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Show Mum you love her

By Ratchapoom“Film” Tokongsab

Singer and ‘Dutiful Child’ 2000award winner

Inever thought that beinggrateful to my parents

would help me win the prestigious ‘Dutiful Child’award, because I’ve always feltthat it was just a natural thingto do. I believe that if we takegood care of our parents, goodthings will happen to us. I never feel shy about expressing my love to mymum. I think everyone shoulddo so every day and not juston Mother’s Day.

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34-year-old novelist UTHIT HAEMAMOON from Saraburi bags the 2009 SEAWRITE AWARD for his novel ‘Lap Lae Kaeng Khoi’

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Studentuniforms ‘too sexy’Country’s top two universities orderclampdown By Chuleeporn AramnetD A I L Y X P R E S S

Chulalongkorn University (CU)is campaigning for students tocomply with its dress code,while Thammasat University(TU) wants the government tolaunch a “Social Cabinet” totackle the issue of studentswearing uniforms inappropri-ately.

At the project launch yes-terday, CU rector PiromKamolratanakul said wearinga Chula student uniform, theonly one to be granted by themonarchy, is a privilege.

TU deputy rector for stu-dent affairs Parinya Thewana-ruemitkul said the presidentfor Network of Deputy Rectorsfor Student Affairs supervisedthe student uniform code ateach university. He added thatThammasat was less strictabout the uniform than someother universities, but insistedstudents wear “appropriateclothes” to classes.

Celebrities’ influenceBlaming the influence of

fashions worn by movie andTV stars, he urged that aSocial Cabinet comprising theefforts of several ministriesshould be set up to help uni-versities solve the problem.The Culture Ministry could askcelebrities to wear clothesappropriate to the time of dayand occasion as well as pro-mote good values, he added.

Deputy Education MinisterChaiwuti Bannawat agreedthat students need good disci-pline and praised universities’successful efforts in improvingthe standard of their students’dress.

By Liyin SohS P E C I A L T O T H E N A T I O N

The SeaWrite AwardCommittee led by chair-

man ML SukhumbhandBaripatra yesterday announcedthat 34-year-old novelist UthitHaemamoon from Kaeng Khoi,Saraburi was the winner of the2009 SeaWrite Award for hisnovel “Lap Lae Kaeng Khoi”(“Mysteries of Kaeng Khoi”).

The decision by the panel of

seven judges was unanimous.There were seven novels com-peting for the prestigious an-nual literary award.

Unanimous decisionKusuma Raksmanee, one of

the judges, said the panel hadbeen able to reach agreementon the winning novel easily.The judges praised the authorfor his characterisation, set-ting and atmosphere, all pre-

sented in a realistic and livelymanner.

Focus on family“The book is the first Thai

novel in many years to be sounputdownable,” said fellowjudge Saranat Tailangkha.“Even though the authorchooses to focus the story ona family, the book presents thecolourful history of a commu-nity in an engaging manner.The author allows charactersto tell their stories throughtheir own eyes. I found theirworldviews and way of think-ing utterly absorbing.”

A Bangkok-based writer,

Uthit graduated with a bache-lor’s degree in art and designfrom Silpakorn University. Hewas previously known as ashort-story writer for workssuch as “Palimaan Lam Peung”and “Mai Yorn Keun”.

Emotional power“Lap Lae Kaeng Khoi” tells

of the lives of ordinary peoplefacing everyday problems andthe solutions they come upwith.

The language of the novelwas praised in the judges’ cita-tion for its emotion and power,bringing the scenes vividly tolife in the reader’s mind.

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Thais takeOlympiadsby stormD A I L Y X P R E S S

Thai whiz-kids have bagged atotal of 23 medals in academicOlympiads this year.

“Their success has cheeredup Thais,” Prime MinisterAbhisit Vejjajiva said yesterdayas he welcomed the giftedchildren to Government House.

Six of them participated inthe International MathematicsOlympiad, in which theysnatched one gold and five sil-ver medals.

Four children representedThailand In the InternationalComputer Olympiad, baggingone gold, two silvers and onebronze.

Thailand also sent four stu-dents to the InternationalChemistry Olympiad, wherethey cooked up four silvermedals.

In the International BiologyOlympiad, Thai studentsearned one gold medal andthree silvers.

Thai kids were also on a rollat the International PhysicsOlympiad, walking away withone gold and four silvermedals.

Deputy Education MinisterChaiwuti Bannawat, andNaree Wongsirojkul, actingdirector of the Institute for thePromotion of Teaching Scienceand Technology, accompaniedthe young medallists toGovernment House.

Abhisit said the students’successes provided solid proofthat Thais’ abilities were sec-ond to none.

“The government will striveto groom and support giftedchildren from the earliest agepossible so that their potentialis maximised,” the premierpromised.

Abhisit urged the whiz-kidsto develop their abilities evenfurther for their future andsociety as a whole.

“Their future academicwork and research can be veryuseful,” the premier added.

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Twenty-seven-year-o ldAkha tribesman Ateu

Chermeu says he is one ofmany who have grown up un-der the crushing weight of dis-crimination.

“We tribal people don’t wantany special treatment or pres-tige, but for society to view usand treat us respectfully as fel-low Thais. Or at least see us inreality, rather then hastilystereotyping hilltribe people asdrug dealers or slash-and-burnfarmers who destroy forests.Thirty years ago there mayhave been grounds for suchviews, but not now,” he says.

Harsh experience“I’ve been stopped by police

and accused of carrying drugs.And all because of my tradi-tional clothes. Do hilltribe folkreally deserve such prejudicedtreatment?” asks the youngman in Akha garb.

Teachers often discriminatetoo, he says, mocking childrenfor their hilltribe backgroundsso they grow ashamed andsilent in class.

“Many hilltribe kids use thelast name ‘Maayer’ (‘coming inlarge numbers’), and someteachers’ idea of a classroomjoke is to ask why there are somany of them.”

Experiences like these ledAteu to join the six-strongteam behind the online muse-um www.Hilltribe.org.

Sponsored by theRockefeller Foundation, theteam collects information onThailand’s tribal people andproduces documentaries to beaired online.

In his role as a data-collector,Ateu travels all over the coun-try to talk to hilltribe folkabout their roots and tradi-tions. The museum also gath-ers together elders and youthsfor activities that help pass ontribal wisdom.

Promoting understanding The aim of the museum is to

lessen misunderstanding be-tween tribal and lowland Thaiswhile providing a channel forminorities to voice their opin-ions and defend their rights.After six years of hard work,Ateu says hilltribe folk are bet-

ter understood in society andbetter educated about theirown traditions.

“My worst fear is that tribaltraditions might disappear al-together. In the next 50 years

the Akha people could forgettheir swing ceremony or theirtraditional New Year celebra-tions,” he says, explaining thatincreasing numbers of tribalkids attend schools far awayfrom their villages and so hadless chance to participate incommunity ceremonies.

“We do what we can by ar-ranging cultural activities tocombat TV and the distrac-tions of the modern world,” headds.

It’s a tough mission, but Ateuknows his efforts to conserveand publicise tribal traditionsare helping to enrich the wholeof Thai culture.

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RISING UPHilltribe folk are turning the tide of decades of discrimination

with the help of an online museum

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THE SUCCESSESPROVIDE SOLIDPROOF THATTHAIS’ ABILITIESARE SECOND TO NONE: PM I’VE BEEN STOPPED

BY POLICE ANDACCUSED OF CARRYING DRUGS.AND ALL BECAUSE OFMY TRADITIONALCLOTHES. DO HILLTRIBE FOLKREALLY DESERVESUCH PREJUDICEDTREATMENT?A young Akha man

,,AFTER SIX YEARS OFHARD WORK, AKHATRIBESMAN ATEUSAYS HILLTRIBE FOLKARE BETTERUNDERSTOOD INSOCIETY AND BETTEREDUCATED ABOUTTHEIR TRADITIONS.

A F P , San Francisco

Ahacking incident reporthas warned there has been

a steep rise in attacks at social-networking hotspots includingwildly popular microbloggingservice Twitter.

Hackers aren’t just huntingfor victims in the flocks of peo-ple at social networks, they’realso using Twitter to command“botnet” armies of infectedcomputers, according toInternet security specialists.

“Any website with a hugeuser following is now attract-

ing the bad guys,” said RyanBarnett, director of applicationsecurity research for BreachSecurity.

‘Widgets make it easy’“A lot of Web 2.0 widgets,

mash-ups and the like thatusers go for make it easy for allthese guys to launch attacks.”

Facebook became anInternet star after opening itsplatform to widgets, mini-ap-plications made by outside de-velopers, and now boasts morethan 250 million members.

Barnett was among the au-thors of a Web HackingIncidents Database Bi-AnnualReport.

Short, tainted messagesTwitter’s appeal to hackers

includes an ability to play theodds by routing short, taintedmessages to thousands of com-puter users simultaneously.Unseen malicious code infectsmachines that haven’t beenproperly updated.

Computer viruses can be hidden in files offered forsharing at Twitter, and inthird-party programs thatpromise to enhance mi-croblogging service capabili-ties.

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The English versionof user-generatedonline encyclopaediaWikipedia hosted its

3 milliontharticle on Monday –an entry about aNorwegian actress.

Social-networking sitestarget of cyber crooksHackers using sites such as Twitter tocommand ‘botnet’ armies of infectedcomputers, say security experts

Row over ‘London’airport name changeA F P , London

Arow erupted in Britain on Monday over the

rebranding of Oxford Airportas London Oxford Airport –despite being 96 kilometresfrom the capital’s centre.

Officials said they hopedthe rebranding of the airportat Kidlington near Oxford insoutheast England wouldraise its international profileand attract more passengers.

‘Insulting’ rebrandingBut heritage campaigners

slammed the rebranding as in-sulting, saying historic Oxfordcity, with its prestigious uni-versity, did not need to beseen as an offshoot of theBritish capital.

They said the new name wasmisleading, with the airport 96kilometres from London.

“Good grief. Oxford is agreat place in its own rightand I find it insulting that it isbeing considered just anotheroffshoot of London,” said RosWeatherall, from the OxfordCivic Society.

‘Very misleading’“Trying to make Oxford

seem like a suburb of Londonis very misleading.

“This is an insult to the ma-jor historical and cultural im-pact Oxford has had on thecountry.”

The society’s transportsecretary David Townsendadded: “It seems rather silly.Oxford isn’t a London airportand we wouldn’t want it tobe.

“Anyone who wanted to goto London wouldn’t want toend up in Kidlington.”

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The crypt of Marilyn Monroe in Westwood, California. US widow Elsie Poncher is auctioning off the burial plot occupied by her latehusband Richard above that of film legend Monroe, with biddingopening at $500,000 (Bt17 million) on eBay.

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Denali National Park, Alaska

PhuNuru Sherpa does notclimb the world’s highest

mountain for thrills. It’s his job. The job is dangerous, often

deadly. That’s because many ofthe sherpas working for expedi-tion-climbing groups on themore than 8,839-metre-tallMount Everest don’t have basicskills necessary to safely do thejob. PhuNuru wants to changethat.

“We have a big problem onEverest,” he said.

The 29-year-old married fa-ther of two girls spent a monththis summer in Alaska gettingjob training on the 6,194-metreMount McKinley. It turns outthat McKinley, the highest peakin North America, was the per-fect classroom.

Mountain patrol PhuNuru was part of a five-

person mountain patrol. Whileon McKinley he joined in ahalf-dozen rescues, includinghelping a climber sufferingfrom high-altitude pulmonaryedema, a woman buried in anavalanche and a man who losthis sight. About once a weekPhuNuru brought rescue sup-plies up the mountain.

“If something was needed tobe done, his pack was on and hewas ready to go in five min-

utes,” said Brandon Latham, amountaineering ranger atMcKinley.

In 2004, the KhumbuClimbing School was estab-lished in PhuNuru’s village inNepal. About 30 students werein the first class and about one-third had already summittedEverest, but not one of themknew how to tie a figure-eightknot used in rock climbing to se-cure climbers to their harnesses.

PhuNuru, who has summit-ted Everest four times, is an in-structor at the school. When hereturns to Nepal at the end ofOctober, he will share what helearned. The knowledge willsave lives, he said.

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An attorney for MichaelJackson’s mother says

she is considering a wrong-ful death lawsuit because ofthe circumstances sur-rounding her son’s demise,and that the singer’s person-al physician is a likely target.

The idea is still nascentand Dr Conrad Murray is themain name that’s been men-tioned, attorney Burt Levitchsaid on Monday, following acourt hearing where a judgeapproved a merchandisingdeal that will benefit theKing of Pop’s estate.

“The possibility of awrongful death action hasbeen floated,” Levitch said.“In that regard, no decisionhas been finalised ... DrMurray’s name has beenfloated because he is underinvestigation.”

Authorities investigatingJackson’s June 25 death havebeen focusing on Murray,who they believe adminis-tered a powerful anestheticto the star the day he died.Levitch wouldn’t say whe-ther concert promoter AEGmight also be a defendant.

“It’s fairly obvious frompress accounts that AEGhad a very active role inMichael’s life for the last sixmonths,” Levitch said.

Biggs moved tonursing homeThe lawyer for “Great TrainRobber” Ronnie Biggs says theailing ex-convict has been trans-ferred from a hospital to aLondon nursing home.

Earlier this month, 80-year-old Biggs was freed from jail oncompassionate grounds.

Biggs is one of Britain’s mostnotorious criminals. He was amember of a gang that stole£2.6 million (Bt144.5 million)from a Glasgow-to-London mail

train in 1963.That is equiva-lent to at least£40 milliontoday. Biggswas jailed butescaped soon

after. He spent decades in exilein Brazil before agreeing toreturn to Britain, and jail, in2001.

He had a series of strokesand other health problems. – AP

Doc held for allegedlyraping patientsPolice have arrested one ofBrazil’s most prominent fertilityspecialists on suspicion of sexu-ally abusing more than 50 of hispatients.

Roger Abdelmassih, 66, wasapprehended on Monday in hisupmarket Sao Paulo clinic,globo.com reported. He isaccused of having raped or sexu-ally abused women patientswhile they were under anaesthet-ic or just recovering from surgery.

One former patient of the

celebrity doctor, whose in-vitrofertilisation clinic was regardedas one of the best in SouthAmerica, said he touched herintimately and kissed her. Shehad been too weak from theanaesthetic to defend herself.

Other patients also reportedbeing touched or fondled.

Abdelmassih’s lawyer reject-ed the accusations and said hisclient’s detention was illegal.

Abdelmassih’s clinic websitesays that he and his team hadconducted more than 6,000successful fertilisations by 2006.“I have always believed that agood society consists of goodfamilies,” the father of five andgrandfather of 12 said. – DPA

Passenger arrestedfor plane bomb hoaxA businessman running behindschedule triggered a bomb scareon an airplane in a desperateattempt to catch his flight.

Vijay Khandelwal, 35, wasstuck in a traffic jam on the wayto New Delhi airport last weekwhen he realised he would missthe IndiGo plane to Kolkataunless it was held up.

Khandelwal was arrestedafter he confessed to making ahoax call on his mobile phone.

Security officials at the air-port launched a major emer-gency operation to search pas-sengers and luggage. Policearrested Khandelwal by tracinghis mobile number and taking astatement from his taxi driver,who had overheard him makingthe hoax call and refused todrop him at the airport. – AFP

brieflyWorld’s oldest pupil diesA Kenyan man who was believed to be the world’s oldest pupil hasdied at the age of 89, five years after he entered primary school sothat he could learn to read the Bible.

Joseph Stephen Kimani Nganga Maruge died in Nairobi of stomach cancer, said his granddaughter Anne Maruge.

Maruge accomplished his biggest goal – being able to read theBible – but he remained shy of completing primary school.

“In the morning he used to wake up early to read the Bible beforegoing to school,” said Anne Maruge. “Even when he fell ill and youfound him basking in the sun, he would be reading the Bible.” – AP

TEXAS JUDGE SHARON KELLER went on trial after refusing to heara last-minute appeal from a condemned prisoner that came in after normal office hours. Theprisoner was killed by lethal injection that same evening.

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A STRAW REPLICA OF BIG BEN has been built to celebrate 150 years of the London landmark.The 22-metre sculpture, in Nantwich, Cheshire, is made with 500 bales of straw and weighs 20 tonnes.

Jackson’smotherponderingwrongfuldeath suit

The view near the summit of Mount Everest.

Sherpa trains onMcKinley forEverest job

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An April 2005 photo ofMichael Jackson and hismother Katherine.

By Kitchana LersakvanitchakulD A I L Y X P R E S S

Ask any Thai folk fan what hap-pened to Maleehuana, once the

most popular songs-for-life band insouthern Thailand, and you’ll be toldthat they split up a few years back dueto a row over money. Read the SamilaTimes, the southern rag, and you’lllearn that the conflict was over a not-so-paltry Bt30 million, the sum earnedfrom the sales of “Puen Pe” on CD andkaraoke VCD and “Rabam Siam”, theband’s live album recorded in 2001.

“Our long-time conflict is now over.Today, we’re friends again,” sayssinger Kathawut “Khai” Thongthai,referring to fellow vocalist and gui-tarist, Thongchai “Thong” Rakrong.“Our comeback will come as a sur-prise to our fans.”

Swell with prideThe songs-for-life band, whose name

is a send-up of the green leaf with asimilar sound and spelling, is returningfor a long-awaited concert they’re call-ing “Panle, 1,000 Lo, Panlam”.

“Panle refers to our Southern her-itage, while 1,000 Lo means the 1,000kilometres that we have journeyed.Panlam means pouring out our pastlife. The sentence on the poster thatreads ‘men don’t urd’ [urd is a Southernword] simply means that men don’t‘swell with pride’,” Khai explains.

“These days, everyone feels he hasto compete. But we all die in the end.I’m no exception. That’s why Thongand I are friends again.”

So what can fans expect from thislong-awaited concert?

“They’ll hear Maleehuana’s realmusical accent. I’d describe the soundas folk with flashes of light, inter-spersed with the kinds of melodiesyou’d hear at a pub but with shadows.We should really have called theshow ‘Ngao Lae Saeng’ [‘Shadow andLight’]. The music is mellow withacoustic guitar but heavy with deeplyfelt lyrics. That’s Maleehuana’s musi-cal character,” Khai says.

Maleehuana formed back in theearly 1980s while its members werestudents. They played ballads aboutlove and social problems.

The concert will feature more than30 of the band’s hits, going back totheir 1994 debut album “Buphachon”and played on a folk instruments in-cluding the pee java (Javanese oboe)and tapone (two-faced drum) as wellas the violin and cello. Guests ArakApakas, Manote Puttan, SunthreeVejjanond and Eed Footpath will jointhe concert.

With Maleehuana’s singer and guitarist nowpals again, the songs-for-lifers will light upin a reunion concert on Saturday

CONCERT

A PUFF OFSOUTHERNCOMFORT

GRACE SLICK, INTRODUCING HER BANDJEFFERSON AIRPLANE AT WOODSTOCK ONAUGUST 17, 1969.

“All right, friends. You have seen theheavy groups, now you’ll see morningmaniac music. Believe me, it’s a newdawn.”

EVERYONE FEELS HE HASTO COMPETE. BUT WE ALLDIE IN THE END.Kathawut ‘Khai’ Thongthai

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Spooning up cultureMODERNINE’S culture pro-gramme “Khun Phra Chuay” (“Oh,My God”) takes on a live incarna-tion this weekend, with shows atthe Aksra Theatre in Bangkok’sKing Power Complex on Saturdayand Sunday at 2 and 7.30.

Among the artists taking to thestage are Tor Saksit, Kong Nuvo,Ben Chalathit and Lukpong AF4.

They’ll be joined by Nong Pick,singer of the luk thung youth bandthat won the Ching Cha Sawancontest, and Nong Wansai fromTV’s “The Trainer”. The youngsterswill be singing such TV and moviehits as “Jam Loey Rak”, “Term JaiHai Kan”, “Namta Sang Tai”, “PhuChana Sib Thit”, “Prisana” and“Khoo Kam”. There will also be cul-

tural performances from all four regions of the Kingdom.Tickets cost Bt1,250 to Bt3,000 and include a buffet lunch or

dinner at the Ramayana Restaurant. Visitwww.Thaiticketmajor.com.

Remembering Abbey RoadTHE BETTERS celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of theFab Four's “Abbey Road” album with a concert at the GoetheInstitut Auditorium on South Sathorn Road Soi 1 on September 11 at8pm.

The Beatles tribute band will perform the entire album as wellas other hits. The Betters will be joined by guests KingdaowThivavarnvong on piano and Mongkol Chayasirisobhon on vocals.

Tickets are Bt500 (Bt250 for students) at Robinson Piano onthe fifth floor of the Siam Discovery Centre. Call (02) 658 1080-1or (081) 682 8000.

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For the fourth year running,The Korea-Thailand Com-

munication Centre, GlobalThai Network and Art Koreajoin hands in bringing the“Family of Love” to Thailand,with shows in Bangkok, KhonKaen and Nakhon Ratchasimathroughout the month.

The annual event, whichpromotes Thai-Korean friend-ship and raises money for edu-cation, features paintings bymore than 30 South Koreanartists including Koo Sook-Hyun, Koo Yeo-Hye, KimYong-Sung, and Ju Chul Kimand live shows by the Mentor,Payment and violinist HannaLee.

Tonight at 6.30 you can catch“Family at Love” at Jai SamarnChurch in Bangkok. The otherdates for the art show and mu-sic in the metropolis areAugust 26 at 1.30 at Thai

Christian School, August 27 at3 at Christian University,August 28 at 7 at CentralWorldand August 29 at 7 at SapanLuang Church.

They’ll be at Khon KaenUniversity on Friday at 4 andat Phra Christ Ta Thum North-east on Saturday at 7. InNakhon Ratchasima, you cancatch the event at The MallKorat on Sunday at 6 and atSawok Church on Monday, alsoat 6.

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Wholesome loveViolinist Hanna Lee joins South Koreanartists in a series of charity showsfor education centres in Thailand

South Korean boy band Xing will be in Bangkok this week, putting inan appearance on Channel [V]’s “Asian Hero” programme at the [V]Spot Studio on the sixth floor of Siam Discovery tomorrow at 8. They’ll

then give a show on Saturday during the Channel [V] Music VideoAwards Thailand in Siam Paragon’s Royal Paragon Hall. Visitwww.ChannelVThailand.com.

A zestfor Xing

Writer earnsSaha-sfactionTwelve years in the making,Somjai Viriyabunditkul’s biog-raphy of Saha PattanapibulGroup president BoonyasithChokwattana is finally on theshelves.

The formerManager maga-zine reporteractually finished“BoonyasithChokwattana:Cheewit NeePen Arai Kor DaiTae Tong PenNueng” a few years ago, butBoonyasith had to read it first– and he’s a little bashful.

“He said he wasn’t ready,”Somjai sighs. “He’s very hum-ble, and he felt he wasn’timportant enough to be in thespotlight.”

The Saha Group, remem-ber, controls 300 companieswith a collective turnover top-ping Bt100 billion a year.That’s fairly important!

Even just a drizzle?Pavarisa “Nu Wan” Penchart,who helped publicise Koreansuperstar Rain’s shows inBangkok, is still carrying anOlympic-size torch for thesinger.

Though sheno longerarranges “plasticsurgery tours” toSouth Korea forThais, Nu Wanwants to pursueher PhD at SeoulNationalUniversity – despite having thechance to attend Oxford,Cornell or Harvard.

SNU is one of the world’stop 50 places to learn, though,and you never know when a lit-tle Rain might fall. Maybe she’llget a “Mrs” to attach to hername along with the “PhD”.

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RADIOHEAD has released a song,“These are My Twisted Words”, forfree download. “We’ve beenrecording for a while, and this wasone of the first we finished. We’repretty proud of it,” says guitaristJonny Greenwood on the band’swebsite, www.Radiohead.com.

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P R A I S E W O R T H Y>> Proceeds from the sale ofthe paintings go to support thecentres for education in severalprovinces.

77 SONGS by 30 actsare on the new six-CDset, “Woodstock 40Years On: Back toYasgur’s Farm” onRhino Records.

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Pop pianist Tor Saksit wilbe among the acts.

By Kitchana LersakvanitchakulD A I L Y X P R E S S

Popular indie music festivalKod Indy returns to the Royal

Turf Club in Nang Lerng thisSaturday for 14 hours of non-stopfun and music that kicks off at10am.

Now in its fifth year, the festi-val features three stages on whichmore than 400 indie bands willtake turns to entertain thecrowds. The year, for the firsttime, there’ll be several big-nameartists taking part, among themTeddy Ska Band, the RichmanToy, Greasy Cafe, Lemon Soup,Gene Kasidit, Sri Racha Rocker,Gold Red, Penny Lane, Dezember,Klear, Art Floor, the Papers,Poomjit, Yellow Fang, PerfectRock Star, Kluay Thai, Ritalinn,Mad Pack It, Playground, Deep O

Sea, Syndrome and Over Me.The theme is “Lerk Lao Thoe

Ai Nong” (“Stop Drinking,Dudes!”) so the three stages havebeen given really awful-soundingnames, each related to often ter-minal diseases associated withoverindulgence of alcohol or cig-arettes. Festival-goers can choosewhether to dance at the “TubKhaeng” (liver cirrhosis), “ThungLom Pong Phong” (pulmonaryemphysema) or “Mareng LamSai” (colorectal cancer) stage.

“This is the third year thatwe’re holding a clean music festi-val – without smoking and alco-hol,” says Burinthorn “Heng”Saelao, the festival’s founder.“Come to enjoy the music,please!”

In addition to the bands, thereare also more than 100 booths

selling handmade products suchas clothes and CDs by artists andstudents, plus an exhibition ofthe harm caused by smoking cig-arettes and drinking alcohol. Amobile recording studio will alsobe on hand for those looking torecord their own album.

Sounds of theUniverseDepeche Mode (Mute/EMI)

Famed for theirbleeping synths, dis-torted guitars, bluesymelodies and crunchypercussion, electro-rockers Depeche Modebring all these elementsand much more to theirlatest 13-track outing. Most of thesongs use an actual guitar togreat effect – just listen to thefirst single “Wrong”, as well as to“Fragile Tension”, “Come Back”and “The Truth Is/Miles Away”.The standouts are “In Sympathy”with its melancholy lyrics, “Peace”,which brings to mind the Beatles,and “Perfect”, which had thisreviewer thinking of early Genesis.

The Great Vacation Vol 1Glay (EMI)

Japanese rockers Glay celebratetheir 15th anniversary with two“Super Best of Glay” albums, “TheGreat Vacation Volumes 1 and 2”.The Volume 1 compilation comesin three different versions. Type Afeatures three CDs and two DVDs,Type B offers three CDs and oneDVD) while Type C has three CDs.No mention which you choose,you’re in for a real treat,with the first two CDscontain 30 Oricon Chart-topping songs including“Mermaid” and “MissingYou”, while the thirdfeatures hit singles“Ashes”, “I Am XXX”, asoundtrack of themovie “Blood: The Last Vampire”and “Say Your Dream” plus eightnew songs. A must-have for allGlay fans and a collectible youwon’t want to miss.

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>> Nang Lerng Turf club (alsoknown as the Horse RacingStadium) is on PhitsanulokRoad.>> Tickets cost Bt99 fromNong Tha Prachan, DJ Siamand at the door.

>> For more information,visit www.KodIndy.org.

By Mr Badboy

Music, rock andgood clean fun

Make tracks to the Royal Turf Club this Saturday as the fifth Kod Indy Festival gets underway

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Guests loll in leatherwing-backed chairs, en-

thusiastically anticipatingthe arrival of the succulentAmerican and Australianprime cuts they’ve orderedfrom a tantalising menu.

Executive chef DieterRuckenbauer had a few re-porters around to the NewYork Steakhouse at the JWMarriott Bangkok for a

snack re-cently,showing offhis classicsteakhousekitchen.

It turned out to be a four-course feast, a preview ofthe treat he’s concocted tocelebrate the restaurant’seighth anniversary.

Here’s the deal: ForBt8,888, two people tuck intotheir swank repast at the

Bangkok ho-tel restaurant,then choosewhether they’d liketo spend a night atthe JW Phuket Resortand Spa or the RenaissanceKoh Samui or two nights atthe Courtyard by MarriottHua Hin on Cha-Am Beach.

And here’s the meal deal:Following a Caesar salad

prepared tableside,Ruckenbauer served thepress seared foie gras, thecrispy exterior of the pan-fried goose liver contrastingwonderfully with the richcreaminess within.

It rested in a sauce of Portwine and veal stock that hadsimmered for two days tothicken without the need forflour. On the side were thebalancing temptations ofsmooth avocado cream andcooked cinnamon barley.

The main course was a fil-let mignon imported fromthe US, served with greenasparagus and mashed pota-toes. The beef was simplyseasoned with salt and pep-per, but Ruckenbauer madeit clear – without actually re-vealing his secrets – thatmuch more was involvedthan that.

The celebration menuends with “ChocolateDream”, an essential experi-ence since, not only is therich cocoa taste spectacular,the sight of the chocolate“lava” flowing out when youcut into the dessert is vividlymemorable.

An extensive wine list,with generous contributionsfrom Chateau Ste Michelleand Columbia Valley, willcomplete a deliciousevening, and a bottle is in-cluded in the anniversarypackage’s price.

Reserve a table at (02) 6567700, extension 4240.

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A beef-friendlybirthdayThe New York Steakhouse marks eight years of prime cuts with a holiday package offer

Dream comes trueMake your own “Chocolate Dream”

Ingredients (to serve a crowd)680 g dark chocolate680 g butter500 g flour380 g sugar

90 g cocoa powder16 whole eggs 13 egg yolks

MethodMix together the butter, chocolate and egg yolk.Beat the egg white and sugar together until stiff peaks form.Mix them into the butter-chocolate-yolk blend.Add the flour and cocoa powder.Pour the mixture into a mould in the shape of your choice and bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. Dieter Ruckenbauer

Executive chef

THE BEEF WASSIMPLY SEASONEDWITH SALT ANDPEPPER, BUTRUCKENBAUER MADEIT CLEAR – WITHOUTACTUALLY REVEALINGHIS SECRETS – THATMUCH MORE WASINVOLVED THANTHAT.

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do it!

Hey good looking!

Let actor and rock guitarist Arak “Pe” Amornsupasiri be your inspiration as

you enter this year’s Men Intrend Man of the Year contest organised by The

Mall. Pe won last year’s contest and now he’s starring in several movies. The

contest is looking for confident guys aged between 19 and 29, measuring at

least 170 centimetres in height. Applications are open until Tuesday at

www.MenIntrend.in.th.

One nightwith youVasu Sangsingkeo, MR Chirakom

Kitiyakara, Wirat Amatakulchai and

Rajatin Syamananda are among the

Elvis impersonators who’ll be taking to

the stage of the Petch-Pailin Grand

Ballroom in the Windsor Hotel Suites

on Saturday night from 6 for a chari-

ty-dinner show that celebrates the

music and life of the king of rock ’n’

roll. Tickets cost Bt1,500 and Bt2,000

inclusive of the four-course meal and

part of the proceeds go to a fund that

supports the elderly in Bangkok’s Zone

7. Call (02) 262 1234 extensions

1224-5.

Thanks for thememoriesSinger Charin Nantanakorn sets out to bringback memories of the good old days with his“Charin Show: The Original” at Aksra Theatrein the King Power Complex on August 26 and27 at 2pm. Expect to hear such blasts from thepast as “Duangjai Nai Fan”, “Karaked”,“Kluaymai”, “Klangsaishon” and “Monrak DokKhamtai”. Guests include Pisamai Wilaisak,Aree Nakdontri, Linjong Boonnakrin and theKanchanapalin Band led by JirawutKanchanapalin. Tickets cost from Bt1,000 toBt2,500 at Thaiticketmajor.

Here’s hairThe Thailand Hair Expo 2009will be held on August 26 and27 in Royal Paragon Hall, bring-ing together stylists from theUS, Canada, France, Spain,Japan, South Korea andThailand. Organised by HairMagazine, the event will alsofeature tips for hairdressersand barbers on how to lurecustomers during these hardeconomic times.

A fair swapDon’t turn your old jeans intodust rags. Until August 31,trade them in for a new pair ofLevi’s as part of Diethelm’s“Levi’s Swap Jeans” campaign.The project offers a discount ofBt1,000 to anyone bringing inold jeans of any brand andbuying a pair of Levi’s valued atBt2,500 or more at Central,Robinson’s and The Mall or anyof the 130 Levi’s shops. The oldjeans collected will be donatedto various foundations for dis-tribution to people in need.

Fruits of the NorthThe Royal Project Foundationin collaboration with CentralRama III is hosting the Fruitand Vegetable Fair fromMonday to August 30, featur-ing the produce from the proj-ect. Shoppers can also view theexhibition of lanterns fromnorthern Thailand, shop forhandicrafts at bargain prices,taste Lanna cuisine or eat anentire meal made from avoca-does.

Battle of the bestThe best axe-slinger will reignsupreme as the RangRockchestra goes up againstguitarist Olarn Promjai in a bat-tle-of-the-bands concert onFriday night at 10.30 atOvertone on RCA. Tickets costBt300 including two drinks atThaiticketmajor.

All about loveArtists Pilaiporn Pethrith andYotaka Ponsak explore thedepths of maternal emotionsin “Unconditional Love” at theGossip Gallery until August 31.The gallery in the SilomGalleria is open daily from 10 to7. Call (02) 237 5568 or(089) 812 2589 or visitwww.GossipGalleryBKK72.com.

SweettreatsIf you have a sweet tooth,

don’t miss the presentation

by 43 shops and restaurants

of cakes, chocolate, ice

cream and bakery items at

Sweet Mania 2009 at Future

Park Rangsit. Feast your

eyes on sculptures made of

sweets, among them Cake

Walk’s “Love the Earth”, Le

Notre’s “The Earth” and Neil

Tavern’s “Miracle Panda

Town”. Running from Friday

until August 31 in the

Cascata area, it’s open daily

from 10.30 to 9.

Jeeja Due Suay DuHeadstrong loner Due (Jeeja “Yanin” Vismitananda) must learn the meaning of true love in order toreach the top level of her fighting skills and use her talent to protect her friends. With English subtitlesat some cinemas. ★★★

E-Som SomwangCha Cha ChaIn this sequel to the 2007 com-edy, young couple Som(Suwanan Kongying) andSomwang (PitisakYaowananon) arrive in Bangkokwith Som’s dad (NoteChernyim) and Somwang landsa job as a nightclub singer.

The Wedding GameEkachai Uekrongtham directsthis comedy about a pair ofsuperstars – played by real-lifeSingaporean celebrity coupleChristopher Lee and Fann Wong– who must stage a marriageeven though they dislike each

other intensely. In Mandarinwith English and Thai subti-tles at Lido. ★★★

Baby & Me A troublemaking high-schoolboy (Jang Geun-Seok) findshimself in more trouble when atoddler turns up and believesthe teenager is his father. InKorean with English and Thaisubtitles at Grand EGV.

SamchukThanit Jitnukul directs thissocially conscious drama aboutseven small-town schoolboyshooked on drugs and theteacher who won’t give up onthem. Based on a true story.

With English subtitles atsome cinemas. ★★★

GI Joe: The Riseof CobraYoung soldiers Duke (ChanningTatum) and Ripcord (MarlonWayans) are among the newrecruits for a highly trained teamof soldiers tasked with bringingdown an evil arms dealer andhis ruthless assassins. ★★

The Taking ofPelham 1 2 3Denzel Washington stars as aNew York City subway dispatcherfaced with an arch-criminal (JohnTravolta) who’s hijacked a train.★★

BrunoSacha Baron Cohen’s gayAustrian fashionista seekscelebrity in the US. Censored.At House, Paragon, SF World.

The HangoverThree groomsmen wake upafter a raucous bachelor party inLas Vegas and discover thegroom is missing. Todd Phillips(“Road Trip”) directs. ★★★

L’ennemi public no 1French gangster JacquesMesrine (Vincent Cassel) tries tostay a step ahead of the law. InFrench with English and Thaisubtitles at the Lido.

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on tv

Lions for LambsTom Cruise plays a powerfulsenator in this drama that digsbehind the news and politics tolook at a nation divided by war.Star Movies (TrueVisions),8pm

Channel linkswww.NationChannel.comChannel 3 – www.ThaiTV3.comChannel 5 – www.TV5.co.thChannel 7 – www.CH7.comModernine – www.MCOT.netNBT – TV11.prd.go.thTV Thai – www.ThaiPBS.or.thTrue – www.TrueVisionsTV.com

Polamuang JulingThis four-hour documentary by Kraisak Choonhavan, Ing K andManit Sriwanichpoom examines Thai politics and society andhow they relate to the Islamic insurgency in southern Thailandafter the brutal beating of teacher Juling Pongkunmul. At 6tonight with English subtitles at House. ★★★★★

Trail of the Panda

In this Disney-produced adventure drama, an orphan boy

(Daichi Harashima) rescues a panda cub and sets out on an

journey to bring the furry black-and-white bear back to its

mother. In Mandarin with English and Thai subtitles at

SFW CentralWorld.

ApexLido: (02) 252 6498Siam: (02) 251 3508Scala: (02) 251 2861

Century – The Movie Plaza(02) 247 9940

House(02) 641 5177-8

Major Cineplex/EGVBangkok: (02) 515 5555

Major HollywoodBangkok: (02) 718 7999

Paragon CineplexBangkok: (02) 129 4635IMAX: (02) 129 4631

SF CinemasBangkok: (02) 268 8888

UMGRCA: (02) 641 5913-14

>> Buppha Rahtree 3.2:Rahtree’s Revenge –Yuthlert Sippapak offers afourth installment in hiscomedy-horror franchise.Chermarn Boonyasak andMario Maurer star.

>> Inglourious Basterds –Cult director QuentinTarantino’s latest has BradPitt leading a select group ofJewish soldiers who arebehind enemy lines, brutallyscalping and killing Nazis.

>> Coco Avant Chanel –Audrey Tautou portrays thefashion icon in her earlyyears. At Apex and SFWorld.

>> Orphan – A little girllooks like an angel but shemakes life hell for her newparents.

>> Ricky – French directorFrancois Ozon’s comedic fan-tasy is about a baby withwings. At House.

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Calvin and HobbesBy Bill Watterson

The BucketsBy Scott Stantis

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Games&YourStars

ASTROLOGYSUDOKU

DIFFICULTY RATING ★★★

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

Complete the grid so that every row,column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

The last word in

By Eugenia Last

Today’s Birthday: You’ll be pulled in many different direc-tions this year. Timing will be crucial, especially where contractsand partnerships are concerned. A false sense of what you cando will cause you some grief if you allow your ego to get in theway. Refuse to fall into emotional traps.

ARIES ***** March 21-April 19Enjoy the company of people who have similar in-terests. Someone will help you advance in yourchosen field. A turn of events regarding love willlead to a good decision.

TAURUS ** April 20-May 20Don’t give up too much in hopes of getting whatyou want. Emotionally, it will be a stretch to getalong with friends and family. Don’t disagree -wait for a more opportune moment to prove your point.

GEMINI **** May 21-June 20You should be separating yourself from the crowdand dancing to your own beat. There is plenty togain from being an individual with original ideasand the drive to take on a challenge

CANCER *** June 21-July 22Just because everything is up in the air or not go-ing according to plan, don’t let it get to you. Stickto what has worked in the past and you can pullthings together.

LEO *** July 23-Aug. 22Don’t give anyone a false impression as to whatyou actually have to offer. Emotions will be diffi-cult to control. You will change your mind aboutsomething you’ve been considering.

VIRGO *** Aug. 23-Sept. 22Problems with rules and regulations will leave youat odds about what to do next. Rely on your com-mon sense and practical applications in order tocome out unscathed.

LIBRA **** Sept. 23-Oct. 22It won’t take you long to size up a situation andknow what’s required. You will have plenty ofgood ideas and all the help you need to followthrough with plans and come out looking like ahero.

SCORPIO ** Oct. 23-Nov. 21Trust in yourself and you will avoid making thewrong decision. Someone may not feel the sameway you do about the future but that doesn’tmean you have to give in.

SAGITTARIUS ***** Nov. 22-Dec. 21Just follow through and you will find an outlet forsomething you have wanted to get off the groundfor a long time. Uncertainty at home and in yourpersonal life may need to be addressed.

CAPRICORN *** Dec. 22-Jan. 19You’ll be torn between what you should do and what you want to do. Don’t let your emotions take over or lead you down a path that will cost you. You need to update and move on.

AQUARIUS *** Jan. 20-Feb. 18You’ll be able to talk your way in and out of any-thing but that won’t solve problems or keep mat-ters from escalating. Sort through any disagree-ments you have before it’s too late.

PISCES *** Feb. 19-March 20The more time and effort you put into work or de-veloping something you want to pursue, the bet-ter. Someone can help you get things off theground. Love is on the rise.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY

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brieflyChelsea signMatic from KosiceChelsea bolstered their mid-field options by signing mid-fielder Nemanja Matic fromSlovak club MFK Kosice forUS$$2.46 million .The Serbia international ismanager Carlo Ancelotti’s sec-ond major signing, a monthafter Russia midfielder YuriZhirkov moved to StamfordBridge.The 21-year-old Matic is joiningon a four-year contract, butwill not be able to make hisdebut for several weeksbecause he is still recoveringfrom a broken foot. – AP

Messi, Ibraset to playBarcelona’s star stikers ZlatanIbrahimovic and Lionel Messihave both been declared fit toplay against Manchester Cityin a pre-season game today.For Ibrahimovic it will be hisfirst match for the club sincehis transfer from Inter Milanthis summer. The 27-year-oldSwedish striker underwentsurgery on a broken hand lastmonth.Messi, 22, has been sufferingfrom a muscle strain in his leftthigh. – AFP

Duff leaves Newcastle Ireland winger Damien Duffcompleted his move awayfrom relegated Newcastle yes-terday when he signed athree-year contract withFulham in the Premier League.The 30-year-old Duff scored inNewcastle’s season-opening 1-1 draw with West BromwichAlbion in the LeagueChampionship but ended histhree-year stint with the clubto return to west London,where he previously played forChelsea. Neither club wouldconfirm the transfer fee, butan injury-hit spell withNewcastle means it may notbe as high as the £5 million.

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AFP, Liverpool

Liverpool face Stoke City atAnfield today with concern

already arising about theirchances of winning the PremierLeague this season.

That may sound absurd giventhat the new year is a mere 90minutes old but Liverpool’s lossto Tottenham Hotspur onSunday means they are alreadyoff the pace of the otherfavourites to win the league.

Manchester United, Chelseaand Arsenal all won at the week-end to register an early threepoints and Liverpool managerRafael Benitez has been a bossat Anfield for long enough nowto know that he cannot afford tolet any club engineer an earlybreakaway.

Many twists and turns areguaranteed before the PremierLeague trophy is lifted next Maybut Liverpool know they need toget back on track against theMidlands club if they are to stopan issue from being transformedinto a crisis.

The pessimism that has al-ready cropped up in and aroundAnfield has not been aided bythe transfer of Xabi Alonso toReal Madrid last month.

The £30 million received forthe player was a superb invest-ment on the 10.7m they paidReal Sociedad four years ago butthere is no doubt Liverpool havelost one of their best players – asproven by the Spurs loss.

However, Benitez feelsLiverpool can still prosper in hisabsence but admits an improve-ment is required for the Stokefixture.

“We had games withoutAlonso last season, and won a

lot of games, so I think we haveenough quality in the squad, andwe have to prove this,” he said.

“We knew that we had to playwell, but it was not because ofthe pressure on us.

“We did not play well in thefirst half against Tottenham, butwere much better in the second,when we pushed harder and hadmore options in the final thirdbut clearly we have to improve ifwe want to win these types ofgames.

“We have to improve in themiddle, keeping the ball. Theunderstanding has to be better.

“But it is too early, and wehave another game onWednesday when clearly wehave to improve in the posses-sion.”

In this corresponding fixturelast season, Stoke held Liverpoolto a goalless draw as they man-aged to confound expectationsby avoiding relegation.

Liverpool mustimprove, saysmanager Benitez

PREMIER LEAGUE

3-0Athletics’ Brett Tomkopitched five scorelessinnings to beat NewYork less than a monthafter being released bythe Yankees.

KOP ALARMAP

Rafa Benitez is hopefulthat his team will bounceback from defeat.

Life’s a newbeach forThai spikers

DAILY XPRESS

An e w l y - c o n s t r u c t e dbeach volleyball court

at the Sports Authority ofThailand complex in HuaMark will add to the allureof qualifying for theThailand Open in Phuket.

The Open, which is thelast stop of the Swatch FIVBBeach Volley World Tour,will be played in Novemberwhile the qualifying tourna-ment runs from tomorrowuntil Sunday.

Hot competitionEntries are restricted to

Thai beach volleyball teams,with the winners of thetournament getting a wildcard into the main draw ofthe Thailand Open. Therunners-up and 3rd and 4thplaced teams will get assist-ed entry into the qualifyinground of the Open.

A total of 16 beach volley-ball teams have entered thepre-qualifying event whichwill be divided into fourpools in a round-robin for-mat, with the winners andrunners-up from each poolprogressing to the knock-out stages of the tourna-ment.

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THE SPORT

Sri Lankaflay KiwisA F P , Galle, Sri Lanka

Mahela Jayawardene andTillakaratne Dilshan

pulverised New Zealand’sbowlers to help Sri Lankamake a spectacular start totheir first cricket Test.

Jayawardene hit an unbeat-en 108 and Dilshan smashed92 off 72 balls as Sri Lankamade 293-3 by stumps.

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AFP, Burnley, England

Manchester United havetraditionally made a habit

of having to wrestle control of atitle race in the second half ofthe campaign.

Last season they had to waituntil returning from the ClubWorld Cup to leapfrogLiverpool on their way to win-ning a third straight title.

But, having beatenBirmingham 1-0 in their open-ing match of the season at OldTrafford, defender John O’Sheainsists United are planning tolead from the front this season.

They face another newly-promoted team next with ashort trip to Turf Moor to face

Burnley, who have returned tothe top flight after a 33-year ab-sence.

And O’Shea maintains thatUnited are looking to make aclear statement of their inten-tions in the opening week ofthe season, even though theyare struggling with injuries.

The Republic of Ireland in-ternational was pleased Unitedgot off to a winning start and isdetermined to continue againstOwen Coyle’s Clarets.

He said: “You don’t want tobe playing catch-up, even afteronly one game.

“Other teams are lookingstronger now so it’s importantwe stamp our authority early

on in the season. We’ve openedthe last two league seasons

with draws so we’re happy tohave picked up three pointsagainst Birmingham. Now wemove on with a tough game atBurnley.”

United are likely to bestretched to the limit defensive-ly once again today at TurfMoor, with Jonny Evans expect-ed to miss out with an ankle in-jury.

With Nemanja Vidic not ex-pected to return until the trip toWigan on Saturday and RioFerdinand out for a fortnight,Wes Brown is likely to step in.

But while struggling at theback, O’Shea believes there areplenty of reasons to be opti-mistic over United’s attack,

with Wayne Rooney havingscored in his last two matches.

O’Shea is also sure that newsigning Michael Owen willhave a similar impact this sea-son: “I’m sure Michael will getoff the mark soon and, likeWayne, get his goals in runs.”

One player benefiting fromUnited’s injury problems isEngland goalkeeper Ben Foster,who is determined to make themost of Edwin van der Sar’shand injury.

The veteran Dutchman is setfor at least another six weekson the sidelines and Fosterplans to show a level of consis-tency that makes it impossiblefor Ferguson to drop him.

FOOTBALL

LEADINGFROM THE

FRONTManchester United’s O’Shea saysPremier League champions winningstart must continue at Burnley Utd reserve goalkeeper Ben Foster is benefiting from the absence of Edwin van der Sar.

Massa aims for Brazilian comeback in OctRenault winban appealRenault won their appealagainst a ban on FernandoAlonso’s team competing inthe European Grand Prix inValencia on Sunday.

Renault were originallyhanded a one-race suspen-sion, ruling Alonso out of hishome race, by theInternational MotorsportsFederation (FIA) after awheel flew off the formerchampion’s car at theHungarian Grand Prix.

But they were given thegreen light to compete inValencia by the FIA afterMonday’s appeal hearing inParis.

Alonso will have a newteam-mate on Sunday withRenault test driver RomainGrosjean expected to takethe seat of Nelson Piquet Jr,who was sacked after failingto pick up any points.

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Formula One driver FelipeMassa says he is close to a

full recovery and is aiming toreturn to racing at theBrazilian Grand Prix inOctober.

The Brazilian said in an in-terview with Globo TV thathe is aiming to be back for theOctober 18 race, but it will de-pend on the results of hisweekly tests.

“I don’t know if it will bepossible but I hope to be backin my home race, which is al-ways very special to me,”Massa said. “Maybe even be-fore that, let’s see.”

Massa said his left eye is notyet fully healed from his life-threatening crash with Ferrariat the Hungarian Grand Prixon July 25 that left him hospi-

talised for nine days with mul-tiple skull fractures.

“I’m improving. I’m still not100 per cent and my sight inthe left eye still isn’t 100 percent,” Massa said. “I’m about85 per cent, 90 per cent recov-ered. There is still a bit to go

before I’m back to normal.” Massa is resting in Brazil,

saying all he is doing is sleep-ing, watching a lot of TV andplaying video games.

He is undergoing weeklytests to monitor the progressof his injuries, and said he will

undergo a more thorough ex-amination in September to de-termine whether he is fit torace. He will then ask the doc-tors at motor sport’s govern-ing body to allow him to re-turn.

“I hope to keep doing what Ihad been doing before,” Massasaid. “I can’t wait to go racingagain.”

The 28-year-old driver saidhe still doesn’t remember any-thing about the crash and isn’tbothered by images of the ac-cident. “I didn’t experiencethe crash,” Massa said. “I did-n’t see the part coming, I did-n’t see anything. I woke upthree days later and I onlyknow about what happenedbecause I watched it later. Iwas not afraid of dying at anytime.”

Massa is still recovering from his life-threatening crash in Hungary.

YOU DON’T WANTTO BE PLAYINGCATCH-UP EVENAFTER ONLY ONEGAME.John O’Shea

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Yang Yong-eun has done theunimaginable not once but

twice, beating the world’s topgolfer in a Sunday shootout andproving that Tiger Woods is in-deed human after all.

The 37-year-old affable SouthKorean emerged from golfingobscurity by defeating Woodsby two shots to win the 2006HSBC Champions in Shanghai.Now 33 months later, he vali-dated that victory by rallyingpast Woods in the final roundto win the 91st PGAChampionship to become thefirst Asian to win a Majorchampionship.

“You never know in life,”Yang said. “This might be mylast win as a golfer, but it sure isa great day.”

It remains to be seen whetherYang has the staying power towin consistently on the PGATour. He certainly showed onSunday he has the physical andmental tools to do it after tam-ing Woods and the HazeltineNational Golf Club, the longestcourse of any tournament inMajor championship history.

But one has to wonder if the110th ranked Yang will win an-other Major or simply becomethe journeyman who steps it upoccasionally to play the role ofthe spoiler?

Superman had kryptonite,Pete Sampras had WayneFerreira and maybe TigerWoods has Yang Yong-eun.

Sampras won 14 Grand Slamtitles in his brilliant ATP tenniscareer and would blitz the fieldon most days but had a

mediocre record whenever hefaced journeyman WayneFerreira. In their 13 careermeetings, Ferreira managed totake six of them.

The South African nevercracked the top five in men’srankings and he never got toface Sampras in a Grand Slamfinal or he might have a Majorchampionship like Yang.

Ferreira says duringchangeovers he and Sampraswould pass each other at thenet and Sampras would turn tohim and say “Oh, no. Not youagain.”

Woods must have been utter-ing the same phrase on the par-four No 6 on Sunday whenYang’s tee shot appeared to be

heading out of bounds but hitthe foot of a course marshall

and stayed on the fairway.Yang saved par on the hole

but it could have been disasterbecause he had just made hisfirst bogey of the day on No 5.

“I usually go for broke,” Yangsaid. “The odds are against me.Nobody’s going to be really dis-appointed that I lose. So I reallyhad nothing much at stake andthat’s how I played.”

Yang had to go back to quali-fying school in December, be-coming the first player sinceAmerican John Daly in 1991 togo from qualifying school toPGA Champion.

By his own admission, Yang,who didn’t pick up a golf clubuntil age 19, is not sure he canrepeat his success over 14-time

Major winner Woods. Woodshas 70 career titles and Yanghas just 10 professional wins,including his first on the USP-GA Tour at the Honda Classicin March.

“Until I was 19, after I pickedup my first golf club, I was likeanybody else in the world, anaverage Joe,” he said. “I don’tconsider myself as a greatgolfer. I’m still more of the low-er than average golfer.”

Try telling that to Yang’s cad-die AJ Montecinos who says hehas seen first hand the fortitudethat gives Yang the innerstrength to do what he did inregistering one of the biggestupsets in golfing history.

“I have been around somegreat players and I’ve neverbeen around a more toughmental competitor in my life,”Montecinos said.

“Just the fact that nothing af-fects him, whether he makesdouble- or triple-(bogey), he’sjust like, ‘No problem.’ Then hejust goes about his business.”

It has been a year of surprisesin the Majors but none werebigger than Yang’s. This is thefirst time players outside thetop 30 have won all four Majorsin a calendar year.

At The Masters, AngelCabrera, who was ranked 69,beat Kenny Perry in a play-off,spoiling the 48-year-old Perry’schance of becoming the oldestMajor champion.

World No 71 Lucas Gloverwon the US Open under diffi-cult conditions at Bethpage inNew York.

In the British Open, StewartCink (33rd ranked) foiled thechances of the sentimentalfavourite Tom Watson in anoth-er play-off to win his first Majorchampionship.

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TIGER’S ACHILLES HEELSouth Korea’s Yangis fast becoming theworld No 1’s bugbear

YOU NEVER KNOW INLIFE. THIS MIGHT BEMY LAST WIN AS AGOLFER, BUT IT SUREIS A GREAT DAY.Yang Yong-eun

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Thailand clinch 14 gold medalsD A I L Y X P R E S S

Thailand wrapped up theAsian Multi Bodybuilding

and Fitness Championships ona high note on Sunday, winning14 gold medals, 12 silvers and 15bronzes in the four-day event inPattaya.

More than 300 men andwomen from 30 countriesflexed their muscles in the re-gional meet from August 13-16at the Thai Alangkarn Theatre.

Hosts Thailand were alsoawarded the best team in thewomen’s bodybuilding and fit-ness category after sweepingseven gold medals. Iran, withfive golds, won the men’s teamtrophy.

“We are very delighted withthe victory. Apart from makingfriends, we learnt techniquesfrom one another to further de-velop our skills for future com-petitions,’’ said Thai

Bodybuilding Association pres-ident Pakpong Kriangsak.

Nongyao Kosinam triumphedin the women’s 49kg body-building category while hotfavourite Rungtawan Jindasingstole the show in the women’s164cm fitness event.

Nongyao wowed the largecrowd with a splendid displayof her traps, shoulders, tricepsand biceps that pumped up hermarks from the judges.

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Nongyao Kosinam on her wayto gold in the women’s 46kgbodybuilding contest.

Blood banfor Richards

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Former Harlequins rugbydirector Dean Richards

was banned from coachingfor three years by an inde-pendent European RugbyCup (ERC) disciplinarycommittee in Glasgow.

Richards and team physioSteph Brennan had fabricat-ed a wound or blood injuryon four occasions.

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Yang – Tiger’sAchilles heel?

Yang Yong-eun has now shocked the golfingworld not once but twice, beating the world’s topgolfer in a Sunday final-round for the secondtime and proving that Tiger Woods is humanafter all. It remains to be seen whether Yang hasthe staying power to win consistently on the PGATour. But on Sunday, he showed he has the physical and mental tools to succeed.

A FALLEN STAR

MICHEL GOES ROVINGReal Madrid defender Michel Salgado is to signa two-season deal to play for EnglishPremiership side Blackburn Rovers.THE SPORT

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Devils plan toscorch BurnleyManchester United have traditionally made ahabit of having to wrestle control of a title race inthe second half of the campaign. Last seasonthey had to wait until returning from the ClubWorld Cup to leapfrog Liverpool on their way towinning a third straight title. But defender JohnO’Shea insists United are planning to lead fromthe front this season. >PAGE 25

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Olympic champion YelenaIsinbayeva lost her five-yearstranglehold on the pole vaulton Monday, failing to clear anyheight at the world champi-onships.

In stark contrast, KenenisaBekele and the Jamaicansprinters were as predictable asever.

Bekele extended his domi-nation over the 10,000 metreswith a fourth straight worldtitle and Shelly-Ann Fraseradded one to her Olympic goldin the 100.

Isinbayeva had won allmajor titles since the 2004Athens Games and saw a diffi-cult year hit an unexpected lowwhen the bar fell down on herat 4.80 metres. As the Russianheld her head in despair, AnnaRogowska of Poland, who beather at a meet in London lastmonth, celebrated unexpectedgold. She had cleared 4.75metres.

“I have no proper explana-tion,” the Russian said.“Everything was perfect. I wasconfident. ... I did not expect it.”

Unlike Isinbayeva, Bekeledidn’t use 10 fingers to hide hisface. He was holding up justone to show he remains theundisputed No 1 when enteringthe final straight, having usedhis famed final kick to distanceZersenay Tadese of Eritrea byabout 20 metres. As if he hadbeen out on a jog, the Ethiopianimmediately went on a victorylap with his team-mates.Equalling the four world titlesof Haile Gebrselassie, Bekele ischallenging him ever more asAfrica’s greatest ever distancerunner. He will decide laterwhether to go for a long-dis-tance double.Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva after missing her last

attempt in the women’s pole vault final.