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Celebrating 50 Years of Anthony's Steakhouse by Christy Jobman
Anthony's Steakhouse Golden Anniversary Offers a 1 in 250 Chance to a Lucky Winner Few times in Omaha history has a restaurant hit the 50 year mark and can say they still support thriving business. Anthony's Steakhouse on 72nd and F Street is the only Omaha restaurant who's claim to fame is reaching their 50 year anniversary and giving away a 67' Ford Thunderbird to one lucky loyal customer to celebrate. For months, the teams at Anthony's Steakhouse and Omaha Nightlife spent time prepping for what would be a night to remember for all 500 plus in attendance. The odds were stacked against them to see business on a cold Thursday night on October 26th, 2017, just days before Halloween. Anthony's owner, Tony Fucinaro Jr., opted for a very unique way to showcase his gratitude for 50 years of local support. Customers who purchased food or drinks at the steakhouse or Ozone Lounge, the attached entertainment venue, would be put into a drawing to become eligible for "golden tickets". Those who received golden tickets were invited to a private VIP party where food and drinks were free to celebrate the occasion and participate in the final giveaway. As with every well-planned event, at least one inconvenience will arise. The temperature dropped for one of the first times of the season on the morning of the event. The staff worried that no one would show up for the highly anticipated party. "I had visions of drinking glasses of wine and enjoying the scene, celebrating with some of the faces we see in here in all the time," Nancy Brazier said, front of the house manager at Anthony's. Brazier's vision did not become a reality. The turn out was much better than expected. The place was packed. Lines of people wrapped around the parking lot filled with loyal Anthony's customers vying for a chance to win this classic 67' Ford Thunderbird with new tires, new brakes, the works. Fucinaro pulled out all the stops to make this giveaway one for the books. His family has always found ways to give back to the community and this is a prime example of how they do it. This giveaway was important to the Anthony's team to show their love for Omaha. Speaking of odds… The winner of the Thunderbird also had all odds stacked against him. A salesman from Dixon, Illinois, Anthony's is one stop he's sure to make when he's working his Omaha territory. He had dinner at Anthony's one night during the contest, making him eligible for the golden ticket. From there, he won the ticket. The staff who was tasked with contacting each of the golden ticket recipients was reluctant when they realized he was from out of town. They really hoped for a local winner to give back to Omaha. Then they learned his story. Even more against the Thunderbird God odds, the email that was sent to him bounced back. The universe really must have wanted him to win this car. That and Michael Hoff's sheer determination. He drove 7 hours on a whim that day in October with his one golden ticket on chance alone. Hoff's loyalty to Anthony's Steakhouse when he travels to Omaha paid off. He took home the ultimate prize - a classic 67' Ford Thunderbird. He had two offers for $18,000 up front to take the car that night and turned them down. The staff at Anthony's is grateful for 50 years of service and beyond. "The night was better than we could have hoped for," Brazier said. "We are so thankful!"

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Terry Gornell ensured Accrington ended the season on a high with the winner in a 2-1 victory over Mansfield.
There was nothing hingeing on the game with Accrington 17th and Mansfield safe in 21st place, but both sides had been on poor runs and needed an end-of-the-season boost.
Mansfield created the better chances in a first half of limited opportunities and capitalised on a short back pass in the 39th minute with Jamie McGuire volleying home from the edge of the penalty area for his first goal of the campaign.
Accrington, who had won one of their previous 13 games, must have been given some harsh words at the break from manager John Coleman as they came out with more of an attacking threat.
Within two minutes of the restart Josh Windass's header had been superbly kept out by Mansfield goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley, but Seamus Conneely followed-up to make it all-square.
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SANTA ROSA and PETALUMA — Ghilotti Construction Co. and North Bay Construction, two of the largest locally based general engineering contractors, today said they will combine operations over the next 18 months.
North Bay Construction founder and Chief Executive Officer John Barella, 62, inked a deal to sell the assets to Ghilotti Construction by the end of 2012. Mr. Barella is ending his management of the company, and North Bay President Steven Geney, 52, is joining Ghilotti Construction management team.
"When I decided it was time to pursue real estate development on a full-time basis, I wanted to be sure the company we had built would stay together and stay local," Mr. Barella said in a statement. "I didn't think it would be fair to our people to make them part of an anonymous out-of-town company with no roots in our community. So I called Dick Ghilotti."
Dick Ghilotti, 63, president and CEO of Ghilotti Construction, said the blending of the companies was a logical step.
"We've been fierce competitors for almost 35 years, but John and I have always respected each other's work, business sense and values," he said. "Our people know one another and have the same high standards and pride in their work."
Ghilotti Construction has 220 to 300 employees, depending on workload, in its Santa Rosa headquarters and branch offices in American Canyon, San Rafael and Livermore. Petaluma-based North Bay Construction has 200 to 250 employees.
How many are retained by the end of 2012 will depend on job activity, but the intent is to keep as many as possible, according to Ghilotti Construction spokesman Larry Kamer.
North Bay Construction jobs are being finished, most notably the $48 million expansion of Highway 101 between Cotati and Petaluma. New jobs are being bid as Ghilotti Construction.
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Sports wise, it is a somewhat ambivalent time of year for Sport-Shorts. Does one continue to faithfully watch college football, especially as the bowl season approaches?
Does one shun the gridiron completely for the basketball court since the high school football season is completed for the year?
Or does one embrace both, following both football and the developing basketball season, in the process leaving little time for anything or anyone else? Vacillation.
High school teams have made up their minds; its basketball season. Teams have been chosen, practices conducted, games scheduled and off we go.
The San Juan Bronco boys have already started their season, just like they do nearly every year, with a contest against the Shiprock Chieftains.
The Broncos sport a completely new lineup after graduating five senior starters and seven seniors overall, plus add a new coach in long time football coach, Monty Lee, who takes over the Bronco basketball program in addition to his football duties.
The Broncos lost the annual matchup to the New Mexico Chieftains, 79-69, but performances of note were the career high totals of three players.
DiQuan Lopez poured in 18 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, and swiped five steals, setting the stage for an active season.
Max Morley had 15 points and Terrance Tate scored nine points and collared six rebounds, all in their first starting roles for the Broncos.
The next two weekends finds the Broncos in two tournaments, at the Bulldog Invitational in Gunnison this weekend and at Richfield for the 2A Preview next weekend with Whitehorse sandwiched in between next Tuesday.
The Buckaroo gals also sport a new coach this season, Benjamin Wolford, who comes to Monticello from Manila.
Wolford is the new Sergeant for the Division of Wildlife for the Southeastern Region, in addition to being head coach for the Lady Buckaroos.
Ben and his wife of 15 years, Sarah, have four kids; Michaela 14, Jordynn 11, Zachary 10, and Danielle 8.
Wolford brings experience to the coaching ranks at Monticello. He was the assistant coach of the Utah State Girls team when it was a club sport trying to get approved for competition in the NCAA.
He also was assistant coach for a year at Manila High School and then head coach for two years for the girls basketball program and then head coach for the boys baseball team for three years.
He also worked as the supervisor over youth recreation at Ogden City, where he organized and taught coaches how to coach in all the youth sports.
Assistant coaches are Kraig Black and Kelly Pehrson.
This year's Lady Buckaroo roster includes Aapree Sheeran, Mary Beh, Zoe Chadwick, Ashley Hoggard, Megan Shaw, Roxanne Cordova, Kari Schmidt, Izabell Slade, Tawna Wells, Allie Maughan, Aleina Rodriguez, Atlanta Black, Michaela Wolford, and Bryndee Price as manager.
Sheeran, Beh, and Chadwick bring significant experience to the team for Coach Wolford, all three being returning starters.
"This team is made up of a great group of girls," offered Wolford, "who support and encourage each other. They are hard working and willing to learn."
"Starters for each game won't be determined until the practice before the game," he continued. "It will be based on performance at practices. I want each girl to know she has a chance to start if she works hard and shows what she can do at practice.
"There is a wide range of skill level and experience on the team. Each girl brings a special personality and contributes to the team in her own special way."
The Lady Buckaroos season began Tuesday with a home contest against the Dove Creek Bulldogs. Stats for the game were not available at press time. The Lady Bucks travel to Milford this weekend for the annual Oak Tree Inn varsity and junior varsity tournament.
Monticello boys open their season with the traditional trip to the Cortez Invitational this weekend and the 1A Preview in Richfield next weekend.
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According to the Conference Board, a global, independent business membership and research association working in the public interest, the Consumer Confidence Index, which improved in May, has also increased in June. The Index now stands at 82.1 up from 74.3 in May. The Conference Board strives to provide the world's leading organizations with the practical knowledge they need to improve their performance and better serve society.
The monthly Consumer Confidence Survey is based on a probability-design random sample, conducted for the Conference Board by Nielsen, an industry leading global provider of information and analytics around what customers buy and watch.
"Consumer Confidence increased for the third consecutive month and is now at its highest level since January 2008," reported Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators.
Consumers are more positive about current business and the labor market than they were at the beginning of the year. Expectations have also improved over the past several months. This suggests that the pace of growth will most likely continue its upward trend.
For the month of July, The Confidence Board Consumer Confidence Index slightly decreased. The Index is now 80.3, down from 82.1 in June. The Present Situation Index increased from 68.7 to 73.6.
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The gunshot was heard at 7:17 pm according to transcripts of 911 calls about the incident. The cell phone camera shows that the photo was taken at 7:19.
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Last week, we gave an introduction about the Louis Vuitton Kimono Tote Bag. This is a new type of handbag designed for the Spring Summer 2015 Collection.
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The V-signature is inspired by the Classic Advertisement of 1965, on the ad it was written: 'Volez Voguez, Voyagez avec des Valises Louis Vuitton'. And if you've been following us recently, you couldn't have missed the importance of the V symbol embellished on new the new handbags since Nicolas Ghesquiere took over the giant ship.
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March 07, 2008
2006 Pinot Noir Update
Free sulfur dioxide -- 23 mg/L
Total sulfur dioxide -- 75 ml/L
Volatile acidity (acetic) -- 0.056 g/100mL
Titratable acidity -- 0.54 g/100mL
pH -- 3.54
Molecular SO2 -- 0.42 mg/L
I'm not a technical guy, but seeing these numbers really helps give perspective to what I've been experiencing, and thinking I've been experiencing, with this wine over the past year and a half. I wish I'd done a "juice panel" before fermentation to know the initial pH and TA. I'm not sure the measurements we did on this at the time were very accurate.
I thought the free SO2 might be really low. Instead, it's pretty close to where I want it for bottling in the next month. Total SO2 is a bit of a puzzle. I recently added 60ppm after the long malolactic fermentation finally concluded. I'm confident in my calculation, and the only other SO2 added to this wine was (I think) 40ppm at the crusher. Certainly no less, perhaps a bit more. So how do I only have 75 total SO2? Shouldn't total SO2 be the sum of all adds? I'll have to read up on that.
VA is both higher than I'd like, but lower than I feared. Actually, I have no idea about how much VA I should tolerate. I've just read Peynaud and he suggests keeping it below 55-60ppm. My wine shows some lifted notes that suggest a little VA. I want more purity in the wine. Maybe it's not VA. Maybe it's just the ripeness of the vintage. Seeing the VA at 56 ppm makes me think it could have been lower with a better ML. Yet, I'm relieved that it isn't higher. At this level, is it generally noticeable?
TA is about what I would expect, but given where I thought I started with pH and how the wine tastes, I would have thought my pH now was 3.7. The lower number simply helps me keep bugs out of the wine with less SO2. Meaning, molecular SO2 is very good, I think. I need to read up on this some more. Molecular SO2 represents the anti-bacterial properties of sulfur (anti-oxidation is the other main property). One table I found so far suggests I'm in great shape, but I'll read further before drawing conclusions.
Anybody have thoughts? Am I a slave to science? Or is this like putting a instant read thermometer in the bird you're roasting in the oven?
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Vincent, it's nice to see you're staying on top of the numbers. But how does it taste?
I have no personal experience tasting wine still in barrel so I can't offer any advice. It is great to see you follow your passion, or is that obsession? ;-)
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How does it taste??? What, you're not supposed to make wine by numbers???
It tastes good enough. I liked it better earlier in its elevage. I was worried that the long and uneven malolactic fermentation gave inroads to bad bacteria. The wine lately seemed to be showing what I thought was volatile acidity, or at least the beginnings of larger issues than I can currently sense. But the numbers suggest otherwise...that is, not a huge VA issue and not a pH that leaves me too worried about spoilage down the road.
Really, I've made wine since 2001 but never to this point had anything to go by but taste and smell. Which can't be overrated. But once in a while it's nice to look at the "map" and see where I am from a different perspective. I don't want to be a winemaker who never looks at the numbers, just as I don't want to be one who ONLY looks at them.
Thanks for the support on this...yeah...passion. That's it. Passion.
Just stumbled on to your interesting site. As a young winemaker, I often worried about VA in young wines when patience would have served better. If it tests low, then it is low and it will integrate with time.
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Planning and Zoning Director Tonya Richards and planning consultant David Yearout presented Marion County Commission with a recommendation from Marion County Planning Commission to allow agricultural lot splits for existing homes that do not have a direct frontage on a public road.
Currently the county doesn't allow lot splits that leave a lot without frontage on a public road. The recommendation was to allow those lot splits as long as the split includes easements for a driveway and utilities to the residential lot.
Under the recommendation, lot splits not in compliance with the frontage requirement would require commission approval. The proposal also limited those lot splits to properties with an existing homestead.
Commissioner Randy Dallke said he wouldn't vote for the recommendation because it wouldn't treat new construction the same as existing homes. Yearout said it would be easy to revise the resolution to open lot splits to any lot with an easement for a driveway and utilities.
The commission instructed Yearout to revise the resolution and present the new version at a future meeting.
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Joel Hayes of Florence asked the commission why properties he has that are unused are being charged the $134 solid waste fee for commercial properties. Earlier this year, the commission voted to end appeals of the solid waste fee for unused, seasonal, and occasionally-used properties to simplify the fee.
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The California congressional candidate sat patiently for two hours as the questions just kept coming. His soft-spoken, bearded inquisitor took handwritten notes as he probed every aspect of the candidate's past: where he had lived, the schools he attended, his grades, any run-ins with authority. The only thing missing from the interrogation was a naked bulb swinging from the ceiling.
For David Harmer, a cerebral banking compliance attorney running an underdog House race, the scrutiny was worth it: At the end of the process, he was a Club for Growth candidate.
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Among the conservative outside groups that have shaken up GOP politics over the past half-decade, no organization matches the intensity of the Club's endorsement process. Nor, for that matter, does any group match the Club in its ability to upend primaries and drag the Republican Party and its candidates to the right.
This midterm season, the Club for Growth is the pre-eminent institution promoting Republican adherence to a free-market, free-trade, anti-regulation agenda. It has endorsed only seven candidates so far, including three who are challenging Republican incumbents, and will back each of them to the hilt. The Club's choices — and its screening process — are in essence a road map for the electoral agenda of economic conservatives in 2014.
About half a dozen hopefuls tramp through the Club's offices in downtown Washington each week to plead for the group's support, subjecting themselves to an interview and vetting process that several described as intrusive, even offensive, in its scope.
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Doug Hoffman, whom the Club endorsed for Congress as a Conservative Party candidate from New York in 2010, called the experience a "baptism by fire." Another — a Republican who won the support of other national conservative and tea party groups, but not the Club — used less flattering terms for his interlocutors.
"They're not even pleasant," the Republican said: "I went in there and was already playing defense. It was very prosecutorial."
There's a reason why candidates keep lining up for the hazing: Club for Growth Action spent $17 million supporting candidates last cycle, according to finance reports. That doesn't include the hundreds of thousands of earmarked dollars from Club supporters that pour into favored candidates' campaign accounts.
The group often puts that money behind seemingly long-shot opponents to entrenched GOP lawmakers or Democratic incumbents. Harmer, who called his interview a "very painstaking, from the cradle up to the minute, review of my life," said the Club's support was essential to bringing him within a hair's breadth of defeating a Democratic incumbent in a blue-leaning Bay Area district in 2010.
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Would-be presidential candidates, several of whom the Club helped elect in the first place, go out of their way to maintain its good favor. At a recent hush-hush retreat for Club donors, prominent conservative White House hopefuls including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul were in attendance, as well as Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, himself a former Club for Growth president.
If there are corners of the Republican establishment where the Club's name remains toxic, the man who helms the group is placidly indifferent. Chris Chocola, a tanned, 52-year-old former Indiana congressman who sports a low-key demeanor and a pin on his chest reading "Everything is Fine," said in a recent interview that the Club is more confident than ever of its methods.
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"If we do things that make people uncomfortable or tick them off, that's fine. But if we do things that surprise people, that's not fine. We should be very predictable," said Chocola, who presides over an 11-person staff housed in a nondescript office suite. "We have a model that has matured over time and we've learned from election cycles what we think our role is and how it's done, and we try to stick to it."
'Calculated risks'
There's a reason for the scarcity of Club endorsements this year. Where other conservative groups have sought to create havoc in as many primaries as possible — the Senate Conservatives Fund, for one, has endorsed plainly flawed, underdog challengers to incumbents in Kansas and Kentucky — the Club prefers to engage in fewer races and have a dramatic impact in each.
Chocola, a well-coiffed man of substantial personal wealth who spends his winters in Florida, ticks off a simple calculus the Club uses. The most appealing targets are open seats in conservative states, he says, followed by districts and states where Republican incumbents are failing to meet the Club's ideological standards. Third on the priority list are seats held by incumbent Democrats.
In every district or state where the Club might get involved, the group takes a poll to ascertain whether there is a path to victory. It polls far more potential targets than it ever gets involved in, strategists say; nearly every survey is conducted by the media-averse GOP pollster Jon Lerner, who is viewed by his peers in the consulting world as a gray eminence with outsized influence at the Club.
So far this year, the Club has picked a few candidates in each target category: It has backed primary challengers to Reps. Mike Simpson of Idaho and Ralph Hall of Texas, as well as Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran. Arkansas Rep. Tom Cotton, whom the Club endorsed for his first House race, has won the group's support in his bid against Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor. The Club has backed former Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan's campaign against Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, and endorsed conservative college president Ben Sasse for Nebraska's open Senate seat.


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Tax fraud affects Americans from all walks of life in all corners of the country. While it is not a new phenomenon, has the digital age made it easier to become a victim?
News stories of data breaches seem to be more frequent in today's media. Not only is the frequency increasing but so is the amount of data being compromised.
For the 2016 filing season, the IRS identified over 58,000 fraudulent e-filed tax returns and 2,580 paper tax returns, according to a report released by the Inspector General for Tax Administration. Those numbers have been increasing each year, and are expected to continue given large scale breaches in 2017, such as Equifax (143 million records) and Uber (57 million records) which potentially gave hackers access to information needed to file fraudulent returns.
Chris Moschovitis, founder and CEO of the Information Technology Management Group in New York, says that victims of widespread data breaches should stay on high alert for fraud.
"If you've been a victim of any recent data breach where your personal identification, or [sensitive health care] information was accessed, it's much more possible for hackers to get the data they'd need for identity fraud," Moschovitis said.
Tax-related identity theft, as defined by the IRS, is when someone uses your stolen Social Security number (SSN) to file a tax return - and claiming any potential refund that comes with it. The refund is fraudulent because the taxes aren't being filed by you - and it becomes problematic when you go to file a legitimate tax return and can't because someone has already filed under your Social Security number.
There are several ways you can protect yourself against tax fraud:
1. File your taxes early
This may be the simplest way to protect yourself against tax fraud.
"The first clue for tax identity theft is generally an electronic return filing rejection," says John McCarthy, CPA and founder of virtual tax preparation firm McCarthy Tax Preparation. "Identity thieves will generally file a tax return early in the season in hopes of getting a tax refund before the taxpayer has filed."
If you file before the tax season rush, you're more likely to get in front of anyone who might attempt to use your SSN and a fraudulent W-2 to file, and claim a return in your name.
Of course, filing early also has the added benefits of receiving any refund earlier, and getting the stressful process of filing your taxes out of the way before your tax professional gets busier in March and April.
2. Improve your personal cybersecurity
You don't have to be a tech wizard to improve your personal cybersecurity. Going through simple steps can help to keep your data safe. "Use a password manager and two-factor authentication on as many devices as you can," said Moschovitis. With over 30 years of experience in the cybersecurity and information technology field, Moschovitis believes that it all comes down to your approach. "The key is having a strong cybersecurity environment both at home and at work," he added.
In addition to using a two-factor authentication and a password manager, you can take several other steps to improve your online cybersecurity. Installing a firewall on your computer is an excellent place to start. You can also set your devices to update their software automatically, which helps you to avoid any potential loophole where hackers can access your personal identification data. Using a VPN when accessing the internet can also help to ensure your connection is secure and hacker-free. Finally, exercise caution when giving out your SSN online.
3. Recognize scams
The IRS provides a regularly updated list of common scams that taxpayers may encounter called the "Dirty Dozen." With tax season right around the corner, you may want to consider brushing up on these tax scams as well as researching others. The more information you have on scams that people regularly run into, the less likely you are to fall prey to these tax fraud schemes.
The IRS also puts out regular notices about different phishing scams, and what you should be keeping an eye out for. Most recently, they reviewed a W-2 scam that's been targeting schools, restaurants, hospitals, tribal groups and others.
4. Always ask for a reference number
One common tax fraud scam is to receive a phone call from a bank, credit card company, the IRS or another organization asking you to verify your personal details.
"Don't give [your SSN] out," said Gabriel Kaplan, CPA and senior consultant at Casey Quirk by Deloitte Consulting in New York. "Ask what this is about, and ask for a reference or case number. Then you can call the company back using their official customer service phone number."
This helps you weed out fraudulent calls, and alerts the company in question that a potential scam is being run using their name - putting their customers at risk.
Keep in mind, not all scams are done via phone. If you receive any email communication from the IRS, you should immediately assume you're being scammed.
The IRS doesn't initiate contact any taxpayers via email, and these phishing scams typically prey on people who aren't aware of this. If this type of communication happens, you should report it to the IRS at email@example.com.
While the IRS doesn't contact taxpayers via email, they do contact them via paper mail. If you receive official mail from the IRS, it's likely a notice or letter about payments you owe, a tax refund or a receipt for payments you've made. If it's a notice, the letter will contain specific instructions for you to follow. If you don't agree with the notice, it's important to contact the IRS and speak with a representative right away.
Phone calls from the IRS can happen occasionally, but scammers also call to try and gather your identifying or financial information. The IRS states on their website that they will never demand immediate payment over the phone, demand you use a specific kind of payment (like a prepaid debit card), say you don't have the opportunity to question the amount you owe, or threaten to call the local police if you don't pay immediately. If any of these things are said during your conversation, you're likely speaking to a scam artist, and you need to hang up and report them to the IRS.
Sometimes the IRS will show up to talk to you in person. If they do, the representative you're speaking with will provide two forms of credentials - a pocket commission and a HSPD-12 card. You have the right to ask to see these credentials before speaking with anyone who claims they're from the IRS.
5. Pay attention to IRS notices
The IRS has several filters in place that work to catch tax fraud. If someone files taxes under your SSN, and the IRS flags it, they will send you a notice as soon as they confirm your identity. This notice will typically say that the IRS is monitoring your account. In some cases, these notices will have a unique Identity Protection Personal Identification Number for tax filing purposes. You will need this number to file your taxes - and to avoid having your taxes as being flagged as fraudulent.
6. Don't carry your Social Security card around
Many people feel that carrying their Social Security card is a more convenient and safer way of making sure nothing happens to it. However, this is not the case. Should you lose your purse or wallet where the card is kept, you'll not only lose your credit and debit cards - you'll also be effectively losing your identity.
Instead, consider keeping your Social Security card in a safe, or a locked filing cabinet. Even better, keep a photocopy at home in a filing cabinet or safe, but keep the original in a bank safety deposit box along with other important paperwork. This helps to ensure it's safe - from you losing it, and from a thief getting his hands on it.
7. Monitor your credit
"The best way to protect yourself is through consistent monitoring of your credit so you can take action. Be sure to set up email and text alerts for any changes in your credit score and any account openings," said Kaplan.
"You should also consider a fraud alert. These alerts only last for 90 days, so it's important to follow up when they expire." By setting both a credit freeze and/or a fraud alert around tax filing season, you're making sure that you're always up to date with where and when your SSN is being used.
If you suspect that you're a victim of tax fraud, there are steps you can take. Whether you've received a written notification from the IRS, or you have noticed some suspicious activity on your credit report - you'll need to contact the IRS directly.
It's recommended that you use the IRS phone number provided on the notice they send you. However, if you've contacted the IRS and feel you still have questions, you can also reach them at their Tax Fraud Hotline recording service: 1-800-829-0433. It's important to note that the IRS doesn't accept tax law violation referrals via phone.
The IRS will likely direct you to complete Form 14039 Affidavit of Identity Theft. This form is also useful if you suspect you're a victim of identity theft, as it allows you to indicate that you are a "potential victim." When filling out this form, you'll also need to include a copy of your government-issued ID and a police report (when applicable).
Once your affidavit is filled out, you can mail it to the address listed on page 2 of the form. In most cases, it's beneficial to make several copies of your completed form in case one gets lost, or if you need to fax a copy to confirm.
If you are a victim of a tax scam, and have lost money as a result, you'll need to report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General Admission (TIGTA). To report the incident, TIGTA will have you fill out a form on their website reporting the scam. The form will ask you to summarize the incident - including the date it happened, how much you paid the IRS impersonator, how you paid the IRS impersonator, how they contacted you and whether you provided a second payment.
The form will also ask for your personal information - including your name, address, contact information, date of birth, and it's optional to provide the last four digits of your SSN. You'll also be asked to create a PIN to help you reference your submission later on - you should save this PIN so you can access this report and provide it if any follow-ups are needed.
You will also need to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. The IRS also recommends that you immediately put a fraud alert on your credit using any one of the major three credit reporting institutions (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion).
For many people, tax season can cause a lot of stress. Between getting paperwork organized, going through the filing process and determining whether you owe or will be receiving a refund - it can feel overwhelming. Learning about the prevalence of tax fraud can add to that tax-induced anxiety.
The more you stay up-to-date about current tax fraud scams, and the quicker you are to file and respond if you believe you've been a victim of tax fraud, the more likely you will avoid the problem or will resolve it effectively if you're too late to catch it.
This tax season, stay educated to protect yourself and your family against tax fraud. If you're feeling apprehensive about filing yourself, or if you want additional insight or guidance, reach out to a trusted Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or tax professional who can help you file and answer any additional questions you may have.
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Administered by the Major League Baseball Players Trust and Volunteers of America, the Action Team program encourages young people throughout the United States to volunteer in their communities. To date, Action Teams of high school students and Major Leaguers have inspired more than 26,000 high school students across the country to help more than 111,000 people in need by volunteering in their communities. An award-winning Action Team service-learning curriculum created by the Players Trust in partnership with The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition teaches valuable community-service skills to 1 million high school students in more than 5,000 classrooms across the country. The Association of Educational Publishers presented this innovative service-learning program with a 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award.
Receiving signed certificates of achievement from the players tonight are Action Team captains Amy Booher, David Coovert, Molly Coovert, Jacob Goad, Ivan Gutierrez, Jeremy Minaya, Dane Rice, Amelia Ruff and Allie Scmidt.
Action Teams are at work in 162 high schools across the country and Puerto Rico. Each month during the school year, Action Team captains participate in a conference call hosted by legendary broadcaster George Grande, where a Major Leaguer and a featured Action Team of the Month discuss the importance of community service and share volunteering tips and ideas. High schools interested in joining the Action Team can receive applications and additional information by visiting www.ActionTeam.org or by sending an email request to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Mays reflects on Giants' 1954 World Series win
SAN FRANCISCO -- The 1954 World Series rings that fans received Saturday at AT&T Park were replicas.
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Willie Mays, who led the then-New York Giants to the '54 Series while winning the National League Most Valuable Player Award, reminisced about that charmed season before the current Giants and Indians met in an Interleague rematch.
Dispensing with false modesty, Mays agreed with a reporter's suggestion that his famous catch of Vic Wertz's fly ball to deep center field in Game 1 gave the Giants momentum they did not relinquish during their four-game sweep of Cleveland. Mays made his memorable play with the score tied, 2-2, two Indians on base and nobody out in the top of the eighth inning.
"Yeah, that was the key right there, I thought," Mays said. "Because if I hadn't caught that, you got to get three runs some kind of way. Vic would have been on third some kind of way and the other two would have scored. So I think that was the key to the whole World Series."
Asked if he thought he had the ball all the way, Mays replied, "I don't know, man. It wasn't no lucky catch. I usually catch fly balls like that all the time. But you're talking about a World Series. You're talking about something that doesn't happen all the time., Even if you make a catch like that, which I did, in the regular season -- to catch it [when] the world is looking at you [is] remarkable, I think."
Mays aficionados insist that he made more difficult plays during his Hall of Fame career. But the 12-time Gold Glove Award winner considers such matters trivial.
"I never ranked catches. I think it's important to make sure that you try and catch everything that comes out there," he said. "This is my theory, now; I don't know how other people think. I just feel that if I start ranking them and all that kind of stuff, you guys ain't got nothing to write about."
Mays recalled 1954 as a "special" year for several reasons.
He excelled in his first full season after his 1952-53 Army stint, batting a league-high .345 with 41 homers and 110 RBIs. Mays proceeded to hit 51 homers in 1955, furthering the notion that he might have had a chance to surpass Babe Ruth, the home run record holder at the time with 714. Mays finished with 660.
"If I hadn't been in the service for two years, I would have gotten to the Babe without any problem," Mays said. "But you had to go serve your country."
Mays also credited shortstop Alvin Dark, who later managed the San Francisco Giants, with helping him defensively by flashing signs to indicate what delivery the pitcher was about to throw.
"That's how I learned to play the outfield at the Polo Grounds," Mays said.
Mays praised the Indians, who won 111 regular-season games. Second baseman Bobby Avila won the American League batting title with a .341 average. Larry Doby (32 homers, 126 RBIs) and future Giants general manager Al Rosen (24 homers, 102 RBIs) provided thump. And 23-game winners Early Wynn and Bob Lemon led a starting rotation that included future Hall of Famer Bob Feller as the fifth starter.
"That'll scare you right there," Mays said. "... We were just better [in] the four games we won."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat.


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Supernatural star Jensen Ackles had a lot to celebrate on the People's Choice Awards red carpet in LA on Wednesday. Not only did tons of fans come out to support him, but also, he recently announced that he and his wife are expecting their first child together. POPSUGAR's Lindsay Miller talked to Jensen about the enthusiastic fan support his show gets, what it was like to step behind the camera and direct his own father, and his "excited" feelings about becoming a dad this Summer. What sort of father does Jensen think he'll be? A very "confused" one at first!


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|"We've all had masters to help us get better. You should see if you can study with Piandao."
|— Aang to Sokka.
"Sokka's Master" is the fourth episode of Book Three: Fire of Avatar: The Last Airbender and the 44th of the overall series. It debuted on October 12, 2007.
After the rest of Team Avatar saves a town from destruction by a meteorite, Sokka feels left out as he is the only person in the group unable to bend. He finds a swords master named Piandao to help further his skills as a warrior, forging his own sword out of the meteorite. He and his friends realize just how important he is to their group. Meanwhile, Iroh devises a plan to escape prison and starts bodybuilding in secret.
The episode opens with Aang, Katara, and Sokka, watching a meteor shower. Toph naturally cannot see anything, but chooses to "watch" it with them nonetheless. One meteorite falls to Earth and impacts close by, starting a forest fire near a village. Fighting the fire, Aang and Toph begin to build trenches around it while Katara flies on Appa to a nearby creek from which she waterbends to dispose of the fire. Sokka, however, is merely placed in charge of Momo and does nothing to contribute, much to his dismay as even Momo manages to help out by snuffing more ember fires than him.
Meanwhile, Warden Poon goes to give Iroh his food in prison. The guard mocks a markedly disheveled Iroh as he scrabbles for the gruel, even scooping what had fallen onto the ground into his mouth. As soon as the guard is gone, he becomes more collected, wipes the sweaty hair out of his face and calmly finishes his meal in peace, only eating out of the bowl.
While Team Avatar is dining in the town, Sokka expresses how he feels useless for not being able to bend or fight as well as the others, stating that he cannot "fly around" like the rest of them. The group tries to console him and takes him shopping at a weapons store. Katara is seen trying on leather gloves, and Aang tries on some very intimidating but heavy armor. After trying many weapons and injuring himself a few times, Sokka sees a priceless sword that he falls in love with. The shop owner informs him that it was forged by the Fire Nation's most renowned swords master, Piandao, who happens to live in a castle nearby. At Aang's suggestion, Sokka decides to seek the tutelage of the master because every other member of their group was formally trained by a real master of a bending art; Aang by Monk Gyatso, Katara by Master Pakku, and Toph by badgermoles, the original earthbenders.
Iroh is shown once again, lying on the ground deep in thought. Suddenly his eyes widen and he begins explosively doing bent-knee sit ups before the camera cuts away to the group.
Sokka travels to Piandao's dojo, only to be informed by Fat that the master turns away almost everyone. During the interview, Sokka humbly admits his own unworthiness to Piandao. However, this is exactly what Piandao was looking for, and the swordmaster quickly decides to take Sokka under his wing. Piandao teaches Sokka that a sword is an extension of imagination and creativity, and charges him with tasks such as landscape painting and calligraphy, and has him practice against his underling.
Meanwhile, Iroh is still being mocked by the guard. The scene cuts to the group missing Sokka, trying to make jokes in his absence. They have no success, and when Katara tries, Aang even says, "I guess the jokes don't run in the family." Back at the prison, Iroh is training in the guards' absence, having upgraded to a more difficult variation of sit-up, the straight-legged inverted sit-up, and clapping push-ups. He keeps up the facade of loneliness and desperation in front of the guard to hide his exercises in preparation for his break out.
In the meantime, Sokka's swordsmanship greatly improves, to the extent where he finally beats Fat while taking a new approach at some of the challenges set before him. By this time, Piandao believes Sokka to be worthy enough to choose a steel to make his own sword. Unsatisfied with the samples of metal before him, Sokka remembers the meteorite and gets Aang, Katara, and Toph to help him haul it up to the castle to use to make his sword. Aang and Katara are both overjoyed to see him again, while Toph claims that she did not care, turning away to hide the blush on her cheeks. They haul the meteorite up, with aid from Toph's earthbending. They are addressed at the door by Piandao, asking about Aang, Katara, and Toph, whom Sokka claims to be friends from the Fire Nation colonies from the former Earth Kingdom.
Still, Iroh is seen training whenever not under watch, being able to perform difficult exercises including but not limited to inverted crunches, inverted push-ups, and one handed pull-ups. By this time he seems to regain much of his strength.
After spending a full night forging his sword, being made in a traditional Chinese fashion of melting, pouring into a mold, shaping, and quenching, the swords master presents Sokka a very unique, all black sword, claiming to have never seen such a creative, imaginative student or blade. Sokka refuses, though, and confesses to actually being from the Southern Water Tribe. The master attacks him, and they engage in a duel. Aang and the others try to intervene, but Sokka tells them to stand back, feeling he needs to fight the battle on his own.
Meanwhile, still keeping his jailer unaware, Iroh has managed to recondition his body to be more formidable than ever before.
As the duel between Sokka and Piandao moves outside, Sokka uses the techniques he has learned—coupled with his youth and agility—to gain the upper hand, something the master points out several times. In the end, the swords master finally gains the upper hand, but sheaths his sword before delivering the final blow. He reveals that he had known Sokka is from the Water Tribe all along just from his name and also notes that Aang is the Avatar. Nonetheless, he claims that the art of the sword does not belong to any one nation and gives Sokka his sword back.
After leaving his castle, Fat runs after Sokka, giving him a bag as the swords master's gift. Inside the bag is a Pai Sho tile: the white lotus. As the doors to the master's home close, they notice that the symbol of the white lotus can be seen surrounding that of the Fire Nation. As they leave, Sokka gives Toph a remaining piece of the meteorite, calling it "space earth". Happy with the gift, Toph easily forms the meteoric iron into various shapes between her hands, such as a sphere, a spiral, a star, and a "splat".
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- Also starring:
- Robert Patrick - Piandao
- Chris Butler - Fat
- Greg Baldwin - Uncle
- This is the first episode in which Iroh is voiced exclusively by Greg Baldwin.
- Wayne Duvall - Warden Poon
- Additional voices:
- Dee Bradley Baker
- Greg Baldwin
Production notes
- Main article: Transcript:Sokka's Master
Avatar Extras
- Main article: Avatar Extras for Book Three: Fire
- A meteorite that large in reality would have destroyed everything for miles around; however, the meteorite collision that occurs at the beginning of the episode causes minimal damage.
- In the scene when Sokka is down about not being special, in one shot, the symbol on Aang's headband is missing and in another, Toph's nose is missing, when her hair is clearly away from her nose.
- When Sokka runs into the store, Toph is rendered in front of Sokka, even though she is farther away.
- In the store, the sword on the wall looks absurdly long from a distance. When Sokka takes it off the wall and unsheathes it, it is a normal, manageable size.
- When Sokka paints a Z-shaped ink pattern on his face, the dot of ink he had unintentionally gotten on his face earlier can still be seen, but by the time he smiled, the dot was gone.
- The ink Sokka spread on his face was in a Z-shape. When he was finished smearing it onto the paper, the ink should have been all over his face, but it was still in the same Z-shape as it was before.
- The ink Sokka purposely put on his face would not be enough to cover the area that was on the paper. His face would have to be completely covered in ink for this to work.
- Sokka's landscape, in addition to the added rainbow, oddly completely omits the waterfall itself. It is also painted in color, despite him only being given black ink.
- When Piandao tells Sokka he is ready for a real sword, part of the yellow rim on the bottom of his collar is missing.
- During the shot of the group standing outside the gate with the meteorite, Toph's shirt is missing but still retains her shoulder garments.
- In reality, it would take months and even up to a year in some cases to produce a Chinese or Japanese sword due to the intricate and time consuming phases of production.
- When Piandao strikes at Sokka after apologizing, Sokka unsheathes his sword to block. However, when the camera cuts to Sokka's face, the sword is back in its sheath.
- Iroh seems to have no scar or wound from when Azula struck him in the chest in "The Chase".
- When Sokka runs away during his fight with Piandao, he has no sword, but a few seconds later, he is cutting the bamboo with his sword.
- The waterfall Piandao has Sokka paint is heavily based on the Gullfoss Waterfall in Iceland, famed for its rainbows. Prior to beginning the final season, the show's creators traveled around Iceland, gathering inspiration for what the Fire Nation landscape would resemble.
- When Toph is playing with the meteorite rock at the end of the episode, one of the shapes she forms is a "splat". This is a reference to the Nickelodeon logo at the time of the episode's airing.
- The armor that Aang wears in the weapon shop is inspired by an early toy design of Aang with an armor suit. Additionally, the left gauntlet of the armor is similar to the right gauntlet design of the Soul Calibur character Nightmare.
- The white lotus appears a number of times in Piandao's castle, as do designs inspired by the lion turtle.
- Piandao suggests Sokka to use the name "Lee" while he is in the Fire Nation, as Lee is a common name. This is the same name Zuko used while living in the Earth Kingdom during the second book, while he was trying not to be discovered as being from the Fire Nation.
- What Piandao tells Sokka about imagining the sword as part of your own body mirrors what Suki told him about the fan in the first season. Zuko said something similar to Lee in "Zuko Alone", adding that his two swords are not separate, but two halves of the same deadly weapon.
- Robert Patrick, Piandao's voice actor, played the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The T-1000 could literally make its arms into swords, paralleling what Piandao says to Sokka when comparing the sword to a "long, very sharp arm".
- This is one of only six episodes in season three that does not start with the prefix "the".
- Piandao is based on Sifu Kisu, the fighting instructor for the show.
- The weapons store shopkeeper resembles Iroh and is even voiced by the same voice actor.


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