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Wreck of the Japanese battlecruiser Haruna at Kure – YouTube Video
In memory of IJN Haruna that was launched on this date in 1913, I found this video – Wreck of the Japanese battlecruiser Haruna at Kure – YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6RAfIwsnR8 (about 2:08 minutes long). More information on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Haruna.
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Tagged Naval History, Wikipedia, World War II, YouTube
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Twitter tips for bloggers — #MILLENNIALLIFECRISIS
Include your blog link in your twitter ‘bio’ section. When people do click on and open up your twitter page, if you’re really committed to driving traffic to your blog, have your link right there, listed in your blog bio. … Continue reading
allenrizzi – Featured Blogger of the Week December 13, 2019
For this week’s Featured Blogger of the Week, I chose allenrizzi: https://rizziallen.wordpress.com/ as the Featured Blogger of the Week. I have been reading his blog since at least early November 2019. About page – https://rizziallen.wordpress.com/about/ Etowah, NC and Tret, Italy … Continue reading
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Tagged Twitter, Featured Blogger of the Week, Amazon, LinkedIn
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Brainless Blogger Blathering: The worst lesson I learned from pain – YouTube Video
If you read a recent re-blog and watched the video, Vlog: The worst lesson I learned from pain — Brainless Blogger, you have already seen this video – https://www.youtube.com/GdtCZtj-uwY (about 7:30 minutes long). I thought she made some great points … Continue reading
8 Line of Fire – The Battle of the Bulge – YouTube Video
I saw this on YouTube – 8 Line of Fire – The Battle of the Bulge – YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0XR2VmKPAU (about 48:48 minutes long). As we approach the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, I will be posting … Continue reading
A Personal Challenge From Me and a Challenge From Another Blogger – December 12, 2019
My personal challenge is based on a challenge from another blogger, George Mully: moments in Indigenous communities — Library and Archives Canada Blog (With Challenge). My personal challenge is when you photograph or video, please document where, when, and if … Continue reading
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Exploring Pittsboro, YouTube Video – North Carolina Thursdays December 12, 2019
I decided to go a different route with this week’s North Carolina Thursdays post. I found this YouTube video about Exploring Pittsboro (Chatham County), North Carolina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhTzzScOFVI (around 14:30 minutes long). Past North Carolina Thursdays posts: https://upsdownsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/tag/north-carolina-thursdays/ Post #2,750
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Tagged Naval History, North Carolina, North Carolina Thursdays, Wikipedia, YouTube
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Vlog: The worst lesson I learned from pain — Brainless Blogger
I don’t really do videos. I get … nervous. More of a word person than a verbal person. Nevertheless, I thought I would wing it because if I do maybe I will improve slowly as I go along. You never … Continue reading
The Best & Worst of Batgirl – YouTube Video
I saw this recently on YouTube – The Best & Worst of Batgirl – YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDXjjmXgX-g (around 14:15 minutes long). Having watched the Batman series on a Black and White TV, I didn’t realize that Batgirl‘s outfit was a … Continue reading
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Japanese Warrior Women — Weapons and Warfare
Indomitable: Hangaku Gozen rides into battle swinging her bloodstained naginata and wearing yoroi armor symbolic of leadership during the siege of Torisaka Castle (in present-day Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku) in 1201, after her clan rose up against the powerful Minamoto Shogunate … Continue reading