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Where in Port Harcourt can one buy the fresh leaves of coriander, parsley, basil and some other spicy herbs?

I need to forward a petition to the IGP over some issue. Please how do I do that? What address, including email address, do I use. And what's the IGP phone number?

neonet:
Its 120k as of last week bro!!!

While the cost remains stable in dollars, exchange rate hikes it in naira

florinodlan:
I have a Son who stammers a lot and in 100 level going to 200 level in a nigerian university in Ogun state. He is currently on vacation. I need a speech therapist for him to assist but did not know of any for now. I would be glad if any good one can be introduced so as to get him diagonised for proper treatment if any.

There a number of international based interventions in stammering. I don't know of any in Nigeria, no doubt they exist and someone had given a number above. Soon the university of California will establish a stuttering treatment center at Ibadan university based on medical approach and drug treatments. The other one is the McGuire program that holds in South Africa. So check your options

ptoall1000:
110k

Thanks. Quite high for one exam

Please does anyone know the current exam fee for CCNP courses?

Hi all,

I am readying to go into large scale farming of avocados and walnuts. Can I read from anybody similarly engaged with any of those produce on a large scale, about requirements for harvesting all year round, seed varieties, cost, farm maintenance and so on.

rareman:
Good evening great people, please I want to know if crayfish can reared in a compound, if yes please any idea on how to start it and what is the profitability of that.

I would rather crayfish and other marine edibles are not farmed. Those fish that are farmed don't have the same nutritional content as the ones fished from their natural wild sea environment, simply because of what they it. So those of you farming any type of fish, stop immediately, you are deceiving people with fake promise of fish nutrients like Omega 3 fats, protein etc. Let nature take it's course.

Brigadier7:
okay bro! Are you planning on attending too?

Certainly. Speech is a very crucial part of human social life. So speech impediments impact negatively on quality of life.

Brigadier7:
really?? When are they starting??

I don't know yet when they're starting, and will find out.

Brigadier7:
have seen it!!really expensive though

They're establishing a stuttering treatment centre at the university of Ibadan in collaboration with a US varsity. They'll use drugs to treat stammering.

Brigadier7:
You correct! Isn't too effective for Blocks!!am Still searching for effective techniques though! Do well to let me know wehn you come across any techniques for block!

Well "the McGuire program" that holds in South Africa teaches stammerers to overcome blocks. It's pretty expensive.

Brigadier7:
there are many techniques somebodi can use but my bro! The truth is THEY ARE DiFFicult TO ADOPT AS ADULTs!! One of the ways is to talk AS SLOW AS POSSIBLe!! Its easier said than done! Wen you have been used to a particular way of talking, its difficult to change exp as Adult! But we just have to try! Everyday is a challenge in our lives as stutters!!

I would think that the slow talking approach technically called "easy onset technique" made famous by Dr Martin Swartz will be more suited for stammering types that are repetitive. That indicates the person is trying to force the words out. But for silent blocks I doubt this would be effective

Loisemm:
Like already said, one way to reduce stuttering is to talk a bit more slowly. I have tried it and it works (thats when I actually remember). Another way is to be as relaxed as possible and try to always be prepared ahead of speeches or discussions. All in all, dont think too much about it and with time it will reduce. Mine has drastically reduced. Some days, I don't even remember I used to stammer till I actually stammer.

By you saying "don't think too much about it" I suppose you mean "don't have emotional attachment on the outcome, whether you stammered or not. Good. But some situations are too critical not to have that outcome in mind. Think of job interviews. Can you tell a cripple to "get up and walk" unless you are spiritually anointed? A strategy I have chosen is to shout out words by force. But this has social consequences as people would not understand and think you're going crazy

Brigadier7:
that's the type have got too!! I must also ask! Do you stutter when you r alone?? Most block type of stuttering is caused by anxiety! Most ppl with the block type of stutter don't get blocks wen talking alone in let's say in a close empty room!!??

No I don't stutter when alone. But it's not anxiety. I think they've begun to identity genes that predispose people to stutter, and even the differences between a stammerer's brain and a fluent one in the brain regions responsible for speech. Certainly not anxiety but there may be some fear of stammering which increases the likelihood one would stammer. I'm looking for any techniques someone has used to successfully control their stutter.

Brigadier7:
what type of stammering are you talking about! There are basically three types of stammering I.e the one. With Repetition of words and syllables like I...I...I am am am Bri...Bri..Bri..Bri. Ga..Ga...dieer.... Or the one with BLOCKs also called Speech block? !is Where words Would just refuse to come outThe last when there is Uneven prolonging of Speech like..My nammmmmmme issssssssss Brrrrrrrriiiiggaaaddier!! Am a Stutter too and have got the Speech Block type! Stammering/Stutter from all my researches basically has no CURE but SELF Therapy is the Key! Tell me your type of stuttering before I go further!

I am of the blocking type. That's silent blocks.

House,

Does anyone know effective therapies for severe stammering for an adult?