Archive for 'Culture'

May14

Charlotte Bourne

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How To Do Good on the Internet

One of Enquiro’s core values is to make the world better by contributing to the community. This topic was delved into at Northern Voice by Darren Barefoot, who led a great session on how we can do good deeds online (he also took a little time to bash Luongo). Good deeds don’t necessitate spending money. They can be as simple as retweeting a valuable post or liking something on Facebook – just spreading the message can help to advance social causes. Here are six websites Darren highlighted that are creatively allowing for people to contribute to social issues:
-          Procrasdonate – [...]

Mar04

Karl Hourigan

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Buy & Sell Slaves on eBay…or dynamic keyword insertion gone wild

eBay and Google have been getting some attention lately after someone in the UK noticed that a search on Google for “African slaves” served up a search results page that included an ad from eBay for “African slaves”. Is this a case of eBay and Google being evil? No, it’s a case of sloppy dynamic keyword insertion (DKI). And eBay doesn’t restrict its poor ad management to just Google. Take, for example, this screenshot from a search originating in Canada for “slaves” on Bing, taken this morning. Apparently eBay has “Fantastic prices on Slaves. Buy & Sell today”. OK, even [...]

Apr28

Jody Nimetz

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Ligers Maul Orchard Park Mallers 14-6 in Home Opener

Well the message must have gotten through.  Last week Enquiro Ligers manager Tracy Nimetz stated that the Ligeres stranded too many runners on base.  In the teams home opener, the Ligers generates a season high 14 runs in a 14-6 rop over the Orchard Park Mallers.  "One thing we wanted to see was more agressive base running…" said Tracy.  "It appears that the message was well received."  With pitcher Chris Pinkerton making his first start of the season, the Ligers got off to a 10-0 lead on the strength of two home runs from Ligers left fielder Jody Nimetz..  In [...]

Apr21

Jody Nimetz

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Ligers Drop Second Straight to Open 2009 Softball Season

The Enquiro Ligers dropped their second straight game to open the season.  The Ligers are 0-2 as the visiting team this year and look forward to their home-opener on Monday, April 27th.  The Ligers faced great pitching from the Wranglers, who with a veteran lineup, defeated the Ligers 9-5 in front of a sparse crowd.  The Ligers managed to have a few extra subs this week with Andrew Spoeth, Steve Herrington and Jason Lane making their season debuts.  Doug Moore started his second straight game as Ligers pitcher, with Chris Pinkerton still on the reserve list.  Look for Chris to [...]

Apr14

Jody Nimetz

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Enquiro Ligers Begin Third Season with Exciting Season Opener

The Enquiro Ligers softball team opened their third season with an exciting season opener that saw the team generate a 7 run inning only to fall to defeat with a 3 run towering homerun shot by the opposing Diamondbacks shortstop.  Succumbing to a 13-9 loss to a strong Diamondbacks team, the Enquiro Ligers had a tremendous team effort to nearly pull off an amazing upset.  The Ligers, named after Napolean Dynamite’s favorite animal, played a strong defensive game with ample run support despite not having their starting pitcher Chris Pinkerton in the lineup.  Liger’s pitcher Doug Moore was steller with [...]