Type la supernovae: observational overview -- Supernova theory: an overview -- Infrared and optical spectroscopy of Type la supernovae -- Modeling the light curves of Type la supernovae -- The rate of supernovae: biases and uncertainties -- Statistical studies of supernovae -- Correlation of SN positions with spiral arms -- Scenarios for Type la supernovae -- The double degenerate population in the solar neighborhood -- Luminous supersoft X-ray sources as Type la progenitors -- Pre-explosion evolution of sub-Chandrasekhar Type la supernovae -- A phenomenological approach to the formation of massive CO white dwarfs -- The merging of white dwarfs -- SNe Ia: on the binary progenitors and expected statistics -- The elusive close binary white dwarfs -- Radio emission from Type la supernovae: a test of symbiotic star progenitor systems. The case of SN 1986G -- An observational limit on circumstellar Ha from Supernova SN 1994D -- The paths to white dwarf explosion/collapse -- Low mass SN la and the late light curve -- The final evolution of 8-10 MG stars -- Type la supernovae: flame physics and models -- Turbulence and thermonuclear burning -- Type la supernovae: nucleosynthesis and constraints on progenitors -- Flame instabilities and models of white dwarf burning -- SPH simulations of thermonuclear supernovae -- Thermonuclear supernova models -- Helium and carbon detonations in sub-Chandrasekhar white dwarfs -- Microscopic and macroscopic modeling of thermonuclear burning fronts -- Three-dimensional simulations of core ignition in sub-Chandrasekhar mass models -- Three-dimensional combustion in Type la supernovae -- Nucleosynthesis in SNe Ia and their impact on galactic evolution -- Gamma-rays and X-rays from Type la supernovae -- INTEGRAL and the Type la supernovae -- ASCA observation of supernova remnants -- Radiation transport in Type la supernovae -- On the correct treatment of expansion opacity in supernova light curve calculations -- Time dependence and the opacity of Type la supernovae -- NLTE modeling of SNe la near maximum light -- Models of the early-time spectra of SNe la using a Monte Carlo code -- Explosion models, light curves, spectra and H0 -- The late-time emission of thermonuclear supernovae -- Analysis of the Type Ia supernova SN 1994D -- The late-time spectrum of SN 1991bg -- Type la supernovae as extragalactic distance indicators -- Maximum luminosities of Type la supernovae from Cepheid distances and the value of H0 -- Scheduled discovery of 7+ high-redshift SNe: first cosmology results and bounds on q0 -- The high-z SN search -- Observation of cosmological time dilation using Type Ia supernovae as clocks -- The Type la SNe rate at z ~0.4 -- Type I supernova subclasses -- Type Ib and le supernovae: models and spectra -- Type Ib-Ic-IIb-IIL supernovae: common envelope evolution, instabilities, and circumstellar interaction -- New perspectives on Type le supernovae -- Concluding remarks -or- what I did on my coffee break.