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In 1977, Keo opened a series of Thai restaurants starting with Mekong, Keo's, and Mekong II in Hawaii, which became a hot spot for the Hollywood crowd. [48] Keo later wrote an internationally best-selling Thai cookbook, Keo's Thai Cuisine , in 1985.
The Jinghong Dam (Chinese: 景洪大坝) is a gravity dam composed of roller-compacted concrete on the Lancang (Mekong) River near Jinghong in Yunnan Province, China.The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it has an associated 1,750 MW power station. [1]
The Se San River is a major tributary of the Mekong River. The dam site is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of the provincial capital, also named Stung Treng . The first turbine began producing electricity in November 2017.
The first U.S. menu item calorie labeling law was enacted in 2008 in New York City. [4] California was the first state to enact a calorie count law, which occurred in 2009. [5] Restaurants that do not comply can be fined up to $2,000. [6] Other localities and states have passed similar laws. [7]
SERVIR-Mekong project is a joint initiative by the US agency for International Development , NASA and five other countries which are Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. "Servir" is a Spanish word which means "to serve". The project aims to use the latest technologies to help the Mekong river region protect its vital ecosystem. It ...
Rank Country Average daily dietary energy consumption per capita [8]; Kilojoules (kJ) Year 1 Ireland 16,250 2018 2 United States 15,820 2018 3 Belgium 15,770 2018 4 Turkey
Kawa Karpo is one of the most sacred mountains for Tibetan Buddhism as the spiritual home of a warrior god of the same name. [3] [5] [6] It is visited by 20,000 pilgrims each year from throughout the Tibetan world; [7] many pilgrims circumambulate the peak, an arduous 240 km (150 mi) trek [6] Although it is important throughout Tibetan Buddhism, it is the local Tibetans that are the day-to-day ...
CalorieKing was founded as Family Health Publications in 1973 in Australia by Allan Borushek, biochemist and clinical dietitian, with the publication of the first Australian Calorie, Fat, & Carb Counter. In 1988, the book was published in the United States, selling more than 10,000,000 copies.