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It Takes a Painted Bat Village…

Arriving before sundown allowed us enough time to set up the photo studio and search for bats to photograph.  Our host family offered one of their stilt buildings.  Underneath turned out to be the perfect dimension for the studio. The ducks objected vociferously.  Each of the four nights we stayed there, ducks had to be […]

The Painted Bat Village of Thailand

The BatThai Team www.batthai.com drove us out of Bangkok in their plush minivan on a 5-hr. journey to Northeast Thailand.  Daniel Hargreaves from the UK is leading us on this trip to the Painted Bat Village.  It’s in this “sticky rice” growing area that four generations of the Peung family are doing whatever they can […]

Michael Lazari Karapetian

Michael Lazari Karapetian has over twenty years of investment management experience. He has a degree in business management, is a certified NBA agent, and gained early experience as a money manager for the Bank of America where he established model portfolios for high-net-worth clients. In 2003 he founded Lazari Capital Management, Inc. and Lazari Asset Management, Inc.  He is President and CIO of both and manages over a half a billion in assets. In his personal time he champions philanthropic causes. He serves on the board of Moravian College and has a strong affinity for wildlife, both funding and volunteering on behalf of endangered species.