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	'title' => 'Notary services are pretty inexpensive.',
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<section id="general">
	<h2>General news</h2>
	<p>
		I was very unmotivated today, but I did get some stuff done.
		First, some research on notaries.
		I found a <a href="https://www.thebalance.com/where-to-notarize-affidavit-896914">list of places that might provide gratis notary services</a>!
		And if I don&apos;t find a gratis one, it won&apos;t be a big deal.
		It seems there&apos;s a <a href="http://punny.org./money/maximum-notary-fees-by-state-dont-get-ripped-off-by-big-fat-notary-guys/">legal cap on the price notaries can charge</a> in most states.
		Here in Oregon, the limit is \$5 $a[USD].
		Once my name is changed, I won&apos;t need to keep going back, and as a one-time fee, that really isn&apos;t much.
		I checked with my local public library, and they don&apos;t offer notary services.
		I checked with the police station, and likewise, nothing.
		Tomorrow, I&apos;ll check with my bank.
	</p>
	<p>
		While I was at the police station, I found they have a courthouse in the same building.
		I&apos;d assumed there wasn&apos;t a courthouse in Springfield and I&apos;d have to bike all the way to the one in Eugene.
		I asked about it though, and I still have to head to the Eugene courthouse.
		The local one can&apos;t do name changes.
	</p>
	<p>
		I arrived at my mother&apos;s place, but apparently late.
		Yesterday, when I was messaging with my mother, I was using my mother&apos;s preferred method of communication $a[SMS].
		Google had let me back into my account for the time being.
		However, they quickly locked me out again.
		They keep letting me back in for short periods of time, even if I don&apos;t try to contact them about the problem.
		At this point, I&apos;m convinced Google&apos;s just toying with me (though probably not literally).
		In any case, my mother messaged me that they arrived home earlier, so I should come over earlier, but being locked out of my account, I couldn&apos;t retrieve $a[SMS] messages.
		It&apos;s become clear that Google Voice is far too unreliable to be useful.
	</p>
	<p>
		Tomorrow, I should focus on either drafting up the legal documents I need, familiarising myself with the name change procedure, or getting my coursework completed early so I can focus on the other two more.
	</p>
	<p>
		My <a href="/a/canary.txt">canary</a> still sings the tune of freedom and transparency.
	</p>
</section>
<section id="university">
	<h2>University life</h2>
	<ul>
		<li>
			<a href="/en/coursework/#CS1101"><span class="needed-for-associate">CS 1101</span>: Programming Fundamentals</a>
			<ul>
				<li>
					<a href="/en/coursework/#CS1102"><span class="needed-for-associate">CS 1102</span>: Programming 1</a>
					<ul>
						<li>
							<a href="/en/coursework/#CS1103"><span class="needed-for-associate">CS 1103</span>: Programming 2</a>
							<ul>
								<li>
									<span class="needed-for-associate">CS 1104</span>: Computer Systems
									<ul>
										<li>
											<span class="needed-for-associate">CS 2204</span>: Communications and Networking
											<ul>
												<li>
													<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 4404</span>: Advanced Networking and Data Security<span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
												</li>
											</ul>
										</li>
									</ul>
								</li>
								<li>
									<span class="needed-for-associate">CS 2205</span>: Web Programming 1 <em>(proctored course)</em>
									<ul>
										<li>
											<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 3305</span>: Web Programming 2 <em>(proctored course)</em><span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
										</li>
										<li>
											<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 4405</span>: Mobile Applications<span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
										</li>
									</ul>
								</li>
								<li>
									<span class="needed-for-associate">CS 2301</span>: Operating Systems 1 <em>(proctored course)</em>
									<ul>
										<li>
											<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 3307</span>: Operating Systems 2<span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
										</li>
									</ul>
								</li>
								<li>
									<span class="needed-for-associate">CS 2401</span>: Software Engineering 1
									<ul>
										<li>
											<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 4403</span>: Software Engineering 2<span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
										</li>
									</ul>
								</li>
								<li>
									<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 3303</span>: Data Structures<span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
									<ul>
										<li>
											<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 3304</span>: Analysis of Algorithms<span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
											<ul>
												<li>
													<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 4406</span>: Computer Graphics <em>(proctored course)</em><span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
												</li>
												<li>
													<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 4407</span>: Data Mining and Machine Learning <em>(proctored course)</em><span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
													<ul>
														<li>
															<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 4408</span>: Artificial Intelligence <em>(proctored course)</em><span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
														</li>
													</ul>
												</li>
											</ul>
										</li>
										<li>
											<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 3308</span>: Information Retrieval <em>(proctored course)</em><span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
										</li>
									</ul>
								</li>
								<li>
									<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 4402</span>: Comparative Programming Languages<span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
								</li>
							</ul>
						</li>
						<li>
							<a href="/en/coursework/#CS2203"><span class="needed-for-associate">CS 2203</span>: Databases 1</a>
							<ul>
								<li>
									<span class="needed-for-bachelor">CS 3306</span>: Databases 2 <em>(proctored course)</em><span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
								</li>
							</ul>
						</li>
					</ul>
				</li>
			</ul>
		</li>
		<li>
			<span class="needed-for-associate">ENGL 1102</span>: English Composition 2 <em>(proctored course)</em>
		</li>
		<li>
			<a href="/en/coursework/#HIST1421"><span class="needed-for-associate">HIST 1421</span>: Greek and Roman Civilization</a>
		</li>
		<li>
			<span class="needed-for-associate">MATH 1201</span>: College Algebra <em>(proctored course)</em>
			<ul>
				<li>
					<span class="needed-for-bachelor">MATH 1211</span>: Calculus<span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
				</li>
			</ul>
		</li>
		<li>
			<span class="needed-for-associate">MATH 1280</span>: Introduction to Statistics <em>(proctored course)</em>
		</li>
		<li>
			<span class="needed-for-bachelor">MATH 1302</span>: Discrete Mathematics<span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>
		</li>
		<li>
			<a href="/en/coursework/#PHIL1404"><span class="needed-for-associate">PHIL 1404</span>: Ethics and Social Responsibility</a>
		</li>
		<li>
			<a href="/en/coursework/#UNIV1001"><span class="needed-for-associate">UNIV 1001</span>: Online Education Strategies</a>
		</li>
	</ul>
	<ul>
		<li>
			<span class="needed-for-associate">Any one of these:</span>
			<ul>
				<li>
					BIOL 1121: Biology 1 for Health Studies Majors
				</li>
				<li>
					BIOL 1301: Introduction to Biology
				</li>
				<li>
					ENVS 1301: Introduction to Environmental Science
				</li>
			</ul>
		</li>
		<li>
			Any <span class="needed-for-associate">one</span> (<span class="needed-for-bachelor">two</span><span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>) of these:
			<ul>
				<li>
					ECON 1580: Introduction to Economics
				</li>
				<li>
					<a href="/en/coursework/#POLS1503">POLS 1503: Globalization</a>
				</li>
				<li>
					PSYC 1111: Introduction to Human Psychology
				</li>
				<li>
					PSYC 1205: Emotional Intelligence
				</li>
				<li>
					PSYC 1504: Introduction to Psychology
				</li>
				<li>
					SOC 1502: Introduction to Sociology
				</li>
			</ul>
		</li>
		<li>
			Any <span class="needed-for-associate">one</span> (<span class="needed-for-bachelor">two</span><span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>) of these:
			<ul>
				<li>
					AHIST 1401: Art History
				</li>
				<li>
					ENGL 1405: World Literature
				</li>
				<li>
					PHIL 1402: Introduction to Philosophy
				</li>
			</ul>
		</li>
		<li>
			Any <span class="needed-for-associate">two</span> (<span class="needed-for-bachelor">five</span><span title="required only for the bachelor degree, not the associate degree">*</span>) electives
			<ul>
				<li>
					<a href="/en/coursework/#BUS1101">BUS 1101: Principles of Business Management</a>
					<ul>
						<li>
							BUS 1102: Basic Accounting <strong>(must score 2.67/4.0 or higher)</strong>
							<ul>
								<li>
									BUS 2203: Principles of Finance 1 <strong>(must score 2.67/4.0 or higher)</strong>
								</li>
							</ul>
						</li>
						<li>
							BUS 1103: Microeconomics <strong>(must score 2.67/4.0 or higher)</strong>
						</li>
						<li>
							BUS 1104: Macroeconomics <strong>(must score 2.67/4.0 or higher)</strong>
						</li>
						<li>
							BUS 2201: Principles of Marketing <em>(proctored course)</em> <strong>(must score 2.67/4.0 or higher)</strong>
							<ul>
								<li>
									BUS 2207: Multinational Management
									<ul>
										<li>
											BUS 4403: Business Policies &amp; Strategies <em>(proctored course)</em> <strong>(must score 2.67/4.0 or higher)</strong><span title="Multiple prerequisites required">***</span>
										</li>
									</ul>
								</li>
							</ul>
						</li>
						<li>
							BUS 4402: Organization Behavior <em>(proctored course)</em> <strong>(must score 2.67/4.0 or higher)</strong>
						</li>
						<li>
							BUS 3306: Business and Society
							<ul>
								<li>
									BUS 4403: Business Policies &amp; Strategies <em>(proctored course)</em> <strong>(must score 2.67/4.0 or higher)</strong><span title="Multiple prerequisites required">***</span>
								</li>
							</ul>
						</li>
					</ul>
				</li>
			</ul>
		</li>
	</ul>
	<p>
		The enrolment period for next term&apos;s courses is coming up on the thirteenth.
		Looking at my prerequisites tree, the obvious choices I should make are to take CS 1103: Programming 2 and CS 2203: Databases 1.
		CS 1103 opens up several other courses I need and is unproctored.
		I&apos;d kind of like to take as many of my proctored courses as I can during the same terms (that is, I want to take a second proctored course during any term I take one in), and the only other hard requirement course I have left and have met the prerequisites for is CS 2203.
		On a related note, this&apos;ll buy be a bit more time.
		I&apos;ll be able to take all my proctored courses under my preferred name!
		I could end up making connections through proctor-seeking, so it&apos;ll be nice to have those connections made under my permanent name instead of the name I&apos;m giving up.
	</p>
	<p>
		I&apos;ve finished up my proofreading, and&apos;ve submitted all my coursework that&apos;s due tonight and the next night.
	</p>
</section>
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