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My storage provider maintains a warrant canary:
My storage provider maintains a warrant canary:
A technical footnote - I use duplicity for encrypted backups on my (personal) rsync.net filesystem:
There's been some rumbling about Tahoe-LAFS integration, which is mildly interesting...
I've had personal and business accounts at rsync.net going back over 5 years.
It's simple, it's straightforward, and it works out of the box with everything I use.
Oh, and there's this:
It's not the cheapest offering, but my employers' account @ 2TB is around 28 cents/GB, per month.
I especially like:
"No form of data or meta-data concerning the behavior of our customers or the contents of their filesystems, or
even the customer data that we hold in our records for billing, will ever be divulged to any law enforcement
officer or agency without order served directly by a US court having jurisdiction. "
"No consumer or personal information about our customers of any kind will be divulged to any party for any reason."
I would like to do business with ISPs that have Warrant Canaries:
Like my offsite backup provider maintains:
However, in absence of this (I realize this is rare) your ISP should at the very least have a stated policy as to how they respond to warrants and "requests".
Turning off an entire block of IP space because some joker calls you on the phone is absolutely terrible. If you continue to do business with "serverloft" you deserve whatever you get.
I don't think FSOSA (free speech or stone age) had this (somewhat middle ground) scenario in mind, but it rhymes quite a bit.
Basically, you can't quash speech unless people can't access laptops and wireless cards. Period. You either go back to the stone age or accept arbitrary, free speech.
But in this case you don't even need to resort to some grassroots, duct-taped together community mesh network - you just need to get one or two abstractions away from the proper "Internet" and you're already there. Which is really great news, actually.
Sonos is the answer. The problem with all of the lower priced squeezebox-style systems is that they save money on components by not having the decoding hardware inside of them. That is the reason that even with a stock-standard samba share, you STILL need to install their "server software" on the system you store your music on.
In reality the "server software" is actually doing some or all of the transcoding of the music format because the units themselves don't have the horsepower to do it.
The sonos systems, OTOH, have the necessary horsepower, so you can just point them at your A/UX based fileserver (or whatever else you want to point them at) and say "just work".
I've had a 5-zone sonos system for 4+ years now and could not be happier.
I guess they are technically not an ISP - they are my online/offsite backup provider
But they have maintained a "warrant canary" for years:
I don't know how effective it would really be if push really came to shove, although it's difficult to imagine a court upholding a LEA coercing them to make public false statements
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Well, I took this photo but never really thought that I would use it in a layout. I thought it was interesting because there is a rainbow on the back of this scoreboard. Its a metal backing of the scoreboard and you can see the bolt holding it to the the board. I'm not entirely sure why there is a rainbow on the back of this board - it was not facing the sun or light. Maybe it is oil related or something. I was lucky enough to draw rusty papers and the fall alphas but the embellishments are really pretty out of place. I was a little happy with the rainbow sequened heart that went along with the rainbow theme. Anyway, here it is - you decide
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Sorry for the glitches, the width of this pano was too wide to open in Photoshop, so I couldn't alter anything on this panorama.
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Nice panorama you have there, I like the action of the jumping people in it. :-) When I said before I wasn't able to edit my pano jpeg, it was already tested with Photoshop. The width of my pano is more then 40.000 px, and that causes a problem somehow. Photoshop returns an error when opening this panorama. That's also the reason why I couldn't fix glitches like the big black horizontal missing piece in the building on the left.
I even had concerns to publish this one, gigapan.org/gigapans/33052/even the people are much further away due to the 50mm lens. And Photshop can open images up to 300.000 x 300.000 pixel.
I could start blurring out faces, but as I mentioned before: I'm not able to edit the panorama because the width of this huge jpg file. And if I would edit all the faces on all the panorama parts one by one, it would take "ages", not even talking about how ugly the result would be. As the most people's faces are hidden behind sunglasses, books, parasols,... I don't think the privacy issue is that big in this picture.
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Theologian to discuss Catholic women and social justice, Oct. 23 A lecture on "Catholic Women and Social Justice: A Transcontinental View" will be presented at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, in 016 Robertson Hall.
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SEC Freezes Swiss Account Over Heinz Trades
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has frozen the assets of a Swiss trading account that allegedly made a series of "highly suspicious" trades reaping about $1.7 million ahead of the blockbuster sale of H.J. Heinz Co.
The regulator's move came one day after Heinz said it was selling itself for $23 billion to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Brazilian private-equity firm 3G Capital in one of the biggest food-industry acquisitions ever.
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In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court on Friday, the SEC said the traders invested nearly $90,000 in options that would gain in value if Heinz's share price rose. A day later, after the deal was announced, the traders stood to reap a profit of more than $1.7 million, the lawsuit said. Regulators began an inquiry into possible insider trading very shortly after the deal was announced, alerted by a spike in options trading the day before, according to people close to the investigation.
Heinz shares jumped $12.02 to close at the offer price of $72.50 in trading on Thursday after the deal was made public. Before that, the stock had traded at about $60 or below since November 2012, the SEC said—price levels at which the options involved in the trading now under scrutiny would be valueless.
The stock ended 4 p.m. composite trading Friday at $72.28 on the New York Stock Exchange.
The SEC said the timing and size of the trades were highly suspicious given the account had no history of trading in Heinz securities in the last six months. Trading in Heinz's options in the several days ahead of the deal's announcement was minimal as well, the SEC said.
SEC investigators don't yet know the number or identity of the traders involved in the suspicious trading.
"Despite the obvious logistical challenges of investigating trades involving offshore accounts, we moved swiftly to locate and freeze the assets of these suspicious traders, who now have to make an appearance in court to explain their trading if they want their assets unfrozen," said Sanjay Wadhwa, senior associate director of the SEC's New York Regional Office.
Heinz and the investor group weren't accused of any wrongdoing. A spokesman for the investor group, which includes 3G Capital, declined to comment Friday. Berkshire Hathaway and Heinz didn't immediately return phone calls seeking comment.
The trades were done through an account at GS Bank in Zurich, a unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Goldman wasn't accused of any wrongdoing. "We're cooperating with the SEC's investigation," a Goldman Sachs spokeswoman said Friday.
The SEC investigators conducting the inquiry are the same team investigating suspicious trading linked to another 3G Capital deal, the 2010 purchase of Burger King , said a person close to the investigation.
The SEC in September 2012 took emergency action to freeze the assets of a stockbroker the agency alleged had exploited a tip from a 3G Capital investor to trade ahead of the firm's purchase of the burger chain.
The Heinz enforcement action is one of the fastest ever filed by the agency, according to officials. The SEC typically files only one or two emergency actions related to suspected insider trading using options every year, usually to prevent the risk that profits from suspicious trading will vanish offshore.
"If we didn't act [to freeze assets] and ended up proving a case of insider trading but the money had gone, it would be a pyrrhic victory," Daniel Hawke, chief of the SEC's market abuse enforcement unit, said in a telephone interview.
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Chevron Leads the Pack in Support of Prop. 26
Chevron gave $1.25 million late last week to support Prop. 26, making them the largest contributor to the campaign with a total of $3.75 million in contributions. The California Chamber of Commerce, the second largest contributor, has given over $3.5 million, including a $250,000 contribution on Friday. The Prop. 26 opposition received another $300,000 from the No on Prop. 23 committee of the League of Conservation Voters which gave a total of $600,000 last week.


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Computer Engineers (CPE) are electrical engineers that have additional training in the areas of software design and hardware-software integration. Common CPE tasks include writing embedded software for real-time microcontrollers, designing VLSI chips, working with analog sensors, designing mixed signal circuit boards, and designing operating systems. Computer engineers are also well-suited for research in the field of robotics, which relies on using computers together with other electrical systems. Below is a recommended plan of study for CPE.
CPE program educational objectives
Computer Engineering graduates shall:
CPE student outcomes
At the time of graduation, students will have demonstrated:
The computer engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET,www.abet.org
ECE 380 orECE 320
Discrete-Time Signals and Sys orLinear Control Systems
AREA ELECTIVESAt least two of the three Area Electives must bear an ECE prefix at the 400 level or aboveAt most one of the Area Electives can bear an ECE or CSSE prefix at the 300 level or aboveExceptions to this requirement may be granted by the ECE Department Head
TECHNICAL ELECTIVE - Any course NOT bearing a GS, RH, IA, SV, GE, JP, and SP prefix
The ECE Department will not allow the following second major combinations:
Other students outside of ECE can get a second major in CPE by completing all of the courses in a required plan.
The Minor in ECE is designed to allow students to add another dimension to their Rose-Hulman degree.
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Examples of Minors for Engineernig Physics and Optical Engineering
Examples of Minors for Computer Science and Software Engineering
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Optical Communications Certificate
Faculty advisors: B. Black and S. Granieri
Rose-Hulman has become a leader in providing opportunities for students to choose a great mainstream degree program with flexibility to specialize in other areas of interest. This leadership is in no way limited to only traditional areas of study. One of these new areas that had a high impact in technology is optical communications. It is a rapidly growing field requiring investment beyond the traditional program structure, and is well suited to the students at Rose-Hulman All these topics are closely related to well established disciplines as optics and electronics. Considerable R&D efforts are allocated in both university and industrial laboratories enhancing the demand for both researchers and engineers with expertise in the field.
We propose the creation of a new certificate program in Optical Communications to enhance the programs currently offered. Combining expertise in Optical and Electrical Engineering, this program requires an interdisciplinary emphasis that is beyond the traditional content of either of its parent programs. This program is more than just the creation of the certificate program Optical Communications. This program will be critical to help developing a more interdisciplinary interaction for students and faculty. The creation of a workgroup within the faculty of both departments will coordinate current courses and resources, create new courses of interest for the field, and develop a showcase testbed education and research laboratory. Primary objectives include the removal of redundancy from existing courses, increasing interaction between the PHOE and ECE departments, and improving opportunities for students in the field.
This certificate is designed to give the student a firm theoretical and practical working knowledge in the area of fiber optic devices, optical communications, networks and its applications. The main purpose is to couch these fundamentals in a context that serves as the backbone for device, components and sub-system development for use in high-speed optical data and information links and networks. At the end of the program the student will be expected to:
The Certificate will consist of 20 credit hours of which 12 credit hours will be required courses. Students interested in pursuing this Certificate should contact an ECE/PHOE certificate advisor (Professors Black, Bunch, and Granieri)
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ECE 310 Communication SystemsOE 393 Fiber Optics and ApplicationsOE 493 Fundamentals of Optical Fiber Communications
Elective Courses (two from the list)
Only courses not required for the student's major will count for electives in the certificate.
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Family: Corvidae, Crows, Magpies, Jays view all from this family
Description ADULT Has blue plumage overall, darkest on crown, back, and wings, and palest on throat and belly; note streaking on throat. Bill is slender and dark and legs are blackish. JUVENILE Rather uniformly pale blue-gray.
Dimensions Length: 9-11 3/4" (23-30 cm)
Habitat Widespread and fairly common resident of pinyonjuniper forests; declining, probably due to habitat loss and degradation, and on the Audubon Watchlist.
Observation Tips Listen for the distinctive call. If you find one Pinyon Jay, you are likely to find lots.
Range Plains, Southwest, Northwest, California, Texas, Rocky Mountains
Voice Call is an odd nasal, quail-like woah-keeh-keeh.
Discussion Subtly colorful corvid, with the body proportions and bill shape of Clark's Nutcracker. Social, typically living in large (often 100+ individuals) flocks, some individuals of which are always on lookout for danger. As name suggests, feeds primarily on seeds of pinyon pines, but omnivorous and opportunistic diet also includes other types of seeds, as well as fruits and insects. Nests colonially. Sexes are similar.


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Burala, the Ancestral Darter, travelled from the east, flying underground and emerged from just south of Yathalamarra to sit atop a tree. From there it went underground and emerged close by at another significant tree site at the tiny waterhole to the east, Bilimarr.
Burala is associated with mortuary rituals as the darter made the bullroarers used for this ceremony. Burala also formed another part of Yathalamarra at the north-eastern rim at Gururrpurrngayngura. [1]
[1] Excerpt from Margie West, 'Yathalamara — land of the waterlily' in the exhibition catalogue No ordinary place: the art of David Malangi, Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2004, p. 42–50.
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Summit Built-in Microwave for Enclosed Installation - Stainless Steel
This Summit (OTR24) Built-in Microwave is designed for complete enclosed installation and will fit in 20, 21 or 24-inch cabinet spaces. Operating the unit is simple with the user-friendly touchpad controls that include presets for popcorn, pizza, beverages and also a Quick Defrost option. The clock/timer is also easily programmed and easy to read with a bright green digital display.
The durable stainless steel handle matches the front frame for a sleek, professional-looking finish. The mirrored glass door is tinted but slightly opaque, allowing you to monitor foods at a glance when needed. The interior is finished in white with a rotating glass turntable for an evenly cooked meal every time.
Note: The cabinet sides, top, and bottom are unfinished. The OTR24 requires professional installation and a finished cabinet (not included) for safe operation.
Multiple Power Levels:Touchpad controls include settings for popcorn, pizza and beverages as well as a Speed Defrost button for quick cooking. A clock and timer are also included, all with digital display
Mirrored Glass Door:The dark-tinted front panel is reflective for the most part but has a slight opaque quality for checking food at a glance
Enclosed Installation:This particular unit is should be completely enclosed for safe operation and fits best in a 24-inch cabinet space. Professional installation is recommended
- Model: OTR24Stainless steel handle and frame
- Brand: SummitDark-tinted front panel with slight opaque quality
- Touchpad controls with digital displayWhite interior with glass turntable
- Multiple heat presets: popcorn, pizza, beveragePower: 900W / 12A
- Speed defrost setting reduces overall cooktimeWeight: 33 lbs
- Warranty: 1 year parts/laborDimensions: 15.25" H x 19" W x 16" D
- Summit Built-in Microwave for Enclosed Installation
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The National Gallery of Ireland is pleased to announce that the recently recovered painting by Jack Yeats, 'Bachelor's Walk, in Memory' (1915), has been placed on long-term loan to the Gallery.
04 November 2009
An exhibition of 40 prints by Norway's greatest artist, Edvard Munch (1863-1944), will go on display at the National Gallery of Ireland from 19 September until 6 December 2009.
01 September 2009
McCormack is still regarded as one of the world's finest lyric tenors. This portrait by Orpen reflects the huge reputation the singer commanded internationally during his lifetime.
24 June 2009
A major retrospective exhibition of Waterford-born artist Thomas Roberts (1748-1777), will open in the Beit Wing of the National Gallery of Ireland on 28 March and will continue until 28 June 2009.
01 March 2009
Three world-renowned paintings by Dutch 17th-century masters, Vermeer, Fabritius and De Hooch, are the focus of a special exhibition in the Beit Wing of the National Gallery of Ireland from 14th February until 24th May 2009.
01 February 2009
Two important Irish paintings recently acquired by the National Gallery of Ireland are now on public view: 'An Angling Party' by Matthew James Lawless, and 'On the Bridge at Grez' (1884) by Sir John Lavery.
Just over one week to go to see the acclaimed Finnish exhibition in the Millennium Wing of the National Gallery of Ireland, Northern Stars and Southern Lights before it closes on Sunday 1st February 2009
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Professional Double Tap Beer Kegerator - Stainless Steel
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Summit Professional Double Tap Beer Kegerator - Stainless Steel
The Summit Professional Double Tap Beer Kegerator (SBC490OSTWIN) will allow you to throw the party you always dreamed of. This full-sized beer dispenser brings the pleasure of a cold draft to the outdoors. Fully equipped to stand up to the elements, the SBC490OSTWIN meets and exceeds U.L. requirements for safe outdoor operation. The exterior is completely wrapped in non-corrosive 304 grade stainless steel, with the back fully sealed to protect all electrical components. An integrated Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) prevents circuit breaks from damaging the unit or causing electric shocks.
The Summit Dual Tap Kegerator includes all the tap accessories you need to serve beer from a half, quarter, or mini keg, as well as removable shelves that conveniently convert the beer cooler into a refrigerator. The dual tap system lets you serve two different beers to provide your guests with more variety. Automatic defrost saves time and maintenance and an adjustable thermostat lets you set the proper temperature for stored beer.
Designed primarily for freestanding use, this undercounter beer dispenser can be installed as a built-in unit but requires 1 1/2 inch of space between the rear of the unit and wall and a 1/2 inch of space between the unit sides and cabinetry.
Here's What's Included:Ships complete with all components needed to tap one keg: CO2 tank, regulator, beer line, air line, tap, tower, cleaning kit, faucet, and faucet handle (keg not included)
Professional towel bar handle:A curved stainless steel handle provides generous room for a comfortable grip
Convertible to a refrigerator:Transform the beer cooler into a standard refrigerator with adjustable shelves
- Model: SBC490OSTWINWarranty: 1 year parts and labor/5 years compressor
- Automatic defrostHolds one standard full size Keg (1/2 barrel) or two (2) 1/4 barrel kegs (Pony or Slim Quarter)
- Cleaning kitIncludes Two (2) American Sankey 'D' Keg Couplers (Taps)
- Drip trayWeight: 152 pounds
- Draft tower with 2 spigotsDimensions: 51.38" H x 23.63" W x 24.88" D
- Adjustable thermostatInterior Dimensions: 29: H x 21.25" W x 18.75" D
- Height: 51.38"
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Drinking alcohol during pregnancy has been associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) – a range of effects which can include physical and mental disabilities and problems with behavior or learning. Another severe effect of drinking during pregnancy is Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) – which causes growth problems, abnormal facial features, and central nervous system problems.1
Unfortunately, the effects of alcohol during pregnancy are not yet well understood although no level of alcohol use during pregnancy has been proven safe. We do know that alcohol passes through the placenta and because of a fetus's immature body, the alcohol is broken down much more slowly than in adults. This results in the fetus having higher levels of alcohol in the blood for a longer period of time.
In addition to FASD and FAS, other adverse birth outcomes associated with drinking alcohol during pregnancy are:
(For more information about the effects of alcohol on pregnancy and birth defects, please visit:
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FAS Diagnostic & Prevention Networkhttp://depts.washington.edu/fasdpn/htmls/whatisfasdpn.htm
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Budding scientists and engineers spend summer vacation in the lab
BINGHAMTON, NY -- Binghamton University will offer its fourth annual summer science program designed to excite students about science, math and engineering.
The Go Green Institute will bring together about 55 of the Southern Tier's brightest seventh-graders for an intensive 10-day, hands-on learning experience centered on the theme of a greener living environment.
Go Green will take place this year from July 11-22.
The University's Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging (S3IP) and Center for Autonomous Solar Power (CASP) co-sponsored the program with Broome-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) and a grant from the STNY-13 Work Force New York Program.
Through Go Green, students will explore issues of science, math and engineering as they relate to creating a sustainable living environment. They will experiment in the lab and take field trips to the University Nature Preserve and Center of Excellence, working with Binghamton University faculty members and graduate students, as well as faculty from BCC and teachers from local school districts and companies such as BAE Systems.
Go Green, led by Wayne Jones, professor of chemistry, involves a dedicated group of graduate students, middle school science teachers and faculty working closely with the students.
"For the U.S. to be competitive in science and technology globally, it is critical that we grow the pipeline of young students interested in careers in science and engineering" Jones said. Middle school is a perfect time to capture these talented students' interest and give them an opportunity to see science and engineering as exciting opportunities to solve problems in everyday life."


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VIDEO: Chris Faraone interviews Wasted Talent
America's pastime glorifies grown men who run around in pinstripes and stirrups. According to a recent survey, the average age for PlayStation enthusiasts is 35. And, yes, Adam Sandler movies remain popular with Gen-Xers. So if everybody else can be a Toys "R" Us kid until he or she qualifies for discount coffee, why the hell should rappers have to grow up?
Despite a combined age of over 50, Dese and Oak Lonetree — together known as the Dunnas — still strive to be the white Red and Meth. And Nabo Rawk and Paul Foley — who unite as Wasted Talent — are determined to produce the most outrageous live show in Boston hip-hop, complete with folding-chair assaults and a posse member dressed like a gorilla passing out bananas.
Nabo, Foley, Oak, and Dese are hardly your work friends who make awful rap songs on GarageBand. They're marginally renowned Caucasians who stopped waiting for seven-figure deals a long time ago. As individuals, the members of Wasted Talent and the Dunnas wield enough underground notoriety to make king cobras jealous. In 2009, their goal is just to rhyme and move waistlines.
Some men use guys' night to play poker and watch baseball. Every Monday for the past six months, Dese and Oak have met up with their preppy prodigy producer, Billy Blaze, at Anna's Taqueria on Brookline's Harvard Street, where they bury burritos before heading to their studio for beats, blunts, beers, and chicken wings.
"I first liked Oak because he was the only dude I know who writes faster than me," says Dese, who's also a member of the Camp. Oak assures me, "It might be lame when rappers talk about how fast they write rhymes, but we write faster than them. We're also both fat fucks — so that's another common bond."
The upcoming 18-track Dunnas debut — All You Can Eat, which they drop at Unity Fest this Thursday — finds Oak and Dese smashing topics that should resonate with everymen. So far they've leaked cuts called "Douchebag" and "I Hate Mondays." Dese: "We're just doing songs that people can understand. Even my mother called to tell me that she heard 'Douchebag' on MySpace and liked it."
On Wasted Talent's cherry popper — which they unveil Tuesday at the Middle East — Nabo and Foley also cover mundane ground, from "Hot Dog Water" (a metaphor for how long they sit around) to "Khed" (think "kid" with a Boston drawl), which has Nabo clotheslining junkies on the Orange Line. "I always had an idea for a project called Wasted Talent," says Foley. "I just have so many friends who are artistic and who sit around jerking off all day." Adds Nabo: "Seriously — we do."
Although their collaboration is recent, Nabo and Foley have been homeboys for a decade. Both came up in Beantown's storied mid-'90s rap scene — Foley with falsehood, and Nabo with Porn Theatre Ushers. Over the years each worked with Mister Jason — who was in PTU and falsehood — as well as with K-No Supreme, who produced much of the synth-logged Wasted Talent debut. "Until this I pretty much stopped [rhyming] in '97," says Foley. "Nabo's probably the most famous out of all my rapper friends, and he's not even really famous."
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While working on a demonstration of NAG random number generators in Excel and their application in option pricing using the Monte Carlo method I noticed a considerable discrepancy in results while using unscrambled Sobol quasirandom numbers. Well, to start with, how do you price a European option when the underlying asset follows geometric Brownian motion? Basically for each random number you simulate what the price of the asset will be in, say T=1 year, moving in one step from the starting time point t=0 to the end point t=T, calculate the payoff, and the average value of all payoffs will be our desired option price (Monte Carlo methods for option pricing). I'm not going to get into the details of Monte Carlo method, that will be covered in a paper I'm currently working on. The idea is that this simulation works very well and gives good convergence to the result obtained using the close-form formula, no surprises here. The stock prices have log-normal distribution, as expected. This is illustrated in the figure below. This histogram groups the stock prices from 20000 simulations.
One could however want to price Asian options, which are path-dependent. The payoff of such options depends not on the final price of the asset (as in European options), but on the average price of the asset throughout the life of the option. We therefore need to generate a path of stock prices, so we'll move from t=0 to t=T not in one step as previously, but in many steps, say 252 (this is the average number of trading days per year). In practice we generate 252 random numbers, generate a path of the asset price and for the final step we calculate the payoff. This is done for every Monte Carlo simulation, so as you've probably noticed we need 252 times more random numbers than in case of the European option. The quantity is not an issue, the Sobol sequence is long enough. What happens is that in case of such pathwise Monte Carlo simulation the distribution is not log-normal, it doesn't actually resemble any distribution, as can be seen below.
Why is that? Why do the quasirandom numbers fail? The simulation using the same data, but pseudorandom numbers instead of quasirandom, does return stock prices that are log-normally distributed (below).
What is going on here? Well, I know the answer, it took me some time to realise, and it would have taken more time if not the help of my colleagues Jacques and Robert. Do you, dear reader of this blog, know why it is like this? Is this just an easter egg, or an interesting property of quasirandom numbers? Happy Easter!
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Well, let me take a crack at this egg. The main (only?) difference between pseudo and quasi random numbers seems to be that the latter are more evenly distributed across the interval of interest than the former (there are more words about this, along with a rather nice graphic which illustrates the point here). Perhaps this has something to do with why their distribution is closer-to-normal than that of the pseudo-random sequence?ReplyDelete
Is it something to do with the fact that quasi random numbers are not statistically independent from each other?ReplyDelete
- Kai Zhang7 April 2010 at 12:02
This could due to the poor quality of quasi-random number beyond a certain dimension (say 100). Even if NAG's sobol generator is able to generate up to 50,000 dimensions, there is no guarantee that projection of any two of them is evenly distributed over the unit square.ReplyDelete
The fact is the convergence of low discrepancy number is of order n*(log n)^d where d is dimension. With a large d, it barely has any advantage of pseudo-random numbers. This has not taken into account the reliability of Sobol' numbers in high dimension.
Jeremy, Mike and Kai, thank you for your interest in this post of mine. This wasn't an Easter egg, the problem I encountered was real.ReplyDelete
Jeremy, you're right that quasirandoms are more evenly distributed, but when I perform the Monte Carlo using one single step the results are fine. The problem arises in the stepwise MC.
Mike, the numbers are indeed not statistically independent, you're right. Do you have an idea how this could be solved? You can use pseudorandoms of course, but is there a way to this properly with quasirandoms? I actually have an idea how this can be done, but need to try it out. The answer is to use a scrambled sequence...
Kai, I agree with you about the higher dimensions, but in this case I've taken numbers just from the first dimension. There are 20k simulations and 50 steps in each, altogether 1m quasirandom numbers from the first dimension!
If in the second graph, you plot the average of Spot, then it is not a log normal distribution (it is well know that sum of log normal random variable is not a log normal random variable).
Now suppose that for each path you generate 252 quasi-random number and take the first one to contruct the S_T (the other is constructed with Brownian Bridge). It is like you consider a 252 dimension problem and consider the projection to the 1st axis.
I guess then 252 is a special dimension of your Sobol manager?
Hi Feyn,ReplyDelete
Thanks for your interest in this blog.
In both second and third graphs I plot the prices of Asian options, but only the one where I use pseudorandoms shows a proper distribution. What you say about lognormal distributions is right, but note that I don't really plot an average of MC simulations, but for every simulation I compute average as in Asian options and this is proper way to do it (as seen on the 3rd pic).
I don't need to fill the bits inbetween with numbers from BB, they are not required. In the first example I move straight from S0 to ST and I don't need what's between them. If I calculate the prices between, then I have the 3rd example.
I'm not sure what you mean by projecting the problem to the 1st axis, could you elaborate more on that please?
And then 252 is not a special dimension of the NAG Sobol generator. It can be an arbitrary number. I tried it with 50 steps, with 252 steps and the diestribution in example 2 (using quasirandoms) is still hairy.
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And he said, "What are you up to?"
"We're digging for treasure," said Alice; "an ancient parchment revealed to us the place of concealment. Come over and help us. When we have dug deep enough we shall find a great pot of red clay, full of gold and precious jewels."
Albert‐next‐door only sniggered and said, "What silly nonsense!" He cannot play properly at all. It is very strange, because he has a very nice uncle. You see, Albert‐next‐door doesn't care for reading, and he has not read nearly so many books as we have, so he is very foolish and ignorant, but it cannot be helped, and you just have to put up with it when you want him to do anything. Besides, it is wrong to be angry with people for not being so clever as you are yourself. It is not always their faults.
So Oswald said, "Come and dig! Then you shall share the treasure when we've found it."
But he said, "I shan't—I don't like digging—and I'm just going in to my tea."
"Come along and dig, there's a good boy," Alice said. "You can use my spade. It's much the best—"
So he came along and dug, and when once page: 21 he was over the wall we kept him at it, and we worked as well, of course, and the hole got deep. Pincher worked too—he is our dog and he is very good at digging. He digs for rats in the dustbin sometimes, and gets very dirty. But we love our dog, even when his face wants washing.
"I expect we shall have to make a tunnel," Oswald said, "to reach the rich treasure." So he jumped into the hole and began to dig at one side. After that we took it in turns to dig at the tunnel, and Pincher was most useful in scraping the earth out of the tunnel—he does it with his back feet when you say "Rats!" and he digs with his front ones, and burrows with his nose as well.
At last the tunnel was nearly a yard long, and big enough to creep along to find the treasure, if only it had been a bit longer. Now it was Albert's turn to go in and dig, but he funked it.
"Take your turn like a man," said Oswald—nobody can say that Oswald doesn't take his turn like a man. But Albert wouldn't. So we had to make him, because it was only fair.
"It's quite easy," Alice said. "You just crawl in and dig with your hands. Then page: 22 when you come out we can scrape out what you've done, with the spades. Come—be a man. You won't notice it being dark in the tunnel if you shut your eyes tight. We've all been in except Dora—and she doesn't like worms."
"I don't like worms neither." Albert‐next‐door said this; but we remembered how he had picked a fat red and black worm up in his fingers and thrown it at Dora only the day before.
So we put him in.
But he would not go in head first, the proper way, and dig with his hands as we had done, and though Oswald was angry at the time, for he hates snivellers, yet afterwards he owned that perhaps it was just as well. You should never be afraid to own that perhaps you were mistaken—but it is cowardly to do it unless you are quite sure you are in the wrong.
"Let me go in feet first," said Albert‐next‐door. "I'll dig with my boots—I will truly, honour bright."
So we let him get in feet first—and he did it very slowly and at last he was in, and only his head sticking out into the hole; and all the rest of him in the tunnel.page: 23
"Now dig with your boots," said Oswald; "and, Alice, do catch hold of Pincher, he'll be digging again in another minute, and perhaps it would be uncomfortable for Albert if Pincher threw the mould into his eyes."
You should always try to think of these little things. Thinking of other people's comfort makes them like you. Alice held Pincher, and we all shouted, "Kick! dig with your feet, for all you're worth!"
So Albert‐next‐door began to dig with his feet, and we stood on the ground over him, waiting—and all in a minute the ground gave way, and we tumbled together in a heap: and when we got up there was a little shallow hollow where we had been standing, and Albert‐next‐door was underneath, stuck quite fast, because the roof of the tunnel had tumbled in on him. He is a horribly unlucky boy to have anything to do with.
It was dreadful the way he cried and screamed, though he had to own it didn't hurt, only it was rather heavy and he couldn't move his legs. We would have dug him out all right enough, in time, but he screamed so we were afraid the police would come, so Dicky climbed over the wall, to tell the cook there to tell Albert‐next‐door's uncle he page: 24 had been buried by mistake, and to come and help dig him out.
Dicky was a long time gone. We wondered what had become of him, and all the while the screaming went on and on, for we had taken the loose earth off Albert's face so that he could scream quite easily and comfortably.
Presently Dicky came back and Albert‐next‐door's uncle came with him. He has very long legs, and his hair is light and his face is brown. He has been to sea, but now he writes books. I like him.
He told his nephew to stow it, so Albert did, and then he asked him if he was hurt—and Albert had to say he wasn't, for though he is a coward, and very unlucky, he is not a liar like some boys are.
"This promises to be a protracted if agreeable task," said Albert‐next‐door's uncle, rubbing his hands and looking at the hole with Albert's head in it. "I will get another spade," so he fetched the big spade out of the next‐door garden tool‐shed, and began to dig his nephew out.
"Mind you keep very still," he said, "or I might chunk a bit out of you with the spade." Then after a while he said—page: 25
"I confess that I am not absolutely insensible to the dramatic interest of the situation. My curiosity is excited. I own that I should like to know how my nephew happened to be buried. But don't tell me if you'd rather not. I suppose no force was used?"
"Only moral force," said Alice. They used to talk a lot about moral force at the High School where she went, and in case you don't know what it means I'll tell you that it is making people do what they don't want to, just by slanging them, or laughing at them, or promising them things if they're good.
"Only moral force, eh?" said Albert‐next‐door's uncle. "Well?"
"Well," Dora said, "I'm very sorry it happened to Albert—I'd rather it had been one of us. It would have been my turn to go into the tunnel, only I don't like worms, so they let me off. You see we were digging for treasure."
"Yes," said Alice, "and I think we were just coming to the underground passage that leads to the secret hoard, when the tunnel fell in on Albert. He is so unlucky," and she sighed.page: 26
Then Albert‐next‐door began to scream again, and his uncle wiped his face—his own face, not Albert's—with his silk handkerchief, and then he put it in his trousers pocket. It seems a strange place to put a handkerchief, but he had his coat and waistcoat off and I suppose he wanted the handkerchief handy. Digging is warm work.
He told Albert‐next‐door to drop it, or he wouldn't proceed further in the matter, so Albert stopped screaming, and presently his uncle finished digging him out. Albert did look so funny, with his hair all dusty and his velvet suit covered with mould and his face muddy with earth and crying.
We all said how sorry we were, but he wouldn't say a word back to us. He was most awfully sick to think he'd been the one buried, when it might just as well have been one of us. I felt myself that it was hard lines.
"So you were digging for treasure," said Albert‐next‐door's uncle, wiping his face again with his handkerchief. "Well, I fear that your chances of success are small. I have made a careful study of the whole subject. What I don't know about buried treasure is not worth knowing. And I never knew more page: 27 than one coin buried in any one garden—and that is generally—Hullo—what's that?"
He pointed to something shining in the hole he had just dragged Albert out of. Oswald picked it up. It was a half‐crown. We looked at each other, speechless with surprise and delight, like in books.
"Well, that's lucky, at all events," said Albert‐next‐door's uncle.
"Let's see, that's fivepence each for you."
"It's fourpence—something; I can't do fractions," said Dicky; "there are seven of us, you see."
"Oh, you count Albert as one of yourselves on this occasion, eh?"
"Of course," said Alice; "and I say, he was buried after all. Why shouldn't we let him have the odd somethings, and we'll have fourpence each."
We all agreed to do this, and told Albert‐next‐door we would bring his share as soon as we could get the half‐crown changed. He cheered up a little at that, and his uncle wiped his face again—he did look hot—and began to put on his coat and waistcoat.
When he had done it he stooped and picked up something. He held it up, and you will page: 28 hardly believe it, but it is quite true—it was another half‐crown!
"To think that there should be two!" he said; "in all my experience of buried treasure I never heard of such a thing!"
I wish Albert‐next‐door's uncle would come treasure‐seeking with us regularly; he must have very sharp eyes: for Dora says she was looking just the minute before at the very place where the second half‐crown was picked up from, and she never saw it.


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'Council on Science and Technology'
Posted June 17, 2013; 12:00 p.m.
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At the intersection of Princeton's roles as a research institution and a liberal arts college, the Council on Science and Technology promotes the development of courses in science and engineering for students concentrating in humanities and the social sciences, so that they are scientifically literate citizens able to assess the technological and scientific issues of the day. Read more.
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BONNIE BASSLER: The council
is made up of nine faculty
members, and we span the
sciences, math, and
engineering, and also
the humanities.
Our job is to make sure that
every Princeton undergraduate,
who's going to major in
humanities or social science,
comes out loving science, taking
science, and being able
to engage in science.
We help revamp existing
We help make 21st century
courses that will make
students, graduates--
no matter what they're going to
be-- to be able to engage
in science, and use scientific
thinking in
all of their lives.
We believe if a person is going
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'Doctor Who' Viewing Guide: Tips, Suggestions & Complete Episode List
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Once viewed by many TV lovers as a niche sci-fi program, Doctor Who and the TARDIS have been popping up with increasing regularity on television screens around the globe. In the past few years, the cult British staple has become a full-on global phenomenon. These days, being a Whovian is, as the eleventh Doctor (played by Matt Smith) would say, "Cool."
However, with over eight seasons since the Russell T. Davies 2005 series relaunch plus three spin-off shows (Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and K9) available online and in stores, it can be an especially daunting task to get started – and that's not even taking the hundreds of classic Doctor Who episodes into consideration.
Fortunately, we've put together the following handy guide to help viewers figure out which episodes are a good barometer for whether or not someone will enjoy the series, where to find the show online (in addition to retail shelves), as well as a complete list of Doctor Who episodes, specials, shorts, prequels and tie-ins – including where the Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, and K9 crossovers fit in (assuming you want the "complete" Doctor Who experience).
That said, our guide will only focus on the modern series (starting in 2005) – since the copious amount of content in the classic chapter could be pretty daunting for most viewers who are new to Who. We recommend that interested viewers follow our guide and then, if they're up for it, go all the way back to the beginning of the franchise with Season 1, Episode 1: "An Unearthly Child" (1963) – which featured the first, and grumpiest, iteration of The Doctor (played by William Hartnell).
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Most Doctor Who fans agree that the first episode of the 2005 Russell T. Davies reboot is not a prime example of Doctor Who at its best – and could be off-putting to viewers who are testing out the show for the first time. As a result, we've selected three Doctor Who episodes that offer a good sample of what potential viewers can expect from the series – without spoiling too many of the larger story arcs and twists.
That said, as Matt Smith once mentioned while talking about season 7 of the series, Doctor Who is about "evolution and regeneration." Anyone even remotely familiar with the show knows that The Doctor changes form (and actors) from time to time and companions come and go every few seasons. For that reason, our featured episodes will contain mild SPOILERS for the timing of certain Doctor and companion exits but nothing that will undermine the moments when they actually happen.
If you want to avoid even the most basic spoilers then our best recommendation is to just start at the 2005 relaunch, with Season 1, Episode 1: "Rose," but keep in mind that the series premiere isn't representative of the larger show's quality. Anyone that chooses to start with the premiere should plan to stick with the series for several episodes – to get a much better sense of why Doctor Who is a worthwhile endeavor.
For viewers who aren't overly-concerned about having a vague timeframe for when a new Doctor might be en route or when a companion might leave the series, below are three Doctor Who indoctrination episodes. This isn't to say that these three episodes are the best but each one will, for the most part, provide a solid standalone story experience and should help prospective Doctor Who viewers get a sense of the show – without the need for a lengthy canon rundown or, more importantly, overarching series spoilers.
That said, if at any point you're feeling like Doctor Who might be a fit – forget about our subsequent recommended episodes and jump to the 2005 premiere.
- Blink (Season 3, Episode 11) – A "Doctor-lite" episode. An entirely standalone story centered around Sally Sparrow (played by a pre-fame Carey Mulligan) and her run-in with one of The Doctor's most feared enemies.
- Midnight (Season 4, Episode 10) – A "Companion-lite" episode. Stuck in the middle of nowhere, The Doctor must battle a terrifying enemy who turns the Doctor's greatest weapon against him.
- Flatline (Season 8, Episode 9) – With The Doctor trapped inside a shrunken TARDIS, Clara discovers a new menace from another dimension – a menace that exists beyond human perception.
It's hard to imagine any would-be Whovian not seeing the promise in the series after "Blink." Assuming we're correct, save "Midnight" as well as "Flatline" for in-context viewing. Like any quality piece of television drama, Doctor Who episodes are most enjoyable as part of a planned out seasonal arc.
Additionally, here are some beginner picks that Moffat and Smith gave:
Steven Moffat
1. The Ark in Space (1975) – The Doctor and his companions Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) and Harry (Ian Marter) are on a seemingly deserted space station many years in the future. Station Nerva is not as empty as it appears, though; onboard are the cryogenically preserved survivors of Earth's destruction, as well as an insect-like alien race, the Wirrin, which are determined to use the humans–and the Doctor–as hosts to grow their monstrous larvae.
2. City of Death (1979) – The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) is pitted against a time-traveling alien (Julian Glover) whose body, fragmented by an accident, spurred evolution millions of years ago. Written by "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" author Douglas Adams.
Matt Smith
1. The Empty Child (Season 1, Episode 9) – The Doctor and Rose travel back to London in 1941, at the height of the Blitz. A mysterious cylinder is being guarded by the Army, while homeless children (living on the bombsites) are being terrorized by an unearthly child. Rose meets the dashing Captain Jack Harkness – has she found a hero even better than the Doctor?
2. The Doctor Dances (Season 1, Episode 10) – The Child's plague is spreading throughout the wartime London, and its zombie army is on the march. The Doctor and Rose form an alliance with intergalactic con-man Captain Jack, but find themselves trapped in the abandoned hospital. The answer lies at the bombsite, but time is running out…
3. Blink (Season 3, Episode 11)
NEXT PAGE: Helpful Viewing Tips and Our Personal Favorite Episodes
Doctor Who is a complicated show full of enough wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff to make even a veteran Whovian's head spin. For that reason, we've also put together a list of tips for watching the series that should help newcomers make sense of certain informational bits that might be confusing at first. We've also compiled notes that, first and foremost, stress the importance of Christmas episodes and other specials – as well as address a number of frequently asked logistical questions.
The Basics:
- Doctor Who is the question, The Doctor is what he's refered to as, Doctor is what people call him.
- Doctor Who is always written as Doctor Who, never Dr. Who.
- The Doctor has a name but will only reveal it in special circumstances, to certain people (viewers do not know it).
- The Doctor is 900+ years old and can regenerate. Originally he could regenerate 11 times (for 12 incarnations) but, as of season 7, was given new regeneration energy.
- Regeneration can occur willingly or as the result of dire circumstances. All memories stay while personality quirks and traits change. However, the Doctor can learn traits from previous incarnations (i.e. to not be too serious).
- Accept that you're not going to like any incarnation of The Doctor at first. You will also initially hate every newly regenerated Doctor replacing the previous Doctor. However, they each grown on you with time.
- Similarly, be aware that you will likely not be happy with each new companion at first.
The Logistics:
- Christmas Specials are part of the overall story – with lead-ins and cliffhangers to the previous and upcoming episodes/seasons.
- The "Season 2008-2012 Specials" are also essential to the overall Doctor Who story – linking the show's fourth and fifth seasons.
- Doctor Who has a companion series called Doctor Who Confidential, which shows the making-of/behind-the-scenes of each and every episode. Doctor Who Confidential only aired in the UK but is available on the US DVD & Blu-Ray releases. The BBC canceled Doctor Who Confidential following the season 6 finale.
- Doctor Who DVDs are expensive because they also include every episode of Doctor Who Confidential for the season, plus commentaries, video diaries & more.
- Every episode of Doctor Who (seasons 1-8) is available on Amazon Prime Instant Video and Netflix (in the US).
We've already shared a few episodes that can whet your appetite for more Doctor Who but which of the Time Lord's adventures are the overall best? We'd never be so bold as to put together a "best" episodes list – since there are plenty of high quality installments in the series that appeal to viewers for different reasons. However, we've listed our personal favorites below for the sake of discussion.
- Blink
- The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang
- Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
- Vincent and the Doctor
- The Girl in the Fireplace
- The Name of the Doctor
- Listen
- The Time of the Doctor
- Human Nature/The Family Blood
- Father's Day
Honorable Mentions: The Girl Who Waited, Time Crash, Stolen Earth [Ending], The End of Time [Ending], and The Day of the Doctor.
It was hard for us to narrow down our choices to just ten (plus a few honorable mentions) – so we again invite you to share your favorite episodes and Doctor Who memories in the comment section.
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The Complete Doctor Who Episode List
Bolded episode titles are used to highlight exceptional, not simply good, episodes in each season.
We have supplied YouTube links to prequel minisodes and other media – where available. However, please note that broken links will be removed and, depending on availability, may not be replaced. That said, many prequel and minisodes can still be found online – via a quick Google search.
Season 1 (2005)
1) Rose
2) The End of the World
3) The Unquiet Dead
4) Aliens of London (Part 1)
5) World War Three (Part 2)
6) Dalek
7) The Long Game
8) Father's Day
9) The Empty Child (Part 1)
10) The Doctor Dances (Part 2)
11) Boom Town
12) Bad Wolf (Part 1)
13) The Parting of the Ways (Part 2)
Season 1 (cont'd)
Born Again [Children in Need Short] [YouTube Link]
14) The Christmas Invasion [Christmas Special]
Season 2 (2006)
(Tardisode prequel shorts were made for each episode in season 2)
1) New Earth
2) Tooth and Claw
3) School Reunion
4) The Girl in the Fireplace
5) Rise of the Cybermen (Part 1)
6) The Age of Steel (Part 2)
7) The Idiot's Lantern
8) The Impossible Planet (Part1)
9) The Satan Pit (Part 2)
10) Love & Monsters
11) Fear Her
12) Army of Ghosts (Part 1)
13) Doomsday (Part 2)
Torchwood Spin-off Begins (2 Seasons; 2 Miniseries)
14) The Runaway Bride [Christmas Special]
Season 3 (2007)
The Sarah Jane Adventures Spin-off Begins [Children's Show] (5 Seasons)
1) Smith and Jones
2) The Shakespeare Code
3) Gridlock
4) Daleks in Manhattan (Part 1)
5) Evolution of the Daleks (Part 2)
6) The Lazarus Experiment
7) 42
8) Human Nature (Part 1)
9) The Family of Blood (Part 2)
10) Blink [Read the original short story HERE]
Torchwood Season 1 Finale: (No Doctor but the episode leads into Utopia.
11) Utopia (Part 1)
12) The Sound of Drums (Part 2)
13) Last of the Time Lords (Part 3)
The Infinite Quest [Animated Episode]
Time Crash [Children in Need Short] [YouTube Link]
14) Voyage of the Damned [Christmas Special]
Season 4 (2008)
1) Partners in Crime
2) The Fires of Pompeii
3) Planet of the Ood
4) The Sontaran Stratagem (Part 1)
5) The Poison Sky (Part 2)
6) The Doctor's Daughter
7) The Unicorn and the Wasp
8) Silence in the Library (Part 1)
9) Forest of the Dead (Part 2)
10) Midnight
11) Turn Left
12) The Stolen Earth (Part 1) [Torchwood Appearance]
13) Journey's End (Part 2) [Torchwood Appearance]
Season 4 Specials (2008-10)
(Season 4 specials are typically found solely by title on online streaming services, not necessarily as part of season 4 itself)
1) The Next Doctor [Christmas Special]
2) Planet of the Dead [Easter Special]
Dreamland [Animated Episode]
K-9 Spin-off Begins [Children's Show] (1 Season)
3) The Water of Mars [Autumn Special]
The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (Part 1 and 2) [The Doctor on The Sarah Jane Adventures]
Torchwood: Children of Earth (No Doctor but the episode's aftermath is referenced in "The End of Time: Part 2")
4) The End of Time (Part 1) [Christmas Special]
5) The End of Time (Part 2) [New Year's Special]
Season 5 (2010)
1) The Eleventh Hour
Meanwhile in the TARDIS Minisode 1 [Available on Season 5 DVD]
2) The Beast Below
3) Victory of the Daleks
4) The Time of Angels (Part 1)
5) Flesh and Stone (Part 2)
Meanwhile in the TARDIS Minisode 2 [Available on Season 5 DVD]
6) The Vampires of Venice
7) Amy's Choice
8) The Hungry Earth (Part 1)
9) Cold Blood (Part 2)
10) Vincent and the Doctor
11) The Lodger
12) The Pandorica Opens (Part 1)
13) The Big Bang (Part 2)
Death of the Doctor (Part 1 & 2) [The Doctor on The Sarah Jane Adventures] [YouTube Link; Part 2]
14) A Christmas Carol [Christmas Special]
Space/Time [Children in Need Short] [YouTube Link; Part 2]
Season 6 (2011)
1) The Impossible Astronaut (Part 1) [Prequel Minisode YouTube Link]
2) Day of the Moon (Part 2)
3) The Curse of the Black Spot [Prequel Minisode YouTube Link]
4) The Doctor's Wife
5) The Rebel Flesh (Part 1)
6) The Almost People (Part 2)
7) A Good Man Goes to War (Part 1)
8) Let's Kill Hitler (Part 2) [Prequel Short YouTube Link]
9) Night Terrors
10) The Girl Who Waited
11) The God Complex
12) Closing Time
13) The Wedding of River Song [Prequel Short YouTube Link]
Death is the Only Answer [Doctor Who Confidential Short] [YouTube Link]
14) The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [Christmas Special] [Prequel Short YouTube Link]
Good as Gold [Blue Peter Short] [YouTube Link]
Night and the Doctor [DVD Minisodes]: Due to wobbly wobbly timey wimey stuff these minisodes cannot be placed exactly in the episodic timeline but are best watched at the end of season 6.
Bad Night [YouTube Link]
Good Night [YouTube Link]
First Night [YouTube Link]
Last Night [YouTube Link]
Up All Night [Daily Motion Link]
Season 7 (2012-13)
Pond Life [Mini-Webisodes] [YouTube Link; Part 2, 3, 4, 5]
1) Asylum of the Daleks [Prequel Short Amazon Link]
2) Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
3) A Town Called Mercy
4) The Power of Three
The Inforarium Minisode [Available on Season 7 DVD]
5) The Angels Take Manhattan
P.S. [Season 7 Mid-Season Finale Deleted Scene] [YouTube Link]
6) The Snowmen [Christmas Special] [Prequel Shorts The Great Detective and Vastra Investigates]
7) The Bells of Saint John [Prequel Short YouTube Link]
8) The Rings of Akhaten
Clara and the TARDIS Minisode [Available on Season 7 DVD]
Rain Gods Minisode [Available on Season 7 DVD]
9) Cold War
10) Hide
11) Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
12) The Crimson Horror
13) Nightmare in Silver
14) The Name of the Doctor [Prequel Minisodes: He Said, She Said and Clarence and the Whispermen]
The Night of the Doctor [50th Anniversary Prequel Minisode] [YouTube Link]
The Last Day [50th Anniversary Prequel Minisode] [YouTube Link]
15) The Day of the Doctor [50th Anniversary Special]
16) The Time of the Doctor [Christmas Special]
Season 8 (2014)
1) Deep Breath
2) Into The Dalek
3) Robot Of Sherwood
4) Listen
5) Time Heist
6) The Caretaker
7) Kill The Moon
8) Mummy On The Orient Express
9) Flatline
10) In The Forest Of The Night
11) Dark Water
12) Death In Heaven
Season 9 (2015)
1) Last Christmas [Christmas Special]
Season 9 Prologue Minisode: [YouTube Link]
The Magician's Apprentice Prequel: The Doctor's Meditation [Daily Motion Link]
2) The Magician's Apprentice (Part 1)
3) The Witch's Familiar (Part 2)
4) Under the Lake (Part 1)
5) Before the Flood (Part 2)
6) The Girl Who Died (Part 1)
7) The Woman Who Lived (Part 2)
8) The Zygon Invasion (Part 1)
9) The Zygon Inversion (Part 2)
10) Sleep No More
11) Face the Raven
12) Heaven Sent (Part 1)
13) Hell Bent (Part 2)
14) The Husbands of River Song [Christmas Special]
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Doctor Who returns Saturday, September 19th for season 9 on BBC1 and BBC America.