10/16/12

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or Clean Water Act, the nation's law for protecting our most irreplaceable resource.  The Act set a new national goal "to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters," with interim goals that all waters be fishable and swimmable where possible.

The Morning Economic Report - 10/16/12

October 16, 2012   #1106   Fundamentals of Rice
 
When I had the chance to dine with my cousin and her Persian husband last month, I was treated to a dish of saffron rice, carefully prepared in their Persian rice steamer.   The results were impressive, and shamed my haphazard ways of cooking rice.   So I decided to do a little research and see if I couldn't improve my performance.   Here are some issues, and some answers.