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		<title>German World War II Ordnance and Manufacturer Codes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Costa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Extracted from: German Ordnance Codes.pdf Ordnance Codes for Rifles Code Manufacturer duvS/237237 Berlin-Luebecker Maschinenfabriken, Werk Luebeck S/27S/27G27 Erfurter Maschinenfabrik (ERMA) ax Feinmechanische Werke GmbH, Erfurt, Altonaerstr. 25 337bcd Gustloff Werke, Werk Weimar, Weimar bcd/ar Gustloff Werke in Weimar, and Mauser-Werke AG, Berlin ceS/147S/147G147S/147K J.P. Sauer &#38; Sohn, Suhl svwbyf Mauser-Werke AG, Oberndorf a./N S/4242 Mauser-Werke [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Sports Card Rookies in Boxes and Packs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Costa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>From PatCosta.com: WordPress Freelancer, Lesson Plans, History Stuff.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve curated a list of boxes and packs that contain Rookie cards that might be worth collecting, saving, and flipping. Sports Card Rookie Boxes 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Blasters (and probably other boxes) This comes in two types. One that says Ice Prizm, which isn&#8217;t worth as much &#8211; And one that says WNBA Logo [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>WW2 Men&#8217;s Magazines</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Costa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>From PatCosta.com: WordPress Freelancer, Lesson Plans, History Stuff.</p>
<p>During World War II, US GIs had access to a variety of pin-up style men&#8217;s magazines, often referred to as &#8220;cheesecake&#8221;. The artwork might be drawings of girls or actual photos of models posing in a variety of burlesque, bespoke, and suggestive poses or scenes. These magazines were considered &#8220;pulp,&#8221; meaning cheap and disposable. They [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Surviving the Second Trump Administration</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Costa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>From PatCosta.com: WordPress Freelancer, Lesson Plans, History Stuff.</p>
<p>Below are some guides and information that I&#8217;ve found to help plan for various &#8220;what if&#8221; scenarios to survive different aspects of the 2nd Trump Admin Organizing and Planning Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink &#8211; PDF that outlines how to organize and protest and counter act stupid GOP bullshit and Trump [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Ultimate Take Down of Anti-Abortion Logic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Costa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>From PatCosta.com: WordPress Freelancer, Lesson Plans, History Stuff.</p>
<p>This will be a list of abortion-related sayings commonly found on the internet and rebuttals to them. The Bible Says&#8230; This is essentially an appeal to a specific grounded set of morality. When you do this you get pushback because not everyone grounds their morality in the Christian Bible. Indeed, the Bible says a lot [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Racism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Costa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>From PatCosta.com: WordPress Freelancer, Lesson Plans, History Stuff.</p>
<p>This will cover some thoughts and ideas around the idea of Racism in the United States. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-debate-over-systemic-racism-why-it-divides-and-why-it-provides-hope-11595852987?mod=hp_lead_pos12</p>
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		<title>Taxes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Costa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>From PatCosta.com: WordPress Freelancer, Lesson Plans, History Stuff.</p>
<p>This post will contain different arguments surrounding taxation that are commonly seen on the Internet. Taxation is Theft This one is bantered around by Libertarians and others who want to sound interesting. The phrase has a built-in assumption that since you didn&#8217;t agree to be taxed money taken from you, as a result, is inherently [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Restoring an M1941 Mermite Can Dated 1940</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Costa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>From PatCosta.com: WordPress Freelancer, Lesson Plans, History Stuff.</p>
<p>At the start of World War II, the US Army had created, what is essentially a cooler, the M1941 Mermite Can. I won&#8217;t go into too much historical discussion of it as the guys at the 90th covered it with their article: Keeping it Cool. However, the model I picked up for $175 in May [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Web Design Unit Using Code Academy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Costa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 15:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>From PatCosta.com: WordPress Freelancer, Lesson Plans, History Stuff.</p>
<p>Web Design Unit Code Academy This web design unit code academy unit uses the CodeAcademy.com tutorials. Students are to then complete the following questions. The questions for each unit are linked to a Google Document. This Google Document cannot be edited by the student. You are welcome to copy and paste the information from the Google [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Arduino Projects</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Costa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 15:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>From PatCosta.com: WordPress Freelancer, Lesson Plans, History Stuff.</p>
<p>Ardunio Lesson Plans: Projects Blinking Light Project Blinking Light Instructions Blinking Light Tutorial Blinking Light with Button Project Blinking Light with Button Instructions Blinking Light with Button Tutorial Traffic Light Project Traffic Light RGB Light Project RGB Light &#160;RGB Light Tutorial DC Motor and Fan Project DC Motor and Fan Servo Motor Project Servo Motor [&#8230;]</p>
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