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Environmental Internships/Vacation Programs for Undergraduates
With the rapid change of the world and a large number of environmental issues including pollution, climate changes, and natural resource depletion, the roles of an environmentalist has increasing importance to being eco conscious and proactive to conserve the environment.
Internships are a great opportunity for undergraduates to experience a professional environment without having to have prior experience in the field whether it be part-time, full-time, paid or a volunteer work internship. When undergoing an internship, undergraduates are already working in their chosen field and everything that you've learnt during that time can be used for your future environmentalist career and by the end of the internship may be offered a permanent position.
Through internships you are able to get to know people that are in the same field and build a network, get hands-on experience in a real life working environment, and improve and develop your skills all with the help of a professional in the field to mentor you.
Environmental internships require students to be majoring in a degree related to the environment, including environmental science, policy/management or environmental studies majors or majors in business, health, science, engineering and agriculture are also accepted. A few general skills required may include:
- Strong technical and data collection skills
- Excellent report writing skills
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Thorough knowledge of environmental and other sciences
- Research and analytic skills
What to Expect
One of Australia's top industries include environmental science research due to Australia being known for its unique variety of wildlife and ecosystems, becoming a great place for those who are interested in zoology, microbiology and ecology. There are a variety of environmentalist internships you can choose from including energy, marine, and forestry. There are also tasks that you can choose to focus on including water treatment, recycling or air pollution. A few general activities that you can expect in an environmental internship may includes1:
- Project management
- Identifying the dangers threatening the earth
- Finding appropriate solutions for such hazards
- Writing reports
Energy – the world has adopted ways to increase energy efficiency and supply of renewable energy as the production of energy affects the environment. An internship in the energy sector allows students to understand how technology can make a different in energy security and limiting climate change. Tasks and responsibilities that can be expected can include:
- Implementing clean energy technologies
- Conduction research
- Preserving natural resources
Marine – Overfishing, damaging fishing practices and water pollution have threatened marine life and with an internships in marine and freshwater research, you can expect tasks and responsibilities such as2:
- Conducting underwater research (aquaculture, oceanography, and catchment ecology)
- Collecting data
- Monitoring coral reefs and marine life
Forestry – Forests are considered highly important and have a large global influence on the environment, however many of them are being cut down and disappearing rates that continually increase each year. At a forest conservation internship, you are responsible to ensure development, maintenance, and protection of forests and may include tasks that include:
- Planting seedlings
- Preventing forest fires
- Controlling weeds or insects
1 Career Development & Consulting, Environmental Engineering Internships, 2015
2 Go Overseas, Environmental Internships Abroad, 2015


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Almost 50,000 people will be diagnosed with oral cancer in the U.S. in 2017, and almost 10,000 people will die from it. It's vital to your health and well-being to closely monitor your oral health, as a fast diagnosis can make all the difference for your prognosis.
But how is oral cancer diagnosed? Does it show up on your regular dental X-rays? Is this screening test enough to ensure your mouth is healthy and cancer-free?
It Starts with Regular Dental Checkups
If you aren't seeing a dentist once every six months, it's time to start. Without the care of a dentist, there is no way to tell if your oral health is declining.
At a regular dental checkup, the dentist is focused mostly on your teeth, but they examine your mouth as well, checking for unusual white or red patches, or any other indication that anything is not well.
They also take dental X-rays periodically, which reveal if there is anything to be concerned about in your mouth. If your dentist suspects cancer, they are quick to refer you to an outside specialist, such as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
You'll See a Specialist
An oral surgeon has the training and knowledge to accurately identify and diagnose oral cancer. They look for swelling and enlargements of the tissues and changes in the surfaces. If teeth are loose even though no trauma occurred or the patient experiences unusual oral bleeding, the surgeon knows what to do next.
X-Rays, CT Scans, MRIs Help Reveal Problem Areas
Further testing is the next step when oral cancer is suspected. Through additional X-rays, CT scans and MRIs, your medical team will assess the area and determine the extent of the affected tissues. While X-rays alone won't lead to a diagnosis, their results are used in conjunction with additional tests to inform the treatment team.
Biopsies Are the Final Word
No oral cancer diagnosis is final without a biopsy. Your oral surgeon will schedule a procedure to obtain a cell sample, whether through scraping the surface of a lesion or removing the growth, if it's a cyst or tumor.
When Should You Talk to Your Doctor?
Discuss concerns with your doctor, dentist or oral surgeon when you notice any of the following suspicious symptoms:
- Mouth sores that don't heal
- Thick patches of skin on the inside of your cheek
- Constant sore throat
- Trouble swallowing or chewing
- Any numbness in the mouth
Northeast Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery can help you explore the underlying causes of these symptoms. Is oral cancer a concern for you? Make an appointment and we can help you take the next step and take charge of your health.

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Sept 19 l Newest Americans: Stories from the Global City Workshop
Thursday Sept. 19, 2019 | 6:10-7:30pm Columbia University Oral History Master of the Arts (OHMA) invites you to our 2019-2020 workshop series on Oral History and Storytelling. All events are free and open to the public. Most events are videotaped and may also be viewed at


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Reasons Why Web Hosting Companies Appoint SEO Resellers
The Web Hosting market is consistently run-over with competitiveness, occasionally healthful, often cut throat. One of the key means of whipping your competition and inching ahead is always to get right up to speed with all the big boys in the game. This implies contacting potential prospects and providing your services to them or obtaining them to your solutions. The easiest way of doing that is by localizing yourself and addressing the level of understanding that they have about your organization. The easiest way to effectively do that is using SEO reseller fan out to spread the word. This informative article describes why hosting companies hire resellers to promote their products.
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Among the most significant factors why a web-host employ SEO resellers, will be the level about technical support. A hosting company doesn't need the frustration of encouraging consumers and working with insignificant help demands for configuration and general maintenance. He'd choose that another person manage this little bit of the job and leave just the host management and higher support for them.


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The Supreme Court has just handed down its final ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Most of us are not pleased with the Obamacare decision that in 2014 will begin to dictate the type of health care that it prescribes for the American people in years to follow.
At the same time those of us who reject Obamacare, H.R. 3962, are left to ponder what else is hidden within the 2,000+ pages of the Affordable Healthcare bill signed on March 23, 2010, that will surely paint an even grimmer picture of Obamacare than what we already know is in store for us.
In order to understand where President Obama stood over the years on the issue of national health care, it is necessary to back track in time. It comes as no surprise that the goal of the Democrat Party has always been a single-payer system for the United States in what has been a steady march toward that goal.
An attempt was made by FDR to include compulsory health insurance in his Social Security Bill of 1935, but because the inclusion of health insurance in the bill was opposed by the AMA and threatened the passage of FDR's entire Social Security legislation, it was excluded.
Universal health care has always been part of Obama's belief system, despite public denials to the contrary, as can be ascertained through statements made by Barack Obama when serving as an Illinois Senator.
On March 24, 2007, at the SEIU's New Leadership Health Care Forum, Obama had this to say:
"My commitment is to make sure that we have universal healthcare for all Americans by the end of my first term as President."
"As I indicated before, I think that we're going to have to have some system where people can buy into a larger pool. Right now their pool typically is the employer, but there are other ways of doing it. I would like to -- I would hope that we could set up a system that allows those who can go through their employer to access a federal system or a state pool of some sort. But I don't think we're going to be able to eliminate employer coverage immediately. There's going to be potentially some transition process. I can envision a decade out or 15 years out or 20 years out where we've got a much more portable system. Employers still have the option of providing coverage, but many people may find that they get better coverage, or at least coverage that gives them more for health care dollars than they spend outside of their employer. And I think we've got to facilitate that and let individuals make that choice to transition out of employer coverage."
On Sept. 12, 2008, while on the Presidential campaign trail in Dover, N.H., and in many more speeches, Obama said:
"I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."
Obama had this to say in an address to the annual meeting of the American Medical Association on June 15, 2009 when he made this sweeping pledge for patients:
"No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what. My view is that health care reform should be guided by a simple principle: fix what's broken and build on what works."
To the AFL-CIO Civil, Human and Women's Rights Conference in July of 2009:
"I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal healthcare plan...That's what I'd like to see."
In this spirited exchange with George Stephanopoulos of ABC on September 20, 2009, President Obama refused to accept the argument that a mandate to buy health insurance was equivalent to a tax:
STEPHANOPOULOS: You were against the individual mandate…
OBAMA: Yes.
STEPHANOPOULOS: …during the campaign. Under this mandate, the government is forcing people to spend money, fining you if you don't. How is that not a tax?
OBAMA: Well, hold on a second, George. Here — here's what's happening. You and I are both paying $900, on average — our families — in higher premiums because of uncompensated care. Now what I've said is that if you can't afford health insurance, you certainly shouldn't be punished for that. That's just piling on. If, on the other hand, we're giving tax credits, we've set up an exchange, you are now part of a big pool, we've driven down the costs, we've done everything we can and you actually can afford health insurance, but you've just decided, you know what, I want to take my chances. And then you get hit by a bus and you and I have to pay for the emergency room care, that's…
STEPHANOPOULOS: That may be, but it's still a tax increase.
OBAMA: No. That's not true, George. The — for us to say that you've got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase. What it's saying is, is that we're not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you anymore than the fact that right now everybody in America, just about, has to get auto insurance. Nobody considers that a tax increase. People say to themselves, that is a fair way to make sure that if you hit my car, that I'm not covering all the costs.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But it may be fair, it may be good public policy…
OBAMA: No, but — but, George, you — you can't just make up that language and decide that that's called a tax increase. Any…
STEPHANOPOULOS: Here's the…
OBAMA: What — what — if I — if I say that right now your premiums are going to be going up by 5 or 8 or 10 percent next year and you say well, that's not a tax increase; but, on the other hand, if I say that I don't want to have to pay for you not carrying coverage even after I give you tax credits that make it affordable, then…
STEPHANOPOULOS: I — I don't think I'm making it up. Merriam Webster's Dictionary: Tax — "a charge, usually of money, imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes."
OBAMA: George, the fact that you looked up Merriam's Dictionary, the definition of tax increase, indicates to me that you're stretching a little bit right now. Otherwise, you wouldn't have gone to the dictionary to check on the definition. I mean what…
STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, no, but…
OBAMA: …what you're saying is…
STEPHANOPOULOS: I wanted to check for myself. But your critics say it is a tax increase.
OBAMA: My critics say everything is a tax increase. My critics say that I'm taking over every sector of the economy. You know that. Look, we can have a legitimate debate about whether or not we're going to have an individual mandate or not, but…
STEPHANOPOULOS: But you reject that it's a tax increase?
OBAMA: I absolutely reject that notion."
One thing that those who pay attention to Obama's words are fully aware of is that Obama's rhetoric is deceitful. Not to mince words and in less polite words, he lies!
President Obama will tell you what you wish to hear using language ambiguous enough so it will seemingly sound like a personal message directed to you. He'll say it in lovely tones and language. Speaking dramatically, he'll promise you anything in the belief that you will not remember what he promised later on.
But finally Obama is being caught in his own lies by more and more Americans, trapped by his promises and being exposed as a hack politician, which, after all, he is!
In closing, the following unforgettable quip is one with which you are no doubt familiar. In March, 2010, in remarks about the new Obamacare bill to the Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said:
"But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of controversy."
In future commentaries, we'll go into some of the specifics of the Affordable Care Act, exploring more fully why so many Americans dislike the plan, don't want it, and are afraid of it, as we should all be.


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CCE Theses and Dissertations
Monitoring QoS in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Date of Award
Document Type
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Information Systems (DISS)
Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences
Gregory Simco
Committee Member
Francisco J. Mitropoulos
Committee Member
Junping Sun
Wireless ad hoc networks allow spontaneous collaboration and exchange of information using streaming multimedia applications without any wired infrastructure. To do so, streaming video or audio applications require QoS methods that ensure minimal jitter, delay, dropped packets, and maximum throughput during periods of congestion. Standard mobile ad hoc network (MANET) routing protocols do not consider QoS in their algorithms; therefore, these routing protocols do not provide QoS guarantees during periods of congestion. Past research had proposed routing protocols that consider a single QoS parameter such as battery-life, bandwidth capacity, or link quality. However, routing protocols that consider bandwidth or link quality are not able to identify mobile nodes that are experiencing congestion or high resource utilization. Thus, mobile nodes that cause or experience congestion may not have adequate resources to provide routing services. This work proved that updating the MANET Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) protocol to monitor and route based on resource utilization levels improved certain aspects of QoS for streaming multimedia applications. This work modified the Network Simulator 2 program to implement the protocol update and thereby enabled mobile nodes to monitor for congestion using defined thresholds related to jitter, queue capacity, and battery level. Violations of these thresholds indicated congestion and resulted in the use of multi-path routing and route admission control in an effort to manage and avoid congestion. This work compared the simulation results of the updated DSR protocol with the standard DSR protocol, and used simulation scenarios to test basic operations and performance of the protocol update in typical MANETs. The performance metrics of throughput, average end-to-end delay, dropped packets, and jitter were measured using both DSR protocols. The results indicated that the updated DSR protocol consistently produced higher throughputs. Additionally, the updated DSR protocol frequently produced superior jitter values, comparable end-to-end delays, and comparable packet loss at the expense of generating additional routing packets. Finally, this work recommended that future research: explore the impact of battery consumption as related to multi-path routing; explore the monitoring of other resource utilization parameters; and evaluate the use of multi-path routing amongst other MANET routing protocols.
NSUWorks Citation
Randy L. Melton. 2008. Monitoring QoS in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences. (721)


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Following the scandal of UBS selling bad bonds throughout Puerto Rico, it now appears an overall government default on bond obligations is underway. Read more here.
Currently, the U.S. territory owes $73 billion to its creditors. To make matters worse, the Puerto Rican treasury is in the red to the tune of $370 million, and has already spent another $400 million borrowed in order to keep its government in operation. Puerto Rico also faces a $355 million revenue shortfall for the current fiscal year. The Government Development Bank, which issues bonds, is expected to be insolvent before the New Year.


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I have made these measurements of kinetic friction force vs normal force:
I want to measure the coefficient of friction as the slope of the line. Unfortunately the line does not pass through $(0,0)$. If I force the intercept to zero I get a quite different coefficient of friction ($0.6$). I wonder if I should:
- Just use the slope and ignore that the line doesn't go through $(0,0)$
- Force the line through $(0,0)$
- Remove the two outer points since they are the most problematic.
- Remove the two outer points and force the line through $(0,0)$
I have no opportunity to redo the experiment so I have to work with what I got. What would be the correct approach?
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Sean O'Neill
Sean O'Neill is a Montreal based commercial, corporate, and editorial photographer with over 30 years of professional experience. Montreal has provided an excellent base for Sean's Canadian and international work. With very short notice he can be packing his bags and equipment and heading for the airport. He has shot in many parts of the world, including: Caribbean, Europe, United States, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, French Polynesia, Falkland Islands, Galapagos etc. Having dual citizenship, Canadian and Irish, simplifies things for him when working in Europe. Completely comfortable in the studio, he has fully equipped facilities in Montreal, and in St. Bride's, Newfoundland.
His client list is quite varied and travelling to the far-flung corners of the earth has been a hallmark of his photographic career. Every assignment no matter how small or large gets his full attention. A perfectionist by nature, he is not satisfied unless the final images are of the highest quality.
A small sample of his client list would include:
Commercial work for clients including: Montreal Neurological Institute, ThyssenKrupp, Scotia Bank, Government of Nunavut, Government of Canada, St. George's School of Montreal, Club Med, Duke University, Vortex Aquatic Structures International, Mont Tremblant, Athans Communications, Nexia Biotechnologies, St. Patrick's Basilica, The Biodome of Montreal, Montreal Urban Community, etc.
Editorial work has been published in the following publications and many more: Canadian Wildlife Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, Readers Digest, World Wildlife Federation, Time Magazine, Ski Canada, Ski Magazine, Swiss Press, W Magazine, Montreal Gazette, etc.
In addition to his professional photography work, for the last10 years, Sean has also been teaching photography. In 2010, he began hosting photography workshops in Newfoundland.


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|Where Japan's Tea Grows - The Uji Region
|Uji is Japan's oldest tea growing region, where the world famous tea gardens
are located just south of the historical city of Kyoto, on the main island of Hon-
shu. Tea first arrived in Japan from China in the 800's, brought from the Jin
Chan area of China by monks, to Japan's imperial city of Kyoto.
|The importance of the tea
plants wasn't immediately
recognized upon their arrival, and the
gardens weren't plant- ed for several
hundred years, until the 1100s.
Kyoto remained the imperial city from 794 to
1868, and it was during this time that
Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (r. 1449-1474)
ordered the expansion of the tea gardens
that had been planted 300 years earlier.
Many of the ancient tea gardens are still
producing tea today, providing most of
Japan's finest quality gyokuro, sencha, and
matcha (made from tencha leaves).
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No reproductions of any kind allowed without permission.
|For a great selection of quality teas, gifts, and
accessories, visit:
The Tea Detective's Gift of Tea Store
| While China makes tea from over 600 different cultivars, Japan
produces tea from just one variety, the yabukita clone, which
was introduced in 1954, and accounts for over 90% of the tea
grown there today.
The yabukita varietal produces a larger concentration of amino
acids, giving Japan's teas their characteristic thick vegetal broth-
iness, or fullness of flavor, something the Japanese call umami.
In the mid 17th century Soen Nagatani, a Uji tea producer invented the Sencha rolling method,
a new technique for loose
green tea production. This new technique
produced a more mellow, brothy tea that
quickly caught the fancy of Japanese tea
drinkers and became their new everyday
tea. Today the Sencha rolling method is
used throughout Japan.
Not only did the Uji tea producers invent
the sencha method, but in the 1860's at
the end of the Edo period, they created
two new variations in growing Japanese
teas; the sencha sun grown method, and
the gyokuro shade grown method.
No one knows for sure exactly who came up
with the idea to shade tea plants, as
it's been lost in history over time.
What is known, is that shade grown teas have higher
levels of both chlorophyll and amino acids in the leaves,
while polyphenol levels are lowered. This gives the teas
a darker, more vivid emerald green color, with less astrin-
gency and a more mellow flavor than entirely sun grown
To shade them, the tea plants are covered with a black
plastic mesh for anywhere from a few days to a few
weeks before harvesting.
Sencha and bancha are sun grown teas. These teas
have slightly lower levels of amino acids and chlorophyll, and have a higher level
of certain polyphenols. They are also lighter in color, more vegetal, and slightly more
Just south of Uji's world famous tea gardens that produce all of
Japan's most exquisite and expensive teas is Kyoto, Japan's sev-
enth largest city and important cultural center.
Uji has suddenly become the suburb of a major and affluent city.
And, as is the story so often, its few remaining tea farms have be-
come endangered by urban sprawl, as many of the farmers have
already sold their tea gardens to make room for fast food restaur-
ant franchises, shopping malls, apart-
ment complexes, and office buildings.
Most gyokuro is grown in Uji and what's left of the remain-
ing gyokuro fields is sandwiched between buildings and
on hills surrounding the city of Kyoto.
Matcha, made from tencha leaves, is Japan's oldest type
of tea, and is also grown in Uji. The best quality tencha
comes from the Uji fields in Kyoto prefecture where it originated, and also from the Nara
and Mie prefectures to the southeast, where gyokuro and sencha is also grown. Enjoy.
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Teas of the World-learn which countries
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The history of tea drinking in Japan-where
age old tradition, meets new age demand.
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Luxury lingerie and hosiery brand Wolford launches its spring-summer 2017 campaign. Starring model Cato Van Ee, the studio shots feature sleek styles from the latest season. Photographer Cuneyt Akeroglu captures the blonde beauty in a mix of form-fitting shapewear, lace hosiery and bra and panty sets. For beauty, hairstylist Panos Papandrianos works on Cato's stick straight tresses with Akgun Manisali on makeup.
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Do Won Chang
Forever 21
Location: Los Angeles
Member Since: 2014
Forever 21 was founded in 1984, in a 900 square foot shop in downtown Los Angeles, CA. The store was then called Fashion 21. Mr. Chang opened new stores every six months, eventually changing the name to the now globally recognized fast-fashion destination – Forever 21. By 1996, Mr. Chang recognized that the Forever 21 concept was ready to move beyond the West Coast and expanded the brand to the East, opening his first stores in Chicago and New York.
Mr. Chang took Forever 21 international in 2008, opening locations in Korea followed by Japan in 2009. By the end of 2010, Forever 21 entered the European market with locations in the UK and Ireland. Throughout 2011and 2012, Forever 21 went on to open stores in Austria, Belgium, China, France, Hong Kong, Israel and Spain. In 2013, Forever 21 entered Chile, Colombia Costa Rica, India and Panama. Expansion for 2014 includes entering Brazil, Russia, Australia, South Africa and the Netherlands.
As a retailer, Mr. Chang's recent accolades include 'Entrepreneur of the Year' from Ernst & Young and "Economic Development Leadership" from Eddy Awards by the City of Los Angeles. He is listed with his wife Mrs. Chang as one of "The World's Most Powerful Couples" by Forbes Magazine.


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The N.C. Health Information Exchange Authority is pleased to offer NC*Notify to full participants of NC HealthConnex. This event notification service will provide significant insight into patients' health care activity across North Carolina. NC*Notify is a subscription-based service that notifies providers as their patients receive services across the care continuum, spanning geography, health care systems, acute and ambulatory care settings, etc. Features include:
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A British bluebell wood in full bloom is as close to heaven on earth as it's possible to get (or so it seems to me, at least). However, when you look closely at a single bloom their beauty truly shines. Dainty bell-blossoms dangle from a slender nodding stalk. And that colour…!
The Bluebells A5 print perfectly captures the grace and beauty of Britain's favourite wildflower.
The print, of course, looks wonderful framed. In addition, it can also be sent as a postcard (the back includes space for correspondence).
Professionally printed, with gloss image and a matte reverse with the Mooredge in the Mist logo.
The print measures 148 x 210 mm (5.8 x 8.3 inches).
The watermark does not appear on the actual print.
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Cardiff, UK. 24th July 2018: IQE plc (AIM: IQE; "IQE", the "Group"), the leading global supplier of advanced wafer products and wafer services to the semiconductor industry, announces that it has successfully renegotiated its long-term supply contract with a premier tier one customer for the supply of wafer products used in wireless applications, and in doing so extended the range of products covered and increased the overall IQE share of the customers' epiwafer requirements . The contract is estimated to be worth in the order of USD60 million through to September 2019.
The supply contract guarantees IQE ~80% of the customer's demand for epiwafers and underlines the strength of the long-term customer relationship that IQE has developed over many years, having consistently been recognised as one of the customer's best performing suppliers.
IQE's Wireless segment continues to leverage its global manufacturing facilities to fulfill the supply contract from its North American facilities in Massachusetts, and North Carolina, as well as its main wireless manufacturing site in Taiwan.
The contract covers epiwafer products for radio frequency (RF) applications including power amplifiers (PAs), low noise amplifiers (LNAs) and switches used in a wide range of connected devices such smartphones, tablets, PCs, routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Demand for compound semiconductor enabled devices is expected to underpin the roll-out of 5G over the coming years.
Daily Hill, Head of IQE's Wireless Business Unit said:
"This contract revewal confirms our position as a clear technology leader and the number one choice for advanced semiconductor products for wireless applications.
"IQE's epiwafer products have been behind the global adoption of 4G/LTE and WiFi systems and this major supply contract underlines the world-leading performance which IQE products provide for current and next-generation wireless applications including the global roll-out of 5G."
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About IQE
IQE is the leading global supplier of advanced semiconductor wafers with products that cover a diverse range of applications, supported by an innovative outsourced foundry services portfolio that allows the Group to provide a 'one stop shop' for the wafer needs of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers.
IQE uses advanced crystal growth technology (epitaxy) to manufacture and supply bespoke semiconductor wafers 'epi-wafers' to the major chip manufacturing companies, who then use these wafers to make the chips which form the key components of virtually all high technology systems. IQE is unique in being able to supply wafers using all of the leading crystal growth technology platforms.
IQE's products are found in many leading-edge consumer, communication, computing and industrial applications, including a complete range of wafer products for the wireless industry, such as smartphones and wireless infrastructure, Wi-Fi, base stations, GPS, and satellite communications; optical communications, optical storage, printing, thermal imagers, leading-edge medical products, barcode, ultra high brightness LEDs, a variety of advanced silicon based systems and high efficiency concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar cells.
The manufacturers of these chips are increasingly seeking to outsource wafer production to specialist foundries such as IQE in order to reduce overall wafer costs and accelerate time to market.
IQE also provides bespoke R&D services to deliver customised materials for specific applications and offers specialist technical staff to manufacture to specification either at its own facilities or on the customer's own sites. The Group is also able to leverage its global purchasing volumes to reduce the cost of raw materials. In this way IQE's outsourced services, provide compelling benefits in terms of flexibility and predictability of cost, thereby significantly reducing operating risk.
IQE operates multiple manufacturing and R&D facilities worldwide.


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