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Khrushchev</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-04T19:22:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2021/01/26/a-friend-in-power-is-a-friend-lost/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mind-2520puzzles1.gif</image:loc><image:title>mind-2520puzzles</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sigmund_freud-loc2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sigmund_freud-loc</image:title><image:caption>Sigmund Freud</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/heavyindustry1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>heavyindustry</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/trmiddle1261.jpg</image:loc><image:title>trmiddle126</image:title><image:caption>Cartoon of Theodore 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Lawrence in Egypt, after World War I. Bell and Lawrence helped to create the Hashemite dynasty in Jordan and define the outline of the modern state of Iraq.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/brough-lawrence-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Getting to Know T.E. Lawrence "of Arabia" (1888-1935)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/n03566_9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Getting to Know T.E. Lawrence "of Arabia" (1888-1935)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/telawrence450.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Getting to Know T.E. Lawrence "of Arabia" (1888-1935)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wc0079.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Getting to Know T.E. Lawrence "of Arabia" (1888-1935)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/gertrudebellwlsctel-thumb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gertrudebellwlsctel-thumb</image:title><image:caption>Left to right: &lt;a&gt;Winston Churchill&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a&gt;Gertrude Bell&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a&gt;T.E. Lawrence&lt;/a&gt; in Egypt, after World War I. Bell and Lawrence helped to create the Hashemite dynasty in Jordan and define the outline of the modern state of Iraq.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-03T13:16:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/11/11/your-bodys-wonderful-sewer-system-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/0bd66-leg_swelling_lrg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leg_swelling_lrg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/c81a0-organsimmunesystem.jpg</image:loc><image:title>organsimmunesystem</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/f5987-macrophage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>macrophage</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1fd6f-venous_system-horz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>venous_system-horz</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-03T13:06:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/10/14/after-the-ussr/</loc><lastmod>2021-03-03T09:11:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/07/01/taking-leave-of-some-teachers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/30d76-ouspensky-gurdjieff-bookmark.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ouspensky-gurdjieff bookmark</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/d0941-the-enneagram.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Enneagram</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/50b0f-bennett.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bennett</image:title><image:caption>John G. Bennett</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/685f6-making-a-soul.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MAKING A SOUL</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/7f6f7-g-o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>g-o</image:title><image:caption>Left, P.D. Ouspensky; right, G.I. Gurdjieff</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/brahms-johannes-08.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brahms-Johannes-08</image:title><image:caption>Johannes Brahms, who lived in the Romantic Period, but was the last Classical Period composer. Some say he completed Beethoven's work. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/screenhunter_150-jul-03-10-38.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ScreenHunter_150 Jul. 03 10.38</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-01T14:57:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/02/09/swedish-law-and-justice-is-different-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/05ca0-escc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>escc</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/d7d10-axel_hagerstrom.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Axel_hagerstrom</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/0749d-napcode.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NapCode</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-28T18:20:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2008/11/26/heroes-and-martyrs-of-the-press-samizdat/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/budapest-115rs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Budapest-115rs</image:title><image:caption>Eva examines a 'Samizdat' printing press.. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/budapest-119rs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Heroes and Martyrs of the Press: Samizdat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/hungary.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Heroes and Martyrs of the Press: Samizdat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/budapest-117rs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Heroes and Martyrs of the Press: Samizdat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ussr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Heroes and Martyrs of the Press: Samizdat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/408200822_budapest-115rs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>408200822_budapest-115rs</image:title><image:caption>Eva examining a Samizdat printing press. Note the art image in the upper left, to be seen in full below.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-27T17:58:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2008/06/18/the-beethoven-of-the-north/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ab5d6-sibelius-memorial.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SIbelius Memorial</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/450e8-00-01-01-sibelius-and-ron.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00-01-01 Sibelius and Ron</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ce2a6-99-04-april-liinu-ron-sibeliusmuseum.jpg</image:loc><image:title>99-04 April Liinu-Ron Sibeliusmuseum</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/69dc9-lvb-sibelius.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lvb-sibelius</image:title><image:caption>Ludwig van Beethoven and Jean Sibelius</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-27T14:10:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2008/05/14/an-obscure-but-important-minstrel-man/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/38fbf-blindwilliejohnsonbyr-crumb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blindwilliejohnsonbyr-crumb</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-27T12:14:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2021/02/26/world-powers-jockey-for-position/</loc><lastmod>2021-03-07T18:02:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2021/02/24/solitude-2/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-31T03:22:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2018/09/12/greeks-finally-have-a-nation-state/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-21T11:15:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2012/05/30/reading-list-of-president-harry-s-truman-and-wisdom-from-his-secretary-of-state-dean-acheson-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/72002-dean_acheson-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dean_acheson</image:title><image:caption>Dean Acheson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/e266d-7ezzuzqehqjowmov1t4j37vqpkg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7EzzuZQEHqjOwMoV1T4J37VqPkg</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-20T15:25:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2012/06/18/extremes-of-wealth-and-poverty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/demographics-of-ten-most-populous-countries-2012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Demographics of ten most populous countries 2012</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/10-wealthiest.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10 wealthiest</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/world_net_birth_rate_20071.png</image:loc><image:title>world_net_birth_rate_2007</image:title><image:caption>World net birth rate, 2007&#13;
Source: World Factbook of the CIA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/screenhunter_28-jun-18-14-39.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chart_28 Jun. 18 14.39</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-15T13:27:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2014/01/02/the-worlds-largest-islands/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/map_canada_political-geo.png</image:loc><image:title>Map_Canada_political-geo</image:title><image:caption>Ellesmere Island is at the Northernmost part of Canada

Government of Canada: “Natural resources Canada.”</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/isle-of-man.png</image:loc><image:title>Isle-of-Man</image:title><image:caption>http://www.picturesofengland.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/706px-victoria_island_canada-svg.png</image:loc><image:title>706px-Victoria_Island,_Canada.svg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/map_japan_honshu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>map_japan_honshu</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sumatra_topography.png</image:loc><image:title>Sumatra_Topography</image:title><image:caption>Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/706px-baffin_island_canada-svg.png</image:loc><image:title>706px-Baffin_Island,_Canada.svg</image:title><image:caption>Baffin Island, in red (Wikipeida)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/locationmadagascar-vert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>LocationMadagascar-vert</image:title><image:caption>Wikimedia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/borneo-sulawesi-new-guinea.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Borneo-Sulawesi-New Guinea</image:title><image:caption>The orange bubble labeled ‘A’ denotes the Island of Sulawesi, part of the nation of Indonesia. The Island of Borneo is to the left of Sulawesi, and the Island of New Guinea is to its right. The latter two islands are divided politically among two or more separate nations: Brunei , Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua-New Guinea.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/220px-australia-greenland_size_comparison-svg.png</image:loc><image:title>220px-Australia-Greenland_size_comparison.svg</image:title><image:caption>Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-15T13:24:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/12/23/t-s-eliot-and-allen-ginsberg-howl/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-15T07:37:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2013/02/05/europe-is-old-and-fading-away/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fertility-rate-by-region.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fertility Rate by Region</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/net-migration-rate-by-region.jpg</image:loc><image:title>net migration rate by region</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pop-growth-rate-by-region.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pop Growth Rate by Region</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/percent-population-by-region.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Percent Population by Region</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/median-age-by-region.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Median Age by Region</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-14T18:39:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2010/03/10/thomas-cromwell-henry-viii-of-england/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/9780099523741.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780099523741</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/deaf-sentence.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deaf Sentence</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/quiet-girl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>quiet girl</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/seth-kantner-headshot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>seth-kantner-headshot</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/on-deck.jpg</image:loc><image:title>on deck</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/aam.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AAM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wolf-hall-image1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wolf-hall-image</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-14T18:33:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2010/03/17/darwin-natural-selection-and-the-connectedness-of-all-things/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-14T14:38:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2012/05/30/reading-list-of-president-harry-s-truman-and-wisdom-from-his-secretary-of-state-dean-acheson/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dean_acheson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dean_Acheson</image:title><image:caption>Dean Acheson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/scaled-1031215.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scaled.1031215</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-14T11:49:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2012/04/11/a-modern-exodus-of-ethiopian-jews/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_3704.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3704</image:title><image:caption>Gondar Beta Israel Synagogue (roxanan.com)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ark-carried-in-procession-thebes-meri-meri.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ark-carried-in-procession-thebes-meri-meri</image:title><image:caption>Ark Carried on Poles by Egyptians in Procession. bible-history.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4050823114_b6667b58d7_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4050823114_b6667b58d7_o</image:title><image:caption>The Jewish Agency for Israel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/solomon_and_the_queen_of_sheba_gates_of_paradise_04.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Solomon_and_the_Queen_of_Sheba_(Gates_of_Paradise)_04</image:title><image:caption>Solomon and Sheba, from "The Gates of Paradise", the Baptistery, Florence, Italy. Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 – 1455)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/rembrandt_harmensz-_van_rijn_079.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_079</image:title><image:caption>Moses with the Tablets, Rembrandt (1606–1669)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/screenhunter_53-apr-11-06-37.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Population Characteristics of Modern Israel</image:title><image:caption>Some Demographics of Modern Israel, from The World Factbook of the CIA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-14T06:46:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2011/01/14/cicero-and-cato-vs-caesar-caesar-vs-pompey-caesar-wins-all-then-is-murdered/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/roman-republic-timeline.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Roman Republic timeline</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/julius-caesar-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>julius-caesar-1</image:title><image:caption>Marc Antony offers a king's crown to Caesar, who refuses it</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cesar-sa_mort.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vincenzo Camuccini, "Morte di Cesare", 1798,</image:title><image:caption>Death of Caesar by Vincenzo Camuccini</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cicero-02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cicero-02</image:title><image:caption>Marcus Tullius Cicero (106—43 BCE)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/080516-ap-caesar_big_thumb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>080516-AP-caesar_big_thumb.jpg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/080516-ap-caesar_big.jpg</image:loc><image:title>080516-AP-caesar_big.jpg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/portiacato_thumb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PortiaCato_thumb.jpg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/portiacato.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PortiaCato.jpg</image:title><image:caption>Cato (right) and his daughter, Porcia, who married Brutus, one of Caesar’s assassins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ciceroknollermed_thumb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CiceroKnollerMed_thumb.jpg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ciceroknollermed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CiceroKnollerMed.jpg</image:title><image:caption>Cicero discovering the tomb of Archimedes by the Austrian baroque painter Martin Knoller (1725-1804)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-14T06:18:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2010/10/13/george-washington-and-all-the-founders-in-september-and/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/george-washington-1782-painting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>george-washington-1782-painting</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/washington_1772.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Washington_1772</image:title><image:caption>Washington as colonel of the Virginia Regiment, painted by Charles Willson Peale, 1772</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cincinnatus-statue-full.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cincinnatus Statue full</image:title><image:caption>Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (519 BC–438 BC), an aristocrat and political figure of the Roman Republic, with whom George Washington is often and favorably compared</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/2-books.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2 books</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-13T12:46:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/10/14/back-in-the-ussr/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/demography-former-ussr-republics-2009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>demography former USSR republics 2009</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/turkmenistan-0008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Back in the USSR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/520px-ussr_republics_numbered_alphabetically.png</image:loc><image:title>Back in the USSR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/interrailing-2-7032.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Back in the USSR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kyrgyzstan_girl.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Back in the USSR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/national-library-of-belarus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Back in the USSR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/scan0002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Back in the USSR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/0000-1404-4ussr-udarnaya-brigada-proletariata-vsego-avant-garde-posters.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Back in the USSR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Back in the USSR</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-13T11:32:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2012/08/29/the-republic-of-turkey-her-role-in-the-worlds-geopolitical-balance/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/map_kurdistan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>map_kurdistan</image:title><image:caption>An Imagined "Kurdistan"</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sunni-and-shia-in-islam.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunni and Shia in Islam</image:title><image:caption>Percent Shia Muslims in Countries of North Africa and Western Asia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/shia-and-sunni-in-selected-countries.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shia and Sunni in Selected Countries</image:title><image:caption>Sunni and Shia Muslims in Selected Countries</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/asiacaucasus-centralasia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>asiacaucasus-centralasia</image:title><image:caption>The Republics of The Southern Caucasus and Central Asia which were formerly part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/turks-map-live-turkic-language-turkish.png</image:loc><image:title>turks-map-live-turkic-language-turkish</image:title><image:caption>Source. turkishgrammar.net</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/nagorno_karabakh03.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nagorno_Karabakh03</image:title><image:caption>In 1989 Nagorno-Karabakh was an ethnic Armenian autonomy within the Azerbaijan SSR of the Soviet Union. The territory is now internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/800px-baku_pipelines-svg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-Baku_pipelines.svg</image:title><image:caption>Note that the pipelines bend around a gray area on the map which is the unidentified country of Armenia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/conflict-areas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Conflict Areas</image:title><image:caption>LEFT: Transnistria    CENTER: Abkhazia and South Ossetia    RIGHT: Nagorno-Kharabakh </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/egemenbagis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>egemenbagis</image:title><image:caption>Egemen Bağış, Turkey's Minister for European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/tayyip_erdoc49fan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tayyip_Erdoğan</image:title><image:caption>Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-13T11:24:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2011/11/20/putins-return-a-national-catastrophe-for-russia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/russian-federation.gif</image:loc><image:title>Russian Federation</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/putins-history-in-the-kgb.gif</image:loc><image:title>Putin's History in the KGB</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/anna-politskavskaya.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Russian human rights activists place flo</image:title><image:caption>Russian human rights activists place flowers at a portrait of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow on October 7, 2009 during a rally on the third anniversary of her death at the hands of an unknown gunman. (Source: www.lecourrierderussie.com/2011/08/25/)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/regions-russia1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>regions russia1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/regions2.png</image:loc><image:title>regions2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screenhunter_15-nov-20-18-50.gif</image:loc><image:title>Page_15 Nov. 20 18.50</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screenhunter_07-nov-20-17-19.gif</image:loc><image:title>Page_07 Nov. 20 17.19</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/kgb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KGB</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screenhunter_14-nov-20-18-33.gif</image:loc><image:title>Page_14 Nov. 20 18.33</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screenhunter_13-nov-20-18-30.gif</image:loc><image:title>Page_13 Nov. 20 18.30</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-13T06:36:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2010/09/06/what-is-it-to-be-caucasian-and/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/ethnicities-of-the-north-caucasus-jpg.gif</image:loc><image:title>Ethnicities of the North Caucasus.jpg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/screenhunter_07-aug-23-13-28.gif</image:loc><image:title>Chart Aug. 23 13.28</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/population-nad-density-of-north-and-south-caucasus-regions.gif</image:loc><image:title>Population nad density of North and South Caucasus regions</image:title><image:caption>Please click on the image for greater clarity</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/circassian-wife-and-husband-1860s-during-russian-ottoman-perpetrated-holocaust.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Circassian wife and husband, 1860s - during Russian &amp; Ottoman perpetrated holocaust</image:title><image:caption>'Circassian wife and husband, 1860s - during Russian &amp; Ottoman perpetrated holocaust' (thejunsui.wordpress.com)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/the-two-mountain-ranges.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the two mountain ranges</image:title><image:caption>The Greater Caucasus Range runs diagonally from upper left to lower right. The Lesser range runs from the lower left corner, curving up toward the center then back toward the lower right. The Kura River Valley lies between them.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/total-caucasus-with-ca-and-se.gif</image:loc><image:title>total caucasus with ca and se</image:title><image:caption>Click on image for greater clarity</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/screenhunter_02-aug-23-11-52.gif</image:loc><image:title>Chart_02 Aug. 23 11.52</image:title><image:caption>PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR GREATER CLARITY</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mount-elbrus-caucasus-region-topo-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mount-Elbrus-Caucasus-Region-Topo-Map</image:title><image:caption>Mt. Elbrus ("Elbruz") Region of Mountains (Click twice on image for largest size)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/caucasus_region_1994.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Caucasus_region_1994</image:title><image:caption>Caucasus Region, 1994 (Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Dept. of State) Click on the map for detail.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/female-and-male-caucasian-bodies.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Female and Male Caucasian Bodies</image:title><image:caption>Female and Male "Caucasian Bodies" (©2010 Zygote Media Group. Inc.)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-12T15:28:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/02/11/what-is-an-intellectual-really/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/e6ad3-intellectualmorons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>e6ad3-intellectualmorons</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/nast-intellect.png</image:loc><image:title>Nast-intellect</image:title><image:caption>An intellectual contrasted with a prize-fighter; by Thomas Nast ca. 1875. His caricature encapsulates the popular view that sees reading and study as being in opposition to sport and athletic pursuits, although the bovine figure of the fighter is no less negative than that of the scholar. (Wikipedia)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/laputa-castle-in-the-sky_08812.jpg</image:loc><image:title>laputa-castle-in-the-sky_08812</image:title><image:caption>The Floating Island of Laputa from "Gulliver's Travels"&#13;
(Source: hirvine.com/blog/890)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/int_standardsstamp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Int_StandardsStamp</image:title><image:caption>Source: oldsite.criticalthinking.org&#13;
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(1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/battleship-attack-pearl-harbor-japanese-hawaii-december-7-1941.jpg</image:loc><image:title>battleship-attack-Pearl-Harbor-Japanese-Hawaii-December-7-1941</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/oip.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OIP</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-cuban-missile-crisis.png</image:loc><image:title>The-Cuban-Missile-Crisis</image:title><image:caption>Source: theedge.com.hk</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-11T14:12:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2020/11/02/records-of-the-transmission-of-the-lamp/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/huineng_cut_bamboo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Huineng_Cut_Bamboo</image:title><image:caption>Liang Kai, The Sixth Patriarch Cutting the Bamboo, Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bodhidharmayoshitoshi1887-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bodhidharmayoshitoshi1887-1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-11T06:59:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2021/01/07/is-the-united-states-of-america-still-a-republic/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ww2-ends.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WW2 Ends</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/murder-of-julius-caesar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Murder of Julius Caesar-</image:title><image:caption>The Murder of Julius Caesar</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/benjamin-franklin-playing-the-glass-armonica.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Benjamin Franklin 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Princes</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/birth3.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>birth</image:title><image:caption>Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) was an important Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. 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Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pound.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hemingway in Paris</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/beach1.gif</image:loc><image:title>Hemingway in Paris</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/steintoklas.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hemingway in Paris</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/b1l8r4c_large.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hemingway in Paris</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lgstein.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Hemingway in Paris</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-09T12:00:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/06/17/sending-messages-into-the-future/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/agma_hc3a9rodote.jpg</image:loc><image:title>agma_hc3a9rodote</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ryszard_kapuscinski_by_kubik_17-05-1997.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kapu5-pw.jpg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/marywortley.jpg</image:loc><image:title>marywortley</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/image_pepper_index.png</image:loc><image:title>image_pepper_index</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/doris_lessing_narrowweb__300x3810.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Doris Lessing</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-09T11:28:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/03/25/wisdom-from-oz-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/woggle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>woggle</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rinkitink.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rinkitink</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/the-road-to-oz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Road to Oz</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/36landofozmap_0.jpg</image:loc><image:title>36landofozmap_0</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-09T09:07:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/03/18/and-let-us-take-upons-the-mystery-of-things/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/the-solvay-conference-1927.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Solvay Conference 1927</image:title><image:caption>The Solvay Conference 1927</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-09T08:59:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/01/28/the-american-revolution-of-1800/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/jefferson-satirized.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jefferson satirized</image:title><image:caption>This Federalist cartoon depicts the federal eagle preventing Jefferson from burning the Constitution on the altar of French despotism</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/altercation-in-the-house.jpg</image:loc><image:title>altercation in the House</image:title><image:caption>Satiric portrayal of the first fight in Congress, between Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold. Lyon was later prosecuted under the Sedition Act</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hamiltonjeffersonstamps1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamiltonjeffersonstamps</image:title><image:caption>Hamilton and Jefferson on U.S. postage stamps</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/adams-jefferson1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>adams-jefferson</image:title><image:caption>Left to right, President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson, in office 1797-1801</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/abigail_adams_loc_400w1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>abigail_adams_loc_400w</image:title><image:caption>Abigail Adams</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/600px-seal_of_the_president_of_the_unites_states_of_america-svg1.png</image:loc><image:title>600px-seal_of_the_president_of_the_unites_states_of_america-svg</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hamilton1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hamilton</image:title><image:caption>Alexander Hamilton</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/georgewashington1782painting1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>georgewashington1782painting</image:title><image:caption>Painting of George Washington in 1972</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/vc136.jpg</image:loc><image:title>”The [American] Revolution of 1800”</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/600px-seal_of_the_president_of_the_unites_states_of_america-svg.png</image:loc><image:title>”The [American] Revolution of 1800”</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-09T07:34:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2009/01/21/quick-whats-the-ninth-largest-country-in-area/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/9countriescompared1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9countriescompared</image:title><image:caption>[Please click on the image for an expanded view]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sovietvirginlandsprogramposter1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sovietvirginlandsprogramposter</image:title><image:caption>Soviet "Virgin Lands" poster</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/9countriescompared.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9countriescompared</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/karachaganak.jpg</image:loc><image:title>karachaganak</image:title><image:caption>Karachaganak</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/traditional-dress.jpg</image:loc><image:title>traditional dress</image:title><image:caption>A Kazakh woman adorned in ceremonial dress presents a bouquet of flowers to Lynn Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, as they both arrive in Astanta, Kazakhstan, Friday, May 5, 2006</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/toptencountriesbysize1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>toptencountriesbysize</image:title><image:caption>Source: GeographyIQ</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/kazakhstan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kazakhstan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/toptencountriesbysize.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quick! What's the Ninth Largest Country in Area?</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sovietvirginlandsprogramposter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quick! What's the Ninth Largest Country in Area?</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-09T07:20:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2008/12/24/the-rational-versus-the-non-rational/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-09T06:46:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2008/12/17/liberty-freedom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/liberty-leading-the-people-eugc3a8ne-delacroix.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberty Leading the People - Eugène Delacroix</image:title><image:caption>Liberty Leading the People - Eugène Delacroix</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/4d5a5-project5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4d5a5-project5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/1043a-6a00d83451b73069e200e551ca407f8833-800wi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1043a-6a00d83451b73069e200e551ca407f8833-800wi</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/7904f-john_stuart_mill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7904f-john_stuart_mill</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/nh_license_plate2_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberty &amp; Freedom</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/800px-flag_of_greece_svg.png</image:loc><image:title>Liberty &amp; Freedom</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-09T06:36:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2008/12/10/fearless-author-richard-zimler-visits-stockholm-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/huntingmidnight.jpg</image:loc><image:title>"Fearless" Author Richard Zimler Visits Stockholm</image:title><image:caption>Please click on the image for clearer detail</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1231239412_fd9198442f.jpg</image:loc><image:title>"Fearless" Author Richard Zimler Visits Stockholm</image:title><image:caption>Stockholm's Main Library, Stockholms Stadsbiblioteket</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/zimler.jpg</image:loc><image:title>"Fearless" Author Richard Zimler Visits Stockholm</image:title><image:caption>Richard Zimler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/shostakovich-d.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Polish Composer-Conductor Penderecki in Stockholm, Directs his Own Music and One by Shostakovich</image:title><image:caption>Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906-1975</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/szczecinpoland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Polish Composer-Conductor Penderecki in Stockholm, Directs his Own Music and One by Shostakovich</image:title><image:caption>Szczecin, Poland (please click on image)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pendereckirelationships.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Polish Composer-Conductor Penderecki in Stockholm, Directs his Own Music and One by Shostakovich</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/haufa1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Polish Composer-Conductor Penderecki in Stockholm, Directs his Own Music and One by Shostakovich</image:title><image:caption>The solo violinist was Jakub Haufa, who is also the first violinist of the Sinfonia Varsovia.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1101570520_400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Polish Composer-Conductor Penderecki in Stockholm, Directs his Own Music and One by Shostakovich</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/penderecki2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Polish Composer-Conductor Penderecki in Stockholm, Directs his Own Music and One by Shostakovich</image:title><image:caption>Penderecki in Ravenna</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-08T19:19:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2008/11/12/the-law-of-service-and-other-findings-in-hermann-hesses-journey-to-the-east/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-08T19:10:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2008/10/29/charity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bothbooks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Charity</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/huxley-aldous.jpg</image:loc><image:title>huxley-aldous</image:title><image:caption>Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-08T18:45:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2008/10/08/when-thomas-jefferson-dined-alone/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/atuobiobook1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>atuobiobook</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/monticello1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monticello</image:title><image:caption>Jefferson’s Home, Monticello</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/plow1.gif</image:loc><image:title>plow</image:title><image:caption>Jefferson’s design for a plow</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/macaroni1.gif</image:loc><image:title>macaroni</image:title><image:caption>Jefferson’s drawing of a macaroni machine and instructions for making pasta</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/lamap1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lamap</image:title><image:caption>Map: The Louisiana Purchase during Jefferson's administration</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/macaroni.gif</image:loc><image:title>"...when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/plow.gif</image:loc><image:title>"...when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/lamap.jpg</image:loc><image:title>"...when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/rotundasketch.gif</image:loc><image:title>"...when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/monticello.jpg</image:loc><image:title>"...when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-08T18:22:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://pavellas.com/2008/09/15/a-last-glimpse-of-the-land-now-being-lost-for-ever/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tlon_uqbar_orbis_tertius_by_rikki1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tlon_Uqbar_Orbis_Tertius_by_Rikki</image:title><image:caption>Tlon Uqbar Orbis Tertius by Borges</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/3books.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3books</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/englandsuffolk.png</image:loc><image:title>EnglandSuffolk</image:title><image:caption>The County of Suffolk, as located in the country of England</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/county-of-suffolk-travels.jpg</image:loc><image:title>County of Suffolk Travels</image:title><image:caption>Places in Suffolk County mentioned in the book, along with the author's musings on their historical and literary connections to many parts of the world [Please click on the image]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/silk-mill.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Silk Mill</image:title><image:caption>A former silk mill, now a museum, in Derbyshire, a county in the East Midlands</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ethiopiamap.gif</image:loc><image:title>EthiopiaMap</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://pavellas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/thesiger-native-dress.png</image:loc><image:title>Thesiger Native 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Papyrus text: fragment of Hippocratic oath: verso, showing oath.
3rd century MS. 5754
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 2547 
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