Suthichai yoon biography of barack obama
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The US seeks stability for the Asia-Pacific region
Suthichai Yoon: Mr Campbell, Is President Obama coming to Thailand?
Assistant Secretary Campbell: Not on this trip. He is very much looking forward to hosting all his friends from Asia and elsewhere for Apec in Hawaii, and he will be in Bali for the Asean Summit and he will visit Australia on this trip. A hope will be Secretary (Hillary) Clinton will komma to visit. We are looking over the course of the next couple of months to step our engagement with Thailand.
SY: Why is he skipping Bangkok this time?
ASC: inom don’t think he is skipping Bangkok. Obviously, it’s great for him to come to this region and we are looking for an opportunity for engagements and for the president to meet the new prime minister.
SY: But he needs to be here to show that America is really back in Asia, as Secretary Clinton told me here two years ago.
ASC: I think over the last couple of years that we’ve demonstrated that the
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As I live and work with small-scale rice farmers in northeastern Thailand (Esan), the topic of yield is commonly discussed. Though I&#;m young and somewhat inexperienced, I hope my observations can make a contribution to the discussion here.
Esan is known for it&#;s poor soil quality to begin with, but inom believe farmers&#; dependence on nitrogen fertilizers (as opposed to organic soil improvement) has been a major contributor to the very gradual increase seen on the chart. Farmers have increased their chemical fertilizer use exponentially since it was first introduced during the Green Revolution. While fertilizer use seems to have reached a plateau, with exhausted soils and inefficient water management in paddies (as well as many seasons with real drought conditions, like in and ), yields are bound to remain low or even decline.
Further, as Jean-Philippe mentioned, many farmers simply don&#;t put the time and energy into their rice crop in order to reap high yields.
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On eve of US presidential election, I shake hands with Obama
The rally in Ohio was an important one for Obama. On his last day of the campaign, he traversed three swing states: Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio. He travelled with two quintessentially American musical stars, namely Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z. The musicians warmed up the crowd and reminded everyone why they are backing the president, and why we all should too.
My family has only lived in Ohio for two years. It is the first time that we’ve experienced living in a swing state, where our votes make a big difference in the outcome of elections. The moment would be exciting simply because of that, but personally this election carries more significance for me: this election is the first time that I have been able to vote for a president, as an American.
So when my family and I found out that President Barack Obama was coming through Columbus, with his musical entourage, we made sure to participate. We got up ea