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@@ -71,22 +71,22 @@ You can also access this and all O'Reilly books online through the Snell library
 
 ## Modules
 
-| Week | Topic                                                                                                   | Section 1 | Section 2 |
-| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | --------- |
-| 1    | [Introduction to Scalable Distributed Systems](https://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-1)           | 9/12      | 9/13      |
-| 2    | [Concurrency](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-2)                                             | 9/19      | 9/20      |
-| 3    | [Distributed Systems Architecture Whirlwind Tour](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-3)         | 9/26      | 9/27      |
-| 4    | [Distributed Systems Fundamentals](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-4)                        | 10/3      | 10/4      |
-| 5    | [Scalable Service Design](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-5)                                 | 10/10     | 10/11     |
-| 6    | [Asynchronous Systems](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-6)                                    | 10/17     | 10/18     |
-| 7    | [Serverless Processing Systems](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-7)                           | 10/24     | 10/25     |
-| 8    | [Microservices](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-8)                                           | 10/31     | 11/1      |
-| 9    | [Data Replication, Partitioning and Eventual Consistency](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-9) | 11/7      | 11/8      |
-| 10   | [Strong Consistency and Distributed Databases](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-10)           | 11/14     | 11/15     |
-| 11   | [NoSQL Databases](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-11)                                        | 11/21     | 11/22     |
-| 12   | [Stream Processing](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-12)                                      | 11/28     | 11/29     |
-| 13   | Final Quiz                                                                                              | 12/5      | 12/6      |
-| 14   | Assignment 4 presentations                                                                              | 12/12     | 12/13     |
+| Week | Topic                                                                                                                | Section 1 | Section 2 |
+| ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | --------- |
+| 1    | [Introduction to Scalable Distributed Systems](https://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-1)                        | 9/12      | 9/13      |
+| 2    | [Concurrency](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-2)                                                          | 9/19      | 9/20      |
+| 3    | [Distributed Systems Architecture Whirlwind Tour](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-3)                      | 9/26      | 9/27      |
+| 4    | [Distributed Systems Fundamentals](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-4)                                     | 10/3      | 10/4      |
+| 5    | [Scalable Service Design](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-5)                                              | 10/10     | 10/11     |
+| 6    | [Asynchronous Systems](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-6)                                                 | 10/17     | 10/18     |
+| 7    | [Serverless Processing Systems](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-7)                                        | 10/24     | 10/25     |
+| 8    | [Microservices](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-8)                                                        | 10/31     | 11/1      |
+| 9    | [Data Replication, Partitioning and Eventual Consistency Introduction](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-9) | 11/7      | 11/8      |
+| 10   | [Eventual Consistency](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-10)                                                | 11/14     | 11/15     |
+| 11   | [Strong Consistency](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-11)                                                  | 11/21     | 11/22     |
+| 12   | [Stream Processing](http://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/Week-12)                       | 11/28     | 11/29     |
+| 13   | Final Quiz                                                                                                           | 12/5      | 12/6      |
+| 14   | Assignment 4 presentations                                                                                           | 12/12     | 12/13     |
 
 ## Assignments
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Submission instructions and exact deadlines are on the course Canvas site.
 | Assignment | Topic                                                                                                 | Due Date |
 | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
 | 1          | [Concurrency and Client-server](https://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/assignments-2022/Assignment-1) | 10/8     |
-| 2          | [Persisting Data](https://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/assignments-2022/Assignment-2)               | 11/5    |
+| 2          | [Persisting Data](https://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/assignments-2022/Assignment-2)               | 11/5     |
 | 3          | [Microservices](https://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/assignments-2022/Assignment-3)                 | 12/1     |
 | 4          | [Mix Request Loads](https://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/assignments-2022/Assignment-4)             | 12/15    |
 

diff --git a/Week-10.md b/Week-10.md
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-# Week 10: Strong Consistency and Distributed Databases
+# Week 10: Eventual Consistency
 
 ## Learning Objectives
 
-1. Explain how 2 phase commit works and how it handles failures
-2. Explain the implications of the FLP result
-3. Describe the Raft consensus algorithm
-4. Explain causal consistency in Neo4j
+1. Explain the need for read-your-writes consistency
+2. Be able to select tunable consitency settings to meet use case needs
+3. Explain the role of version vectors and logical clocks in conflict resolution
 
 ## Mandatory Lecture Materials
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ Video lessons for the materials  are [here](https://sites.google.com/view/scalab
 
 ## Mandatory Reading
 
-1. Chapter 12 of course book
+1. Chapter 11 of course book
 2. Chapter 9, Designing Data-Intensive Applications, Martin Kleppmann, O'Reilly Publishing (available online at Snell library)
 
 ## Optional Reading

diff --git a/Week-11.md b/Week-11.md
@@ -1,30 +1,36 @@
-# Week 11:  NoSQL Databases
+# Week 11:  Strong Consistency
 
 ## Learning Objectives
 
-To DO
+1. Explain the two phase commit protocol
+
+2. Define serialization and linearizability
+
+3. Explain the RAFT Comsensus Algorithm
 
 ## Module Outline
 
 TO  DO
 
 ## Lectures
+
 TO DO 
 
 ## Mandatory Reading
 
-1. Chapter 13 of course book - Distributed Database Implementations
+1. Chapter 12 and 13 of course book - Distributed Database Implementations
 
 ## Optional Reading
+
 1. [A nice explanation of the complexities of consistent hashing in practise](https://ably.com/blog/implementing-efficient-consistent-hashing)
-1. [Comparing Riak with the original Dynamo paper](https://docs.riak.com/riak/kv/2.2.2/learn/dynamo/)
+2. [Comparing Riak with the original Dynamo paper](https://docs.riak.com/riak/kv/2.2.2/learn/dynamo/)
 3. [MongoDB 4.2 Architecture](https://info-mongodb-com.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/MongoDB_Architecture_Guide.pdf)
 4. [CAP Theorem explained](https://dzone.com/articles/understanding-the-cap-theorem)
 
 ## Labs
 
 ### Lab 11. : Consistent Hashing Exerise
+
 [Study and extend a simple consistent hashing implementation](https://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/labs/lab-11)
 
 [Back to Course Home Page](https://gortonator.github.io/bsds-6650/)
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