OP-ED by Dale Ross

By

Sampson I. Onwuka

The role of insurance giants such as A.I.G in American Corporate interest offers little insight into investment engines at the heart of Charity Foundations. Although non-for profit societies have ties to communities across United States – Community RE-investment Act involves housing, it should not discourage certain acts of giving, routine donations, regular paid visit and even tithe offering. In a recent OP-ED by Dale Ross (Mayor of Georgetown, TX) regarding the challenge of giving and the partisan effort at maintaining a foundation throw new light on Non-for-profit organization as unconventional Community Investment tool. There are hardly any list to endorse but thanksgiving and charity as an investment tool in a community is easily overlooked. The reasons are many especially the history of mismanagement with some of the charity organization. Texas Capitol-City Austin may speak of Catholic Charities and Salvation Army that operate specie cases, these are often caught between SME housing exchange and government sponsored expenses, there are usually the best group to handle emergencies. There are other neutral chapters that need to be added to portfolio, especially for those os us interested in giving. For Georgetown some of the list may may include (1) Sertoma (2) Down Kiwanis (3) Sun City and Sun Rise Rotary (4) Chisholm Trail Foundation are mentioned as conventional charities covering specific areas of community interest, there are not the only ones. The important theme missing from his opinion page is that standard non-for profit organization are usually overlooked as important key to public health and sometimes – Welfare.

this friday and the next

Sampson I. Onwuka 


Market expectations are not the same this friday and the next but the jolt in the arm which the federal reserve injection by the 1.5% Funds rate, a reduction and contraction followng a decade of expansion by the Federal Reserve beginning with Alan Greenspan. The testimony is well the country is transformed given the damage to the ecooomic fabric by shadow banking.

There are gaps in the coporate earning this year and that needs not to be said that the poor penetration of private investors in the stock market from high frisson effect during periods of expansion and government spending leading to the landing curve and then transformed by the borrowing into an economy of experience. 

There is something unsettling since June through September 2015 expectations and there is something that fizzled out differently for when the accounts are settled differently with performance that give head to the strange horse races between the markets that raise questions of rates leading to 2016. With major economies in the world experiencing a downtown

The expectations are also met, it gives room for the origination of loans and questions of interest rate which the stock market some rate with respect to the rest of world. U.S stocks may experience some low yields since the last 10 yeas but there are gaps in the yields December expectation for the markets that will not be seen differently.

The real concern if there is one, is how well the world markets tend to repeat their tallies for interest rate and whether or not the effects will boom around to the United Staes if and when the rest of the world pursue lines of policy. Until this is the case, there are signs that the many holiday clearance and 8% spike will not be met this year with all the holidays sale but the transformation begins from next year.

Veranda by Lisa Newsom

Veranda

The art of outdoor living

Author -- Lisa Newsom

Year – 2013, Price $60.00

Publisher – Hearst Books

Review by

Sampson I.M Onwuka 

The books cover the lengthy discourse on outdoor architecture, filled with fanciful decorations and pictures covering (1) classic (2) modern (3) romantic (4) exotic ages and neoclassical ages in Veranda Architecture. Article and the selected pictures are based on Veranda magazine launched in 1987 with a drop back to California developer Joseph Eichler. The Veranda of classical periods generally covers continental Europe and the landscape of the Castles of great citizens, American Northeast, South and Southwest. Part of the reason is the continental shifts from Europe to United States which occurred during the classical periods, where migration occurred as well and the culture preserved in the presence of these countries go a long way.

Some of the gray areas covered by author include the important information for some of the pieces of arts covered namely – Beau Jardin, the Rosaraie de Bagetelle, and Bagatelle Rose Garden – park the Bagatelle, including, famous for its wealth of Napoleon, and the bagatelle remembered through Beethoven’s music. These Bagatelles in some sense invoke the sensuous power of control corridor, for rulers in medieval ages, used and maintained by the Kings who wrest themselves from wars, exuding the confidence as they banter, breathing down on the cheering group and overlooking the attached porticos, courts and Verandas inherited from the Church following the reformation.

The next string of cities; Atlanta, Belgium, show the disappearing importance of Castles and courtyards, the followers becomes less opiate and become less stranded, the Veranda and the gardens show impression and patience. The Gardens are deliberately cultivated and have a smattering of similar color.

These colors differ and the book is full of several options to choose from. One of more daring of these Gardens is the English Roses, cultivated and eventually abandoned but transformed by Wirtz and Sons. Some of their work can be seen in Dallas estate inspired by comparison to France, Italy, Morocco and New England, especially the small arch and porticoes. These uses of Arch and other deliberate use of writing were perfected. In such Architects like Larry E. Boerde for landscape – Paul Field of Lambert as inspired by Rosecliff is the Yolande d’ Aragon picture –which reveal the problem of maintenance given the arrangement of Lavenders, Tulips, etc., leading to the Patio.

They differ with the French because of the ‘bastille’s patio’ and the surrounding ‘grand basis’ are items that rest essay on the Gilded Age mansion, or Standford White,  or the Grand train on at Versailles. With the French the Romantic spell the case for the exotic and we never quite make it there. Other classic ages relating the French to English include small yard flower for courts embodying the idea of a court garden – surrounding a classic building– one of the exceptions in her approach is the introduction to the neo-classical age – with emphasis on land area, for instance a (16 acres garden) living buildings and accommodation sparse with outdoor aquatic lifestyles and effeminate use of native plants. We may regard this neo-classical age.

Neo-classical and domestic --- clearly modern architecture is the cure of New York and from the picture these differ separately with Southern California – that bring in the possibilities of farm-rich American landscape – they shift to Asia visible ships with approach an Asia manor of religions retreat with large scale retreats. Modern Garden and Veranda is choice of Place, and as we see in the classic age preceding the first (WWI) there is Romantic as characteristic of “Brilliant watercolor – worthy landscapes brought to life with a feminine, slightly flirtatious, flair…” invoking feminine images of the bible, flowers/and it colors – ‘with examples of a painter’s muse’.

One of ‘Claude Monet’s’ masterpieces – at Giverny is a theme for the Veranda. The English dominate the landscape by this artist – between the Urbane, the Color, and Spectacle – designed and arranged to accommodate the issue of biannual flowers, to the light house and the corridor overlooking the long distant green acres, the shift from imposing castle mate to veranda for art sake was gradually arrived at. The exuberance and careful use of flowers compels the reaction, exuding what may be called the Exotic given the bionic gravitas. A major Character of the exotic is (1) the Garden variety which inspire the age.

Veranda at this image proclaim something else, the Garden’s inspired by distant places can transport us, even when they are close to home!  But in 1940 – there are inspirations from Hollywood and inspirations from televisions that were set to influence the modern age. The neighborhood such as (classic oriental) and the some of the Veranda and Castle-like Courts become more personal in the post WWII verandas.