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Hire Ukrainian Software Development Company to Achieve Business Goals

Over the last decade, software development became one of those things that hold the world market together. A strong online presence became an obligatory demand for any business holder who wants to succeed in these realities. That is why the software development field is now one of the most promising for those, who want to start their careers in IT and start from the hire overseas programmer.

European Software Development. Why Is It in Demand?

Especially big popularity software development gained within the European community of programmers. According to Indeed, there are now more than 4,000 software development jobs in Europe. Moreover, if you look at this data, you will see that it is exactly European programmers, who hold the title of the best ones in the world. What differs them from others, though? First of all, it is the incredible dedication to their craft. European programmers are well known for their work ethics and constant desire to improve their results. Another great thing about them is that they often come with a high profile education, which more than just proves their professionalism. The third difference of European programmers is the fact, that European developers’ community is highly competitive, which determines their will to avoid any possible mistakes. However, which country’s developers to choose?

Software Development: Ukraine Edition

Business owners, who often have to deal with software development issues, know that Ukraine is one of the best places to hire or outsource specialists like that from. Why is that, you might ask? Well, over the last decade, the growth of Ukraine technology field has been massive and that is just the beginning. Ukrainian IT market is growing with an enormous speed as well as Ukraine development status. As for now, there are more than 1,000 software development companies in Ukraine and 90,000 employees that are working in the IT field. These numbers are expected to be doubled by the year 2020. This makes software companies in Ukraine one of the biggest sources of the workforce within the IT field in Europe.

It is also an impressive fact to know, that Ukraine is officially one of those countries that provide the biggest amount of outsourcing services in Europe. In case you have not heard of this term before, outsourcing is a process of delegating some part of your company’s tasks to a specialist, who does not work there. With the growth of globalization, outsourcing became a big hit in the business world, as it has lots of benefits:

  • Cost reduction. While you are outsourcing workforce you actually are saving lots of money for your business. This is the difference in wages between Ukraine and other countries that makes it so profitable for IT companies.
  • Increased efficiency. While you are outsourcing some part of your tasks, you are actually able to focus on more primary problems that need your personal attention and cannot be delegated to anybody else. Thus, your business will only thrive this way.
  • Find talents. Outsourcing brings you to the big world of amazing business opportunities. Now you can hire anyone from anywhere, therefore you can find someone who is a perfect match for your needs and project.
  • Round-the-clock operations. Due to time zone differences, you now have the opportunity to run your business 24/7 with the help of your outsourced team.

All in all, such massive popularity of IT field in Ukraine could be explained, first of all, by its great profitability – due to currency exchange rate dollar salaries turn out to be pretty big when converted into Ukrainian money. Another thing that influences this increase of interest towards software development and IT field in general is the fact, that for most Ukrainian specialists IT is something, that can lead them towards a better future in a professional sphere.

Ukraine Web Development Company: List of Typical Services

Due to the high demand for IT services, Ukrainian web development business is now presented in so many different branches:

  • Ukraine software development;
  • Mobile and web development;
  • IT management and consulting services;
  • Outsourcing of a dedicated team or a sole specialist;
  • Business research services;
  • And many others.

As you see, if you hire Ukrainian software development team of specialists, you will have a wide variety of service options to choose from. Apart from common development services, like the ones listed above, any located in Ukraine technology development company will gladly present you with an opportunity to find a bespoke or custom solution for your business. This is something you definitely should consider as an option as hiring software development company Ukraine to get custom software for your company brings lots of amazing business possibilities:

  • Personalization. With bespoke software from Ukrainian developers, you will not have to put up with already existing mass-market solutions for your business. Get software that will be a perfect match for you and will cover all your needs.
  • Reduced costs. With custom Ukrainian software, you will not have to pay for those features that you will never use.
  • More frequent updates.
  • Better security. Custom solutions are often very well protected from the outside intrusion by hackers of any sort. Mass-market software packages are pretty similar to one another, therefore easy to hack.
  • Easy to adjust. A gradual process of development allows you to implement changes into your software along the way.

Hire Ukrainian Development Company – You Will Not Regret It!

Specialists of web development Ukraine can offer are truly amazing and more than capable of bringing your business straight to the top. However, just in case you need more proof to actually make that decision to hire Ukrainian development company specialists, we created a list for you of all the benefits that you can find in software development Ukraine is able to offer:

  • Low prices. Due to the difference in wages, any Ukraine web development company will be glad to offer you their services at low prices. Do not hesitate though, it does not mean that the quality of those services will be low as well.
  • Most specialists from any Ukraine web development company have profile high education. This is your guarantee that they know what they are doing and are more than just capable to deliver the best possible result to you.
  • As we already mentioned, Ukraine has lots of IT specialists, including software developers. So you will be able to choose from a wide variety of potential employees, narrowing your search as much as you want to and still being able to find what you need.
  • Ukraine has an enormous tech community with many annual events. Mostly those events are visited by young and very promising IT specialists.

How to Hire Ukrainian Development Company

If you finally have decided to hire Ukrainian software development company for your project, there are some things that you should know about the hiring process. There are usually three ways that you can hire someone from the software development Ukraine field – freelance, remote or in-house. Let’s now quickly get through each of those so that you get a better understanding.

  • Local

In this case, we are talking about a good old office job. In the case of software development, this might be the best option for you as you can have easy access to your employees whenever you need to. Trust us, this is worth paying for the rent a little bit more, as software development is a field that often requires a lot of teamwork.

  • Freelance

Hiring a Ukrainian freelance developer might let you significantly reduce your costs due to overall low prices in this country and the high professionalism of developers. However, you have to pay extra attention to your candidate’s resume and portfolio, as in this case you most likely will not be able to hold a personal interview with him. Another thing for you to consider is the place that you hire your freelance developer from – we recommend you using professional websites, like Upwork, that give you at least some sort of a guarantee that the job will be done.

  • Remote

This is something that could be considered as a ‘golden middle’ between your and your employee’s interests. In this case, you hire a developer that works for you officially, but you do not have to pay the rent for the office, as he can choose the place to work from himself. In addition, you can reach your employees whenever any questions occur.

Hire Ukrainian Web Development Team at Mobilunity

As it was already mentioned before, outsourcing of development projects in a pretty common thing nowadays, that has lots of benefits. Ukraine is one of those countries where this practice is widely spread. Currently, there are over 200 Ukrainian software development companies that provide software development outsource services in Ukraine. Crazy number, right? How does one choose from all this variety? Well, maybe, one should not, as there is a pretty obvious choice – Mobilunity. This company was founded back in 2010 and over the years became one of the best on the Ukrainian IT market. Now, if you want to hire Ukrainian web development team – this is definitely a place to look. Here are some reasons why:

  • A wide variety of developers, who work in-house and specialize in more than just one programming language. Very often projects require from developers a certain level of professional flexibility, so it is a great opportunity for you to hire someone, who will be able to ‘cover all bases’ within your project.
  • High professionalism. You should not have any doubts about Mobilunity’s specialists and their professional skills. All of them have a high profile education degree and at least several years of experience within the IT field. Therefore, by hiring a Ukrainian web development team from Mobilunity you can be sure, that your project will be in good hands.
  • The quick hiring process usually takes no longer than two to four weeks. So your chosen Ukrainian dedicated development team will start working on your project pretty fast.
  • Day and night customer support – whenever you feel like you have any questions regarding your project, do not hesitate to contact Mobilunity’s customer support team. Their specialists are ready to assist you with any problem you might have.
  • Convenient office location and time zone – now it does not really matter which part of Europe you are from, Mobilunity will always be easy to reach for you.
  • Fixed prices. Among all located in Ukraine web development companies, Mobilunity has the most transparent prices – you will always know what it is that you are paying for exactly.

As you can see, among all existing Top Ukraine software development companies Mobilunity really stands out. So whenever you are thinking whether you should hire Ukrainian web development team, keep in mind that this company will provide you with the best specialists possible.

Why Should You Hire Ukrainian Software Developers After All?

Probably, after reading this article, you already have an answer to this question and it is a clear ‘yes’. Currently, Ukraine is some sort of an intersection point for the European IT industry, attracting more and more business owners to this country. How exactly did that happen? Well, this country has many high education institutions that let out qualified specialists who not only know what they are doing but also have a strong passion for their craft. This is an extremely important quality for a software developer, because whether you want to admit it or not – the IT industry is changing our world at an enormous speed.

Another great thing about Ukraine is that it is the country where you can outsource literally any programming task and it will be flawlessly executed for a low price. So do not hesitate, and send your request to one of many outsourcing companies that Ukraine currently has. We already told you about Mobilunity, so you might want to check them out first. There is a high probability, that this company is exactly what you need.

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Floriduh Goes For The Gold

Ah, Floriduh, home of the newly wed and the nearly dead, is setting new records:

Florida records most new daily COVID cases in state since pandemic began

Florida reported 21,683 new COVID-19 cases — the most in the state in a single day since the pandemic began, per data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday.

The big picture: Florida is now the U.S. coronavirus epicenter, with the Delta variant driving a surge, Axios Tampa Bay’s Ben Montgomery notes.

To put those 21K Floriduh cases in context, The WaPo tells us:

“The nation is already reporting more than 70,000 cases a day, according to The Washington Post’s rolling seven-day average — an increase of nearly 60,000 in the daily average in less than six weeks. Cases, measured as that rolling average, have risen to levels last seen in February.”

…which is about ⅓ of all cases. Well-played, Floriduh!

And that’s probably why America’s Aging Prom Date and Floriduh Rep. Matt Gaetz is cracking funny:

“You’ve had all the experts say look out for the delta variant or the lambda variant, well next it’ll be the Chi Omega variant or the Pi Kappa Psi variant. I got the Florida variant. I got the freedom variant.”

I guess when you are a Death Cult, the race to the grave is where you get bragging rights?

Floriduh is winning over those frosty people from the land of Poutine and Molson, eh:

Last month, Canada blew past the United States in the share of its population that’s fully vaccinated — 58% as of Friday, versus 49% in the U.S. — to take first place among the seven big industrial democracies. (The United States ranks sixth, ahead of only Japan.)”

Back to Axios, where we learn that 2024 Goat Rodeo wannabe Ron DeSantis is hitching his star to killing the kids:

Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has taken a stand against local authority restrictions, announcing in May that he would pardon “any Floridian” who faces “outstanding infractions” for violating COVID-19 guidance like mask mandates and social distancing.

  • On Friday, he issued an executive order that bars local school districts from requiring students to wear masks when they return to the classroom next month.

I dunno what it is going to take to get vaccines in the arms of those sun-addled fools, or if we should just saw off the state as Bugs suggests.

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8 Responses to Floriduh Goes For The Gold

  1. I’m thinking that by mid-September with ICU’s overflowing with Kids we’ll see the final gauge of these people’s character. I’ll lay my quatloos on not being any different than today.

    You know that Venmo von kiddieschtupper’s vaccinated.

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  2. Jimmy T says:

    Somewhere this mo(u)rning I read where we should be referring to Florida’s governor as “Satan” DeSantis. I don’t believe in Satan, but I’ve always felt that humanity has its share of Satan wannabees whose cruelty (evilness) and abandonment of human empathy will be remembered for many years to come…

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    • Czippie L'Shimp says:

      My all time favourite line from a song is from Tom Waits’ Heart Attack & Vine; “You know there ain’t no devil, that’s just God when he’s drunk”.

      DeSantis may not be God (Proof: sadly, DeSantis isn’t pretend), but drunk would explain quite a bit, really.

  3. Ten Bears says:

    Like Palin, and (slowly) whatsitsname?, ignore it, it will go away.

    Really, another ten years, rising seas will wash it all away.

    [chuckling maniacally]

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  4. Czippie L'Shimp says:

    The day will come when the leading intellectual from Florida (she’s the one who can read) will get a copy of DeSantis’ “Serving Florida” platform piece and realize it’s a cook book.

    Nothing will change, of course, but it has been interesting seeing so many of our heretofore horror scenarios play out in real life.

  5. Redhand says:

    I guess when you are a Death Cult, the race to the grave is where you get bragging rights?

    Applies to DeSantis especially. He’s right up there with Trump putting in his political fortunes ahead of human lives. He’s one sick bastard, that’s for sure.

  6. roket says:

    You can’t be #1 in new cases without also being #1 in new deaths. Here are the top 5 states in new deaths for the same day:

    Florida – +108
    Texas – +38
    Arizona – +22
    Arkansas – +18
    Alabama – +10

    The tourism industries in those states are having a Devin Nunes Cow as we speak.

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PPC Brass Collection: Pin, Peg and Clip

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Cable brackets, the clothes peg and the pushpin get a fresh outfit.

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Details: llot llov took a close look at the things that assist us every day, three functional everyday objects, and changed the material from plastic to polished brass. For Clip, the golden reinterpretation turns them into a shiny decoration, "They line up on the cable like little pearls on a necklace and are best described as jewellery for the wall." says llot llov.

"The clothes peg leaves the line to conquer new terrain. On the desk it serves as a clip for notes, it seals bags and boxes in the kitchen and even works as a brooch on the lapel."

"The subtle but noble brass version [of the pushpin] changes the pin's area of use: Not only is it harmonious with wall decoration, but also the perfect hook for your jewellery."

Source: Photos by Ender Suenni.

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Evercade A to Z: Burnin’ Rubber

The Evercade retro gaming platform has introduced me to a variety of great games that, for one reason or another, I never played “back in the day”.

One such example is Burnin’ Rubber, the Vic Tokai-developed follow-up to the Data East arcade game of the same name. This is a simple, straightforward, top-down racing game that predates Midway’s classic Spy Hunter by a year, and one of the most monstrously addictive titles in the Evercade’s launch lineup.

Check it out in the video below, enjoy my further thoughts here, and don’t forget to subscribe on YouTube for more videos!

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  1. When you see a game like this, you can’t help but be amazed at how far videogames have come. That said, these older games are usually much more entertaining gameplay wise, than their modern counterparts, one of the reasons why I love retrogames so much. This game looks so much fun! 😀😀

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Covid-19 Pandemic

On February 12, 2020, the WHO named the disease brought about by the novel “COVID sickness 2019” (COVID-19). Official names reported for the infection liable for COVID-19 (recently known as “2019 novel COVID”) and the ailment it causes. Co and Vi originate from COVID, Tedros clarified, with D meaning disease and 19 representing 2019, the year the principal cases remained seen. The temporary name of the new infection originated from the year it was first observed (2019), the way that it was new (n), and an individual from the COVID family (CoV). Infections and the sickness they cause don’t must have related names – think HIV and AIDS – yet more as of late, those liable for the conventional naming cycle have kept them related. A progressing flare-up of pneumonia-related with a novel COVID, too extreme respiratory condition (SARS) COVID 2, was accounted for in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019. Infervision’s staff in Beijing worked through the Lunar New Year occasion to tune their current pneumonia location calculations to look all the more explicitly for Covid-19 pneumonia. The main clinical preliminary in the United States to assess a test treatment for COVID-19, the respiratory illness initially distinguished in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, China, is at the core of the flare-up of Covid-19, the sickness brought about by the new COVID SARS – CoV-2 that has closed down urban areas in China, just as Iran, Italy, and South Korea. Notwithstanding, for patients with obscure epidemiologic history, typical clinical and imaging appearance can demonstrate suspected COVID-19; the RT – PCR test ought to stand acted in these patients. Xie et al. assessed 167 patients and found that 3% (five patients) had at first negative discoveries at RT – PCR, yet certain discoveries at chest CT. A positive finding for COVID-19 at RT – PCR remains the reference standard, yet RT – PCR results can be influenced by testing mistakes and low infection load.

In rundown, the conclusion of COVID-19 should consolidate epidemiologic history, clinical and imaging indications, and RT – PCR test results (the reference standard). The expansion of chest CT for finding brought about 14 840 affirmed new cases (13,332 clinically analyzed cases) provided details regarding February 13, 2020. [1] Based being investigated adaptation 5 [1], chest CT discoveries of viral pneumonia stand viewed as proof of the clinical conclusion of COVID-19 contamination. [1] To date, just five case arrangements consider, and some case reports have researched the chest CT highlights of COVID-19 pneumonia. [1] Although chest CT discoveries are vague for COVID-19 recognition, CT discoveries have remained suggested as significant proof of clinical determination in Hubei Province by the National Health and Health Commission of China (1). The patients just alluded to the research facility – affirmed COVID-19 preceding February 17, 2020; from that point forward, new cases included both labs – confirmed cases and clinically analyzed cases. [1]

A rhyme to remember in this pandemic.

The World Health Organization says the novel COVID isn’t making a worldwide pandemic circumstance at this time, yet it could soon. The World Health Organization said Monday that while it’s not considering the flare-up a pandemic right now, the infection has “pandemic potential” to spread openly worldwide. While, as of now, the outbreak has not stood qualified as a pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization state it is probably going to arrive at that level eventually. For Osterholm, the official WHO assignment of the pandemic is unessential now – it’s a pandemic attitude that well-being experts need to sustain.

Presently an educator in etiology at the National Taiwan University has asserted the exceptionally irresistible infection could be “engineered” in nature or human-made. [2] Fang said the Wuhan office’s bio-safety level-4 lab remained utilized to store, handle, and exploration tests of SARS, Ebola, and other dangerous irresistible infections. [2] During his introduction, Fang illustrated a few speculations raised by Taiwanese and abroad specialists, including the likelihood that the disease was “man-made” and remained spilled from the Wuhan Institute of Virology because of a gross fumble. [2] Fang hypothesizes that standard transformations of infections will bring about little, solitary changes, and it is dubious about seeing a typically transformed disease suddenly take on four amino acids.

The Real Saviors

While this information examination from CDC builds our insight into the effect of COVID-19 on pregnant ladies, more vital and complete information, remembering information for race/nationality, are expected to comprehend the impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy genuinely. [3] Importantly, this new information has a few critical constraints, including missing pregnancy status for 72 % of ladies remembered for the observation. [3] Moreover, among COVID-19 cases in female patients with known pregnancy status, information was inaccessible for race/identity in 20 %, manifestations in 35 %, and fundamental ailments in 77%.  Pregnant patients with more than one disease, for example, weight, are likely at expanded danger for severe disease steady with everybody with comparative more conditions.[3] Yet no expansion was noted in the pace of mortality (1 out of 513 of pregnant versus 1 out of 400 of non – pregnant ladies, rough danger proportion 0.8, 95 % CI 0.5-1.3). [3]

The WHO’s first concerns are to ensure medical services labourers, to secure weak individuals, for example, the individuals who are debilitated and old, and to connect vulnerable nations. The WHO’s first concerns are to secure medical care labourers to ensure weak individuals, for example, the individuals who are wiped out and old, and to connect vulnerable nations. To control COVID-19, viable counteraction and control estimations must incorporate early identification, analysis, treatment, and isolate to square human – to – human transmission and diminish auxiliary contaminations among close contacts and medical care labourers.

Prevention is better than cure.

Furthermore, wiped out individuals can help forestall the spread by remaining at home while sick, covering their hack or sniffle, and wearing a facemask. The inquiries numerous individuals have been: What are my dangers of becoming ill, how might I ensure myself and my family and will wearing a face veil protect us? Dodging close contact with individuals who are debilitated is on the whole approach to lessen the danger of disease with various distinctive infections. Treatment for the condition, which can provoke hacking, fever, sore throat, and trouble breathing, is a lot of like for this season’s virus, bunches of rest, liquids, and prescriptions that briefly assist individuals with feeling useful (like hack syrup or fever reducers).

Gauge pivotal unenhanced chest CT examination got January 27, 2020, shows different unadulterated union sores in the center flap of the right lung and upper projection of the left lung. [1] In patients with an extreme ailment, CT can show diffuse heterogeneous combination with GGOs in reciprocal lungs with air bronchial sign and bronchiectasis, showing as “white lung” when most lung flaps remain influenced. [1] Typical CT highlights of COVID-19 pneumonia incorporate multifocal respective ground-glass opacities with inconsistent unions, unmistakable incidentally subpleural conveyance, and back part or lower flap preference. [1] The commonplace chest CT discoveries incorporate multifocal reciprocal ground-glass opacities (GGOs) with sketchy combinations, conspicuous incidentally subpleural dissemination, and back part or lower flap inclination. [1]

Don’t Fear You are strong and immune.

Covid-19 In India:

India is thinking about fixing the nation’s first advanced money trade on the planet’s most significant market to ease limitations following a 68 days lock-down that has caused profound financial difficulty, government authorities. Maharashtra additionally has the most significant loss of life in this nation, with more affirmed cases than some other state in the country. Maharashtra recorded the most elevated number of deaths from COVID, trailed by Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka, the highest number of cases. Maharashtra revealed the most notable per capita death from COVID, followed by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Maharashtra has the most impressive number of Corona virus infection deaths.

A Corona Warrior

India has the most thickly populated city on the planet, and NDTV gauges that 420 individuals live in each square kilometer of the nation, with a populace of 1.5 million individuals. As indicated by the Guardian, information from the 2011 enumeration shows that one out of six urban Indians lives in squeezed ghettos and lodging. Cases have been accounted for across Maharashtra, remembering for Mumbai’s thickly populated Dharavi ghetto, as revealed. There are just three affirmed instances in India; however, specialists fear the real number could be a lot higher, as India has the world’s most elevated number of cases, as per the World Health Organization. If the infection doesn’t arrive at its potential in India, we get no opportunity of forestalling a blast the nation over. Instructions to evaluate it: Experts could state it is now spreading in networks.[4]

“Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore, we must immediately engage in acts of merit.” Chanakya

In India reported cases 43,70,128 in that active cases 8,97,394 and deaths 73,890 (till September 09th 2020). The recovery rate in India is very high compared to the world. The race for a vaccine is going on in India and the rest of the world. Another 2-3 months vaccine will be available to people in India. Covid-19 pandemic taught us many things like family values spending time with loved ones. We played old traditional indoor games in our homes. Money cannot buy everything; this well-known fact proved in this pandemic times. One more ancient fact proved that is “Indians are strong Human Beings” why because we are following tradition. Wearing a mask has its pros and cons. Sanitizing hands is good practice; keep an eye on its ingredients. Social distancing norms must in public places. We practice yoga and thought for the rest of the world. We practice Agnihotra, Ayurveda originated in India by Indians. Our food habits are immunity builders like rice, ragi, jowar, wheat, spices and condiments, and others. No matter what comes, India and Indians are self-reliant people. Remember, corona warriors and respect them. We fight now and, in the future, too. Spread kindness, not the virus. Protect your family and help the needy ones.  Be Alert, Be Safe, and Be Unstoppable.

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Edgewater helps the C-suite drive transformational change through its selection of business and technology services, and channel-based solutions. The classic consulting disciplines (such as business advisory, process improvement, organizational change management, mergers and acquisitions due diligence, and domain expertise) are blended with technical services (digital transformation, technical roadmaps, data and analytics services, custom development and system integration) to help organizations leverage investments in legacy information technology (IT) assets.

In our opinion, EDGW is a typical under-earning, mismanaged, small consulting company ignored by investors who fail to appreciate the durability and recurring nature of its revenue. Given a newly constructed board, resulting from a shareholder proxy fight won by Ancora Advisors earlier this year, we believe a turnaround or sale is likely. We have a high degree of faith in Ancora’s team as operationally savvy, shareholder friendly and overall solid stewards of capital. Ancora, based in Cleveland, OH, has combined assets under management of over $4 billion. It is highly experienced in shareholder activism and the firm’s principals and employees have significant personal investments in their underlying investment vehicles. Ancora is not a “quick sell” activist, but brings real operational heft to the table, unlike many of today’s activists. In particular, Ancora combines the ability to analyze a business’s cost structure, and to right-size it, with the need to build a work culture that rewards high performing employees.

Ancora now owns roughly 11% of the company. The four board members put forward by Ancora, including its CEO Frederick DiSanto, have all personally made significant open-market purchases of EDGW stock, separate and apart from the firm’s 11% stake.

EDGW’s market capitalization is roughly $90 million, with $13 million in net cash and about $125 million in annual revenue. While the company’s cost structure has been bloated, it has nonetheless consistently generated free cash flow over the past five years. The company’s SG&A expenses have averaged roughly 33% over the past five years versus an industry average among its North American IT consulting peers of about 20%. Similarly, its EBITDA margins have averaged 5.5% versus industry peers of 11%. Thus, the opportunity to double margins is not unrealistic. Moreover, prior executive compensation was absurdly high despite underwhelming operational results. In its proxy filing, Ancora noted, “Since 2002, EDGW’s CEO, CTO and Board have been cumulatively paid nearly 50% of the Company’s total cumulative EBITDA.”

Our purchase price represents a premium to company book value (which has grown over the past five years despite mismanagement) of a modest 20% and an enterprise value to sales multiple of roughly 0.7x. Simply bringing SG&A costs in line with industry averages results in an additional $0.50 per share in earnings on a $7 per share stock. We believe the odds are quite high that the business is right-sized and ultimately sold at an appropriate time. We trust the new leadership ushered in by the people at Ancora to successfully manage the company’s turnaround.

Read about another idea, also discussed in the same letter.

Read Jim’s take on investing in deep value stocks vs. great businesses.

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Paris or bust

I don’t like to ask for things for myself. Not for Christmas, not for birthdays. It always makes me feel guilty or presumptuous to tell someone I want something and expect them to get it for me.

You will realize then, what a strange and unusual thing it was for me to ask for something for my birthday this year. It wasn’t much really, just……Paris. I’ve expressed my love for the place before.  I miss the sights, the smells, the moon in the sky over the Champs de Elysee. It’s been sooooo long since we’ve been there, my memories have taken on a dreamlike quality, I need to know if it’s as magical as I believe it was. My birthday fell during our first trip to France years ago, early in our relationship. To me, celebrating again with him and our kids would be a beautiful way to show how far our relationship has progressed.

A birthday to remember

A birthday to remember

I started my campaign early…. sometime last year. I wasn’t subtle about it, instead painting a picture of celebrating my 40th in front of the Eiffel tower with him and the kids. For me, the timeline to getting back to France was all about potty training…and I was gambling that Jenna would be done by now. Husband had different criteria, like the kids being older with more endurance for days of walking all over the city. He wants to be able to do all the things we did before they came along… I have the heart to tell him that it will NEVER be like that again? No….he can find it out on his own….

Well, it didn’t happen. I didn’t win the argument, and he seems to think that celebrating 41, or even 42 would be just as special over there as my 40th. I would have liked to do a comparative study and test that theory but alas, it is not to be. C’est la vie…..

So, tonight we went to dinner with some family and friends. They have been making a huge effort to get us out expressly to celebrate my birthday and it has taken this long for it to work out. The longer time goes on, the more uncomfortable I get, feeling guilty that people feel the need to make this effort to celebrate for me at all.

Dinner was nice, the food and company both satisfying and smile-inducing.

Then came the cake….

I could not believe anyone paid that much attention to my babblings about how much I liked Paris. It was really touching that someone went out of their way to give me a version of something they knew I wanted.

So in a way….I got what I was asking for. My family with me to celebrate my birthday near the Eiffel tower….

And even better? They all thought I was just turning 39. 🙂

Purple cake is the best for birthdays

Jenna and I decided to put our heads together and come up with the absolute best possible cake to make for her daddy’s birthday.

It didn’t take long for her to spot it.

At Target, of course.

At Target, of course.

This was not negotiable. So, I got it. Along with purple Funfetti frosting because we don’t do anything halfway in this family.

Ready to tackle the intricacies of a layer cake with purple stripes, we jumped right in.

She's ready to start!

She’s ready to start!

Mixing the purple color in

Mixing the purple color in

So after following the directions and adding eggs, water, oil, blah, blah, blah…. we divided the batter and added purple dye to one bowl. You then take 1/2 to 1/3 cup of each color and alternate pouring it into the center of each pan… letting it spread out before adding the next scoop. This is how you make the stripes. Kids thought it was great fun.

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We bake. We cool. We dump out the cakes and are ready to stack and frost.

Now, I am not a master cake decorator… but my mom was/is. She took classes and everything. I know how to properly stack layers and frost a cake because of her. However, we were in no mood for the massive amount of wasted time that goes into doing things….properly. Besides, it’s really not as fun that way.

Now, you can’t see just how big the gaps around the center of the cake were since we didn’t level the layers nicely before throwing them together. The purple funfetti frosting was used as more of a spackle in this situation, and it worked beautifully. All the gaps were filled in and I didn’t have to open an extra container.

Jenna is pretty thrilled with herself, for having the genius idea of making a purple cake. This is her realizing her dream.

Sammy is a bit speculative at this point. Not fully taken with the idea yet, but willing to see it through.

Out comes the sprinkles....

Out comes the sprinkles….

Very serious business

Very serious business

Now… at this point the cake was done, but we had to wait until Daddy got home from his trip to celebrate his birthday. So….. the next day, as he is upstairs being very slow as usual getting himself ready for the day……. the kids were “decorating” for him. Still in the purple theme.

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And now, with the spiderwebby streamers in place, and daddy finally ready to come downstairs to witness the amazingness of his birthday surprise………

Ladies and gentlemen…. without further ado, I give you…..

The Cake.

jealous much?

jealous much?

Good choice, Jenna. He didn’t see that one coming. Best, most delicious, purple-striped birthday cake ever.

Funny little things

Yesterday my oldest turned 18. I’ll save my emotions about that event for another blog.

Instead, I want to mention something kind of funny, sweet, unexpected.

I went to get her cake at a local grocery store, they have a GREAT fudge torte. Mmmmmmmmm, fudge torte……….

Anyway, this young kid was behind the cake counter, complete with hair net and goofy smile. He was probably around my daughters age, and seemed so comfortable with himself. And happy, the guy seemed really, really happy. Happy to help us and happy to tell me that he was NOT a professional cake decorator, but he would give it his best shot if I wanted him to write something on it.

“Can you write Happy Birthday?”

He wants to scratch his head, I can tell… he looks at the cake, concentrating.

“Ummmmm, I can maybe write Happy B-day?”  He says this like an apology, and a question.

“How about just putting her name on it, R-A-C-H-E-L.”

This seems like a good compromise.

He gets to work, and I can tell he’s new at this job…it takes him a while to get the cake out of the display, to find the boxes, and the icing.

And he takes a while. I’m waiting, vaguely wondering how long it takes to write those 6 letters, but grateful that I left the 2 year old at home. So I relax, and wait.

He comes back over, wants to make sure of the spelling. Nods emphatically, and turns his back to me, and continues his work. I notice that he needs a hair cut, because I’m a mom.

Finally, he is done.

He comes over, cake in hand-but above my line of vision. He stands and smiles at me, ready to make a speech.

“To make up for not being able to write out ‘Happy Birthday’, I did a little art work for you instead”

His voice SOUNDS like a smiley face. And with a flourish, he presents me with….. the cake.

it's an original.

it’s an original.

He had doodled on our cake. And he was completely adorable, and so proud of himself. It made our fancy fudge torte into something so much more. He infused it with his sweet goofiness. I wanted to hug him, but thanked him instead.

And everyone loved it.


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Home » Food » Discovered: Some Interesting Food Products!

As always, my trip to Vegas would not have been complete without a trip to Target. Naturally I bought some clothes and naturally I ended up in the grocery section as well.

Here’s a few products that caught my eye:

a) Kellogg’s Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Cereal: Yup – I bought a box. I couldn’t resist as I’m a sucker for packaging and chocolate!!

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b) Betty Crocker Watermelon Cupcake Mix:  This DID not appeal to me. Not even close. grocery - watermelon c) PB2 – Powdered Peanut Butter: Ok I liked the packaging but couldn’t get my head around the fact that I had to mix water with this product in order to make peanut butter. I rather have the calories. What do you think?grocery - PBd) Beer Chips: I should have bought a bag but I didn’t.  Hoping that the Neal Brothers will develop something like this product. Pretty Please?

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e) M&M Birthday Cake: My birthday is on April 2nd so I figured it was an appropriate purchase!!

grocery - birthday cakeAs always, my trip to Target was a success!!

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  1. Susan
    April 2nd, 2014 at 08:08 | #1

    Happy birthday! Have an awesome day!!

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      April 3rd, 2014 at 21:22 | #2

      Thanks for your birthday wishes. Indeed I had an amazing day.

  2. Wendy
    April 2nd, 2014 at 15:00 | #3

    I love your shopping posts! Love the M&M’s! Happy Birthday!

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      April 3rd, 2014 at 21:23 | #4

      Thanks Wendy. I might have to do a blog post about my “Spring Wardrobe”!!

  3. Brian Moran
    April 2nd, 2014 at 23:00 | #5

    Curious if you have tried the Chocolate Factory cereal. If so, how was it?

    Also… happy belated birthday!

    • admin
      April 3rd, 2014 at 21:22 | #6

      Finally tried it. It’s a sweet treat!!

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Home » Food » Restaurant Review: Rose and Sons

Thanks to Twitter and tweets that I was reading from @Foodie411….I knew I had to go to Rose and Sons one day soon. Seeing as I have some time on my hands, I round up two friends and we met for lunch at 12:30 p.m.

The first thing you should know about this restaurant is that it’s not easy to spot from the street. So here’s a photo to help you find it.

178 Dupont. Repeat after me..178 Dupont

The next thing you should know is that it’s POPULAR and for good reason. The space is small but I love how it’s designed so you don’t feel like you are 2 inches away from the next table. Plus I love that there are a few bar stools so if you are on your own you can just grab a quick bite and be entertained by the kitchen staff. (who are all awesome by the way – the entire team, actually).

12:30 p.m on a Tuesday

Now for the food. It was mighty tough what to order but we tried 4 items and each item was well executed, flavorful, moist and delicious. I was super impressed by the bread (supplied by Thuet) and the small details (great condiments).

Patty Melt Burger – Grilled Cheese, Fried Onions, FF, chili may0 ($15). Everyone loved this.

There. Are. No. Words.

Chicken Souvlaki – flatbread, tzatziki, greek salad ($12). The tzatiki rocked.

Super Tasty

Pork Fried Rice – peanuts, china town sauce, egg, ginger ($12). Oh so flavorful!!

The peanuts are sourced from PERTH!! Not your average peanuts.

Club-bacon, turkey, herb mayo, brie, pickles, ff ($13). What a sammie!!

Yum. Me.

I now need to return to check out their breakfast menu and their dinner menu! This restaurant has a menu that really appeals to me….unique, flavorful and well executed. A winning combo for a restaurant. Not to mention, a super nice owner (Anthony Rose)  and a great waiter (David) too.

Rose and Sons 178 Dupont Street Toronto 647 748 3287

Closed Mondays, Open Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 3:00 p.m and then 6:00 p.m to close.

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  1. gordon
    December 12th, 2012 at 09:51 | #1

    Let me know when you are going back!

  2. Brian Moran
    December 12th, 2012 at 23:25 | #2

    The chicken souvlaki looks awesome. Thanks for keeping me in the know about these awesome “hidden gem” restaurants.

  3. December 13th, 2012 at 12:10 | #3

    Yum to the yum! I really want to go here. That sandwich has me salivating!

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      December 13th, 2012 at 19:05 | #4

      you are going to love it. Thanks for leaving a comment!

  4. Susan
    December 13th, 2012 at 15:33 | #5

    O.k, I just went here with my mom. She LOVED it. That is probably because she got the patty melt. Great place, but is so tiny. Will for sure make a reservation on the website and go for dinner. Thanks for the review. Keep letting us know about these little gems.

    • admin
      December 13th, 2012 at 19:05 | #6

      Thrilled to hear you enjoyed your meal as much as I did!!

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Both the Cinema des Beaux Arts and the Open Air Cinema are reopening in June, giving movie lovers plenty of chances to make up for lost time.

The Beaux-Arts located in the Théâtre Princesse Grace is the first to welcome guests back. Since Wednesday, it has resumed screenings with a programme that takes place between 2pm and 8:50pm.

On the bill are Nobody by Ilya Naishuller, Envole-moi by Christophe Barratier with Gérard Lanvin and Victor Belmondo, Chacun chez soi by and with Michèle Laroque, The Father by Florian Zeller, and finally Tom & Jerry by Tim Story.

The Beaux-Arts has two screens showing the latest blockbusters, mostly in ‘original version’ with subtitles.

Then on 20th June, Europe’s largest outdoor movie screen, the Monaco Open Air Cinema, returns offering a great line-up of classic favourites and new releases along with the best sea view of any cinema in the world.

Symbolic as an event marking the start of summer, the opening of the Open Air Cinema has an even more special meaning this year in light of the rough year that has passed.

There is no programme available yet, but it will be coming in the next weeks.

The cinema boasts comfortable chairs and a massive 200m2 screen in addition to the magnificent views. Doors open at 8:30pm and the shows start at 9pm. All films are in the original version with French subtitles.

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A Handful Of… Songs That Reference Video Game Systems

As I set out to make this short list of songs that reference video game systems (in other words, A Handful Of), I realized that rap music is not one of my strong suits.  So I would have included Notorious BIG’s Juicy if I was familiar with the song.  But I’m not; so I won’t… even though it included references to Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis.  I don’t have any songs that reference those systems, but I have my standards.  So onto the list:

  • Cee Lo Green’s Fuck You (XBOX, Atari)
  • Another Bad Creation’s Iesha (Nintendo)
  • B.O.B. and Bruno Mars’  Nothing on You (Nintendo 64)
  • American Hi-Fi’s Flavor of the Weak (Nintendo)
  • Eminem and Rihanna’s Love the Way You Lie (ugh, Nintendo again)
  • Notorious B.I.G.’s Juicy (Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis)

I had to include it.  Standards, schmandards.


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A plaque commemorates William Barak, leader of the Wurundjeri tribe and a famous artist.

William Barak (c. 1824 – 1903), was the last traditional ngurungaeta (elder) of the Wurundjeri-willam clan, first inhabitants of present-day Melbourne, Australia. He became an influential spokesman for Aboriginal social justice and an important informant on Wurundjeri cultural lore.

When he joined the Native Mounted Police in 1844, he was given the name of William Barak. He was Police Trooper No.19. In early 1863, Barak moved to Coranderrk Station, near Healesville, Victoria with about thirty others. Upon the death of Simon Wonga in 1875, Barak became the Ngurungaeta of the clan. He worked tirelessly for his people and was a successful negotiator on their behalf. He was a highly respected man and leader, with standing amongst the Indigenous people and the European settlers.

Barak is now best remembered for his artworks, which show both traditional Indigenous life and encounters with Europeans. Most of Barak's drawings were completed at Coranderrk during the 1880s and 1890s. They are now highly prized and exhibited in leading public galleries in Australia. His work is on permanent display in the National Gallery of Victoria Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square, Melbourne. Ceremony (1895) is housed at the Ballarat Fine Art gallery.

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Approx. Event Start Date:1824
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PM kowtows to Trump

THE future of our planet should be more important to a British prime minister than loyalty to the US president, but that hasn’t registered with Theresa May.

When Chinese and European Union leaders felt driven to sign a joint declaration criticising Donald Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, May wouldn’t join them.

She boasts now of telling Trump, when he phoned her to explain his reasons, that she was “disappointed” by his decision and points out that neither Japan nor Canada signed the joint declaration.

The fact that two other G7 states don’t wish to risk upsetting the US president does not minimise May’s cowardice in ducking the opportunity to demonstrate strength and stability.

She has displayed a pusillanimity that has become all too apparent as the general election campaign has played out.

Her refusal, born out of fear, to engage in head-to-head political debate with Jeremy Corbyn bears witness to a personal weakness that could be exploited ruthlessly by Brussels bureaucrats if the electorate made the mistake of returning the Tories to government.

May’s Washington hero insists that he will negotiate a new “fairer” climate deal, but that’s not his call. Paris is part of a United Nations process.

Just two countries did not sign up to Paris — Syria, which was and remains embroiled in a war to thwart regime change directed from outside the country, and Nicaragua, which felt that the accord didn’t go far enough.

Managua is undoubtedly correct in its assessment, but the value of Paris lies in its quasi-universal nature, building on the false start of the 2009 Copenhagen climate change agreement to which neither of the planet’s main polluters — the US and China — had subscribed.

There are still those who deny mankind’s role in stoking global warming, but scientific opinion overwhelmingly backs this thesis and recognises the disastrous consequences of failing to take action to reduce and, in time, reverse it.

When a member of that tiny minority is elected to executive leadership in the most powerful country in the world and carries through his unscientific and dangerous notion, it has consequences for us all.

But our Prime Minister pursues a deferential relationship with Trump because of her limited ambition of seeing a post-Brexit Britain’s principal role as Washington’s bag-carrier-in-chief.

It would be wrong to see Trump’s decision as representing widespread US public opinion.

The US president is careful to couch his disregard for the environment in terms of US workers’ jobs, but, in reality, he is repaying the campaign backing received from the US transnational corporations that run the energy industries, especially the cut-throat coal companies that despoil the countryside as they destroy the atmosphere.

His backward-looking approach will delight Big Energy shareholders in the short term but do nothing for long-term employment hopes for workers in the US.

Just as the Tories in Britain have failed to invest adequately in jobs-rich green energy, Trump believes that reliance on old technology will secure US capitalism.

China is already making giant strides towards replacing with solar panels old power-generating infrastructure that has polluted the atmosphere in major cities.

Germany has invested heavily for decades in renewables in pursuit of a carbon-free energy production.

These and other like-thinkers are giving a global lead while our PM kow-tows to a pompous ignoramus, providing further evidence of her unsuitability to lead the country.

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