A beneficial owner is a person who enjoys the benefits of ownership even though title to some form of property is in another name. It also means any individual or group of individuals who, either directly or indirectly, has the power to vote or influence the transaction decisions regarding a specific security, such as shares … Continue reading Beneficial Ownership
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Wednesday Words on the Wild: Picturesque
It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque. ~ Dorothea Lange Oops. Sorry, Dorothea. It's just that, during a drive with family in Tennessee, my aunt remembered this barn coming up around the corner and she started talking to it, as if she was encouraging a toddling baby, like, "Oh! Here she comes! She's so adorable!" When I … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Picturesque
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Influences
As the twig is bent the tree inclines. ~ Virgil Wait, no, sorry. Try again. As the twig is bent, so grows the tree. ~ Alexander Pope Whoops! Wrong again. Last try. So bends the twig, so grows the tree. ~ My Mother There. Done. Glad that's settled. Let's pause for a moment, catch our … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Influences
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Summer
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Hoping your First Day of Summer launches a spectacular season!
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Patterns vs. Variations
Nature does not turn out her work according to a single pattern; she prides herself upon her power of variation. ~ Seneca the Younger Nature is so delightful and abundant in its variations that there would not be one that resembles another, and not only plants as a whole, but among their branches, leaves and … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Patterns vs. Variations
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Perfection
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ~ Vince Lombardi "Stop the car. I want a picture of the trees and the snow," I told my friend Royce, as we sped through Sequoia National Park last weekend. "All that snow is dirty," he replied, referring to the snow nearest to the side of … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Perfection
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Balance
Since our Earth is not completely rigid, as it rotates on its axis, centrifugal force causes the equator to bulge. This is the same force that causes you to fling to the side of a giant spinning wheel in a theme park. The non-uniform gravitational force of the Sun and the Moon will pull on … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Balance
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Quintessence
QUINTESSENCE the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form ~ Merriam-Webster Stars In your multitudes Scarce to be counted Filling the darkness With order and light You are the … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Quintessence
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Pride
I regularly walk by the above banner posted all around the park in process (it looks like they are replacing some lawn with drought-resistant plants). The "Park Proud" phrase catches my eye every time. For one thing, I find it amusing/depressing that it's necessary to encourage people to take pride in our parks (substitute: city, … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Pride
Wednesday Words on the Wild: Nemophilist
Ne`moph´i`list: n. 1. One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods. ~ Webster's Dictionary There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but … Continue reading Wednesday Words on the Wild: Nemophilist
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