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Music theory classes at Interlochen offer instruction in musicianship skills essential for the serious music student. The class objectives are to provide complete and thorough training in all basic musicianship skills; to offer advanced, college-level theory for the highly motivated student; and to stimulate and encourage exploration of the creative process through composition of concert art music ("classical").
Music Theory Requirements (for all music majors)
Music major seniors attending the Academy for one year must successfully complete one of the following one-year classes: Music Foundations or Theory and Musicianship or Advanced Theory and Musicianship (see below for class descriptions). Students are placed in one of the three classes based on the results of a music theory diagnostic exam given during orientation.
Music majors attending the Academy for multiple years must successfully complete Theory and Musicianship or Advanced Theory and Musicianship. Depending on their results on the music theory diagnostic exam (administered during orientation), students may be required to complete Music Foundations before moving on to Theory and Musicianship.
The music theory exam is a diagnostic tool used to assess the current knowledge of basic musicianship, rudimentary keyboard skills, sight singing and aural skills. For materials covered in this test, please see the course descriptions (below) for Theory and Musicianship and Advanced Theory and Musicianship. The exam includes both written and ear training components.
Music Foundations
This course is designed for the music major with little or no formal music theory training. The student be introduced to basic written theory, sight-singing with solfeggio, auditory skills and basic piano skills.
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Melodia- A Course in Sight-Singing
3 ring binder
8.5 x 11 manuscript paper
Theory and Musicianship
This course is designed for the music major with music theory training that is equivalent to the IAA Music Foundations Course. The student will substantially increase his/her knowledge of written theory, sight singing with solfeggio, aural skills and piano skills. The course covers material that is on a par with a year and a half of the typical college-level music theory curriculum.
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- Music for Ear Training
- Music for Sight Singing
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- 8.5 x 11 manuscript paper
Advanced Theory and Musicianship
A comprehensive course in which harmony, analysis, counterpoint, ear training, sight-singing, keyboard skills, and some composition are studied concurrently from an historical perspective.
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- Music for Ear Training
- Music for Sight Singing
- 3 ring binder
- 8.5 x 11 manuscript paper
Dr. Cynthia Van Maanen
Instructor of Music Composition and Music Theory, Interlochen Arts Academy
Dr. Thomas Childs
Instructor of Music Theory, Interlochen Arts Academy
Laurence Smith
Instructor of Music Theory and Accompanist, Interlochen Arts Academy


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Freshman Cake Race, A Davidson Tradition
Established in 1930, the Cake Race is a voluntary 1.3-mile dash around campus for first-year students. The Davidson community donates cakes to distribute to top finishers, who select a cake prize based on the order of finish. The Cake Race is one of many activities during Wildcat Welcome Week.


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Shaping Meals Around Fruits & Veggies
These before, during, and after shopping tips will make meal planning easy and efficient, save money, and help you provide more nutritious meals.
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Performance of V3-based HIV-1 sero subtyping in HIV endemic areas
Performance dei test sierologici basati sulla reattività a peptidi della regione V3 nella sotto tipizzazione di HIV-1 in aree altamente endemiche per l'infezione da HIV
Lara TavoschiI; Daniela BernasconiI; Michele ChiappiI; Barbara SuligoiII; Claudio GalliIII; Vincenza RegineII; Cissy KityoIV; Stefano ButtòI
ICentro Nazionale AIDS
IIDipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie e Immunomediate, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
IIIAbbott Diagnostics Division, Rome, Italy
IVJoint Clinical Research Center, Kampala, Uganda
HIV-1 serosubtyping based on reactivity to peptides from the V3 region of gp120 is a low-cost and easy to perform procedure often used in geographical areas with high prevalence and incidence of HIV infection. We evaluated the performance of V3-based serotyping on 148 sera from 118 HIV-1-infected individuals living in Uganda, with estimated dates of seroconversion. Of the 148 tested samples, 68 (46.0%) specifically reacted with only one of the V3 peptides included in the test (SP), 64 (43.2%) did not react with any peptide (NR) and 16 (10.8%) reacted with two or more peptides (CR). According to the estimated seroconversion date, the large majority of samples collected early after infection belonged to the NR group. These samples had also a low Avidity Index. In contrast, samples collected later after infection belonged mainly to CR and SP groups and had also a higher avidity index. These results indicate that the performance of V3-based assays depends on maturation of HIV-specific immune response and can be significantly lowered when these tests are carried out on specimens collected from recently infected individuals.
Key words: HIV-1, antigenic variation, classification, diagnosis, serum.
La sottotipizzazione di HIV-1 basata sulla reattività dei sieri di pazienti infettati da HIV ai peptidi della regione V3 della gp120 di HIV-1 è una procedura spesso utilizzata per sottotipizzare le varianti virali che circolano in aree geografiche con alta prevalenza ed incidenza di infezione da HIV. Allo scopo di valutare l'efficacia e l'affidabilità di questo approccio diagnostico in individui che risiedono in queste regioni, lo abbiamo applicato su 148 sieri ottenuti da 118 individui ugandesi infettati da HIV-1, con data di sieroconversione nota. Dei 148 sieri saggiati, 68 (46,0%) reagivano specificamente ad un solo peptide e potevano così essere facilmente sottotipizzati (sieri SP), ma 64 (43,2%) non reagivano ad alcun peptide (sieri NR) e 16 (10,8%) reagivano a due o più peptidi (sieri CR) e non potevano essere sottotipizzati. Quando venivano considerate le date di sieroconversione, la grande maggioranza dei campioni raccolti da individui con infezione recente apparteneva al gruppo dei sieri NR che mostravano anche un basso Indice di Avidità (AI) per gli anticorpi anti-HIV. I campioni raccolti, invece, durante le fasi più tardive della malattia appartenevano principalmente ai gruppi CR e SP e mostravano un AI più alto. Questi risultati indicano che l'efficacia e l'affidabilità del metodo di sottotipizzazione delle varianti di HIV-1 basato sulla reattività dei sieri ai peptidi della regione V3, dipendono dalla maturazione della risposta immune specifica per HIV e possono significativamente essere molto basse quando si saggiano sieri da individui con un'infezione recente.
Parole chiave: HIV-1, variazione antigenica, classificazione, diagnosi, siero.
Continuous investigation of HIV-1 subtypes' dynamics in geographical areas with a high incidence of HIV infection and broad virus heterogeneity is important because different HIV-1 subtypes may influence the efficacy of potential vaccines against HIV, the performance of tests to detect HIV infection and the monitoring of HIV-infected patients [1]. A number of techniques, including molecular characterization of PCR-amplified genomic sequences and the HMA (heteroduplex mobility assay), have proved to be highly sensitive in identifying HIV-1 subtypes. However, due to high costs and complexity of these procedures in a poor resource setting, as it is often common in highly HIV endemic areas, alternative, cost-effective, easy and rapid to perform serological methods, which are based on antibody cross-recognition of synthetic peptides from the V3 variable region of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein gp120, have been proposed and used [2]. Nonetheless, antibody cross-recognition can be influenced by the variability of the V3 sequence due to the high heterogeneity of circulating HIV variants [3]. In addition, it is known that avidity of antibodies against HIV antigens is low early after infection, but increases over time as the infection progresses [4, 5]. Thus, V3-based tests could have a weak performance when sera from recently HIV-infected individuals are tested, a common event in areas highly endemic for HIV infection.
In order to evaluate whether V3-based serological testing can be a reliable approach for serotyping in these areas, we investigated the performance of two V3-based serological assays on samples from HIV infected people living in Uganda, a country highly endemic for HIV infection, where several different HIV-1 subtypes and recombinants circulate [6, 7].
Participants and serum samples
A total of 148 sera from 118 individuals were collected at the Joint Clinical Research Centre in Kampala, Uganda. Individuals were derived from two independent cohort studies conducted in Uganda (PAVE Study and HC-HIV Study) [8, 9]. These studies were reviewed and approved by local Institutional Review Boards and all participants provided an informed consent. Individuals were 31 male military recruits and 87 women of reproductive age. These individuals seroconverted during the above described studies and seroconversion date was estimated as the midpoint between the dates of the last negative and the first positive HIV test. The interval between the two dates never exceeded 180 days. Specimens were considered HIV-positive when reactive using commercial EIA, confirmed by Western Blotting and/or PCR.
Sera collected within or after 180 days from the estimated seroconversion date were considered as derived from recently or chronically infected individuals, respectively, as previously described [10]. For 30 of the 118 individuals, two serial sera after seroconversion were available, for a total of 148 sera included in the study. Of these 148 sera, 114 (77%) were collected within 180 days from the estimated seroconversion date and 34 were obtained later.
V3-based assays
The V3 synthetic peptides were chosen according to previously published data [11] and corresponded to the following HIV-1 clades: A (KSVHIGPGQAFYAT), B (KSIHIGPGRAFYTT), C (KSIRIGPGQTFYAT), D (RQRTHIGPGQALYTT),E(DTSITIGPGQVFYRT), F (DKSIHLGPGQAFYAT), O (CDIQEMRIGPM AWYSMGIGGTAGNS). Peptides were synthesized with a purity > 95% (Biomol International; Matford Court, UK). Two different V3-based indirect EIA assays, Antigen Limiting-EIA (AL-EIA) and Competitive-EIA (C-EIA), were performed [11, 12]. Each sample was tested at least twice with each method.
AL-EIA was carried out as previously described [11], and sero-subtype was defined according to the peptide that was associated with the highest antibody binding at the lowest V3 peptide concentration. C-EIA was slightly modified from the previously described procedure [12]. In particular; microplate coating was done with 200 µl of an equimolar mixture of V3 peptides, each peptide diluted in Blocking Buffer (BB) (PBS containing 0.05% Tween20 and 2% dry milk) to the final concentration of 0.05 µg/µl. The subtype was defined according to the V3 peptide showing the strongest competition, as reported in literature [12].
Anti-gp120 EIA
The presence and the titers of anti-HIV-1 gp120 IgG were evaluated by an in-house EIA. Briefly, 96-well microplates were coated with SF162 (clade B)-derived gp120 momomeric protein, at a concentration of 2 ng/µl in Carbonate Buffer, overnight at + 4 ºC and then washed with PBS containing 0.05% Tween 20. After saturation with BB for 90 min at 37 ºC, 100 µl of each sample, diluted in BB (minimal dilution: 1:100), were added to each well and incubated for 90 min at 37 ºC. One known anti-gp120 IgG positive sample and three known anti-gp120 IgG negative samples were included in each run as positive and negative controls, respectively. After incubation, anti-human IgG horseradish peroxidaseconjugated secondary antibody, diluted in BB, was added to each well and incubated for 90 min at 37 ºC. Antigen-bound antibodies were then revealed by the addition of ABTS solution. Absorbance was measured at 405 nm. The cut-off (CO) value was calculated as 3 Standard Deviations above the mean of the optical density (OD) value of the three negative controls. Samples were considered positive for the presence of anti-gp120 IgG when the difference (Δ) between the sample OD and the CO was a positive value.
Avidity Index assay
The AI assay with sera from both clade B and non-B HIV-1-infected individuals has been previously described and validated [13, 14, 10]. Testing was carried out as previously reported [13]. An optical density of 0.80 has been used as a CO to discriminate recent (< 180 days) from established (> 180 days) HIV infections, as previously reported [13, 10].
Statistical analysis
The Student's t-test was used to compare the days from seroconversion and the AI values between sample groups with different reactivity to V3-peptides.
The 148 samples were tested using AL-EIA and CEIA. The samples were classified according to their reactivity to the V3-peptides as following: non-reactive (NR), i.e. samples showing no reactivity to any of the V3-peptides in neither AL-EIA, nor C-EIA assays; cross-reactive (CR), i.e. samples showing reactivity to two or more V3 peptides or with discordant reactivity in the two tests; specific (SP), i.e. samples showing specific reactivity to a single V3 peptide with both methods. Surprisingly, according to the results obtained, a relevant number of 64 out of 148 (43.2%) samples were classified as NR, 16 (10.8%) as CR and only 68 (46.0%) as SP.
We have, therefore, investigated if the lack of reactivity to the V3-peptides of the 64 NR sera was due to the absence or to very low titers of anti-HIV-1 antibodies against the whole Env protein. To this aim, all 148 se-rum samples were tested for the presence of IgG antibodies against a monomeric, clade B-derived gp120 (Figure 1). Six samples, all classified as NR in the V3 testing, showed no reactivity to the gp120. All the other 142 sera were positive for anti-gp120 IgG antibodies. The median titer of anti-gp120 antibodies in the NR samples was 1600 (range: 0-102 400), as compared to 102 400 (range: 6400-409 600) in the CR samples and 51200 (range: 100-1638400) in the SP samples (Figure 1).
Reactivity of sera against V3-peptides was then analyzed taking into account the estimated seroconversion dates (Figure 2). Results shown in Figure 2 indicate that most of the sera collected within 180 days from the estimated seroconversion date are classified as NR. Only a few of the NR sera were collected after 180 days from the seroconversion date and these sera were all obtained in the period from 181 to 240 days. Conversely, most of the SP and CR sera were obtained later after infection, the majority of them being collected after 180 days from the estimated seroconversion date.
In addition, for 14 individuals a couple of sera collected sequentially were also available: the first specimen was taken within 60 days from estimated seroconversion date and the second one after 60 days. All early collected sera were NR, whereas 43% of the latter specimens were classified as SP (data not shown).
To investigate whether the lack of V3 reactivity of NR sera could be explained by low avidity of antibodies to HIV antigens, all sera were tested for AI (Figure 3). Almost all NR sera showed an lower than 0.80, indicating that these sera had a still low avidity for the HIV antigens. Conversely, SP and CR sera had a higher Avidity Index for HIV antigens (AI > 0.80).
As the trend of association between the days from seroconversion and the AI values was comparable in CR and SP samples, we grouped these samples into the reactive cluster (CR + SP). The mean of days from seroconversion of the NR samples was 60.4 (95% CI: 52.2; 68.6), whereas that one of the CR + SP samples was 150.0 (95% CI: 130.4; 169.3). The difference between the two means was statistically significant (p < 0.0001). Similarly, the mean of AI values of the NR samples was 0.49 (95% CI: 0.44; 0.54), whereas that one of the CR + SP samples was 0.79 (95% CI: 0.74; 0.84). The difference between the two means was, again, statistically significant (p < 0.0001).
In order to evaluate the performance of V3based serological subtyping in highly HIV endemic geographical areas, we tested serum samples from Ugandan individuals with estimated date of seroconversion, using two of the most used V3-based serotyping methods, AL-EIA and C-EIA [11, 12]. A relevant aliquot (43.2%) of the tested samples did not react to any V3 peptide (NR sera) with both serotyping approaches. All but six sera had, instead, anti-gp120 IgG antibodies. These data indicate that antibody response maturation could be partially developed in the group of individuals with V3-non-reactive antibodies. This hypothesis is in line with data reported in literature indicating that anti-HIV antibodies, in particular anti-gp120 IgG, can grow up in titers until about 1 year from infection [15, 17].
To further confirm whether a still immature antibody response could influence V3 serotyping performance, we stratified the NR, CR and SP sera according to seroconversion dates and found that almost all NR sera derived from recently seroconverted patients.
Since almost all the sera had antibodies against gp120, the low performance of V3-based assays in the NR sera could be due to the absence of V3-specific antibodies or, if present, to a still low avidity against the V3 epitopes. In fact, it has been described that antibody avidity to HIV antigens is low in the first months after the seroconversion and increases afterwards, as a consequence of the maturation of the humoral immune response [5, 4]. Therefore, still immature antibodies may have a low avidity for the V3 region and hamper V3 serotyping performance. The AI assayconfirmed that NR sera had low avidity against HIV antigens. This result is also strengthened by our observation that in individuals for whom more than one sequential serum sample was available, antibodies against V3 peptides were present only in the sample collected later (data not shown). Our data are in agreement with those from Zwart et al., which show that anti-V3 domain antibodies become detectable even up to 13 months after antibodies against other HIV-1 proteins, including gp120, have been developed [18].
Certainly, the high heterogeneity of the circulating HIV variants plays also a role in the low ability of some sera to bind V3 peptides. In fact, our results show that a small portion of cross-reactive (CR) sera is persistently present, in all seroconversion date clusters (Figure 2) and AI clusters (Figure 3). In addition, the fraction of CR sera is proportional to the quota of sera reacting to only one V3 peptide (SP sera).
These results indicate that V3-based assays performance can have, unavoidably, some application limits, due to virus heterogeneity. More importantly, the performance of the assay can be further lowered when sera from recently infected individuals are tested, due to still immature antibody response and low avidity against HIV antigens.
These observations should be taken into account when planning HIV subtype investigations using a serotyping approach in populations with high HIV incidence.
This work was supported by grants from the National AIDS Research Program, Ministry of Health, Italy, subproject "HIV/ AIDS Epidemiology". We thank C. Rovetto and E. Salvi for the technical support and G. Fornari Luswergh for her excellent editorial assistance. We are indebted with Mario Falchi for his help on editing the figures.
Conflict of interest statement
There are no potential conflicts of interest or any financial or personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately bias conduct and findings of this study.
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Address for correspondence:
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Centro Nazionale AIDS, Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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The Chestnut Hill Community Association will host its second panel discussion on "AVI and Real Estate Tax" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Norwood-Fontbonne Academy.
"Anyone who owns property in Chestnut Hill or anywhere in the city should come to the panel," said Brien Tilley, CHCA president.
Tilley will serve as moderator, and panel guests will include Richie McKeithen, chief assessor, Philadelphia Office of Property Assessment (OPA), and Marisa Waxman, deputy administrator for assessment of programs and policy.
The first panel, held in November, featured City Council members and representatives from the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission's Real Estate Working Group and the Committee of Seventy. The meeting was designed to educate community members on the planned AVI (Actual Value Initiative) assessment process and provide a forum for residents to discuss the issue with their elected representatives. Approximately 150 individuals attended the forum, many voicing their concerns that Chestnut Hill property owners will shoulder the burden of this initiative.
Panelists explained that property taxes will be calculated based on the property's AVI multiplied by the millage (tax) rate. The OPA has conducted a citywide reassessment of more than 577,000 residential, commercial and industrial property parcels in Philadelphia to determine their AVI. Individual assessments of all but a few thousand properties will be mailed starting on Feb. 15. The millage rate has not yet been set, but estimates have ranged from 1 percent up to 1.8 percent. City Council will vote on this rate in the spring.
"We got a very clear message from the last meeting that there were many technical questions people want more answers to, so we planned another panel," Tilley said.
The February panel is designed for residents to get answers to these questions so they understand exactly how real estate taxes changes in will be implemented.
Tilley explained that the meeting will take a "three-pronged" approach, with city officials addressing what AVI is and why it was necessary to move to this new methodology, how the new process is being implemented, initially and over time, and what options are available for residents. OPA representatives will address how they determined the market value of area property, the plan to assess properties in the future and the appeal process.
"OPA – which voters approved the creation of in 2011 – will allow residents, for the first time, a first-level review process if they wish to appeal their assessment," said Curt Heintzelman, of Starr Group, on behalf of OPA. "By filling out the form, you can be put in contact with the assessment professional who came up with the dollar value of your property, for discussion and review."
Representatives from OPA will discuss the Homestead Exemption, which allows a reduction in a property's taxable assessed value and could save residents up to $30,000 off their tax assessment.
Representatives from the Mayor's Administration and Finance have been invited to explain the process involved in setting the new millage rate. A City Council vote on the matter is planned in late Spring.
"There is a real need to understand exactly how residents will be charged property taxes and how it (AVI) will work in the future," Tilley said. "If it (tax rate) is beyond a certain factor, then residents may be motivated to be in touch with Council and let their feelings be heard and potentially have an impact of the vote."
Tilley explained that the community association wants to ensure that residents are informed and clearly understand their options. The panel will be held at Norwood-Fontbonne Academy's Fontbonne campus at Sunset and Norwood avenues. The event is free and open to the public. For questions call 215-248-8811.


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MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota State, Mankato has lifted a lockdown after a stabbing in a dormitory.
The school says someone who was not a student was cut on his hand Friday. The injury was not life-threatening.
Several students who came out of McElroy G dorm hall says blood was spattered down the hallway on the second floor.
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Vice President David Jones says the victim is not an MSU student, and he was not taken by ambulance. Mankato police are continuing the investigation.


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If not, then here is how it works:
Person A requests a photo of something.
Person B then takes the picture, posts it and then requests something
- No taking pictures from other places, you must have personally taken the photograph for this game
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- Each request is active for 8 hours, then anyone can call it dead and make the next request.
No points this time, now it's just for the hell of it to pass the time.
This is the 3rd iteration of this thread, here is the 2nd and the 1st is unfound as of yet. (I didn't look very hard)


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Tuesday, 28 July 2009
I'm not sure how I feel about life at 40, it's definitely different to my life at 20. I wasn't married, I spent my weekends nightclubbing and sleeping and I went to Uni part-time whilst working full-time. I don't miss any of that but it was fun at the time.
These days I'm married to a wonderful husband, mother to a gorgeous son whose growing into a handsome young man everyday and owner of a puppy that follows me everywhere. We live in our own home in the suburbs. I spend my spare time stitching when I can or being around other likeminded crafters. I work full-time with a great bunch of colleagues, even though they don't get my obsession with fabric and making things. (Ange is the exception, she's equally crafty).
I love to watch my son play sport even though he's not going to be a Harry Kewel or Michael Jordan, he's having fun and that's all that matters. I support my husband's obsession with rocks and minerals and have my own little collection of fossils.
I rarely drink but when I do I like reds and it has to be with a lovely meal. I've never smoked, never tried drugs, I've never been a big risk taker although one day I'd like to sky dive.
Overall I'm more confident, apart from the occasional panic attack. I'm happy with the choices I've made in life, I wouldn't change anything! I don't feel any different, got a few wrinkles, maybe carrying a bit more weight than I should but I don't try to hide it. I am who I am, and if who I am is a 40 year old then that's me, it's just Twenty-twenty has a fun ring to it!
Thanks to my Mum for bringing me into the world and guiding me through my youth unscathed. Thanks to my Sister and Brother for the sibling rivalry and being there for me when I needed you to. Thanks to my husband and son for providing me with laughter, love and happiness. Thanks to all my friends who have provided me friendship and support. You've all helped make me the woman I am today.
Now where's my chocolate cake?????
P.S. If you bloghop over to Bonnie's blog you can see what I sent her for the Xmas in July swap!
39 comments:
- Gail said...
happy happy birthday!!! twenty twenty is not so bad....it's the twenty thirty I am worried about!!!
- 28 July 2009 at 10:03
- Isabella said...
Happy birthday Jo hope you have a great time when ever you celebrate it
- 28 July 2009 at 10:03
- Kate said...
Happy Happy twenty-twenty birthday Miss Jo, hope your boys spoilt you rotten, that number is sneaking up on me way too fast.
Have a fabulous day birthday girl
- 28 July 2009 at 10:04
- Fran said...
Have a lovely Happy Birthday,
Fran W
- 28 July 2009 at 10:14
- andsewon said...
Happy 20 20 Birthday Jo in TAS!!!
Enjoy as the next 10yrs will fly by!!
I just saw your Christmas in July package to Bonnie on her blog so had to come over to tell you it is awesome!!
I adore red work and you stitch beautifully!!
- 28 July 2009 at 10:58
- Chookyblue...... said...
Have a wonderful birthday........so great to be happy where you are and what your doing.......
- 28 July 2009 at 11:39
- Chookyblue...... said...
Happy Birthday.........the best thing is your so happy with the life you have.......so many want things differently......
- 28 July 2009 at 11:47
- Lizzie said...
Happy birthday Jo, have a wonderful day. It's all not so bad, you tend to 'grow' into the age you're at.
- 28 July 2009 at 11:57
- Kris Meares - Tag Along Teddies said...
Hey Jo! Happy 'Bear'thday! :0) As someone who turns 'that age' next year, I quite like the 'twenty-twenty' label. Another one I've seen somewhere was "39 plus GST", or "39 plus postage and handling!" Glad to hear how happy you are just being you - no matter what age - and just think how many more adventures you have in store!! Have a fabulous day - I wish you health, happiness, contentment, good friends, abundant love, barrels of laughs ... and LOTS of wonderful gifties! Tee! Hee! Hee! Birthday Bear Bugs! KRIS
- 28 July 2009 at 12:35
- Sandi said...
Oh, Happy Birthday, Jo!! Enjoy the day.
- 28 July 2009 at 14:20
- Ann J said...
Happy Birthday Jo!!! Don't forget its the age when 'life begins' so think about all the wonderful times you've still to come!Luv...AJ
- 28 July 2009 at 15:00
- Jan said...
Happy Birthday for yesterday! Hope you were spoilt.
- 28 July 2009 at 16:27
- Amanda said...
Happy Birthday Jo. I don't remember turning 40 as being that much of a milestone, but turning 60 last year was a heck of challenge!
- 28 July 2009 at 16:56
- Jodie said...
Happy Birthday dear Jo - you are exactly two days older than me !!!
- 28 July 2009 at 18:05
- Jan said...
Wishing you a very happy twenty-twentieth birthday, dear Jo - and lots of hugs and chocolate cake.
- 28 July 2009 at 18:18
- trasha said...
Happy birthday 20/20 year old!
It is nice to be in a place where you can be happy in your life and simply be who you are - well done.
- 28 July 2009 at 18:32
- rachelmp said...
What a fantastic post Jo! Have a great birthday
- 28 July 2009 at 18:56
- Sarah said...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jo!! I hope you have had a wonderful day xx 20 20 sounds great to me..... but I am still a fair way off LOL!!
x Sarah
PS: Did you get the cake??
- 28 July 2009 at 20:19
- Maree said...
HAPPPY BIRTHDAY JO..hope you had a Great Day & did get that chocolate Cake...40's are a Nice time in life I think...we seem to be at peace with ourselves...sounds like you are...
- 28 July 2009 at 23:01
- wonderwoman said...
a very, very happy birthday Jo, what a lovely post! hope you are having a great day.
- 29 July 2009 at 00:26
- Linda said...
Happy belated birthday Jo. 20/30 is ok too, when it comes down to it, it's just a number, it doesn't change who you are. You have a good grip on that already. Hope you enjoyed your day.
- 29 July 2009 at 00:32
- Linda said...
Well gosh I forgot to comment on the swap gifts you sent. Jut gorgeous, beautiful work and I know Bonnie is over the moon with them.
- 29 July 2009 at 00:34
- Annie said...
Happy Birthday Jo in Tas, and enjoy being 40 I like your attitude.
- 29 July 2009 at 02:06
- Stina said...
Happy TWENTY-TWENTY... wish I had come up with that when I crossed the border...lol... You have had a wonderful life Jo..
I wish you all the best!!!!
"Med en enkel tulipan på bemärkelsedan..jag har den äran att gratulera... Hipp Hipp Hurra" :o) I had to do it in Swedish!!! :o) That song my Grandma always sang to me when I had my birthday.. :o)) So you just try it..lol..
- 29 July 2009 at 03:25
- sewkalico said...
Happy Birthday!!!
- 29 July 2009 at 04:15
- Dena said...
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a magical day full of excitement.
- 29 July 2009 at 05:06
- Anonymous said...
Happy birthday. I will become twenty twenty in august, I like to be called twenty twenty. Here ( south of the netherlands) you are an ouwe tesch ( old handbag);o(
- 29 July 2009 at 05:30
- Lucy Locket-Pocket said...
Happy Birthday!!! Have a great time! Lucy xxxx
- 29 July 2009 at 06:15
- julia said...
Oh Sis! Happy Birthday!
Congrats to the 19th anniversary of your 21st birthday ;o).
May the next years be full of the most beautiful, joyful, exciting, and happiest memories-to-be.
Thanks for being so wonderfully you!
Hugs, Julia
- 29 July 2009 at 07:44
- Sew Useful Designs said...
I love that!!!
Happy birthday Jo! I think age is a beautiful thing, for it brings confidence and wisdom! Wishing you an abundance of love, happiness and fun! You're such a lovely girl and I'm so glad we met!! :-)
Birthday hugs!
Vikki xoxoxoxo
- 29 July 2009 at 18:05
- Kris said...
Happy birthday Jo! I thought this was going to be a cricket post (20/20)! Twenty-twenty is not bad. I'm 20-25 and older still seems strange to me.
- 29 July 2009 at 20:35
- Mistea said...
The years are what makes us who we are, the 40's are the best, forget all that stuff about being young! I'm celebrating every year of the 40's like I never could when I was in my 20's. Enjoy all of them.
- 29 July 2009 at 20:44
- Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...
I like it 20-20!!!
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Jo
Happy birthday to you!!!♥♥♥
- 29 July 2009 at 23:30
- Robyn said...
See this is why I like you so much!!
You'r a kindred spirit Jo and comfortable in your own skin!!
Happy happy 20-20th :D
Friendship hugs,
Rob xx
- 30 July 2009 at 08:38
- Robyn said...
PS My hubby put '29 and holding' on my 40th bday cake :D I thought that was great!!
- 30 July 2009 at 08:40
- Jules said...
Welcome to the 20/20 club. I don't feel any different either. I remember my mum turning 40 and she thought her life was over. I am pleased the world is changing when it comes to age because I still feel like a big kid but with responsibilities. I hope you had a wonderful day and did you get that chocolate cake?
- 30 July 2009 at 12:00
- creativity amongst chaos said...
Happy Birthday! What a lovely read you have here. I found your comments very inspiring. It is wonderful you know who you are and where you are going in life, without one regret. Good for you Jo! Thanks for sharing such wonderful thoughts.
- 30 July 2009 at 15:19
- Marita said...
Belated birthday wishes Jo now that you are a fabolous forty! Fantastic sentiments in this post, I love being 20-20 as well, not so sure about the crinkles around the eyes though! Have a great weekend, Marita
- 1 August 2009 at 07:22
- DAWNIE said...
Oh I missed it.
Hope you had a lovely birthday.
No 40 not all that bad. They say life begins at 40.
- 2 August 2009 at 14:43


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Williams, who was hired by the St. Louis Rams before the 2012 NFL season but missed it due to the ban and was subsequently fired, will be introduced as the Titans senior assistant/defense at a news conference later on Thursday.
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Pigs flew, Hell froze over, and the sun set in the east. Almost anything became possible last Friday, when the girls of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy won a basketball game against perpetual nemesis Germantown Academy.
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After seemingly countless seasons suffering brutal blow-outs at the hands of the Patriots, SCH seriously challenged GA in both of their Inter-Ac League meetings last year. The first time around Germantown had to come from 11 points down to win, and in the rematch the Pats needed a late lay-up to send the game into overtime, where they finally prevailed.
Similar close contests did not seem to be in the cards this season, since SCH graduated four of last year's starters and started out this winter with a total of just 12 players on its varsity and JV teams.
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The teams proceeded neck-and-neck through the second stanza, as well, with the visitors still up a point, 25-24, as the clock closed in on halftime. With six seconds to go, Pownall drove for a lay-up that set the tally at 27-24 for the interlude.
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Germantown's efforts in the backcourt had already been affected by fouls in the first half, when Grasela picked up two personals and senior Fran Sweeney was saddled with three. As a result, freshman guard Erin Lindahl saw a good deal of playing time, and performed well.
After SCH went up by eight, the last three minutes of the third quarter and the first minute of the fourth frame saw GA embark on a 10-0 run.
McCloskey led it off with a short jumper from the lane, and Hubbell and Gorman each added two field goals to move the hosts ahead, 35-33. The teams traded free throws, and then Schumacher scored to put the Lions in a 36-36 tie.
Although McCloskey had started GA's third-quarter rally, the Lions were able to limit the Lehigh signee to a total of four points in the second half after she funneled in 14 over the first two quarters.
"We packed it in and we doubled down on her," Pownall noted, "and that helped even though we're not as tall as they are."
The Lions also took steps on offense to offset GA's superior size.
"We spread the floor out with some new plays that we put in," Pownall revealed. "It got more people involved and created more movement on offense, without as many people in the lane."
Following the tie at 36-all, the visitors moved ahead as Sehn sank three of four free throws on GA's seventh and eight team fouls of the half.
After SCH's Pownall and GA's Gorman exchanged driving lay-ups, Pownall hit a three-pointer from the right wing and Gorman came in along the left baseline to score for the Patriots, making it 44-40. With 3:34 remaining, Pownall notched both shots on a one-and-one for a six-point Lions lead.
Ask the clock clicked down past the three-minute mark, Schumacher stuck four straight free throws for SCH, which was now in the double bonus. The Patriots called time-out with 2:31 to go, now down 50-40.
Hubbell hit a lay-up, and after an SCH miss at the far end of the court, the GA junior drew team foul number eight from the Lions and made the first shot of a one-and-one. Her second free throw was off-target, but McCloskey scored off the rebound, getting the Pats back within five (50-45) just 33 seconds after their time-out.
Next, GA got the ball back thanks to the possession arrow, and Hubbell scored off a weak-side rebound to make it 50-47. Was this the final comeback that would leave the Lions heartbroken once again?
"I guess we got a little scared, but we didn't want to give the game away," Pownall said. "We knew we had to keep our composure and not throw the ball away even though they were pressing us."
There was a steal by GA, then another tie-up for a jump ball, and this time the arrow favored the Lions. SCH was now in the double bonus and the Patriots were forced to foul Schumacher, who made the second of two shots with 20.9 seconds showing to stick the 51-47 final on the board.
At the other end, a missed GA shot was rebounded by McCloskey, but on her own attempt the ball hung on the front of the rim and then fell back away from the hoop. She grabbed the ball again and drew a foul, but couldn't find the net on two tries from the line with under five seconds left.
Off of yet another tie-up, GA inbounded the ball from the baseline with two seconds left, and a final heave by Hubbell missed the basket.
There wasn't any wild celebration near the SCH bench; it was almost the reverse. The enormous significance of the milestone the team had reached inspired a kind of quiet reverence, everyone awed by the occasion.
But you can be certain that the next morning, every Lion awoke with a smile on her face.


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Departmental E-mail: graduate [at] soic [dot] indiana [dot] edu
Departmental URL: soic.indiana.edu
Degrees Offered
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Informatics, and Computer Science,, the Ph.D. Minor in Informatics, and the Ph.D. Minor in Bioinformatics are offered through the University Graduate School.
In addition, the School of Informatics and Computing offers the Master of Science in Bioinformatics, the Master of Science in Chemical Informatics, the Master of Science in Computer Science, the Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction Design, and the Master of Science in Security Informatics (see the School of Informatics and Computing graduate bulletin).
Ph.D. in Informatics
The Ph.D. in informatics provides a balance between technological, scientific, and social dimensions involved in the development and application of information technology.
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements in the areas of undergraduate grade point average and GRE score levels are those of the University Graduate School. The applicant must have some direct familiarity with computation.
For students planning to focus on bioinformatics or chemical informatics, a high level of computer programming competence is required. Students focusing in health informatics are expected to have a background in one of the health care professions. Students planning to specialize in social informatics or human-computer interaction should have familiarity with design principles and have some grounding in the social sciences.
For those who enter the Ph.D. program directly from their bachelor's program, there will be a formal assessment after two years of coursework, an "up or out" evaluation. Assessment will look at successful progression in the Ph.D. program with regards to progress toward completion of course requirements, maintenance of course grades and overall GPA according to Graduate School guidelines, and research, as measured by presentations at disciplinary meetings and publications. For those who wish to enter the Ph.D. program from their master's program, there will be an application process. In this case, there is a natural evaluation of the student's record. Upon matriculation, an advisor, which may be temporary, will be assigned to the applicant. This advisor will help guide the student to his or her intended focus until a full-time advisor is found.
Annual Review
Each year, students will be required to file an annual review with their advisor and program or dissertation committee. The review covers the period of the previous academic year and is due June 1. Four areas will be covered: coursework, research, teaching, and service. Written feedback will be provided by the student's advisor.
Course Requirements
A total of 90 credit hours are required. There are 27 required credits, which include I501, 6 credits of seminar work, 9 credits in 3 different subdisciplinary or 'breadth' areas, also called 'core' courses, 3 credits in professionalism and pedagogy (most likely taken as I600), and 6 credits of research rotation (I790). Students must take an additional 12 credits of theory and methodology courses applicable to the student's specialty. These courses can be taken inside or outside the school. Students must also take an additional 21 to 30 credits in elective coursework. The required Ph.D. minor is included in this category. The remaining 21 to 30 credits will be taken in dissertation credits.
No more than 30 hours may be counted from a master's degree taken at Indiana University or a graduate program at another university. (An additional 6 hours of master's thesis or capstone project may be counted toward the Ph.D. at the discretion of the student's program committee, assuming the thesis or capstone project is of sufficient research quality.)
Tracks of Study
Choices of fields offered for qualifying examinations must be approved by the Graduate Studies Committee. Tracks of study currently proposed within the department are bioinformatics, chemical informatics, human-computer interaction, social informatics, complex systems, music informatics, security informatics, logic and mathematical foundations, and data discovery.
All students are required to have an appropriate minor approved by the University Graduate School. Minors will be selected with the advisor's recommendation. Some of the courses included in the minor may also count towards the student's methodology or other requirements.
An overall B (3.0) average for all Ph.D. courses in Informatics is required. A student whose cumulative grade point average falls below 3.0 for two consecutive semesters is subject to dismissal from the program.
Written Qualifying Examinations
All students will take a written qualifying examination that consists of a depth exam and a breadth exam. The qualifying examinations are described in a separate document. Examinations will be offered at the end of August and at the beginning of the second semester in January. Examinations must be completed by the beginning of the student's fourth year in the program but can be completed before that time when the core courses are completed. Students who do not successfully complete the examination can retake the exam a second time.
Oral Qualifying Examination
The oral qualifying examination covers in-depth knowledge of the student's primary research area. This examination is administered by the student's program committee. The qualifying examinations will normally be completed at the end of course work, before the student embarks on the dissertation. The student must pass this examination before passing on to candidacy.
Dissertation Proposal
The proposed research for the dissertation must be approved by the research committee and presented at a public colloquium in the school.
Final Examination
Oral defense of the dissertation.
Ph.D. Minor in Informatics
A minor in informatics requires 9 credit hours. The required 9 credit hours refer to any 3 graduate courses suitable for the student's research, to be decided by the student's advisor (in his or her department) and the Informatics graduate program director. Typically, these 3 graduate courses are chosen from the set of core courses available in the Informatics Ph.D. program.
Ph.D. Minor in Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics draws on knowledge and information from various fields such as biology, computer science, medicine, chemistry and physics. Students in relevant Ph.D. programs such as biochemistry and molecular biology, medical and molecular genetics, medicine, chemistry, or biology are the target audience for the Ph.D. minor in bioinformatics.
A minor in bioinformatics requires 12 credit hours. The core curriculum consists of graduate level courses in informatics. Electives may be chosen based on personal interests from a broad list of courses in biology, chemistry, computer science, information science, and medical and molecular genetics. The graduate bioinformatics courses in the School of Informatics and Computing assume a minimal knowledge of cell and molecular biology. That level of understanding could be gained with at least 6 undergraduate credit hours in molecular biology, genetics, or evolution.


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It is under one of these, Master Eraqus, that three young people have been training long and hard to prove that they, too, exhibit the Mark of Mastery: Terra, Ventus, and Aqua.
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Music for people, not products: the Festival of Slow Music comes to Ballarat
Ballarat's most accomplished musician brings it all home this weekend with a festival featuring the best local musicians alongside Australia's greatest jazz players, virtuosos from overseas, a tribute to Cormac McCarthy and an intimate one-off performance from Cat Empire frontman Harry Angus. Slow music is not about tempo, it's about taking care and skill to make something truly unique, explains Adam Simmons.
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He's travelled the world as a musical journeyman exploring jazz, folk and ethnic musics from Japan to New York to Croatia and beyond; his musical C.V. includes stints with Gotye, the Australian Art Orchestra, Nigel Kennedy, Spiderbait and Kutcha Edwards, along with just about every single band to have come from Ballarat over the last 20 years.
Now, he's bringing the world - and Australia's best - back to Ballarat for a three day festival to be played out across the heritage venues of Ballarat amid the many photographic exhibitions of the Ballarat Foto Biennale, albeit without any amplification or electric instruments.
"The festival of slow music is not about the tempo; it's more about a way of listening to the music, or experiencing the music," says Adam Simmons. "One of the things that I have gone with for this festival is trying not to use 'processed food' - I'm not amplifying anybody, it's an all acoustic festival."
"It's related to the philosphy of slow food... it's not exactly the same, but there's a lot of parallels. I like playing music where people actually listen, and get surprised, and delighted, and it's not something they're going to get just anywhere. A lot of the mainstream stuff, the good ones are great, the mediocre ones it doesn't really matter if you see them live or recorded, it's just the same... it's like McDonalds, it's pretty much the same anywhere. But you go to those special restaurants in certain places... you go to this place because they make that special type of pasta you can't get anywhere else."
In a time where ego, style and image appear to be the principal foundations of successful musicians given prominence on mainstream TV, Adam Simmons is dedicated to bringing not just a multitude of musicians - but the audience itself - into performances, with a reputation for throwing toys and plastic instruments into the audience during his own jazz gigs.
"I absolutely love virtuosic musicians, and there's some of the best musicians in Australia at this festival, and I'm proud and honoured they've agreed to be part of this festival. But I also love just making music,. and I want people to share in that. It's like sports; you should watch your team play, but you should also get off the couch and play it with your kids."
Bringing the world to Ballarat
In a bill studded with Australia's best jazz musicians - pianists Tony Gould and Erik Griswold and drummer David Jones among them - with Ballarat's finest contemporary musicians alongside musicians from Iran, South Africa and China, Simmons is kicking off the festival on Friday night in a strange way: getting the audience to make the music.
"For this festival it's starting off with the Big Om, which is just about the audience all participating; the event will be created and made by the audience... I'm hoping we can get a couple of hundred people in the Mining Exchange and vibrate the hell out of the room. I wanted to find something that could involve everybody... there's a thing about making music together that is really special," he says.
Simmons is dedicated to his hometown, and exposing it to as much music as he can bring back from his journeys, as well as introducing local musicians to the jazz, avant garde and classical musicians from the big city down the Western Highway.
"Having gown up in Ballarat and been in Melbourne for many years, I'm very proud having come from Ballarat; it's important for me to keep getting back there and bringing things back to Ballarat... I really want to try and slowly build relationships of Ballarat musicians with visiting musicians from out of town," he says. "I know there's fantastic musicians in Ballarat; there's many who have left to do different things; I've known musicians from my dad's generation and I know some of the up and coming musicians."
Among the performances are collaborations he has engineered between locals and the visitors he's bringing to town.
"Freya Hollick is playing with violinist Andrea Keeble, who I work with in a group called Collider, sort of a hybrid cross of classical new-jazz stuff... I've got those two working together, and Andrea will look after the string quartet. They've been working with Freya's lyrics and melodies - it's going to be twisted and improvised over the top of Freya's really very powerful lyric writing... Similiar to the way Bjork works with maybe the World Saxophone Quartet. Completely different but strong musicians," he says.
"Mick Trembath with his old time blues, bluegrass, African mix of stuff is playing with Gerlareh Pour, an Iranian woman playng the kamancheh, a Persian spiked fiddle kind of like a little mini-cello... She's very much from the traditional Persian tradition. She's been in Australia for probably a year now, seeking asylum here because women are not allowed to sing [or play stringed instruments] in mixed company under threat of death, apparently. That's a powerful story - and if that's not the blues, I don't know what is."
While the locals get busy with the out-of-towners, people will also get a chance to see Cat Empire frontman Harry James Angus in a way they've never seen or head him before.
"Harry James Angus - I'm chuffed he said yes. He's currently touring Europe with the Cat Empire, he's coming back to play at the Minerva space in the Mechanics Institute to a maximum 300 people, just playing his guitar in the middle of the room, no mic, no amp - I'm asking him to do something that not many muscicians would do."
Simmons has also announced another first: a memorial concert to the memory and legacy of Peter Blizzard, artist and educator of renown, on Sunday morning in the Art Gallery of Ballarat.
"My thinking is the Peter Blizzard memorial concert does become an annual event, and on this occcasion I'm presenting a suite I wrote for my trio Origimai, called The Usefulness of Art, inspired by the sculptor Rodin, and I think that's a good place to start, for one of Australia's greatest sculptors, and well-known in Ballarat for his influence on musicians and artists."
A big finish like no other
There are more than 100 musicians playing over three days in Ballarat in close to 50 different performances, with many of them free - to finish the whole weekend, Simmons is hoping to get everyone on stage for a huge musical event where he conducts an improvised performance.
"Basically, I've asked everybody at the festival to participate in the finale, where they'll learn a language of hand gestures. I have a plan of where I'd like to finish, but I'm not sure how we'll get there... it might involve ukeleles... it will depend how the story goes... combining students, the Ballarat Ukelele collective, the Sweet Monas gospel choir, David Jones, one of the finest drummers in the world, Harry Angus... combining all of these people at once on stage, it will be unique," he says in his customary modest fashion.
The Festival of Slow Music begins with a free event at the Mining Exchange on Friday August 30 at 6pm, and concludes on Sunday in the Minerva space at the Ballarat Mechanics' Institute with the all-in performance at 6.30pm.
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'True Blood' Review: "The Sun"
'True Blood' season six spurts out its second episode of the year, "The Sun," as Sookie meets both a mysteriously injured young man (Robert Kazinski) and Jason's rescuer (Rutger Hauer), while Jessica attempts to coax Bill out of a dangerous situation and Eric goes undercover to meet Governor Truman Burrell (Arliss Howard).
Last week's 'True Blood' premiere "Who Are You, Really?" saw Sookie and the others attempting to determine what Bill had become in the wake of his rebirth, while Jason met a mysterious stranger, and the Louisiana Governor made his intentions to persecute vampires known, so how does "The Sun" keep the new season flowing? What will season six of 'True Blood' bring, now that "Billith" has risen?
Read on for your in-depth recap of everything you need to know about 'True Blood' season six, episode two, "The Sun"!
On the bridge where the Stackhouse parents met their end, Warlow finally breaks through the barrier to our world, while elsewhere, Jason's mysterious driver uses his faerie powers to prevent the car from crashing. The man introduces himself as Jason's faerie grandfather, in doubt that either Stackhouse will be ready to face Warlow, while over at Fangtasia, Tara continues to howl in pain from her wound. Eric arrives and painfully retrieves the bullet, as all marvel at the UV and silver weapons the humans have concocted.
Jessica awakens to find Bill screaming about visions of vampires in pain, before Bill goes catatonic and sees three naked women leading him to a clothed Lillith in a field. Back in reality, Sookie wakes to a call from Arlene about her upcoming shift and gets out of bed. Meanwhile, Terry and Arlene spy Patrick's widow arriving in the restaurant, believing her husband to have run out on her, while Arlene mercifully corroborates the story.
On the walk to Merlotte's, Sookie stumbles upon and reluctantly helps an attractive young man bleeding by the roadside, who soon reveals himself to be part faerie as well. Sookie returns him to her house, before he promptly passes out. Back at the restaurant, a young woman named Nicole confronts Sam and accuses him of being a shifter, before privately urging him to come out publicly to prevent the government attacking all supernatural beings.
Bill remains catatonic, seeing a vision of Lillith warning him of a pending apocalypse, while Jessica brings a "Human Edibles" woman to potentially feed him. Bill displays no outward response, causing the woman to give up before an invisible force drags her back to Bill and telekinetically drains all her blood into Bill's mouth. Meanwhile, Sookie flirtatiously tends to a wounded Ben, before advising him where to find the faerie safe haven. At that same location, Andy fruitlessly drags his growing children to see Maurella, to no avail.
Jason brings his faerie grandfather Niall Brigant to Sookie's house, wherein Niall disappears into the bathroom portal Warlow had earlier tried to create. Sookie walks Ben to the faerie club, but denies his invitation to go on a date. Back at Fangtasia, Nora realizes a passage from the Vampire Bible has been incorrectly translated, before rushing out.
Outside Governor Truman Burrell's mansion, Eric attacks and swaps places with a nebbish wildlife conservationist in order to gain a meeting with the Governor. Assuming the man's demeanor, Eric meets with the Governor and trades terse words about endangered species' survival before attempting to glamour the authority figure. The Governor shakes off the glamour, touting his special contacts and human weapons that defend against vampire powers, before ordering Eric taken to an internment camp. Once escorted outside, however, Eric merely flies away.
Sookie returns home to find Jason waiting with Niall, and the three share dinner to discuss Warlow's obsession with their apparently royal bloodline. Niall reveals himself to have been hunting Warlow for years, and he begins teaching Sookie of a means to use her faerie light powers as a supernova of sorts to kill vampires.
Back at Sam's trailer, Alcide and Martha arrive to take Emma into custody for her own safety, though Sam and Lafayette refuse, getting knocked out for their trouble. Unbeknownst to them, the activist girl from earlier and her friends videotaped the confrontation, while elsewhere Eric manages to glamour his way into the Governor's daughter's bedroom from outside a window.
Having buried the dead woman, Jessica reluctantly prays to the God of her Christian upbringing for the safety of all her friends, especially Bill. Lillith urges Bill to save their people before Bill finally wakes and sees news of vampire lynchings across the country. Jessica realizes he had earlier seen the future, as Bill then sees a vision of Pam, Eric, Jessica, Tara and more being exposed to the sun from within a concentration camp.
So, review not withstanding, we're just going to throw this out there: Ben is Warlow, right? Faerie abilities or no, he arrives in the same episode as Warlow, and conveniently encounters and attempts to bond with Sookie, seeming somewhat mysterious all the while. We're just saying, 'True Blood' has lost a bit of its metaphorical magic touch in recent years, and had a bit of creative difficulty so far this season, so we won't be surprised if one of the season's bigger twists ends up so easily telegraphed. Seriously, if he'd been attacked by a vampire in the night, what are the odds he'd lay convulsing by the side of the road until well into the morning hours, right when Sookie happened to show up?
In any case, it was good to see 'True Blood' shake off some of the narrative cobwebs from the previous season, which heavily weighed upon last week's premiere. This time around, the conflicts actually feel somewhat fresh as Bill continues to struggle with his purpose, while Eric discovers just how dangerous humans have become, and even Sam faces unexpected and difficult choices at every turn.
As always, poorly connected seems to be Terry and Arlene's continued fallout from Patrick's presence last season, while the Stackhouses actually have an intriguing plot of their own. Jason manages to get put in his place for lacking the faerie gene, but the presence of Niall adds an interesting new dynamic to the troubled Stackhouse history, even if our theory about Warlow ends up so easily surmised.
'True Blood' will likely never again overcome its soap opera-esque mindset, though "The Sun" offered up a few nice moments from Jessica, and a much stronger sense of identity than "Who Are You, Really?"
Did you get your fill of fang-banging 'True Blood' action? What did you think about "The Sun?" Join the discussion in the comments, and be sure to check back next week for another all-new recap when HBO debuts the season six episode, "You're No Good."


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Ten Books Every Catholic Should Read
by Fr. George Rutler
Created (05/29/2009)
Occupation: Pastor of the Church of Our Savior
List Creator Says: "Each year I change my ten favorite books. A list of books a Catholic should read it different from "my favorites" - it is always tempting to impose one's tastes on others. I can think of a hundred books every Catholic should read. But for starters:"
The Spiritual Combat
- And a Treatise on Peace of SoulAuthor: Fr. Lorenzo Scupoli
The Four Cardinal VirtuesAuthor: Josef Pieper
Apologia Pro Vita SuaAuthor: Cardinal John Henry Newman
The Spirit of CatholicismAuthor: Karl Adam
- by G. K. Chesterton
Enquiries Into Religion and CultureAuthor: Christopher Dawson
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints
- Fifth EditionAuthor: David Hugh Farmer
The Oxford Dictionary of Popes
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J. N. D. Kelly
Michael Walsh
Pastoral and Occasional SermonsAuthor: Msgr. Ronald A. Knox, M.A
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Im so bored with the offseason, but training camp is around the corner so heres some offseason things weve been talking about and can talk about.
First off we can get Wallace out of the way, i am kinda thinking they will not be able to sign him long term before this season, but i do think that if he shows up to play this year under his tender he will be guaranteed a long term deal next season, similar to what happened to woodley. I understand his concern and i dont think its totally fair, but when it comes down to it they need him but cant really afford to lock him up right now. I think its definitely in his best interest to play, he would get a cheaper deal this year even if they do sign him just because of cap issues, if he comes out and plays well he will get a top dollar deal from the steelers because they will be able to afford it and if not he will make much more money next year than he would anywhere this year. I dont think saying things like "they have to be careful with wallace so they dont lose brown" is fair because brown needs wallace and wallace is a better player, but thats because everyone is so down on wallace for unofficially holding out...but i guarantee if this was holmes vs wallace you all would be hating on holmes and saying how wallace needs to be locked up ect.....just the nature of the business i suppose.
I fully expect wallace to dominate in haleys offense, 12+ TDs and 1300+ yards is very doable i believe. This should be his breakout year, all todd haley does is turn WRs into studs, thats his thing, just like arians thing was to throw it deep 10 times a game.
Im really interested in positional battles, i would love to make it to camp this year for a day or 2 i have never been there. this year is really a year of a youth movement on both sides of the ball
adams vs gilbert is going to be awesome, i hope scott isnt even in the conversation. I would imagine that starks is on speed dial should adams struggle, but i think even if he cant lock down the left side where hes penciled now, the right side should be where he would fall to which isnt a bad thing because im not opposed to gilbert on the left either, just on paper it looks like adams is the better LT
lewis vs brown vs allen is another one that ill monitor closely. Im interested to see who gets the start for clark week one, do they give it to mundy again? i like mundy as a backup strong, but not as a starting free. I anticipate Ike and Lewis starting at CB (should lewis struggle allen would slip right in and possibly give lewis a shot at FS) but i think cortez gets the week one start at FS and then he and lewis rotate at LCB until one os them locks it down. I think brown gets the NB spot and could quite possibly lead the team in picks this year, hes silky smooth in coverage and has some insane vertical and ball skills.
rainey vs redman vs batch vs dwyer screams mediocrity but should be fun lol, as much as i loathe redman as a starting back i think he will be serviceable behind this improved oline for a few weeks....as with lewis/allen id like him to split time evenly until one runs away with the right to the majority of the carries, which i think would be dwyer.
taamu vs mcclendon is a quiet battle, but i REALLY like what taamu offers, i think he could lock down NT from day one and run away with it, but the defensive coaches love vets and if mcclendon really is up to 325 (which seems unlikely to me as he was 280ish last year) and he can hold up at that weight it seems taamu might be a rotational player at best as a rookie, although i do not think hes a 2 down NT like many do when they see the "346 pounds" because hes not just a fat slob, hes a mammoth of a man but carries all that weight very well. Its also do or die for al woods, who ive always loved...hes gotta shake the raw label.
hood vs heyward both will play a lot, but with keisel still being our best Dlineman they will have to fight for a starter spot and a spot that spells both keisel and whoever wins the starter spot. We all know that OUTER LIMIT SPORTS IMPROVES YOUR EXPLOSIVENESS!!!!!! with evanders videos being whored around the internet, but heyward in year two should be something special to watch. the man stacks and sheds blockers like hes a boulder covered in butter and he brings down runners with one arm in traffic, hood gets washed out too much and bends around the corner like hes a 250 pound OLB jsut to get blocked out of the play
saunders vs pope is a crucial battle for saunders, saunders absoultely blocks his *** off and really looks like heath miller when he catches the ball, hes got sweet feet and soft hands for a big man, but pope follows haley and saunders is suspended for 4 games, he needs to shine in camp and preseason. Paulson i suppose could make a case as well, hes a decent recieving threat, im really on board with saunders though
quietly i think brown vs sanders could be very interesting too. Sanders is an excellent route runner and has excellent hands, brown is erratic in route running and has a knack for a big awkward catch. I think brown is a BEAST #2, but if sanders can work his way to the outside spot and stay healthy brown would go from beast #2 to the best slot WR in the league, hes got a certain feel for the zones and a quickness that is sporadic but super effective when hes allowed to roam. Ive always like brown more than sanders, but i wouldnt count sanders out just yet
foote vs spence vs sly is a wierd one to play next to timmons, i imagine foot wins it, sly is the primary backup, and spence is a special teamer and possible Nickel/Dime LB
I predict that decastro is a top 5 guard by mid season, and pouncey shakes the hype and overrated label hes been given after last year and locks himself down as a top 3 center again.
A guy that might not make it out of training camp that i think might warrant a look by the steelers is alex carringinton of the bills, who might be on his way out with them moving to a 43 and having mario, kyle williams, and marcel dareus. Carrington was among the top 34 defensive ends his year and could be good insurance at the position with keisel having bad calves and hoods return in question.
a quick mock draft for next season:
1. TJ Mcdonald, FS USCong
2. Chase Thomas, OLB Stanford
3. Dennard Robinson, WR/KR Michigan
4. EJ Manuel, QB FSU
5. Cierre Wood, RB Notre Dame
6. Partick Larrimore, MLB UCLA
7. Dustin Hopkins, K FSU