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	<title>In the Footsteps of Vitruvius &#187; Life in Rome</title>
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		<title>Week 39 and Beyond – “Rome…by all means, Rome” (and back in the U.S.A.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbronski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the American Academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sadness of leaving Rome.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8756464&amp;post=1329&amp;subd=vitruviusfootsteps&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week 32 – Calcio-crazy Roma, and Reed Centering for Roman Concrete Vaulting</title>
		<link>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/week-32-%e2%80%93-calcio-crazy-roma-and-reed-centering-for-roman-concrete-vaulting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbronski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Concrete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Rome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masonry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The efficiency, sustainability, and durability of Roman concrete vaults constructed with temporary marsh reed centering.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8756464&amp;post=1246&amp;subd=vitruviusfootsteps&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week 25 – The Kindness of Strangers, and the Clay Roofing Tile Overhang at Palazetto Cenci</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbronski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[clay tile roofing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Rome]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The kindness of strangers to me in Rome, and dimensioning clay roofing tile eave overhangs for durability.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8756464&amp;post=962&amp;subd=vitruviusfootsteps&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week 23 – Snow in Rome, and the Choice of Stones for their Durability at Ercolano</title>
		<link>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/week-23-%e2%80%93-snow-in-rome-and-the-choice-of-stone-for-durability-at-ercolano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbronski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Masonry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dispelling the urban myth that everyone in Rome descends on the Pantheon when it snows.  The prudent choice of stones of different durabilities for different uses (walls, curbs and steps, and street paving) at Ercolano (Herculaneum).<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8756464&amp;post=884&amp;subd=vitruviusfootsteps&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week 22 – Carnevale Romano, Super Bowl Monday, and the Comparative Durability of Masonry Materials at Ercolano</title>
		<link>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/week-22-%e2%80%93-carnevale-romano-super-bowl-monday-and-the-comparative-durability-of-masonry-materials-at-ercolano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbronski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Rome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masonry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The relative durability of masonry wall materials (brick, mortar, two types of tufa) at Ercolano (Herculaneum).<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8756464&amp;post=848&amp;subd=vitruviusfootsteps&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week 19 – Water, Water, Everywhere</title>
		<link>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/week-19-%e2%80%93-water-water-everywhere-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/week-19-%e2%80%93-water-water-everywhere-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbronski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Rome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vitruvius]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Flooding of the Tiber River.  Water as a common agent of building deterioration.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8756464&amp;post=766&amp;subd=vitruviusfootsteps&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week 18 – La Befana, and taking stock of my research project at the start of a New Year</title>
		<link>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/week-18-%e2%80%93-la-befana-and-taking-stock-of-my-research-project-at-the-start-of-a-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/week-18-%e2%80%93-la-befana-and-taking-stock-of-my-research-project-at-the-start-of-a-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbronski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life in Rome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seeking study sites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Taking stock of my project 4 months into an 11 month fellowship.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8756464&amp;post=736&amp;subd=vitruviusfootsteps&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week 17 &#8211; Buon Anno, and the House of Hopes and Regrets</title>
		<link>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/week-17-buon-anno-and-the-house-of-hopes-and-regrets/</link>
		<comments>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/week-17-buon-anno-and-the-house-of-hopes-and-regrets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbronski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the American Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Rome]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Year's eve in Rome, and at the American Academy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8756464&amp;post=700&amp;subd=vitruviusfootsteps&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week 16 – Buon Natale</title>
		<link>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/week-16-%e2%80%93-buon-natale/</link>
		<comments>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/week-16-%e2%80%93-buon-natale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbronski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amalfi Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Rome]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas week in Sorrento and Rome<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8756464&amp;post=629&amp;subd=vitruviusfootsteps&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Week 15 – Chanukah Dinner, and the Traditional Christmas Play</title>
		<link>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/week-15-%e2%80%93-chanukah-dinner-and-the-traditional-christmas-play/</link>
		<comments>http://vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/week-15-%e2%80%93-chanukah-dinner-and-the-traditional-christmas-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbronski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life at the American Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in Rome]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From here atop the Gianicolo, the highest hill within the walls of the City of Rome, the view out over the Centro now has a distinctly different backdrop. The Appennini Mountains looming behind Rome now have snow-capped peaks. Winter has arrived in central Italy. On Friday night we had a special Chanukah dinner here at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vitruviusfootsteps.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8756464&amp;post=617&amp;subd=vitruviusfootsteps&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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