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As part of this week's Sense of Place: Rio series, World Cafe revisits a 2004 session with Brazilian singer Vinicius Cantuária. At the time, he was in the midst of a string of highly praised albums, beginning with 1996's Sol Na Cara.
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As a strike by dockers at the Port of Hong Kong enters its fourth week, shippers are working on contingency measures to ensure distribution doesn't grind to a halt.
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yellow tail acei with black circle on top head. This morning i wake to find on my Yellow tail acei a large black spot on the top of his head. All water levels are normal.. no spikes in amonia or the nitrates or nitrites.. He acts the same, no change in any thing except for this over night development of this black spot on the top of his head. The only change in this tank is i started to feed them freeze dryed spirulina with brine shrimp...The spot is not a speckle or a dot.. but a large black circle.. should i be concernd? is this just normal color devolpment? |
I saw a GBR at my LFS, that had that on her head. I was looking for a female. Interesting. In this case it was clearly just a coloration that I'd never seen before, but if made it easy to id her. I'm wondering if that is what you fish has too? Just a coloration, nothing wrong with it, but different :) Gwen |
thanks... now i went to look in on that same fish.. and the spot that was black is now looking like a scar... it looks as if i scrapped it off...im confussed... it apperars to look now like a bald spot! these fish are goin to get me committed!!lol |
Keeping your water clean, will avoid some of these problems, and keep you from "committing yourself" :) Could be "hole in head", which you can treat with something like "General Cure" by API. That would be my best guess. Gwen |
Can you post a picture of the fish? There are a couple of things it could be but would need a picture to confirm or deny them. |
ok, I suspect that it could be Spirulina spots, which are caused by feeding too much spirulina in their diets combined with stress. What are the stock in with the acei. |
Good mix of fish, acei like swimming all over the tank BUT if they have not had a lot of Spirulina in their diet from the flakes or pellets, then it can cause spots..also and this might be a factor as well. They are actually one of only a few Lake Malawi species that school together...males and females are peaceful towards each other..it might be that he/she is stressed a little as he is alone..if you get a couple more then it would be beneficial. They get to about 5-6" and are really nice when fully grown, I have 5 in my 75g tank and several fry in my fry tanks. |
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You guys have to see it in order to truly appreciate it.
Not sure what's with the Sonic Boom comparison, though, as this game and that game are very, VERY different games.
We kept saying that the next big game will turn the Wii U around. We finally got that game. And after E3, a lot of my video gamer friends who previously weren't planning on getting a Wii U are now either planning on buying one by Smash Bros.'s release or seriously considering it. Plus, the Wii U looks set to outpace the Xbox One for at least a few more weeks.
"As one might expect they're customisable, but to the extent no one had really anticipated"
Yeah, about that...
Good. The Gamepad needs to stay.
However, hopefully the 3rd party studios that aren't making games for the Wii U don't see the Gamepad as an entry barrier. The game doesn't need unique Gamepad functionality, just release the dang thing for Wii U.
"hybrid animated and live-action features"
Not good. NOT GOOD. I can't see a Sonic movie work in any format besides traditional or CG animated.
Stop keeping the GameCube controller-only snobs alive, Nintendo! You could have defeated the disease that has plagued Smash Bros local multiplayer matches for 6 years!
Oh well. I guess a Smash Bros get-together wouldn't be a Smash Bros get-together without that one guy that needs to use a GameCube controller.
I think the voice is fine. Besides, they always "clean up" voices for stuff like this. Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon sounds a lot more nasal-ly in studio, but Dreamworks cleans up the audio. My guess is that Sticks will be similar.
(And it's interesting to see a negative reaction from the Nintendo crowd when there's such a positive reaction in the Sonic community.)
I think the livestream was worth it just for Oil and Natural Gas types, Mega Pinkman, and the Fletchling that will save us all.
Thank goodness. Except for Funky Stadium in MK Wii, just about every recent arena was terribly designed for kart battling. If karts didn't have things like momentum and speed, sure, the arenas would be great. However, they do, and courses that forget the physics of a kart aren't fun. Having tracks being adjusted for kart battling makes a lot more sense since the tracks are actually designed for karts. (Funky Stadium has the rare quality among battle courses of being fun to drive around on and having obstacles without high risk of losing all momentum due to bad level design.)
Honestly, I'm fine with this. Using European translations in North America could mess up the game due to differences in speaking, and it since it takes a whole lot of time and resources just to localize this for one language, it doesn't make sense to right off the bat translate to a language that only around 2% of North America would benefit from (French) or a language only majorly used in a country/region (I'm not sure if Central America is counted in this) that doesn't seem to buy nearly as many video games as major video game countries, like Japan and the US (Spanish). If there's enough demand, Nintendo can either patch or re-release the game with more translations.
Man, this game is fun, but there isn't a way to be able to see every plane's position at the airport, which is a problem. I've Game Over-ed a couple times on the Hard demo stage because planes would be in places I didn't want them too, but I couldn't see that until that stupid plane that needs to be towed to spot 61 would collide with them.
You know you're on a Nintendo-oriented site when literally no one stylizes inFAMOUS correctly. Lowercase i and n, capital "famous", got it?
(Sorry, it just bugs me for some reason. I'm a Nintendo fan through and through, but I thought inFAMOUS [at least the first one] was a really good game.)
Hopefully this update fixes the college Wifi error issue. Unless practically no one else in my hall was using Wifi, I'd get error messages and couldn't keep a streak going.
Man, I'm not sure why, but I think I'm addicted to the multiplayer in this game. I really want to buy the full version, but A) Thanks to the new tax implementation on the eShop, I'm 53 cents short, and B) I often randomly disconnect; of course, that problem might be on my end.
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The end of Nintendo? With a controller like that?
Actually, a bad controller didn't stop the original PlayStation from outselling the N64.
Remember, the PS4 (and Xbox One) still has to get through that awkward launch phase, and the Wii U has already gone through that. When you look at the launch window lineups for the other two systems, they have fewer "great" games than the Wii U had/has, and no must-buy games whatsoever, with the possible exception of Titanfall for FPS fans.
Blockbuster's been open all this time? I thought it shut down back in 2009 or so when all the stores were shut down near where I live.
New content? YES! There hasn't been a non-recycled video in months! Having major titles like Bravest Warriors and Bee and PuppyCat, along with a much-needed replacement for Meat or Die (the only thing that makes it worse than it already is is re-running it every month), and 2 awesome-sounding Nintendo series, is a breath of fresh air for the service. I was starting to wonder if I should remove Nintendo Video, but now I definitely won't.
Good for the people that are affected by this. I don't personally know anyone that has had any problems with this, but I know I'd get annoyed if this happened to me. I had Silver's save battery die right after I beat Red on Mt. Silver.
Being my first real video games, I couldn't beat any of the 5 I got from my cousins (1-3, 3D Blast, Spinball) for years. Of course, I didn't figure out how to do a spindash for a while, and dat barrel... but they were still my favorite games for a long time.
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The diversity of solar thermal system configurations has been investigated in a market analysis to evaluate their different characteristics that are crucial for a monitoring system. In the analysis, solar thermal systems in Central Europe with more than 80 m2 of collector surface have been considered. The market analysis, the development of the modular framework design and the specification procedure are presented within this paper. 1. MOTIVATION For solar thermal systems with large collector areas (e.g. > 80 m²), a guarantee for the solar energy yields is often claimed by the investor. This guarantee can usually not be given by the engineering or the operating company without permanent monitoring that identifies failures in the operation and consequential energy losses at an early stage. Today, data logging for a solar thermal system might be automated, but monitoring and failure detection works at least partly manually. For the data analysis a qualified expert is needed which is both time- and cost-consuming. Several approaches considering monitoring and failure detection for solar thermal systems have been developed in the past. Seven of these methods are compared by de Keizer et al. (2008). The described methods have mainly been developed for application on research and demonstration projects where the criteria for time consumption and consequential costs are not as stringent as for commercial operators who support large numbers of solar thermal systems. The time effort results from the fact that neither the solar thermal systems nor their measurement equipment are standardized and therefore the monitoring procedures are individual for each plant. Besides the missing standardization, the investigated monitoring methods mainly do either have a low automation level or they consider only a part of the whole solar thermal system (usually the solar loop). The Kassel University method (KU-method; Wiese, 2006) is the method that comes closest to the idea of the IP-Solar project. The KU-method is already well-developed concerning the monitoring procedures (algorithms for failure detection and identification) and considers most of the aspects that are relevant for the monitoring task of large-scale solar thermal systems. However, there is still potential to refine its usability and expand its field of application: so far, the KU- method has only been tested on solar thermal systems for domestic hot water preparation and only in scientific projects. A possibility to increase the efficiency of the monitoring task is to make use of a computer-aided system that supports the user in entering the data needed for the execution of 'intelligent monitoring' procedures. Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2009: Renewable Energy Shaping Our Future 682 In this context, the term 'intelligent monitoring' refers to the combined activities of automated permanent data logging, data analysis, failure detection and failure identification. Intelligent monitoring reduces the time and personnel costs while providing up-to-date information about the system and its performance. The R&D project IP-Solar has been raised with the aim to develop an intelligent monitoring system for large-scale solar thermal systems, making use of the know-how and experience of the KU-method. IP- Solar aims for a high automation level and therefore low running costs. It shall neither be restricted to a certain hydraulic configuration of the system nor to a certain manufacturer, installer, or operator of solar thermal systems. Figure 1 shows an overview of the work packages (WP) of the IP-Solar project. Within WP1, a modular framework that considers the needed data for intelligent monitoring of any solar thermal system is developed. The hydraulic configuration, the measuring equipment, sensor positions and the control of the solar thermal system are specified. This description framework is built in a way that it can directly be used in the monitoring software (WP4). The results presented in this paper correspond to WP1.1, 1.4 and 1.5 (Figure 2). WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5 WP6 Analysis of Quality Data Data analysis Software Test phase large-scale management management and design for solar thermal of measuring (remote system (user IP-Solar systems equipment logging) simulation interface) Figure 1. Work packages in the IP-Solar project WP1.1 WP1.2 WP1.3 WP1.4 WP1.5 Analysis of Determination of Development of Analysis of Analysis of measuring typologies of formalism to hydraulic system control equipment solar thermal describe the system design strategies design systems typologies Figure 2. Contents of work package 1 Standardized concepts for large-scale solar thermal systems in Europe have been investigated e.g. by Isaksson et al. (2007) within the European research project 'NEGST'. However, these results can not be employed directly for IP-Solar as the disseminated information is not detailed enough for the analysis in this project. Therefore, an own market analysis was performed within WP1 of IP-Solar. It is presented in section 2 of this paper. The modular framework design for the description of solar thermal system configurations that have been collected with the market analysis is explained in section 3. The specification procedure for the description of the hydraulics as well as the measurement equipment within the monitoring software is outlined in section 4. The discussion is presented in section 5, and section 6 includes the conclusions as well as an outlook on upcoming tasks within the on-going R&D project IP- Solar. 2. MARKET ANALYSIS A market analysis was performed to identify the most common configurations of large-scale solar thermal systems (>80 m² collector surface) in Central Europe. The characteristics of the investigated configurations serve as a basis for the development of the modular framework that is able to describe a solar thermal system. More than 200 solar thermal systems have been evaluated. Information was gathered from five research projects and reports (Fink et al., 2006; Peuser et al., 2008; Solarge, 2009; Solarkombianlagen-xl, 2009; Stryi-Hipp, 2007) and from four research institutions, six system Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2009: Renewable Energy Shaping Our Future 683 manufacturers, and two operators of solar thermal systems. Additional information was collected in interviews of experienced associates from the solar industry. In the future, the IP-Solar monitoring system shall be open for all different configurations of solar thermal systems. However, in order to efficiently get to a first executable version of IP-Solar, the 200 collected solar thermal systems have been sorted out with the following exclusion criteria: • obvious 'special' applications / niche configurations • solar cooling applications • systems with heat distribution with more than one feed and one return line from/to the heat storage • two or more separate collector loops with independent pump units • drainbacksystems • systems with domestic hot water (potable water for most of Europe) filled heat stores • systems for steam production The remaining systems (90 plants in total) can be assigned to one of the following fields of application: 1. feeding in a district heat network (no heat store) - 2 plants 2. two-line systems (for both space heating and domestic hot water preparation) - 39 plants 3. systems for domestic hot water preparation - 49 plants The main focus at this stage was on the hydraulic design, but also the available information about the measurement equipment and the control strategies has been documented (not shown in this paper) for the upcoming tasks in the IP-Solar project. 3. MODULAR FRAMEWORK DESIGN In order to be able to execute an intelligent monitoring software, the system hydraulics, the measuring equipment and the control of the system have to be specified in a software interpretable way. The most flexible way to describe the hydraulics of a solar thermal system would be to build it from single components (e.g. heat exchangers and pipes) as it can be done e.g. within the simulation software Polysun (VelaSolaris, 2009) or TRNSYS (Solar Energy Laboratory, 2009). The drawback of this approach is the lack of an ensured technically meaningful context between the components. Mistakes in the specification procedure are hard to prevent or detect. With regard to the automated failure detection and identification within an intelligent monitoring software, the missing predefined context between the single components requires either an automatic procedure (software) that determines the context automatically, or the context has to be chosen manually and verified in the software. The contrary to the single-component-design is to provide models of complete systems where little or no changes in the hydraulic connections can be made. An example for this is the simulation software T-Sol (Valentin, 2009). With this approach, the functional context is fully predefined, but either only simple standard systems can be described or an extensive database that contains the models of the differently configured solar thermal systems is needed. With the single components approach, the user may spend a lot of time connecting the components - with a large potential of committing failures during this process. In the second approach of predefined system hydraulics, the user may spend a lot of time comparing existing system configurations with his plant scheme and may end up not finding one that corresponds to his/her needs. For IP-Solar, neither one of the two approaches described above was considered to be easy enough to handle and flexible enough for the description of solar thermal systems from all three fields of application mentioned in section 2. Within each of the three fields of application, the hydraulic configuration of the solar thermal system can be realized in different ways. However, irrespective of the field of application, certain parts of the system are essentially the same, e.g. the same solar loop description may be used for a domestic hot water preparation system and for a two-line net system. Therefore, a 'module' can be defined that describes e.g. the solar collector loop, and this module can be used equally for otherwise hydraulic different systems, and even for different fields of application. A 'module' as it is defined within Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2009: Renewable Energy Shaping Our Future 684 this project represents a unit that may contain several hydraulic components and that fulfils a certain function in the solar thermal system. With this approach, not only the description of the overall system can be built flexibly with a limited number of modules, but also the context of components within each module is conserved and does not have to be determined additionally by hand or by sophisticated software routines. The modular design for the specification of a solar thermal system provides schematic blocks (modules) that describe the hydraulic configuration of a part of the system. These modules can be joined in different combinations to represent a complete solar thermal system. Figure 3 shows an example for a domestic hot water system that is composed of single modules representing the solar loop, charging and discharging of the heat store, the auxiliary heating unit etc. Further modules are listed in Table 1. The boundaries of the modules and the connection points between the modules have been well defined during the module development, assuring unambiguous meaning of connection points and still great flexibility of system design. In Figure 3, the dashed lines represent the module boundaries. The heat store discharging and the heat store auxiliary charging modules are lying upon each other and thus appear to be only one module. Solar loop Heat store Heat store Auxiliary heating unit solar charging auxiliary charging Heat store DHW preparation In-/outlet discharging unit of DHW Figure 3. Example solar thermal system built from modules (dashed lines: module boundaries) Figure 4. The four variants of module DHWP Certain functional units (e.g. the domestic hot water preparation unit) can be realized with different hydraulic configurations. Therefore, for each module several "module variants" are specified. That means Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2009: Renewable Energy Shaping Our Future 685 that every variant of a module fulfils the same function but uses different components and/or assembly. To give an example, the variants of the domestic hot water preparation module are shown in Figure 4. Each variant is identified by the name of the module and a consecutive number. With the four variants shown in Figure 4, the common configurations of domestic hot water preparation sub-systems are described. However, in many domestic hot water preparation units e.g. a heat exchanger scale protection is installed. This does not change the basic configuration and function of the module, but is rather a simple 'add-on'. For simple add-ons like the scale protection, another lower level in the module structure has been established. Figure 5 gives an overview of the module levels using the example of the DHWP-module and Figure 6 shows detail variants of a module variant schematically. module level module detail module description variant variant DHWP module task: domestic hot water preparation DHWP1 hydraulic design no. 1 for DHW preparation DHWP2 hydraulic design no. 2 for DHW preparation DHWP3 DHW preparation in continuous flow principle DHWP3a2 detail variant a2 of DHWP3: scale protection DHWP3b2 detail variant b2 of DHWP3: scalding protection DHWP3c2 detail variant c2 of DHWP3: DHW circulation Figure 5. Module levels. Example of module DHWP. Figure 6. Examples for detail variants of module variant DHWP3 Table 1 gives an overview of the different modules and the number of variants and variant-details that have been defined for each module for the first version of IP-Solar. Table 1. Number of module variants and detail variants Module Module # module # detail abbreviation description variants variants SOL Solar loop 2 6 HSTS heat storage tank, solar side 2 3 HSTD heat storage tank, solar side 3 2 HSTA heat storage tank, auxiliary heating side 3 6 AUXH auxiliary heating 4 6 DHWP domestic hot water preparation 4 32 SINK heat sink 1 0 DNET distribution net in a 2-line-net 2 2 DHWIO DHW input and output 1 0 CDTA connector module 2 0 Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2009: Renewable Energy Shaping Our Future 686 4. SPECIFICATION PROCEDURE When a solar thermal system is specified for the use in the IP-Solar monitoring system, it is assembled by choosing the appropriate modules step by step. Rules that restrict the theoretically possible combinations to the technically meaningful ones have been developed and implemented in the software in order to prevent mistakes made by the user in the specification procedure. At the beginning of the specification procedure, the user of the IP-Solar software always chooses a variant of the solar loop module (SOL), since this module is mandatory for any solar thermal system; the choice of all other modules depends on the particular system configuration. Step by step the user selects the other modules needed for the description of his/her solar thermal system from a list that is given from the software until the solar thermal system is specified completely. The contents of this list is updated after each step, depending on the modules that the user has chosen by then. The next step after the hydraulic specification procedure is to identify the sensors that will be available for data logging and carrying out the algorithms for data analysis, failure detection and failure identification. The sensors can be chosen from a predefined list that is stored in the IP-Solar software and depends on the modules that have been chosen. Several possible sensor positions have been defined for each module variant based on the results of the market analysis mentioned in section 2. Each sensor position is labelled with a unique name. Depending on the available measurement equipment of a solar plant and the hydraulic context known from the module's description, the software automatically selects the failure detection algorithms that can be executed. However, the user is free to disable certain algorithms. 5. DISCUSSION The 90 solar thermal systems that have been investigated in detail for IP-Solar have been selected according to exclusion criteria where non-common systems have been discarded innately. However, IP- Solar will be open to extensions that provide the possibility to handle even more different solar thermal system configuration types. Balancing the advantages and the disadvantages of the different ways of hydraulic system description based on single components and based on complete system schemes, respectively, has led to the modular design that is presented in this paper. Each module contains components that by means of their function within the solar thermal system belong together. Even if the flexibility of the modules is shortened in comparison to individual components, still a wide variety of solar thermal systems (all 90 plants that served as a basis for the modularization) can be described. It is not realistic that solar thermal systems in the future are subjected to design standards - there will always be special applications that cannot be easily described with simple standardized modules. Those special applications still can employ the IP-Solar monitoring system and monitor at least those parts of the solar thermal system that fit the predefined modules. Furthermore, configurations that look different at first sight may be treated in the same way with respect to automated monitoring. However, if a certain plant component (e.g. an adsorption chiller) becomes a widely used "technique" on the market, the modular framework of IP-Solar allows for extensions and inclusion of new modules. In the market analysis, the differences in the measurement equipment have been observed to be even bigger than the differences in the hydraulic configurations. For the development of a monitoring system it has to be taken into consideration that the options for monitoring a solar thermal system are strongly dependent on the measurement equipment (both quantity and positioning of the sensors as well as their quality). Therefore, the modules have been prepared to embed different configurations of measurement equipment. 6. CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2009: Renewable Energy Shaping Our Future 687 It has been found that for common applications of large-scale solar thermal systems it is possible to describe different hydraulic configurations using standardized modules. The use of standardized modules makes it easier to employ an automated monitoring system whereas the particular configuration of the monitoring system is strongly dependent on both, the hydraulic system configuration and the available measurement equipment. The next step in the project is to develop a recommended minimum measurement equipment for every module, based on the same market analysis where not only the hydraulic configuration but also the measurement equipment of large-scale solar thermal systems has been evaluated. Finally, algorithms that allow for automated monitoring and failure analysis will be developed based on the available measurement equipment. At its highest stage of completion, the monitoring system will include a feature to compare the measured performance data of the solar thermal system with the results of a TRNSYS-simulation that will equally be based on the modular description presented in this paper (de Keizer et al., 2009). 7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The contents that are presented in this paper have been prepared within the project IP-Solar. This project is supported by the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund and is carried out as part of the "Energy of the Future" programme. The contract number is FFG 815747. 8. 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A.; Croy, R.; Mies, M.; Rehrmann, U.; Wirth, H.P. (2008): "Solarthermie-2000, Teilprogramm 2 und Solarthermie2000plus. Wissenschaftlich-technische Programmbegleitung und Messprogramm (Phase 3). Abschlussbericht zum BMU Projekt 0329601L" http://www.zfs-energietechnik.de (accessed August 07, 2009) Solar Energy Laboratory (2009) http://sel.me.wisc.edu/trnsys/ (accessed August 07, 2009) Solarge (2009) http://www.solarge.org (accessed August 07, 2009) Solarkombianlagen-xl (2009) http://www.solarkombianlagen-xl.info/ (accessed August 07, 2009) Stryi-Hipp, G.; Schnauss, M; Moch, F. (2007): "GroSol. Studie zu großen Solarwärmeanlagen", Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft e.V. 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OK, I know this has been asked before but why are my RAW files 18mb and my DNG converted files nearly 60mb? I do not embed my raw file in the DNG file. I shoot a GH2. I have read that the DNG converted files should be 15% to 20% smaller not larger. Thanks, Jim
If you provided a clue as to what software application is converting you GH2 RW2s into 60 Mbyte DNGs, that would surely help. Otherwise, readers are left entirely "in the darK", and can only guess
As Lights mentioned, if they are Linear DNGs , that is a demosiaiced format which (as a result of the information being then separated into RGB image-data) will have 3 times the byte-size (or so) as a result of that de-mosaicing taking place. Are you exporting Linear DNGs from DxO Optics Pro ?
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Jordi Brandts and colleagues got a group of students to predict a sequence of five coin tosses, and then selected the best and the worst predictor. They then asked other subjects to bet on whether the best and worst predictor could predict another five coin tosses. The subjects were told that they would bet on the worst predictor from the first round, unless they paid to switch to the best predictor.
82% of subjects paid to make the switch….These people weren't just idiots plucked from the street. They were fourth year finance undergraduates at one of the best universities in Spain.
The human brain is terrible with the concept of randomness. We desperately want to assign mental patterns to this, which is of course, a game pattern that game designers abuse endlessly.


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Your Guide to Online Speech Pathology Programs
Speech pathology is an important field that deals with various speech disorders and disabilities. A speech pathologist helps in the diagnosis and treatment of these disorders. They study effective treatment plans and provide appropriate information to patients and their families. In order to become a speech pathologist, one must earn a degree in the field or specialize in speech pathology. Depending on your career and educational goals, there are many degree options that prospective speech pathologists can choose from.
To learn more about how to become a speech pathologist, click on a question below to jump to its answer:
- What types degrees are available in speech pathology?
- What career opportunities are available for graduates?
- Should I earn a master's degree in speech pathology or related field?
- What certification do I need to work in this field?
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Featured Online Programs in Speech Pathology
Ashford University — The applied linguistics program at Ashford University instructs students in such topics as language disorders, how language can best be learned, social factors that affect language learning, and how technology can contribute to effective learning. Many graduates of this program continue training in a master's degree program in speech language pathology. Others may work right after graduation as translation and interpretation experts, marketers, and journalists. Ashford is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission, 985 Atlantic Avenue, Ste 100, Alameda, CA 94501, 5107489001, www.wascsenior.org.
Concordia University - Portland — Concordia University offers a dynamic Curriculum and Instruction English Language Development program. This program is a full year, completely online program designed to build on a teacher's knowledge and skills in developing student learning opportunities for underdeveloped native English speakers. Courses understand the fundamental structure of language and communication.
What types degrees are available in speech pathology?
Speech pathology is the study of speech and language disorders. Someone who helps those suffering from speech problems is called speech pathologist or speech therapist. Speech pathology studies areas such as resonance, intonation, pitch, semantics and pragmatics.
There are many career paths to explore with a degree in speech pathology. The main areas of study for speech pathologists are cognitive speech communication, sensory awareness as it relates to the vocal chords, mouth and throat, language and speech. Therapists work with patients to develop new sounds, correct sounds and learn how to communicate effectively through written and speech communication. Besides standard quantitative and qualitative assessment methods, speech therapists also use instruments to help people learn new ways to communicate.
The degrees below can help set you on the right path towards a career in speech pathology.
- Programs for Speech Pathology
- Programs for Behavioral Sciences
- Programs for Child Development
- Programs for Psychology
A common degree for speech pathologists is a Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders. This is the bachelor's degree many who plan to become speech pathologists obtain. Though you may work in the school system, most speech pathologists do not obtain teaching or education degrees of any sort. Instead the focus is on the applied sciences and helping those with speech impairments correct their speech through exercises and proven techniques.
What career opportunities are available for graduates?
There is considerable growth expected for qualified speech pathologists. Many speech pathologists work freelance with individual clients who are correcting speech impairment. This is a booming industry for working with small children whose parents notice a delay in speech development or issues with speech. Speech pathologists are one of the specialists who will experience the most growth in job opportunities in the next decade. Speech pathologists are employed by many different sources. This is a field that is growing in both urban and rural areas throughout the United States and Canada.
The rapid increase of special needs students has caused speech pathology to come to the forefront of school concerns. Many private schools and public schools that receive a large amount of state funding sometimes have a speech therapist on staff. This therapist may work with individual students or small groups of students to improve speech impairments. This is happening most at early childhood development centers and child care centers within a district. The importance of detecting speech impairment early on has become an issue since studies show impairments caught early can be corrected fairly easily with the proper therapy.
Because fewer healthcare companies are covering speech therapy, these positions are now contracted out to therapists. Instead of having a therapist on staff at a hospital, the therapist will receive a sizeable contract that agrees to working a certain number of hours at the facility per week. This allows the therapist to see their own private clients, while also treating patients through the hospital or medical facility. This is a lucrative position for a speech pathologist and also allows them to network with patients who may seek their services outside of the hospital. You can also work at a rehabilitation center or nursing home. In most of these cases, you will be on contract and called to the facility as needed or have part time hours at the facility. You may also educate staff members at these places for practicing easy vocal exercises with patients when they are not in session with you. These exercises contribute greatly to a person's speech development and improvement. The constant practice of these movements will help with the work a patient does when in treatment with the therapist.
Should I earn a master's degree in speech pathology or related field?
All speech pathologists are required to have a master's degree. In order to get into a master's program, you need a bachelor's degree in a related science field and the GRE and a letter of recommendation. Though speech pathology master's programs are not new, there's a limited number of programs compared to students hoping to study the field. It can be very competitive to get into a master's program. The rise in a need for speech pathologists are causing more schools to add this to the degree programs offered.
Most students enroll in a Master of Speech-Language Pathology to work as a speech pathologist. This program usually lasts two to four years, depending on the area of specialization for the student. The master's degree alone will not qualify you to work as a speech pathologist. Following your master's degree, you will still have to sit for additional exams and become certified to work. If you end up working for a school, you may be required to take exams for their position in addition to providing the district with your speech pathologist certification. Certification for speech pathology is good throughout the United States, though any tests taken for working in schools will vary by state.
What certification do I need to work in this field?
Speech pathologists must be certified by two organizations. The first is the Clinical Competence in Speech and Language Pathology certification (CCC-SLP) and the second is the American Speech Language and Hearing Association. There is also a national written and speech and pathology exam you must take to practice as a speech pathologist. To become certified by the CCC-SLP, a master's student must have 300-400 hours working with speech impaired students. These hours are completed under the supervision of a certified practicing speech therapist. This portion of the master's program is referred to as clinicals, similar to the clinicals a doctor or nurse completes.
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Letter: Straight from the horse's mouth
When I tell people that I work with horses at Kindred Spirits Farm in Zebulon they often assume it is therapeutic riding for the physically disabled. In actuality, there are many different approaches to therapeutic horsemanship.
At Kindred Spirits the focus is on helping participants: children, teens and families, who may not be benefiting from traditional therapy or the mainstream approach to learning.
In an Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) session, clients are given the opportunity to learn about "Horse Talk". Unlike humans, horses don't communicate through spoken word. They read body language.
Learning "Horse Talk" teaches valuable lessons. Simple and easily understood principals aid in developing relationships based on trust, respect, understanding and love. These are the very foundation of a good and strong relationship. Helping families deal with grief or loss, teaching parents how to deal with teenagers and their daily ups and downs, and empowering adolescents to deal with peer pressures and everyday challenges they encounter are just a few of the many subjects our programs deal with.
As a former neonatal intensive care and pediatric surgical nurse, my horses sustained me through extreme stress and gave me peace. I wanted others to be able to experience the profound bond I have developed with horses.
Blessed with strong support from my family and very good friends, the farm has seven horses – some with special needs, health and dietary issues, two beautiful rescued dogs and three orphaned pigs. We all live on a shoestring budget with assistance from private-pay clients and small donations from the community.
Equine Assisted Learning is more than just adapting new behaviors, clearing your mind and body of negative thoughts and influences. It is about having fun, developing self-confidence, self awareness, responsibility and hope for the future. All of this takes place outdoors in a calming, natural environment.
I guess when you really think about it, it is straight from the horse's mouth.
Kim Haselhuhn
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