Hadrian’s campaigns throughout the Roman Empire helped secure its borders. His marketing campaigns made sure he was one of the most well known emperors. This article describes his campaigns, some of the reasons behind them, as well as how these campaigns impacted both the Romans and the people they fought.

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The American Association of Museums (AAM) has established standards for museum acquisition of archaeological material and ancient art. These new standards emphasize proper provenance of and transparency.

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Isis hauled beautifully and did very well. She has settled in and seems to be adjusting. She has her own stall and her own turn out paddock. She is up during the day and out at night.

I discovered tonight that she doesn’t like the new water. She has been at a barn with city water for the past 10 years (prior to that she drank well water). She will drink water but ends up taking a few sips and stopping. She doesn’t seem to like the taste. (Discovered after thoroughly scrubbing out the rubber buckets, replacing all water, and then using a plastic bucket in case the rubber buckets had a funky after taste.)

I had some water from the old barn and gave her that tonight. She drank one full bucket and then downed most of another mixed half and half with the well water. We had a lot of rain so the water troughs are mostly full of rain water. She drank a good long while when she was turned out. She did get enough water tonight. (Unfortunately, I can’t keep her on pasture full time because of the insulin resistance.)

I’ve done an experiment: water with some electrolytes to hide the taste of the well water. Tomorrow we’re going to put water from the trough in one water bucket and electrolytes in well water in the other bucket.

I have a Brita pitcher I’m going to take to the barn to try filtering some water to help her adjust. Luckily the new barn owner is willing to filter some water if it will help Isis.

I thought about putting electrolytes in her food — but last time I did that she didn’t eat her food (she hates powdered supplements).

I’m at a loss to try and figure out what else to try. Any suggestions would be most welcome.

House is SOLD! Party dance!

I hope the new owner enjoys the house and has many happy memories there with her kids.

Yay!!

In 30 minutes, the closing for the house will begin. I’ll be in a meeting, but it sounds like a great time to party!

I’ll post as soon as I hear that the deal was successfully closed.

The Miami-based firm said during a press conference this afternoon it plans to challenge Apple’s long-standing licensing ban on running the Mac operating system on non-Apple branded devices.

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Isis is coming home this weekend! Yay!! I’ll be offline until Sunday.

So the lady who had asked about possibly leasing the house for six months talked with her father. They bought a copy of the home inspection from my agent and looked at the house this morning. Didn’t find anything wrong.

I have another offer on the house! Whee! No financing to worry about since it is a cash offer. We close next Friday.

As previously intended, I’m actually moving my stuff out of the house this weekend.

Yay!

Miroslav Tichy has been making cameras from trash since the 1950s. The cameras–made from wooden spools, paper towel rolls, and other common items– actually work. His work is an exhibit of his work at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

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If you are considering telecommuting, here are some excellent points to ask before jumping from the cube to the homefront.

Forty percent more employers are offering telework programs this year than last. Before you say yes to telework, make sure you’ve asked yourself and your employees these tough questions.

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