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RAVE For the city of Seattle and the project team that worked so hard over many years restoring King Street Station to transform it from dreary to beautiful, something we can all be proud of. Now let's see more trains using it!
RANT AND RAVE Rant to whoever broke into our car parked in front of our house. Rave to them since, while checking to see what had been taken, I looked at the registration and realized we'd neglected to renew our tabs, which we took care of that very day. So, thank you, thieves, for what you saved us: a hefty fine vs. only the lemon drops and hand lotion you took.
RAVE For Sandy, who parked her car and stood with me after she witnessed my car T-boned by a man running a red light in a busy Woodinville intersection. After we gave our stories to the police officer, she waited with me for an hour until my car was towed away, then gave me a ride home to Kenmore. Her kindness and generosity made a difficult situation much easier to bear.
RANT To all you Seattle hipsters who burn backyard bonfires, filling your neighbors' houses with smoke that prevents us from opening our windows on warm nights. A bigger rant to the city for not enforcing the Seattle fire code.
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RAVE To the sweet person who left the little rock in my front garden with the word SMILE painted on it. I did and I thank you every time I see it!
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Tips lead to arrest of two men in auction burglary
Delaware State Police, with the help of numerous anonymous tips, have arrested two men they say broke into Wilson's Auction and stole about $4,000 in cash and jewelry from a safe on Aug. 4.
After surveillance footage of the men was released, Master Cpl. Gary Fournier of the Delaware State Police said a caller told police they spotted one of the men at 1 p.m. Aug. 6 outside Harrington Raceway and Casino.
Christopher J. Carter, 22, of Milford fled on foot when a trooper arrived at the casino; he was caught nearby, and police found eight small bags of heroin on him, Fournier said.
Police charged him with third-degree burglary, theft of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, theft over $1,500, second-degree conspiracy, resisting arrest and drug charges. He was committed to Sussex Correctional Institution in default of $19,000 secured bond.
On Aug. 8, police found Christopher Willey, 22, of Lincoln at 9:20 a.m. at the Red Mill Inn on Coastal Highway in Lewes.
Police charged Willey with third-degree burglary, theft of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, theft over $1,500 and second-degree conspiracy. Willey's bond information was not available.
Fournier said a fully loaded .357 revolver removed from the safe remains missing.


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The Week Ahead in Hatter Country
Stetson University is humming with many wonderful opportunities for fun, recreation and culture! The following is a list of just some of what's happening this next week at Stetson:
Opening Art Reception for Bluemner Art and Video Exhibitions: Friday, Jan. 25, 6 p.m. in Hand Art Center. Featuring:Oscar Bluemner's Germany: Juxtaposing Jerichow and Bill Viola: The Reflecting Pool. The reception is open to the public and a cultural credit opportunity.
Rec Fest: Saturday, Jan. 26. Rec Fest will offer many non-traditional games and fitness opportunities for students 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Come out and try your hand at one of the games or learn more about the programs that are offered through Campus Rec or join a Club Sports team. Games offered: Minute to Win it Games, Four Square Free Throw Contest, Cornhole, Gnip Gnop Radar Speed Throw, Standing Broad Jump Vertical Jump Jenga (LIFESIZE), Group X Classes, Spin Classes, ROTC Bootcamp, Men's Fitness Class, Tai Chi and many more!
Sunday Chapel: Join Stetson friends, colleagues, and Chaplain Michael Fronk for a non-denominational service every Sunday from 5:30 to 6 p.m. in Lee Chapel. Everyone is welcome!
Catholic Campus Ministry: Tuesday, Jan. 29, 8-9 p.m., Allen Hall.
Marine Recruiting Visit: Officer Selection Office for the Marines will visit Stetson for on-campus recruitment Thursday, Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Interested students can meet a recruiter at the CUB steps.
Bookfeast: Thursday, Jan. 31, 4:30-6 p.m. Dr. Peppers-Bates will lead a bookfeast on White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son is a book by activist & writer Tim Wise. Free refreshments will be provided. For more information about where to pick up a free copy of the book, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Cultural credit opportunity.
Salt for Svanetia: The Russian Studies Center will be hosting a screening of "Salt for Svanetia" on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. in Library 25L. Cultural credit opportunity.
"Mama Broke into Our House: How Real Events Get into Fiction" –Thursday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in Lee Chapel. Public lecture by author/musician Clyde Edgerton. Cultural credit opportunity.
Poetry at an Uncouth Hour: Thursday, Jan. 31, 9 p.m. Join us for a poetry reading in Nite Lights. Cultural credit opportunity.
Kaleidoscope Community Builder: Thursday, Jan. 31, 9 p.m.-midnight, Tri-C.
Discovery Reception: All Discovery majors are invited to join the office of Career Development and Academic Advising for a welcome back reception to learn about the exciting spring programs. Friday, Feb. 1, 2:30-3 p.m. in the Private Dining Room, CUB 240.
17th Annual Piano Scholars Festival: Stetson will host the 17th Annual Piano Scholars Festival, Friday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel. Guest recital by Sharyn Edwards, piano. Free to Stetson faculty, students, staff. Cultural credit opportunity.


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The Cyclones enter the 2013 season after its fifth trip to the NCAA Regional Semifinals in the last seven seasons. The 2012 team finished 22-8 overall with a 13-3 conference record to finish second in the league.
Iowa State returns two American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Americans to the 2013 squad in libero Kristen Hahn, who is also the two-time defending Big 12 Libero of the Year, and outside hitter Victoria Hurtt. Both earned 2012 All-Big 12 honors and both were unanimous 2013 Preseason All-Big 12 choices. Sophomore Mackenzie Bigbee, the 2012 Big 12 and AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year, joined Hahn and Hurtt on the Preseason All-Big 12 team.
The scrimmage also gives Cyclone fans the chance to see the newcomers to the Iowa State program. The 2013 Cyclones feature three newcomers in Ciara Capezio, Maria Fruechte and Samara West. Morgan Kuhrt and Natalie Vondrak will be back on the floor for Iowa State as redshirt freshmen after having sat out the 2012 season.
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Actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who forayed into films after doing television, has no qualms about again working for the small screen provided the work being offered is good.
At the DVD launch of his debut film "Kai Po Che!" when asked if he has been approached for new chapters of TV serials "Punar Vivah" and "Pavitra Rishta", Sushant said, "I haven't been approached till now. But if I am then I will definitely think about it."
"Wherever there is good work I will work, whether it is films or TV," he added.
Sushant says life after "Kai Po Che!" has changed a lot and now he gets to choose from better scripts.
"Life has definitely changed and my bank balance also. I feel good. The scripts I was being offered before 'Kai Po Che' and the ones I am getting now are very different and I am very excited," the 27-year-old who is seeing Ankita Lokhande said here.
"The films that I get to choose now are from among the good scripts. In that sense the success of 'Kai Po Che!' has been good," he added.
Sushant currently has a Yash Raj untitled film and Rajkumar Hirani's "Peekay."
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This thread is continued from the NVBD Competition thread.
Leana wrote: "My response [to] the the hairy armpits. There is nothing wrong with not shaving personaly but it is unprofessional and the majority of the population finds it very offensive."
~~I have to say that, on stage and elsewhere, what is and isn't professional should be and always eventually is determined by the creaters of the art. You cannot have a show without the dancers, and in UNMATA's case, we ARE the choreographers, dancers, and sometimes the musicians....So while traditional stage etiquette for dancers may *suggest* we cover up what naturally occurs on the body (head, underarms, legs, etc.) it also suggests we wear pink tights, shoes that reform the bones of the foot, or even leotards which do not leave any such thing as chilly nipples to the imagination.
~~All standards were once controversial, and are based on pivotal moments when individuals or groups felt confident enough in what they stood for that they did not bend to the unfair restraints of the norm.
Leana also wrote: "I know many men that trim and groom their body hair for it is a very personal thing."
~~I also know quite a few men who trim or shave all together. My point is that it is broadly accepted for men to choose, while with women, it is broadly assumed that if they do not shave they are unclean, unattractive, and socially unfit.
Leana wrote: "Until the rest of the U.S. changes their opinion on body hair it would be best to cover it up in a truly professional performance."
Imagine life for women without the people who were willing to take a tomato in the face for a woman's right to own land, to vote, to get paid equally for doing the same job as her male colleage, to call the cops if she was abused by her husband, or to seek help when raped by a stranger.
While I respect your opinion about what you feel is proper on stage, I must disagree with your comment that it is best to cover it up until they change. I feel that to truly perform dance, you must be able to be *yourself* onstage and express yourself through movement.
And I believe that in competitions, the judges panel should provide an equal opportunity for all dancers involved, and while they should consider costuming, it should be based on this question: How does the costume contribute to the overall effect of the piece? Not: How closely related to the Hollywood-created "bellydancer stereotype" are this group's costumes?
Leana wrote: "My response [to] the the hairy armpits. There is nothing wrong with not shaving personaly but it is unprofessional and the majority of the population finds it very offensive."
~~I have to say that, on stage and elsewhere, what is and isn't professional should be and always eventually is determined by the creaters of the art. You cannot have a show without the dancers, and in UNMATA's case, we ARE the choreographers, dancers, and sometimes the musicians....So while traditional stage etiquette for dancers may *suggest* we cover up what naturally occurs on the body (head, underarms, legs, etc.) it also suggests we wear pink tights, shoes that reform the bones of the foot, or even leotards which do not leave any such thing as chilly nipples to the imagination.
~~All standards were once controversial, and are based on pivotal moments when individuals or groups felt confident enough in what they stood for that they did not bend to the unfair restraints of the norm.
Leana also wrote: "I know many men that trim and groom their body hair for it is a very personal thing."
~~I also know quite a few men who trim or shave all together. My point is that it is broadly accepted for men to choose, while with women, it is broadly assumed that if they do not shave they are unclean, unattractive, and socially unfit.
Leana wrote: "Until the rest of the U.S. changes their opinion on body hair it would be best to cover it up in a truly professional performance."
Imagine life for women without the people who were willing to take a tomato in the face for a woman's right to own land, to vote, to get paid equally for doing the same job as her male colleage, to call the cops if she was abused by her husband, or to seek help when raped by a stranger.
While I respect your opinion about what you feel is proper on stage, I must disagree with your comment that it is best to cover it up until they change. I feel that to truly perform dance, you must be able to be *yourself* onstage and express yourself through movement.
And I believe that in competitions, the judges panel should provide an equal opportunity for all dancers involved, and while they should consider costuming, it should be based on this question: How does the costume contribute to the overall effect of the piece? Not: How closely related to the Hollywood-created "bellydancer stereotype" are this group's costumes?
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Re: Hairy Underarms.....Sun, October 31, 2004 - 4:26 PMWell...personally I like clean underarms on myself cause it helps with odor control.
However, covering it up to fit the status quo...one might have to wait 'til beyond death, cause change can be slow sometimes, and in the end, one never pleases anybody, so might as well please oneself first.
If the dancers are polite, rehearse, work hard, and their outfits are made with a lot of tlc, and they appreciate their audience, that will carry a long way, more so than worrying whose arm pits are shaved or not.
Besides, just like some men don't like women with hairy arm pits..some women don't like men with hairy backs, but you don't see many women campaigning against that, so why worry about some other woman's hairy arm pits? Professionalism is made up by much more important factors than that.
UNMATA, do you guys have video clips on your website to watch? It'll be a while before I can get myself to the states and watch any bellyd ance troupe... :)
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Sun, October 31, 2004 - 4:26 PMWell...personally I like clean underarms on myself cause it helps with odor control.
However, covering it up to fit the status quo...one might have to wait 'til beyond death, cause change can be slow sometimes, and in the end, one never pleases anybody, so might as well please oneself first.
If the dancers are polite, rehearse, work hard, and their outfits are made with a lot of tlc, and they appreciate their audience, that will carry a long way, more so than worrying whose arm pits are shaved or not.
Besides, just like some men don't like women with hairy arm pits..some women don't like men with hairy backs, but you don't see many women campaigning against that, so why worry about some other woman's hairy arm pits? Professionalism is made up by much more important factors than that.
UNMATA, do you guys have video clips on your website to watch? It'll be a while before I can get myself to the states and watch any bellyd ance troupe... :)
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Sun, October 31, 2004 - 5:46 PMI applaud women who display the courage to show their natural bodies in the face of a society that says that we are ugly in our natural state. It truly blows my mind when I think that we are considered 'offensive' because hair grows on our legs. Especially since it's not a choice we got to make. lol
I believe that it is only with this courage to accept ourselves as beautiful as we are, in the face or popular oppinion -or hair removal manufactorers! -will the "norm" be changed to something different.
And as it relates to dancing, I'm very sure that hair on arms and legs does not affect the way they move.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Sun, October 31, 2004 - 10:30 PMI stopped shaving all over 3 years ago and I just LOVE it. I love seeing other hairy women legs and underarms are so sexy!
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Mon, November 1, 2004 - 11:45 AMYou go girls! We frequently don't shave in Domba and I haven't shaved more than just a couple times in the last 10 years.
You gals will help change the standards by which we are judged (unfortunately). They'll get used to it and in a few years, I bet it won't be an issue any longer.
But good for you for standing up for your own hair!
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Mon, November 1, 2004 - 7:40 PMHa ha... this is sort of unrelated, but funny and pertinent. I saw a bumper sticker today that said:
Heee heee heee....
By the way, hairy mammas, don't forget to vote. Especially those of you in Nevada, Ohio, Florida, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Mon, November 1, 2004 - 11:07 PMWhat about 5 o'clock shadow under the pits of us hairy greek/italians?? ;)
I, for one, am guilty of this at shows, but no one ever tells me I am unprofessional (at least not to my face!) I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that having underarm hair was unprofessional. In fact, many bellydancers who I know from other countries all have hair under their arms, and are fab dancers who are well respected.
To tell you the truth, I don't really notice pits when people dance. I'm too mesmerized with the way they're moving their bodies and with the choreography.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Mon, November 1, 2004 - 11:15 PMMelanie, I'm sure no one would ever point out your five-o'clock because they were way too mesmerized with the rest of you, wink wink ;-)
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Mon, November 1, 2004 - 11:19 PM*blush* :)
Hey, how did Saturday night go? Sorry I missed it! Any pics?
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Mon, November 1, 2004 - 11:21 PMI saw lots of flashes, but non of them were from my camera... I was too busy, unfortunately to even remember to bring it. But I suspect pictures will start appearing soon....
The stage area was decorated so nicely, with carved pumpkins and branches and little lights and candles and moss and brooms and all kinds of stuff like that. I hope someone got a picture or two of that, and hopefully everything else too...
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Wed, November 3, 2004 - 10:35 AMYou are truely beautiful. I bet you would look wonderful if you let all your hair grow out as well!
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Tue, November 2, 2004 - 8:48 AMjust to clarify my sentence stating "you gals will help change the standards by which we are judged (unfortunately)" - I hope you all know I meant that it's unfortunate that we are judged, and not unfortunate that you're changing it!
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Re: Hairy Underarms.....Tue, November 2, 2004 - 9:43 AMHi everybody,
Just wanted to throw in my 2c worth.
In cabaret style performances, since the audience kind of expects a certain thing, I think it's more acceptable to shave. But that's just my opinion.
But tribal/fusion/whatever venues, anything goes. I'm a hairy Goddess-sized woman, and one of my students/co-dancers also recently converted, so add to that a black-haired Goth chick and a very short Pacific Islander woman, and so we have quite a unique stage presence. So far, no-one's said anything (maybe they're afraid of us!). Even if they did, we'd tell them to shove it (aren't we nice?).
All the stupid double standards society tells us we "should" and "should not" do, we have to rebel against if we want change. Otherwise we'd still be wearing corsets and covering our ankles.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Tue, November 2, 2004 - 10:09 AMI agree that in cabaret sytle performances the audience is looking for a specific apperance, they want to see a glamourous looking dancer dripping in sequins and beads and floating veils and that generally does not include body hair. Tribal on the other hand has such a range of sub-styles that I would think anything goes, for judges to say that a tribal troupe should shave the pits is petty in my opinion. They should be judging within the style of the performance itself and not with "cabaret eyes".
I myself don't like body hair of any kind and if I could be permanently hairless except for my eyelashes, eyebrows and head I would be perfectly happy but I don't have the means for full body electrolisis. I really don't like seeing body hair on women either so it's a little shocking for me to see women dancers with hairy pits but that's just my own issue with body hair, I just don't like it. However, if others choose to "let their garden grow" who am I to judge and say they can't do that, to each their own. A little pit hair does not define a person, their actions and words do.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Tue, November 2, 2004 - 10:58 AMI don't see why it should be any different from cabaret to tribal. It's not about whether your armpit hair "goes" with your costume, it is about commonly accepted social norms within the audience you are perofrming for. How important is it to you to present yourselves in a way that is pleasing to your audience (or panel of judges), and how important is it that you do what you feel regardless of how your audience may react? It's an ongoing question for artists of all mediums...
I would NEVER tell anyone that they should shave to make other people happy... that is, unless they choose to. If not shaving is the choice you make, then you have to accept the consequences based on that action (or inaction, as the case may be) in the current cultural context. I don't have a lot of sympathy for folks who are angry that they are "judged" for having body hair, or tattoos, or piercings or any of the above. You live in the same society as everyone else and must be fully aware of the effect personal appearance can have on your perceived image. I fit the latter two, personally, and have gladly made the choice to have visible body modifications, regardless of how some people may react to them. If I were a professional cabaret dancer, for instance, I would be at risk of not getting gigs for having my very prominent lower back tattoo. My husband chooses not to get some piercings/tattoos he wants because he knows that some companies would be reluctant to hire him based on image alone (big guy, long hair, goatee--he already has image issues in some circles, and those he accepts and deals with). One can accept that and go ahead with the tattoo anyway, or I can choose to not get the tattoo and get the recognition/gig/job/whatever they may prioritize more highly.
The ladies of Unmata made a choice with their armpit hair, and they have to accept that there is a standard they will be judged against which does not believe it to be part of a professional image. Just like wearing a tee shirt and jeans to an interview instead of a business suit may send a message that may or may not be received well by those in power, regardless of how much you believe people should be able to wear jeans and tee shirts to the office. You need to decide what is important to you. I staunchly defend your right to shave or not, but you are the only one who has to live with the consequences of your choices.
I will say this: if the armpit hair portion of the image was the ONLY factor which affected the results of a voting situation, I would give it much less weight. If it were part of a large package of issues, in presentation, skill, etc, then I may consider it part of a larger issue that might benefit from being addressed.
(PS If you want to know my take on it, even if it makes me unpopular in your forum, we have one member who does not shave, and as a result, the entire troupe wears costumes that cover their armpits. She has made a choice, and we do not force her to change it--we have adapted in such a way that she can continue to not shave as she wishes, and we can still present the commonly accepted professional image we prioritize for our troupe. We feel that our troupe is *not* a forum for political/social statements, so we cover up. If you feel the need to make a statement, and/or just plain think it's more important to not shave than to conform to commonly accepted Western aesthetics in order to be accepted in some circles of the dance community, keep on keepin' on! You got mad skilz, this I know. I'm an Unmata fan! :))
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Tue, November 2, 2004 - 12:59 PMI appreciate hairy arm pits. It seems natural and I think it adds to an exotic look. I remember watching the belly dancers at the Whole Earth Festival in Davis this year and being mesmerized by the beautifully detailed costumes, as well as the rythmic movements, but then I caught a glimpse of this one dancer's arm pit hair, and I thought to myself "Wow, that's pretty cool."
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Tue, November 2, 2004 - 1:22 PMWomen's Health Issues: Body Image
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The pressure on women to look and behave in certain ways is so deeply ingrained in our psyches that it's easy to overlook the impact mass culture has on how we feel about ourselves and our bodies. Watching TV, reading magazines and newspapers, surfing the Net, we are bombarded with airbrushed images of perfect beauty and thinness. Inevitably we absorb the relentless message that such beauty is the norm, and is achievable, if only we would … use this makeup, remove that hair, buy the right clothes, reshape that body part.
Many of us know that the unspoken promise -- use our product, and you will get the love, the happiness, or the success you want -- is a lie. Many of us have had long, ongoing struggles to accept our bodies as they are and to make our peace with, and possibly even celebrate, food. Still, there are times our insecurities and self-loathing outweigh our feminist sensibilities, and we need reinforcements to remind us that looks don't make the woman.
A new breed of websites is striving to challenge culturally imposed standards of beauty and to provide an oasis for women sick of being told that somehow -- whether your eyelashes are too thin or your hair is the wrong texture or your thighs are too fat -- you are not okay the way you are. These sites counter the messages of mainstream media with information about the advertising industry, the risks of seeking physical perfection, and the profits made off women's (man-made) insecurities. Using humor, sarcasm, anger, and insight, these sites challenge the tyranny of body obsession.
The Body Positive is a great site committed to helping women feel good about the bodies we have. Their motto, Change Your Mind, Change Your Culture, and Let Your Body Be, informs their website, which suggests, among other things, "taking up occupancy inside your own skin, rather than living above the chin until you're thin." One page asks the question, What will you miss out on if you fail to love your body and treat it as it truly deserves to be treated? The reader responses are powerful and often wrenching.
About Face is a rebellious, witty site designed to encourage a healthy skepticism about media images and the messages of popular culture. By exposing the impact of mass media on the health and self-esteem of women and girls, the site hopes to empower young people to feel confident about their individuality, their abilities, and their bodies. Their Archive of Offenders highlights images depicting women as junkies, stick figures, mannequins, bimbos and inanimate objects, while their Making Changes section has activist-oriented tools to help hold advertisers responsible for the images they create.
The Real Women Project was designed to counter the effects of negative imagery on women and to provide tools to help us "rebuild … society's view of outer beauty and inner wellness." The heart of the project, which also includes poetry, video, music and storytelling, is a series of 13 sculptures of women of all ages, cultures, and ethnicities. The creators of the site hope the power of their art will inspire dialogue and self-awareness, broaden our definition of beauty, deepen our understanding of well-being, and inspire us to bring about positive change.
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Re: Hairy Underarms.....Tue, November 2, 2004 - 7:01 PMThank you for your post! Alot of information and food for thought.
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Re: Hairy Underarms.....Wed, November 3, 2004 - 2:54 AMKind of brought up memories from Naomi Wolf's "Beauty Myth," which I read a long time ago.
Brings to mind another point that I've appreciated from the belly dancing that I've seen. Some of these women have a little more size than meets the stereotype idea of beauty and that is a wonderful thing to see in terms of a woman being confident with what she has and working it.
Another thing that it brought to mind was my experiences at BM of the Critical Tit parade: Thousands of women of all ages, sizes and shapes. Sort of overwhelming for a guy, but it makes one appreciate that beauty really does take many different forms.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Wed, November 3, 2004 - 9:14 AMDarrow and others:
I think you've tackled the point here. BEAUTY should not have to be defined by a stereotype, especially one that is miles away from what we would be if we were all trapped on a desert island somewhere without max factor, nair and dexitrim.
Yes, I believe beauty is on the outside as well as the inside. I believe it is natural for us to first judge a book by its cover. But if you don't even open the book to take a peak.... well. Whose loss is it?
UNMATA has now participated in quite a few competitions, several of which we have won, including Bellydance Troupe of the Year.
With our first competition set, we received two kinds of criticism. The first type, of which we received only once or twice, was helpful: You need more line changes. The second type, of which we received a plethora: SHAVE! YOU'RE INAPPROPRIATE. YOUR COSTUMES ARE WEIRD.
With our second competition set, we received only one kind of criticism, since we fixed our stagnant lines: SHAVE! YOU'RE INAPPROPRIATE. YOUR COSTUMES ARE WEIRD.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Wed, November 3, 2004 - 9:22 AMYeesh, that kind of criticism really bites. Oh well, opinions are like a$$holes, everybody's got one. I'm glad that didn't deter you, Luna (or anyone else here) from being your beautiful natural self. Well done, ladies.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Wed, November 3, 2004 - 11:37 AMI like your costumes! Congrats on the trophy, by the way. Wish I could've seen you guys place!
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Wed, November 3, 2004 - 3:00 PMthis whole thing just freaks me out, first bush/ cheney, now this!!!!
i suppose i could rant on it forever, but i'll spare you all. it just gets harder and harder everyday for me to understand where some people are coming from. it's SOOO weird that women have an expectation to change how our bodies are on their own!
i have heard the "well, you have tattoos, those weren't naturally there!" there is a big difference between decoration and body hair....
we dance in LA almost all of the time, and i haven't ever been told anything, not to my face at least... even in the capital of unnatural expectations. and honestly, if i were to shave my pits i would feel HORRIBLE. it feels like rat skin! and it's just who i am, shaving feels like seeling out to me....i have gotten countless complements for my "bravery".....the fact that it's considered brave just weirds me out!
even the basic connotation of tribal seems to be in line with hairy pits...
and i like your costumes too!!!
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Wed, November 3, 2004 - 6:43 PMDon't shave be natural and everyone will continue to enjoy your look, as far as the vote goes, now you will be able to keep more of your hard earned morey, as your tax rate will not be increased.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Thu, November 4, 2004 - 8:08 PMi wouldn't mind being taxed a little more honestly, if it were for healthcare, higher wages for teachers or better policing.
i REALLY liberal (ever met a hairy armpited conservative? probably not!), i'm not even going to get started!
but yes, i will continue to not shave, no matter which clown is in office...no doubt about that!
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Fri, November 5, 2004 - 2:06 PMI've actually met a few hairy conservative. Interestingly, things aren't so cut and dry some times... heh heh heh.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Fri, November 5, 2004 - 2:16 PMthat really seems to be a point that MANY are missing these days. very sad too!
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Fri, November 5, 2004 - 2:32 PMIt all goes back to America's tendency for dichotomies. Things aren't either black or white...that doesn't allow for diversity. Not allowing for diversity is why this thread began in the first place.
I know Katie allows for diversity because I watch her posts on the Sundara Varna tribe, and I think she would agree that trying to understand both sides (even when the other side is WRONG WRONG WRONG ;-) will help bring progress.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Fri, November 5, 2004 - 2:51 PMyes, there is the fact that it's easiest to attempt to look at things in a polar manner; either it's black or it's white... but the simple fact of life is that it's really ALL grey, just different shades. this is especially true in the realm of politics.
doing one's best to see the other's point of view will help bring progress, and if one can learn something from attempting to see the other POV, all the better.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Sat, November 6, 2004 - 1:52 AMi DEFINITLEY allow for rule-breaking! that's what i live for!
i personally have never met a conservative who doesn't shave, but that by no means makes them non-existent.
this all vagely reminds me of the kinsey scale.....how sexuality isn't as black and white as it seems....there's a new *mainstream* movie coming out about dr. kinsey....i can't wait to see the reactions to this film!
and thanks for standing up for me luna!
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Sat, November 6, 2004 - 11:14 PMI'm a hairy armpited conservative and I'm proud of it. I guess I shouldn't be talking like this but I'm honest in my feelings.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Sun, November 7, 2004 - 11:11 AMIt's all good to be honest about your feelings here, I don't think we'll burn ya' at the stake or anything....now your president......oh well I'll just stop a birdwalk of sorrow that has nothing to do with this post.
Good for you for being hairy though! I think it's ridiculous that underarm hair is such a contraversial topic, have people cut themselves too much shaving that they've lost blood to the brain? Why is it even a factor in judging dance? Dance is such a freedom of expression as is the choice of letting it grow or not.
I have actually lost a job and had "a meeting" over the existence of my underarm hair before so I can attest to the deep seated judgements in this country in regards to "unprofessional underarm hair".
On the whole it is a conservative notion, but I'm always glad when the road bends and the boundries blend. We're all about fusion here -Hehee;-)
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Thu, December 16, 2004 - 7:08 PMya know, I always handle the fuzz issue like this: boss thhinks only males have hairy legs or pits. Males in an office don't show their pits.
So I don't wear pit-revealing clothes at the office..at the party/picnic or such, that's different.
for dance: have you seen some of the T&A sequin troupes out there? THAT's demeaning.Not fuzz.
speaking my mind and accepting the consequences.Sun, November 7, 2004 - 3:17 PMthere will be no burning at the stake for sure. please, please feel free to express your opinions!
the reason i *felt* that very few hairy conservatives existed is simply because it's a fairly natural connection. most (statistically) conservatives are christian and since hairy pits (for some weird reason!) are often seen as a rebellion, the two aren't often hand in hand....
CHRISTIANITY: also relating it to tribal, since this dance is sometimes sensual many conservative christians do not like what we do.....
GAY RIGHTS: being a very woman centered dance, the bonds created by the women in this community are undeniable. i feel a closeness to my dance partners like one usually only felt in romantic partnerships......romantic or not, having anyone deny me of my rights to have my love/ partnership recognized by my church/ state is ridiculous. why does anyone care who i marry??? and i love the fact that when i perform, the audience is equally entralled. men AND woman get something out of it. and that our community is so diverse, it rules!!!!
ABORTION: if the government can tell me i HAVE to give birth, when are they going to draw the line? i am responsible for my own actions/ consequences. i am powerful and intelligent and can make my own decisions. this ***I*** feel is the essense of the dance we do!
CENSORSHIP: the other issue is censorship. the republican party is hell bent on controlling the arts/ airwaves.....
THE WAR: and to risk being completely trite, everyone i personally i have conversed with who is involved in ME dance is anti-war. i DO have a problem with the americanization of the middle east and it's people. i am so interested in the way other people live, and don't want this government to globalize that region!!!! i don't like innocent people in any part of the world to be killed!
and, no, i do not believe it is "the price if war"....
so, yeah, there's my rant on armpit hair, bellydance and republicans! i just feel they are contridictions.
if you made it through that all i would love to hear everyone else's views on the subject!
Re: speaking my mind and accepting the consequences.Sun, November 7, 2004 - 3:43 PM:-) Right on Katie......
Wednesday was a sad, sad, sad day for me too....
One of my favorite authors, Jeanette Winterson (who, like myself, is a lesbian writer), just posted her November column on her website. It is always interesting to hear International opinions written about America. Here is the direct link:
What irks me most (and I come from a conservative, Christian, Petroleum-based, Texas family so I've experienced it again and again *firsthand*) is that so many Americans are completely unaware of the volatile world opinion of our country. To me, this is the most dangerous issue at hand. There is no checks and balances for world opinion.
Fiscal conservativism irks me less than social, but I simply cannot understand the imperialistic attitude that has emerged. I know it is based in fear and/or ignorance, because everything anti-progress is, but why would ANYONE not want to work towards benefits for the entire globe? Why would anyone support something that is bluntly anti-human rights?
Note that in saying this, I am not grouping all conservatives or liberals into two right or wrong camps. Everyone has the right to their opinion (thank goddess for our country!), but I truly think people haven't explored their own beliefs--on BOTH sides.
Re: speaking my mind and accepting the consequences.Sun, November 7, 2004 - 4:47 PMhello beautiful luna!
i too am less irked by fiscal conservatism, and agree with you that i just don't grasp the concept of not being scared that we are most *hated* by the world. that's scary.
i too come from a very right-wing, conservative, logging family. hopefully we are indictative of the overall movement in opinion from our parents gereration to our own... i flat out refuse to discuss politics with them!
i am not looking to bad mouth conservatives as a whole, but there is too much compassion in my heart to understand somethings going on within this country! maybe someday someone can explain it to me....
now off to read that article.....
Re: speaking my mind and accepting the consequences.Sun, November 7, 2004 - 5:33 PMYep, I am the child of Rush Limbaugh lovin' conservatives. I swear my Mom could've coined the phrase "Let them eat cake!" She can be very blind to those outside her small sphere of social influence.
All their kids turned out very liberal. But then again, when three out of the four turn out to be gay, you didn't think they'd be Bible thumping conservatives, didja? (for the record, I am the black sheep het ;)
Re: speaking my mind and accepting the consequences.Sun, November 7, 2004 - 7:47 PMI'd love to know more about what it was like growing up in a logging family, actually. That sounds like an interesting parallel. How and when did you find yourself changing your mind politically? I didn't even realize that I felt different than my parents about most things until I was in high school. It took a deep breath and a big step for me to follow my heart.
Re: speaking my mind and accepting the consequences.Sun, November 7, 2004 - 8:17 PMnot to get back on topic, but i just signed on so i could add to the fluffy pits thread...
having spent the last 7 years in davis, land of the i-don't-look-like-i-live-in-my-vw-bus-in-santa-cruz-but-at-least-i'm-actually-active-in-my-community hippies, and being a non-shaver for the past 3.5 years, i've encountered this issue in a bunch of situations.
(loved it when i heard a boy whom i had recently been intimate with ranting about unshaved legs, but when i asked if he had noticed that mine weren't shaved, he looked very confused and startled and stuttered out a 'no'.)
the most vehement opinion i've ever heard was from a boy who said, when i was complaining about narrow-minded arses who cared whether i shaved, blah blah... 'that's ridiculous. I wouldn't date a girl who DOES shave her legs and armpits.' nooooo no no no no no! dear boy, the point is that *you* don't get an opinion! it's up to the woman in question! sometimes i wish that i felt more like i could shave and not worry that some of my friends might raise their eyebrows.
more specifically about fuzzy pits...
saaaad sad sad:
i haven't shaved in over 3 years, but i have the sorriest excuse for underarm hair you've ever seen. it's terrible!! i think that a nice little soft patch of hair under a girl's armpit is lovely and attractive and a nice color contrast to her skin, and i'm super-jealous of women who have the right amount of hair. mine just looks like i haven't mustered the energy to shave in the past 4 days. approximately 20 straggly strands per pit. sighhhhh... it's a cruel trick of nature.
and a related issue, much trickier in my opinion: bikini line nonsense. talk about society having some weird freak-out problems... wish i could wear my booty-shorts off-playa without feeling like i'm offending everyone who sees me.
Re: speaking my mind and accepting the consequences.Sun, November 7, 2004 - 8:45 PMorange said:
"(loved it when i heard a boy whom i had recently been intimate with ranting about unshaved legs, but when i asked if he had noticed that mine weren't shaved, he looked very confused and startled and stuttered out a 'no'.)"
WOW! That is hilarious. Wear your booty shorts girl. Who cares what they think!
What's funny is, usually, I do shave my armpits because it is personally more comfortable for me for skincare reasons. I don't usually shave my legs, although when I am swimming a lot, I find I sleek through the water better when I'm shaved. I also like the feel of wind on bare skin as much as I like it on fuzzy skin. I like both sensations.
The first time I grew my underarm hair out, I was 18 and suffering from a three month long urinary tract infection. It was a very important alone time for me. (We're talking serious 4 of Swords, here) I needed to get to know my body in its wild garden state. I also stopped drinking coffee during this time. In the time since, I have brought both coffee and shaving in and out of my life several time. (coffee.... mmmmm....yummy)
I like the feel of my hair and don't mind the way it looks, but I have to say there is a lot of feminine power in cutting hair too.
I am just now learning this as I've cut the hair on my head shorter and shorter. It started waist length and now it is above my shoulders, and I'm about to cut it again even shorter. I've been surprised by the amount of freedom I've felt from this process. My hair has stopped being an obligation.
Yet I feel positive that at other times in my life I will again feel the need to have a long, long braid.....
Re: speaking my mind and accepting the consequences.Mon, November 8, 2004 - 8:39 AMI came across an interesting article this morning:
Here's how Neet chided women in 1924 magazine ads: "Perhaps, because of an old-fashioned scruple, you have hesitated to rid yourself of the disfigurement of underarm hair. Are your arms constantly pinned to your sides? Or do you scorn to wear the filmy or sleeveless frocks that the vogue of the day decrees? In either case, He is apt to think you lifeless and behind the times. He will notice you holding yourself aloof from the swing of convention."
Re: speaking my mind and accepting the consequences.Mon, November 8, 2004 - 8:52 PMGreetings,
I have been watching this thread with interest and am astounded at the varied responses to an issue that is so recent in our history and which should not be a problem at all in the first place.
I am from Germany and as a foreigner (even though I have gotten used to the US a lot more since I live here now) I like to look at US culture with a more distanced eye.
When I was growing up, armpit hair was the norm in Germany. Some women shaved (a select few), some women didn't, no one cared either way. It was only when I came to the US a couple of years ago, that I was confronted with the "horrible disfigurement of body hair". Personally since I grew up with a mother who shaved (her armpits but not her leg hair, which I duplicated) I didn't have a problem with "fitting" in. Then I started dancing and everything changed. The cabaret troupe that I belonged to emphasized shaving, I did not question then what I consider wrong now, because one of the dancers, obviously very talented and beautiful did not shave and suffered some amount of harrassment (albeit small in comparison to our judge's notes) from the other troupe members. I did not question, because I was ignorant of the scope of the problem here in America. Now I say to you if you do not shave and someone tells you that you don't, it is their problem not yours and you have every right to stand up for yourself!
It is ridiculous to make a big issue out of this. It is a woman's personal choice to shave or to decline the process (personally I was vain, the reason was my red hair, which was fake and didn't match my arm pit hair, one of them had to go, so I shaved).
All I can say to you is this, time will make this trend pass as well and people will calm down about body hair. They had the same thing going on in the Middle Ages when Crusaders brought back the novel Islamic ideal of shaving (both men and women btw). And look what happened afterwards, centuries of no shaving and bathing! Positively fabulous! ;-)
These judges needed to judge themselves first before they started harping on our choice of how much hair we like on our bodies. We needed to hear about our technique and our dance performance not the amount of hair we possess. We know that already! Meine Guete!
Re: speaking my mind and accepting the consequences.Wed, November 10, 2004 - 2:10 AMI think it's amazing that the subject of strands of organic DNA matter going unsevered in the axillary region of the human anatomy has triggered such lively and might I say political postings! War, gay rights, abortion, yes- these are things to be conserned about, underarm hair not that hairy of a problem.
It's beginning to settle into my system that this country is way too fucked up in their priorities. Excuse me for being synical, but is everyone in this country driving gas gusslin' SUV's to Walmart and sneering at the radical activist dedicating time on the streets protesting war, the backwards morals of a president that condems same sex Love Unions and supports war that spawns toture, rape and ohh yeah death, all the while tring not to lose cell phone connection and running over SQUIRRELS!!
Yes, the Real problem is all those damn squirrels! Have you SEEN how HAIRY they are? Sure they can climb well, but they lose points for not grooming their tails.....
When I saw Unmata compete I set myself for the strong possibility that they might not win. Not because of any reason but the sticks some judges were sitting on might cause them to focus only on three ladies pits. When Y'all won I jumped out of my seat and blissed out, I was soo happy. That win was dispite the one dipwads low score (on technical ability-yeah right) and rude comments from a few judges on your cards. Never forget that it's not what others think about us that makes us dance. Sure it's great to be appreciated and gain recognition for your skills and talents, but this dance goes way back to the dayz when we just danced for ourselves as women(not tring to exlude men). If it makes any difference what I think ( and no it probalbly doesn't) you dance a'ight to me. Even the disfigurement of those that shave. Hahaaa!!! O.K.?
Re: Hairy armpitsWed, November 10, 2004 - 1:02 PMSeems to me that it's perfect that this subject has created such a wide range of discussion -- it's all connected...I like Luna's words about "my body in it's wild garden state." Some people like pruned and tended English gardens, others go for a wildflowers, some tropical, others succulents, then some others all thorny roses...however your garden grows the neighbors tend to talk...too bad we all (all people) can't be more neighborly and just appreciate everyone's individual gardening tastes/talents. This wonderful metaphor applies to anything -- the balance between our natural selves and our cultivated selves in body, spirit, intellect, emotions...
Hooray for those of you who have found and listened to your own voice despite having grown up with gardeners of a different style than your own -- seems to me that takes a lot of courage. I hope future generations will learn from you...
Re: Hairy armpitsWed, November 10, 2004 - 1:19 PMhere in austin you are looked at funny if you do not have hair under your armpits or on your legs.
Re: Hairy armpitsWed, November 10, 2004 - 2:31 PMI hope that's not true, ahmed. I'm in Austin and I shave. Reverse discrimination sucks too!
Re: Hairy armpitsWed, November 10, 2004 - 2:44 PMI was joking..kinda
Re: Hairy armpitsWed, November 10, 2004 - 2:32 PMoh! quick yum:
feeling the wind in your leg hair when you're biking in the summertime :)
Re: Hairy armpitsWed, November 10, 2004 - 2:45 PMThat yum makes me think of one of my desires. To feel sunshine, rain, and wind on my scalp with no hair. I think women with shaved heads are pretty sexy too! Yet thats another one that has as yet failed to be culturally accepted in this country, but more common in others.
Re: Hairy armpitsFri, November 12, 2004 - 10:58 AMI've also thought about what sun rain and wind would feel like on a bare scalp. Casey in Unmata really loved having no hair for a year, and I found that inspiring. I don't think I'm at the right place in my life to be without head hair, but I very well may get there eventually :-)
Re: Hairy armpitsFri, November 12, 2004 - 10:42 AMHooray on your lovely analogy! Let's celebrate our diversity, not make fun of each other because really..who wants to be a pod person?
Re: Hairy armpitsFri, November 12, 2004 - 4:53 PMOne of my friends from LA told me about her experiences shaving her head with her husband in India (he was native) and how liberating it was, and when she returned to the states she was surprised at the negative responses she got from others. I'm happy to see women doing what pleases them with their hair, it's a personal choice, and I like seeing support for whichever way we want to go- hairy shaved waxed long hair dreadlocks bald whatever!
Re: Hairy armpitsSat, November 13, 2004 - 7:00 AMI enjoy putting lava mud in my hair....
Re: Hairy armpitsSun, November 14, 2004 - 11:49 AMlava mud? in Austin?
Re: Hairy armpitsSun, November 14, 2004 - 11:59 AMlol yummy!
Re: Hairy armpitsSun, November 14, 2004 - 2:01 PMmy mom use to buy it....
Re: Hairy armpitsTue, November 16, 2004 - 7:29 AMWhat does lava mud do for your locks? Have you ever tried it on your underarm hair? (that is presuming you don't shave or wax!) LOL
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Wed, December 22, 2004 - 5:58 PMSo I have a question. Shaving is an aesthetic in judging, right?
What about the women who are large and saggy and wear costumes built for their smaller and sometimes shorter sisters?
Do large dancers in a troupe get counted off for being fat/ out of shape?
wouldn't/ shouldn't the two have equal weight no matter which way the judging goes?
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Thu, December 23, 2004 - 1:55 AMI enjoy hirsute women. I appreciate a confident woman that is proud of who she is and willing to flaunt convention. Kind of like the eye brow thing....What is it that makes a beautiful woman shave or wax her eyebrows and then pencil something in? Kind of bizzare, but mostly sad.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Thu, December 23, 2004 - 2:11 PMThat's a very interesting point to make, perhaps this should be pointed out to the judges, maybe then they'll realize that they're discriminating against someone. And over pit hair for heaven's sakes!
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Thu, December 23, 2004 - 2:13 PMI think they do make comments about ill fitting costumes at these events. but not about being overweight. That is not always a choice. Hairy armpits and ill fittings costumes *is*.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Thu, December 23, 2004 - 6:33 PMHeheheh....
But Sharon! You forget that we are born with the genetics for hairy armpits! We dont have a choice, we can't all of a sudden opt out and say: "Woops, changed my mind, I'll take a rain check on those armpits, maybe next time around, thanks though."
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Thu, December 23, 2004 - 7:00 PMLOLROFL!
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Fri, December 24, 2004 - 9:45 AMin fact, on that logic one could say overweight is a choice, given the availability to have surgery...and as a LARGE frind of mine once said: "they put the food in their mouths to begin with."
He was a cook, BTW....
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Fri, December 3, 2004 - 3:58 PMI respect and admire all women who choose to shun popular stigmas in favor of deciding their own aesthetic and values. The ladies of Unmata have chosen to celebrate natural female beauty. However, we need to keep in mind that plenty of clean shaven women choose to stand up for their own causes also. I think we should applaud everyone who has the courage to defend thier beliefs, especialy in the face of criticism.
On a more personal note:
I am a hairy diva. I very much support the liberation of body hair. One of my favorite memories is of Camp Far West with Amy and the girls, hanging out on the inner tube with spider legs (haha, bikini line fuzziness) and our hairy pits. If I recall correctly, we still had men circling us in their power boats, trying to introduce themselves. So obviously the hair doesn't matter as much to personal presentation as the way one carries herself. ;)
However, it *does* make me angry that a few individuals choose to judge you girls on your armpits rather than on your amazing, creative performance and costuming. BUT. To each their own, right?
much love,
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Fri, December 3, 2004 - 6:28 PMhhmmm...hairy diva. I like that. a t-shirt should be made.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Thu, December 16, 2004 - 2:53 PMHairy underarms are beautiful, I love seeing them and I love having them. So when I see someone dancing proud and unafraid of social dogma I get chills. I've been a hairy girl for a long while now so I know what many people think about underarm hair on a woman. Hair does not make your armpits smell worse, in fact dragging a blade across such delicate skin is worse for you than not shaving. In my case I have thick hair, I get swollen lymph nodes and nasty ingrown hairs. I'd rather be comfortable and fit into my own form of beauty than what some other folks tell me is *The Norm* I Love to see Unmata dance period. You guys are on it and full of positive vibes! Why are some people so negative about doing what is right for yourself?
Oh and since hair is beautiful, it would be wonderful to see a caberate dancer with some hair!
Plus I think this is great;
" I feel that to truly perform dance, you must be able to be *yourself* onstage and express yourself through movement. "
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Sun, December 19, 2004 - 2:03 AMWomens' armpit hair is nature's way of telling us that they have moved on in life and matured.
Let it grow it's natural dammit!
It also adds beauty to an otherwise sterile piece of axillary real estate!
A woman with shaven armpits = yuck!
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Mon, January 3, 2005 - 4:00 PMwhat an interesting thread! One I venture to say we'd not have had the fun of discussing a few years back when it was taken for granted that belly dancers, or any stage performers, would be clean shaven or wear sleeves (a solution for thsoe who choose to be au naturale but need to deal with the "professional dance world.")..
at any rate, we've come a long way. Nowadays, and forgive me if someone else has pointed this out (I looked but didn't see this brought up), we DO have this choice. I'd like to mention that it may depend a great deal upon your AUDIENCE. I've read above a great many reasons to support and some to refute this choice, but I didn't see any that mentioned THEM.
as professional performers, we are here for our audience, otherwise we'd be at home dancing. If our audience consists of Arabic people, for example, then you would be quickly shunned in most cases due to the huge cultural no-no of having hair. (Remember, Arabic women are the depilatory queens of the univese!) So if you're dancing for Arabs and doing a more tdaitional form of oriental dance, then yes, your pits should be shaved or you should wear sleeves or bear the consequences of disrepecting your audience.
However, now we have so many Americans into the dance that just don't care (or even know) about the origins that they appreciate what Americans value in terms of personal adornment and hygiene. This is the uadience I mostly dance for esp. since i ma covered with tattoos. I also do American Tribal Style which is of course, a fusion not from any particular country other than here. Since i am not representing anyone other than my own culture, I don't feel a need to adhere to outside standards.
But if I were in competition, even if it went against my personal standards, I'd shave and then let my hair grow back just for the competition if I truly wanted to win.
just my many cents!
hairless Kajira (I just don't have hardly any, you cannot see it.... though i have taken to shaving my "bikini line" since moving here as I am pretty hairy there (THAT's where my hair went!) as people on the beach seem to be weirded out by it. Since I only like attention when *I* want it I've made the choice to not draw it to myself..... and thank goodness they don't see taht area while dancing!!!!!!!
In most instances. Of course, as the competition judge pointed out, there are consequneces involved in standing up for the choice you make.
Mostly those are probably worth it for your integrity.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Sun, January 9, 2005 - 2:10 PMHey Kajira!!! Great to have you in our li'l community!
I agree with you about AUDIENCE...to a certain extent. I think it depends. Oftentimes an audience doesn't know what they want, and when you bring something along that is fresh, integral, and visually striking--that they didn't expect--it can nourish your audience's soul. At other times, an audience wants only that which is familiar, and safe.
Overall I still feel it is best to be honest with your audience, communicating with your onlookers about who you are and why you are sharing the sacred aspects of this dance with them.
On a related note, my pits are fuzzy again. The winter was too cold to be bare :-)
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Mon, January 10, 2005 - 12:51 PMthank you for your warm welcome! YES, we need to be honest with our audiences - and ourselves - in all cases. It's the least we can do as performers! Especially if the audience has paid to see us!
which to me, may mean turning down a gig for Arabic people if I knew I wasn't what they were looking for. Now, I HAVE had GREAT gigs for "enlightened Arabs" for lack fo a better term, and I guess I mean "enlightened to me and my American sensibilities" since to them they are enlightened even if I don't think so, anyway, folks who may be more "Americanized" in that they are younger and out for a good time. They have LOVED our tattoos and modern music (we usually use Rai for them) and don't ahve a problem. The funniest gigs are when you have multiple generations and the older people are shocked and the younger ones are happy! LOLOL! There was one New Year's gig in particluar for a persian family I'm thinking of a couple years back... good thing it was the young ones who hired us, but in the end all had a great time and tipped profusely!
so, you do never know, but should be mindful IMO....
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Mon, January 10, 2005 - 5:10 PMI'm new to this tribe and would like to add my two cents as well :)
there's a few gals in our troupe that don't shave and I've seen gals performing that didn't but I don't really notice it anymore. It's like noticing someones race when I see them; it's something in the back of my mind that I may notice but it doesn't effect how I think so I don't dwell upon it.
Personally, I like to shave my pits once the hair gets to a certain length. Eventually I feel like my deodarent's maybe not working as well as it should and that's usually when I shave it off. My legs are another topic however. I have hip problems and shaving my right leg (which is my bad hip) can be such a pest. So I usually only do it when I'm wearing shorts or a swimsuit. I remember going on week long band trips and the girls I was rooming with shaved everything every day. And I thought that seemed like a waste of time more then anything. They would always say "I don't want anyone to see my hairy legs!" and I would look at them and say, "You're wearing jeans!" It's actually a running joke now between a few of my friends and me as to who's got the hairiest legs at that moment. It makes for a good laugh in a public setting since society has such other ideas. We've even had a few of our guy friends join in. They don't care, it's how we are naturally and that's fine with them. If they thought otherwise, we wouldn't waste our time with them.
Someone mentioned eyebrows earlier in this thread, and I do not mess with my eyebrows. And so many people have mentioned to me that I should. I don't see the point, again it seems like to much work.
Re: Hairy Underarms.....Mon, January 10, 2005 - 8:57 PMWelcome to the tribe, Elisabeth! Thanks for your input . . . I just love this thread!
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Surrealist painter Salvador Dali said he couldn't live in Mexico because it was too surreal for him…in case you need more convincing on why to visit Mexico, read on for why you should visit Mexico…now!
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Hotel Tip Of The Week: Posada Ziga in Mazunte, Mexico
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This weekly series focuses on budget hotel gems we discover while on the road. This week: Posada Ziga in Mazunte, Mexico.
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Our journey through Mexico in pictures
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Mexico was only the second country of our trip, but we (unexpectedly) fell in love with the country and extended our stay there again and again – in the end we spent 88 days there, and traveled more than 3600 kilometers (2370 miles) through the country.
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Zipolite: Backpackers, hippies and major waves
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During the 1960s and 1970s a hippie counterculture began to congregate on this isolated beach and, thanks in part to the limited law enforcement, Zipolite steadily gained a reputation in Mexico as a free love paradise, which continued strongly into the 1980s.
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With only 702 inhabitants, Mazunte is about as sleepy as a beach town can get. There is a lot of laying on the beach reading or just staring out at the incredible ocean view.
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Polaroid of the week: Oaxaca's Guelaguetza Parade
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Welcome back to Milligan! Campus is simply not the same without you. All of the news in the Summer Sizzler is intended to assist you in your planning and preparation for all that is ahead in this exciting new school year.
There is a lot of information to digest here, so take your time and read through it carefully. Be sure to check out the Welcome Week schedule so you can know when you need to be at certain events. In addition, even if you have already pre-registered for classes, you still need to go through the check-in/registration process. Also, check out the Campus Life page—there are so many opportunities for you to get plugged in!Enjoy the rest of your summer and then get ready for an amazing year ahead!


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Here's a selection of holsters and holders to safely and comfortably carry your necessary gear close at hand.
It's pretty hard to find the right gift for anyone this time of year. Buying gifts for cops is especially difficult. That's why the editors at POLICE have assembled this quick look at a dozen great gifts that any cop would love.
I was impressed with the Pro Sights. The front sight was fast and easy to pick up and allowed for accurate delivery of shots at ranges from three to 50 yards. Simply put, these sights are damn fine.
DeSantis' Cozy Partner is a strong side, inside the waistband holster with a tension screw at the rear of the trigger guard. The tension screw and your belt riding over the outboard side of the holster will keep your pistol in place.
Safariland, a BAE Systems line of business, announced today its newest Inside-the-Waistband (IWB) concealment holster, designed for improved grip, holstering, and concealability for plainclothes or civilian carry.
With all of the duty holsters available today, it's amazing to think the only option for police officers used to be black leather. Now there's also laminate, nylon, and all manner of synthetics. For finish there's basketweave, plain, or high gloss. Not to mention increasingly innovative retention devices in holsters from level 1 to 3. Here's a selection of holsters for duty carry encompassing all of these variations.
The S2Vs did not disappoint me. They were comfortable on the mixed hard surfaces I wore them on. And since we were in the freeze thaw of February, I was able to see how slip resistant the soles were.
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With many headliner attractions packed into a small area, FASTPASS at Disneyland can save hours in line.
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Specific notes about touring FASTPASS attractions in Disneyland follow:
- Obtain FASTPASSes for Star Tours, Space Mountain, and Splash Mountain as early in the day as practical.
- Getting Space Mountain FASTPASS requires a bit of work. You must head down the cooridor towards the attraction's entrance on the lower level past Redd Rockett's Pizza Port to find the FASTPASS machines. Fortunately, the return times are posted outside the building, so you will know what you're getting into before you head down this lengthy path.
- FASTPASS enables you to postpone a wet ride like Splash Mountain to a warmer part of the day.
- There are two potential ways to enter the queue for Splash Mountain: one is near the front of the mountain (and is your only option if the line extends this far), and the other is opposite the Winnie the Pooh attraction. Wait times are posted by both of these entrances. However, FASTPASS return times are only posted by the entrance near Pooh. This is also where the FASTPASS kiosks are located.
- At Roger Rabbit the FASTPASS return time will often be about the same as (or better than) the wait in the standby queue. It also does not affect your ability to get other FASTPASSes, so use it unless the wait is extremely short.
- The FASTPASS tickets at Disneyland are distributed independently of the FASTPASS tickets at California Adventure. This means that you can ignore the "another FASTPASS will be available at" time on a Disneyland FASTPASS while at California Adventure, and vice versa.
- Haunted Mansion FASTPASSes are sometimes available only from October to December when the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay is in effect. Note that the FASTPASS kiosks are located to the left of the Haunted Mansion towards the New Orleans Square Train Station.
- Due to its immensely long queue, your wait in line when using FASTPASS at Indiana Jones Adventure may be longer than expected, and you will not discover this until after you have given your FASTPASS ticket to a cast member. FASTPASS waits may be particularly bad on days with unpleasant weather, when cast members may prioritize the the FASTPASS line less in order to keep standby guests from waiting in the uncovered parts of the queue.
- The FASTPASS machines for Autopia are located on a raised platform to the right of the attraction entrance. Also, the amount of line remaining after FASTPASS guest are merged into the standard attraction queue is comparatively long. Expect to wait a bit, even with FASTPASS. As of summer 2015, FASTPASS is not available for Autopia.
- FASTPASS machines for Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters were repurposed for Star Tours in Summer 2011. Note that FASTPASS kiosks are on the left side of the Buzz Lightyear building, across the pathway from the Star Tours attraction entrance. As of the summer of 2015, FASTPASS is again available for Buzz Lightyear.
- Splash Mountain, Matterhorn Bobsleds, and Indiana Jones Adventure have single rider lines. If you do not mind having each member of your party ride in a separate vehicle, this can save you time without using FASTPASS.


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EK: Andrew, now that the 2013 top 10 list mania has settled down, we can stop worrying about reducing the year to bite-sized chunks and look back on the whole thing as a single moment in the history of the movies. Or can we? In your year-end article, you said you saw 175 films throughout the year; surely there were some great ones that didn't even make it to your runner-up list. Is it possible to extract an overall narrative of the year in film that does justice to all the great movies released during that time -- or at least most of them? What, if anything, would you consider to be defining characteristics of 2013 cinema? And what got more praise than it deserved?
ANDREW O'HEHIR: I always dread year-end discussions about a whole bunch of movies connected by the accident of chronology, if it is an accident. They remind me of the kind of bogus thumbsucker the NYT Arts & Leisure section used to specialize in, a decade or so ago. You remember: If three or four movies about married couples had come out in a given year, we had to read a 2000-word article about "How Hollywood understands marriage," featuring interviews with whatever academic sociologist was currently peddling a book on the topic.
But John's clearly right that the election of Barack Obama, five years ago now, and the emergence of several high-profile (and often very good) pictures about race this year are connected. I like John's ideas about procedural films and films about isolated heroes, although I'm inclined to think that's more likely to be coincidence than anything else. Filmmakers are also clearly wrestling with the issue of social and economic inequality in America -- it's the issue of our still-young century, so far -- and with the aftermath of another 2008 event, the financial crash.
I don't want to ascribe too much cultural meaning to the awards-season brouhaha pitting supporters of "American Hustle" against supporters of "Wolf of Wall Street," but both pictures are trying, in similar ways and also in strikingly different ways, to get at some essential questions about the American present by examining the American past. It's always fun to watch critics bashing each other, and maybe this makes me a namby-pamby liberal (a label I am always eager to resist!) but it's possible to enjoy both movies for what each does well, without accusing the other one of being pandering garbage. "Wolf" is for me probably a more important movie (whatever that means), but there's tremendous vivacity -- and tremendous social commentary, too! -- in the performances of Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence in "Hustle."
As a certified foreign-film snob, I sadly must second John's conclusion that this wasn't a great year for non-English-language cinema. But there are reasons to hope, or anyway to be curious about what lies ahead. Genre movies continue to grow in importance; the horror filmmakers of Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific regions, in particular, have pretty much left the Yanks behind when it comes to inventive storytelling and pure skullfucking terror. I never reviewed Adrian Garcia Bogliano's Tijuana middle-class horror-thriller "Here Comes the Devil," for example, but it stuck with me more than most of the movies I watched this fall. I'm beginning to wonder whether the whole Great Man model of Euro-art-house filmmaking has finally expired, much as I love people like Desplechin, Denis, Michael Haneke and so on. The global genre-film wave, movies made inexpensively and consumed largely outside conventional cinematic contexts, is only going to grow.
John's very funny on the subject of "Iron Man 3," which along with the second "Hunger Games" movie and the "Hobbit" sequel (and "Fast Furious 6," inexplicably) will be at the very top of the accounting charts when all the 2013 dollars are counted. I actually enjoyed all three of those movies pretty well (didn't see "FF6"), but they epitomize the obvious nature of the theatrical business right now, in which people go in large numbers to mall theaters that strongly resemble Burger King to watch overblown, mechanically produced dramas about conflict and rebellion with highly predictable and reassuring outcomes. It's a strange moment, but one (or so my inner Marxist claims) that is pregnant with possibility.
If we want to pick a fight, I'll say that John's otherwise excellent fave-raves include "Gravity," which left me almost entirely cold. It's brilliant showmanship, I loved the first few minutes, I loved Clooney and I loved the mysterious phone call from Uzbekistan, but the whole latter portion of the film was like the Coney Island Cyclone except not as much fun. I almost wanted to believe the truther theories about how Bullock's really dead at the end! Which no doubt reflects my desire to turn it into a Kubrick or Tarkovsky movie instead of what it is.
A few films to which I wish I'd shown more year-end love: Cristian Mungiu's bleak but powerful "Beyond the Hills," the Taviani brothers' "Caesar Must Die," the Eastern European sci-fi chiller "Vanishing Waves," the Kubrickian doc "Room 237" (which I simply forgot to include on my list) and Quentin Dupieux's absurdist masterpiece "Wrong," one of the funniest and least appreciated films of the year.


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Suspect sought in W-B convenience store robbery
Wilkes-Barre police are investigating an armed robbery of a minimart that happened Tuesday night.
The report of the robbery at the Hazle Mart at 532 Hazle St. came in around 7:45 p.m. Sgt. Joseph Mangan said a man in a gray hooded sweatshirt came in to the store and pointed a gun at the cashier and demanded money.
The amount of money taken was undetermined as of last night as police continued to investigate and viewed security video footage. Mangan said the man fled the store on foot on Hazle Street.
Just over a week ago, an armed robbery happened at the same location. The owner said he was in the store around 8:30 p.m. making coffee when a man came in wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, jeans, white gloves and black boots and mask, according to police.
The man pointed a black handgun at the store owner and told him to go behind the counter and open the register, police said. The man then followed the owner behind the counter, removed the cash and took an undisclosed amount of money from the register, police said. Before leaving the store, the man also took a carton of Kool cigarettes, according to police.
No arrests have been made for either robbery.
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Phil Collins Talks Music and Concerts: 'I'm Not Ruling Anything Out'"I can picture me walking onstage and everybody going 'Yeah!' you know. I can picture it. And I can smell it. I'd like a bit of that."
7 Things We Want to Learn from Phil Collins' AutobiographyWe want to know how he started working with both Eric Clapton and Robert Plant in-between doing multi-platinum solo and Genesis albums and sold out tours.
Phil Collins to Re-Issue Solo AlbumsWith over 100 million sales over his illustrious career, it's safe to say that Phil Collins's forthcoming re-issue campaign is highly anticipated.
Phil Collins Plans Remastered Reissues Of Entire Solo Catalog
That Phil Collins, Adele Collaboration Is Back On
Phil Collins Cancels First Performance in Four YearsCollins apologized to the crowd, saying, "Trust me, you wouldn't enjoy it."
Phil Collins Calls Adele 'A Slippery Little Fish' After Supposed Album SnubEarlier this year, Phil Collins revealed that he was writing songs with Adele, but now it seems as though we may never hear them.
Watch a Clip of the Genesis Documentary 'Sum of the Parts'"This is what I did. This was my territory. Don't send me out there with the microphone! I didn't want to do that!"
Calm Down, Everyone: Phil Collins Isn't Touring (Yet)His Dec. 6 show in Miami will likely only total three or four songs, he says.
Phil Collins to Play First Show in 4 YearsPhil Collins fans are in luck: the singer just announced his first show in four years.
Genesis Hint At 'Exciting News' On Friday, But What Could It Be?
Phil Collins In Rehearsals To 'Test The Waters' For Tour


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Overnight oats for two!
Notice how the man version is leaning towards the woman with his masculine spoon –
His had:
And hers:
Matt and I are off on an adventure this morning!
Overnight oats for two!
Notice how the man version is leaning towards the woman with his masculine spoon –
His had:
And hers:
Matt and I are off on an adventure this morning!
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Good morning kath ! I had overnight oats to have a great Friday the 13thb, oooooo !
Good morning! Have fun on your adventure!
I love it!! too cute!
Y'all have fun on your adventure!! Happy Friday.
Haha is Matt's spoon flirting with yours? 😉
I love the his and hers breakfast! Cookie butter sounds amazing! Have fun on your adventure!
Mmmm both sound delicious! I still have yet to try cookie butter…but everyone seems to love it! If only I had a trader joes!
How nice of you to give Matt a "manly" spoon. I don't know that I'd have shared cookie butter though. 😉
I love making oats for two! I say to the boyfriend, "I made you breakfast because I love you and for your cholesterol." Not sure how much he appreciates that.
So cute! I already ate breakfast, and you made me hungry again!
Both great looking breakfasts!
So cute! I haven't had overnight oats in SO long, but I might have to soon!
Love the oats in those jars! Have a fun adventure.
I need an adventure.
So cute! Have a great day
Oooh have fun! Can't wait to hear about it!
Can't wait to hear about this adventure!! Haha and I love the guy spoon
I love that you guys shared similar breakfasts this morning. Do you guys tend to eat a lot of the same types of breakfasts or does it always vary?
Have a lovely morning! 😀
Try as I may… my fiance just doesn't care for oatmeal. He is a bagel or muffin man all the way!
I can't get Greg to go for overnight oats. Don't know why- they are awesome! He is just not an "oatmeal guy."
Way to leave us with a cliff-hanger. Have fun on the adventure!
Sadly I cant really eat sugar or carbs..Do you mainly eat oatmeat for breakt or do egg type dishes too? I will take a look through your recipes
Was the spoon's position purposely arranged like that or just on accident? haha
Have fun on whatever adventure you're off on!
SEXY oats! That's what my hubby calls them. Watch out! hahahaha
I love it when my husband lets me make breakfast for him! It doesn't happen often…have fun on your adventure!
Have an amazing trip!
Adorable! And love how the "masculine spoon" is leaning towards the woman 😉
Have fun! Looks like you're off to a great start!
too cute! love how bright it all looks!
Yum…I want some:)
I love having breakfast ready and waiting for me in the good! Happy Adventures!
I have read your blog for several months and really enjoy it. I like it because the meals are fairly simple, there is a variety of foods, and yet healthy. My question is, I would like to loose some weight and I know you are a R.D. – any recomendations besides the obvious (sugar, fat, junk)… Would you jump start and do South Beach, would you eliminate certain things? I tried to write down all I eat, but that is a pain in the neck. I am a pre-diabetic and this is the year I want to become healthy and fit – I'll be 60… Thank you so much for any input – I appreciate it and don't want to take too much of your time. Have a nice weekend!
Can't beat that breakfast (and I love Matt's spoon. I want that flatware!)
Have a wonderful adventure guys
Oooooooh I love adventures! I like to think every day can be an adventure…today's adventure involved trudging through the snow with the wheaten terrier we are taking care of. I think he found every stick out there and investigated every tree and telephone pole. We'll have another adventure date this afternoon. Have fun on your adventure!
If I handed my husband oatmeal in a jar he'd look at me like I had 3 heads.
Look forward to hearing about the adventure!
Love the masculine and feminine spoons!
Good luck and have fun on your adventure!
Enjoy your adventure!! 😀 I really want to buy Coach's Oats, saw them at the Costco in hawaii when we were on vacation but haven't yet found them locally (even at the Glen Allen Costco)….
Beautiful pictures this morning! <3
Finally tried o o i a j! It was pretty good…but I don't know if I love it cold….?
Have fun!
Great breakfast for a morning adventure
It is finally snowing here–YAY!!!
i need to try mine with cookie butter!
Gah even your oats are cute! You guys are so sweet. Enjoy your adventure
I haven't had overnight oats since the start of the cold weather… but this post is making me crave them!
Have fun on your adventure today. 😀
Love the his and hers overnight oats! have fun on your adventure! Cannot wait to hear about it.
Can't wait to hear about the adventure!
And on a Friday?? Good for you Have fun!
An adventure!? I can't wait to hear about it!
Jealous! I mindlessly threw out my peanut butter jar and completely forgot to make overnight oats in it
Could you tell me what Coach's oats and Cookie butter are?
Thanks, Kath! The Coach's oats sound amazing. I live in Canada, so there is no Trader Joe's here. I'll have to try some the next time I'm in Philly visiting relatives!
Cute post! I just tried over night oats the other morning and they were pretty good!
I'm not sure anyone will see this or not, hopefully. I am interested in using mason jars to make the overnight oatmeal in the mornings (brilliant idea btw) i was wondering though, i've never used mason jars before. i'm reading about sterilizing them, is that necessary if i plan on just using them to make overnight oatmeal? or is that only for people that are canning/preserving food for a period of time?
obviously, i'll give them a good rinse with soap and hot water before using them, but just curious if that extra step of sterilization is necessary.
stupid question i know. thanks for any feedback
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Infonetics: Cisco beats back Avaya for top position in PBX vendor market
Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) beat back Avaya to keep the top revenue position in the PBX vendor market in the third quarter of 2012, according to the latest stats from Infonetics Research.
Cisco secured the top spot for the fifth consecutive quarter, while Avaya came in a close second. Together, the two firms control almost 50 percent of the PBX market. NEC climbed to the third position with double-digit quarter-over-quarter growth, while Siemens (NYSE: SI) slipped to fourth place in the most recent quarter, according to Infonetics.
Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Lync product has hit a "sweet spot" in the unified communications (UC) applications market, with revenues soaring 40 percent in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the second quarter, according to Infonetics. Other top UC vendors include traditional telephony vendors such as Cisco, Avaya and Siemens Enterprise.
"Overall the UC market continues to have good growth, but Microsoft is outpacing the other vendors," Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC and IMS at Infonetics Research, told FierceEnterpriseCommunications.
At the same time, the enterprise telephony market continues to struggle in some aspects, with year-over-year declines continuing in the third quarter.
"The tough economic climate has slowed upgrades with businesses holding onto existing platforms. However, we expect the market to move back into positive territory on a worldwide basis" next year, Myers said.
The global enterprise PBX market, which includes TDM, hybrid and pure IP PBXs, saw a 5.6 percent year-over-year decline in the quarter due to continued market softness in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. However, the market increased 2.8 percent over the previous quarter, according to Infonetics.
In the third quarter, the average revenue per PBX line slipped below $200 for the first time, and revenue is dropping faster than shipments, the research firm found.
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