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10 Forgotten French Occultists Who Influenced Modern History
by HTR Williams
France has produced a lot of occultists since the Enlightenment, but they've been largely forgotten by history. In our new era of rationalism, academia has generally refused to even consider these people and their contributions, dismissing them as eccentrics and nutjobs. That's a shame, because regardless of what you might personally believe about the occult, these people's stories can be pretty weird and interesting. Sometimes, they've influenced the world in lasting and meaningful ways that you might not expect.
10 Guillaume Postel
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After moving to Paris in the early 1500s, Guillaume Postel picked up an assortment of Hebrew and Latin books from a local Jew and soon taught himself Hebrew. At the College de Sainte Barbe, he practiced mystical, ascetic Christianity and hoped for the reformation of the famously corrupt Catholic Church of his day. Meanwhile, he wrote on the subject of geography, sailed several times to the East, and began learning Arabic. He became a Jesuit priest in Rome and studied many arcane documents (which only priests were privy to) while there.
In the early 1540s, Postel had a vision in which he was told to warn the French king, Francois I, that he should reform his kingdom in preparation for his coming role as the royal initiator of an approaching "Universal Restoration." Francois I took Postel's message seriously at first, but a royal adviser soon changed his mind. Rumors began to spread that Postel was insane.
Postel's strange ideas about a coming French world empire and his reluctance to admit the Pope's complete authority got him booted out of the Jesuits only a year after joining. However, when Francois I ignored Postel's prophetic warnings by formally siding with those who backed the Pope's supreme authority over Reformers within the Church, he died several days later. The Divine inspiration behind Postel's vision seemed confirmed.
Postel then moved to Venice where he served as a chaplain at a hospital. He became the confessor and disciple of an older woman, a mystic named Mother Johanna (Madre Zuana) who cared for the sick and was known for her charity. In Venice in 1547, he also purchased a manuscript of the Zohar (the primary text of the Kabbalah). He integrated Kabbalistic and Christian ideas and apparently came to believe Johanna's claims that her soul had become infused with Christ and that she was a female embodiment of divinity.
After Johanna's death, Postel claimed to have been visited by her spirit in 1552. This experience made him a "new man," born again as the son of Christ and the "Mother of the World." Johanna's spirit had transmuted his physical body, he said, and supplied him with spiritual garments, one white and one red. He said the red one had repaired his anima and animus, the male and female aspects of his being.
After this, Postel's new prophetic message was that Mother Johanna, the "Virgin of Venice," had been the second Eve, just as Christ had been the second Adam. She had ascended to heaven in material form and had joined with Christ in a "chemical wedding." She would soon effect the restoration of all things. He published these heretical ideas in two books and never recanted them.
Fortunately for Postel, he was declared insane and excused from his heresy. He was imprisoned in Rome and avoided being burned at the stake. In 1559, he and all prisoners from the Inquisition prison were released upon the death of Pope Paul IV.
Though the Inquisition burned Postel's books about the Virgin of Venice, copies are believed to have survived in private hands and made their way to France, Germany, and England, where they were influential throughout the Reformation. His description of his spiritual experiences seems insane from a literal perspective, but on a symbolic level they bear an uncanny resemblance to the teachings of the European alchemists that would appear in his wake. Moreover, Postel is known to have brought back documents from his journeys to the East which deal with the science of astronomy, and there are strong indications that the knowledge contained in these documents was transmitted to Copernicus and other European scientists during the Reformation Period.
9 The Unknown Philosopher
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Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin is an intriguing figure whose life and teachings synchronized creepily with the birth of Modernity. Although his writings have had a huge effect on Western occultism, he is little-known to most people today.
Saint-Martin was born in 1743. He started his adult life as a lawyer but quit the profession after just six months. He then joined the army and ended up stationed in Bordeaux, where he met Martinez de Pasqually, a Jewish mystic. He was initiated into Pasqually's occult order, known as the Elus-Cohens, in 1768.
Saint-Martin was initiated into the highest degree of the Elus-Cohens in 1770, and he left the army a year later. He wrote only one book during this time—Errors and the Truth, in 1775. Though he accepted most of Pasqually's teachings, he disagreed with the order's method of theurgic ritual. Saint-Martin preferred a simpler mystical practice which he called "The Way of the Heart," and after failing to convince the order to adopt a more contemplative approach, he abandoned it altogether in 1790—right at the start of the French Revolution.
Free of Pasqually, Saint-Martin found a new influence in the writings of the mystic Jakob Boehme. He began to write prolifically on occult subjects under the pseudonym "The Unknown Philosopher." His works infused France with spiritual ideas about freeing the human spirit, which coincided uncannily with the political aims of the revolutionaries. However, according to well-known occultist A.E. Waite, he did not condone the kinds of "forces released by an egotistical, selfish striving for freedom motivated by inordinate self-will."
Despite having been born of French nobility, Saint-Martin survived the French Revolution and died in 1803. Besides influencing many French thinkers and occultists, he is also credited with influencing the German Romantics, as well as with anticipating the materialism of the 19th century. You can read about Saint-Martin's teachings in A.E. Waite's biography on him.
8 Jean-Baptiste Willermoz
Jean-Baptiste Willermoz was initiated into French Freemasonry in 1750 at only 22 years old. Two years later, he was elected venerable master of his lodge in Lyon. Despite having initially reached such prestigious status, he would have to reenact the routine rituals of mainstream Freemasonry for another 24 years before finally finding something that really stirred his soul.
Willermoz was accepted into the mystical order of the Elus-Cohens in 1776. Like his friend Saint-Martin, Willermoz could see the value in their leader's (Pasqually's) teachings, but he found the rituals which expressed them to be too esoteric for most people to comprehend. Willermoz believed that the symbolic meaning behind the rituals was the real deal, but it was too hard to extract.
While Saint-Martin abandoned Pasqually's rituals and instead found his own "Way of the Heart," Willermoz sought a way to make the occult meaning behind the rituals more accessible to everyone. He combined the structures of Freemasonry with Pasqually's initiation rituals and invented what came to be referred to as the "Rectified Scottish Rite." Under Willermoz's leadership, the Rectified Scottish Rite became an officially established part of Freemasonry. Though little-known today, Willermoz played a critical role in cementing Freemasonry's links with the occult.
7Adolphe Desbarolles
Palmistry (aka chiromancy) is believed to have originated with the Brahmins of India. Aristotle is said to have found a manuscript in India that explained the art, and it was brought to the West and translated. Many Western occultists practiced chiromancy, but its study was suppressed by the church due to its links with astrology. The art became mostly associated with gypsies in the Early Modern period. By the 19th century, however, the church had begun to lose power. Adolphe Desbarolles and others revived interest in palmistry.
Desbarolles is credited with formulating the art into a more credible system, after charlatans and quacks had supposedly distorted it. He did not attempt to explain everything scientifically, however. He was a pupil of the more famous occultist Eliphas Levi, and he is likened to a "Renaissance mystic." His beautifully illustrated first work, Les Mysteres de la Main, contains sections on Kabbalah, the influence of the stars, and numerology. His second book, Revelations Completes, is the result of more than 20 years of study and is over 1,000 pages long.
Desbarolles practiced palmistry in Paris, charging 20 francs a session and using a microscope to view finer lines on the hand. He became known as "the father of modern palmistry".
6 Etteila
The Frenchman who became known as Etteila reversed his surname (Aliette) and decided to publish under the pseudonym. In 1770 he published his first book, Etteila, or a Way to Entertain Oneself with a Pack of Cards. Published prior to the arrival of tarot cards in France, Etteila's system involved using ordinary playing cards for divination. The book enjoyed several print runs.
After this, Etteila disappeared from history for a while before he reemerged selling prints. He wrote another book on astrology, and claimed to have invented the term "cartomancy" (using cards as a tool of divination). He also falsely claimed to be a mathematician.
When tarot cards arrived in France, Etteila claimed that the pictures and symbols on the cards had their origins in Egyptian magic, and attempted to publish Egyptian Cartomania, or Interpretation of the 78 Hieroglyphs which are on the Cards Called Tarots in 1782. The book was banned by royal censors, but two years later, he succeeded in publishing A Way to Entertain Oneself with the Pack of Cards Called Tarots.
Etteila helped to develop and popularize the esoteric tarot card. During the events preceding the French Revolution, when many were understandably concerned about their futures, he made good money as a card reader. He is said to have accurately predicted the fates of many who went to the guillotine. He also designed his own deck of tarot cards, "The Grand Etteila," which differs significantly from the tarot cards that we recognize today. Today, tarot cards are popular around the world, and Etteila's critical part in their development is undeniable.
5 Rene Guenon
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Born in 1886 to a wealthy French family, Rene Guenon (aka Shaykh 'Abd al-Wahid Yahya) became an occultist, Freemason, and metaphysician. He was also a scholar and thinker of great merit and influence, although his formal education was cut short by his desire to inquire after spiritual truths from every tradition.
Guenon believed the modern period to be another dark age. In his study of religions, he recognized areas of common ground between Eastern and Western ideas and sought to formulate the "perennial philosophy," which is the eternal truth said to flow through the heart of all religions. He is recognized as a founder of what has become known as the "traditionalist" school of religious scholarship, which influenced key academics like Houston Smith, who is said to have written the most important text in the field of religious studies to date—The World's Religions.
At the same time, Guenon used rigorous scholarship to debunk the leading cranks of his day. According to the famous anthropologist Mircea Eliade in his book The Occult and the Modern World:
The most erudite and devastating critique of all these so-called occult groups was presented not by a rationalist "outside" observer, but by an author from the inner circle, duly initiated into some of their secret orders and well acquainted with their occult doctrines; furthermore, that critique was directed, not from a skeptical or positivistic perspective, but from what he called "traditional esoterism." This learned and intransigent critic was Rene Guenon.
Guenon was especially enamored with Hinduism and mystical Islam. After publishing several books, he converted to Islam and eventually moved permanently to Egypt, where he became a practicing Sufi and a sheikh. He died in 1951, but his works have influenced many.
4 Francois Jollivet-Castelot
At the end of the 19th century, Francois Jollivet-Castelot invented "hyperchemistry," a sort of neo-alchemy. It was an occult synchronization of scientific chemistry and alchemy, and Jollivet-Castelot explained his theories about it in Comment on Deviant Alchemiste. The book contains lengthy discussions on the Kabbalah as it relates to alchemy and the alchemical interpretation of the tarot.
Jollivet-Castelot added practical hints and tips for the aspiring neo-hermeticist. These included morning prayers while sitting on the edge of one's bed with a silk cloth covering the head, a lukewarm morning bath (scented primarily with rose) in which magical ablutions were to be performed, and a breakfast of tea with biscuits or toast. The great work of the modern alchemist was then to be conducted in a well-ventilated laboratory with a darkened area for astral projection.
The hyperchemist, according to Jollivet-Castelot, should quit work at about 6:00 PM and take a walk to unlock the brain. Poetic reflection and artistic sentiment were to be induced by viewing the setting Sun and stars. Finally, a large evening meal was allowed, followed by tobacco. At night, esoteric literature was to be studied. The theater and other worldly pleasures were to be avoided due to the inevitable hazard of "mental dissipation," but the company of women (from time to time) was encouraged.
Jollivet-Castelot ran the Alchemical Society of France in Paris and enjoyed credibility for a while after Rutherford and Soddy documented radioactive "transmutation" in the early 20th century. Substances such as radium made people begin to wonder if traditional alchemists had been onto something after all. Attitudes changed dramatically. Scientists from the 19th century seemed to have missed something amazing about the nature of matter.
In 1920, Joillivet-Castelot claimed that he had succeeded in making gold from silver. He also published three novels (as well as other books), founded a non-atheistic communist organization, influenced Swedish writer August Strindberg, and was unduly taken seriously by mainstream scientists in Britain, Germany, and France.
3 Papus
Gerard Encausse, who used the pseudonym "Papus," initially joined the French Theosophical Society, although he abandoned it soon after due to some dispute. Encausse was also a member of the Parisian branch of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and helped to found the Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Croix. He also founded the Independent Group for Esoteric Studies. His writings became popular and made occult practices common among the bourgeoisie of his day.
Papus's influence extended all the way to Russia, where Tsar Nicholas II was worried about the rise of the Bolshevik revolutionaries. He asked for Papus's help, and Papus supposedly contacted the spirit of the tsar's father in a seance. The indecisive Nicholas was said to have pleaded with his father's spirit for advice, but it was revealed that the revolutionaries would prevail and bring down the aristocracy.
Papus also encouraged Nicholas's wife, Alexandra, to employ the swastika as a supernatural talisman to ward off evil. She had the symbol etched onto her diary and wore jewelry which bore the motif that would eventually be made infamous by Hitler and the Nazis. She even etched swastikas into the window frames of the house in which her and Nicholas and their entire family were murdered, to no avail, sadly (unless you're a murderous Bolshevik).
Papus founded yet another order, the Order of the Martinists, based on the teachings of Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin. By 1900, it had grown to several hundred members under his energetic leadership. However, after Papus died of tuberculosis while working as a medic in World War I, the numbers dropped off. Nonetheless, the order is said to have influenced, among others, Pablo Picasso. Those so inclined can still become Martinist initiates to this day.
2 Alexandre Saint-Yves D'Alveydre
In the 19th century, the occultist Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre wrote a book called The Kingdom of Agarttha: A Journey into the Hollow Earth. He claimed that the Earth was hollow and that ancient masters of occult wisdom lived in a city at its center (Agarttha), ruling over a civilization of millions. This knowledge had supposedly been revealed to him after his schooling in Sanskrit texts by a mysterious Eastern guru. D'Alveydre referred to himself as a "spontaneous initiate" who had magically spied upon this subterranean realm. He even included in the book open letters to the dignitaries of his day (Queen Victoria, Emperor Alexander III of Russia, and Pope Leo III), inviting them to join him in locating Agarttha.
Adding to the mystery, just he when he was about to publish his book, d'Alveydre changed his mind at the last minute for some unknown reason and destroyed every copy except one. After his death, this last existing copy came into the possession of Papus, who published it in 1910 with some omissions. Decades later, or so the story goes, it turned out that the printer had kept a copy of the original. Jean Saunier used this version to publish d'Alveydre's book in 1981, and it has since been translated into English by the scholar Joscelyn Godwin.
According to Godwin, The Kingdom of Agarttha might have been dismissed as the fantasy of some crank had it not been for Polish writer Ferdinand Ossendowski. In 1922, Ossendowski published a sensational account of his travels through Central Asia as he fled the Russian Revolution. While in Mongolia, he claimed to have heard a story about an underworld kingdom with 800 million inhabitants called "Agharti." Many details corroborated the account of Agarttha given by d'Alveydre. Ossendowski's version included a prophecy that the denizens of Agharti would appear on the Earth's surface in 2029 and share their wisdom with humanity.
Although it seems more credible that Ossendowski had come across d'Alveydre's story of Agarttha and simply altered the names and details in order to avoid being charged with plagiarism, his story of Agharti nonetheless drew the attention of the scholarly and respected Rene Guenon. "Independently of the evidence offered by Ossendowski," he said, "we know from other sources that stories of this kind are widely current in Mongolia and throughout Central Asia, and we can add that there is something similar in the traditions of most peoples."
D'Alveydre's work is backed up to some extent by esoteric traditions in the East, as Guenon concurred. Agarttha also drew the attention of the Austrian occultist Rudolf Steiner, who helped to popularize the legend in Germany. Several other popularizing writers followed. Nazi occultists are widely rumored to have murdered Steiner and to have actually searched for Agarttha.
1 Georges Soules
Georges Soules was born in 1907. He was a mysterious figure who has intrigued "power behind the throne" conspiracy theorists because of his known involvement in both the occult world and politics. He did make some powerful friends at college in Paris in the late 1920s, and they are known to have helped him throughout his life. Some of his friends are said to have helped get French president Francois Mitterrand elected.
As a young man, Soules joined the French Socialist Party in 1932, but his political allegiance changed rapidly when he switched to fascism prior to the beginning of World War II. He was conscripted into military service at the war's outbreak but arrested and imprisoned soon afterward. Upon his release, he was involved in the secretive world of the French Resistance, which opposed the occupying fascists. After the war (despite having been on the winning side) he went into hiding in Switzerland, because someone else named Georges Soules was found guilty in absentia of supporting the Vichy regime. Supposedly—though it's a pretty big coincidence—it wasn't the same person.
After being granted amnesty in 1951, Soules returned to France under a new name, Raymond Abellio. Upon his return, Soules was imprisoned for just 30 hours before being released, his connections pleading on his behalf. If Soules's unproven effect as a well-connected occultist trying to influence world politics is ignored, his main influence on the modern world comes through literature. Soules, writing under his new name, won several literary prizes and published several noted Surrealist novels. The last years of his life were spent practicing mysticism, and he died in 1986.
HTR Williams has been interested the history of Occultism for many years. To read more of his work, please visit his website, or feel free to follow him on Facebook.
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The surging Panthers put together their first five game winning streak in five seasons. Georgia State Athletics
The Georgia State Panthers (10-10 overall, 6-2 conference) extended its win streak to five after defeating the University of South Alabama (6-12 overall, 4-4 conference) on Thursday.
The Panthers didn't start with a fast start like they did against Louisiana-Monroe in Monroe, La. on Saturday, where they started with a 22-12 run with 12 minutes left in the first period.
This game started with a 8-2 run by the Jaguars with 15:30 remaining in the first period.
However, South Alabama missed 10 shots after making three of their first six.
Meanwhile, Georgia State tied the game at 8-8 and eventually took control of the game, going on a 14-2 run. The Panthers lead 31-16 at the half.
South Alabama leads the conference in three point field goal percentage, shooting 37.2 percent.
However, Georgia State defended the three point line well which caused the Jaguars to shoot 1-of-13 from the three point line by halftime.
South Alabama managed to trim the Panthers' lead to 58-53 after five three pointers with 1:43 left in the game.
However, their effort was too little, too late as Georgia State won, 63-55, to avenge their 57-65 loss to the Jaguars on Jan. 4 in Mobile, Al.
Redshirt-junior guard Alisha Andrews led the Panthers in points with 18.
The win streak is the team's longest win streak since the 2009-10 season where they had a six game win streak.
"The kids are fighting hard now and believe in themselves," head coach Sharon Baldwin-Tener said (via Georgia State Athletics). "We play them one game at a time and five straight is really nice, but we just worry about being ready for the next game on Saturday. Obviously, the goal is to finish at the top of the league and get the number one seed in the March tournament."
Georgia State (10-10 overall, 6-2 conference) hosts UT Arlington (1-18 overall, 0-8 conference) on Saturday at 6 p.m. in the GSU Sports Arena.

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Volunteers' Week: "I get a great deal of satisfaction helping Royal Star & Garter veterans"
Volunteers' Week runs from 1-7 June and is a celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering.
At Royal Star & Garter, our dedicated group of volunteers help out across the three Homes, assisting on outings, helping with activities, and keeping residents company.
Here Frank Hughes, whose voluntary work at Royal Star & Garter was commended at the Birmingham International Tattoo, discusses the joy he gets from helping in Solihull, keeping in contact despite the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, and an impending adoption!
I hadn't thought about volunteering while I was working. The opportunity to retire came out of the blue, and it never crossed my mind. I was 59 and I didn't want to go back into full-time employment. But I wanted to do something to fill my time, which was purposeful and useful. So I started looking into volunteering.
I wasn't sure what area to go into, and started researching. When I saw Royal Star & Garter I thought they would be quite nice to go to. I'd never really had to deal with people I didn't know on a one-to-one basis, and being out of my comfort zone felt like a challenge. I thought I should give it a try. The military connection also appealed to me, as my father served in the Second World War, and my grandfather in the First World War.
I've now been a volunteer at Royal Star & Garter for nearly 10 years. I help with activities, escorting on trips out and befriending residents. I have built a special friendship with one resident, whose family live overseas. He has very limited eyesight, and before lockdown, I spent quite a lot of time with him in his room helping rebuild his photograph album. His old one had fallen apart, so we got a new one and re-did it, putting the old photographs back in
Because of his eyesight, I would describe each photo, and it stirred up old memories he had forgotten. We had a nice chat about the photographs, and it was great to be able to share that special time with him. I also help him write birthday or Christmas cards, or picking him up small items from the shops.
Lockdown has meant I can't see him in the Home, but I call him on the phone twice a week, and we have long talks. We chat away about various things. I know his sense of humour and we have a bit of a laugh.
He told me recently that he needed shaving razors, so I picked some up for him and left it outside the Home for staff to take to him. Because his family are overseas, he told me he wanted me to be regarded as his family. So now we're joking that he's going to formally adopt me!
It's important to the residents to have volunteers in the Home. We're a different face for them to see and talk to, a different personality for them to engage with. We get involved with so many activities from arts and crafts to quizzes, and are able to take the time to chat to residents and find out more about their remarkable lives.
I get a great deal of satisfaction out of volunteering. I hope in some way we are helping the ladies and gentlemen living there, we want them to enjoy their time, and the volunteers and staff try to make this happen. I would – and do – recommend volunteering.
It's nice to help other people, and a privilege to help the veterans at Royal Star & Garter.
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ONE YEAR LIMITED SYSTEM WARRANTY: Urban Decor warrants the specified system, excluding software, documentation, and similar items will be free of defects in workmanship and materials for a period of one year from the date of purchase. This warranty is available by drop-off at Urban Decor or shipping with insurance to Urban Decor head office; please read further for available optional warranty. During this period, at Urban Decor option, defective goods may be repaired or replaced. If Urban Decor is unable to repair or replace a defective good because it is discontinued or obsolete, then Urban Decor will credit the Buyer the value of the goods based on the current list price at the date goods were received for RMA service. Any replacement is warranted only for the remainder of the warranty period applicable to the product it replaces. This limited warranty applies only to the Buyer and is neither assignable nor transferable. All used systems/parts have a 90 Days Warranty by Urban Decor unless otherwise stated on the sales invoice of the used product.
OPTIONAL EXTENDED WARRANTY: Please ask us for the purchase of optional extended Warranty or optional On-Site Warranty. For the optional On-Site Warranty, Urban Decor shall provide replacement of the defective hardware on condition that the new hardware is purchased from Urban Decor. This labour warranty includes hardware troubleshooting, however does not apply to the following: (1) hardware installation not found on the original invoice (2) software installation, software troubleshooting, software configuration, or driver installation (3) conflicts due to components installed into system not part of the original invoice.
CCTV WARRANTY: Urban Decor warrants the CCTV systems and parts for one year. All CCTV Surveillance installations have a 3 months labour warranty. The labour warranty may be extended to a total of one year at 10% of total labour charges. This will cover installation of all parts including DVR, cameras and other surveillance related products that were installed by Urban Decor.
Warranty service is provided only to the original purchaser with original invoice and documentation. This warranty service is not transferable and does not apply to any promotions co-injunction with this service. At any time, Urban Decor is not responsible for any lost data. It is solely the Buyers responsibility to back up the data prior to service. Urban Decor technicians cannot backup any data within the system or hard-drive(s) unless otherwise specified by customer and only then at an extra charge. All warranty service will take a minimum of five (5) days with the date of the system received by Urban Decor. Immediate service is subjected to special charges as deemed by the technician in charge. All service charges, costs of shipping and insurance are non refundable.
Assembled systems, servers, notebooks, netbooks, branded computers, phones, TV's and tablet PC's are not eligible for refund or exchange The following rules apply to all other products sold by Urban Decor: product can be returned for refund or exchange within fourteen (14) days from the original date of purchase, subject to the following conditions: (a) Original purchase invoice is required; (b) Product returned in its original condition (i.e. new in box, sealed with all original content); (c) Package must be absolutely unopened for software, consumables (i.e. ink, media), and headsets; (d) Product must not be a special or custom order. Ask us if your order falls in this category; (e) All products delivered and/or installed at the buyers site are under the same conditions above as well as all parts will have to be uninstalled with care and returned to Urban Decor. (f) It is not the responsibility of Urban Decor or its technicians to uninstall components from systems if invoice does not show any previous installation charges. (g) A minimum 20% restocking fee will apply to any less-than-original condition product Urban Decor agrees to take back. Removal of shrink-wrap may be considered less-than-original condition. Please check with one of our Product Advisors if you are in doubt. (h) Due to the inconsistent nature of the industry, returns will be refunded or credited at the lower of current price (at the time of return) minus restocking fee or purchased price minus restocking fee (i) All returning product being shipped needs to be pre-authorized, please check our Return Merchandise Authorization section for details. Sorry, shipping and handling fees are non-refundable. (j) For in store purchases, Urban Decor will not accept any returns for items that are physically damaged once the product has left the store. Please closely examine the products for physical damages.
If a Urban Decor product is found to be defective after five (5) days of purchase and within warranty, return the component with all the drivers, software, documentation, cables, diskettes, and packaging to Urban Decor. It will be necessary to fill out a RMA form. Be sure to give a full and detailed explanation of defect. Incomplete forms can cause delays in the processing of RMA and/or the right full denial of RMA service. Urban Decor shall reject shipments containing merchandise not originating from Urban Decor and merchandise that is out of warranty. If goods are returned without all original parts or if warranty labels have been tampered with, then Urban Decor reserves the right to return the goods back to the Buyer un-repaired. Also, clearly mark the RMA on any container shipped back for RMA service. Urban Decor shall not be responsible for any losses to shipping or delays in RMA service. Buyer agrees to pay a technician service charge of $40 per hour for RMA goods tested and found without defect. Delays from shipping are not the responsibility of Urban Decor COMPUTERS LTD.
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Laetitia Milot surgery due to her endometriosis : it reassures his fans
Tailor Stone | November 23, 2019 | News | No Comments
Laetitia Milot has reassured his fans after a surgical operation
Laetitia Milot is going well. The actress revealed in a More beautiful life and that you may have seen recently on TF1 in Olivia was keen to reassure his fans after an operation due to his illness, endometriosis. The mother of Lyana would have undergone an emergency procedure this week.
The fight against endometriosis never stops. In recent years, several celebrities have discussed their disease in order to sensitize a maximum of people. Lorie, Enora Malagré, or the star of reality tv Julia Paredes explained suffer. Laetitia Milot, she has also shared her struggle with the public. Became a mother of a small Lyana in 2018, she wants to have a second child with her husband Badri.
"The fight continues"
This Saturday, November 23, Laetitia Milot has revealed to his subscribers to have undergone an intervention related to the endometriosis. The actress wished to keep abreast of his fans before the information leakage in the press. "I had surgery because of endometriosis. I assure you all is well. And the fight continues, "wrote the star revealed in a More beautiful life. According to the information of Télé Star, Laetitia Milot would have been made this week in emergency in Bordeaux.
A few weeks ago, the actress as one could see in Olivia, the spin-off of Revenge at The clear eyes, told Tv Star that she was trying to have a second child with her husband. "It is still very complicated with my illness, endometriosis, which is returned to the bottom. Life has given us a wonderful gift. We have already had the chance to have Lyana (…) Unfortunately, it is nature who will decide, "she explained to the magazine. We wish him a speedy recovery.
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Measles outbreak kills more than 1,200
Published:Monday | April 15, 2019 | 12:13 AM
A volunteer nurse examines a six-month-old child, who is infected with measles, while her mother looks on, at a healthcare centre in Larintsena, Madagascar.
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Babies wail as a nurse tries to reassure mothers who have come to vaccinate their children against a measles outbreak that has killed more than 1,200 people in this island nation where many are desperately poor.
Madagascar faces its largest measles outbreak in history, with cases soaring well beyond 115,000, but resistance to vaccinating children is not the driving force behind the rise.
Measles cases are rising in the United States and elsewhere, in part because of misinformation that makes some parents balk at receiving a vaccine. New York City is trying to halt an outbreak by ordering mandatory vaccinations in one Brooklyn neighbourhood.
In Madagascar, many parents want to protect their children but face immense challenges, including the lack of resources.
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Only 58 per cent of people on Madagascar's main island have been vaccinated against measles, a major factor in the outbreak's spread. With measles one of the most infectious diseases, immunisation rates need to be 90 per cent to 95 per cent or higher to prevent outbreaks.
On a recent day, the Iarintsena health centre's waiting room was full, with mothers sitting on the floor and others waiting outside in the overwhelming heat. Two volunteer nurses and a midwife tried to meet the demand.
Nifaliana Razaijafisoa had walked 15 kilometers (9 miles) with her six-month-old baby in her arms.
"He has a fever," she said. "I think it's measles because there are these little pimples that have appeared on his face."
The nurse quickly confirmed it.
"I'm so scared for him because in the village everyone says it kills babies," Razaijafisoa said.
The outbreak has killed mostly children under 15 since it began in September, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
"The epidemic unfortunately continues to expand in size," though at a slower pace than a month ago, said Dr. Dossou Vincent Sodjinou, a WHO epidemiologist in Madagascar. By mid-March, 117,075 cases had been reported by the health ministry, affecting all regions of the country.
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This outbreak is complicated by the fact that nearly 50% of children in Madagascar are malnourished.
"Malnutrition is the bed of measles, " Sodjinou said.
Razaijafisoa's baby weighs just five kilograms (11 pounds).
"This is the case for almost all children with measles who have come here," said Lantonirina Rasolofoniaina, a volunteer at the health centre.
Simply reaching a clinic for help can be a challenge. Many people in Madagascar cannot afford to see a doctor or buy medicine, and health centres often are understaffed or have poorly qualified workers.
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THE University of Education, Winneba, (UEW) has introduced a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree to its list of postgraduate programmes.
The MBA, to be tenable at the College of Technology Education (Kumasi Campus) of the University, starts this year with specialisation in two areas – Marketing and Organisational Development and Human Resource Management.
Prof. Emmanuel James Flolu, the Principal of the Kumasi Campus of the University, said , the MBA programme would be expanded next year to include Accounting and Finance.
He said the introduction of the programme was part of the university's efforts to produce top-level manpower for industry.
Speaking at a meeting with a cross-section of the alumni of the Kumasi Campus of the University in Kumasi to formally introduce himself to them, Prof. Flolu, who assumed office about six months ago, said the UEW was charging affordable fees for the programme.
He said it was the intention of the university to help many workers as possible to access higher education while still working and that was why the MBA programme had been fixed for the evenings to enable workers to attend lectures after work.
The principal said there was the need for the alumni of the university to play a leading role in building their alma mater.
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Frank Aiken - Army +4 Total Videos
Frank Aiken joined the Army to go fight in Korea, but the Army wouldn't cooperate. They tried to get him to stay on as an instructor and then they sent him to Germany. Disillusioned, he left the service after that tour. But he rejoined and finally made it to Korea as a post-war advisor. After two tours there and another in Germany, he would taste combat in Vietnam.
LTG David Barno - Army +14 Total Videos
1st Ranger Battalion
It was assumed to be a one day operation, but it was on the the third day of action on the island of Grenada that David Barno faced his first combat. The Ranger company commander took away many important lessons from that chaotic operation.
Vis Kimenis +10 Total Videos
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After having been a Latvian refugee during World War II, Vis Kimenis talks about revisiting his childhood home 47 years later, and the great strides that Latvia has taken since the war.
Frank Noonan - Navy +14 Total Videos
Multiple Ships and Units
Frank Noonan owed the Navy another year. That's how he wound up at the Bikini Atoll for Operation Crossroads, the first post-war nuclear weapons tests. There were two detonations, an air burst and an underwater burst. He describes the scene and the devastating effects on the target ships. (This interview made possible with the support of JANIS HAUSER In Memory Of Alfred W. Hauser, Army Air Corps.)
Bill Bates - Marines +10 Total Videos
At the end of the Big War, Bill Bates served as commander at two Marine barracks including Lakehurst, New Jersey, where airships were stationed and where a famous zeppelin had crashed. Then it was back to Quantico for amphibious warfare school, where he learned the complex and difficult aspects of landing troops on an unfriendly beach.
Gene Carter - Air Force +5 Total Videos
39th Airlift Squadron
Gene Carter talks about his transition into flying C-17s and describes how much of a privilege it was to fly such an outstanding aircraft.
Kenneth Moorefield +12 Total Videos
United States Embassy, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
His final service in Vietnam was not for the Army but for the State Department. Kenneth Moorefield was in Hanoi to open the US embassy and served there from 1995 to 1998. He says that the government officials who had been in combat were much easier to deal with due to their mutual respect as soldiers.
Bob Bruffey returned from Korea and continued to work on airplanes, adding the C-47 to his list. Then it was off to Cold War work in Weisbaden, where everyone scattered when he asked what kind of outfit this was. "You were never here. This never existed."
Kulvi endures a rigid education before being recruited into the Army Nurse Corps. While in training, she faces personal and professional challenges, including an unwelcome introduction to competitive drinking.
Mitchell Freeman - Navy +5 Total Videos
USS Half Moon (AVP-26)
While working on the dry dock to clean the bottom of the ship , Mitchell Freeman recalls the time when, in broad daylight, Japanese soldiers dropped a bomb under the water level of the dry dock.
Patrick Sauer - Army +8 Total Videos
United States Army Recruiting Command
Patrick Sauer recalls leaving the military and the transition it was to have to alter your mindset from a team view to a self view. Making the change to civilian life can be difficult but it has worked out well for him.
Gene Carter remembers his upbringing in a military family and explains the events that occurred that led him to flying C-130s.
Chuck Ware - Army +9 Total Videos
2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment
The battle at the Rumaila oil field came during a cease fire. Chuck Ware was directing a small group of tanks and supporting vehicles moving to investigate an Iraqi armored formation right in front of them. What he saw was that his unit was greatly outnumbered and his flanks were exposed.
Kenneth Moorefield - Army +12 Total Videos
Kenneth Moorefield came out of West Point expecting to go to Vietnam, but instead was posted to the Dominican Republic, where he underwent his first medical evacuation in the wake of a riot. He already had a sense of what he would face once he got to Vietnam from the writing of Bernard Fall.
Steve Hamlet - Army +8 Total Videos
221st Military Intelligence Battalion: Alpha Company
Steve Hamlet gives an account of his experience during basic training. He recalls his most difficult experiences and discusses how he felt those were necessary for his growth as a soldier. After basic, he went on to Advanced Individual Training where he eventually became a Chaplain's assistant.
Bill McCowen - Air Force +5 Total Videos
Strategic Air Command
Bill McCowen enjoyed flying the B-52 and it was a good thing because the Chrome Dome flights for SAC during the Cold War lasted 24 hrs. He describes the strategy for attacking Moscow, including the plan for surviving after the strike. He also circled Cuba during the Missile Crisis and his description of this lends some credence to the tales of the Bermuda Triangle.
Armed Medical Services Regiment
Patrick Sauer remembers his training at Fort Knox and later his stationing in Germany during the era of the Berlin Wall. The presence of communism in the areas he was stationed helped to give him a will to keep fighting for American values.
Neil Barnhart - Army +2 Total Videos
Arkansas National Guard
While serving at a processing station in Memphis, Tennessee, Neil Barnhart talks about the unique experience he had of inducting Elvis Presley into the Army on March 24, 1958.
On his way out of Iraq, Chuck Ware passed under a black sky filled with smoke from the burning Rumaila Oil Field. No one thought that it was over. The other shoe must drop. He recounts a story about General Barry McCaffrey accepting the surrender of a ditch full of Iraqis, and he talks about the period of adjustment once he returned to Fort Stewart.
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xviii, 531 pp.; maps, photographs, plans, cloth in d/w, index; Copy in mint Condition. New.
This volume, which embodies the proceedings of an international conference held at the American University of Beirut in February 1983, provides the first comprehensive survey of the history of land tenure and social transformation in the Middle East over several mellenia up to the present day.
The thirty-two papers, written by scholars of diverse fields and periods, bring to this theme an interdisciplinary approach and enable the reader to follow the various threads-historical, social, economic, military, political, legal- related to the evolution and development of land tenure systems in the Middle East.