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Oriental Rug Importers Association, Inc. (279 words) |
 | The ORIA and its members have been financially committed to improving the lives of children in rug weaving counties for over a decade. |
 | Although the ORIA has been successful in soliciting donations from its members for several specific relief efforts in recent years, we needed a more unified approach to helping rug weaving areas and others in need on an on-going basis. |
 | Incorporation of the ORIA Charitable Fund as a non-profit organization allows us to solicit funds and channel them to various humanitarian projects, including schools and clinics in India, Pakistan and Nepal and the fundâs tax-exempt status provides additional incentives for retailers and wholesalers to support our efforts. |
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Orias (126 words) |
 | In demonology Orias is a Great Marquis of Hell, and has thirty legions of demons under his command. |
 | According to other demonologists, Orias knows and teaches all forms of divination, and is the protector of astrologists and diviners. |
 | He is depicted as a lion with the tail of a serpent or a man with the face of a lion, holding two hissing serpents in his right hand, and riding a horse. |