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text: Use of "October Sky" in Teaching Science Handout to accompany presentation of Stephen Cook, Ark. School Math &Science 501-622-5138 or firstname.lastname@example.com October Sky PowerPoint Presentation Description: (from Teach with Movies website) Rated PG; 1999; 108 minutes; Color. Inspired by the launching of Sputnik (October, 1957), a high school student in a coal town in West Virginia decides to launch his own rockets. Despite ridicule led by the football team, of which his older brother was the star, and the opposition of his father, Homer and his outsider friends persist and succeed. They have the support of their science teacher and of Homer's mother, who is determined that her sons will not end up in the mines. Against all odds, the boys win the national science fair with an entry describing their rockets. All of the boys go to college, something unusual in coal country at that time. Homer goes on to become a scientist with NASA. October Sky is a charming tale and the boys' success is inspiring. The movie is taken from an autobiography (with certain modifications for purposes of clarification) originally entitled "The Rocket Boys" by Homer H. Hickam. The book has been republished under the same name as the film. This film can be used to spark or enhance an interest in math and physics and to inspire children to work hard to fulfill their dreams. It demonstrates the rewards of working toward a goal against daunting odds. October Sky shows the positive influence teachers can have on their students, a mother's support of her child's dreams, the love of a son for his father and his need for his father's approval, as well as the value of people who may be different from the generally accepted prototype of the popular high school athlete. The film is based on a true story. Bibliography / Resources Space Mathematics, by B. Kastner, 1985 Educational Programs Division, NASA EP-175 The Amateur Scientist 20th Century Collection, CD ROM (available Sky Publ.1-800-253-0245) "The VASIMR Rocket", by F. Diaz, Scientific American, November 2000 issue UALR Engineering Tech. Dept hybrid rocket technology research & demos (501-569-8002) Movie Reviews appeared in: New Yorker Feb 22 – Mar 1,1999 p. 184; Rolling Stone Mar 4 1999 p. 186; The American Spectator Apr 1999 p. 68; Christian Century Mar 24-31 1999 p. 331; People 3/1/99 p. 31; Harper's Bazaar, Mar 1999, p. 308 Websites: www.homerhickam.com & www.teachwithmovies.org www.state.ar.us.agc/coal.htm (Ark. State Geological Commission) http://220.127.116.11/armem/ross (history of coal mining in Johnson County, AR) Use in Teaching – Physics (Additional Notes / Resources) Physics teachers covering free fall and projectile motion can include problems based on October Sky, such as the following free fall problem: The rocket designated Auk XXIII, launched by Big Creek Missile Agency from Cape Coalwood, WVA, flew for 42 seconds. What altitude did it reach? (answer:7056 feet see Rocket Boys p300) Projectile problems typically require an initial velocity. The equation below enables finding the velocity V gained by a launch vehicle when its propellant is burned to depletion: V = vex ln R where vex = exhaust velocity of the engine, ln is the natural logarithm, and R is the mass ratio of the rocket, defined by R = takeoff weight / burnout weight . From the exhaust velocity (in m/sec), and propellant flow ∆m / ∆t (in kg/sec), the rocket thrust RT (in Newtons) can be calculated from RT = (∆m / ∆t) vex . The PASCO 2002 Physics & Data Collection catalog (p 35) describes what it takes to experimentally obtain rocket impulse. From that, rocket thrust can be found from average thrust = impulse divided by duration. (A related quantity of interest is specific impulse Isp, found from Isp = vex / g , where g = 9.80 m/sec2 ) For problems based on the above, see the NASA publication listed in the bibliography. The Scientific American article will be of interest both in that regard and for latest developments. Use in Teaching – Chemistry (Additional Notes / Resources) Extreme caution and appropriate safety devices (goggles, availability of fire extinguisher, fire blanket, etc) must accompany performing the demo described below, and any work with reactions involving potential rocket fuels. Teachers should supervise all student activities. Demonstration. Potassium chlorate (KClO 3 ) is one of the fuels the rocket boys experimented with. Starting with a piece of fine mesh steel or iron wool roughly 4 inches wide by 6 inches long, pour enough solid granular potassium chlorate over it, and spread it out to completely cover it. Work it into the iron wool until it becomes thoroughly enmeshed in it. (Excess KClO 3 should be dissolved in water and poured down the sink.) Roll up the treated iron wool into a cylindrical shape. Using a metal (burette or other) clamp and ring stand, mount it hanging approximately a foot above a big metal container full of sand. Use a match it light it – and get your hand out of there immediately! When any part of the oxidizer gets above 400o C, it will decompose, liberating oxygen: 2KClO 3 à 2KCl + 3O2 . The oxygen will immediately combine with the iron in a very rapid combustion reaction: 3Fe + 2O2 à Fe3 O4 . Be sure and note the molten iron present immediately afterwards ( iron melts at 1500 o C !) (I often begin this demonstration by casually asking the question, "Will iron burn??" After some discussion, we eventually decide that iron will burn if it's in the right form (iron wool). I light a piece of untreated iron wool and demonstrate that it burns very slowly. After discussion of what factors affect the rate of combustion, I do the above) The rocket boys launched rockets using various rocket fuels -- black powder; potassium nitrate & sugar; a zinc – sulfur powder mix; --and various binders. See Rocket Boys for details. Use in Teaching – Earth Science / Env. Studies (Additional Notes / Resources) Energy from Coal, Coal Mining, Environmental Impacts (from Teach with Movies website) • There are two principal methods of mining coal. Strip mining coal close to the surface is the most economical, but also the most environmentally destructive. Power equipment of various kinds (power shovels or draglines) remove the earth and rock to expose the coal. The coal is then broken up and loaded onto trucks or railroad cars. When the coal is not located close to the surface, the second method, underground or deep mining is used. A shaft is dug to the location of the coal seam, either vertically, on a slant or, if the coal is located in a mountain, horizontally. The coal is cut, using machines or controlled explosions. The key to deep mining is controlling cave-ins, dispersing methane gas and carbon dioxide, and suppressing coal dust. Pillars of coal are left to help support the roof. Steel beams are laced across the roof to prevent the rock from coming down onto the heads of the miners. In some mines the roof behind the coal face is allowed to collapse as the face moves forward along the seam. Huge fans and complicated ventilation systems are used to draw out the gases and bring in clean air. Coal dust is highly combustible and must be strictly controlled. Limestone dust is sprayed in the mine to keep the coal dust in check. The work in the deep mines is automated as much as possible. Continuous mining machines combine the separate steps of cutting, drilling, blasting and loading the coal at rates as high as 10.8 metric tons of coal per minute. The coal is then transferred by electric trolley to the surface where it is taken to preparation plants to be screened, washed, sorted by size and crushed before shipment. • In a mine, coal dust pollutes the air and literally covers everything. A common ailment among miners is black lung disease (pneumoconiosis) caused by inhaling coal dust. Homer's father was suffering from this disease. The mine owners failed to compensate miners for this occupational hazard. The Federal Government has stepped in and set up a health and worker's compensation plan for the miners . Youth Media International has produced a study guide for educational use of October Sky. Their Activity One, part C involves students in learning about the once vital coal industry and the effects it had on both the environment and the miners. (see the Hickam website) Ready to Use Activity Available: STS Lessons in the Movie October Sky by Stephen Cook, Ark. School Math & Science Activity: STS Lessons in the Movie October Sky Objectives Upon completion of this activity, the student should 1) better understand what doing science and the scientific method are all about 2) realize that scientific understanding typically precedes technological advance 3) realize that individuals and society as a whole decide which technologies they will embrace, and the terms of the relationship, and that the process may involve conflict 4) be able to discuss the impact of coal mining & burning coal on individuals, society, and the environment Background Students should have done some reading about the scientific method, and the relationship between science and technology in their text. They should realize that STS stands for both "Science, Technology, and Society" and a particular approach to science education. Procedure A. Watching October Sky Students should watch the movie October Sky. (If class time is used for this, the movie will just fit into two 55 minute long class periods.) B. Discussion of the Movie's Themes The teacher will break the class up into three groups. Each group will be given a question related to the theme of the movie. After discussion amongst themselves, they will prepare a response to the question, which they will later present to the class as a whole. For the three questions, see the Questions – part B section. C. Discussion of the Scientific Understanding Behind Technical Advances The teacher will break the class up into three groups. Each group will be given a question related to the belief that understanding of scientific principles allows technological advances. After discussion amongst themselves, they will prepare a response to the question, which they will later present to the class as a whole. For the three questions, see the Questions – part C section. D. Coal Technology à Impacts on Individuals, Society, Environment Listed below are several impacts that aspects of coal technology (including extraction, utilization, associated waste, etc) have on individuals, society, and the environment. Place a check in the space provided by those which are depicted or alluded to in "October Sky". ___ mine subsidence leads to collapse of buildings ___ fires in abandoned mines ___ water pollution from mine acid drainage ___ affects on aquatic ecosystems & wildlife from mining ___ black lung disease in coal miners ___ mining accidents, cave-ins, explosions (resulting in injuries and deaths) ___ local air pollution from burning coal (resulting in decreased visibility, increased respiratory ailments, etc) ___ labor disputes between mine workers & management ___ difficulty of reclaiming exhausted mines to original natural state ___ disorganization of water strata due to mining disturbs water table ___ large mounds of waste earth rimming mines / unsightly slag / soil erosion ___ scenic / aesthetic degradation associated with mine operation / scars ___ regional acid rain from burning coal (resulting in "dead lakes", decreased forest productivity, etc) ___ burning coal aggravates global warming problem (produces more CO2 per weight burned than oil or gas) E. Technology Assessment: Tradeoffs At the top of a blank sheet, students should write "COAL ?" They should divide the remaining area into two columns. The left hand column should be headed "Who benefits?"; the right hand one should be headed "Who suffers adverse impacts?". Based on what they saw depicted in the movie "October Sky", students should place the various stakeholders involved with or affected by coal technology in one column or the other. Beneath each entry they should write a brief justification (from one word to one sentence). After doing this exercise based on the movie alone, they should then complete it based on what they know and what they can discover about coal in general. Questions – part B Based on the discussion and presentations you heard, briefly answer each of these questions: 1) A science teacher has argued that the turning point / key scene in the movie ties in with a critical step in the scientific method. Seen this way, one can argue that the movie is really about faith in the order and predictability of the physical world, and about the ongoing effort to refine our understanding of how it works. Explain. 2) It has been argued that October Sky is most fundamentally a coming of age story – one that has two levels. The first level (called "The Rocket Boys" level) involves the growing up of Homer and his friends. The second level (called "The October Sky" level) involves a whole nation struggling with a new technology. Explain. 3) October Sky is a story of age old conflict. At the surface the conflict is the familiar one between father and son, old and new. But prober deeper, the conflict is also between management and worker, between two technologies, and between different orientations (going back to Plato and Aristotle). Explain. Questions – part C Based on the discussion and presentations you heard, briefly answer each of these questions: 1) Based both on the movie and your own knowledge, what scientific understanding can be used to guide the development of rocket technology and achieving the ultimate goal of putting a satellite into orbit? 2) What scientific understanding can be used to locate mineral or energy resources (like coal, oil or natural gas)? 3) An important problem facing 16th and 17th century coal miners in England involved water flooding the mines and making mining impossible for part of the year. Horses were initially used to lift water out of the mines, but eventually they were replaced by steam engines (powered themselves by coal). What advances in scientific understanding led to more efficient steam engines? Teacher Supplement to Activity: STS Lessons in the Movie October Sky The STS Approach to Science Teaching "An STS Approach" refers not just to building "Science", "Technology", and "Society" aspects into more traditionally narrow courses, but also to the educational movement that these three initials represent. Perhaps the most important goal of this movement is promoting scientific literacy. One of the books written in response to what some have viewed as a crisis in science education – Science for all Americans, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science – describes scientific literacy as follows: Scientific literacy – which encompasses mathematics and technology as well as the natural and social sciences—has many facets. These include being familiar with the natural world and respecting its unity; being aware of some of the important ways in which mathematics, technology, and the sciences depend upon one another; understanding some of the key concepts and principles of science; having a capacity for scientific ways of thinking; knowing that science, mathe- matics, and technology are human enterprises, and knowing what that implies about their strengths and limitations; and being able to use scientific knowledge and ways of thinking for personal and social purposes. Teaching that embodies the STS approach should 1) make clear the relationship of scientific or technological developments to society and socially-relevant issues 2) make clear the mutual influences of "science", "technology" and "society" on each other 3) develop learners' understanding of themselves as interdependent members of society and society as impacting the function of natural cycles & systems 4) recognize that weighing the risks and benefits of a technology will involve tradeoffs, conflict, and differences of opinion, and that presenting a balance of differing viewpoints about issues and options is important 5) help learners venture beyond the specific subject matter to broader con- siderations of science, technology, and society, which include a treatment of personal and societal values / ethics 6) provide material that engages students in developing problem solving and decision-making skills 7) encourage learners to become involved in a societal or personal course of action after weighing the tradeoffs among values and effects drawn from various scenarios or alternatives Note: the above list is based on recommendations that came out of a July 19, 1988 meeting at Penn State University of the STS Task Force Teacher Supplement to Activity: STS Lessons in the Movie October Sky Sample Solutions to the Activity Part B 1) October Sky is about children coming of age and about doing science. Science can begin with curiosity, child-like wonder, and a questioning, seeking orientation. Either from this, or from some other need, come problems – indeed the first step in the scientific method involves identifying the problem. In the movie, the key problem is how to build a high-flying rocket. The boys put their faith in the idea that the physical world has an order and predictability to it based on scientific principles. They apply their understanding of those principles to guide their rocket design. As their knowledge grows, they make refinements. They hypothesize that making certain changes will improve performance – then test the hypothesis by launching. A key part of the scientific method is this testing and refining of hypotheses based on the results of the testing. After much success, the boys suffer a setback when one of their rockets supposedly starts a fire. The new problem becomes showing that this didn't happen by finding the missing rocket. The key turning point in the movie comes when Homer quits the mine – and puts his faith in his ability to find the rocket. Using trigonometry and equations of projectile motion, he and Quentin predict where it should have landed and go there. They can't find it, and wonder "What did we do wrong?" Then Homer wonders, "Was there wind that day?" Refining their analysis to include the wind leads them to the rocket, taking part in the science fair, and the movie's climax. 2) The coming of age story at the first level involves Homer and the other rocket boys trying to find their path – in this case, a way out of small town West Virginia, to college, and finding satisfying life work. Before this can happen they must learn the value of hard work, take responsibility, and overcome youthful ignorance, restlessness, recklessness, and innocence. Sexual innocence is part of the latter, of course, but it's more a matter of making the transition from high school and adolescence, to "The School of Hard Knocks" and adulthood. Homer's coming to grips with working in the mine, and being ripped off in the big city at the National Science Fair provide a couple of examples of this -- as does all the work required to make his rockets fly the way he wants them to. At the second level, in October, 1957, our country experiences a coming of age crisis of its own with the launch of Sputnik. This new technology and its implications both challenges and threatens our nation. Sputnik jolts America. It leads to much questioning (especially in the area of science education). The nation -- like Homer and the rocket boys -- goes through a gradual process of getting comfortable with rockets and becoming competent with the new technology. Eventually, it overcomes its youthful, technological innocence – and takes its first steps into space and to the Moon. The two coming of age levels are touchingly brought together at the end of the movie. As their last rocket is gaining altitude, Quentin says, "Look at it go, Homer. This one's gonna go for miles!" Symbolically he could be talking about the rocket boys heading to college and into adulthood – or he could be talking about the country as a whole and its space adventures to come. Indeed, our view of the rocket boys' soaring rocket soon gives way to a huge NASA rocket lifting off many years later. 3) The father / son conflict in October Sky is obvious. Its origin is partly rooted in different world views and appreciation of different technologies. Part of it is an old vs. new thing. Indeed, the movie begins with Sputnik's beeps being characterized as "the sound that separates the old from the new". Homer's father represents an old technology: coal & coal mining. As Homer laments in an early letter to Dr. von Braun, "Everyone's more interested in what's down in the ground than what's up above!". The "what's up above" is space and rockets and the new technology. The contrast between these two orientations is captured in a classic Renaissance painting, "The School of Athens". There, Plato, is shown pointing upwards to the celestial realm, while Aristotle is more concerned with the terrestrial domain tied to the ground. Homer's father's life and dreams involve the mine. His wife worries that he loves the mine more than he does her. What he knows and loves is underground. He initially may feel threatened by the new technology. In dumping one of Homer's rockets into the trash, he refers to it as "this idiot thing"! He characterizes his son's efforts with rockets as "wasting your time". In his defense, he is suffering some technology-induced stress. As profits decline, there is concern that the mine is dying. His own health is threatened by negative impacts of the coal mining technology that he derives his livelihood from. The bullets that are shot into his house can be partly traced to a mining management vs. labor dispute. If a mine accident doesn't claim his life first, black lung disease may eventually. Homer, in contrast, is youthful and has his whole life ahead of him – assuming a problematic rocket launch doesn't cut it short! His dreams are quite different from his father's. Indeed, near the end of the movie, he tells his father – who has tried to recruit him to the side of coal mining technology – "I'm never going down there again. I want to go into space!" Part C 1) fundamental to how a rocket works: Newton's 3rd Law (Law of Action / Reaction) important to rocket nozzle design: fluid dynamics principles, including Bernoulli's principle important to materials integrity of rocket: knowledge of melting points rocket fuel: knowledge of oxidation / reduction chemical reactions knowledge of how rate of chemical reaction depends on particle size need for fuel binder to eliminate hot spots fundamental to attaining Earth orbit: Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, celestial mechanics theory 2) physical conditions under which mineral or fossil fuel forms and is trans- formed; appreciation of geologic time, paleoclimatic conditions; geologic principles including law of superposition, principle of faunal succession, correlation of rock strata, cross-cutting relations; forces that deform rocks; plate tectonics / continental drift; properties of rocks: hardness, permeability, porosity, etc. geophysical remote sensing theory & methodology 3) understanding of what heat is: a form of energy concept of mechanical equivalent of heat heat engine theory / maximizing useful work / Carnot efficiency Laws of Thermodynamics Part D Depicted or alluded to in October Sky (and thus deserving checkmarks) are the following: ___ black lung disease in coal miners ___ mining accidents, cave-ins, explosions (resulting in injuries and deaths) ___ labor disputes between mine workers & management ___ difficulty of reclaiming exhausted mines to original natural state ___ large mounds of waste earth rimming mines / unsightly slag / soil erosion ___ scenic / aesthetic degradation associated with mine operation / scars Part E From the October Sky movie we put in the following: COAL ? 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"It's not that I don't want to have children, it's that I'm afraid that I'll never be able to afford them," said a friend of mine a few days ago in a conversation in our Women's and Gender Studies seminar on Mothers and Daughters. This week in class, we've been reading a book called The Motherhood Manifesto by Joan Blades — it's a fabulous read I would highly recommend to any woman in America before you begin the process of family planning. Here are some things I've learned:
When this book was published, women…
- Make up 46% of the workforce (that number is certainly now, six years later)
- 81% of women between the ages of 25-34 are in the workforce
- 82% of women become mothers by the time they turn 40
- In America, women make 77 cents to every male dollar
- Non-mothers make about 10% less than men on the whole; single mothers make 34% less
- Mothers are 44% LESS likely to be hired than non-mothers
- If a woman spends 3 or more years out of the labor force, she suffers a 37% loss of earnings
It is mere coincidence that our professor assigned this book at the exact moment that the Senate chose to block Obama's revisions to the Paycheck Fairness Act, ones which would close loopholes and prevent further gender-based discrimination from taking place in the workplace. Despite the opposition, Obama still issued an executive order prohibiting contractors from retaliating against employees who discuss their pay with each other, as well as mandates to the Department of Labor to start collecting data on how much contractors pay employees by sex and race.
By way of addressing these questions, I'm going to outline what I see to be three detriments of persisting pay inequality in America, and in doing this, hopefully clear up any doubt that this blatant discrimination (because that's what this all boils down to…discrimination and perhaps greed) has got to stop.
First, inequality of pay cripples the workforce by promoting dissatisfaction and higher turnover among workers, increasing training and recruiting costs for companies due to higher turnover, and allows for big businesses to continue to pay their workers low wages at the expense of American taxpayers. I know that's a mouthful, so bear with me. For most Americans, economic security begins with being able to make enough money to afford basic food, healthcare, housing, education, and other necessities. In this day and age, when the cost of living is ever-inflating, more and more people are falling below the poverty line because minimum wage and what constitutes a living wage are no longer synonymous. People in these jobs are forced to either search for higher paying options or work long, complicated work schedules just to make ends meet, mothers in particular affected by this problem (due to aforementioned hiring and pay disparities). This creates greater expenses for the companies, as higher turnover requires more money to recruit new employees to fill those created gaps, and train them once they are hired.
Second, this persisting wage gap cripples the American family by making it more difficult for even two salaries to meet the basic needs that accompany having children. As already stated, the cost of living in the country is ever-growing. More and more families require two salaries to make ends meet each month, and this fact inevitably accounts for the rise of women in the workforce in past years. However, a new state-by-state analysis by the National Partnership for Women and Families reveals just how much this pay inequality affects the American family. The study is based on US Census data, and it analyzed the gender pay gap and women's spending power in all 50 states. It also looked at race, which made the gender pay gap even greater. They found that large disparities exist across the states for both racial minorities and women.
The report found that, for instance, if a woman working full-time in Ohio were paid as much as a man, she could afford nine more months of mortgage and utility payments, while a woman in Louisiana could afford 21 more months of rent if she earned the average male wages in the state (Louisiana and Ohio being some of the states where the gender discrepancies are the highest, Alabama, Utah, and West Virginia being others). Why not give these resources to the American family, particularly when it has been proven that raising wages will not affect the overall economic security of the company (the lowering cost of training and recruiting supplementing any loss).
Finally, fair wages for women impacts the next generation. Allowing families to be more financially mobile allows for better childcare, and therefore higher cognitive and emotional development in infancy and youth. Studies show that more family friendly policies like paid parental leave lead to better prenatal and postnatal care, more intense parental bonding in a child's lifetime, lower accident rates, and 25% fewer postnatal deaths (statistics from The Motherhood Manifesto). Providing benefits for part-time and low-wage workers, and comprehensive healthcare for children, allows women to care for the health of their child effectively. The Affordable Care Act has certainly taken steps in ensuring some of these categories, but it remains to be seen how effective that legislation will be for families.
Returning to the conversation between my friend and me in class, if women are expected to supply the next generation of American children in the current economic climate, changes must be made in policy to support these children better. The reality of our culture today is that women are in the workplace, and no amount of wishing or antiquated gender ideology is going to change that. It's time to leave behind these '50s style, Mad Men-eque politics that privilege one family model over another, and ignore the needs of half the current workforce.
To the GOP politicians that blocked Obama's work on the Paycheck Fairness Act: If you are going to be pro-life, and encourage women to have children, the first step is to let go of your own prejudice, or your profound selfishness, and give the same benefits to others that you enjoy. Stop trying to control the body of the woman having the child, then offering no benefits for the baby once it arrives. This is 2014, you should know better; let's finally get to a place of equal pay for equal work.


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Big Time Rush member James Maslow is currently competing on ABC's "Dancing With The Stars." James and his parter Peta Murgatroyd have made it very far in the competition, and fans are wondering if they will in fact make it to number one!
James' fellow Big Time Rush members showed up to support him at rehearsals over the weekend! Carlos Pena shared the photo above of he, James, Kendall Schmidt and Logan Henderson along with posting:
Enjoyed supporting @jamesmaslow today.. Always fun getting the gang back together @1loganhenderson @kendallschmidt #DWTS #teamjeta
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This is the second in a two-part industry trends and perspective looking at learning from cloud incidents, view part I here.
There is good information, insight and lessons to be learned from cloud outages and other incidents.
Sorry cynics no that does not mean an end to clouds, as they are here to stay. However when and where to use them, along with what best practices, how to be ready and configure for use are part of the discussion. This means that clouds may not be for everybody or all applications, or at least today. For those who are into clouds for the long haul (either all in or partially) including current skeptics, there are many lessons to be learned and leveraged.
In order to gain confidence in clouds, some questions that I routinely am asked include are clouds more or less reliable than what you are doing? Depends on what you are doing, and how you will be using the cloud services. If you are applying HA and other BC or resiliency best practices, you may be able to configure and isolate from the more common situations. On the other hand, if you are simply using the cloud services as a low-cost alternative selecting the lowest price and service class (SLAs and SLOs), you might get what you paid for. Thus, clouds are a shared responsibility, the service provider has things they need to do, and the user or person designing how the service will be used have some decisions making responsibilities.
Keep in mind that high availability (HA), resiliency, business continuance (BC) along with disaster recovery (DR) are the sum of several pieces. This includes people, best practices, processes including change management, good design eliminating points of failure and isolating or containing faults, along with how the components or technology used (e.g. hardware, software, networks, services, tools). Good technology used in goods ways can be part of a highly resilient flexible and scalable data infrastructure. Good technology used in the wrong ways may not leverage the solutions to their full potential.
While it is easy to focus on the physical technologies (servers, storage, networks, software, facilities), many of the cloud services incidents or outages have involved people, process and best practices so those need to be considered.
These incidents or outages bring awareness, a level set, that this is still early in the cloud evolution lifecycle and to move beyond seeing clouds as just a way to cut cost, and seeing the importance and value HA, resiliency, BC and DR. This means learning from mistakes, taking action to correct or fix errors, find and cut points of failure are part of a technology maturing or the use of it. These all tie into having services with service level agreements (SLAs) with service level objectives (SLOs) for availability, reliability, durability, accessibility, performance and security among others to protect against mayhem or other things that can and do happen.
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The reason I mentioned earlier that AWS had another incident is that like their peers or competitors who have incidents in the past, AWS appears to be going through some growing, maturing, evolution related activities. During summer 2012 there was an AWS incident that affected Netflix (read more here: AWS and the Netflix Fix?). It should also be noted that there were earlier AWS outages where Netflix (read about Netflix architecture here) leveraged resiliency designs to try and prevent mayhem when others were impacted.
Is AWS a lightning rod for things to happen, a point of attraction for Mayhem and others?
Granted given their size, scope of services and how being used on a global basis AWS is blazing new territory and experiences, similar to what other information services delivery platforms did in the past. What I mean is that while taken for granted today, open systems Unix, Linux, Windows-based along with client-server, midrange or distributed systems, not to mention mainframe hardware, software, networks, processes, procedures, best practices all went through growing pains.
There are a couple of interesting threads going on over in various LinkedIn Groups based on some reporters stories including on speculation of what happened, followed with some good discussions of what actually happened and how to prevent recurrence of them in the future.
Over in the Cloud Computing, SaaS & Virtualization group forum, this thread is based on a Forbes article (Amazon AWS Takes Down Netflix on Christmas Eve) and involves conversations about SLAs, best practices, HA and related themes. Have a look at the story the thread is based on and some of the assertions being made, and ensuing discussions.
Also over at LinkedIn, in the Cloud Hosting & Service Providers group forum, this thread is based on a story titled Why Netflix' Christmas Eve Crash Was Its Own Fault with a good discussion on clouds, HA, BC, DR, resiliency and related themes.
Over at the Virtualization Practice, there is a piece titled Is Amazon Ruining Public Cloud Computing? with comments from me and Adrian Cockcroft (@Adrianco) a Netflix Architect (you can read his blog here). You can also view some presentations about the Netflix architecture here.
What this all means
Saying you get what you pay for would be too easy and perhaps not applicable.
There are good services free, or low-cost, just like good free content and other things, however vice versa, just because something costs more, does not make it better.
Otoh, there are services that charge a premium however may have no better if not worse reliability, same with content for fee or perceived value that is no better than what you get free.
Additional related material
- Cloud conversations: confidence, certainty and confidentiality
- Only you can prevent cloud data loss (shared responsibility)
- The blame game: Does cloud storage result in data loss?
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Netflix Fix?
- Cloud conversations: AWS Government Cloud (GovCloud)
- Everything Is Not Equal in the Data center
- Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC) - Intel Recommended Reading List
Some closing thoughts:
- Clouds are real and can be used safely; however, they are a shared responsibility.
- Only you can prevent cloud data loss, which means do your homework, be ready.
- If something can go wrong, it probably will, particularly if humans are involved.
- Prepare for the unexpected and clarify assumptions vs. realities of service capabilities.
- Leverage fault isolation and containment to prevent rolling or spreading disasters.
- Look at cloud services beyond lowest cost or for cost avoidance.
- What is your organizations culture for learning from mistakes vs. fixing blame?
- Ask yourself if you, your applications and organization are ready for clouds.
- Ask your cloud providers if they are ready for you and your applications.
- Identify what your cloud concerns are to decide what can be done about them.
- Do a proof of concept to decide what types of clouds and services are best for you.
Do not be scared of clouds, however be ready, do your homework, learn from the mistakes, misfortune and errors of others. Establish and leverage known best practices while creating new ones. Look at the past for guidance to the future, however avoid clinging to, and bringing the baggage of the past to the future. Use new technologies, tools and techniques in new ways vs. using them in old ways.
Ok, nuff said.
Cheers gs
Greg Schulz - Author Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press, 2011), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press, 2009), and Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier, 2004)
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There's nothing better than coming home from a long day of work to discover your mate cooked dinner.
O.K. Well, there may be one thing that's better.
And that's finishing dinner and remembering there's peanut butter pie for dessert!
This guy rounds out my impromptu cream pie series. First it was lemon coconut cream pie. And now this.
I'm making up for lost time since I've been deprived of cream pies since quitting dairy years ago.
Forever more, I will have no less than two cans of coconut cream in my refrigerator at all times.
Yup, I'm embracing a woman's right to have no-bake pies at the drop of a hat.
Note: This recipe was shared with the following blogging communities: Wellness Weekend, Melt In Your Mouth Monday, Make Your Own Monday, Fat Tuesday, Slightly Indulgent Tuesday,Gluten-Free Wednesday, Wheat-Free Wednesday, Allergy Free Wednesday, and Waste not Want not Wednesday.
Peanut Butter Pie
From Part-TimeHealthNut.com
Makes: 12 slices, Prep time: 30 minutes, Chill time: 1 hour
- 1 and 3/4 cup raw almonds
- 6 dates with 1 T. water
- 6 T. unsweetened shredded coconut
- 3/4 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1 tsp. coconut oil
Pie filling
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2.5 cups extra thick unsweetened coconut cream (I use a little less than two, 15 ounce cans of Trader Joe's brand)
- 2 T. arrowroot powder
- 2 T. melted peanut butter for decorating
- 2 T. melted dark chocolate for decorating
- Chill coconut milk for 30 minutes in the freezer. To freeze, remove the bottom of the can, pour off coconut water and freeze only the cream. Or refrigerate unopened cans for 12 hours.
- Lightly oil a 9-and-a-half inch pie pan with coconut oil.
- Place dates in a small bowl with no more than 1 tablespoon of warm water to soften. If your dates are very hard, cover the bowl with a wet paper towel and microwave on high for ten second intervals until they are soft to the touch.
- Add almonds to food processor and grind for 90 seconds to create a fine meal.
- Remove ground almonds from processor.
- Add dates, coconut, vanilla, and salt to processor and blend well.
- Add almond meal back to processor and process until it becomes very sticky, scraping down from the sides. Blend until mixture doesn't fall apart when pressed into a ball and flattened. This could take 15 minutes or more.
- Remove dough and pat into a ball. Place in oiled pie pan and press into crust shape, approximately 1/4 inch thick. If your crust is very sticky, use wet hands or place a sheet of parchment paper over top the ball of dough and use it to press it into shape.
- In a large glass bowl, whip together peanut butter and maple syrup. Add the chilled coconut cream and arrowroot. Whip using a handheld blender until just combined. Don't over whip or it will become granular.
- Scoop filling into crust. Place melted peanut butter into a small Ziploc baggie. Cut the corner off the bag and drizzle on the top of the pie to garnish. Repeat with melted dark chocolate.
- Refrigerate for an hour. Cut and serve. Best if eaten within 4 days.
Nutrition information:
Serving Size: 1 slice, Calories:260,Carbohydrates: 15.7g, Protein:7.2g, Fat:20.2g, Fiber:3.1g
Please note: Nutritional information is not guaranteed and will vary based on the ingredients used.


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Thank you for visiting. You can find my Grow Your Blog Party post here. I hope you'll poke around the blog and see what's happening in my world. Leave me a comment or send me an email if you have any questions about any of the posts!
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
I Just Joined the 6th Annual Halloween Swap at Yarnigras Swapper Spot!
I am so excited to be a part of the 6th annual Yarnigras Swapper Spot Halloween Swap! This year we'll be swapping ...what else... Zombies inspired by animated zombie movies :0) I will be posting progress pictures on my sculpting blog Sunflower House Art but will post the finished Zombie here! If you like zombies or participating in swaps you should check out Val's blog she hosts multiple swaps throughout the year and the quality has always been top notch!!
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Beads and Bezels and Chains - Oh My (Cross Post)
For those of you who also follow my sculpting blog this is a cross post, I'll be slowly phasing out some of my sculpting posts from this blog and taking it back to its roots. If you like the creatures I create then please check out my sculpting blog Sunflower House Art.
As I delve more and more into the business side of art I have studied what I buy, what I look at online, what details I am drawn to and so forth and as I hone in on what I like, I have taken classes and asked some of the amazing, talented women I know for direction on how to add that special touch.
As I delve more and more into the business side of art I have studied what I buy, what I look at online, what details I am drawn to and so forth and as I hone in on what I like, I have taken classes and asked some of the amazing, talented women I know for direction on how to add that special touch.
One of the things I love about figurative sculpture, which I've stated often, is that I can use so many different mediums and techniques on a single piece. Lately, as I gear up for the arts and crafts fair season, I have really started focusing on those tiny details, the ones that you don't think about but that really make a difference.
For instance, now that I know how, I have to add beads to my figures costumes. These tiny little embellishments make such an impact. They can be subtle, adding a finishing touch to a hem like I used on Indigo
Or they can be bold by forming a focal point or major design detail. Beads can be used for jewelry, head pieces, trim and even used to form props. Doll makers often use jewelry findings for details. I've seen tiny pocket watches made from a loop necklace clasp; in fact I made one myself for my Hatter in Zombieland figure.
Hatter in Zombieland
Beads are so versatile. I use them for eyes, embellishments, focal points and even for crowns as shown here on my almost finished – just need wings – birdcage fairy:
Birdcage Fairy
As anyone who creates knows you can never have enough bits to play with. About a year ago our area got its first large scale bead shop which was so cool! The people are fantastic, the selection is great and the prices are much better that when I had to fly to Las Vegas to visit a similar store :0) but they don't have everything I need so I do shop online. The bummer of that is I have to wait for my stuff and I really don't like waiting.
However, one of the coolest places I've found online for beads and findings is Auntie's Beads. Their selection is unbelievable and their prices are about as close to wholesale as you can get without having a business license. I was so excited with the quality of their merchandise and the super fast shipping that now I don't worry quite so much about waiting.
Soon I'll be showing you what I've done with my latest Hatter. He is almost done. Here is a sneak peek of his in-progress hat:
Soon he will have a jacket, shirt, cravat, pants and so much more! I can't wait to finish him. Once he is complete I'll show you the details I've added that I think make him super special!
Monday, July 21, 2014
And the Winner Is...
And the winner is #31 - MagicLoveCrow! Congratulations! If you would email me your mailing address to
AutumnWindReno@ aol.com I'll get you towels mailed out to you asap!
Thank you so much for stopping by my Mad Tea :0)
Friday, July 18, 2014
Dad Update
Thank you all for the good thoughts and healing prayers. Dad came through the surgery like a champ, it went well and hopefully he'll have a swift recovery!
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Asking for Good Thoughts and Healing prayers!
Greetings my friends,
This morning my step-dad, the best dad I could have ever asked for, went in to surgery to have 2 heart valves replaced. My dad is truly one of the best men I know and I would really appreciate it if could send healthy, healthy thoughts and prayers his way. This amazing man took me on, an abused and troubled teen, and showed me what life could be like if I worked for it, respected it and enjoyed it. He's always been there for me and I hate that I am not at the hospital right now.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Welcome to a Mad Tea
I am so glad you were able to stop by. Thank you to Vanessa at A Fanciful Twist for hosting this awesome party! I am so glad I was able to be a part of it again this year.
Don't those cherries look great! I love fresh cherries.
Look, Alice has decided to join us. She wasn't too sure about the party since she had to try that "Drink Me" juice and is currently vertically challenged but she decided to join in on the fun. She hopes to return to her full height soon!
She does have a friend to hand out with since she gave the flamingo some too!
His friend Harry just laughs! He knew better than to drink glowing green liquid! Seriously!
Looks like the hatter is here somewhere and so is the White Rabbit, he dropped his pocket watch on the table, though it looks quite large for a pocket watch... I guess Wonderland has that affect on things.
You never really know who will show up at a Mad Tea party.
Thank you so much for visiting my little party. I am so very happy you stopped by. I am having a give-away here and also on my sculpting blog Sunflower House Art. Both will have a set of 2 embroidered Alice in Wonderland Themed Tea Towels (pictures to be here soon) as prizes, I am almost finished the embroidery and will post pictures of them by Sunday night!!
To enter the give-away leave me a comment here and follow my blog (if you don't already). That is it! I'll be doing a random drawing on the night of Monday July 21st.
** Update** Here is a picture of the embroidered tea towel. This set will include the Red Queen and Alice. The finished set will be uploaded soon :0)
***Update 2*** Dad's in surgery this week and life is crazy. I'll be visiting more parties this weekend and am still drawing a winner for the tea towels on Monday: 0) Thanks for visiting!!!
I'll see you at the next party!
***Update 3*** MagicLoveCrow is the winner of the Wonderland Tea Towels :0)
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Mad Tea Party This Weekend
It's been a fun and hectic several weeks and I am really looking forward to the Mad Tea Party this weekend! I just wanted to pop in and verify that I really was going to be a part of it. I've been away from regular blogging for too long but life is crazy so I'll be doing to best I can here :0)
I really miss my blogging regularly. I think there is something special about the online community that I am a part of and I plan on being an active part of it again soon.
See you Saturday!
I really miss my blogging regularly. I think there is something special about the online community that I am a part of and I plan on being an active part of it again soon.
See you Saturday!
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