Button Leads Close Race For 2nd Place Behind Vettel

Abu Dhabi - With Sebastian Vettel already crowned Formula One world champion, Jenson Button is looking to strengthen his grip on second place at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Button leads a group of four drivers fighting for the runner-up spot with two races remaining. The McLaren driver holds a 13-point lead over Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. Red Bull’s Mark Webber is 19 points back and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton 38 points adrift.

While Button would rather be challenging for the championship, he said finishing ahead of several other former champions would still be “good end to a positive” season.

“When you have won a world championship, nothing else will do except for winning,” said Button, who won the 2009 title. “But also to finish in front of Red Bull and Fernando in a Ferrari ... and also Lewis, it would be something you would fight for, definitely, rather than settling and not really giving it your all.”

The 31-year-old Briton has won three races this year, compared to two for Hamilton and one for Alonso — the only drivers other than Vettel to finish first this season.

He has also been more consistent than his teammate Hamilton. Button said much of his success came down to improving the reliability of his car.

Alonso, a two-time champion, is also gunning for second but said he mainly wanted to finish strong for the sake of his team, not himself. Last year, Alonso came into Abu Dhabi as the points leader and with a chance to clinch the title but lost the championship to Vettel after he finished seventh.

“It’s better second than fourth or fifth. But we are competitive people. We like to win, and when we cannot arrive first it’s not the same,” Alonso said.

Despite being in the hunt for second, Alonso couldn’t hide his disappointment on Thursday about a season in which aerodynamics problems have let the Red Bull cars of Vettel and Webber gain a crucial edge. The team has won one race and endured a series of uncharacteristic management changes.

“It is not a disaster, but for sure when you race for Ferrari there are a lot of expectations,” Alonso said.

Hamilton was even harder on himself, brushing aside trying to finish second as almost pointless. He described his year as “a couple of so-so races, but the rest have been fairly disappointing.”

Associated Press

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Shooting team adds one bronze on last day of competition

Indonesia's shooters brought home another bronze medal on the last day of the shooting competition at the ongoing 26th SEA Games on Wednesday, this time in the mens 10-meter running target.

The bronze was grabbed by Masruri, who scored a total of 543, falling behind Vietnamese Huu Vuong Ngo who scored 556 and won gold, and Duc Hung Do who scored 550 and took the silver.

Indonesian hopeful Anang Yulianto, who already got one gold medal in the mens individual 25-meter standard last week, failed to grab any medals in the mens 25-meter center fire pistol.

The competition was dominated by Vietnamese shooters Xuan Vinh Hoang, who took the gold and Minh Thanh Ha who got bronze. The silver medal went to Thai shooter Panichpatikum Jakkrit.

Anang said he had been unable to practice as much as he would have liked.

“We only got bullets for this competition a month beforehand,” he said.

Indonesian shooting team manager Robby Atmadja admitted that his team had faced difficulties in providing the athletes with 0.32 caliber bullets used in the center fire pistol competition.

“We only got a permit to [import] the bullets a month a go,” he said.

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Indonesian women’s badminton team falls to Thailand

The Indonesian women’s badminton team failed to win the gold medal, losing to Thailand 1-3 in the 2011 SEA Games final on Monday.

The defeat was inevitable after Liliyana Natsir/Vita Marissa bowed to Thai duo Savitree Amirapai/Saralee Thoungthongkam 21-19, 16-21, 22-24.

Indonesia lost two other points from Lindaweni Fanetri and Adriyanti Firdasari. Anneke Feinya/Nitya Krishinda earned the only point for Indonesia.

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Advanced Renamer 3.03

Advanced Renamer is freeware program for renaming multiple files or folders at once. It can use several different methods for calculating the new name including multimedia tools for sound and picture files.

With Advanced Renamer you can construct new file names by adding, removing, replacing, changing case, or giving the file a brand new name based on known information about the file. This program is a great utility for organising digital pictures for both professionals and beginners. The thumbnail mode lets you display thumbnails directly in the file list giving you maximum control of the renaming process.

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Jonas quick off the mark in vital Champions League win for Valencia

Madrid - Valencia striker Jonas Goncalvez scored the fastest goal in the history of the Champions League to give his side a lifeline in the competition as they defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 in the Mestalla stadium on Tuesday night.

Jonas needed just nine seconds to open the scoring against the Germans in what was a must win game for Valencia, who went into the game with just two points from their three previous matches and with a four-point disadvantage in the group that also includes Bayer.

Anything other than a win was simply not enough for Valencia and Jonas' goal got them off to a perfect start against a side that had defeated them 2-1 just a fortnight earlier.

Bayer reached after that early shock and they drew level and Stefan Kiessling equalized after 31 minutes as he headed home a pinpoint cross from veteran midfielder Michael Ballack.

That goal caused problems for Valencia as their fans had begun to get nervous before Roberto Soldado put the home side back in front. The supporters had begun to whistle their side and there was audible criticism of coach Unai Emery for his decision to replace Sophiane Feghouli with Pablo Piatti just before the hour.

Central defender Adil Rami assured the win with a powerful header with 15 minutes remaining and although it was not a vintage display from the home side, it was enough to give them a win and the chance to make it into the last 16 of the competition.

The win did come at a price, however, Valencia's influential midfielder ever Banega was carried off the pitch on a stretcher after just 24 minutes of the game. The Argentinean fell badly and looked to have seriously hurt himself and was in tears as he left the pitch to be replaced by Tino Costa.

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