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Really the "Proverb is True". Actually I fall in love with a girl in November 2007. She is far from my city. We used to introduce our-self through internet. Actually am a lover of making friends. Obviously I do sending Fun Mails to my colleagues, friends and even for unknown. She Introduced as a Unknown and become all to me. She was so caring, lovable, helpful and patient & importantly Rich girl who seeks only the pure love from me. I gave her the same.
Days went we started Chatting in phone, even further we thought to meet each other, one day it happened, she was just up to my expectation and I don't know about the feedback about me which was she had then. But our love become strongest than ever hence I started moving to her town in the weekends and make my love more stronger. Every thing is Ok, Now we decided to Marry.
Here, the problem arises, though we have good rapport, while in the sense of real life we met with lot of expectations each other and the financial risk arises, at certain limit I feel my Burden and put forward to her, in the same time she agreed to help me and did the same, now am a business man, owing two commercial vehicles and earnings are coming in 5 digits, moreover I have the investments which come in 6 digits.
What I want to tell you from this blog is !, if we are truthful to our loved ones means, nothing else equals the love and care we will get from them.. Certainly we can climb up the hill.


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Before Madonna ruled the world
One full year before Madonna appeared on television for the first time and confidently declared to Dick Clark on "American Bandstand" that she was going to "rule the world," photographer Richard Corman could ...have told you the same thing.
Corman photographed the superstar-in-the-making in the Lower East Side of New York in the early '80s and is releasing the collection of images in his new book, "Madonna NYC 83."
He met Madonna through a tip from his mother, a casting director. He was fresh off an apprenticeship with photographer Richard Avedon, and Madonna had yet to release her debut album.
Cis Corman first saw Madonna when she was casting Martin Scorcese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" and suggested her son get in touch.
When he arrived at her walk-up apartment, Corman was supposed to call from a pay phone across the street to be let in. But when the neighborhood kids heard who he was visiting, "the sea parted," Corman recalls.
Madonna served him coffee and bubblegum on a silver platter, and then he pulled out his camera.
"I adore Madonna, and respect her. I think she's so gifted," Corman says. "But it's important to note that I'm not a big, huge, crazy Madonna fan. This book is an homage to that period of time and to today.
"What moves me the most about these pictures is that they feel like they could have happened yesterday. All of them. Every one."
Still, Madonna herself was undeniable.
Whether she was dancing with neighborhood kids on the roof of her building or hanging with senior citizens outside a nursing home, Corman says Madonna was one of a kind.
"I appreciate her sensuality, and her humor. She had this beauty that I'd never seen before and, to this day, I've never seen again."
"She was ahead of pop culture at the time," Corman continues. "None of us knew it. Those earrings I see on every corner. Those faux pearls, everywhere. Those dark roots, everybody's getting their hair done that way now. And that red mouth. It blows my mind."
In reviewing the photos for his book, Corman noticed something about Madonna's famous penciled-on beauty mark that moved him even 30 years later.
"I didn't understand the color until I was looking at these so carefully," he says. "Then I realized it was purple to match her eye shadow.
"From the shoes she was wearing, to the look in her eyes, to the way her hair was spiked out, the denim – it was just perfection. Every single detail, this girl was just off the charts."
– Abbey Goodman, CNN

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Last week's opinions: In Plain English
If it feels like a quieter time of year at the Court, it isn't "" it's just the more visible Court tasks that have gone under the radar. After the flurry of January arguments and opinions, the Court has settled down for its long winter's work (no, not nap), and there are no more arguments until the end of February. Still, those within the Court building are working hard "" with only twelve opinions in merits cases handed down so far (as well as one affirmance by an equally divided Court), the Court is considerably behind last year's pace with respect to deciding cases. Significant? Probably not "" because the Court sets its own schedule, opinions ebb and flow over the course of any Term. Still, with dozens of argued cases to decide by the end of June, the law clerks and Justices are most likely hunkered down at their desks.
But this week the Court did issue three opinions, across a range of topics. In Thompson v. North American Stainless, the Court took on Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the topic of retaliation in the workplace, deciding that when a worker complained to her employer about sex discrimination, the boss was no more entitled to fire her fiancé in retaliation than he was to fire the complaining employee herself. The majority's opinion reflected common sense, explaining that it did not make sense to give employers a retaliatory loophole in giving them tacit permission to retaliate against close family members while prohibiting such actions against the whistleblowers.
But Thompson made for the classic case of the "slippery slope," a legal concept meaning that a decision that makes sense in a particular case might not make as much sense when taken to its logical extreme. In its opinion, the Court tried to stop the snowballing before it began by making clear that the "close family member" rule might extend to people other than spouses (or, indeed, soon-to-be spouses), but probably would not extend to distant acquaintances.
So, how will we know exactly whom Title VII protects? Under Thompson, it's crystal clear that whistleblowers, their fiancés, and by logical extension, their spouses are protected. But that is probably where the Supreme Court will stop its analysis. In cases like this, once the Court has drawn parameters (fiancés: protected; acquaintances: not protected), the lower federal courts litigate and fill in the gray area. Therefore, the "next-door neighbor" and "great-aunt" cases will probably arise and be decided by the district and circuit courts (courts that do the vast majority of the judicial decision-making in the United States) over the next several years.
A final note about Thompson: As Nabiha mentioned in Tuesday's roundup, several news outlets commented that, although the conventional wisdom is that the Roberts Court favors corporations and the business community (a topic about which Fortune did a cover story a couple of weeks ago), employees have recently been winning retaliation cases before the Court . It's important to keep in mind that it's hard to make sweeping generalizations about the Court or, indeed, about any Justice on the Court "" as soon as you try, you are likely to be surprised. Although study after study has shown that the Justices often do act according to their policy preferences "" and, for some members of the Court, that might be pro-business "" they also reason their way through cases and try to reach supportable, logical results. Thompson is a great example of a case in which the Justices thought about a case based on its facts and reached a logical conclusion. (And, yes (I can hear you screaming at me!) sometimes we do see what appears to be a policy bias but my point is merely that the Justices do not always act according to their policy preferences.)
How about those pesky credit card interest rates? Did yours go up a few years ago "" perhaps even without your knowing that they would? Unfortunately, you're out of luck; in Chase Bank v. McCoy, Justice Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous Court in holding that, before 2009, credit card companies did not have to notify cardholders in writing before they raise interest rates. Of course, under the Federal Reserve Board's Regulation Z, now they do "" but before 2009, the regulation was not explicit on this point.
But this case is about more than whether the credit card companies acted properly in raising rates without written notice; it is also about a common issue at the Court: how much should courts defer to federal agencies when the agencies interpret and apply either their own regulations or federal laws? If that sounds like a mouthful, it is. In this case, the Federal Reserve Board passed regulations to implement the provisions of the Truth in Lending Act (a federal statute). However, when several courts misunderstood what the Board meant in its regulations, the Fed tried to clarify. McCoy, then, was about whether the Court should listen to what the Fed said it meant to say in Regulation Z, or whether instead it should decide for itself what Regulation Z actually means. In reading the Court's opinion in McCoy, most commentators agree that the Court did what it should have done "" it listened to the Fed and declared its interpretation to be the correct one, rendering it law. But while the Court often defers to agency interpretations, it does not always do so "" a larger topic for another day.
While many of the Court's cases revolve around fascinating facts, quite a few cases each Term are questions of procedure, or the rules surrounding the litigation process. In Ortiz v. Jordan, the Court decided that once a trial has already taken place, a party to a case may not appeal a denial of summary judgment "" which sounds like another mouthful. Let me explain. "Summary judgment" is a decision by a trial court to decide a case before it goes to trial. For a trial court to grant summary judgment, it must be convinced that there are no important factual or legal issues that might cause a reasonable jury to decide the case differently. In other words, the case is a slam dunk. If the trial court denies summary judgment, one of two things usually happens: 1) the parties settle; or 2) the case goes to trial (which can also happen if the result of an appeal is to affirm the trial court's denial of summary judgment). In this case, prison officials moved for summary judgment in a case brought by prisoner Michelle Ortiz for violation of her civil rights due to a prison rape. When the trial court denied the motion for summary judgment, the parties went to trial, and Ortiz won a large judgment. After the jury verdict, the prison officials then appealed the denial of summary judgment. This, the Court explained, is where the prison officials went wrong: they should have filed what is called an "interlocutory appeal," or an appeal before the final judgment in the case, when the motion for summary judgment was denied. By waiting until the trial was over, they slept on their rights, or waited too long.
One last observation about this week's opinions: All three cases were decided unanimously, albeit with a few concurrences thrown in. Although, as we discussed last week in Plain English, the Court is unanimous in a large percentage of the cases it hears, a run of six (and seven of the last eight) unanimous cases in a row is noteworthy. To what can we attribute this run of agreement among the Justices? Time of year? Maybe "" especially because the Court might announce its opinion in a case it considers "easy" to decide before it announces others about which it is still battling internally. Subject matter? Perhaps – none of the unanimous cases of the past few weeks has been in a tricky Constitutional case. But will this Term be noteworthy for an unusual unanimity rate? We'll see as the Term goes on . . . and I'll be here to comment on it in Plain English.
Recommended Citation: Lisa McElroy, Last week's opinions: In Plain English, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 31, 2011, 9:13 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2011/01/last-weeks-opinions-in-plain-english/


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We?re seriously going out on a limb here, but we?ve received word the BlackBerry 9630, the device we all know and love, will make its debut into the world as the BlackBerry Tour. Not even going to comment on the name, we?ll leave that up to you. Just know this is viciously unconfirmed, but hey, it sounds like something RIM would think is cool. Plus, wasn?t there rumblings about U2? Just sayin??
P.S. That same tipster confirmed release of the device in ?early summer?
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The following is a guest post by Professor Mark Naison. Mark Naison is a Professor of African-American Studies and History at Fordham University and Director of Fordham's Urban Studies Program. He is the author of three books and over 100 articles on African-American History, urban history, and the history of sports. His most recent book White Boy: A Memoir, published in the Spring of 2002, was reviewed in the New York Times, the Nation and the Chronicle of Higher Education and was the subject of feature stories on Black Entertainment Television, New York One News and the Tavis Smiley show on National Public Radio. One of his most popular courses at Fordham, "From Rock and Roll to Hip Hop: Urban Youth Cultures in Post War America" has also received media attention, becoming the subject of stories on National Public Radio, Bronx Net, and WFUV. His most recent course, "Feeling the Funk: Research Seminar on Music of the African Diaspora" focuses on Latin and Caribbean traditions on American Popular Music.
The 2008 Election Campaign of Barack Obama inspired a spirit of sacrifice and idealism that I had not seen among close friends since the early days of the Civil Right Movement. My upstairs neighbors, both in their mid 70's, camped out in Virginia a week before the election to help get out the vote in that state. My best friend and his wife did the same in Florida. At least ten people in my circle took regular trips to Pennsylvania and Ohio on weekends to help move those "swing states" into the Democratic camp. And my dear friend Rich Klimmer, now deceased, spent three months in a hotel room in Philadelphia, while undergoing dialysis three times a week, coordinating the labor campaign for Obama in Pennsylvania.
What did all these people have in common, other than a passion to elect the first African American president in American History?
Every single one of them were college professors or public schools teachers! No group worked harder for Barack Obama's election than America's teachers, who not only contributed funds to his campaign, but were the campaign's most effective "grunt workers," doing everything possible to reach voters in swing states, whether by participating in phone banks or by travelling long distances to reach voters door to door.
Today, America's teachers stand so disillusioned with the Obama administration that their participation in the 2012 is a big question mark. Teachers I know may ultimately vote for Barack Obama, but they will do so only because they fear the Republican candidate will do more damage, not because they think the Obama administration's policies are moving the nation in the right direction. When it comes to education policy, most teachers and professors see the Obama administration as promoting national initiatives which strip teachers of their autonomy, make them scapegoats for the nation's problems, and promote formulas for assessing teacher quality that will, if accepted, turn reduce instruction at all levels to memorization and test prep. They are very likely to sit out the next Presidential campaign unless the administration switches gears and embraces a teacher centered strategy for improving American schools and universities.
But to do that, President Obama will have to remove the Harvard trained lawyer who runs the US Department of Education, Arne Duncan. Not only does Duncan promote policies which force schools and universities make testing and assessment a far more significant part of classroom learning, in his comments to the press and elected officials, he literally oozes contempt for teachers and school administrators. In Arne Duncan's field of vision, America's schools and universities are islands of backwardness and inefficiency in a dynamic society where competition produces excellence and those who can't compete lose their jobs. Obsessed with quantifying success and punishing failure, he is on a mission to turn every dimension of classroom learning, from kindergarten through graduate school, into something that can be measured and evaluated with the simplicity and clarity of sales figures in a bank or corporation, thereby allowing for ironclad measures of teacher evaluation on a national scale. When anyone suggest that teaching involves more than preparing students for tests, and involves characteristics likes nurturing, mentoring and character building, or involves stimulating imagination and creativity, Duncan responds with impatience and contempt. He sees himself as single handily driving the nation towards educational competitiveness by shaking up the nation's teachers, made soft by tenure and union protections, and forcing them to be as success driven and fearful as those who work in the private sector.
While Duncan's approach has succeeded in making teachers angry and fearful, nowhere has it improved the nation's schools. The strategic mix of school closings, teacher assessment protocols based on student test results, and the closing of "failing" schools, mandated by No Child Left Behind has not raised tests results in a single major urban school district, nor has it brought new idealism and energy to teaching and learning. Instead it has enraged teachers, confused administrators, and led to protests by students and parents who feel that their input has been erased by the national formulas that determined a larger and larger portion of school policies.
On the University level, Duncan has forced rating agencies like Middle States to require assessment protocols that vastly simplify what goes on in college classrooms and strip faculty members of powers of peer evaluation that have been in place since the 1960's. The same obsession to find out if teachers have been "successful" according to a one size fits all formula, forced down the throat of local school districts through the financial incentives of Race to the Top, has been forced on universities through the threat of the cutting off of federal funding. As a result, faculty members throughout the country have been forced to use a language in evaluating their work that has no standing or credibility in their discipline (what "outcomes" and "goals" would one measure in a course on Greek philosophy or Hip Hop Dance) and violates every norm of academic freedom that faculty members have fought for since the McCarthy Era.
The negative effect on teacher morale of such policies is well documented, but they have also started to inspire resistance. All over the nation, teachers are taking to the streets to resist attacks on their autonomy and professional status, and university professors are starting to mobilize against the threat posed to academic freedom and departmental self-governance by nationally designed and enforced assessment protocols. Everywhere you go in this country, the name Arne Duncan inspires outrage, not only among teachers, and college professors, but among school administrators and college presidents.
If President Obama has any hope of being re-elected in 2012, he'd better pay attention to this groundswell of outrage and replace Arne Duncan with a Secretary of Education who shows greater respect for the idealism, creativity and hard work of a group that played a central role in his 2008 campaign-America's Teachers.
Mark Naison June 7, 2011


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Are you called to play your ideal role in leading the way to a world of love, cooperation and peace?
If you have come to this page, chances are you are the kind of woman that wants to embody a new kind of ecstatic power and feminine fullness – the new Soulful Woman that is now emerging. That Soulful Woman is not only positively impacting the world, she's deeply spiritual, joyful and whole. She's at peace with herself and at one with life.
And we need more Soulful Women today... including you!
It's undeniable that the world faces many crises, but we are also in a time of enormous opportunity – especially as women. Never before have we had so many careers available to us in the outer world. And never before have we had the chance to grow into our new powers on the inner level.
In fact, it is the access to the deepest lineages of feminine wisdom – and the ability to join together in sacred community to activate our new capacities – that is so vital now. It's time to go beyond becoming more masculine to prove our worth: it's time to claim our rightful divine roles in the world, while embracing and cherishing all of who we are as feminine beings.
In the Soulful Women School, we believe the time is NOW to empower conscious, powerful and brilliant women like YOU to step forward in this new era and give birth to your soul's calling.
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In ancient times, women seeking answers to these questions were often called into what were called "mystery schools."
From the Isis temples of ancient Egypt to the Inanna temples of Sumeria, from Avalon to the Oracle at Delphi, women came to seek training and remembrance of their inner divinity and development of spiritual and practical skills to step into their power. But eventually most of these lineages and the knowledge they held disappeared into the dark, one by one.
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In this program, you will have an opportunity to retrieve and reconnect with your own feminine soul and a sense of purpose and meaning in life. You will be offered countless opportunities to heal the wounds that are operating at both the collective and personal level of your being – so you can feel radiant, vibrant and fully alive. You'll get in deeper touch with your creative spark, your sensuality and your truth.
From that empowered place, you can – and will – manifest a life that feels joyful, abundant and fully aligned with your soul mission.
The Feminine Alchemy Immersion Program offers a step-by-step pathway for evolving your soul and your psyche, through an initiatory journey into 13 archetypes of the sacred feminine.
These archetypes all live inside you, but many of them may be dormant, often suppressed or feared during millennia of masculine dominance.
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The result is the birth of a more soul-connected, juicy, radiantly empowered You. Expect to become a more full-spectrum being – comfortable in your wise depths, at home in your wildness and willing to shine with your gifts. As you stand in your full feminine radiance, it ripples into your outer world as well.
Through this program, we've been witness to countless women expanding their access to deeper intuitions and memories, not to mention resurrecting buried pieces of their feminine soul. Others have been freed from age old patterns – including abandonment, trauma, addictions or feelings that they were somehow not enough (to name a few).
We've seen many women FINALLY have the courage to pursue their deepest soul desires and experience great success doing it.
We've witnessed the healing of family relationships and intimate partnerships. Some sisters, once clear of their most damaging shadow material, have called in the beloved they'd always hoped would appear.
We've witnessed women's connection to their deep spirit of service and their desire to be a healing vessel for women and children around the world.
It's a different experience for each participant in the program because we are all so different.
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Yet in our fractured society, most of us don't have the deepest level of support to give birth to our dreams – or haven't been taught how to actually do it. So we end up becoming our own biggest obstacles to success.
Well, we KNOW you are here to make a unique contribution to the planet. And we KNOW you can learn to release old patterns and beliefs that have served as survival mechanisms, so that something greater can be born. And we KNOW we can support you to move through an initiatory gateway toward a greater than imagined future.
The Feminine Alchemy Immersion Program offers the support and tools you need to become the woman you were born to be.
After talking with thousands of women leaders and participants in our programs, we are clear that women today are ready to be grounded in a true sacred lineage – WHILE taking practical and definitive actions that make a world of difference.
We know that our divine task is hold fast to the sacred feminine thread, while at the same time attending to our family responsibilities – including children or aging parents, attending to an often-overflowing email inbox, unceasing cell phones and never-ending TO DO lists. It's not primarily about going off to a remote temple for an extended period (though it can be helpful at times). It's about bringing that quality of depth into our daily lives.
So how do we do it?
How do we offer our deepest soul gifts to the world in a way that feels elegant, graceful and aligned? And how can we offer ourselves in true SERVICE to the planet, providing healing and love to some of the darkest corners of the Earth?
Answering these questions is no easy task. But it's what's required of a sacred woman living today.
As we integrate the ancient female lineages of the past – and re-ignite the fires of schools like Avalon, Dendara, Delphi, Egypt, the Maya and so many more – we begin to re-weave the missing thread in our souls and our psyches...
...And we can remember why we are truly here in this lifetime.
That said, remembering is only one piece of the puzzle. The call today is to stay connected to this ancient wisdom, while evolving our consciousness and our methods to match our current day realities.
The Feminine Alchemy Immersion Program offers a pathway for living your feminine wisdom in a modern world. Through our 7-month certification program, we are offering you a potent, transformative journey that will enable you to deepen your soulful presence, expand your vision for what's possible, and move into practical action doing the work you're called to do in the world.
As you do so, you will reconnect with the Earth, your body – and with the very essence of life. Rather than feeling isolated and alone, you will be welcomed into a global sisterhood that will be there to celebrate your joys, and which will hold you through your darkest hours.
And you will have the inner confidence and strength to follow your heart and live your truth. As a result, you will make a true difference on our planet, and have a life that you love.
You Don't Have to Do it Alone...
This program is one that creates a sacred space in which you are held by a community of other women, as you each become experts in midwifing yourselves – and each other – into your deeper soul's calling.
The truth is that we are not designed to give birth alone. So it's our honor and delight to be with you in this program, so that you can be held, supported, guided and nurtured as you bring new life into being.
Besides, it's much easier, more potent, more comforting – and much more fun – to have a team of soulful midwives supporting you in your birthing process every step of the way, holding your hand and celebrating your successes (however big or small).
Bridging Deep Inner World with Our Everyday Lives
In this life-changing program, we're offering the wisdom and depth of an ancient mystery school within a modern context. We also offer a support network and accountability for the practical steps you need to take to deeply impact the world and enjoy a fulfilling and prosperous life in all areas – your health and wellbeing, your family and relationships, your vocation, your creativity, your service and your deepest calling.
Through their own inner and outer transformational work, we have become adept at tapping into the potent powers of the archetypal world of the Divine Feminine to generate positive shifts in our own lives, and begin making our greatest impact – helping thousands of women transform their lives.
Our planet and humanity-at-large have never been more in need of skilled, trained and capable soulful women leaders who can birth their own potential, and then lead others into their soul's true calling. This program is specifically designed to support you to make the inner shifts necessary to live your soul's destiny to the fullest.
We are calling you to imagine beyond the confines of what you think is possible, and stand in the truth of YOUR MAGNIFICENCE. We are calling you to take outrageous and remarkable actions in your life, so you can truly midwife the planetary shifts we face, and manifest your greatest visions for your life and our world.
Join us, and we will lift you into a life that is aligned with who you really are and what you are really here to do!
What recent graduates say about the Feminine Alchemy Immersion Program:
"I am in a deep state of gratitude for my experience with the Soulful Women's Program. Little did I know that that momentous decision would lead to the growth, the healing and the expansion that I feel in my soul and my being now. I can never repay Devaa, Elayne and the rest of you for being part of bringing forth the remembrance, the witnessing, the support and the love which has led me to this moment.
Through this program, I was able to heal and move lifelong pain and trauma out of my body, so my body now feels tangibly different! The power of the archetypes and this work is profound.
As facilitators, what I love is that Elayne and Devaa are both fully in their power. They are also down-to-earth, honest and authentic. They embody a cauldron of deep safety and also utter sacredness. They have the capacity in one moment to be very very tender, and in the next moment cut through to the chase – inviting you to go deeper, move forward, and find what you are searching for.
Of all the programs out there – and I've participated in a lot of them – this one takes it to the core. If you are interested in going for true depth of soul development, then this is the program for you. To me, there is no amount of money that I could pay that would be too much, given all I received from this program. It has made a profound difference in my life."
– Patricia Benavidez, Elementary School Teacher
"Before I started the Feminine Alchemy Immersion Program, I really wanted to step into my leadership and my power. I felt a huge calling in my heart that I could not ignore. I knew had to do something MORE with my life – which was not really working the way I was living it. Through this program, I was able to become the woman I always knew I was born to be. Things started very quickly falling into place in my life. For example, I lovingly ended a relationship that was no longer serving me. My new job became completely solid, and now I am the Vice President, managing a million-dollar business (which is still amazing to me!). I am part of an amazing new community of sisters, and the list goes on...
My life has taken a complete 180-degree turn for the better. And I know that I could not have done it without Devaa and Elayne's support. These two are truly amazing facilitators! The connections and relationships that I've made with the other women in the program are priceless. The learning, growth and development that I've experienced are more than priceless. What I've seen happen with other women in the program is nothing short of a miracle. I absolutely recommend this program! What are you waiting for? Just do it!"
– Kim Carpenter, VP of Operations & Head Marketing Trainer
"My life is completely transformed in every way. I have a real inner confidence now in who I am, and why I'm here, and what I'm here to do. I moved through all the shame I've been holding over the years of actually not wanting to fully show up; and something much brighter and lighter and more sparkling has shown up.
And of course because of that, my whole life – all my relationships including the ones closest to me, with my husband and my daughter – are changing. They're very tender and beautiful and loving, and they've been quite tense for the last few years. So it has gone from that to every areas of my life, really."
– Melanie Eclare, Photographer, Priestess & Loving Mother
"I'm emerging from this program with exactly what I needed – a feeling of wholeness I didn't even know I was seeking. If you had asked me two years ago if I'd be happy with my work, I would have told you that you were crazy because I was so confused. But with the help of this program, I kept listening to the clues and staying in my heart, and then taking action that was coming from my intuition, my inner wisdom – rather than taking action that was just being directed by fear and directed by my head. And now I have a business that I love, where I'm using my business skills to help creative women bring their gift to the world...and I love what I do.
So there was this huge transformation in my work, and then also in my marriage. We're now in marital therapy, and I thought we were going to end things. But in working with the two of you, and staying in my heart but also staying in my power, I've ended up in a much better place in my marriage as well."
– Leela Somaya, Business Entrepreneur and Coach
"As facilitators, Devaa and Elayne are a wonderful combination of the right and left brain. They wove us all together in a loving, playful open container, where we were deeply held. I was always searching for a feeling of belonging. My parents are no longer alive, and I have no siblings. So this feeling of "home" was quite elusive. The program with Devaa and Elayne created lifelong deep connections. I feel known, seen and held in a way that exceeds anything I have ever experienced. Having this level of unconditional support opened me to my dream in life to be a fashion designer, and my choice to move forward with it."
– Rana Stewart, Fashion Designer and Entertainer
Program Overview: What You Will Learn
We are excited to bring you a 7-month program that takes you into the deep inner work you need to deeply impact the world, and enjoy a fulfilling and prosperous life in all areas – your finances, your health and wellbeing, your relationships, your vocation and your deepest calling.
Working with Archetypes to Transform Your Inner World
One of the core principles of our work is that women become more powerful, liberated and whole, by accessing their full potential within themselves. The gateway we offer for doing this deep inner work is through archetypes – cross-cultural images that embody different aspects of the Divine Feminine.
During the certification process, we will work with 13 main archetypes, listed below, followed by the qualities or benefits they help activate when we can live out that energy fully.
Module 1: Initiation of the Great Mother: From Not Enough to More than Enough
- Discover how to source yourself from an overflowing, nurturing well that will feed your life and all your projects.
- Create daily practices to connect to your feminine nature and sustain it.
- Connect more deeply with your body through a deeper exploration of menstrual and lunar cycles – and discover how we can align with them for greater grace and ease of manifestation.
- Learn to get comfortable with the unknown, and allow the new and unexpected to emerge.
Module 2: Initiation of the Goddess of Compassion: From Self-Critical to Self-Acceptance
- Learn how to lead from a compassionate heart, and still get things done!
- Recognize ways that you undermine yourself, damaging our own power in the world.
- Awaken practices of forgiveness and self-acceptance, and open to an increased sense of worthiness.
- Release yourself from the bonds of perfection, judgment and criticism, so that you can be free to offer your gifts more fully in the world.
Module 3: Initiation of the Priestess: From Outward Listening Only to Deep Inner Listening
- Hone the skill of attuning to your inner guidance for external life issues.
- Develop the skill of deep Inner Listening, and tune your inner ear to hear at different levels of subtle communication.
- Practice reading the symbolic world and how to "know" from deep inside which direction to take, which decision to make or the solution to a problem.
Module 4: Initiation of the Creator/Destroyer: From Being Stuck Into True Freedom
- Identify your self-imposed limitations, beliefs and behaviors that stop you from stepping into your radiant fullness.
- Participate in a freedom ceremony to liberate yourself from those limitations and obstacles that are blocking your evolution.
- Get comfortable with cutting away the "dead wood" in your life-including habits, relationships, or ways of being that are not aligned with your greatest expression.
- Develop practices to de-clutter your life every week so that you can become the most effective leader.
Module 5: Initiation of the Lady of Communion: From Feeling Powerless to Being Powerful
- Align your inner masculine and inner feminine to create a potent alchemical force of creation and manifestation in the world.
- Generate a clear sense of what it is that you REALLY want to create that is connected to your true purpose.
- Learn the keys to creating effective, magnetic intentions.
- Learn to manifest through personal magnetism, taking the struggle and strife out of it once and for all!
Module 6: Initiation of the Muse: From Creatively Blocked to Creatively Expressed
- Wake up your creative genius! Learn to access your spontaneity, imagination and creativity as a foundational skill of inspired leadership.
- Learn how to create out-of-thin-air, and use the "Magic IF" wand to serve all your creations in the world.
- Embrace your ability to turn everything on its head, and see things from new perspectives.
- Lead from a place of joy and light-heartedness, and enliven your projects and life with humor.
Module 7: Initiation of the Goddess of Love: From Closed-Hearted to Open-Hearted
- Unleash the feminine rampage of joy and pleasure as a way to juice up every aspect of your life!
- Enliven ALL of your senses as a way to increase your personal power of attraction.
- Revel in the beauty of all life, and experience that what you appreciate, appreciates!
- Develop the art of living in overflowing abundance, and magnetize wealth and prosperity on all levels to your life and leadership.
- Immerse yourself in the spirit of generosity, and learn how to shower it on all of your projects. Immerse yourself in the spirit of generosity, and develop a strategy of generosity in your life to be the lifeblood for all your projects.
Module 8: Initiation of the Primal Goddess: From Disconnected with Your Passion to Feeling Wildly Alive!
- Wild women don't sit at the table and play nice! Give yourself permission to get of the box! Learn when to break the rules and when to play by your own rules.
- Get into your body, shake it all out, cry, laugh, growl, and let your energy run in creative leaps and bounds. You will be surprised how much this can fuel your life and your leadership!
- Let go of being so concerned with what anyone else thinks of you – embrace being bold and unconventional. Color outside the lines. Release energy so that your projects and life can be vitalized, impassioned and freed up.
- Make way for the unpredictable to enter your life.
Module 9: Initiation of the Initiator: From Speaking What's Polite to Speaking Your Truth
- Claim the feminine super power of speaking your truth in a clear, direct, clean and clarifying way.
- Feel what it is like to be in your fierce feminine, speaking up when it would be more comfortable to stay silent. Find your courage to speak up in support of other women, so no woman ever has to stand alone
- Practice being able to call others into authentic being through your astute clarity – use this skill to free yourself and others to be more potent, powerful and embodied.
- Hone your ability to see your project and life with a clear discerning eye for any adjustments that may need to be made.
Module 10: Initiation of the Wise Woman: From Rational Thinking to Deeper Heart Knowing
- Access your mentorship ability, and develop your skills to guide, love, appreciate and support others in their journey.
- Learn how to navigate your doubting mind by accessing the center of your heart knowing.
- Embrace the wisdom of laughter as a way to shift your consciousness out of places of rigidity.
- Step back and see the big picture, let go of what is not important, simplify and become more coherent. Be able to distill what is most important and essential in the moment, your life and your projects.
Module 11: Initiation of the Weaver Dreamer: From Confusion about Your Vision to Clarity About Your Destiny
- Find out what it means to be a visionary, and why it's critical at this time.
- Remember who you are, why you are here, and how to live in integrity with your soul.
- Understand a new way to dream, and learn a profound and proven method for finding and accomplishing any dream.
- Trust at a deeper level, take greater risks, and understand how to remove fear, doubt and other obstacles.
Module 12: Initiation of the Queen of Death: From Holding to What's Not Serving to Letting Go into the Mystery
- Tune into the rhythm of your cyclical nature. Be able to navigate, and see where you are, in the cycle of your own life and of the projects you are involved in.
- Receive your lifetime achievement award for "failure," and see all failure as a part of success. This skill is at the core of our resiliency as leaders.
- Learn to trust that all is well.
- Champion the quiet time when nothing seems to be happening. Allow time for things to be metabolized and digested before engaging on the next project. Embrace and take a stand for the inevitable cycle of birth/death/rebirth in our life and projects.
Module 13: Initiation into the Alchemical Goddess: From Feeling Fragmented To Embodying Your Full Feminine Radiance!
- Hold the full spectrum of all your experiences, wounds, gifts and challenges.
- Forge an internal sacred marriage of opposites.
- Bring your projects/life into a full spectrum of living, finding the nuggets of gold and the gems from the alchemical process.
- Learn to turn any challenge into opportunity.
For those of you who are deeply interested in this program, here's a much more in-detail video where we walk you through some of these key initiations and we share how each one can open and shift the core of who you are. Check it out below.
You'll Also Receive These Special Audio Sessions
Embodying Your Mythic Story
with Guest Faculty Ariel Spilsbury
Ariel Spilsbury is passionate about the conscious evolution of this planet and all its inhabitants. This takes the form of traveling to share the wisdom of the Divine Feminine around the globe, which she has done for over 30 years. She has devoted her life to the conscious awakening of all beings. This she has offered through writing, teaching, sacred theater presentations, creating a metaphysical store, conferences, consciousness events, lectures, seminars, starting a metaphysical newspaper, moon circles for women, spiritual counseling and maintaining a temple for the Goddess for 25 years.
Psychological Implications of Symbols: The Wisdom of the Tarot
with Guest Faculty Angeles Arrien
Angeles Arrien, Ph.D. is a cultural anthropologist, award- winning author, educator and consultant to many organizations and businesses. She researched, created and synthesized the Four-Fold Way Program, which is currently used in medical, academic and corporate environments; and her Four-Fold Way book has been translated into over ten languages around the world.
7 Wonders of the Soul: Harnessing the Power of the Chakras
with Guest Faculty Anodea Judith
Anodea Judith, Ph.D. is a best-selling author, international workshop presenter, psychologist, yoga teacher, philosopher and evolutionary activist whose passion is awakening humanity to its amazing potential before we throw it all away. Ordained as a priestess in 1985, she served in the Church of All Worlds for 20 years, as president and founder of its teaching organization, Lifeways – which led to her research in ancient history, mythology and Goddess traditions. Since her first book on the chakras (Wheels of Life, 1987) became a classic, her many books have been translated into 16 languages and spawned the birth of her current organization, Sacred Centers.
Succulence is PowerFULL
with Guest Faculty SARK
SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy), is the best-selling author and artist of 12 books including the national bestseller Succulent Wild Woman: Dancing With Your Wonder-full Self. Her most recent books on creativity include, Make Your Creative Dreams REAL: A Plan For Procrastinators, Perfectionists, Busy People, People Who Would Really Rather Sleep All Day and the updated edition of SARK's New Creative Companion. SARK invites us all to live a spontaneous and creative life!
12 Ways to be a 21st Century Leader
with Guest Faculty Marcia Wieder
Marcia Wieder, CEO/ Founder of Dream University® is leading a Dream Movement. She's been coaching, training and speaking for 20 years. Whether teaching at the Stanford Business School, speaking to executives in China or at Girl Scout Camp, her riveting style has a deep impact on her audience. She is the personal dream coach to Jack Canfield, appears in Beyond the Secret with Bob Proctor, and is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council with Lynne Twist and Marianne Williamson.
As past president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Marcia Wieder assisted former U.S. presidents, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and George Bush, Sr. The author of 14 books and a thought leader on vision, she has appeared on Oprah regularly and on Today.
Developing Your Intuition
with Guest Faculty Sonia Choquette
Sonia Choquette is a world-renowned author, storyteller, vibrational healer and six-sensory spiritual teacher in international demand for her guidance, wisdom and capacity to heal the soul. She's the author of several best- selling books, including Ask Your Guides, Trust Your Vibes,Soul Lessons, Soul Purpose, and numerous audio programs and card decks. Sonia was educated at the University of Denver and the Sorbonne in Paris, and holds a Ph.D. in metaphysics from the American Institute of Holistic Theology. She resides with her family in Chicago.
Embodying the Wise Woman
with Guest Faculty Luisah Teish
Luisah Teish is a writer, a performer, an artist and an Oshun chief in the Yoruba Lucumi tradition. She performs stories – emphasizing the powers of women and nature – and creates art with recycled materials. The author of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals, Luisah teaches courses in eco- mythology, ritual theater and women's spirituality at Sophia University and the California Institute of Integral Studies.
Unleashing Your Inner Pleasure Queen
with Guest Faculty Mama Gena
Regena Thomashauer (Mama Gena) is a revolution: an icon, teacher, author, mother and one of a handful of pioneers on the planet researching the nature of pleasure and dedicating her life to the discipline of pleasure and fun. Regena is self-taught in the social, cultural and economic history of women including the ancient Goddess religion, which dominated for 30–50 centuries of recorded history. She uses her more than fifteen years of research and her knowledge of female pleasure to open doors for women today by giving them a context in which to maximize their power, passion, enthusiasm and creativity.
Soulful Women Archetypal Package
13 Audio Meditations & 56-Page Color Guidebook
In this special bonus, you'll receive 13 powerful guided meditations, one for each key feminine archetype, that will give you the opportunity to deepen the immersion process whenever you desire. These meditations are accompanied by a downloadable 56-page full color guidebook that describes and illustrates every key archetype.
What Top Thought Leaders and Other Extraordinary Women Say About Devaa and Elayne...
"I've met a lot of teachers, healers and leaders in my years on the speaking circuit. When I wanted to dive deeper with my work and share from a new level of vulnerability, I turned to Devaa. She helped me lead from my authenticity, connect with my depth, and open in ways that proved energizing and effective. Her support enabled me to go to a whole new level in my public presentation, and bring new qualities to my leadership. She helped me in a million ways that I cannot even describe. I am blessed by her presence. Thank you Devaa!"
– Marci Shimoff, Bestselling author with over 14 million books sold, including Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul and Happy for No Reason
"Elayne is a safe and soft place to land. However, she will call you out on your B.S. – which is the role of a coach. She is a fine blend of love, strength, compassion and a total stand for everything that you say you want to create in your life. She can hold the space like no other."
– Vasavi Kumar, Happy wife, self-discovery junkie and transformational life coach
"Devaa is a living example of the Evolutionary Woman arising in our midst. Combining brilliant intellect, business experience, spiritual development, and now a major outreach into the world to assist is all in our evolution, she is a loving and inspiring woman leading us forward in the 21st century."
– Barbara Marx Hubbard, Foundation for Conscious Evolution
"Working with Elayne & Devaa has been one of the more poignant, fulfilling and empowering of my life experiences to date. Both of these women are extremely gifted in identifying and bringing out the strengths, skills and beauty of each individual that they come into contact with. In my own work with them, I have felt continuously seen, heard and held by their unique feminine presence, which is sometimes amazingly gentle and compassionate, and at other times fierce and full of fire – igniting my own inner flame. Always, they come from love."
– Suraya Susana Keating, MFT, Registered Drama Therapist
"The time (or should I say timelessness) that I spent with Devaa was profound. After years of seeing all kinds of 'experts' I can honestly say the time with Devaa broke something loose, and now I feel burden-free, as well as much lighter and more joyful. I recommend her work to anyone who is ready to fly."
– Marcia Wieder, CEO and Founder Dream University
"My journey with Elayne has been of utmost value to me. I'm eternally grateful. Our work together has been incredibly healing, powerful and truly transformational. For me, Elayne has been a gentle, loving and yet powerful guide who has supported me in overcoming many challenges stemming from childhood and into my adult life. The most beautiful part of our work together is it has allowed me to step into my full potential as a woman, a wife, a teacher and coach. And it has allowed me to share this wisdom and these benefits with my family and community."
– Tisha Lin,Creator of Pleasurable Periods, CHHC, AADP.
"I have had the pleasure of working with Devaa as a coach and mentor for a year. Devaa brings a grounded, authentic presence to each session, and is able to drop deep into what is real. She is gentle enough to create a nurturing, safe space, and bold enough to cut through the extraneous and say what needs to be said to evoke change. Devaa is an evolutionary change agent and an exemplar who brings her whole self to supporting her clients to bring their fullest, most radiant selves to the world."
– Lissin LevChaya, Co-Director & Performer of Earthcapades; Officiant
"A lot has shifted in my life since working with Devaa and Elayne. I feel clearer, more free, and have more energy. It's also been deeply healing for my heart. I feel a growing empowerment to step into my own leadership as a healer, guide and musician!"
– Kendra Faye, Musician, Healer, Yoga Instructor, Raw Food Chef
"After working with Devaa & Elayne, I feel so much more connected to my heart, purpose, passion, and a deep sense of my personal spirit. The authenticity practiced in the gatherings has brought me closer to my true essence."
– Joan Ivazes, Singer/Songwriter/Sound Healing Practitioner
"Elayne you are potent expression of female energy. Your deep and wise insights. Your wild women. Your fun. Your joy. Your supportive collaboration. The whole – and I emphasize whole – enchilada. You have this powerful energy as the basis for whatever it is that you are building – and it is big!"
– Erin Rasmussen
"Devaa could be called a 'spiritual midwife,' assisting people in the birthing their inner-selves. She empowers you, assists you, gently encourages you, and honors you for your efforts. With Devaa's impeccable assistance, I was able to go through what is so far the most powerful experience of my life. I am extremely grateful!"
– Nathalie Daneau, Intuitive Coach and Counselor
How Can I Participate?
The Feminine Alchemy Immersion Program has two levels of participation and certification:
The Pearl Program is for women who are newer to their transformational journey. This tier offers a pathway to step out of your "ordinary" day-to-day life into a much bigger possibility for you who are, and what you are here to do.
The Diamond Advanced Program is designed for women who are already successful in their own right, but who know there is something deeper that wants to unfold. You will receive substantial personalized attention, with one-on-one coaching for your soul's unfolding, as well as your work in the world. This level of participation is by application only, as it in high demand.
Pearl Program
As someone interested in the Pearl Program, you have been on a spiritual path, and now you are ready to go much deeper. You know you want to make a big contribution and find meaning, but perhaps you feel disconnected from your true purpose and don't know what steps to take. You are someone who wants to make a living that is aligned with your core passions, but you are not there yet. You sense you are a leader, but you don't yet have a lot of experience in leadership positions.
The Pearl Program offers a pathway to step into a much bigger possibility for who are, and what you are called to do. You will spend seven months deepening your lived experience of the divine feminine, and bringing it forward in the world. You will have time and a structure to clarify your creative vision and align it with your passion. You'll also learn how to bring it into manifestation, so you can be financially rewarded for living your purpose. And you'll do this in a community of amazing women who are ready to "go the distance" with you.
Classes are Wednesdays, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Pacific, January 22 until mid-August, 2014.
Replays are Thursdays at 11:00 am Pacific.
Ruby Program
The Ruby Program is designed for inspiring women who are already thriving in their own right, but who know there is something deeper that is still waiting to unfold, and you want personalized attention through the process. Though you may have done quite a lot of transformational work already, you know there are still levels of your being and psyche that are ready to be blossom at the next level – in alignment with your deeper awakening.
You are ripe for our ruby program if you are ready to move beyond your comfort zone, you are yearning to reach even deeper into your soul, and extend your impact into the world.
In fact, you are yearning for an Initiation that will hold you deeply accountable to show up at this next level of your being, birthing your visions in service to the greater good. You are called to stretch beyond your current success, to deepen your own archetypal and mythic presence on the planet. And you know that now is the time for you to step up and respond to the call that lives deep within your belly – in service to your passionate purpose.
The Ruby program provides a structure and personal support to uncompromisingly hold you to your deepest vision and inner knowing. You will be surrounded by other women who will support you to be a woman of soulful action.
You Will Be Personally Mentored in the Ruby Program
In the Ruby Program, we will be partnering with you and sharing our gifts in full
service to your transformation. You will be personally mentored, witnessed, and held accountable, as you take the risks to leap beyond what you've imagined possible.
We will provide a profound, ongoing sacred circle where you will be called into your larger-than-life "archetypal" Self, and catalyzed into action from this place.
We know that it takes a more personalized program to initiate you into a high level
of soulful presence and planetary leadership. And for this reason, we have developed the Ruby Program. You will have unparalleled access to your coach throughout the 7-month program. You will also be invited to join our monthly "Soul Sister Circle" where you are part of an intimate community of support with calls that we will personally facilitate.
In addition, on our weekly calls with the larger circle, you will receive support and guidance to integrate these soul teachings with practical leadership skills – all to prepare you to step more fully into your unique role as a soulful woman of the Shift.
The Ruby Program accepts only a small number of participants to increase intimacy and impact. We also need to be sure that we are all fully aligned and that there is a good "fit" between your needs and what we can offer. So the Ruby Program is by application only.
Classes are Wednesdays, 5-7pm Pacific,
January 28 through the end of August, 2015 .
Replays are Thursdays at 11am, Pacific.
Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed!
About Your Program Leaders
Rev. Dr. Devaa is a spiritual alchemist and a transformational leader who supports people to reconnect with their spiritual depths, unleash their leadership gifts, and step into their full potential. Devaa is co-founder of the Shift Network and Founder of the Inspiring Women Summit, which has served over 80K women from more than 160 countries. Through her healing and coaching sessions with individual clients as well as her classes and retreats, Devaa offers deeply experiential and transformative work, guiding hundreds of people to connect more deeply with spirit and to manifest fulfilling and abundant lives.
Devaa knows who we are BEING in the world is equally important to what we DOING. So Devaa supports audiences and her clients to drop deeper and cultivate their soulful presence and open heart. Through her trainings, mentorship and a spiritual community, she offers a space for true soul transformation. As a result, her clients are able to reconnect with their radiant essence, make a meaningful contribution to our planet, and have a life that they LOVE.
Devaa also acts as the volunteer Music Director at the San Quentin Prison's Parallel Play Project, using the power of drama therapy to heal and transform the hearts and lives of long-term inmates. She also donates her time to various international service projects. Most recently, she offered a healing program to staff members at the AHOPE orphanage for HIV+ youth in Ethiopia. She's also trained staff members from Search for Common Ground in new methodologies using the arts for peace building in both the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola.
As a musician, Devaa fuses East and West with groovy, danceable tunes. Her debut album, Sacred Alchemy, aims to reawaken and liberate the many dimensions of the sacred feminine.
Learn more about Devaa and her offerings at www.devaa.com
Elayne Kalila Doughty, MA, MFT, has been on a path of passionate service for the past twenty years, inspiring women around the world to unleash their leadership gifts and step into their full potential. She is a psychotherapist, spiritual activist, best-selling author, speaker, soul midwife, and ordained priestess.
Elayne currently brings these teachings to The Soulful Women Wisdom School (www.soulfulwoman.com), where she and co-founder Devaa Haley Mitchell offer deeply experiential and highly transformative spiritual leadership programs. She has more than 20 years' experience guiding women from all walks of life to transform the pain of the past into a powerful present and an extraordinary future. She draws upon the study and practice of the most respected systems of psychological healing, personal growth and spiritual development.
Elayne also co-founded The Global Gratitude Alliance (www.gratitudealliance.org), which has a mission to empower and improve the lives of women, children and young adults through grassroots projects in some of the most vulnerable parts of the world. Her work at Gracias led her to create The Safe Embrace Trauma Healing Program, which is the culmination of many years of work with women survivors of trauma and gender based violence. Elayne is the founder of The Queens of Transformation – Powerful Women Changing the World , and is also a faculty member at The Shift Network . She is currently working on her next book "Priestess Presence – Women in Passionate Service to Healing the Heart of the World."
Giving Back
We are each committed to tithing 13% of our income from this program to The Sanctuary of the Open Heart (www.13moonmysteryshcool.org) a non-profit organization that houses the 13 Moon Mystery School. This organization is dedicated to the wisdom teachings of the Divine Feminine and to building a sanctuary devoted to the awakening of humanity. The teachings of the 13 Moon Mystery School are the basis for this certificate program, and has been seminal to both of growth and evolution on the goddess path. As fully ordained Priestesses of this lineage, we are both in deep devotion to my sisters and the temple community. We can both never truly repay the beauty and grace that we have received from Ariel Spilsbury, the Founder of this lineage (in this lifetime J), and this global sisterhood.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is a virtual course?
A: It's a great way to engage live teachings and each other from the comfort of your home! All you need is a phone line (or an equivalent voice service). If there is more than one person in your household taking the course, you will each need your own line. We use MaestroConference to make it just like an in-person event, where you can ask questions, participate in groups, and deepen your exploration of the course themes.
Please note that dialing MaestroConference from your phone is a regular toll call to California, and your telephone service provider will charge you according to your existing long-distance calling plan. You can also use Skype credit/subscription or Google Voice to dial in to MaestroConference, and you'll need to use your virtual keypad to enter your PIN and to indicate that you want to ask a question. Other options include calling cards and discount long-distance carriers, and we also have a webcast which is free to use from anywhere in the world.
Q: Can I get benefit from the course if I miss the live classes?
A: Absolutely! You can download the recordings and transcripts of all course sessions from our online media archive, so you never need to worry about missing live calls. You can also engage the full community and leaders on our private community website.
Q: Can you tell me about the Private Course Group?
A: We will have a private community group for all course participants on Facebook that will support you in making connections with others, sharing insights, engaging in discussions, completing homework assignments and exchanging information about events and other activities that can supplement your transformational journey. You'll have the ability to share your experiences, projects, and growth throughout the Course.
Q: Are there scholarships available for this Training?
A: Yes, we always make a certain percentage of spaces available for partial scholarships, giving preference to those in developing countries or doing important but underpaid work to which they can apply the training material immediately. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please review our guidelines, which include a link to our online application form.
Q: What is your refund policy?
A: Your satisfaction with The Shift Network and this course is our highest priority! If you find that the course is not meeting your needs, please visit our support site and submit a request at support.theshiftnetwork.com so that we can address your concerns. We offer a satisfaction guarantee for a full two weeks so that you can try out the course risk-free. The deadline to receive a full refund is before the start of the third class on April 16, 2014. To request a refund please click on this refund request form and fill out a short form about the reasons for your return. Your request will be processed within three business days and we will send you a personal reply on the status of your refund.
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A: Please visit our Customer Support Center, where you should be able to find the answer to your question or the solution to a problem. And if you can't, you can submit an online request form and we'll get right back to you.
Q: What are the benefits of promoting this course to my friends and contacts?
A: Did you know that The Shift Network has an Affiliate Program? As an Affiliate of The Shift Network, you will be given links to promote our courses, which you can post on Facebook, or email to your friends, associates and contacts. You'll be eligible to receive 20% commissions for anyone who registers for one of our events using the links you've provided them. For example, if just five people sign up for a course that you are also enrolled in, you could recoup your own costs. To find out more, go to theshiftnetwork.com/affiliate and read about the program. If you sign up as an Affiliate, you'll immediately receive your Welcome email from Stephen Dinan containing the links you'll need to get started right away!


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Building the DRI with X.org and Mesa
This is a basic guide to building DRI from source. This guide only covers building the client-side 3D drivers. Since the transition to the modular X.org build, building an X-server and 2D drivers is beyond the scope of this document. That information can be found in the X.org Modular Developer Guide. You will most probably need to (re)compile also at least the keyboard and mouse drivers, in addition to a video card 2D driver.
The 2D drivers with DRI support, server-side GLX support and the GL library capable of loading DRI 3D drivers are developed in X.org's CVS. The 3D drivers, though, live in the Mesa tree, so you will have to check out the Mesa git tree. You should also get the DRM git tree for up-to-date kernel modules. The following instructions will guide you through the process step by step.
Warning: In case you didn't notice, you are about to compile and install experimental software. This will allow you to test the latest features and bug fixes. It may, however, also introduce new bugs. Be prepared for problems every now and then.
You need a current version (7.4, ie. xserver 1.5 as of this writing) of X.org (core and development packages) installed on your system. In particular, you need these X.org components:
- proto/glproto 1.4.14 or
- proto/xf86vidmodeproto
- lib/libXxf86vm
- lib/libXmu
- dri2proto
- libva
On Debian/Ubuntu
If you are using Debian or Ubuntu you can install the packages with:
apt-get build-dep libdrm mesa
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
apt-get install libxi-dev libxmu-dev x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev
apt-get install git autoconf automake libtool
Getting Mesa
The clean Mesa source tree takes about 32MB of disk space.
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/mesa
Building Mesa 3D drivers
The DRI 3D drivers are now built from the Mesa source.
cd mesa
mesa installs to
/usr/local/lib by default. To install in
/usr/lib run:
./configure --prefix=/usr
Choose the right configure options depending on the hardware architecture you're compiling for.
See http://www.mesa3d.org/autoconf.html for more information about configuring mesa or read the output from:
./configure --help
Now you're ready to compile it:
Installing the 3D drivers
After compiling the Mesa tree, the 3D drivers can be found in
mesa/lib. There are two ways of using them: installing them in the destined place, or telling X where to find them.
- Install the drivers to
Run as root, to install:
make install
Or set the environment variable LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH to point to
<path to Mesa>/lib, and also preload the newly built
export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=
/lib export LD_PRELOAD= /lib/libGL.so.1
To make these settings persistent, you'll have to add them to
.bashrc or a similar login script.
Installing to a non-default prefix
Working with "a separate prefix" is working with libraries and binaries (well, anything produced by 'make install' in an autotooled project really) installed in a different directory than the system-wide ones (/usr or even /usr/local that can become quite messy). lt is the preferred way to hack on a full stack, not pollute your base distribution and has several advantages:
- You can hack on the whole stack without the fear of not being able to run your desktop environment you're working with if something goes wrong.
- More often than not, one needs a relatively recent library that your distribution doesn't ship with (say a recent libdrm). When working with the dependencies in a prefix, it's just a matter of recompiling it.
Let's take an example to make the discussion easier:
- we want to copile libdrm and intel-gpu-tools (because intel-gpu-needs needs a more recent libdrm than the one coming with your distribution).
- we want to use the ~/gfx directory for our work
- git trees with be cloned in ~/gfx/sources
- ~/gfx/install is chosen as the prefix.
First, let's clone the needed git repositories:
$ mkdir -p ~/gfx/sources ~/gfx/install
$ git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm ~/gfx/sources/libdrm
$ git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/intel-gpu-tools ~/gfx/sources/intel-gpu-tools
Then you need to source a script that will set-up your environment with a few variables to tell the system to use the prefix (both at run-time and compile-time). A minimal version of that script for our example is (I store my per-project setup scripts to source at the root of the project, in our case ~/gfx):
$ cat ~/gfx/setup-env
export PATH=$PROJECT/install/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PROJECT/install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PROJECT/install/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I $PROJECT/install/share/aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAG"
$ source ~/gfx/setup-env
Then it's time to compile libdrm, telling the
configure script that we want to install it in in our prefix:
$ cd ~/gfx/sources/libdrm
$ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/home/damien/gfx/install
$ make
$ make install
Note that you don't need to run "sudo make install" since we'll be installing in our prefix directory that is writeable by the current user.
Now it's time to compile i-g-t: $ cd ~/gfx/sources/intel-gpu-tools $ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/home/damien/gfx/install $ make $ make install
The configure script may complain about dependencies (eg. cairo, SWIG,...). Different ways to solve those:
- For dependencies not directly linked with the graphics stack (like SWIG), it's recommended to use the development package provided by the distribution
- For old enough dependencies that don't change very often (like cairo) you can use the distribution development package or compile them in your prefix
- For dependencies more recent than your distribution ones, you need to install them in the chosen prefix.
Damien's minimal environment script
export PATH=$PROJECT/install/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PROJECT/install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PROJECT/install/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I $PROJECT/install/share/aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAG"
Ville's environment script
prepend_env ()
eval ${1}="${2}\${${1}:+:}\$${1}"
append_env ()
eval ${1}="\$${1}\${${1}:+:}${2}"
PS1="[`basename $PWD`]$PS1"
LINGUAS="en fi"
prepend_env PATH $PREFIX/bin
prepend_env MANPATH $PREFIX/man
prepend_env MANPATH $PREFIX/share/man
if [ -n "$MANPATH" ]; then
prepend_env LD_LIBRARY_PATH $PREFIX/lib
prepend_env PKG_CONFIG_PATH $PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig
prepend_env PERL5LIB $PREFIX/lib/perl
prepend_env PYTHONDIR $PREFIX/lib/python
prepend_env GST_PLUGIN_PATH $PREFIX/lib/gstreamer-0.10
prepend_env LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH $PREFIX/lib/dri
export PREFIX
export LINGUAS
export PATH
export MANPATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
export PERL5LIBDIR
export PYTHONDIR
export GST_PLUGIN_PATH
export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH


text: Food Tattoos For Hunger Courtesy of Off the Map Tattoo: On November 18th, 2012 TattooNOW, along with dozens of other tattoo studios will commit their time and efforts to Food Tattoos For Hunger day. Participating artists, shops and donators will all work in partnership with Feeding America and will be doing food tattoos for donations to food banks. Off the Map Tattoo is looking for studios to join the effort. If you are interested in joining the event, please fill out the submission form with your contact info and we will contact you... This event is similar to last years Harry Potter Benefit in which our seven artists did over 61 tattoos in 13 hours to raise $3,747 for the Emily Williston Library. By joining forces with dozens we can achieve much more! Raising money for good causes is not new to the tattoo industry; although, banding together and focusing collective efforts will increase the impact. We are looking for anyone willing to help donate their time and efforts to this goal. Together we can generate more media attention and sponsors to donate to the benefit. Our goal is to have 100 shops participate and be able to raise at least $1,500 each so we can donate up to $150,000 to food shelters. For more info please visit: http://www.FoodTattoosforHunger.com/.


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Southern storm too close for comfort
Heavy snow to tornadoes
It looks and feels like a winter day with low clouds, gusty winds and maybe a little snow.
Wind kicked up overnight as strong low pressure spins to our south. This whopper storm has ripped tornadoes along the Gulf Coast and is dumping heavy snow in the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys.
Southeastern Wisconsin will feel the gusty northeast winds and pick up a few snow showers. Looks like best bet for snow showers will be north over Sheboygan and Ozaukee Counties later Wednesday and Wednesday night. But it will be just a dusting.
There will be more sunshine on Thursday with highs in the low 30s.
A disturbance approaches later Thursday night returning clouds and chances for light snow Friday. The early morning commute may be on the slippery side Friday morning. An inch or two of snow is possible Friday.
There will be flurries early, becoming partly sunny with highs in the upper 20s.
Sunday and Monday will be partly sunny with highs in the upper 20s.


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