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Why Madhuri Dixit Overshadows Bucket List
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By Aparna joshi May. 25, 2018
In the Marathi film Bucket List, Madhuri Dixit plays the sweet vahini from a regular upper-caste Maharashtrian Puneri neighbourhood. What happens when Bollywood's most famous diva lands in an industry in the midst of a beautiful churn? Her stardom becomes a stumbling block.
In a scene in Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar's Marathi film, Bucket List, its lead Madhura Sane, a 40-year-old middle-class homemaker, poses an odd question: "Who will look at me?" The character is reminiscent of the lovable Shashi, played by the late Sridevi, in English Vinglish who feels invisible to her own family – and by extension, the world.
In any other case, the ordinariness of the character would have been enough to accept the reality of this complaint and believe that no one would indeed look at her. But when your character is played by Bollywood royalty Madhuri Dixit, it's actually impossible to look away from her.
In the times that we live in, some of the most interesting films being made in regional Indian languages, are either in Marathi or Malayalam. Where Malayalam films are stunning viewers with a new visual grammar, Marathi cinema has broken ground with refreshing narratives. Films like Sairat, Kaksparsh, Walu, and Killa, featuring talent gleaned from theatre and television, have demolished stereotypes and present a new trajectory worth emulating.
But what happens when Bollywood's most famous diva lands in an industry in the midst of a beautiful churn? Her stardom becomes a bit of a stumbling block.
Of course, Madhuri (it's also her Marathi film debut) hasn't done this intentionally. Her Mrs Sane is the sweet vahini from your regular upper-caste Maharashtrian Puneri neighbourhood. After a life-altering heart transplant, all she wants is to fulfil the bucket list of the 20-year-old donor who gave her a second life. She's the kind of person who doesn't know what type of bread pita is or the point of a bro fist. She believes viral is something to recover from and has never tasted tequila. So naturally she's never heard of a bucket list either. It's a role every Joshi, Kulkarni, and Deshpande vahini in the audience can identify with.
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Which is precisely why, there's so much more ground Mrs Sane could have covered. But Madhuri doesn't.
On paper, Mrs Sane is the Maharashtrian Everywoman — outwardly happy but inwardly struggling for self-expression. In any other equally competent but less self-absorbed hands, Mrs Sane would have blossomed and tested her boundaries by leaving the audience with the umpteen contradictions that make up a middle-class homemaker. Instead, what the movie does is glorify her devotion to domesticity.
Naturally, as is the case with this specific brand of women-led underdog films, she also "finds" herself along the way. By bending a few social norms, blending in with the aspirations of the younger generation and topping it off by rubbing her family the wrong way. It's all wonderfully "feel good" in a way that a Dharma Production starring the country's favourite dhak-dhak girl can be – but also a little dishonest at the same time.
Then there's the fact that Madhuri never lets you forget that she's the diva. Right from the million-watt smile to the graceful dance moves, Mrs Sane finds its impossible to hide the fact that she's Madhuri Dixit. As a result, Bucket List tiptoes around her persona even in its most poignant moments. The plot – that carries a strong whiff of English Vinglish – betrays its very essence by being unable to probe the depths of Mrs Sane's soul and understand what truly makes her tick. But more importantly, she leaves you exasperated with her subtle acquiescence to patriarchy.
Naturally, as is the case with this specific brand of women-led underdog films, Madhuri Dixit's Madhura Sane also "finds" herself along the way.
Unfortunately for Mrs Sane, the women who preceded her in the landscape of Marathi cinema in recent months have done a far better job of making the audiences introspect. Gulabjaam's short-tempered Radha munched on popcorn while watching a film alone in a Pune theatre, explored her need for companionship with a far younger man, and found expression in her culinary skills. Nude's Yamuna showed us the world through the eyes of a nude model who was unapologetic about the routes she exploits for financial and emotional independence. And, Amhi Doghi's Saavi questioned her lack of emotional attachment even as her stepmother Ammi fought her own destiny with a quiet and dignified resilience.
These women, from different strata of society, were emerging voices who pushed boundaries. They were fallible, vulnerable, and acutely real. Unlike Madhuri in Bucket List, none of the actors portraying these feisty women allow – or have – a screen persona that can overpower their characters.
Which is a shame because Mrs Sane could have given Madhuri Dixit ample scope to go where no vahini had trodden before. Instead of just playing out her fantasies of meeting Ranbir Kapoor in a pub, getting wasted, and learning to ride a Harley, she could have explored her equations with the family and even probed those feelings of desire that disappointingly just get a nudge-nudge wink-wink mention in the screenplay.
Until the very end, I waited with bated breath to see if Mrs Sane would throw caution to the wind and complete the last wish on that bucket list: kissing the boyfriend of her dead donor. It could have opened the door to a long-overdue discussion on the unsung, unspoken needs and desires of the middle-class married Indian woman.
But Madhuri never lets Mrs Sane get there. Instead, Bucket List gets our vahini to settle for a tame embrace with the husband instead.
Aparna joshi
Aparna Joshi likes to travel, observe and meet different folks. When the mood is right, she writes too.


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Cameron Long (Palm Bay, Florida, 24 de abril de 1990) es un jugador de baloncesto estadounidense que actualmente juega en el Maccabi Rishon LeZion de la liga israelí. Mide 1,93 metros, y juega en la posición de escolta.

Trayectoria deportiva

Es un jugador formado durante cuatro temporadas en los George Mason Patriots. Tras no ser elegido en el Draft de la NBA de 2011, Long comenzó su carrera profesional con el equipo lituano del Šiauliai. Durante esa temporada, Long participó en el LKL Slam Dunk Contest como parte del evento LKL All-Star.

El 25 de junio de 2012, Long firmó con el equipo francés  Le Mans para la temporada 2012-13.

El 13 de julio de 2013, Long firmó un contrato de dos años con el equipo alemán ratiopharm Ulm.  Esa temporada, Long ayudó a Ulm a llegar a la Final de la Copa Alemana. Desafortunadamente, el 10 de julio de 2014, Ulm se separó de Long debido a una lesión.

El 28 de julio de 2015, Long regresó a Alemania y firmó con s.Oliver Würzburg para la temporada 2015-16.

El 14 de junio de 2016, Long firmó con el equipo rumano Steaua Bucureşti para la temporada 2016-17. Sin embargo, el 9 de marzo de 2017, Long se separó de Steaua y firmó con el equipo israelí  Maccabi Rishon LeZion por el resto de la temporada. Long ayudó a Rishon LeZion a llegar a la final de la Superliga de Israel 2017.

El 23 de julio de 2017, Long firmó con  Maccabi Ashdod para la temporada 2017-18.

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Professor Kim Rasmussen, Emeritus Professor Gregory Hancock, Professor Gianluca Ranzi, Associate Professor Luming Shen, Associate Professor Tim Wilkinson, Dr Hao Zhang.
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Lost your camera? Web site reunites photographers & their gear.
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By Daniela Flores
Imagine you lost the camera that had those one-of-a-kind vacation photos, or images of a keepsake moment. Now imagine a stranger finding it: Would you feel happy, or somehow that your privacy was invaded, if that stranger put some of your images on the Web to track you down?
A new Web site, www.Ifoundyourcamera.net, aims to do exactly that: Using the power and reach of the Internet, it asks people who find cameras, memory sticks or photos to upload and send a few of the images, which are posted for all to see. The intent is for people who visit the site to scroll through the pictures for their lost memories or for faces they know.
In three months, the Web site has had more than 700,000 hits, according to Matt Preprost, the blog's 20-year-old co-founder and operator. Almost 60 people have sent images from cameras or memory sticks they found, and that's led to eight happy reunions between camera owners and their digital memories, he said.
"I thought that it was something special and unique, but I was unsure of how long it was going to last," said Preprost, a student at the University of Winnipeg in Canada. He said most people are "dumbfounded" such a site exists and aren't bothered by potential privacy issues.
His site was inspired by a submission to PostSecret.com, where people submit secrets on the Internet via handmade postcards. In early February, one posted "secret" was from someone who found a camera at Lollapalooza and wanted to reunite it with its owner.
Preprost found it compelling that the person was using PostSecret to try to connect with someone and e-mailed site-founder Frank Warren, whom he'd interviewed for his college newspaper.
By the end of the day, they'd started www.Ifoundyourcamera.net together.
Preprost runs the blog – a scroll through its submissions takes you to all corners of the globe – while Warren said he serves as his mentor.
"I've been through a lot of the things he's going through in terms of trying to create this community and listen to it and respect everybody's values and allow the community to grow in a self-purposing way," Warren said.
Preprost, who says the site focuses on the stories surrounding the cameras, asks people to send in two pictures that are visually strong, with identifiable people and landmarks.
When an owner turns up, he puts them in contact with the person who found their memories.
Brett Moist, a 21-year-old photography student from Crystal Lakes, Ill., lost his memory card at Union Station in Chicago during a trip in January. He thought he lost it in Michigan, and figured it was long gone.
Then a picture of Moist and his girlfriend in front of Wrigley Field turned up on Preprost's Web site.
"A couple of weeks after I lost it my girlfriend's friend randomly stumbled onto the site and went crazy when she saw us," Moist said.
While Preprost hasn't run into any problems with people being upset about their pictures being posted online, the site is in a bit of a legal gray area, according R. Bruce Rich, a lawyer with Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York City.
Whoever takes a picture owns it and almost any photo is entitled to copyright protection, Rich said. While Rich said an argument could be made that the Web site makes unauthorized copies of pictures, it's clear the intent of the site is to get cameras back to their rightful owners, not to deny the camera's owner any commercial benefit.
Another legal problem could arise, though, if someone who appears in a posted image claims that they had a reasonable expectation of privacy when the picture was taken, Rich said.
Preprost said he'd remove pictures of anyone who objected.
He said most people seem to appreciate the site.
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The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program seeks to help poor households locate in high-opportunity neighborhoods, but experts have reached little agreement on how to define high opportunity. Using low poverty as the sole criterion has proven ineffective. We offer an alternative metric to assess the level of distress in neighborhoods using multiple measures of neighborhood condition. With this new metric, we examine the extent to which female-headed families with children who have housing choice vouchers reside in census tracts with varying levels of distress by comparison with the availability of affordable rental housing. We find that HCV families are underrepresented in the least-distressed neighborhoods. The problem is especially acute among Black and Hispanic households.
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If all roads lead to Rome, why not take the green one?
Build environmental and cultural awareness and respect.
Provide positive experiences for both visitors and hosts.
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Support international human rights and labor agreements.
In 2010, the mayor of Rome unveiled a master plan to turn the Eternal City into a green, low-carbon, post-petroleum capital. His attempt was to bolster the city's standing in its bid for the 2020 Olympics, but the impact of certain moves will have far-reaching consequences for "Green Rome" overall.
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3. Improving the agriculture districts outside Rome to reduce carbon imprint.
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The new emphasis on Green Rome is seen in modern developments such as the new stadium of the Rome Soccer Club launched in 2009. The stadium has become energy self-sufficient thanks to the use of a photovoltaic system and to micro-generation. The designers of the stadium implemented plans that eliminate greenhouse gases at the rate of 3,000 tons a year, an amazing figure.
Even Rome's largest public hospital, Policlinico Umberto I, has become more eco- and user-friendly by installing a solar-powered recreational pavilion that was formerly the waiting room. Today, the pavilion has been called a place where the "Alice in Wonderland mushroom meets solar-ray chomping Pac-Man."
Eden Walks (tel. 039/338-596-1622; www.edenwalks.com) is a pioneer of eco-conscious walking tours through both historical Rome and the Vatican. It offers three "low-impact" tours of Rome. Well-trained English-speaking guides take you on tours through history. Although group tours are offered, the Eden walks also features a number of 2-hour tours (maximum 4 people), costing 200€.
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You can find some eco-friendly travel tips and statistics, as well as touring companies and associations -- listed by destination under "Travel Choice" -- at the TIES website, www.ecotourism.org. Also check out Ecotravel.com, which lets you search for sustainable touring companies in several categories (water-based, land-based, spiritually oriented, and so on).
While much of the focus of eco-tourism is about reducing impacts on the natural environment, ethical tourism concentrates on ways to preserve and enhance local economies and communities, regardless of location. You can embrace ethical tourism by staying at a locally owned hotel in Rome or shopping at a store that employs local workers and sells locally produced goods.
Responsible Travel (www.responsibletravel.com) is a great source of sustainable travel ideas; the site is run by a spokesperson for ethical tourism in the travel industry. Sustainable Travel International (www.sustainabletravelinternational.org) promotes ethical tourism practices, and manages an extensive directory of sustainable properties and tour operators in Rome.
In the U.K., Tourism Concern (www.tourismconcern.org.uk) works to reduce social and environmental problems connected to tourism. The Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO; www.aito.co.uk) is a group of specialist operators leading the field in making holidays sustainable, including jaunts to Rome.
Each time you take a flight or drive a car greenhouse gases release into the atmosphere. You can help neutralize this danger to the planet through "carbon offsetting" -- paying someone to invest your money in programs that reduce your greenhouse gas emissions by the same amount you've added. Before buying carbon offset credits, just make sure that you're using a reputable company, one with a proven program that invests in renewable energy. Reliable carbon offset companies include Carbonfund (www.carbonfund.org), TerraPass (www.terrapass.org), and Carbon Neutral (http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu).
Whenever possible, choose nonstop flights; they generally require less fuel than indirect flights that stop and take off again. Try to fly during the day -- some scientists estimate that nighttime flights are twice as harmful to the environment. And pack light -- each 15 pounds of luggage on a 5,000-mile flight adds up to 50 pounds of carbon dioxide emitted.
Where you stay during your travels can have a major environmental impact. To determine the green credentials of a property, ask about trash disposal and recycling, water conservation, and energy use; also question whether sustainable materials were used in the construction of the property. The website www.greenhotels.com recommends green-rated member hotels around the world that fulfill the company's stringent environmental requirements. Also consult www.environmentallyfriendlyhotels.com for more green accommodations ratings.
At hotels in Rome, request that your sheets and towels not be changed daily. (Many hotels already have programs like this in place.) Turn off the lights and air conditioner (or heater) when you leave your room.
Use public transport where possible -- trains, buses, and even taxis are more energy-efficient forms of transport than driving. Even better is to walk or cycle; you'll produce zero emissions and stay fit and healthy on your travels.
If renting a car is necessary, ask the rental agent for a hybrid, or rent the most fuel-efficient car available. You'll use less gas and save money at the tank.
Eat at Roman owned and operated restaurants that use produce grown in the area. This contributes to the local economy and cuts down on greenhouse gas emissions by supporting restaurants where the food is not flown or trucked in across long distances.


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Incoming Georgia TE stepping away from football
By Kevin McGuireJun 18, 2014, 6:24 PM EDT
A Georgia native who once dreamed of playing for Georgia, is stepping away from football before ever getting a chance to suit up for a game. According to a statement released by Georgia on Wednesday afternoon, incoming freshman tight end Hunter Atkinson has decided to step away from football. No reason for his decision has been given, but he does so with Mark Richt sending along his best wishes.
"We will miss Hunter in our freshman class but understand his decision and wish him nothing but the best in achieving his career objectives," said Richt in a statement released by the school.
Atkinson, a Georgia native, was a three-star tight end recruit according to Rivals.com. He chose Georgia after receiving a late offer in the recruiting process. Before Georgia offered, Atkinson was ready to join Cincinnati. Atkinson also held offers from Illinois, Georgia State and a handful of FCS programs.
"Georgia is a great school with both athletic and academic opportunities and I want to thank Coach Richt and the other coaches for their interest and all they have done for me over the past few months," said Atkinson. "I realized I have other career goals and want to pursue those interests."
Georgia has five tight ends on the roster (four on scholarship), so the depth is taking a hit, but this does not appear to be a severely detrimental roster change for the Bulldogs just yet.
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Bupa appoints new Director of Marketing for A&NZ
Health and care company Bupa has appointed Jane Power as its new Director of Marketing for Australia and New Zealand, effective 1 January 2017.
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Bupa Australia Marketing Director Jane Power
She will become part of the Bupa A&NZ executive team and report to new Managing Director Richard Bowden who also starts in January.
Ms Power is currently Director of Brand and Health & Care Marketing for Bupa A&NZ, where she has guided the company's brand strategy and helped reposition the company from an insurer to a broad health and care company. She has also been Bupa's key global brand lead, helping all of its markets expand their brand presence, a role she will continue when assuming her new responsibilities on the Bupa A&NZ executive team.
She succeeds John Moore who is moving to Bupa's corporate centre in London to take up a new global customer service leadership role.
Ms Power joined the company in 2013 from Suncorp Group where she held roles including Executive Manager of Direct Life and Executive Manager of Wealth Management and Direct Risk. She also spent five years at MLC working across a range of roles including platform distribution. She was Head of Product and Marketing at Asteron, prior to the merger with Suncorp. She has an MBA from Queensland University of Technology.
Bupa People Director Naomi Attwood said: "Jane brings to the role a great depth of marketing and commercial experience at MLC, Suncorp and Asteron, prior to joining Bupa in 2013.
"More recently, Jane has passionately led our Brand strategy for the past two years, bringing the Bupa brand in our Australian and more recently New Zealand markets to life in a new way."
Commenting on her appointment Ms Power said: "I am incredibly honoured to be given this opportunity to lead a fantastic team that is doing such impactful work for our people and customers.
"As a marketing group we have worked very hard over the last few years to reposition Bupa as a broad health and care company. We know those efforts are making a real difference to the way our customers feel about the brand as a whole.
"For that reason our marketing activity will continue to focus on making that real difference in health and care, particularly delivering on the experiences that are important to our customers and people.
"Platforms such as the Blue Room are critical to this, helping us create greater engagement with consumers around health issues that matter to them.
"It's an exciting time at Bupa and I'm thrilled to be taking on the role," Ms Power said.
A new Director of Brand and Health & Care Marketing will be appointed in due course.
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You've heard the saying *men in white coats* right? Well I'm predicting paws crossed the *cats in pink coats* will be making an emergency stop here at the Townhouse very soon.
Waffles Too. He's a maniac. He's cuckooo-crazypants.
Oh, stop it already with the senseless cooing and squeeing. Quit drinking the kitten kool aid. This orange boy-beast is certifiable.
Exhibit A: Waffles Too watches *innocently* while I play with my Fling-A-Ma-String.
Exhibit B: For no apparent reason, Waffles Too starts breakdancing and flashing me jazz hands.
Exhibit D: Waffles Too levitates and flees the scene in a wild blur of fur.
Special thanks to Doctors Cathy Keisha, Wally, Austin and Allie. Don't forget to bring the straight jacket.
Um... I'm a little worried cause he looks a bit like a low flying dragon in that last image. Are you SURE he's a cat?
LOL, he is a big time crazypants-maniac-kitty-on-steroids!!!!
What are you guys feeding him?
Okay...the lady started laughing hysterically and a few tears leaked from her eyes when she first saw the "jazz hands" photo.
A very funny series of photos.
The lady says, thankyou thankyou for a much needed, deeply felt laugh.
Bwahahaha! "jazz hands" Purrfect description!
Oh HOLY FOR COD SAKES!!! That Woman has been laughing for ten minutes straight! She has laughed so hard the tears are running right down her leg~ it's not a pretty picture. When the boys in pink coats are done over there can you send 'em here stat! Thanks!
Lol! That is too funny! You should have Glogirly get a video of these cuckoo kitty outbursts.
Oh Katie! Talk about flying fur, eh? We girl kitties must show them boys who's the big boss. Weren't you elected Ruler of The World? purrr.....meow!
I'm sorry, but I can't help but MOL! I am approximately 10 years older than that squirt and sometimes I still do the same thing!
One of these days your gonna look at him and you won't catch yourself until you are "mid-squee". Admit it, the jazz hands are too cute. Ginger's rule!
Waffles sure is a flitty kitty. Levitation too , wow. Have a fabulous flitty kitty Friday.
Kudos to the photographer Gloman or Glogirly for catching that swift action. Love those jazz hands!
Meowy's cooing & squeein ... Yeesh! But we must admit the pics are great!
Ha! Those pictures are perfect evidence that he's a little nutty!
Er, we thinks he is acting like a kitten. Enjoy the wild antics, they are very entertaining.
We're sorry, but our human is just about unconscious from the kitten cuteness. You don't look THAT put out, Katie--unless you were PhotoShopped into proximity in these too. LOL.
Anyway, a very happy Solstice to you all! Spring's only three months away!
What kind of kitten juice does the little one drink???
He better stay away from the catnip. Or maybe it would mellow him out???? You gotta admit he's entertaining to watch. Your own "nut show"!
I think you are doing amazingly well Katie, especially with that flying kitten!
OMC we think Raz and Waffles Too must be related. Mom says Raz "wears his crazypants" a LOT!! On the other paw, Raz does NOT levitate!! That's a bit worrisome!
Jeez, we've done some crazy stuff when we were kittens, but we don't remember ever levitating! MOL!
Wow! I've never levitated! That's pretty awesome!
Sorry Katie. We think he's adorable!
Can we get whatever Waffles is drinking? Wow, that must be GOOD stuff.
OMC those pics are awesomely hilarious !
Pawsome photos, as usual! Waffles Too is certainly certifiable, but what do you expect, all kittens are. No need to call the Cats in Pink Coats, he'll grow out of it. Might take a while, though. can you keep your sanity that long? Good luck. Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrs.
Terrific evidence! We especially like the "jazz hands".
That ain't all he's flashing.
FaRADaY: *grabs Allie in choke hold* I gotcha covered Waffles! RUN!!!
Maxwell: *shakes head* Can't we all just get alooooooong...?
Oh and when you're done could you PLEEZ send some anti hallucinogens our mommy's way? She's totally squeeing over the breakdancing jazz hands.
We don't think he is cuckoo, just very young. Don't you remember acting like this Katie?
Thank you for hte kind words about our brofur Junior. We are missing him but we know we will see him again.
MOL, he's a crazypants flasher!
OK I'll stop laffin....no I won't.
Katie your reaction is priceless!
Don't know what's wrong with our mum, she won't stop laughing. We have tried telling her a levitating kitten is serious.
Well, Katie, he *is* running AWAY from you! And NO, you may NOT send him over here. I saw through THAT offer in a New York minute. As if!
Whap him! Put the fear of Katie into him! It is the only thing that keeps me alive these days now that Kozmo is almost 3 times my size!
I cannot tell you how much both my peeps laughed at this. W2 just wants to play with you, is all. Huh? you said when what freezes over??


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Whatever reasons that you could come up inside your mind that you feel the need to make a meal, in a way that you don't have to make use of a stove, then you are just about to know as to the different meals that you can eat without the use of a stove, but only an open flame. There are some who greatly observed that putting up fire could be very hard, but this is mostly practiced when preparing for a savory meal that you want to eat whenever you feel the need to do so.
In this article, you will be able to know some dishes that you need to know, which are very much vital and essential for you to be able to make a kind of meal that can be cooked in less than an hour, and that you won't be needing a stove, but rather a campfire, wherein you could use so as to be able to cook the dishes that will be mentioned in the latter part. No need to use for pans, knives, oven mitts, or even pots, there are dishes that you could actually make in less than the required amount of time that is expected, but rather in a fast way.
This kind of fish is different in making a fish fillet, with just a little additions that will be placed on this type of fish, you will be able to taste a new set of recipe that won't require you too much of your time along with the effort that you need to exert. This is cooked on a campfire setting, all you have to do is just add some seasonings for this to taste good, also, you can decide as to what you would actually prefer to have some inventions that you can think of that will suite to the kind of the taste of the fish. All you have to do is just to remove the innards of this fish so as to make sure that they are cooked in an equal manner, you do not have to remove some other parts on it. You can make use of a stick, a pan, or a foil, depending as to what you would want to prefer in cooking this kind of recipe, just as long as you will be able to produce a kind of taste that this fish establishes. All you have to apply for this kind of fresh fish is a little amount of salt and pepper so as to be able to produce a kind of taste that you like to establish, also, a lemon juice to add on its flavor and the way that the fish would taste.


You can upgrade Bamboo by installing a new version of Bamboo and setting it up with the configuration of the original Bamboo instance.
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Set the bamboo.home variable to use the <bamboo-home> path of the original Bamboo instance.
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The version-specific notes provide additional information to the main upgrade documentation. We recommend reading the version-specific notes for the original and new Bamboo instance versions.
Bamboo allows you to display the content of your artifact based on its extension. This is done using the Resolve artifacts content type by extension option. If this option is selected, whenever you click on an artifact in a web brower, Bamboo will present you its content with MIME type set according to the artifact's file extension. Opening HTML files in this way, however, could lead to potential XSS attacks. For that reason, starting from version 6.8, the Resolve artifacts content type by extensions option is disabled by default. If you wish to enable this option, go to > Overview > Security settings.
Starting from version 6.8, JGit is deprecated in Bamboo.
Both remote repository trigger and Bambo Specs detection and by default disabled for anonymous users in Bamboo 6.7. Access to these by anonymous users is necessary e.g. for using webhooks. To enable it, go to > Overview > Security settings.
When enabled, Bamboo ignores permissions settings for anonymous user access to those REST endpoints but keep restriction on other REST resources.
Starting from version 6.7, Bamboo deprecates PostgresSQL 9.2 and 9.3. Support for these versions will end in an upcoming release.
Bamboo 6.7 contains upgrade tasks for changes to the audit log table which can impact the upgrade time. The upgrade time can differ depending on the size of your audit log so plan some extra time when upgrading.
For reference, during our test, an audit log table with 6,5 records in PostgreSQL took 3 extra minutes of upgrade time.
We've made some changes to the possible Bamboo upgrade paths. To figure our the best way to upgrade your Bamboo to the latest version, see the upgrade path.
Heroku's API changes rendered the Heroku plugin for Bamboo non-functional and we no longer deploy it with Bamboo. Check this DevCenter article on WAR Deployment for recommended alternatives.
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Bamboo 6.4 is shipped with a native mechanism for monitoring builds. For that reason, the Hung Build Killer plugins becomes deprecated. See Apps blacklist.
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If database settings are configured directory in Bamboo, then during 6.0 upgrade it will attempt to update driver settings. In case of customized settings Bamboo instance administrator will be required to manually convert the settings.
If database settings are configured in the container (Tomcat) and Bamboo uses datasource, automatic upgrade will not be possible and instance administration will be required to manually convert the settings.
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Starting from version 6.0, Bamboo changes support for Git to version 1.8.1.5 or later.
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Remember that remote agents must be restarted after the upgrade.
Automatic Clover integration for Maven 2 and Maven 3 tasks has been changed. It has tighter integration and adds Clover goals between goals from an original command so that a build will be performed only once (i.e. it will not run a separate build phase as it did before). Automatic Clover integration will not happen when your Maven task contains the install or deploy commands; this is to protect your repositories from being polluted by instrumented code. Therefore, please check if any of your Maven tasks that use automatic Clover integration use the install or deploy Maven commands. If they do: either disable automatic Clover integration for those jobs, or change the phase to the verify command (or earlier) or set up a dedicated job for Clover. Otherwise, your jobs will not produce Clover's coverage reports.
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Note, this issue was found in Bamboo 5.4 and still applies to Bamboo 5.6.
Previously, Mac OS X required binaries to be Developer ID signed in order to run out of the box. Without signing, users would receive a warning that the app isn't from the App Store or a registered Apple Developer. Users were able to apply a work-around to solve this problem.
The latest version of Mac OS X (10.8 and above), however, now reports that the Bamboo installer for Mac is corrupted rather than being blocked by developer ID.
Please see BAM-11742 - Getting issue details... STATUS for more information.
There is a temporary work-around available here.
This is a small bug with our installer. Please be assured that we are working on a permanent solution to this issue.
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We recommend that you add OAuth authentication (in addition to existing authentication) to any existing application links between your Bamboo and Bitbucket servers. If you have previously integrated Bamboo with Bitbucket Server, you will probably have Basic HTTP authentication configured for your link. The new Bitbucket repository type will work with Basic HTTP, but OAuth is a better as it is an impersonating authentication type. For more information, see Configuring authentication for an application link.
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Note that Bamboo will run a full reindex after updating.
Previously, Mac OS X required binaries to be Developer ID signed to run out of the box. Without signing, users would receive a warning that the app isn't from the App Store or a registered Apple Developer. Users were able to apply a work-around to solve this problem.
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There is a temporary work-around solution available here.
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Hundreds of passengers aboard a badly overloaded Haitian ferry are believed to have drowned when the vessel sank off the country's southern peninsula early Wednesday, officials said today.
The Haitian authorities and United States Coast Guard officials said the victims, passengers on a regularly scheduled ferry linking remote areas of the peninsula with the capital, Port-au-Prince, could number 1,500 or more.
They said the sinking was unconnected with the recent exodus of boat people that has seen more than 40,000 Haitians try to flee the country since a violent army coup overthrew the elected President, the Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in September 1991.
Survivors said the the rusty, 150-foot triple-decker vessel, the Neptune, sank before dawn in a heavy rainfall several hours into the overnight journey to Port-au-Prince from Jeremie, an isolated town near the western end of the southern peninsula. By this evening, 141 people had either floated to shore alive or had been rescued at sea.
Because of Haiti's bad roads and scant telephone network, news of the accident did not reach Port-au-Prince until early today, more than 24 hours after the sinking, when bodies began washing onto beaches around the southern towns of Mirogoane and Petit-Goave.
The officer who supervises United States Coast Guard activities in Haiti, Comdr. Larry Mizell, said the Coast Guard was alerted to the sinking shortly after 7 this morning and immediately dispatched a plane over the zone between the southern peninsula and the island of La Gonave, where the sinking occurred.
With most roads nearly unusable, and no fuel available in the country for small aircraft, the Neptune had become Jeremie's only serviceable link with the outside, making weekly runs to Port-au-Prince.
As they pieced together spotty reports on the Neptune's sinking, officials said it appeared that 800 tickets had been sold for the 180-mile run this week. They said that the rickety vessel typically loaded up with huge stacks of charcoal, agricultural produce and livestock at Jeremie's simple concrete wharf before the passengers boarded.
Often, several officials said, the number of passengers far exceeded the number of tickets sold, leading to speculation that as many as 2,000 people may have been aboard the ship.
"This is a boat that we've seen many times," Commander Mizell said. "The passenger load can vary anywhere between 500 and 2,000 people on any given day depending upon what else they are carrying and what is going on."
The ferry's captain, Benjamin St. Clair, was one of the survivors. In an interview with Radio Metropole, a private Haitian station, he said that passengers began to panic as the ship took on water in a driving rain. The shifting of the frightened passengers rocked the vessel back and forth, he said, causing it to capsize.
The Neptune's regularly scheduled Tuesday trip to the capital had been suspended for several weeks until last week, officials said, largely because the owners feared Haitians trying to reach the United States would hijack the vessel. Boats seized on the seas by the Coast Guard are routinely destroyed and their passengers returned to land.
A Haitian military official reached by telephone in Jeremie said the Neptune had been unusually crowded because of the pent-up demand among those who had been waiting weeks for the ferry service to resume.
"No one will ever know how many people were aboard that boat," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "But I have never seen it so full of people."
Since mid-January, the United States Coast Guard has kept more than 20 of its ships in international waters off Haiti to prevent a resurgence of boat people trying to reach the United States. It has estimated that one-third or more of those setting out aboard crudely build and often overloaded wooden boats since the exodus began may have died in accidents at sea.


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Time travel is hard to handle well in fiction: it leads to paradox, weird philosophical discussions, and massive plot holes as often as not. Thankfully, "Looper" wisely gives us a firm footing to anchor our suspension of disbelief, tips its hat politely at the inevitable issues, and gets on with the business of telling an intense, thrilling science-fiction story.
Let's get a few observations out of the way up front: no, there was no reason to remake the classic nineties cheesefest "Total Recall." Yes, the new film is technically a remake even though the entire setting and big-picture conflict are different. No, the new film isn't as terrible as I was expecting. Yes, it's still pretty bad.
If the measure of great art is how much thought and discussion it inspires, "Prometheus" is very great art indeed. It asks so many questions, and leaves so many of them unanswered, that it is producing interesting, thoughtful discussions far and wide. It's more of a meditation on the eternal questions of philosophy than a story — which is both a great strength and a major weakness.
There is a special place in my heart for films that know exactly what they are and set out to fulfill their destiny with utter enthusiasm. "Lockout" is in that class of film. It knows it's a B-movie sci-fi action flick, and has no pretensions otherwise. There's no subtlety here, the film is predictable right down to much of its dialog, and the action and one-liners are slathered on thickly.
Disney has a knack for producing movies that aren't terribly demanding, but are very entertaining for kids of all ages, including grown-up ones. "John Carter," loosely adapted from the Edgar Rice Burroughs book "A Princess of Mars," is just such a flick. If you're the kind of person who can't set aside science and enjoy a grand adventure on the surface of Mars, this is not a movie for you.
"In Time" begins with one of the more honest voiceovers I've heard: our hero tells us he doesn't have time to explain the science behind the foundation of his world, so he'll just say how things are. With a premise as impossible as this, it's far more respectful to your audience to simply gloss over the science rather than trying to explain it.
Rated: PG-13 for violence, terror, some sexuality and brief strong language.
Prequels are by definition at something of an advantage — knowing even the basic plot of the stories that take place after them means that you have at least general knowledge of how the prequel must end. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" definitely has this problem; even folks who haven't seen the other "Planet of the Apes" movies know how things wind up. Even so, the characters (both human and ape) are engaging enough to draw viewers into the film.


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The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

19th century

 1772
 Santa Cruz Church construction begins.
 José Ramírez de Arellano becomes mayor.
 1883 - Population: 15,752 in ayuntamiento (city); 125,277 in departamento (province).

20th century

 1900 - First automobile is photographed in Bayamón
 1905 - Mahogany tree planted in the plaza.
 1908 - Plata Bridge built.
 1910 - Farmacia Serra (pharmacy) building constructed.
 1928 - Hurricane.
 1932 - Hurricane.
 1949 - Puerto Rico National Cemetery established.
 1964
 Universidad Católica de Bayamón established.
 Santa Rosa Mall in business.
 1970 - Population: 147,552.
 1974
 Vaqueros de Bayamón baseball club formed.
 Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium opens.
 1977 - City flag design adopted.
 1980 - Bayamón City Hall built.
 1982 - Plaza Rio Hondo shopping mall in business.
 1984 - Braulio Castillo Theater opens.
 1988 - Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez (arena) opens.
 1990 - Botanical garden established.
 1997 - Carmen Delia Dipiní Theater opens.
 1998 - Plaza del Sol shopping mall in business.
 1999 - Puerto Rico Bayamón football club formed.
 2000
 Public Library building constructed.
 Population: 203,499.

21st century
 2001

 May 11: Miss Universe 2001 beauty pageant held in Bayamón
 Ramón Luis Rivera Jr. becomes mayor
 2004 - Tren Urbano (regional transit) begins operating
 2010 - Population: 208,116
 2009 - an explosion and fire at the Cataño oil refinery
 2011 - Bayamón Soccer Complex opens
 2015 - Puerto Rico FC (football club) formed

See also

 List of mayors of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Bayamón
 Timeline of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Ponce, San Juan

References

Bibliography

in English

in Spanish
  (reprint 1998)
  1979-1982 (8 vols.)
  (2 vols.)

External links

  (Includes bibliographic information on Bayamón history)
 Items related to Bayamón, Puerto Rico, various dates (via University of Puerto Rico's Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña)
 Items related to Bayamón, Puerto Rico, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
 Digitized materials related to Bayamón in the Archivo Histórico Nacional of Spain, records of the Ministerio de Ultramar; via Portal de Archivos Españoles

History of Puerto Rico
Bayamon
Years in Puerto Rico
Bayamón, Puerto Rico


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For many executives, business model generation is a difficult but necessary activity, to be endured on rare occasions. Typically the only times business models would be generated would be when the business started, when significant change is anticipated (i.e. the sale of some subset of the business), or when refinancing is required. These models were created using massive spreadsheets with several poorly documented assumptions. They often did not provide a holistic view of the business and focussed primarily on the numbers specific to one aspect of the business.
The book then covers common patterns and techniques for quickly producing useful business case canvases; canvases that contain sufficient information to be useful by management. Finally, the book looks at the use of these canvases in making strategic decisions and using them as a process for ongoing strategic planning. This idea of a process for continually evaluating strategy is one that is becoming more and more important as the pace of business change becomes faster and faster.
"Mapping an existing business model is one thing; designing a new and innovative business model is another. What's needed is a creative process for generating a large number of business model ideas and successfully isolating the best ones."
It is hard to find an expert that is stating, these days, that the pace of change of business is slowing. It is generally accepted that the pace of change is accelerating and many experts expect that this will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future. Things like advancements in technology, communications, and transport logistics are all key contributors. The Internet, including various social media sites, have allowed for collaboration and advancement of ideas at a pace never seen before. All of this places greater and greater pressure on businesses to advance to meet the new needs, demands and pressures of the changing economy. Strategic planning becomes hugely challenging at times like this.
Traditional strategic planning cycles, which take a great deal of time and documentation provided by planning members who are also busy with the regular day-to-day aspects of their jobs, are becoming less and less relevant in this fast-moving environment. What is needed is a tool to quickly capture sufficient relevant information about a business change to evaluate the impact to the business that would be implied. The Business Plan Canvas template (below; click to enlarge) is an excellent example of a tool that gives a quick but holistic overview of a proposed change, along with predicted outcomes. By using this template, the business management team can quickly look at one or more change alternatives to effectively evaluate the best course of action to take. The patterns can be used for looking at 'out of the box' alternatives when looking at how to successfully evolve a business. Great business models explaining these examples help see when and how they can be effectively applied. Business can quickly build plans for effecting the required change, based on the Business Model Canvas.
While these tools can be used reactively in order to determine what best to do in reaction to something that has happened in the business environment, more importantly, the book suggests that the same tools and techniques can be used proactively to create strategic plans with sufficient flexibility to be resilient to most change through consistent re-evaluation.
"A competitive business that makes sense in today's environment might be outdated or obsolete tomorrow… Of course we can't be certain of the future… We can, however, develop a number of hypotheses about the future to serve as guidelines for designing tomorrow's business models."
There may be two, three, or four (or even more) possible future paths for a given business at a given point in time. When a simple yet relevant business model is created for each possible path, each can be compared for relative value and likelihood of success. Of course, traditional long-cycle business model documents make this an onerous task, not likely to be pursued.
This allows the business to strategically evaluate options and choose the path that is best suited to their future success. Options can include status quo type answers to the change required, or it can also include more 'out of the box' type solutions based on patterns (see insight #2) or by the thinking of members of the planning team. Continuous use of models to evaluate future business paths result in a strategic plan for the business that is based on business model generation. This is the process of going from reactive planning to truly strategic thinking, to begin anticipating appropriate change before external forces demand change of you. This allows for a more nimble planning cycle which gives more time to be spent on the creative process part of strategic planning, rather than on the administrative and documentation side of the process.
"In today's climate, it's best to assume that most business models, even successful ones, will have a short lifespan."
Imagine a business environment where tools were in place to easily discuss business models in a holistic manner without an onerous amount of effort to create the model. Suddenly you are looking at an environment where it is easier to talk strategy. That ease with which strategy can be discussed creates an environment where it simply makes sense to discuss strategy and strategic changes routinely. It quickly and organically becomes part of the process of doing business. It becomes hard to imagine a world where there isn't a process in place to evolve strategy on a regular basis. A business operating in this manner is well poised to deal with the increasing change of pace we are all dealing with.
Manage the business based on the new model, complete with feedback measurements to evaluate the success of the model.
Once this process is embraced, it becomes easy for the business to do strategic analysis of their potentials to land on an optimized strategic plan which they can realistically execute.
Business Model Generation provides insight and motivation to not just embrace creating a business model but, by using their tools and techniques, use business models to design strategies for business. Once the business embraces the concept of business modeling, the book takes the reader through the rationalization for embracing business modeling as a continuous process. This book provides valuable material for making business modeling a practical part of managing business for success.


If you've been following this blog for a while, you know that I am no stranger to weird and funky mix up manicures. Today's is another one of those crazy ones! But this one actually has a purpose, more than just making a statement (which it does, too).
Nail wraps are pretty big right now. They are everywhere, and in every style. I've seen wraps made out of real polish, wraps that are essentially nail stickers, and more... The wraps I am wearing in this manicure are actually vinyl, and they are by Jamberry Nail Shields.
The usual problem with wraps is the cost. But, never fear! I've come up with a solution to extend the life of your set of wraps: the mix up manicure!
For my design, I chose the Peacock nail shield. You can see it in action on my fourth finger and on my thumb.
The only thing I would do differently is to add a bit of nail glue along the free edge of the shield. Jamberry includes this as an optional step, so I skipped it. Admittedly, I was pretty hard on my nails while I had these on, but the edges had a bit of wear to them after about four days. The nail glue would have helped this, I'm sure.
Let's talk about the rest of this manicure. For my pointer finger, I did a marbled design using OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, Sally Hansen Going Green, China Glaze Sky High Top, and China Glaze Happy Go Lucky. I chose those colors to mimic the colors that can be found in the peacock nail wrap.
On the middle and pinky fingers, I did a half moon design using China Glaze Sky High Top and China Glaze Happy Go Lucky.
I then added on a small bit of bling by attaching some green rhinestones. Seeing a pattern here? I tried to incorporate the blue, yellow, green, and white of the shields throughout this whole manicure.
So as you can see, by simply applying the shields to only a few nails every time you use them, you can really get a lot of mileage out of a single sheet of wraps!
Jamberry Nail Shields are available for $15.00 per sheet on their website. Jamberry says that each sheet will do 2-3 full sets of fingers and toes, so if you are doing a mix up manicure, who knows how long you can make it last! You can also check out Jamberry Nails on Facebook.
The Jamberry Nail Shields in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR for review.
this is a beautiful mani! i love how all the colors match and the mix up look! you are soooo creative!
the problem with the nail polish ones is that once you open the package you have to used them or else they dry up and wont stick. since they come in 2 packs, one for each nail, i only use one, and cut each strip in half, that way i get 2 manis out of 1 box. the sticker ones are good because they last forever, so i plan on using every single one of those stickers eventually, even the weird sized ones! i'm not letting them go to waste! these seem like a nice mix of each. last long in the package but are easy to work with, and they look beautiful!
This is unbelievable!! Looks Ah-Mazing!!!
this is amazing I love it!
This is really beautiful! Love how different your nail designs always are..
really really gorgeous, i love these colors together!!
just leaving my website for anyone that is interested.... You did an amazing job with yours.. may i share your picture?
www.wildaboutnails.net I am in the process of making a better site and would love to link up with you!
Hi Melissa. I have been working with Sarah on this site and didn't know if you knew that. Thanks for understanding and good luck with your business!
Wow, these look amazing! I love the beautiful design on the shields combined with your water marbling.
I've never tried shields, but this makes me want to.
I am sorry about that!!! still love the post!!
Gorgeous manicure, really feels in balance even though all the designs are different. Actually thought these were all wraps and you'd just give tips on how to extend the wear time!
Love it! Looks very great!
Jamberry's are so awesome because they don't dry out when they are opened...and so many different choices. Thanks for doing this blog for one of our incredible consultants!
Wow this is simply gorgeous. the design is incredibly eye catching!
This mani looks amazing! Love the colors!
Very pretty. I love how you've matched all the colours together and made the design work, very creative!
I was able to try out Jamberry as well, but when I went to take them off they peeled off some of my nail with them. Did you experience anything similar?
Jamberry Nails will not damage your nails if you heat them up and peel slowly from the cuticle edge. I did peel my first set off and had that happen. Now that I know how to properly remove them, I have had no problem at all!
What a brilliant idea! The peacock feathers are so pretty and eye-caching, but all 10 digits of them might be a little much. As you've done them, they're a great accent, and the colours totally pop!
Very cool! I have used Sally Hansen;s nail wraps quite a few times and they aren't too hard once you get the hang of it. I have never tried Jamberry's though so will have to check them out.
OOoooo amaaazing!!! They all look so uniform and the colours are just perfecto! Is there a way to make nail wraps last longer i.e. by putting a top coat on them? Or does that generally make them a bit floppier and ruin it? Love your blog and the always perfect nails and cuticles!!
Looks great...good answer to the cost of nail wraps or whatever ya want to call them. I personally don't like the cost AND the cookie cutter look of each nail looking like a carbon copy of the others...so your mixed up nails here solve that issue. But gads...I would never spend as long as this takes to do a mani! I don't have it in me. Kudos to you!
So pretty! I love the peacock design, but I love the nail art you did more!
I am a Jamberry nails consultant also. I love the nail shields but your idea make it looks so much better. I am glad that I found your blog.
good morning, Love my nail wraps, love your posts... wondering how you store your wraps??
Some wraps don't save, like the ones that are made of real nail polish. Sticker wraps save and you can just put them in a plastic baggie.
Ohh, hmm. I don't use wraps often so I don't have that many. Maybe just a plastic bin with a lid?
A consultant friend stores her Jams in a photo album: perfectly-sized clear pockets, and all she has to do is flip through the pages to see what she has!
OH!! Can you send a pic or give me a link so I canget the same thing!
I sell jamberry and love everything about them I will never use cheap nail polish again!!
Have any questions contact me I will fill u in on all the secrets!!


As mentioned in the StatefulSets concept, the Pods in a StatefulSet have a sticky, unique identity. This identity is based on a unique ordinal index that is assigned to each Pod by the Stateful Set controller. The Pods' names take the form -. Since the web StatefulSet has two replicas, it creates two Pods, web-0 and web-1.
Each Pod has a stable hostname based on its ordinal index. Use kubectl exec to execute the hostname command in each Pod.
The CNAME of the headless service points to SRV records (one for each Pod that is Running and Ready). The SRV records point to A record entries that contain the Pods' IP addresses.
In one terminal, watch the StatefulSet's Pods.
In a second terminal, use kubectl delete to delete all the Pods in the StatefulSet.
Wait for the StatefulSet to restart them, and for both Pods to transition to Running and Ready.
Use kubectl exec and kubectl run to view the Pods hostnames and in-cluster DNS entries.
The Pods' ordinals, hostnames, SRV records, and A record names have not changed, but the IP addresses associated with the Pods may have changed. In the cluster used for this tutorial, they have. This is why it is important not to configure other applications to connect to Pods in a StatefulSet by IP address.
If you need to find and connect to the active members of a StatefulSet, you should query the CNAME of the Headless Service (nginx.default.svc.cluster.local). The SRV records associated with the CNAME will contain only the Pods in the StatefulSet that are Running and Ready.
If your application already implements connection logic that tests for liveness and readiness, you can use the SRV records of the Pods ( web-0.nginx.default.svc.cluster.local, web-1.nginx.default.svc.cluster.local), as they are stable, and your application will be able to discover the Pods' addresses when they transition to Running and Ready.
The NGINX webservers, by default, will serve an index file at /usr/share/nginx/html/index.html. The volumeMounts field in the StatefulSets spec ensures that the /usr/share/nginx/html directory is backed by a PersistentVolume.
Write the Pods' hostnames to their index.html files and verify that the NGINX webservers serve the hostnames.
before retrying the curl command above.
In a second terminal, delete all of the StatefulSet's Pods.
Examine the output of the kubectl get command in the first terminal, and wait for all of the Pods to transition to Running and Ready.
Verify the web servers continue to serve their hostnames.
Event though web-0 and web-1 were rescheduled, they continue to serve their hostnames because the PersistentVolumes associated with their Persistent Volume Claims are remounted to their volumeMounts. No matter what node web-0 and web-1 are scheduled on, their PersistentVolumes will be mounted to the appropriate mount points.