Real Housewives, Really Ugly Houses? – The Star-Ledger

Realtor.com listing Melissa Gorga's home, at 8 Pond View in Montville, is among those listed on Complex.com's "10 Ugliest McMansions in New Jersey."Complex.com's list of the "10 Ugliest McMansions in New Jersey" isn't particularly kind to the Garden State. It's even harsher on Morris County, where four homes made the list — three in Montville Township.And it's particularly cruel to Montville's two Real Housewives of New Jersey stars — Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga. The sometimes-friends, Read more [...]

IT Rates IBM’s Q1 Labs Top SIEM Performer

Security information and event management, or SIEM, products can help security and IT professionals make sense of the incredible amounts of data generated by security and network devices. They aggregate and correlate events and logs to provide a more complete picture of network activity. Data sources typically include firewalls; switches and routers; intrusion-detection and intrusion-prevention systems; application, database, identity management, and Web servers; and workstations. While SIEM Read more [...]

Driver is killed at mud-bog event in Fluvanna County

PALMYRA, Va. -- A mud-bog event at a Fluvanna County farm turned fatal Saturday when a driver lost control of his vehicle and landed upside down in a pond full of swimmers, according to the Fluvanna County Sheriff's Office.The driver, Carol Dennis "Chuck" Engel Jr., 45, of Goochland County, was pronounced dead before he could be airlifted from the event at Haislip Farm, located between Scottsville and Palmyra. The cause of death was listed as drowning, his brother-in-law Read more [...]

Site for Eureka’s more golden sister tower in Melbourne’s Southbank listed …

Melburnians may have double the reason to either love or loathe the city skyline in a few years’ time, with the site for a proposed sister skyscraper to the post-modern Eureka Tower listed for sale. Source: Skyscrapercity.com The 2,642-square-metre site at 70 Southbank Boulevard is directly across the road from the Eureka Tower and has been listed with a $25 million price tag. It is being sold via an international public expressions of interest campaign managed by CBRE’s Mark Wizel and Joshua Read more [...]

NHL star tries to score at World Series of Poker – Las Vegas Review

Playing goalie in the National Hockey League is a lot like playing high-stakes tournament poker. One mistake can cost you dearly . Roberto Luongo understands pressure in both the hockey and poker arenas. On Saturday at the Rio, Luongo took on the poker world, playing in the World Series of Poker's $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em World Championship. His entry was funded by British Columbia Lottery Corp., which operates legal online poker games in the Canadian province. Seat No. 4 at table 352 inside Read more [...]

SEC asks listed firms to form audit committees

Monday, July 9, 2012 Companies listed on the stockmarket will have to form audit committees for greater transparency and accountability purposes, according to the new guidelines of Securities and Exchange Commission. The audit committee shall assist the board of directors to ensure that the financial statements are a true reflection of the company's state-of-affairs.The committee will be comprised of at least three members, Read more [...]