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Concealed Carry Classes - Couples Private Lessons
Join us for our TAP3X Concealed Carry Classes - Couples Private Lessons
*Pre-Register Online For Only $200.00 (Credit or Debit Cards Accepted)
*Cost At-the-Door: $225.00 (CASH ONLY$$$)
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Classes can be held during the week, in the evenings or on weekends, based upon our availability and booking schedules!
*Participants must pre-register or contact TAP3X to register at-the-door!
*These are private lesson classes for couples that will include:
Either a one (1) day or two (2) day classroom instruction, plus about 1 hour live fire shooting session to be scheduled or booked on the reserved date or at a later date!
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Classes are offered in Western North Carolina (Henderson County NC) or at a reserved and booked location near you!
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This course includes Classroom & Range Instruction in: NC State Firearms Laws, NC Concealed Carry Laws, Use of Force, Use of Deadly Force, Reciprocity Agreements w/other States, How to Carry Concealed, Concealed Carry Restrictions, Concealed Carry Methods and Accessories, Firearms Safety, Handgun Familiarization, Marksmanship Skills, Range Safety and Gun Range (Live Fire Shooting) Instruction with your handguns and much more. A written test and live fire range qualifications are required for each participant.
* Participants must provide their own; Handgun, 2-3 Magazines (Semi Auto), Carrying Bag, Gun Case or Holster, 50 Rounds Ammunition for their Handgun, Hearing Protection, Eye Protection.
* If you do not own a handgun, please tell us when you register - The Gun Range can provide a handgun and a box of ammunition to rent/purchase. Call TAP3X for details!
* Gun Range Admission (included in package price).
* Our course will either meet or exceed the training requirements for "North Carolina Handgun Permit, Multi-State Concealed Carry" or Pistol Permits requirements for all other states.
* Participants will be required to take a NCJA Written Exam and must attain a minimum score of 75% to pass.
* Participants will also be required to qualify on a live fire gun range with their handgun (or a handgun provided by TAP3X). Each participant will be required to pass the live fire handgun qualification with a minimum score (as outlined in our classroom and range instructions).
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* 50 Rounds Ammunition (minimum) for your handgun
*2-3 Handgun Magazines (Semi Auto)
* Hearing Protection (Also available at TAP3X / Range)
* Eye Protection (Also available at TAP3X / Range)
* Gun Range Fees - (Included in package price)
*The Gun Range can provide rental guns for you to use for a small rental fee. Contact TAP3X for details!
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* NC Concealed Carry Course Certificate Awarded
* Assistance and advice given for filling out paperwork for NC Concealed Carry Handgun Permit.
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Payments for all scheduled training classes, events or private lessons that are conducted by Dan Meadows and / or the Staff of the TAP3X Group of Companies are subject to this TAP3X Refund Policy. Registration for any and all training classes, events or private lessons indicates that the student's are in agreement with the terms of this TAP3X Refund Policy.
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If a student is removed from a class, event or private lesson due to repeated safety violations, intoxication, and / or any other disruptive behavior, the student will forfeit the paid tuition in full and no refund shall be given.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is canceling a fifth week of concerts as contract negotiations with the musicians union remain deadlocked.
The orchestra's management locked out its some 80 musicians in early September after the previous contract expired. Orchestra officials announced late Sunday that concerts scheduled for Friday and Saturday were being called off.
The two sides are split over a push by management to cut salaries and shorten the symphony's current year-round schedule because of shortfalls in private donations and other revenue. The latest proposal would cut base musician pay by about one-third to $53,000 a year.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Kris Frost finished second on the North Carolina team with seven tackles, including three for loss, and the Matthews (N.C.) Butler prospect was all over the field tracking down running backs and making some violent hits.
He's an outstanding outside linebacker.
But his dream is to play wide receiver in college.
"I feel like I'm good enough to play linebacker in college and I feel like I'm good enough to play receiver in college," Frost said. "I just really want to get the opportunity to show what I can do on both ends. I definitely showed what I can do on (defense) and it's time for the (Army) All-American game in San Antonio and I'm really excited about that.
"It would be receiver, my wish. That just goes back to showing what I can do. A lot of people want to stress and say, 'You're so good at linebacker so why are you thinking of receiver?'
"I haven't really been seen at receiver and I don't feel like it's that big of a deal. I'll always have something to fall back on. It's not like I'm running away from something. I feel like if I have an opportunity to do both I'm going to take it."
Frost was outstanding all week during Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas practices and was one of the most active defensive players in South Carolina's 42-10 victory. Fellow linebacker Ben Councell had a game-high 13 tackles.
There were no wasted opportunities for Frost, who said this season was frustrating at times because teams would simply run away from him and he was sometimes limited on defense.
Because the Shrine Bowl was loaded with talent on both sides, players challenged him and Frost usually won out. He's a ferocious tackler who hits hard and drives opponents into the ground. That's one reason why Rivals.com rates him No. 4 at athlete, No. 39 overall and third in the North Carolina state rankings.
"I always knew I could come out and when I do my best it could be pretty suitable and pretty good," Frost said. "It just so happens that being in this all-star game they don't run away from you because everybody is good. The result of that is I made a lot of plays.
"I'm just as good as any guy on this team and the guys on this team make me better. When they're forcing that running back outside and I'm fighting to get outside, the dirty work that the fans do not see, that's where the battle is really won, in the trenches when that back is bouncing out my way."
Michigan, Auburn and LSU are the three finalists for Frost, who said he has never considered playing both ways in college. At some point he'll choose and if he gets an opportunity at wide receiver and it doesn't work out he'd certainly be content playing linebacker.
Now that there are a couple weeks for Frost between all-star games, he said he'll return home and consider his college options, weigh the positives and negatives, and reach a decision. There's no timetable but it's clear that Frost would like to hear from coaches that he'll at least get a look at receiver even if defense is his future.
"It's pretty much going to come down to comfort level," Frost said. "It's going to be what is the best fit for me and what team is going to expose me the most and allow me to make plays and be the best I can be.
"I'm going to have some time now to look it over with my family and think about it and now's the time to get back to school, get back to studying and get back to the recruiting process."


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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — An Iraqi man who pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in Kentucky was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole and a co-defendant received a 40-year sentence for his role in a plot to ship weapons and cash to insurgents in Iraq.
Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, 25, protested U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell's decision to send him away for life while granting 30-year-old Waad Ramadan Alwan less time in prison. Hammadi told Russell about growing up poor in Bayji, Iraq, and said his role in the scheme was merely helping a friend load a truck for much-needed money.
Hammadi's attorney, James Earhart of Louisville, had sought 25 years in prison for his client and said he would appeal the life sentence.
"A 25-year-old getting a life sentence is a tragedy," Earhart said. "The life that he lived is a tragedy."
Hammadi and Alwan pleaded guilty in 2011 and 2012 to working with a man they thought was an insurgent in the United States to ship thousands in cash, machine guns, rifles, grenades and shoulder-fired missiles to al-Qaida in Iraq from 2010 through 2011. Prosecutors said the two were actually working with a confidential informant who recorded the pair's activities and no money or weapons ever left the United States.
The two were arrested in May 2011 in Bowling Green, Ky., after a federal sting operation.
Former Pennsylvania National Guard Sgt. Brandon Miller of Chadds Ford, Pa., described the sentences as "outstanding."
Ford received a Purple Heart for burn injuries sustained when his Humvee blew up after hitting a roadside bomb near Bayji, where Alwan and Hammadi admitted to planning explosives.
U.S. Attorney David Hale said if Alwan hadn't cooperated, he would also have gotten a life sentence, but his help was valuable to investigators.
Alwan's attorney, Scott Wendelsdorf, declined to comment after the hearing.
Prosecutors described Alwan as a seasoned terrorist in Iraq. They said he worked with the Mujahidin Shura Council, a violent group that claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, torture and deaths of two soldiers with the Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division and the death of a third soldier from the same unit while they were patrolling about 60 miles south of Baghdad in June 2006.
Prosecutors linked Hammadi to Jaish al Mujahidin, also known as the Mujahidin Army, a group that claimed responsibility for shooting down American helicopters in Iraq in 2006 and 2007.
Alwan's sentencing went relatively smoothly, with prosecutors petitioning Russell for a lesser sentence because of the defendant's cooperation and guilty plea. But Hammadi's hearing grew contentious at times as prosecutors accused him of changing his story in an effort to secure less prison time.
At two points during the hearing, Justice Department prosecutor Larry Schneider confronted Hammadi after he changed his account of what happened in Iraq and later in Bowling Green. Hammadi told Russell he wasn't part of an insurgent group in Iraq, even though he told the confidential informant he took part in at least 11 improvised explosive-device attacks on U.S. soldiers.
Like Alwan, Hammadi pleaded guilty to falsifying immigration records by not disclosing insurgent activities, in order to get into the United States.
"You did lie on your immigration forms. ... Is that correct?" Schneider asked.
"Yes," Hammadi said after a long pause. "Because it was what you wanted to hear."
Hammadi described his comments to the confidential informant as "just talk" that prosecutors misunderstood.
"If I was asking you how many people in my country, my town were killed, what would you say?" Hammadi asked Schneider, who repeatedly described the defendant as a terrorist.
"Mr. Hammadi, you are facing a life sentence," Schneider replied. "You don't get to ask questions."
Alwan and Hammadi arrived in the United States in 2009. Both admitted to taking part in insurgent activities in Iraq in 2005 and 2006. Schneider said federal authorities became aware of Alwan when they found out he had been held in an Iraqi prison in June 2006 for insurgent activities. It is unclear how or why Alwan was released from prison. Later, federal authorities found his fingerprint on an unexploded bomb in Iraq and launched an investigation.
Alwan recruited Hammadi into the plot in January 2011 and the pair spent five months working with the informant, prosecutors said.
Russell describe Alwan as "eagerly joining the operations in Kentucky" and recruiting Hammadi as part of an attempt to lead a terrorist cell in the United States.
"His motivation was to help the insurgents in their activities," Schneider said.
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The Senate on Sept. 18 failed by three votes 64-36, to gain the two-thirds majority needed to override President Clinton's veto of the partial-birth abortion ban.
Cardinal O'Connor, at his Sunday Mass in St Patrick's Cathedral Sept. 20, referred to the Senate action and called for prayers and reparation for "the sin of infanticide." Later that day in the cathedral, celebrating the 100th Anniversary Mass for the Graymoor Society of the Atonement, the cardinal referred to the Senate action and said, "God knows that here in our country we need atonement." He also noted the start of the Jewish New Year observance that culminates in Yom Kippur, the solemn Day of Atonement.
"We need atonement for all the sins…being attributed to the President of the United States. We need atonement for the greatest sin of all, perhaps, which has gone unnoticed: the validation in our land of that heinous crime of infanticide. The Congress of the United States has once again failed to override the presidential veto of this virtually indescribable act of the slaughter of the innocents." He asked the Atonement Friars and Sisters and all the faithful to pray for the United States.
Father John S. Bonnici, director of the Family Life/Respect Life Office, noted that the Senate's action came despite hard work by pro-life advocates.
"It's terribly distressing to see the Congress unable to override the presidential veto on partial-birth abortion, despite the great efforts of so many to present the truth regarding this horrific procedure of infanticide," he told CNY.
He added, "I'd like to express gratitude to those members of Congress who courageously sacrificed selfish interests for the sake of life." He said he hopes those who voted to keep partial-birth abortion legal will "come to their senses," and he pledged that advocacy will go on.
"We will continue to lobby persons directly related to the issue both in Congress and here in New York state in our ongoing effort to pass legislation that would prohibit partial-birth abortion," he said. "Educational efforts will continue full-strength."
Christopher T. Slattery, director of Expectant Mother Care and program director for the Legal Center for Defense of Life, said the vote was not a surprise.
"Pro-life people knew going in that they did not have the 67 votes (needed for an override)," Slattery said. "It's a crying shame that we're still three votes short." He said the only way the veto is likely to be reversed is "at the ballot box in November," when voters will have a chance to elect pro-life senators.
He praised Sen. Alphonse M. D'Amato (R) and Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan (D) of New York for voting to override, and said he was especially happy that Sen. Moynihan went "against his normal practice" of supporting legal abortion.
Bishop George E. Lynch, who has been jailed many times for his pro-life demonstrations, told CNY, "I'm very sad, as all pro-life people would be. It's simply more of the same." Observing that partial-birth abortion is infanticide, he added, "We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that every abortion is the killing of an unborn child."
Bishop Lynch and Brother Fidelis Moscinski, C.F.R., were acquitted of contempt of court after they blocked the driveway at the Women's Medical Pavilion in Dobbs Ferry in 1996. The government is now attempting to overturn the acquittal (CNY, Sept. 17).
Other religious leaders criticized the Senate's action.
"The vote distressed me a great deal," said Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, who said he was "sickened" when some senators simply gave a thumbs down signal for their nay vote.
Speaking to a handful of reporters, Cardinal Bevilacqua said "all abortions are horrible and barbaric," but he noted that when people realize the specifics of partial-birth abortion, which involves the partial, feet-first delivery of a fetus and the draining of its skull, they'll "see the basic truth that this is a human being."
He said the Church has always taught that you never, never, never have justification to kill an innocent person."
Father Frank Pavone, a priest of the New York Archdiocese and leader of the Priests for Life movement, said in a statement, "Some have opposed the ban because they do not want the slightest crack in the wall of the 'right to choose.' But saying that 'abortion rights include partial-birth abortion' actually reveals how morally bankrupt the whole notion of abortion rights is.
"Some lawmakers who oppose the ban identify themselves as Catholic. As an association of Catholic clergy teaching in union with our bishops, we clearly and vigorously repeat what the U.S. bishops said in their 1989 Resolution on Abortion, 'No Catholic can responsibly take a "pro-choice" stand when the "choice" in question involves the taking of innocent human life.' We are also ready pastorally to assist such individuals to overcome their difficulty in embracing Church teaching."
In a statement, Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee for Pro-Life Activities, called it a "national tragedy that it remains legal to kill infants who are almost fully born."
He said that "the vast majority of Americans do oppose partial-birth abortion," thanks to the efforts of "millions of prolife Americans" who worked for a ban. He also said he is confident that partial-birth abortions will be banned in the near future and said the nation's bishops will continue their efforts supporting such a ban "until this work has been accomplished."
Others who support a ban are confident that it won't be long before they garner enough votes to override any future vetoes.
"It will inevitably pass. The will of the American people will be heard," said Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., a Catholic, who sponsored the bill.
In July the House overrode the president's veto of the partial-birth abortion ban in a 296-132 vote. Congress first passed the federal ban on partial-birth abortions in 1995, and Clinton vetoed it. A year later, an attempt to override his veto failed. Congress passed a new ban last year, which was once again vetoed by Clinton.
During a press conference after the Sept. 18 vote, Santorum was joined by politicians and religious leaders who urged supporters to keep pressing this issue, particularly at the polls in November.
"We might have seen some of the last performances of some of these senators," said Gary Bauer, president of the Family Research Council.
On the Senate floor just moments before the roll call, Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., pleaded with his colleagues to consider how the nation cares for the weakest members of society. "We should begin today to say that no one is expendable." he said.
Catholic News Service contributed to this story.


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Dealing with Urban Sprawl the Free Market Way
Urban planning expert Samuel Staley, Ph.D., tells how free markets, property rights and individual choice can solve the problem of urban sprawl.
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President Barack Obama has named Julia Pierson, a former Orlando police officer, as the first female director of the Secret Service.
Pierson currently is chief of staff of the agency, which investigates financial crimes and is responsible for protecting the president and his family.
Obama announced the appointment Tuesday at the White House. Pierson does not need to be confirmed by the Senate.
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Support for Civic Center voiced
by Terry Duffy
The Lewiston Civic Center again dominated the goings-on at Monday's Lewiston Town Board meeting.
With the Niagara River Greenway Commission set to vote on consistency for the Civic Center proposal at its Tuesday, May 21, general meeting in the Beaver Island State Park Clubhouse on Grand Island, momentum continued to build. In fact, it seemed to overwhelm all other news at the session.
The meeting led off with a presentation by Pat Brown of Brown and Co. LLP CPAs, who provided the Town Board with pro-forma financials on the center and expectations for its first five years of operation.
Overall, Brown's comments and the financial forecasts for the center's operations were somewhat conservative in nature, but still very much on the upbeat. He forecasted an assumed debt service via Greenway funding of $8 million or $430,000 annually, and utility and heating costs covered by New York State Power Authority annual relicensing stipends to the town.
As to operation costs, Brown focused mainly on athletic events to be held at the center, seasonally over nine months, with virtually no activity in the summer, and forecasted the center would operate in the red with estimated revenue of $357,000 and expenses of $371,000 in year one. The center would see a roughly $14,000 deficit with no concessions or advertising revenue at its start.
But those numbers would be expected to change for the positive in years two through five and onward, said Brown. He envisioned average revenue increases of 10 percent per year from the growing center activities, athletic and possibly otherwise, while expenses, from areas such as maintenance, utilities, supplies, and staffing would be in the 5 percent range annually for years two to five. "I see a $200,000 surplus at the end of five years," Brown told the board. He factored in the town utilizing NYPA assistance to cover utility costs.
"Our work (on the numbers) compared assumptions to those facilities already operating" in the area, said Brown.
For Lewiston, he found only one possible weak area - that being $30,000 in revenues anticipated over five years from the use of basketball courts in the center. Brown said that was due to having no other comparisons to work off in the area and again being very conservative in his estimates.
"Look, these are assumptions, a road map," said Brown. "But they are very realistic."
Also very real at Monday's session was the strong enthusiasm in comments conveyed to the board from growing segments of the Lewiston community. Nine more offered their support, including Lewiston-Porter coaches and student athletes, plus very noted endorsements from a former Olympian with past involvement on the Greenway Commission, a former county legislator, and from prominent Lewiston area business interests.
•Townline Road resident Allen James, a former Olympian who now coaches soccer, called the new center "an important venue for all ages. It brings communities together," said the Sanborn resident, who told board members he doesn't see any negatives.
Allen also told the board of his past association with the Greenway Commission and opined that the center is very much "in keeping with the Greenway concept."
•Morgan Drive resident Lee Simonson, former county legislator, now associated with the Historical Association of Lewiston, strongly endorsed the Civic Center to the board. He spoke of three direct benefits that would come as a result of having such a facility: the new ability of Lewiston to attract and retain young families; the use of a year-long athletic center and a greater ability for Lewiston-Porter to nurture scholarship-caliber athletes; and the appeal of having a complete community center for residents of all ages. "This is our generation's gift to the future," said Simonson. It will be "a tremendous addition to the area."
•Businessman Calogero Soldano of Casa Antica Ristorante in Lewiston told Supervisor Steve Reiter and board members a new Civic Center means "great possibilities to business owners in the area. I see great things coming from the center to benefit all kinds of business. The possibilities are endless."
•Ron LaDuca, Recreation (Civic Center) member, provided Reiter and the board a letter from Alan R. Elia Jr. and Michael Elia, of Sevenson Environmental Services, pledging the company's intentions to provide "in kind services to the town to make the center as affordable as possible."
"Here are more examples of the positive response for this from the business community," he said. LaDuca offered a similar business commitment to board members last month.
Public comments to the Niagara River Greenway Commission on the Lewiston Civic Center are being accepted until April 30. Comments can be directed online at http://www.niagaragreenway.org.
The May 21 Greenway session is open to the public.


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The three genera and seven species of the family, Strelitzia (five species), Ravenala (one species), and Phenakospermum (one species), are restricted to southern Africa, Madagascar, and South America, respectively. Unique features of the Strelitziaceae are the woody trunk (absent in some members of Strelitzia), the bird-like appearance of the inflorescence and flowers, and the woody, capsular fruit. The popular birds-of-paradise (Strelitzia reginae and Strelitzia nicolai) and traveller's palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) are commonly grown as landscape and greenhouse ornamentals. Strelitzia was named to honor Charlotte Sophia of the family Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, who was the wife of King George III and a patron of botany.
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As I progress in this cupcake project, I find myself becoming obsessed with cupcakes. I look at more pictures of cupcakes than I care to admit and I've actually begun to see cupcakes where they don't even exist.
A popular cupcake type these days is the ice cream cone cupcake. For those that don't look at cupcakes all day long, here's a nice sampling, compliments of Flickr.
I was out on a hot night at the Muny and a child next to me had an ice cream cone (you know, the normal kind with stuff on it that is cold and melts) and the first thought that came to my mind was, "What a pretty looking cupcake." I may need an intervention.
Anyway, the bride-to-be put in a request for coffee cupcakes. I don't typically take requests, but I happen to really like coffee-flavored foods. Coffee itself I tend to find a bit too bitter, but coffee candy, ice cream, shakes, etc. are great. I decided to give coffee cupcakes a go.
I wanted the cupcake to look frothy at the top, like an espresso. Scanning my mental album of cupcake photos, it seemed that meringue looked the most like froth. Regardless of that, meringue cupcakes always look beautiful. This was a great excuse to try my hand at it.
The Cake
For the cake I opted for Chockylit's Vietnamese Coffee Cupcakes.
She promised a strong coffee flavor and we already had Vietnamese coffee in the house. The cupcakes turned out to be really tasty. However, they tasted like great coffee cake (i.e. a cake that you eat with coffee, not one that has coffee in it). The coffee flavor in the cake was really mild. It was good enough though, that I will try it again and endeavor to enhance the coffee. My initial thought for next time would be to add a teaspoon or two of coffee extract to the batter. The second option requires outside help.
An engaged couple came over to taste the cupcakes. These are not the bride and groom I am making the cupcakes for. This bride-to-be is from Seattle and her man is from right here in the Midwest. While the Seattle gal is of course a coffee connoisseur, turns out the Midwestern man is just as much if not more into his coffee. He recommended grinding some coffee in his special grinder until it forms a powder. Note that our grinder did not cut it for this. His definition of powder was more like dust. He felt that his grinds would give a much stronger coffee flavor to the cupcake. I may let him produce this magical coffee dust for me for the next making.
The Meringue
For the meringue I also used a modified version of Chockylit's recipe but from a different cupcake.
If you've tried this recipe, please RATE THE RECIPE and leave a comment below!
Coffee Cupcakes: The Magic of Meringue
Meringue Ingredients
- 1 cup egg whites from approximately 7-8 eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 t coffee extract
Meringue Instructions
Combine the ingredients into the mixing bowl of your stand mixer and set over a bain marie (water bath).
Whisk by hand for a few minutes until the sugar is dissolved or preferably until the mixture reaches 110 degrees fahrenheit
Beat on medium speed for 10 minutes
Beat on high speed until stiff glossy peaks form, about 5 to 10 minutes more.
Dollup a heaping tablespoon of meringue on top of a cooled cupcake.
Using your finger, poke the frosting to make a nice shape and some interesting peaks.
Using a blow torch, brown the meringue.
Making meringue is a slow process, but it is so much fun. There is one point in the recipe where you beat the eggs and sugar for 10 minutes. I actually just left them alone in the Kitchen Aid and went upstairs (I most likely went to my computer and looked at cupcake pictures). When I returned downstairs, the eggs and sugar had turned into a big poofy white substance. To me, this is just like being able to create a cloud. It brings me back to when I was a kid and I used to watch shrinky dinks turn from big sheets of plastic like paper to tiny glass like figurines.
As if the wonder of eggs turning to a complete different substance isn't enough, you then get to put that substance onto each cupcake, design a Cinderella castle of peaks on every one, and paint them with fire. How cool is that!
I bought a culinary torch just for the occasion. I've never used one before and was a bit concerned about burning myself with it. Turns out it is really easy to use and relatively safe assuming you pay close attention to where you aim.
I caught a cupcake wrapper on fire, but that easily blew out. Other than that, the only thing I lit up was the meringue – just as planned. As for my husband, that's a different story. He lit leaves and paper towels and sticks. I think he'll like this new toy just as much as me.
Now that I've covered how fun it was to make the meringue I should point out that even though I'd seen countless photos of meringue, I couldn't quite picture how it would taste. Turns out it tastes just like marshmallow. I don't like marshmallow :(. I will only occasionally eat marshmallows if I'm camping and I roast them so much that all marshmallow flavor is gone and I'm left with simply burnt sugar.
Good news is that most people love marshmallow and most people LOVED this meringue. The bride (the one that counts) just took one look at these cupcakes and her eyes lit up. As she started eating she made "mmmmm" sound effects. I think this is the most enthusiasm for a cupcake I've seen from her yet.
So despite my rule of not baking things I don't like, I will make meringue frosting again so others can enjoy it and I can have the fun art project of making it.
One change I would make is to add a bit more coffee extract. The meringue did not have much of a coffee flavor. Another idea would be to dust the top with espresso powder. I just dusted the top with cinnamon.
Overall, these cupcakes were winners in both appearance and taste. Thanks, Chockylit, for the recipes!


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Participating Organization(s)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Funding Opportunity Title
Resource support for Consortiums for HIV/AIDS and Alcohol-Related Outcomes Research Trials (CHAART) U24
Activity Code
U24 Resource-Related Research Projects – Cooperative Agreements
Announcement Type
Related Notices
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number
Companion FOA
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s)
FOA Purpose
This funding opportunity (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) solicits Cooperative Agreement (U24) applications to continue to support the currently NIAAA-funded " Consortiums for HIV/AIDS and Alcohol-Related Research Translation" (CHARRT) or Alcohol and HIV/AIDS Centers (P01, P50, P60) to enhance their capacity to carry out multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and/or integrative behavioral and biological research. The CHARRT consortiums and Alcohol and AIDS Centers aim to accelerate specific areas of research related to the goals of improving HIV/AIDS treatment among infected individuals affected by alcohol use, and to prevent the transmission of HIV within U.S. and international populations. Specifically, the three primary goals of the U24 resource cores are to: 1) increase levels of collaboration between existing research projects focusing on alcohol and HIV/AIDS, in particular to improve their capacity to carry out translational, operational, or implementation science research studies; and/or 2) provide enhanced capacity to evaluate the impact of alcohol use and HIV within longitudinal research designs, with particular attention to aging; and/or 3) facilitate the implementation of alcohol and HIV/AIDS interventions within targeted populations at greatest risk within the United States). The U24 mechanism is used to support and provide resources to existing consortiums and centers. Thus, this FOA is a limited competition open to currently NIAAA-funded HIV/AIDS consortiums (U01) and centers (P01,P50,P60). This FOA is also open to investigators who are not part of the consortiums and centers as long as they provide documentation of pre-existing collaboration with a CHAART consortium or alcohol and AIDS research center prior to submission.
Posted Date
January 31, 2012
Letter of Intent Due Date
March 2, 2012
Application Due Date(s)
April 2, 2012
AIDS Application Due Date(s)
Not Applicable
Scientific Merit Review
June-July , 2012
Advisory Council Review
August, 2012
Earliest Start Date(s)
September 1, 2012
Expiration Date
April 3, 2012
Due Dates for E.O. 12372
Not Applicable
Required Application Instructions
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the PHS398 Application Guide except where instructed to do otherwise (in this FOA or in a Notice from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts). Conformance to all requirements (both in the Application Guide and the FOA) is required and strictly enforced. While some links are provided, applicants must read and follow all application instructions in the Application Guide as well as any program-specific instructions noted in Section IV. When the program-specific instructions deviate from those in the Application Guide, follow the program-specific instructions. Applications that do not comply with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
Part 1. Overview Information
Part 2. Full Text of Announcement
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
Section II. Award Information
Section III. Eligibility Information
Section IV. Application and Submission Information
Section V. Application Review Information
Section VI. Award Administration Information
Section VII. Agency Contacts
Section VIII. Other Information
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) seeks to continue support of the previously funded "Consortiums for HIV/AIDS and Alcohol-Related Research Translation" (CHAART, RFA-AA-11-003) and related Alcohol and HIV/AIDS Research Centers (P01,P50, P60). This previous opportunity resulted in the development of several multidisciplinary consortiums to accelerate the translation of key findings from basic and applied research on alcohol and HIV to clinical practice by providing the infrastructure for interdisciplinary collaboration in the design and conduct of studies at the cutting edge of alcohol and HIV/AIDS science. The current FOA solicits U24 applications to develop administrative and/or resource cores to support the research efforts of the CHAART consortiums (or alcohol and AIDS research centers), building upon existing infrastructure within these consortiums. Applications from investigators not currently part of the consortiums (or centers) may be submitted as long as documentation is provided to establish pre-existing collaboration with a CHAART consortium (or alcohol and AIDS research center) prior to the time of submission. The U24 projects should substantially enhance the formulation of directions and goals for the associated consortium, and accelerate the progress of ongoing and future investigations.
The CHAART initiative is responsive to pragmatic changes in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) to focus HIV/AIDS research on building optimized systems of care to stem the tide of the ongoing epidemic, and to enable people who are living with HIV/AIDS to achieve the best possible quality of life in an environment of shrinking public health resources.
"People with HIV also have other significant challenges. Many people living with HIV have other co-occurring conditions, such as heart disease, depression or other mental health problems, or drug or alcohol addiction. In addition, poverty, unemployment, domestic violence, homelessness, hunger, lack of access to transportation, and other issues can prevent people from accessing health care. There are also differences in health care access and treatment outcomes by race/ethnicity, gender, and geography. HIV-positive African Americans and Latinos are more likely to die sooner after an AIDS diagnosis compared to HIV-positive Whites; HIV-positive women are less likely to access therapy compared to HIV-positive men; and access to care and supportive services is particularly difficult for HIV-positive persons in rural areas, as well as other underserved communities. While research has already brought us a long way (toward controlling the epidemic within the U.S.), continued research is needed to develop safer, less expensive, and more effective treatments and drug regimens, as well as to evaluate new approaches to meeting HIV treatment needs while also responding to co-occurring conditions or other barriers to care." National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) and NHAS Federal Implementation Plan.
Within the next decade, more than half of the patients in the U.S. living with HIV will be over fifty years old and with appropriate treatment may expect to live for multiple decades after detection of infection. However, the extended course of HIV disease increases the need for attention to the impact of co-occuring disorders on HIV transmission and disease progression. Large-scale studies have revealed a high prevalence of alcohol use, abuse, and dependence among HIV-infected patients both in and out of care. From 30-75% of HIV+ individuals have been identified with current alcohol use disorders in various domestic and international studies, with the highest levels in minority or stigmatized populations. Alcohol use disorders are increasingly recognized as factors in morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected individuals, particularly among those who are coinfected with HCV or have multiple other disorders that may be exacerbated by alcohol use and/or environmental circumstances where alcohol plays a significant role in vulnerability and recovery (e.g., homelessness).
While HIV treatment has improved and many patients successfully suppress viral replication, maintaining adequate immune function throughout many years of treatment, a significant portion of alcohol users do not. Alcohol use has been associated with late entry into HIV treatment, higher viral set points, reduced adherence, increased cART toxicities, more rapid progression of disease, neurocognitive impairment and liver failure. Recent studies have demonstrated that there is no safe level of drinking for some patients infected with HIV, and that even low levels of drinking may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality over the lifespan. In addition, research indicates that over half of alcohol users who are HIV- infected may be receiving little or no treatment as a result of having exhausted their treatment options or of having inadequate access to appropriate care.
The overarching goal of the CHAART Consortiums and Alcohol and HIV/AIDS Research Centers is to conduct research that will inform the development of optimized systems of care for people with co-occurring HIV/AIDS, harmful drinking, and other comorbid health and mental health conditions. They aim to accelerate the translation of key findings from basic and applied research on alcohol and HIV to clinical practice by providing the infrastructure for interdisciplinary collaboration in the design and conduct of studies at the cutting edge of alcohol and HIV/AIDS science. It is anticipated that this interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to research on alcohol and HIV/AIDS will generate the strongest possible platform for the strategic development and testing of new interventions for co-occurring harmful/hazardous drinking and HIV/AIDS, and for measuring the comparative efficacy of established interventions for these conditions. Interventions of interest include but are not limited to pharmacological, behavioral, nutritional, and exercise therapies that may improve outcomes related to HIV/AIDS, harmful drinking, and other co-occurring physical and mental health disorders. Potentially effective interventions are identified as part of a broader plan to create an implementation/operations research framework which allows for evaluation of both individual interventions and the impact of important structural factors, such as training, coordination of care and service integration, quality assurance processes, and community poverty and violence.
The current FOA solicits U24 applications to develop additional administrative and/or resource cores to support the research efforts of the CHAART consortiums and Alcohol and HIV/AIDS Centers (P01, P50, P60), building upon existing infrastructure within these consortiums and centers. Applications from investigators not currently part of the CHAART consortiums or alcohol and HIV/AIDS research centers may be submitted as long as documentation is provided to establish pre-existing collaboration with one of these consortiums or centers prior to submission.
Research Objectives
The overarching goals of the Consortiums for HIV/AIDS and Alcohol-Related Research Translation and the Alcohol and HIV/AIDS Research Centers include but are not limited to developing and testing both medical and non-medical interventions to improve medical, mental health, and social outcomes among people with co-occurring HIV/AIDS and harmful drinking; developing and evaluating enhanced models of care and service delivery (e.g., integrated alcohol , HIV, housing, and employment interventions, etc.); and measuring and improving the cost and cost-effectiveness of care. It is anticipated that their interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to research on alcohol and HIV/AIDS will significantly accelerate the translation of critical research findings in multiple domains of interest to effective strategies for significantly improving patients' quality of life.
This FOA solicits U24 applications to develop additional administrative and/or resource cores to support the research efforts of the CHAART consortiums and Alcohol and HIV/AIDS Centers (P01, P50, P60), building upon existing infrastructure within these consortiums and centers. These U24 resource cores are conceptualized as separate components of a consortium or center that provide research support only, including support for both basic methodological and applied research focused on patient outcomes. A successful U24 project will substantially enhance the formulation of directions and goals for its associated consortium/center, and accelerate the progress of ongoing and future investigations. Specifically, the primary goals of the U24 administrative and resource core projects are to: 1) increase levels of collaboration between existing components of an established CHAART consortium or Alcohol and HIV/AIDS Research Center (P01, P50, P60); 2) increase the capacity of existing alcohol and HIV/AIDS consortiums and centers to carry out translational, operational, or implementation science research studies; 3) enhance the capacity of the consortiums and centers to evaluate the impact of alcohol use on HIV disease progression within longitudinal research designs, with particular attention to aging; and 4) facilitate the implementation of alcohol and HIV/AIDS interventions within targeted U.S. populations at greatest risk. Examples of proposals for research support components that would be responsive to this FOA may include but are not limited to:
Administrative Coordinating Cores. Such cores will provide oversight, coordination, and direction to the consortium or research center. Specifically, they will manage the Steering Committee, Scientific Advisory Panel, and Data and Safety Monitoring Board, facilitiating communications among the PD(s)/PI(s) and advisors/consultants; coordinate the use of core resources among research projects; and facilitate optimal collaboration between basic, epidemiological, and clinical research components.
Informatics Cores. Such cores will provide support and guidance to the research project components with respect to data colletion, data entry, use of advanced communications technologies ,and statistical analyses.
Biological Repository Cores. Will provide adequate storage and analysis facilities for targeted tissue sampling and blood product storage in compliance with existing requirements for the storage and handling of specimens.
Each CHAART consortium or center comprises a unique configuration of core administrative and central resource components (e.g. U24 mechanism) and U01 or R01 projects addressing key topics in the epidemiology and treatment of co-occurring harmful drinking and HIV/AIDS. The CHAART consortiums are led by Steering Committees comprising senior investigators, site coordinators, and topic experts who serve on an ad hoc basis, with substantial input from the NIAAA scientific collaborator. New support core personnel are expected to participate substanitively in these teams of investigators. The approach to research in both the consortiums and centers involves multidisciplinary teams such as clinician researchers, behavioral scientists, health services researchers, biostatisticians, and health economists who work together to develop and evaluate novel approaches to improving outcomes for HIV+ individuals who engage in hazardous or harmful drinking. It is anticipated that the involvement of multidisciplinary teams will enable the integration of knowledge from different perspectives and the use of state-of-the-art techniques to understand the effects of selected interventions at multiple levels.
Through the addition of the proposed U24 administrative and resource cores, the consortium/center research project components will have access to resources, information, technologies, ideas, and expertise that are beyond the scope of any single research team. The U24 application should discuss 1) the theme and goals of the consortium in general and the impact of the additional collaborative arrangements facilitated by the U24 activities; and 2) should include a scientific rationale for linkages of the various research project components and additional resource core projects. It is acceptable for the Consortium Coordinator or Center Director to submit a U24 resource core application in addition to the currently funded lead application. While each U24 application will originate from the principal investigator(s)'s research institution and awards will be made directly to those institutions (i.e., where the core resource resides), it is the responsibility of the applicant to seek documentation of the consortium coordinator's/center director's intent to collaborate prior to submission of the application. (See Application Procedures and Application Submission Section).
Funding Instrument
Cooperative Agreement.
Application Types Allowed
Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards
The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations, and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
NIAAA intends to fund an estimate of four awards, corresponding to a total of 2.5 million dollars, for fiscal year 2012. Future year amounts will depend on annual appropriations. Although the financial plans of the NIAAA provide support for this program, awards pursuant to this funding opportunity are contingent upon the availability of funds and the receipt of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.
Award Budget
The proposed project costs must be less than $ 500k in Direct Costs.
Award Project Period
Award Project period should be consistent with the length of duration of the period of collaboration with the consortium. This period of time will not exceed 5 years.
NIH grants policies as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement will apply to the applications submitted and awards made in response to this FOA.
Higher Education Institutions
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
For-Profit Organizations
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities
(Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.
Applicant organizations must complete the following registrations as described in the PHS398 Application Guide to be eligible to apply for or receive an award. Applicants must have a valid Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number in order to begin each of the following registrations.
All Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) must also work with their institutional officials to register with the eRA Commons or ensure their existing eRA Commons account is affiliated with the eRA Commons account of the applicant organization.
All registrations must be completed by the application due date. Applicant organizations are strongly encouraged to start the registration process at least4-6 weeks prior to the application due date.
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support.
This announcement is limited to applicant organizations that have active NIAAA-funded HIV/AIDS CHAART Consortiums (U01s) and HIV/AIDS-Alcohol Research Centers (P01, P50 and P60). The goal of this FOA is to solicit resource applications (U24) to support the research efforts of the CHAART consortiums (or alcohol and AIDS research centers), building upon existing infrastructure within these consortiums. PD(s)/PI(s) not currently part of the above-mentioned consortiums (or centers) may submit an application, as long as they provide documentation of pre-existing collaboration with a CHAART consortium (or alcohol and AIDS research center) prior to submission. The U24 projects should substantially enhance the formulation of directions and goals for the associated consortium, and accelerate the progress of ongoing and future investigations.
This FOA does not require cost sharing as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each application is scientifically distinct.
NIH will not accept any application in response to this FOA that is essentially the same as one currently pending initial peer review unless the applicant withdraws the pending application. NIH will not accept any application that is essentially the same as one already reviewed.
Applicants are required to prepare applications according to the current PHS 398 application forms in accordance with the PHS 398 Application Guide.
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the PHS398 Application Guide, except where instructed in this funding opportunity announcement to do otherwise. Conformance to the requirements in the Application Guide is required and strictly enforced. Applications that are out of compliance with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
Although a letter of intent is not required, is not binding, and does not enter into the review of a subsequent application, the information that it contains allows IC staff to estimate the potential review workload and plan the review.
By the date listed in Part 1. Overview Information, prospective applicants are asked to submit a letter of intent that includes the following information:
The letter of intent should be sent to:
Abraham Bautista, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Extramural Activities
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
5635 Fishers Lane, Room 2089
Bethesda, MD 20892
Rockville, MD 20852 (for express/courier service, non-USPS)
Telephone: (301) 443-9737
Email: email@example.com
Applications must be prepared using the PHS 398 research
grant application forms and instructions for preparing a research grant
application. Submit a signed, typewritten original of the application,
including the checklist, and three signed photocopies in one package to:
Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 1040, MSC 7710
Bethesda, MD 20892-7710 (U.S. Postal Service Express or regular mail)
Bethesda, MD 20817 (for express/courier service; non-USPS service)
At the time of submission, two additional paper copies of
the application and all copies of the Appendix files must be sent to:
Abraham Bautista, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Extramural Activities
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
5635 Fishers Lane, Room 2089
Bethesda, MD 20892
Rockville, MD 20852 (for express/courier service, non-USPS)
Telephone: (301) 443-9737
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
All page limitations described in the PHS398 Application Guide and the Table of Page Limits must be followed,
All instructions in the PHS398 Application Guide must be followed, with the following additional instructions:
Resource Sharing Plan
Individuals are required to comply with the instructions for the Resource Sharing Plans (Data Sharing Plan, Sharing Model Organisms, and Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)) as provided in the PHS398 Application Guide, with the following modifications:
Do not use the Appendix to circumvent page limits. Follow all instructions for the Appendix (please note all format requirements) as described in the PHS398 Application Guide.
Not Applicable
Part I. Overview Information contains information about Key Dates.
Information on the process of receipt and determining if
your application is considered "on-time" is described in detail in the PHS398
Application Guide.
Applicants may track the status of the application in the eRA Commons, NIH's electronic system for grants administration.
This initiative is not subject to intergovernmental review.
All NIH awards are subject to the terms and conditions, cost
principles, and other considerations described in the NIH
Grants Policy Statement.
Pre-award costs are allowable only as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Applications must be received on or before the due dates in Part I. Overview Information. If an
application is received after that date, it will not be reviewed.
Upon receipt, applications will be evaluated for completeness by the Center for Scientific Review, NIH. Applications that are incomplete will not be reviewed.
Upon receipt, applications will be evaluated for completeness by the Center for Scientific Review and responsiveness by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), NIH. Applications that are incomplete and/or nonresponsive will not be reviewed.
Applicants are required to follow the instructions for post-submission materials, as described in NOT-OD-10-115.
Only the review criteria described below will be considered
in the review process. As part of the NIH mission,
all applications submitted to the NIH in support of biomedical and behavioral
research are evaluated for scientific and technical merit through the NIH peer
review system.
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Reviewers will assess whether materials or procedures proposed are potentially hazardous to research personnel and/or the environment, and if needed, determine whether adequate protection is proposed.
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As applicable for the project proposed, reviewers will consider each of the following items, but will not give scores for these items, and should not consider them in providing an overall impact/priority score.
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Reviewers will assess the information provided in this section of the application, including 1) the Select Agent(s) to be used in the proposed research, 2) the registration status of all entities where Select Agent(s) will be used, 3) the procedures that will be used to monitor possession use and transfer of Select Agent(s), and 4) plans for appropriate biosafety, biocontainment, and security of the Select Agent(s).
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Reviewers will consider whether the budget and the requested period of support are fully justified and reasonable in relation to the proposed research.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year thereafter, for the purpose of adjudicating Indian probate cases in the Department of the Interior, the hearing requirements of chapter 10 of this title are deemed satisfied by a proceeding conducted by an Indian probate judge, appointed by the Secretary without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing the appointments in the competitive service, for such period of time as the Secretary determines necessary: Provided, That the basic pay of an Indian probate judge so appointed may be fixed by the Secretary without regard to the provisions of chapter 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, governing the classification and pay of General Schedule employees, except that no such Indian probate judge may be paid at a level which exceeds the maximum rate payable for the highest grade of the General Schedule, including locality pay.
Source(Pub. L. 109–54, title I, § 108,Aug. 2, 2005, 119 Stat. 522; Pub. L. 112–74, div. E, title I, § 111,Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1009.)
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