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Innovation Does Not Have To Be Innovative
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2 24, rue Salomon de Rothschild Suresnes - FRANCE INEUM Kurt Salmon M100 Y100 Introduction Innovation often features high on CIOs agendas because it is recognized as being an important means by which information systems and technology can contribute positively to the evolution and performance of the business. However, in practice the execution often falls short of the ambition. Reasons for this range from the mundane, such as there being insufficient time or capacity to devote to it, to the more fundamental, such as organizational or cultural barriers, or insufficiently defined processes and governance for capturing ideas and seeing them through to fruition. This paper explores what the common inhibitors to innovation are and how to overcome them, and sets out some important principles that can help organizations establish innovation more firmly within their normal operations. It presents a pragmatic approach to embedding innovation within the corporate culture, and highlights ways that CIOs can counter the risk of investments in innovation not delivering the anticipated returns. Eric Tirlemont Kurt Salmon Global CIO Advisory Practice Director
3 In surveys of CIOs, innovation typically features high on their agenda as a means of enhancing the value that IT provides to the rest of the business. Yet in many organisations innovation through IT remains more of an aspiration than a habit. This can be for a number of reasons, of which the most common are: A lack of time and resource to pursue it due to pressing day-to-day matters A lack of a systematic process for capturing ideas and progressing them to implementation A perception that innovation is too risky An inappropriate funding mechanism. Addressing each of these inhibitors is the subject of this paper. But first, let us establish what we mean by innovation.
4 The essence of innovation Many organisations depend on innovation for top-line growth or even survival. Technology, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Financial Services companies, for example, typically depend on it for developing new products and services. But all organisations should strive to innovate because the benefits can extend beyond revenue growth to efficiency improvements, cost reduction, and improved customer service. Innovation is not absolute; it is relative. What is innovative for one organisation may be conventional for another. Some CIOs, because of the type of organisation they work in, will need to take a more bullish stance. Others can afford to wait and see how innovative technologies and IT services have been used elsewhere before taking the plunge. Innovation is not necessarily the same as invention. Invention implies developing something completely new. By contrast, most cases of innovation within the enterprise are not about introducing cutting edge technologies or IT services. They are more often about using existing technologies or IT services in new ways so as to deliver incremental business benefit. Let us look at two areas of enterprise innovation that are currently hot topics cloud services and social media. Cloud services: Cloud services exploit technologies in areas such as virtualisation and identify and access management to create new commercial models for sourcing IT services. However, these technologies have fundamentally been available for many years; how they are being used and managed is new, and they are enabling organisations to craft new commercial models for the provision and receipt of IT services. Social media: Enterprise social media is a direct derivation of consumer social media. However, it was quickly realised that the benefits of social media to the consumer namely easier and faster communication and collaboration are equally applicable to the enterprise. Both cases exemplify how innovation is often a process of evolution rather than a revolution in the use of technology. What this evolution does is offer businesses new ways of working either more efficiently, more effectively, or both. Innovation is not absolute; it is relative. What is innovative for one organisation may be conventional for another.
5 Passive versus active innovation At this point it is worth comparing and contrasting passive versus active innovation. Passive innovation is where a problem occurs and an innovative solution is identified to solve it. Active innovation, however, is where all operations are explored in the round and innovative solutions are specifically sought to improve them. It looks beyond immediate problems and identifies opportunities that organisations previously did not know existed. Forward-thinking IT functions, possibly in collaboration with their suppliers, have the opportunity to offer active innovation services to the business. If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. Henry Ford Supply-side research should focus on market trends, developments in software and hardware products and technologies, and the impacts on skills and processes, to gain a realistic understanding of the art of the possible. The totality of this information will offer insight into where innovation can be introduced most effectively. Research is fundamental to active innovation, and must focus on both the demand and the supply side. Demand-side research should focus on how similarly profiled organisations are using technology, but also explore ways to push the boundaries of how technologies and IT services are being used internally. Research is fundamental to active innovation, and must focus on both the demand and the supply side.
6 Innovation demands commitment The first of the four barriers that often curtail innovation is a lack of available resource. What many organisations lack is an individual or team to conduct research, solicit ideas, and facilitate a process of developing the best ones into tangible solutions. However, the commitment of resource is not just a CIO matter. Organisations must employ an enterprise approach to innovation, involving multiple different business functions. The CIO can provide supply-side resources, but the business needs to make available demand-side resources. This may include resources from Operations, Marketing, and Strategic Planning who understand how the business operates today and how it ought to operate in the future. Commitment from Finance will also be needed as concepts are developed into solutions since they will be required to validate the return on investment and perhaps assist in the development of the business case. HR may need to be involved if innovative changes will have an impact on employees roles or positions. Commitment is also needed for the generation of ideas. Whether ideas are sought from employees working in specific areas of the business, or from all employees regardless of function or location, a culture of contribution must be established. For example, some organisations are starting to solicit ideas through their corporate intranets. Often they will reward people whose ideas are developed into propositions. Requests for ideas may even be opened up to customers or other interested parties, typically through web sites and other customer-facing channels. Companies such as Dell and Nokia, for example, are advocates of open innovation. After all, who better than a customer to offer insight into how to improve the customer experience? When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It s not about money. It s about the people you have, how you re led, and how much you get it. Steve Jobs It is this dedication to fostering a culture of commitment and contribution that is hardest to achieve. It has to be led top-down and built into job descriptions and annual objectives, and rewarded on that basis. Filling certain roles to facilitate the innovation process will not be effective unless that culture exists.
7 Innovation requires a systematic process Many organisations do not have processes in place for fostering ideas and turning them into reality. This is despite the top-level process of capturing, nurturing and testing ideas being relatively straightforward. Innovation is not the product of logical thought, although the result is tied to logical structure. Albert Einstein Any organisation that is serious about innovation should have five clear steps in place. Step 1 - Ideas capture: This is the collection of ideas from an organisation s stakeholders. Step 2 - Ideas evaluation and selection: Once captured, a cost/benefit analysis needs to be conducted on each idea. The IT function will then need to assess the feasibility of turning the most promising ideas into technical solutions. Step 3 - Piloting: Piloting is required to test the hypotheses that have been generated during idea evaluation. It is a way of gaining confidence in the idea s validity and applicability prior to serious investment. Step 4 - Implementation: This is the transformation of the innovative concept into a production-ready solution. Step 5 - Nurturing: As innovation is usually achieved through evolution, services should be regularly re-evaluated to determine if they can be adapted to deliver new or improved benefits. Again, the challenge for the CIO function in executing this process is to secure and sustain a culture of collaboration across the business and IT that balances creativity and pragmatism. It requires dedication and positivity as well as desire for openness and constructive challenge. Tools to monitor innovation at each step in the process are also important, particularly in large organisations where the innovation portfolio is sizeable and complex. Such tools can help to catalogue and organise innovation concepts and projects based on impact, benefits, and other important criteria. They are an investment in the management of an organisation s intellectual property. It is essential that if CIOs are to deliver on their innovation agenda that they can sell the commercial implications of any innovations they propose, not just the innovations themselves.
8 The perception of innovation as being risky Innovation is inherently about doing things in new ways. Invariably, new means untested, and untested means risk. It is for this reason that organisations can be hesitant when converting an idea into a tangible solution. Often they do not want to be early adopters; they want to see a new IT product or service proven elsewhere first. In many organisations, technology is adopted only once the experiences of other organisations are known. It is because innovation is inherently on the cusp of what organisations have experience of that it is perceived to be risky. The rewards of success are high, but the costs of failure can also be high. In risk-averse organisations, particularly where failure is unacceptable and funding is tight, innovative ideas have to work harder and prove their worth more dramatically than other ideas that sit more firmly within the comfort zones of the senior stakeholders who hold the budget and are accountable for returns on investment. Therefore proposals for innovation services must show outstanding benefits, demonstrate commercial viability, as well as how risk will be managed to ensure a successful outcome. It is essential that if CIOs are to deliver on their innovation agenda that they can sell the commercial implications of any innovations they propose, not just the innovations themselves. Moreover, it is important that innovative ideas focus on areas that can demonstrate early returns on investment because this will provide the basis for gaining confidence quickly that the investment was worth making. Another important means to gain confidence and buy-in is through using appropriate controls during each step in the process. These will provide timely feedback on progress and allow go/no-go decisions to be made promptly. For example, the piloting stage provides a means of simulating the future state and testing the technical, financial, and commercial hypotheses expounded in the business case prior to deciding on the merits of investing in a full implementation. However, companies have to accept that some ideas will turn out to be duds. Even the best innovators, such as Google and Apple, have had their failures. If you re not failing every now and again, it s a sign you re not doing anything very innovative. Woody Allen There are three important principles to take from this: By using pilots, the consequences of an innovative endeavour failing to satisfy its KPIs will be limited. A few failures must be balanced against the overall value that the successes have brought. Failures will often provide opportunities for learning that should be fed back into the innovation process.
9 A model for funding innovation The final blocker to innovation covered in this paper applies to organisations where the business is expected to pay for IT projects. In these situations a common issue is that the first business unit to implement an innovative solution has to invest more in the IT than other business units that subsequently exploit the same solution once it is proven. The answer is to have a budget ring-fenced for innovation projects, separate to the operations budget. The level of the budget is set during the budget planning process and reflects all approved innovation projects in the demand plan. There are three models for how this could be rolled out- centralised, de-centralised, and federated. Centralised: one option is to have a central fund for IT innovation projects which can be accessed on a first-come, first-served basis. However, it may be difficult to govern and manage the central fund, particularly in larger organisations and may blur lines of accountability where an organisation is typically de-centralised in other respects. De-centralised: this option involves each business unit having its own innovation budget. The drawback of this approach occurs when a project spans multiple business units. Federated: this model is typically the best because it allows local innovation projects to be funded and measured locally while providing a funding solution to pan-organisation projects. Managing funding is addressable, as are the other inhibitors, by good governance and following a structured method. These are both key to driving innovation in the enterprise, as is commitment across both the IT function and the business. This means cementing a culture that promotes and rewards the contribution of ideas and the drive required to convert those ideas into new products and services, or more efficient and effective ways of working. Once that mindset is established, an organisation is well on its way to being innovative.
10 Kurt Salmon Kurt Salmon, formed by the merger of Kurt Salmon Associates and Ineum Consulting, is a global management consultancy of more than 1,600 consultants with offices throughout the world. Our clients are industry leaders who benefit from our deep industry and functional expertise. As trusted advisors, Kurt Salmon partners with clients to design and drive strategies and solutions that make lasting and meaningful impact. We are committed to delivering measurable results for our clients through executional excellence. Kurt Salmon s CIO Advisory practice draws from our global and independent perspective to assist CIOs in formulating, planning and executing their IT strategy and transformation programs to improve responsiveness, adaptability and costeffectiveness of their IT organizations that drive overall business performance. Our unparalleled team of IT management specialists helps develop and implement the best practices that CIOs and senior technology clients need in today s complex business environment.
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Emily Bazelon is not happy that when the state attorney in the Jameis Winston announced that no rape charges would be filed against Mr. Winston he made a point of noting that the alleged victim (Bazelon left out the word "alleged") "acknowledged having sex with her boyfriend" at some point prior to the encounter with Mr. Winston, thus accounting for another man's DNA on her clothing. Bazelon says this amounted to "slut shaming."
Then Bazelon says the following: ". . . it is hard for me to imagine that she had consensual sex with Winston and then decided to lie and say it was rape."
Allow us to connect the dots for you, Bazelon.
Before we proceed, let's clarify that Bazelon doesn't know what happened in the Winston case, and neither do we. We aren't going to call the accuser a liar, just as it's improper to suggest Mr. Winston is a rapist. No one can say except the people who were there, and they have differing accounts.
But Bazelon's incredulity that someone in this accuser's position might lie about rape is either grossly dishonest or grossly uninformed.
Bazelon's own article explains why someone in the position of this woman might have lied: false accusations often stem from the fear of being "slut shamed." It is important to know that the accuser had a boyfriend with whom she was sexually intimate because this may suggest a motive to lie about rape. It is important for the same reason it was important -- but initially ignored by law enforcement investigators -- in the infamous Hofstra false rape case. Danmell Ndonye lied about rape in the Hofstra case likely because she was embarrassed that she was cheating on her boyfriend in a way society considers very nasty.
Feminist gadfly Amanda Marcotte once wrote that "the idea that it's shameful to just have sex because you want to" is "the reason that you have false rape accusations in the first place." One of the common motives cited by experts for false rape claims is "remorse after an impulsive sexual fling . . . ." Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case, S. Taylor, K.C. Johnson at 375 (2007).
In short, it is not implausible to believe that someone in the position of the accuser in the Winston case would lie about rape because of the "regret asymmetry" that divides young men and young women. We discussed it recently here.
This isn't some controversial or far-out theory concocted by women-haters or men's rights advocates. If we ever really want to have an adult dialogue about these issues, we need to get honest about it and stop ignoring the obvious -- and we need to exile people like Emily Bazelon to the kid's table so the adults can have a serious discussion.

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Year-end is usually crunch time for rectors and vestries scrambling to raise the needed funds to meet their annual budgets.
The time to make "the ask" is especially ripe this year, as some donors may be feeling more generous given the lingering uncertainty surrounding the tax code. Hurricane Sandy has also brought the idea of giving to the minds of some donors who might otherwise have been sitting on the sidelines.
Whether churches need money to fund that next great program or simply to keep the lights on, there are a few mistakes clergy and church leaders should avoid when making appeals, say fundraising consultants.
Not Asking in Person
Suzanne Culhane of Bob Carter Companies, a fundraising consultation firm in Sarasota, Fla., recalled a small parish she worked with that lost a $15,000 per year pledge. The pledge was lost because the rector and vestry members were afraid to sit down with a parishioner to discuss his discontent and concerns in person, and so they sent him an e-mail instead. As a result, the parish's music and outreach budgets were "significantly" compromised, said Culhane.
Culhane also worked with a religious community that she said "refused to take collective ownership of fundraising, out of fear of the unknown and asking." Instead, they placed the entire burden of raising $4 million annually on the one priest in the community who was the perceived extrovert.
"This priest burned out in just a few years and wound up hospitalized," Culhane remembered.
Too many times clergy and church leaders avoid face-to-face solicitation. Culhane said several clergy she worked with told her that face-to-face meetings "aren't necessary," tried to have her or someone else do the asking, and some even canceled or postponed major fundraising campaigns once they realized they would be required to ask for money directly.
That's a mistake though, Culhane advised, because face-to-face asking is the most effective method of fundraising and produces the highest response rate and the largest gifts.
And while many clergy think they don't have any natural ability for fundraising, are uncomfortable because of pastoral relationships, or may feel guilty about raising money for their own salaries, according to Culhane, it's wise to ask anyway.
According to Culhane, it behooves any parish fundraising effort to have the clergy intimately involved, because it is the clergy who tend to have the strongest relationships with people, hold respect and credibility in the community, and are knowledgeable about personal circumstances helpful to donor identification and solicitation efforts.
If the right request is being made to the right person at the right time, the donor shouldn't feel "funny," Culhane explained, but rather, they will feel honored to be engaged. She also pointed out that it's helpful for clergy to consider fundraising as ministry.
"It's more about relationships than dollars."
The Spaghetti-Dinner Effect
Culhane recently met with a parish that wanted to start a $2 million capital campaign. When she asked what their fundraising program entailed, the senior warden told her about their "famous" spaghetti dinner. The warden then went on in great detail about how many boxes of spaghetti are needed, how the serving is done and her fear of running out of food.
Culhane recalled having to suppress a sigh, especially when the rector later told her the supper barely broke even and required a significant amount of time to organize.
"That's not fundraising," stated Culhane.
She explained that while they may be helpful for community building, spaghetti dinners – or whatever iteration they may take – raise very little money. Not to mention, she added, the parish's financial resources and people get exhausted in the process.
Culhane advised that, instead, parishes should "devote energy to strengthening their annual giving and major gifts efforts."
They can start by asking questions such as, "When is the last time we sat down and asked someone for a major gift?" And "Is our giving growing?"
Sometimes it's difficult to tell who dislikes stewardship talks more – the clergy or the congregation. Often, talks begin with fumbling apology and a promise to "keep it short."
But that's a mistake, according to Marc Pitman, founder of FundraisingCoach.com, based in Waterville, Maine. That kind of apology can put donors in a negative frame of mind about giving, he pointed out, and position giving as drudgery rather than a privilege.
"We never need to apologize for our stewardship talks," said Pitman.
Pitman explained that, instead, offering people an opportunity to give or "invest" in the work of the Kingdom is an amazing privilege. Giving, he said, helps "sanctify and set apart the fruit of the best part of our lives."
"Being able to give a portion of that back to God can actually be an act of worship," Pitman said.
A lighter approach can also help sometimes. On stewardship Sundays, Pitman has told congregations the story about the pastor who stood at the pulpit and said, "I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is we all have all the money we need to do all we sense God is calling us to do. The bad news is that it's still in your wallets."
Too Vague
Giving is too often seen as a "vague, nebulous concept," according to Pitman. But that vagueness can have a negative effect, especially in an age when financial transparency is critical for gaining donors' trust.
Being specific, instead, can prompt some donors to step up to the plate.
Pitman recently asked a congregation what they thought it would take for their church to do only what they did last year, which included community outreach, minimal building maintenance and snow plowing.
"Guesses were all over the place," he recalled, "but low."
The congregants of that small parish were surprised to learn exactly how much the church needed to raise ($250,000). They also appreciated knowing the dollar amount, as it helped them to realize "they were the ones carrying out the work of Christ," said Pitman.
"All the great ideas they had – many of them truly helpful and within the mission of the congregation – were dependent on their generosity."
(Veronica Dagher is New York City-based reporter and an Education for Ministry graduate. She is a recipient of a Religion Newswriters Foundation Lilly Scholarship and a parishioner at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in New York City.)


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Hints on taking quality images at the historic Gettysburg National Military Park , Gettysburg Pa. Of course home to the famous 3 day, American Civil War battle in the summer of 1863.
1. If at all possible avoid the July 4th holiday weekend, Summer, weekends in general, holidays in general, way to crowded for anything other then snap shots unless you luck out or plan ahead to beat the masses.
2. Try to get there early, real early. As the , or at least, one of the most visited Civil War Battlefields it quickly fills up with visitors. The park opens at 6:00 am, closes at 10:00 pm (summer) 6:00 am - 7:00 pm (winter). By 9:00 am the flood gates are open, roads and key locations are descended on by hordes of "Stop, jump, snap & back onto the next site" visitors. As with so many parks these days most visitors never leave their cars, unless at one of the more noteworthy areas.
3. As the main battle site offers both open farmland, and rocky wooded hilly vistas. Part of the lure is the over 1300 (seems like nobody really sure) monuments ranging in size from the imposing Pennsylvania Memorial, to small almost invisible unit and company markers located off the beaten path, almost everywhere at the site.
There are many opportunities to use both the long and the wide lens.
Western facing sites such at Seminary ridge and Little Round top can be rich with shots close to sunset.
In closing it you can, visit the park and shoot away, but please cameras only, no bullets this time.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Catching Up
Here I am, working on my new book, "Enchantment: The Witch's Art of Manipulation Through Gesture, Gaze and Glamour", and I suddenly realize I haven't posted a blog entryfor a couple of months. Part of that busyness is due to the taking on of students in the new training coven, which I have to say is performing way beyond my expectations.
We ended up taking on a total of nine new local students, and 43 long-distance students. I figured catering to long-distance students was a matter of logistics rather than of one-to-one interaction - for the most part - so we did not balk at the number, but dove in head-first.
We ended up with a packed curriculum for the traditional year and a day, resulting in a weekly class schedule. We teach the class with local students present, and share it via live video streaming to the long-distance students, who interact via chat. So far, this has proven surprisingly effective, even for the sabbat rites. In addition, most weeks I do a "Magister's Question Time" via live video streaming, and both the classes and question times are recorded and made available to students. As a result, I am becoming quite expert at this live video streaming thing.
That in itself has spurred me on to try and use up even more of my time. It occurred to me that if I can do my workshops and lectures online using live streaming, I can reach many more people than the limited few who can come to my in-person classes. So I've decided to work towards two methods of getting my workshops online.
The first is the simplest - to provide live streaming workshops on a pay-per-view basis, where "attendees" pay a small fee and get to see the workshop live on video, and interact via chat. The advantage of this method is that anyone can access the class from their computer or tablet device, from anywhere in the world. The recording of the workshop would then be made available as a streaming or downloadable video for a small fee.
The second is more ambitious. I want to get together with stores around the world to offer "virtual workshops". Using Skype or similar technology, a workshop would be held at a store anywhere in the world. Attendees would go to the store, just like a regular workshop, and I would "beam in" via live video, and appear on a large TV or video projector connected to a laptop or other PC. A webcam would feed the audio and video from the store back to me, so we could all see and hear each other, and interaction would be very similar to an in-person workshop. The advantage here would be that locations that would be too expensive to cater for (due to travel and accommodation costs) could be reached for no more than a regular workshop fee to the attendees, which would be shared between the store and myself in the usual way.
I hope to set up similar schemes for some of my fellow authors too.
To facilitate this, I realized that it would be very useful to be able to use more than one camera - for close-ups of demonstrations, etc. - and so I have started a Kickstarter project to raise the funds to buy a video mixer that will allow me to do just that. So if you have enjoyed my books, DVDs, podcasts and workshops in the past, please consider taking a look at the Kickstarter project, and pledging a small amount towards it (even $1 will help). If you can't pledge but would like to help (or even if you can pledge), please do not hesitate to share the project with others you think may be interested in it.
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You are indeed correct that the second option is very ambitious. I don't know many Pagan oriented shops that would readily have a projector or large enough TV on hand. This is not to say there aren't any or that accommodations could not be made, it is just as you said— ambitious.ReplyDelete
I am Glad that your training Coven is doing so well. I am not surprised though; there are not many opportunities for training in Traditional Cunning Craft available. I am interested in what program you are running the streaming through?
Hope all has been well!
Boidh se!
-Spanish Moss
"Lost in a thicket bare-footed upon a thorned path."
I have been using Watershed, a service provided by Ustream, but as they are trying to get everyone to move to Ustream Pro, which is an order of magnitude more expensive, I've switched to DaCast, which I can use for the private stuff and the pay-per-view stuff. I use Adobe Flash Media Encoder for the encoding.ReplyDelete


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My lengthy text messages with Nader Amini, the owner of Amini Rug Gallery on
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Business Bureau complaint cases, lawsuits, and newspaper articles about his
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Mr. Amini came to my home with a dozen or so Persian rugs and displayed them.
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Last September I made the mistake of trusting a local business in Florida and
buying three Persian oriental rugs from Nader Amini, the owner of Amini Rug
Gallery here in Fort Lauderdale.
Mr. Amini came to my home with a dozen or so Persian rugs and displayed them.
He left three of the rugs with me so I could decide which ones I liked, along
with an invoice. While writing his invoice he asked me "if he should use a
fictional out-of-state address" so I would not have to pay sales tax on the
rugs! That was the first time alarm bells went off. I told him that he should
itemize each rug and be sure to add the "full sales tax" as he totaled his
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and gave him a check for the total amount before my next overseas trip that
same day.
I later realized that he never itemized the price of each... (more)
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According to Florida Department of State, refreshed on December 13, 2012 the
profile for Mehrzad Amini is associated with Bay Harbor Rug Gallery LLC with
the role of Manager. Mehrzad Amini has a relationship with Alireza Amini and
is located in Bay Harbor Island. Bay Harbor Rug Gallery LLC has a location in
Bay Harbor Islands, FL. Active officers include Alireza ... (more)
Jan David Winitz, president/founder of Claremont Rug Company, today said that
certain types of antique Oriental rugs are experiencing a significant upsurge
in attention among collectors and investors.
Globally-recognized as the world's leading dealer of art level 19th century
carpets from the "Second Golden Age of Persian Weaving," Winitz says that
inquiries for the "best of the best" pieces have become a staple of his
interaction with clients.
"The rug world has evolved dramatically since we opened Claremont in 1980,"
he said. "Collectible antique rugs which were available then were often
treated almost as commodities by some dealers. From the beginning, we have
been telling our clients that not only were the best of these rugs severely
undervalued, but that there was also a much smaller supply than people
He also noted that the recent trend of acquirin... (more)
The popularity of handmade Persian and Oriental rugs is a direct result of
their versatility as decor items, as well as the immense skill and
craftsmanship it takes to create them. Many homeowners who seek genuine
antique rugs from the Middle East and Persia have a hard time finding them
due to the popularity of reproductions, as well as the unlikelihood of an
antique rug being in presentable condition due to excessive aging and wear.
However, more and more homeowners who seek one-of-a-kind antique rugs are
turning to NW Rugs, a premier rug dealer with six warehouse sized locations
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Each NW Rugs location boasts an inventory of over 20,000 rugs, including an
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- With cold weather approaching fast, many
homeowners will soon be facing higher energy bills in order to keep the house
at a warmer, more comfortable temperature. In terms of energy usage, winter
months are often the most demanding. The good news is that new and improved
energy efficient insulation for windows and doors can go a long way in
reducing energy costs when keeping a home warm, but savings can be even
greater when the floor is covered by wool area rugs. NW Rugs, a West Coast
dealer of quality imported and domestic rugs, offers area rugs that are great
for added warmth and comfort during the winter.
Specializing in wool area rugs, as well as Persian rugs, hand tufted rugs,
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- While carpet and area rugs are often
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and area rugs, are more beneficial to allergy and asthma sufferers than
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pollutants, and dirt get trapped in the fibers of rugs, preventing them from
flying into the air whenever someone walks by. This is not the case with hard
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- There's a collective treasure trove of
rugs to shop for in Los Angeles, due in part to the vast number of rug
dealers scattered across the city. But though the options are plenty when it
comes to driving around and finding a rug showroom, there are few that can
compare to the size and selection of NW Rugs, a LA rug dealer with an over 20
thousand square foot showroom filled with rugs from all over the world.
A popular destination among interior design professionals and home owners
alike, NW Rugs is able to satisfy most any design ideas, whether rustic or
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- With a selection of over 25,000 rugs
from countries all over the world, NW Rugs has been a premier dealer of local
and exotic rug styles for over 18 years. Though the vast majority of NW
Rugs's customer base has been through any of its seven 20,000 square foot
store locations, a growing number of orders are also made through browsing
the store's website. As a result of the increasing popularity of online
searches and inquiries, NW Rugs has completely revamped its website, allowing
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of area rugs in
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The leave-in conditioner and carrot oil both are targeted for women with a dry scalp or need moisture. I chose these because I honestly get very lazy when it comes to doing my hair, and I hardly ever apply products to my hair which is sad to say. They both have a very pleasant smell and have a nice and light whipped consistency. I tested these products for 3 weeks and applied it to my hair every other day. To ensure that I didn't forget to use it, I mixed the two products together, diluted it with a bit of water, and put it in a spray bottle.
If you do not know how African American is when it has lots of moisture, you are going to see it first hand! I applied my little mixture to my hair right after washing it. It really defined my curls I never knew I had in my hair and softened it extremely LOL! Below is also pictures of how it turned out when the product set into my hair and I styled it the next day:
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We had another perfect Gulf Coast weekend! The added benefit was that there were great friends here from out of town, and we got to share some of our favorite things with them.
The downside of that is that even though I took Thursday and Friday off, I'm exhausted. We out late and up early and on the go most of the weekend. It's like I need a couple of days to recover from my weekend! Because I'm exhausted. We got a good nap in this afternoon, but it doesn't take the place of those good, long sleeps.
I wouldn't trade the whole weekend for good sleep, though, because I had such a good time catching up with a good friend.
It's weekends like these that sustain you, which is good because I think this upcoming week is going to be a really tough one, and I think tomorrow will be particularly so. A lot of stuff happened at work while I was gone, and there will be adjustments to be made to what are the new realities. I am reminded that nothing stays the same, and that opportunities are what you make of them. I need to take advantage of what I have and what has been presented to me and go from there.
For the coming week, the following are my goals:
- Get a post up every day
- Get back into my fitness and health routine
- Rest
- Read
- Think
- Plan
It's not an entirely elegant plan for this week, but that's all I have in my head right now. Too tired and too full of dread for what tomorrow brings.
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One of ideal ways to highlight your home spacing is by applying the right lighting fixtures. For more elegant look, you may consider adding living room lamp sets to your interior decor design. Abbyson Living knows this better and offers their great collections of table lamp sets in two. You will find that these lighting ideas are truly classy and splendid to enhance your seating room. Abbyson Living selections of living room lamp sets can be discovered in various artistic designs crafted from varied basic materials. You may have a set of two table lamps made from resin, mercury glass, mosaic glass or porcelain. Some charming finish options are gold, silver, sage green, mother of pearls, and more. As to the shades, you can pick your favorite one like black or ivory faux silk shades, beige cotton shade, etc. Light up our home with these living room lamp sets in form of wonderfully stylish and contemporary table lamps designed by Abbyson Living.


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Well I guess I should tell you guys a little bit about me, well as you can see I'm 22, my music taste goes from Irish folk music, to rock and roll, to folk music, and everything in between except for rap, techno and hip hop. Now most of my other tastes are very much the same. I love Gothic style and yet I also love blues and purples. So as you can see I have a very strange taste in things. I must say I do love anything that is the darker side of life. But I also love love love anything cute its like right now I'm writing this in the librey and my pad and pencil case match and they are pink with a kitty on... Ahhh these pc's suck!!! I cant even save a picture! what the hell! lol I managed to publish a post with it in...I think.
As I have said I have fibromyalgia and that can be tough. I take about 30 pills a day for that and my depression and other problems, some days I wish my pain and depression would take a holiday lol but we get the hand we are dlt andthere is nothing we can do to change that. I like to think that I'm diffrent but Iknow the chances are im not. I don't like to be the same as everyone else I like to be as diffrent as i can and so do dye my hair, its blue right now buti want to go purple as i think it would look hot if it went from blue to purple at the end. I used to be blonde tho.
I do have piercings, my lip,eyebrow, helix, scafolding and nose, i did want snake bites but i didnt want to be the same as everyone else ... too mundane! and then i did think about having spider bites done but it is so expencive so ive stuck to what i got an i wish i had got them sooner. I hate my weight and i am trying to make myself the way i want but its very hard lol what else to say? i like to drawI like to travel,i want to be a foster mum, i crochet, i sew toys and i enjoy writing.
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Occupier Casely-Hayford withdraws "Stupid Parliament" comment
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Financial Analyst Sydney Casely-Hayford has apologised and withdrawn his comments, which sought to cast a slur on parliament's image.
The leading member of pressure group Occupy Ghana says he is looking forward to meeting the House to discuss other ideas he has about making the country's legislature more efficient.
In an interview with Joy News' Evans Mensah on Top Story programme Thursday, he said his comments were in line with advocating for a new paradigm of how parliament should be coordinated across the country.
"My delivery was that instead of having a single parliament sitting in the centre of Accra we should have ten regional parliaments where each parliament could manage the affairs of their region separately to take care of the need of their communities and localities.
"In the event, I got passionate and I might have used a few strong words here and there but basically it was about how parliament could work better.
"I must admit that on hindsight, I did go over the board and apology is in order because I was a bit extreme but it was a passionate delivery," he said.
The outspoken anti-corruption campaigner Occupy Ghana said the legislative body has outlived its usefulness and "the first thing I will do if I had the opportunity, is to break down parliament. We don't need it."
Mr Hayford said the country would be better off saving money as the legislature only adds to the nation's budget but does little to develop it.
He made the comments at a summit last Saturday on the topic 'The Economic and Political Rise of Africa.'
Mr Hayford observed, "these people are sitting there, spending money like crazy, making stupid decisions, and passing stupid laws. They don't read the papers that they are given, they don't think through what the challenges are."
"All they can think of is, let's pass this thing quickly, let's go to Senchi Royal, let's go and sit there and chill and come back and that's the pattern", he added.
According to him, "maybe if we break it down we are wasting money but maybe we can use it as a tourist attraction, we can say, this is what we used to do in the past, so come for a tour.
"We should have regional parliaments, every region, we have 10 of them in Ghana, every region must have its own legal parliament, every region must have its own law courts, every region must have its ministries and down at that level, let the decisions be made as to where they want to go", he said.
His comments have angered members of Parliament who are threatening to drag him before the Privileges Committee of Parliament.
Hayford later told Evans Mensah what happened was not in character of him "at all. It was not intended to insult or maim anyone in parliament, it was passion and nothing else."
Parliament reacts
Enraged by the comments, Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak urged parliament to invite Mr Hayford to the House to answer for his "insulting comments" which he said impugned the integrity of the House and legislators.
Making the plea for Hayford to be brought before the Privileges Committee, Mubarak said on the floor of the House, Thursday, the comments are "not only an attack on the integrity of all members of Parliament, past and present "but it even bothers on promoting hatred and vandalism when he talked about breaking down parliament."
He described the comments as "damn right offensive, they are outrightly benighted."
"And coming from a man who seems discombobulated from the world he inhabits, his comments if allowed to pass will set a very bad precedent and create more room for people to impugn the reputation of this House."
Following his pleas, the Speaker has referred the matter to the leadership of the House to consider its next move.
Mr Hayford said although he is "close" with the Kumbugu MP, he could not hide his surprise for his actions but "it is okay, somebody has to bring it up if he feels concerned about it."
He said he would not mind appearing before the Parliament's Privileges Committee adding, "I would be happy to have an opportunity to explain my position and render an apology for the way it came out."
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I'm a fan of NARS and their products. There's no denying that! That said, this foundation and I didn't get along at all which was partly heartbreaking, but I've learned not everything that is hyped is worth it. Remember when I wrote about buying NARS Pro-Prime (which I now love)? This was bought at the same time, in December. Since then I've used it a total of four times (including the above shot).
I was unsure about it from the beginning but thought I'd buy to take home anyway — silly me. So many of my favorite bloggers love this stuff, so wouldn't I? Upon applying with a Real Techniques buffing brush, something just didn't feel right to me. It seemed so unnatural, unlike my YSL and Laura Mercier foundations. I don't have dry skin but it seemed to cling to any spot with even the teensiest bit of dryness, especially around my nose. I tried it with a light hand, with my hands, with numerous brushes and nothing seemed to work for me. I even tried switching up my bases and letting it warm up in my hands. I didn't ever get the dewy/natural finish that people said this gives. To me it just felt a bit too heavy. Maybe I need to step up my application game? Who knows.
Then I wondered how the NARS MUA had made it look so good. Was it the lighting in Harvey Nichols? Or maybe the fact that I'm way too impressionable and if you try to talk me into buying something by sweet talking me, I probably will? Either way I'm sad to say that this foundation just isn't for me. I'm not saying that it's awful — many a beauty blogger love this stuff (just ask Meg or Estée) — it just isn't my cup of tea! So now... I'm selling it.
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Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails confirmed on Monday that he is keeping his post as Chief Creative Officer of Beats Music, which will make him an Apple employee because Apple announced last week it was buying the company. There were conflicting reports that he had left the company or maybe he hadn't, and he took to Twitter in mid-tour to confirm his position had not changed.
...but YES I am still CCO of Beats Music and looking forward to what lies ahead with Apple.
— Trent Reznor (@trent_reznor) June 2, 2014
It stands to reason that he will likely be working remotely, and that his C-level title doesn't require he report to the office each day. That should come in handy since he's currently touring the world in support of his latest album, Hesitation Marks and collaborating with Atticus Ross on the score for the upcoming film Gone Girl.


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Here is a song I really like called
"Gypsy" By Shakira.
Mom says: OK, this if better. When we talked in the car you weren't sure what a gypsy was. I'm still not sure what she means in the song.
Can you tell me?
It has words in it, but you said I could post it for fun.
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Sorry girl-girl. I did like the song, but I felt like the video was too sexually suggestive so I took it off. Can you find a video with the song, but not those pictures? Post the words to the song for me and let's see what story it tells. I think that's called narrative writing.


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HardnutZ's most distinctive and colourful 'street' helmet is also one of the best at its job. HardnutZ's Ink in Water is a 'Marmite' of a helmet: either you'll love it or hate it! We happen to love the fantasy swirls of ink in water and can't help but note the admiring glances of other cyclists. But bear in mind that the hard-wearing design quality and beautiful gloss finish is second to none at such a modest price.
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Engel & Völkers presents this spectacular ranch, placed 5 minutes away from Guadalajara, in the exclusive residential area "El Clavín". It has a main building of 1,400m2 and a guest building of 215 m2, both in rustic style, placed in a terrain of 4,600m2.
The main building has three floors: On the lower ground floor, there is a big wine cellar with a living room and bar. This floor also has the household staff's rooms, ironing room and a big indoor pool with gym and sauna. On the ground floor, there is the building's main entrance, play room, dining room, living room. Rustic style kitchen and pantry, guest bathroom and two bedrooms with their own bathroom. Finally, on the first floor, there are two bedrooms with lofted ceilings. Both have their own bathroom. The main bedroom is also located on the first floor and counts with its own library and bathroom. All materials used in living rooms, kitchen and bedrooms are first class. The same for the bathrooms, all of them have shower and jacuzzi. All bedrooms have spacious dressing rooms. The guests building has two floors. On the lower floor, there is a big living room with a fireplace, kitchen, main bedroom with its own bathroom, and a guest bathroom. On the upper floor, there is a bedroom, bathroom and lecture room. The ranch counts with diverse exterior areas like a big porch, and barbecue and woodstove area.
Residential area "El Clavín" is placed on the 2,2km road CM-2004, in Guadalajara. It's five minutes away by car of this same city. The residential area is divided between two municipalities, Guadalajara and Chiloeches.
It counts with common areas which include: Sports complex, private sports club with parking, sociocultural area and a commercial zone.
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Dear Texas: F*ck Off
- Posted by Kristin
- Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The great state of Texas is periously close to passing the "Heartbeat"Bill. Which is:
An anti-abortion bill (House Bill 36/Senate Bill 182) in Austin [which] lawmakers debate whether a woman should be legally bound to have an ultrasound and listen to her baby's heartbeat before having an abortion..
If any woman decides to have an abortion regardless if you believe life starts the moment of conception or later it is still her right to terminate her pregnancy. I am so furious that anyone would dare to tell me if I ever decide that abortion is an option for me that I have to have an ultra sound and listen to a hearbeat in some attempt to shame me. F*ck You!
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Blackface, Really!
- Posted by Kristin
- Wednesday, April 8, 2009
I have no idea what he is saying and it really does not matter, Black face was not necessary. This is something that often strikes me as funny and perplexing when it comes to other races and ethnicities and their mocking of black skin. Obama's complexion is probably very similar to the news anchors natural complexion yet he felt the need to dramatically darken his skin to represent Blackness. In the case ofSparkle Rai a few years ago an Indian man hired a man to kill his black daughter in law. The father in law and son were multiple shades darker than Sparkle. The fact that Sparkle was black any shade of black was enough to result in a contract for her murder. That is why I think colorism is so completely useless and divisive in ethnic communities because even if you are light bright next to white you are still black as a spade to some. Simply because we carry the label of black that automactically encites fear, loathing, and caution in some. .Why? And for those with the school of thought that racism is all but dead, don't believe the hype
Taliah Waajid Product Review and Loc Update
- Posted by Kristin
- Friday, April 3, 2009
I purchased the $35 gift package from Taliah Waajid
and it should have come with a shampoo, conditioner, locking gel, protective body mist, herbal hair cleanser, and herbal hair strengthener (aka grease). First red flag it took almost two weeks for the products to ship when there is a 3 to 5 business day shipping clause on the website. Second flag I was sent two shampoos (see picture) in place of the Protective Mist Bodifier. Third red flag I repeatedly had to email the office of Taliah Waajid as well as call to talk about my missing product. Final straw when I finally spoke to the office manager I was told to send the other shampoo back and they would send out my Protective mist (which keep in mind I had already paid for). WTH you are holding my product hostage until I return a product that you mistakenly shipped to me. Black Folks customer service is 75 percent of the business and Taliah Waajid did not pass that part of the test.
I was more than satisfied with the products. All of her products have a very earthy smell which I like. The herbal shampoo is excellent as a clarifier, the conditioner is the bomb and the Protective Mist is the truth. In all honesty I will continue to use the Protective Mist until I find a product to replace it everything else I have already found substitutes for when I run out of her products. I actually found another person making their way through the journey of lockdom who shared her recent experience at the Taliah Waajid hair care center in Atlanta. She was not pleased, peep the video for her customer review.
The bottom pics are some of my latest progress. The massive amount of shrinkage I was experiencing in February is now over my hair is no longer just sticking up I am actually getting some hang time and movement. I am still in the adolescent stage lots of budding and fuzziness. In the beginning I was worried about my locs forming on the smaller side now that they have plumped up I love the size in this stage. I often wonder to myself every morning why did I take so long to make the decision to start locs. The desision to start locs has been great for me. I have not had one moment of doubt about committing to locs. Weekend wear throw on some oversized earrings and mist the hair and go, I LOVE IT.
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World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. Held annually on 16th October, people from around the world come together to declare their commitment to eradicate worldwide hunger from our lifetime.
Celebrating the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), events are organized in over 150 countries across the world, making it one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. These events promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all. The focus of the day is that food is a basic and fundamental human right. Yet, in a world of billions, 805 million people worldwide live with chronic hunger, 60% women and almost five million children under the age of five die of malnutrition-related causes every day.
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On 25th September 1980 John Bonham, considered one of the greatest drummers of all time, died in tragic circumstances. Two months later a simple letter signed by Plant, Page and Jones, stated that they could not replace him and therefore could not continue. After nine multi-million selling albums and record breaking world tours, Led Zeppelin came to an abrupt and premature end.
To acknowledge the 25th anniversary of his death in 2005, Southbank published John Bonham a personal account of his life, by someone who knew him better than anyone - his brother Mick Bonham.
Unavailable for two years, this fitting tribute to one of the rock music greats is back in print, at a time when interest in Led Zeppelin is once again at a high point.
The book follows John's childhood desire to play the drums, having to improvise with pots and pans until the first kit arrived at the age of fifteen, to the transition into an internationally renowned rock drummer of one of the most successful bands ever formed. Much has been written about 'Bonzo', good and bad, but this book (unlike others) gets closer to what he was really like, from those who knew him best.
With exclusive interviews with band members and contributions from many others that knew him, and including previously un-published photographs from the Bonham collection, this is an important tribute not only to John Bonham but also to Mick, who died soon after completing this book.
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US stocks slid with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by more than 200 points on worries that China's devaluation of its currency signaled increasing concern over the economic growth of the world's biggest importer of raw materials.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average most recently fell 242 points or 1.42% at 17,373 points wiping out the previous session's gains.
The S&P 500 benchmark Index most recently traded 25 points or 1.11% lower at 2079 points to completely reverse Monday's gains.
The tech heavy Nasdaq Composite fell by 72 points or 1.4% to 5,030 points.
"We are looking at a pullback right now. The news of the Yuan raises suspicion regarding the economic growth outlook for China, that's taking its toll on the markets," Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital in New York, told Reuters.
The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, on Tuesday morning moved to devalue its tightly controlled currency, the Yuan, following weaker than expected Chinese import and Export data over the weekend.
The move was the latest in a series of efforts by Beijing to halt the selloff it the country's equities and to prop up the country's economy.
"It's another step by the People's Bank to support the economy and stabilize the economy, which continues to weaken," Craig Bishop, lead strategist of U.S. fixed-income strategies at RBC Wealth Management, told the Wall Street Journal.
"A slowdown in an economy of that size causes a lot of ripples."
The devaluation, described as a one-off depreciation by the central bank, saw the dollar jump to its highest in more than three years against the Yuan further pressuring commodities.
The devaluation also boosted demand for treasuries and gold, which are seen as safe havens against market and economic volatility, and pressured commodities like oil; already battered by the ongoing glut.
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with his family when he was ten years old. He holds an M.A degree in Jewish Studies from Touro College and received semicha from Rav Avrohom Pam.
Since entering active duty in July, 1998, he has served at Ft. Stewart, GA; Ft. Bragg, NC; South Korea; Ft. Benning, GA, Ft. Gordon, GA. He retired in August 2010 at Ft. McPherson, GA.
Chaplain Horovitz's awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), National Defense Service Medal, Iraqi Freedom Medal, Enduring Freedom Medal, Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Parachutist Badge, German Wings, Polish Wings and the Presidential Naval Superior Unit Medal.
speech on the occasion of his receipt of the Hoenig military chaplaincy award at the RCA's 2006 convention
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Chaplain Horovitz is active in the Orthodox Union and the Association of Jewish Outreach Professionals. He is currently the executive director of the American Friends of Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim.
He is married to the former Malkie Schneider of West Babylon, New York. They have six children and six grandchildren.
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