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Better Options for Bad Situations DRY SKIN
// CHRISTY NUTT
Winter comes with some unavoidable irritations, but dry skin doesn't have to be one of those inevitable irritations you just accept with the cold weather. Simple showering and moisturizing habits can help relieve the ashy, dry winter blues.
Jordon Wade, a graduate student from Charlotte, N.C., says she notices her skin becoming dry as the weather gets cold. Wade says she uses hemp seed oil and natural lotions, and avoids showering everyday to keep her skin from becoming too dry.
Lee Bittenbender, a dermatologist from Lawrence Dermatology Center on Iowa St., says taking shorter showers less often can prevent skin from becoming dry. Showering with warm water instead of hot water and using less soap can also help keep skin moist during all seasons.
Bittenbender says it is okay to only use soap around the groan and armpits. "You really don't need soap all over unless you've been working in a field all day," Bittenbender says.
Moisturizing immediately after getting out of the shower helps lock moisture into the skin. Bittenbender recommends using a mineral oil before drying off and then using a lotion after drying off.
Bittenbender says the kind of lotion to use is mostly a personal preference, but the most effective lotions contain alphahydroxy acid and lactic acid.
If dry skin progresses from an annoyance to becoming red and inflamed you should see a dermatologist.
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winter the numbers for the last month s would have been higher, however, I don't think the difference in the numbers is significant."
"If you're going the proper speed, if you keep it in the
we are going the proper speed, if you keep it in the center of your lane and you don't follow too close, then you always have time and space to react."
said the ultimate reason the numbers are close is because weather
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at accidents. Monroe said in an email, "I think during a 'normal'
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for parking in city parking garages and long-term city parking lots in downtown Lawrence," the news release said.
Sergeant Michael Monroe,
from the police department's
With the construction of an apartment building at 9th and New Hampshire Streets and the proposed construction of a hotel across the street, parking downtown may soon become more limited.
Matt Cole, an employee at US Bank on Massachusetts Street, estimated that 10 of the 50 bank employees will purchase parking passes.
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Purchasing of parking permits varies from business to business.
"Most employees park on top of the garage," Cole said. Cole doubted more employees would buy passes.
to affect her parking.
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"We've purchased permits since the parking garage was built," Debbie Anderson said. Anderson said that when the business first purchased permits both the roof level and third level of the garage were open to permits. The roof level is now open for free parking.
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The office of Curtis Anderson Optometrist purchases parking permits for the three employees that work the most often.
"That made me question whether we were getting our money's worth," she said.
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owner of the Midwest Driving School, believes one reason the numbers are so close is because of effective planning last winter.
Anderson said the only time she has trouble parking in the garage is during parades.
Weather didn't play a role in Kendall Clark's October accident, but lack of attention did.
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winter weather has kept most or the snow and ice away, but one thing not absent this winter is traffic accidents.
"We were coming back from Wendy's on 23rd, and I was messing with the radio," Clark said, a sophomore from Augusta.
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Records from the Lawrence Police Department show 796 traffic accidents occurring from November 1, 2011 to January 16, 2012. This number is down 36 accidents when compared to last winter which had 832 traffic accidents occurring from November 1, 2010 to January 16, 2011.
"Inattention is the biggest cause of accidents in Lawrence" Monroe said.
The average December temperature in 2011 was 35 degrees for Lawrence, five degrees warmer than it was in 2010, when December's average was 30 degrees, according to weatherdatadepot.com.
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"My friend yelled, 'We're stopping,' Clark said. "By the time I
doesn't play the largest role in why accidents occur.
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are the most Lawrence,
If you see him, our rearview mirror, you always have someone right behind you," Krull said. "I think getting rear ended is the most common in Lawrence because of that."
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"You have to focus on the road," Krull said. "If you're going the proper speed, if you keep it in the center of your lane and you don't follow too close, then you always have time and space to react."
Regardless of the weather, Krull believes paying attention makes the biggest difference, and most accidents or serious injuries can be avoided by doing a few basic things.
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