March 28, 2012
There are over 2000 posts on the GlobeTribune site. Some are short articles, some are longer articles, and some are presentations of documentaries, music and films. Globe Tribune.Info has evolved into a site that is a mixture of commentary on current news, as well as background pieces and presentations of documentaries and entertainment. Our [...]
Tags: announcement to readers, Bird on a Wire, concerning Globe Tribune.Info, Leonard Cohen
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December 10, 2011
To Whom it may concern. Every attempt I have made to communicate with a live human being at Google has resulted in encountering a form on some sort of Google forum. This is an attempt to reach past the mysterious cloud of your algorithms and connect with a live human person. Since we started Globe [...]
Tags: gaming Google, Google, Google ratings, search algorithms
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December 1, 2011
A year ago today, Globe Tribune.Info started keeping daily statistics on the number and source of its visitors, as well as which articles they found interesting. We actually went on line on November 15, but that was really a “beta” period when there were almost no hits. In our year of operation, we have [...]
Tags: announcement to readers, Globe Tribune.com, Globe Tribune.Info, Magdeburger Joe, Rudi Stettner
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September 25, 2011
There are two changes which we are seeking to implement to improve Globe Tribune.Info. The first involves how we display videos. To avoid the annoying problem of videos that are removed from YouTube and elsewhere, we are uploading to You Tube, on a channel that we control, or to our sister sites, Magdeburgerjoe.com, [...]
Tags: Globe Tribune.Info, Globre Tribune.Info editorial policy, Support Globe Tribune.Info
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September 13, 2011
A few days ago, a video of the Twilight Zone that I referenced in this article has been pulled from Youtube due to copyright issues. Netflix has some Twilight Zone episodes, and since the show has almost a cult following, there is apparently money to be made in reserving this show for paid subscribers. That [...]
Tags: CBS, classic television on line, Netflix, Twilight Zone
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July 26, 2011
Globe Tribune.Info has been on line since November of 2010, during which time it has posted well over 1000 times. We have people accessing our site. Over the months, we have evolved into a mix of news and opinion, as well as an eclectic mix of topics that are out of the mainstream such as [...]
Tags: announcement to readers, Globe Tribune.Info, labour conservatism, mission statement
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July 4, 2011
There should be a moment every Fourth of July that we reflect upon the messages and values behind the day, as well as how it has changed how we view ourselves and society. Of all of the documents in the history of our nation, the Declaration of Independence is most iconic. We think of [...]
Tags: American revolution, Declaration of Independence, Fourth of July, Independence Day
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May 24, 2011
In an effort to raise money for Globe Tribune.Info, we have decided to put likks on the side of our front page, inviting readers to make purchases at merchants listed under the category “Buy Here and Support Globe Tribune.Info With Each Purchase”. By purchasing through those links, you can help Globe Tribune.Info, which gets [...]
Tags: Support Globe Tribune.Info
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April 13, 2011
In an attempt to provide more content to readers while maintaining site quality, we will be featuring five to ten links a day with quick, one sentence introductions. We were grouping such links together in batches, but our current layout does not make such an arrangement optimal for us or for our readers. To accomodate [...]
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April 6, 2011
Science and bowling have always had one thing in common with me. I enjoy both of them immensely, yet I am laughably bad at both. The WorldScience web site has a large number of science podcasts that present scientific topics that are of popular interest, such as language development in babies and Antarctic exploration. They [...]
Tags: Internet treasures, Popular science, science for laymen
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