton clothing and a fan!)
As soon as I get home from work, I quickly rinse off in a cold shower, then run a tub or half-tub of clean cold water. Optional: add peppermint or tea-tree salts/fizzies/etc. I spend a few minutes in there, then get out and let the water evaporate off me. Instead of draining the bath immediately, I go back to it several times on hot evenings.
Being immersed in cold water will obviously bring your temperature down quickly, but even when the bath gets closer to room temperature, the evaporative cooling afterward makes a huge difference -- especially if you stand in front of a fan!
omgosh these are such WONDERFUL tips! Another suggestion I would include is....if you have a basement...just move down there for a little bit...instead of cranking the A/C (which equals to an expensive hydro bill), sleeping in the basement is nice and cool. That's what we've been doing and its great!
I live in England. We have no summer :(
I envy you all!
Our climate is usually nice enough that we can skate by without an AC but when it's brutal (August), it is brutal. We've tried many of these but our neighborhood gets hit with crime waves in tandem with heat waves. The burglars come into homes via open windows. We keep the shades down during the hotest part of the day and open up the windows once it cools outside but have to close them when it's time to (try to) sleep.
Do they still sell Sea Breeze? Going to try that and the aloe and the coffee pops...and probably that fantastic frozen french braid too :)
I go to bed with my hair wet. Showering with Dr. Bronner's peppermint is a GREAT idea, too. A light dusting of cornstarch, then slip onto bamboo or cotton/bamoo blend sheets. Works like a charm.
I keep a couple ziploc freezer bags with a flat sheet folded up in each that I keep in the freezer from May to September. When I can't get to sleep because of the heat, I just pull one out and lay on top of the bed with one on top of me. I keep 2 just in case I need the 2nd one later in the night. It's a bit shocking at first but the relief and the sleep that follows.... sigh, zzzzzzzzzz.....
I live in a small studio apartment with a bathroom that just barely fits a sink, toilet, and shower. The bathroom is by the door to the apartment, and the only two windows are at the other end of the room. The bathroom has NO exhaust fan or even room to plug anything in and put it on the floor. In the warmer weather, showering becomes almost unbearable as humidity, moisture and heat fills almost the entire apartment. Aside from taking a freezing cold shower - does anyone have any suggestions for how to the apartment cool/less humid when showering? Thanks!
AB4 - The photo is from a house tour a while back and the link is at the bottom of the article. The house tour notes that the stair runner is by Roger Oates.
@L_Doug we already broke 100 Degrees last weekend! Of course now we got a nice cool front and its been in the 70s and isn't supposed to get higher then mid 80s the next two weeks!
Will definitely be trying some of these tips out once it gets back up into the 90s. I hate sleeping with the A/C on. I feel like I'm just wasting money since the temp really doesn't make a difference while I'm sleeping. My childhood room was in a part of the house with poor installation, and my parents never even bothered to buy me a fan (I was one of those money conscious kids, so never asked for one). I'm used to the hot temperatures, but my boyfriend goes crazy once it gets into the 90s outside. I think I'll save a few 2 litters for him to fill with ice.
Here in Vegas we deal with around 69 100+ days, and the dry heat sucks water out of your system, so an AC is basically required for survival. We need to conserve energy as much as possible though to avoid overtaxing the grid.
We shutter the windows during the worst heat of the day, about 1-6 pm, and turn the AC down when we're not at home or during the night. We have ceiling fans that run night and day.
We take cold showers just before bed, and sleep with thin sheets and breathable clothing.
We do things during the evening and early morning, and take it easy during the heat of the day. We tend to avoid black clothing and I personally avoid leather shoes at all costs, rather wearing Nike Shox with mesh uppers, or Birkenstocks. I use powder over sunscreen, and avoid the sun as much as possible. I generally avoid caffeine but if I need it I drink almond milk with double strength coffee ice cubes. I eat colder foods during the summer, with an emphasis on fruits and veggies. I drink water constantly, or I'll drink Lemonade or Iced Green Tea.
We have our long hair cats shaved during the start of the summer to help keep them cool, put ice in their large water supply, we give them cool dark areas in the house to relax, and throw bags of ice on the tile for a bit to cool it off for them to lay on if they get very hot on bad days (it's good for dogs too). Both of our boys are showing curiosity when it comes to water, so there is a chance on a very hot day that they could join us one time during a cold shower! LOL
Coolest possible shower or a cool bath before bed, wet hair pinned up and linen sheets. Sleep naked. I love the fans, hate air conditioning but sometimes you just have to give in during the day when the humidity gets up around 100% for days on end.
Cover the windows during the day, I know someone who won't but complains constantly about the heat. le sigh
Love the coffee popsicle idea, so going to do that!
We also use ice jars. I keep glass jars in the freezer full of ice, I put them in front of open windows and the air blowing in is cooled by them. I always take one to the bedroom to put in front of the fan at night. I add a washcloth or any old cloth in the top to wipe down any warm areas like my forehead.
A jar doesn't last all night without thawing but it works during the getting-to-sleep period.
If you only have a shower, a person can use a dishpan full of cool water to cool the feet. Love all the ideas of living with no a/c. Such a money saver too.
I just lived through a heat wave in Montreal, and I discovered an important truth: leaving the windows open at night is essential, no matter how hot and humid is. For two nights I refused to open the windows because I thought I would just let the humidity in, as there was absolutely no breeze. My apartment was an oven, and I was losing my mind. Coming home after leaving my windows open for a few hours one late afternoon (when the sun was already on the other side of my building) made me realize that hot, "fresh" air is better than hot, stale apartment air. It wasn't cool by any means, but it made the difference between tolerating the temperature and hyperventilating.
Having a quick, cool shower right when I come home makes a big difference too. I also put a flexible ice pack in a pair of leggings and sling it around the back of my neck. I have two, so one is always ready in the freezer.
But the best thing I did was buy a tower fan. I'm sure someone here can explain what makes them different from standard pedestal fans, but it's really cooling without being as aggressive as my other fans, which means I can put it behind me while I'm working at my desk and it DOESN'T BLOW MY PAPERS AROUND. This is so, so essential to staying productive during the summer months.
a dehumidifier is a must if you live in humid areas! Keeping the curtains pulled during the heat of the day and opening the windows in the evening with fans helps a lot. Before sleeping, I used to take a cool shower and "drip dry" and would go to bed with wet hair...and powder up after drying to absorb excess moisture. I also drink tons of ice water throughout the day.
Now that I live in a big house with lots of windows and few curtains....but two A/C units, I find that I still employ a lot of these things...they help!!!
I use a sleep mask called a Chilly Mask to cool me off and let me sleep! There is also a Chilly Tube to wear during the day. A Novel idea that works great! www.chillythings.ca
I prefer the heat of the summer to the cold of winter (fortunately I live in a part of the US with mild winters). The heat index was 114 F yesterday when I got home :D , the temperature was in the mid to high 90s, but it's really humid here. My solution is air conditioning. Living in this part of the country without an air conditioner is miserable- people do it, but it's not the most pleasant way to spend the 4 or 5 months of the year that it's hot here (and a few people die from heat strokes every year). Fans help some, but in many cases there is no replacement for an air conditioner of some kind.
Thank you so much for posting this. Some new ideas here.... Last night, I slept with a cold washcloth on my head and an ice pack under my pillow.
I was a lifeguard for several summers. Last year, during my 40-hour weeks outside, I drank at least twice the normal recommended daily water, and on the hot days, brought a cooler for my guards full of gatorade, water and ice and took quick dips in the pool - staying in the pool for too long makes the water less refreshing. Getting out right away means the water is evaporating off of your skin, which cools you down in the same way that sweat does. I also walked around really slowly and stayed in the shade when I could. It can be bearable!
Stay cool, everyone!
I have been without air condition until two days ago, including the very high heat and humidity that the Midwest has been experiencing. I tried everything I could think of for my 19-year old cat and for me. By last Tuesday I was suffering signs of heat exhaustion and I thought the cat was going to die. I had tried the many tricks for myself including cold showers and cold drinks and they did help. Nothing helped the cat except brushing her but she was in bad shape when a sale item I had ordered arrived. It's a pad called a Cool Touch. I have no financial interest in this company but I do believe the pad saved the cat's life. It is an 18 x 24" pad with a gel in it. You can lay on it or sit on it and it has a nice cooling but not freezing effect. The cat climbed on it (their warmest part is their stomach and loved it). The A/C is fixed and she is still claiming it as her own. I used the other one to sleep on and it was a huge help. After a while the gel gets warm and you need to let it return to 70 degrees and then start over with it but it was a great help. There is a website called cooltouch.net and I also got mine on sale from QVC. I have been without A/C since spring and for me, this was the most effective aid, along with many items mentioned previously such as fans and cold showers.
I spent summer of 2008 in Palm Springs with no air conditioning and no insulation - plus rolling blackouts and temperatures in the regular 100Teens. We kept a 64oz big gulp cup filled with water in the fridge, and then kept washcloths inside the cup, which we would take out and wipe down with as needed.
As soon as spring hits the weather doesn't know what it's doing, we have our a/c unit on. I cannot tolerate heat, I get weird hot flashes (I'm under 30 still), so NO HEAT! We keep ours on energy saver and at 70 degrees. Our bill is about $30 a month, and our house is so cold you need a blanket at times. I love it! The energy saver mode also shuts off the unit periodically so the unit won't burn out. When it's 100 degrees every day in the summer, I the transplanted rose, with wither and die if I'm not kept cool.
Some really good ideas here.
Boosette: I can understand the method of keeping wash cloths in a big cup filled with water in the fridge, but when it comes to multiple users or even a couple, that all just sounds gross. Standing water and people soaking their wash cloths in the same water? Ewww...
Why has no one mentioned evaporative (swamp) coolers? They only work in dry environments, but ours has kept our 90-year-old house cool during weeks of over-100 degree temps, and provides a little comfortable humidity in our desert air. If you are a fresh air freak like me, you can leave windows open to direct the air flow while it's on. Ours is installed in the roof, but they also come as window units.
I just love the photo for this post...and I don't even like cats!
We have a house with no AC and a full basement, which is wonderfully cool. We prop the basement door open, and put a high velocity fan at the bottom of the steps, blowing up. It cools the place down by easily 5 - 10 degrees. That with some ceiling fans makes it very tolerable.
1. home made popsicles (less sugary and better ingredients)
2. fans with rotation function (having a fan blowing directly at you all night is not good for the bones)
3. a fast cold shower
4. don't think about it
I'm really impressed with all the work people put into this because I simply can't stand to be without AC. If I try to sleep in a room that's too hot and humid, my sinuses just close up. Being able to get some sleep is worth the increased electric bill to me.
When it gets really hot I've taken to sitting on the side of the tub and running the bathtub faucet over my toes for a few minutes. Less effort than taking a whole shower but that feels good in the heat too. I'll also turn the shower to cold for the last few seconds to feel really refreshed.
Coffee popsicles?? Genius!
Frozen grapes.
Take a bunch of red grapes. Wash them, put them in a sealed ziplock bag in the freezer, and freeze over night. If you just have about 8 or 9 of them, you will be much cooler.
You can also soak your feet in a bowl of cool water for about half an hour, or get into the bathtub and read a book sitting in half a tub of cool water.
In terms of pets, I HIGHLY recommend these cool pet beds; just fill with water, freeze and then cover with a towel and leave it out for them. http://www.amazon.com/Cool-Cooling-Large-32-Inches-44-Inches/dp/B0009EUZWA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374260398&sr=8-1&keywords=cool+pet+beds
I live in the attic of an old house with no air conditioning and a window in the bedroom that doesn't open (it's been sealed shut). We have thermal drapes that remain closed throughout the day but the window underneath open to increase air flow. Like the above mentioned, we do the reverse fan thing, sucking in as much of the cool night air as we can. I love the ideas of keep a cold water bottle to sleep with, I will definitely start doing that.
As a kid, when we would go inside after recess on a hot CO day we would all make a little pad out of paper towels, soak it with cold water and stick it on our necks - a suggestion from our teacher that did wonders.
Rub a bit of Tiger Balm on your head, temples, arms, legs. Great cooling sensation, and smells good.
Here in Southern California days are hot but nights are cool, so we run a whole-house-fan for a couple hours at night -- it sucks all the hot air out through the attic and replaces it with cool air through open windows. We don't have AC and we've been fine all summer. I keep windows and curtains closed during the day. The afternoons do get hot in the house so that's when I take my toddler out to run through the sprinkler. After she's cooled down, I leave her just in her diaper for the rest of the afternoon and her skin stays nice and cool. We're lucky we don't have to deal with humidity though!
After last summer's Derecho storm, my area was without power for over a week during a heatwave. A handful of things got me through it:
1. Tiny battery-operated fan with spray bottle attachment (from the Dollar store). I basically sprayed myself and my dogs nonstop. My mother bought me a 15 inch battery operated fan for Christmas--exciting!
2. Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Castile Soap (A coworker had given me a small bottle to try a few days before the outage (he buys it by the gallon and gives it out to spread the love). I was showering when I woke up and before bed to cool off, I also put a little on a washcloth with lots of cold water and cooled down nicely for about 15 mins at a time. That stuff is MAGICAL and smells wonderful--I still use it daily).
3. Light linen sheets stretched over the couch (my upstairs bedroom was too hot to sleep in). Our couch fabric is thick and warm and terrible to lay on during a heat wave. The sheets also offered the furniture some protection from my constant misting.
4. Ice cubes to suck on (and to save some of our food--we basically grilled our butts off on day 2).
5. Car charger--my car will charge my smartphone without the engine running. Our Mayor could only communicate to us through Facebook updates and my car charger was a godsend (especially once the water levels started dropping and neighbors were clamoring for an update).
6. Books to keep my mind occupied.
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my sister lives in california, desert side, not ocean, and runs her ac all the time--her monthly electric bills run around $1 to $2 because she has s o l a r p a n e l s :D! seriously, usually not more than 2 bucks a month.
i think it's awesome.
For those who do not have ceiling fans, or windows: To get your cool on, move into the smallest room in your apartment. Get a whole house fan and point it up at the ceiling on high. Fan breezes hits the ceiling and then bounces off the walls. The continual circulating air will drop the temps down within tolerating levels.
A trick my mother taught me was to wet washcloths, put each one in a baggy, then put them in the freezer overnight. Because of the baggies, you can carry them with you anywhere. Even though the ice melts, the washcloth says cold for quite a while.
We keep the A/C on fairly high at night, 77 F. It doesn't make it upstairs to the bedroom very effectively, though.
Since I don't mind the heat all that much I just sleep under the sheet with no blanket and leave my feet uncovered, plus I have a ceiling fan.
If it's so hot that even I can't sleep I'll put a wet washcloth on my forehead.
My husband won't sleep in any kind of warmth or humidity so he sleeps in the (finished) basement on a very comfy futon. The A/C really blasts down there plus it's naturally cooler so he even uses a heavy comforter.
We'll sleep in the same bed again during the fall, winter, and spring when we both enjoy a cold room and a heavy blanket. We don't really mind sleeping apart since we're unconscious the whole time anyway. Plus he snores.
nofunforangie's peppermint soap comment reminded me that some IcyHot on your skin might help a person feel cooler. I'd try it on my feet.
Thanks for this as well as all the comments! Need to try to cut down on the AC, I think it is dehumidifying the air in my apartment and slowly killing my lovely 7ft Areca plant! (I think it is a bit of a sad statement that I am willing to live in hot and humid Shanghai conditions just to save my plant)
Since I just moved to Shanghai, I think I will be opting for the bamboo plants somebody mentioned. They are everywhere here, and I think most of the locals don't have AC so that must be their way of coping.
I meant bamboo mats!
Some great ideas. When we lived in Australia, we used to keep a great big block of ice in the freezer and put it on a tray in front of a fan when the house got unbearable. Everyone who lives in hot climate should be aware of the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. They can be life threatening especially for the elderly.
Make a swamp cooler: get a bad sheet wet and hang it in front of a box fan. my husband grew up in Phoenix, and when their air conditioning went out that's what they did....it really cools down the air
I'm... pretty sure they do it to make them sweat, effectively cooking themselves. Because, you know, basic heat knowledge, drinking something hot warms you up. I.e., making you sweat.
Once the temperature outside gets below that inside (in the evening), I put fans on our balcony blowing in the patio door and our bedroom window. I also do this in the morning when I wake up until I go to work, then close up the windows and curtains to keep the heat out. At bed time, rinsing hands and feet in cold water helps.
Thank you so much for sharing those tips above. I will take note all of this and maybe I can try some of those if every my air condition will not work. -http://www.justairllc.com/
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DIY air conditioning - you can youtube it. You wrap a copper coil around a fan and run water through it.
I like that we are including pets. I leave my two cats a big bowl of water, and, a bowl of just ice cubes each morning. Originally I just did it so that they would have cool water a bit longer through the day as they melted, but my one cat turns out to love licking the ice itself. Btw - I believe ice is very bad for dogs, so do your own research, please.
For myself we definitely lock down with shades everyday, and open at night. Plus I sometimes wet my top sheet with a spray bottle, and sometimes wear one of those neck bandanas with the cooling gel while at home. Not stylish, but effective.
A hot beverage (tea, coffee, whatever) on a hot day is what old men tell youngsters as a practical joke. Sorry to break that to you!
Coffee popsicles, on the other hand, sound fantastic!
These tips are fantastic! One of the things I always recommend is install heat curtains. I've read that especially on windows that get a lot of sun, they can reduce about 33% of the solar energy that comes through. I have them on all the windows in my house and I can certainly notice a difference during the day. When I talk to people who are looking to save energy it's one of the first things I recommend.
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TAURUS April 21-May 20 The 9th House: People, Plans, and Projects—near and at a distance. Scintillating new ideas as well as outside-the-box concepts have your undivided attention. Tackle each idea and concept; work only with those that you can do now! SIDESTEP being difficult, if not impossible, to find.
GEMINI May 21-June 20 The 8th House: Revitalization, on all levels—mental, emotional, physical, financial, and spiritual. Allow new insights and new points-of-view to fill your thoughts. And while doing this, constantly dissolve even a hint of negativity—yours or someone else's. SIDESTEP doubting your intuition.
CANCER June 21-July 22 The 7th House: Special Arrangements; the Sought-After Contract. Everyone wants to be with you. But you tend now to be the reclusive You. Don't. Step out into the light—and let the world-at-large know precisely what you have to offer. SIDESTEP clinging to outdated systems.
LEO July 23-August 22 The 6th House: Your Working Environment and Relations with Close Associates. Gain is at hand, if you work closely with new trends and a new way of doing the essentials. Be the natural leader, but be the understanding one. SIDESTEP skimming the surface of vital material.
VIRGO August 23-September 22 The 5th House: Close Ties and Creative Matters. This has been a time of remarkable events, especially as it applies to your relationships—of all kinds. Separate the professional from the personal, before you decide what to do next. SIDESTEP refusing to let your true feelings be known.
LIBRA September 23-October 22 The 4th House: Home. This includes your base-of-operations—where-you-live and where-you-work. Know that transformation is underway, as you now grow in wisdom and insight. Stay true to your love of partnership. SIDESTEP being concerned about what others think.
SCORPIO October 23-November 22 The 3rd House: Communications. Allow for the changing, on your part, of some long-held beliefs. However, it's a good idea to keep your own counsel about this. Means that secrecy, a favorite method of yours, is still the best! SIDESTEP the sarcastic remark—yours or someone else's.
SAGITTARIUS November 23-December 21 The 2nd House: Income, Possessions, and Lifestyle. Relax that tendency of yours to be critical, especially of your own efforts regarding attempts to increase your income. Instead, turn your attention to encouraging any and all of those current endeavors. SIDESTEP a lack of direction.
CAPRICORN December 22-January 19 The 1st House: Your Personal Efforts. Step back and realize that you're in a cycle when you can actually have the desires-of-your-heart. But you must first decide what those desires are. And keep your focus on them—no matter what! SIDESTEP refusing to send an important text message.
AQUARIUS January 20-February 18 The 12th House: Secret Strategy-Planning Sessions. There's so much that you can now accomplish, if you accept the fact that an enormous amount of worthwhile activity is going on behind-the-scenes. Continue to develop those plans! SIDESTEP a refusal to let a past dispute dissolve.
PISCES February 19-March 20 The 11th House: Your Secret Agenda. Work with clarity in all matters that involve getting-what-you-want. This is a time of major list-making, as well as serious blueprinting, on your part. Enjoy the process fully; and above all, stay on course. SIDESTEP not being in the moment.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky (WHAS11)_ -- The Louisville Arena Authority took the first steps Monday to replace the management of the KFC Yum! Center. The authority voted to begin negotiations to dissolve its contract with the Kentucky State Fair Board while executing an operations management agreement with a private company.
It's a move aimed at lowering operating costs and increasing revenue for the 20 month old downtown arena.
The new Arena Authority Chairman says the Fair Board was instrumental in getting the KFC Yum Center on its feet, but the arena's reputation for great service was coming at too steep of a price.
"It's a new arena so there are some initial start-up costs that one might expect, some inefficiencies," said Larry Hayes, Arena Authority Chairman. "But nevertheless, our costs are way too high."
"At the same time they are focusing on the arena, the Fair Board has its own issues out (at the Kentucky Exposition Center). Its a distraction for them," Hayes said.
"We looked at what was working and what wasn't working," said Hayes, who also serves as Kentucky's Economic Development Secretary.
Fair Board Chairman Ron Carmicle stands by the work of the current employees and staff.
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"We've had discussions about the dissolution of our management agreement going forward and we're mutually agreeable to do that, I think our board will be if the arena authority thinks that it's in the best interest for them to go to a private operator," " Carmicle said. "So we're waiting to see what their conclusion is .. and we want what's best for the community and the state. That's our job."
A consultant's report in April concluded that the fair board's public employee salaries are too high at the arena, that some arena events are overstaffed and that some smaller events cost too much to justify opening the doors.
The management change became more urgent two weeks ago when the KFC Yum Center's bonds were downgraded to junk status, primarily because the tax district around the arena is not generating enough debt service but also amid concerns about the arena's profitability.
The deal with a new operator could include sharing profits and risk.
"If we can offload some of the risk and give us more guarantees on the revenue side, the arena authority is looking for someone that's going to help us be able to save tax dollars," Hayes explained, a public-private partnership.
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I liked Kick-Ass, but I wouldn't say I LIKED Kick-Ass, does that make sense? For all the things it got right, I couldn't get past the films seemingly blatant disregard for bouncing back and forth between a film that wanted to take a realistic approach to what it would be like if people starting dressing up in costumes and calling themselves super-heroes to then jumping into a fantasy world where the rules of reality don't apply. It may seem like a minor thing, but to me, it was a big one and one that took me out of the moment lots of times. The movie, while being a huge Comic-Con sensation, only made a small splash when it was released back in 2010. The film though, gained fans through DVD and cable and in doing so; Kick-Ass 2 was born and ready to be one of those rare sequels that surpasses the first one and gains itself a whole new legion of fans.
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Yao Ming to retire?
According to a report from Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski, Houston Rockets center Yao Ming is set to retire from the NBA:
Yao Ming, one of the seminal figures in the globalization of the NBA, has decided to retire after nine injury-plagued seasons with the Houston Rockets, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Yao played just five games last season, and hasn't been able to fully recover after having surgery in January to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. The veteran center informed the Rockets, the league office in New York and NBA China of his decision to leave the game within the past 48 hours, sources said.
The #1 overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, Yao was a global icon for the game and one of the most dominant centers in the NBA — when he played. As with many big men, the physical wear and tear of the game seemed to take its toll on his massive frame, and he battled nagging injuries for much of the past five years. (Fittingly, when browsing Getty Images for pictures to accompany this post, we noticed the majority were of Yao on the bench in street clothes.)
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Do better looking people have better personalities?
By Lisa Wade, PhD @ Sociological Images
Do better looking people have better personalities?
People seem to think so.
At one time OkCupid gave users the opportunity to rate each other twice: once for personality and once for looks. The two were strikingly correlated. Read the rest of this entry
A Year Without Mirrors
Imagine living a year without seeing your reflection in a mirror.
That's what Kjerstin Gruys did when her engagement transformed her from intelligent grad student to "bridezilla."
You've heard of the "bikini body." Well, Kjerstin fretted over not having an adequate "bride body" in time for her wedding — if ever.
As she viewed dress after dress in the scrutiny of dressing room mirrors, and through the mind's eye of her imagined wedding day — and after purchasing three different dresses — she knew she had a problem. One which echoed an earlier eating disorder.
So she pledged to give up mirrors for a year, in hopes of regaining her real values. Read the rest of this entry
His & Hers Objectification
Check out the side-by-side comparisons that show how strange it is when women and men get the same sex object treatment:
Women don't seem to objectify men the way men do women.
It's not that we're any better. We just aren't bombarded by a steady stream of sexualized and fetishized men and man-parts — that unconsciously seep into our brains. Thus, when men are turned into sex objects, it can look ridiculous.
But why's objectification a problem? Read the rest of this entry
I Didn't Want To Be Pretty
By Victoria King
Man clothes, dark, heavy makeup, scarcely a trace of femininity: that was me in high school. I hated the notion that girls had to be pretty and were valued only for their looks. I wanted people to appreciate me for being fun, funny and a good debater.
I felt like women made themselves out to be pretty idiots because they were naturally shallow and stupid.
And envious. I hated the competition between females, so I looked as weird as possible hoping no one would see me as a threat. Read the rest of this entry
Who's Ugly Rush Limbaugh?
Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.
Bunch of cows!
That's what Rush Limbaugh wants everyone to think, anyway.
I watched him voice those words as I joined my class in watching Jackson Katz's classic film, Tough Guise.
I could only wonder, "Who's ugly? Who's a cow?"
If I were Rush, I wouldn't be inviting unflattering comparisons to yours truly. Read the rest of this entry
Want "X" From Sex? So Why Do "Y"?
What do people want from sex? Most want pleasure and closeness. But they don't act like it.
Instead, they're preoccupied with how they look, what their partner is thinking, how they're performing, and what is "normal."
That's what Dr. Marty Klein, a certified sex therapist and sociologist, says in his book, Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want From Sex and How to Get It. Read the rest of this entry
Growing Up Like Skipper: On Breasts & Objectification
When you have breasts that are larger than "average" (whatever that really means) even people you don't know—males, in particular—automatically assume they have permission to comment on your boobs—"Nice tits! BIG BREASTED! Playboy-like, even"—and can touch them just because they feel like it…
Because of the way my body looked, some of my classmates thought I was sexually experienced even though I'd never been kissed yet. My date, whom I'd asked to a Sadie Hawkins Dance, stayed a polite arm's length away from me all night, later explaining, "Girls like you probably want more than I'm ready to give." I'd just been hoping that maybe he would hold my hand.
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My first Barbie was a Growing Up Skipper doll. Skipper is Barbie's younger sister.
A gift from one of my aunts during the 1970's, my Skipper doll wasn't an ordinary doll. Living up to her name, she could "grow" from girl to young woman in an instant. All you had to do was take her arms and wind them forward in a circular motion. Not only would she grow taller but her bust would get bigger. Wind her arms in the opposite direction and all of her would shrink back to original size.
At age 6, all I knew was that I had a "2-for-1" doll. Growing Up Skipper even came with an extra outfit for her older self to wear, and she had a tank top that doubled as a bathing suit. Now, when I look back I am able to see how this doll was sexualized—just like when…
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Natural Bodies Are Hard Work
by Lisa Wade, PhD @ Sociological Images
We commonly hear claims that men are naturally more muscular and physically intimidating than women. "It's a biological fact," someone might say. If that were true, though, we wouldn't have to work so incredibly hard to make it so.
@IllMakeItMyself sent in this great example of the way in which we are pushed to force our bodies into a gender binary that we pretend is natural. On the upper right part of the Men's Health cover, it reads: "Add 15lb of muscle" and, right next door on the Women's Health cover, it reads "5 ways to lose 15 lbs." Read the rest of this entry
Why Women Dress Sexy
Why do some women dress sexy, showing off their cleavage and body, but get mad when guys stare?
That's what a guy wanted to know on a forum called Date Hookup.
One woman replied,
Women don't dress sexy for ya'll to stare at…women dress sexy to make other women jealous.
But most said they wanted men to look, "but not too much."
Just because she wants the attention doesn't mean she wants a guy to be a perv about it. Looks… yes… comments and prolonged obvious stares…NO
Curious as to what my women students would say, I asked them. Read the rest of this entry
Marilyn Monroe, More Than A Sex Symbol
Marilyn Monroe would have turned 88 on June 1, had she lived. And while her star rose in the middle of the last century, she remains the ultimate sex symbol even today.
Yet she yearned to be so much more.
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Contemporary opens two shows Friday
The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center swings into fall 6-9 p.m. Friday with two exhibits opening (the group show "Sex Drive" and "Mike Howard: Good Ole Boy," paintings by the Alabama artist who made his mark in New York's East Village in the 1980s), open artist studios and a courtyard party with food and drink. $5; students and seniors, $3. 535 Means St. N.W., Atlanta. 404-688-1970, www.thecontemporary.org. HOWARD POUSNER
Art of abolition at AUC's Woodruff Library
The Atlanta University Center's Robert W. Woodruff Library has opened the exhibition "Jacob Lawrence and the Legend of John Brown."
It puts into an art historical context Lawrence's 1941 series "The Legend of John Brown," a suite of 22 silkscreens inspired by abolitionist Brown's historic raid on Harpers Ferry, Va., in 1859 that many historians believe led to secession and the Civil War.
The display panels provide a descriptive overview of Lawrence's life and work as well as of Brown's life and involvement in the struggle to end slavery in the United States.
Complementing the display are Brown publications and correspondence.
The exhibit is open through Oct. 31 but it's best to call ahead to check library hours (subject to change because of midterms): 404-978-2052. Tours of the exhibit are available; contact email@example.com or call 404-978-2067.
The library is at 111 James P. Brawley Drive S.W., Atlanta. More information: research.auctr.edu/jacoblawrence. HOWARD POUSNER
Prints in Athens by way of Nashville
The Georgia Museum of Art in Athens is hosting an exhibit with twang, "American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print," posters from the famed Nashville letterpress print shop, one of the oldest in the nation.
More than 120 historical and contemporary posters, some advertising Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley concerts and the Grand Ole Opry, as well as hand-carved printing blocks, will be on view through Nov. 6. On the University of Georgia's East Campus at 90 Carlton St., Athens. 706-542-4662, www.georgiamuseum.org. HOWARD POUSNER


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Footballer Theo Walcott has joined a campaign calling for more midwives in England.
The England and Arsenal star has signed the Royal College of Midwives' (RCM) online petition for 5,000 more midwives.
The petition currently has just over 67,000 signatures and the RCM says it must reach 100,000 by August 22.
Actress Jessica Raine, who plays the lead role in the hit BBC drama series Call The Midwife, has also joined the campaign - along with director Sam Taylor-Johnson and actors Pam Ferris, Stephen McGann and Terri Dwyer.
Walcott said: "I have grown up knowing how important midwives are because my mum was a midwife for the NHS and also worked independently. She taught mums about healthy eating and giving babies the best start in life. I support the RCM's campaign for 5,000 more midwives because we need more midwives and role models like my mum. Please support midwives and sign the e-petition."
His mother Lynn added: "There are so many sacrifices that midwives make for their profession. We don't need midwives who are bystanders with plastic gloves on. We need more midwives to empower women to help educate them to give back choices and options for women before, during and after childbirth and to teach mothers about breastfeeding and home birth."
In the last decade the number of births in the country has risen by more than 22% but over the same period the number of midwives has risen by less than 17%, an RCM spokeswoman said.
RCM general secretary and chief executive Cathy Warwick said: "We are touched and delighted that so many high-profile celebrities, actors, actresses and footballers are backing our campaign. The Government know there is a problem and a dire shortage of midwives, and are committed to training more midwives, but what is needed are more midwifery jobs."
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Health Minister Anne Milton said: "There are now 845 more midwives in the NHS in April 2012 than in May 2010, and a record 5,000 currently in training who will qualify over the next three years. We will continue to work with the RCM to make sure we have an appropriately resourced and skilled maternity workforce based on the most up-to-date evidence."