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 last week, other than completing other assignments required by
 CS461.
 
+\section{Week 8}
+\subsection{Progress}
+We finished the second draft of the design document this week.  The rewrite
+we planned was performed as we expected, and our document was rewritten in
+IEEE1016-2009 format. This took a significant amount of time and work, but
+the project is described in almost all of its entirety:  the technologies,
+requirements, and  even  the  state  machine  of  the  fenceless  collars 
+have  been  specified  and discussed.  The only thing that remains is the
+addition of UML diagrams to the document
+
+\subsection{Problems}
+There are no problems this week. We are not blocked by anything other the
+funding (as we have been for the last few weeks). We are waiting to hear
+back from  the TA, who told us they’d speak with professors regarding the
+funds allocated to our group by the Senior Capstone class.
+
+\subsection{Plan}
+The plan is to finish the Design Document by providing UML diagrams where
+appropriate, and  by filling in sections marked as ”TODO” while writing it.
+Otherwise, we have no plans for the short term future.
+
+\section{Week 9}
+\subsection{Progress}
+No significant progress this week. We have sent our advisor
+all the required documents, including the Tech Review,
+the Design Document, and the Problem Statement, and are
+waiting to hear back. Personally, I also met with Dr. Winters
+to talk about my Tech Review, and was pointed to several
+flaws that I should fix.
+
+\subsection{Problems}
+We will soon be blocked by a lack of response about funding.
+Since we now have a good idea of what our design will be,
+once our advisor signs off on our document, we will be able to start
+making purchases. However, this is impossible without funds
+from CS461, since will not spend money out-of-pocket on this project.
+
+\subsection{Plan}
+The term is coming to an end; the main plan, at present, is
+to finish the last assignment that is due on Friday (the
+progress report), as well as to make any adjustments requested
+by our advisor to the other documents. Personally, I also
+plan on updating my Tech Review document to address
+the issues explained in my one-on-one meeting with Dr. Winters.
+
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