Now, the Valley of Death is a vineyard, growing in the rich earth for which Ukraine is famous.
Treasure trove, in law, coin, bullion, gold, or silver articles, found hidden in the earth, for which no owner can be discovered.
I knew there was (and, in fact, still is) no spot on earth for which a complete species inventory has been accomplished, even with the help of millions of dollars and teams of international experts.
Whether that desire has grown with time is unclear, but now, at last, it can be fulfilled, thanks to the miracle of Google Earth (for which the movie is an unabashed commercial).
Those will almost certainly include China's export quotas on rare earth metals, for which Chinese policies appear to have raised similar legal concerns.
In addition the philosophical differences between the disciplines of earth sciences, for which most analytical techniques have been designed, and forensic sciences, particularly with regard to sample preparation and data interpretation have not been fully considered.
But while electric cars are an improvement on conventional gasoline burners in terms of emissions, they and their batteries still represent a metal and mineral guzzler, requiring ever-more rare earths, for example, which if not efficiently recycled, end up as toxic waste.
We choose to be grateful for the earth from which our food comes; for the water that gives life; and for the air we all breathe.
When the mission went awry the Grumman LM returned them safely to earth; a task for which it was never designed.
Although some key chapters in the current Laozi that deal with the nature of Dao (e.g., chs. 1, 14) are not found in the Guodian corpus, the idea that the Dao is "born before heaven and earth," for example, which is found in chapter 25 of the received text is already present.
