- Internet Download Manager
- Download Accelerator Plus
- Mass Downloader
- Get Right
- Orbit Downloader, etc

Which of these download accelerators is the best?  Are there others out there that are better than these ones? 

Unbiased reviews please.  Thanks.

Aluta demonstration is simply a struggle for one's deserved right.  If not for that peaceful demonstration on Wednesday (21st), you wouldn't be enjoying water on campus today.  Though there were some parts of the demonstration that didn't go down well with me, like disrupting classes and forcing students to join in the struggle, I guess the end really did justify the means.

Which school is that?

Deadline is fast approaching. Act fast!!!

Now, here comes the big one.

Nigeria will witness history as the first African country to host the world Class surgeon, Dr. Ben Carson in Lagos on the 24th of January 2009. The Event tagged "Brainfair 2009" will also feature world class Memory experts like Leila Edwards (a World Class Hypnotherapist ), Dominic O’Brien ( the first man to memorize 2000 playing cards after only one view and 8 times winner of the World Memory Championship) and Adeniyi Adeniji ( the first Memory Arbiter in Africa).

This is the first of three events, slated for 2009, that are designed to sensitize, educate and motivate the general public, with a particular focus on the youth, unleash their genius, and challenge Nigeria to take her destiny into her hands.
It is designed to empower, motivate and help you to enjoy learning.

The Qualification Quiz Challenge

, No draws, no lottery, it’s all about your brain

How to play

* Register at www.brainfairng.com to join the qualification table
* Purchase the voucher to play the daily quiz challenge online for =N=250
* Log on to your personal page and play
* Answer simple questions and score points; 20 points for right options and 5 points for wrong options
* Accumulate points to stay among the top 1000 on the qualification table for 30 days
* You need at least 60 points before you can qualify for any of the events. It is BRAINFair! Remember!
* The top 1000 contestants on the table by January 14th, 2009 qualify for the Brain Enhancement Training and Brainfair Memory Championships.
* The top 50,000 qualify to be at the Ben Carson Motivational Session "Think Big"
* The top 100 to qualify will get =N=10,000 each, for qualifying.

Registration and qualification start: December 15, 2008.
Registration and qualification end: January 20, 2009

Winners will be notified via text message and emailed their invitations.

Register now at http://www.brainfairng.com.

Think Big,
Take The Risk,
reach out with your Gifted Hands,
and see The Big Picture.

Be There!

I thought this rule was imposed nationwide? Because even here in Ile-Ife, Osun state, where I am at the moment, virtually all Okada riders now have their helmets on, not minding the fact that majority of them have the engineer's helmet though.

Well, I guess I just have to be patient for some more weeks, because there are some states here with no/little votes, and that is very surprising. e.g. Cross-River, Ogun State, even Oyo!

For those of us that shuttle between cities regularly, how do we vote?

I'm in Lagos at the moment, but will be outta here 2 days from now, and may not be back until maybe September. Already voted Lagos though, 'cuz that's my base.

Another Great Ife is truly a counterfeit!

tkb417:

Great Ife!!! Greatest Ife!!!! greatest of the greatest of the greatest!!!
pawon, gbosa, i don forget the remaining

Ever gbi gbi! Ever gba gba! Ever gbi gbi gba gba!! Ever shi won, ever pawon, ever bo won!!!

tkb417:

correct thread!!
i entered for philosophy and tried changing to law but Jingo refused patapata

Jingo, baba fallacy. . abi?!

tkb417:

my first year in econs i lived partly in AWO and moved to Mayfair Hotel when the ARO wan kill me
year 2 mayfair, 2nd semester i moved to Aserifa estate
year 3, moved to alawode estate and ths where i finsihed

Big boy!

By the way, to the new students out there, my simple advice is this: TAKE ALL YOUR TESTS SERIOUSLY!  Read for your tests like you're preparing for a Cambridge examination.  Believe me, a very good test result (by this, I mean, at least 75% of the total score) will help you a great deal in your examination.

For those of you in the sciences, this is particularly applicable to your CHM101 test.  You do well in your test, psychologically, you will be in the perfect spirit for your exams.  For your PHY101 and PHY105, be very careful of option E.  I guess many of you, by now, should know what that means - yeah, I'm talking of those tricky "none of the above" options.

Above all, ALWAYS remember the GOD FACTOR!

Happy New Year to you all, and I wish us all another hitch-free session.

@nisot23

As niyi right stated, the school was never on break. We were only given the normal Christmas public holiday.  But not to worry though, for the Part 1 students (and most other students), lectures won't start until Monday Jan. 5th, that is.  Stay cool.

- Obafemi Awolowo University
- OAU
- Great Ife!
- Oba Awon University
- Greatest Ife!!!

In short, OAU is ten much!

@slimfine

OAU seems to in most people's top five. Must be a good University.

Duh! OAU is the BEST in the country!

I think this should be renamed "Great Ife Freshers 2008/2009".

There's a thread on Great Ife Students already:

OAU-Ife Students Thread: Great IFE!

Anyways, catch fun guys. Of the greatest Ife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas to all Manchester United fans out there!

The New Year, certainly, will be splendid for us all.

I wasn't expecting Federer to win either, but I certainly wasn't expecting that he would suffer such a humiliating defeat in the hands of his arch-rival.

6 - 0 in the last set? Jeez!

Sigh.

Again bro, you miss the gist. The question is "Who is the better dribbler?", not "Whose dribbles produces better results?" These are two different issues entirely.

The sooner you understand that, the better it will be for all of us.

Merry Christmas.

- United's Champions League win over Chelsea

- Nadal's 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 drubbing of Federer in the French Open final

- The thrilling 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7 victory of Nadal over Federer at the Wimbledon final in a 4hr 48min epic match.

Eastbay:

Dribbling is part of football.

So is defending, running, heading, finishing (scoring), passing, crossing, setpieces, etc.

If we can conveniently isolate these football actions and use 'em to compare players, I see no reason why dribbling should be an exception.

Eastbay:

We should be asking if Jay-jay was as good as Ronaldinho.Not if he dribbled as better than him.

You're absolutely free to create a thread on that.  But while you're at it, it will be greatly appreciated if you'd confine your posts to the query of this thread's title.  Thanks.

I fail to understand why some here are bringing in a whole new angle into this discourse. The topic queries, "who is the better dribbler?", and some folks are using the fact that he never got a WFY or a AFY award as a yardstick. No one is asking who scored more goals or who was more "purposeful". To me, Okocha was a better dribbler on the football pitch.

- "Jay Jay does in a live match, what most footballers would only do in training."

Funny enough, somehow, I was anticipating Aalborg to take the lead just before the half time whistle - and they did just that. Our defense today is a complete joke.

But not to worry folks, United is winning this game. I'm so damn sure of this!

RubyPearl:

@post
The _____________ value represents the ratio of a pigment moved on the chromatogram relative to the distance the solvent front moved.

a) R[i]_f[/i]
b)T_f
c)F[i]_r[/i]
d)K

Ans: R[i]_f[/i]

I'm wondering if some here watched the match from the back of their TV.  United OUTPLAYED Arsenal all thru the match!  Even the stats says it all!  We just weren't lucky with 'em goals.

It's November already, and I'm curious - do items there still sell for N500? Is this shop still operating at all?

By the way, I noticed the poster (Jino) has clearly avoided the question boggling the minds of many here (inadvertently, perhaps) - Pray tell, what exactly are the "every single item" being sold in this 'mystery shop'? An explicit response to this pertinent question will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

- Meet the Fockers

- Mr. Bones

- The gods must be crazy

Another Breaking News:

Nadal also pulls out with an injury after losing first set 6 - 1 to Davydenko.

Following Jose Mourinho's shock link with the Manchester United hotseat, a Chelsea source has confirmed that the former Blues boss loves United, whilst Sir Alex Ferguson is seemingly ready to retire. . .

Asked about the rumours by the News of the World, the official revealed: "Jose always made his love of United very clear. In fact, he was obsessed with them and talked about being in charge of the biggest club in the world.

"He wanted to test himself in Italy when he left the Stamford Bridge, but it was obvious to most people he wanted to come back here with United to haunt us."


http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=933741

Who will be honoured with the title of FIFA World Player and FIFA Women's World Player for 2008? FIFA has today announced the names of the nominees (see below) and the final decision will be made by the captains and head coaches of the men's and women's national teams.

At the beginning of December, FIFA will announce the names of the three men and women who have received the most votes and the winners will be revealed at the 18th FIFA World Player Gala at the Zurich Opera House on 12 January 2009.

The lists of 23 male and 10 female candidates for these prestigious awards have been drawn up by football experts from the Football Committee and the Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women's World Cup.

The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the title of FIFA World Player 2008:

Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Sergio Agüero (Argentina), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Deco (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Kaká (Brazil), Frank Lampard (England), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Franck Ribéry (France), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), John Terry (England), Fernando Torres (Spain), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain).

The following 10 women (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the title of FIFA Women's World Player 2008:

Nadine Angerer (Germany), Shannon Boxx (USA), Cristiane (Brazil), Daniela (Brazil), Marta (Brazil), Birgit Prinz (Germany), Christine Sinclair (Canada), Kelly Smith (England), Hope Solo (USA) and Ingvild Stensland (Norway).

Source.

P.S.  Those names in bold will be the first three, with CR7 coming first.
Those in italics are very strong contenders as well.

The Action Congress on Tuesday, urged President Umaru Yar’Adua to reconsider his administration’s decision to back out of the planned hosting of the 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, saying the decision was capable of portraying Nigeria as a country that cannot be trusted to deliver on its commitments.

The AC said “Since government is a continuum, the commitment made to the International Football Federation (FIFA) by the immediate past administration to host the tournament remains binding on the Yar’Adua administration.”

The Spokesman of the party, Alhaji Lai Muhammed said in a statement made available to our correspondent in Lagos that while FIFA could not force the country to host the tournament, it could at least deprive Nigeria of a chance to host any of its bigger competitions, including the main World Cup, in future.

[b]AC said “the argument that hosting the competition was not a priority of the administration exposed a clear lack of understanding of what it entails to host international sports competitions.

“For example, hosting any major international competitions could be a catalyst for the development of infrastructure - such as roads, housing, hospitals, transportation and telecommunications - in the host country, especially if the government is development-inclined.

“Apart from the massive upgrading of sports facilities, Nigeria’s hosting of the 1999 World Youth Championship in several cities and the 2003 All Africa Games in Abuja helped to modernise many other facilities and trigger the construction of others.

“In Abuja alone, hundreds of housing units built purposely for the All Africa Games were later sold to Nigerians. In 1973 when Lagos hosted the All Africa Games, a similar games village was built, which later provided opportunities for hundreds of Nigerians to have a roof over their heads.[/b]

AC said the reaction of the President of CAF, Issa Hayatou, that the decision was an embarrassment not only to the federation but to the whole of Africa, was very serious and should form part of the reasons why the government should reconsider its stand.

The party said “What we had expected is for the Yar’Adua administration to reach out to the private sector to help offset the cost of hosting the tournament, instead of just withdrawing from hosting it.”
http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200810292312629

I still do not understand why and how supposedly well-meaning Nigerians do not see the folly of the withdrawal from hosting the world cup. Anyway, the FG has reversed its decision already, Nigeria will now go ahead to host the world cup, and I am very happy.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/29102008/news/sports1.html
http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200810290584071

walexy5050:

liverpool wants to win their 19th title in the 19th year of the premiership

Meaning, Liverpool's next title win will be in 2011? Cool.