There has been a lot of downtime for banking websites these past couple of weeks. First it was Bank of America, the Wells Fargo, and now IBC bank. Both the IBC Bank website at IBC.com and the IBC Bank Online login site at ibcbankonline.ibc.com are down currently, and they have been for a couple hours it appears.
We have done some tests, and the website doesn’t even seem to return a ping result. The only thing that is returned is “Could not find host ibc.com”. Usually when something like this happens, it is because of a DDOS attack or some sort of overload on the server. However we could not confirm either of these.
There is no news from IBC Bank about the downtime as of yet, but usually in cases like this, the websites are back online within a few hours
It has been reported that the drug kingpin, Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, also known as La Barbie, has been captured by the Mexican police.
Due to drug laundering and smuggling activities across Mexico, La Barbie was wanted in Laredo and Mexico.
A Laredo native, La Barbie got captured on Monday after a shootout with Mexican authorities.
Although, the exact location of his arrest is unknown, according to some sources, La Barbie got captured in Mexico.
The former United High School football star, La Barbie was considered as a hero by many in Mexico. For information leading to capture La Barbie, U.S. authorities had offered a prize money of $2 million.
During Atlanta trial, in 2008, powerful evidences were shown against La Barbie to prove him as a major person in moving kilos of cocaine through Laredo.
Along with drug smuggling, La Barbie was also accused of murder and money laundering.
The elite tennis player Maria Sharapova got over a great opponent and a score deficit to overcome a big loss in the first round of the U.S. Open.
Maria Sharapova was the 2006 champion at the Flushing Meadows edition, she played very consistent and overwealming after the first set with scores of 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 achieving the victory against the Australian Jarmila Groth ranked 60th.
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Jarmila Groth hit fourteen double faults including the final point of the 2nd set. Groth was very aggressive and took risks that sometimes paid off and sometimes didn’t. Jarmila hit twenty four winners to nineteen for Maria Sharapova, and concluded with 48 mistakes against Sharapova’s 17 errors.
Maria Sharapova has never been eliminated in the first round in any of the seven U.S Open she has played. In the other hand she hasn’t been able to pass from the third round after winning the championship in 2006.
Player Profile
Name: Maria Sharapova
Country: Russia
Residence: Bradenton, Florida, USA
Date of birth: April 19, 1987
Age: 23
Place of birth: Nyagan, Soviet Union
Height: 1.88 m
Turned pro: April 19, 2001
Plays: Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money: US$13,621,022
Career record: 356 – 85 (81.0%)
Career titles: 22 WTA
Highest ranking: No. 1 (August 22, 2005)
Current ranking : No. 17 (August 30, 2010)
JERSEY SHORE — Just in time for summer’s last hurrah, Hurricane Earl, a powerful Category 4 storm churning in the Atlantic Ocean, is expected to deliver deadly rip currents, big surf and potentially tropical-storm force winds as it skirts the New Jersey coastline Friday.
If Earl keeps to its current course, it will remain 150 to 200 miles offshore as it clips the Outer Banks of North Carolina Wednesday and passes New Jersey during the day Friday, but it will still churn up the sea and keep lifeguards along the Jersey Shore on high alert.
Some forecasters and emergency management officials are warning residents up and down the East Coast — including the Garden State — to remain on high alert in case the storm drifts further west than computer models are projecting. Hurricane-force winds could extend dozens of miles out from the hurricane’s eye, so any deviation from its track could spell trouble for coastal communities.
With revelers set to flock to the Shore this Labor Day weekend to get one last dip for the season, Earl’s effects might put a crimp in any early plans. Some towns already are talking about closing beaches to swimming.
‘‘It’s going to be hot. People are going to be coming to the beach because it’s the last unofficial weekend of the summer,’’ said Lucas Fogerty, a lifeguard emergency medical technician at Seaside Heights. ‘‘We’re going to try to let people in the water as much as possible, but we don’t want to make it dangerous for them.’’
Kristin Kline, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Mount Holly office, said Earl — assuming it stays on its current path — won’t pack much of a punch by the time it reaches New Jersey, but it will stir up dangerous rip currents and some big surf.
Although the storm may force some evacuations in North Carolina, as of tonight Earl is on track to brush past New Jersey, staying far enough out to sea to keep rainfall, winds and flooding to a minimum, she said.
‘‘If you live right along the coast, it’s good to be aware of the winds if you need to prepare,’’ Kline said. ‘‘With the current forecast track, it’s not going to cause a lot of damage.’’
But the effects of its northerly march will be seen long before its expected arrival late Thursday into Friday. The ocean will start churning up Wednesday, creating rip currents and high surf that should last through Friday before diminishing Saturday as the storm pulls out, Kline said.
Fogerty said lifeguards at Seaside are already pulling lifeboats from the beach in preparation for the high tides. They’ve also decided they may allow swimmers into the ocean only up to their knees Wednesday and may restrict swimming altogether on Friday because of the size and force of the waves and their potential to create dangerous rip currents.
Rough waters were already causing some problems along the shoreline this afternoon. Seaside Heights police had to close local beaches at about 5 p.m. because of strong riptide currents — the lingering effects of another storm, Hurricane Danielle, far out in the Atlantic.
The U.S. Coast Guard had also dispatched a helicopter and a boat to spearhead the search for a missing 23-year-old male in Asbury Park today, according to Petty Officer Jonathan Lindbergh, an agency spokesman. Lindbergh said the man went into the surf sometime after 5 p.m. and has not resurfaced.
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The American Red Cross, which trains the lifeguards on the Jersey Shore, is urging beachgoers to be especially attentive and vigilant, said Melissa DeGennaro, a spokeswoman for the organization’s Jersey Coast chapter.
‘‘Labor Day weekend — the pressure’s on,’’ she said. ‘‘We’re trying to be ahead of the game. There’s going to be a lot of people here.’’
DeGennaro said her chapter finished packing five trailers of emergency supplies — including cots, comfort kits and blankets — ready to be deployed to any shelters in New Jersey should they be needed over the weekend.
‘‘We’re preparing for the worst situation,’’ she said. ‘‘Maybe the eye of the storm isn’t going to pass over New Jersey, but there are a lot of flood-prone areas at the Shore,’’ she said.
The Red Cross also has 100 volunteers trained in disaster relief services ready to go where they’re needed, whether it’s in New Jersey or elsewhere.
Earl is expected to usher in showers and thunderstorms in Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties tomorrow into Friday, but not in the form of torrential downpours. Kline said only a quarter-inch to a half-inch of rain should fall if the storm stays on its current track.
Tropical-storm force winds of up to 40 mph will hit the southern coast, most likely from Atlantic City and down, Kline said. Those winds, pushing water toward the coast, also means that area has the better chance of experiencing flooding, which should be minor, she said.
Fogerty, the lifeguard EMT, said Earl should create a surfer’s delight: 6-foot waves Wednesday, and nearly double that height on Friday.
Monmouth County has weathered many storms over the past year and is ready for Earl, said Glenn Mason, the county’s emergency management coordinator. Emergency equipment and supplies are already in each of its 53 municipalities, and the county is providing local emergency management coordinators with regular storm updates, he said.
‘‘We’ve had three nor’easters and four snow storms this year,’’ Mason said. ‘‘So what’s one more hurricane?’’
Amid the glow of the new midway Ferris wheel and the aromas of funnel cake and farm animals mingling in the warm evening air, the 158th Great Allentown Fair opened its gates Tuesday for a week of family fun.
Families strolled through the barns, petting goats and sheep and admiring the exotic plumage on the variety of chickens. Couples sipped fresh-squeezed lemonade. Children took their shot at the ring toss, or asked big brothers to help them win that coveted stuffed animal prize. The familiar scenes mark the unofficial close of summer, as many area youths revel in this last week spent carefree with friends before returning to the classroom.
"I'm going to see Rush and I'm pretty excited," said Skyler Vassallo, 17, who will be an Allen High School senior.
Hordes of Rush fans arrived before sunset in T-shirts from past concerts to grab a bite to eat and get into the grandstands early.
Julie Greenzweig of Allentown brought her 1-year-old daughter Kaitlin to the fair. They walked through the barns admiring the 4-H Club livestock on display.
"It's her first time and we brought her out so she could see the animals," Greenzweig said. "She loved the cows."
As the sun set and the evening cooled, Alan and Carmen Moyer of Allentown arrived at the fair and took a quick stroll past the cows, pausing to pet one large, gentle bovine on the way to carry out other plans.
"I'm here for the food," Alan Moyer said, adding that each year he has to have a cheesesteak and fresh-cut fries. "I'm here every year, I was born and raised here."
Away from the noise of the midway rides and the first chords of Rush echoing off the buildings, crowds toured the Agri-Plex, admiring the award-winning produce and watching the judging of a cake baking contest.
William Albert, president of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society that organizes the fair each year, said there are more than 9,000 entries in the contests at the Agri-Plex this year.
"If you come to the fair and you don't get to the west end of the fairgrounds, you haven't been to the Allentown Fair," Albert told a crowd of about 150 people under the Music Tent for the evening's opening ceremonies.
Albert said animals and agriculture are what the fair is about.
The opening ceremonies included the introduction of Cedar Crest College sophomore Stephanie Baunach as the 2010 Fair Queen. Baunach is from a dairy farming family in Coopersburg.
Russell Redding, the state agriculture secretary, lauded the fair for its celebration of agriculture. He said each of the 114 fairs in the state is like a patch in a quilt.
Each one is a unique part of Pennsylvania," Redding said.
Albert said the fair has welcomed thousands of guests throughout the years, including World War II Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1951. Albert said MacArthur took the train from New York with his son, dined on pork and sauerkraut at the fair and later called the event the greatest county fair in America.
"MacArthur was a pretty smart man, I tell you," Albert said.
Admission is $6. Children under 12 are admitted free. The fair runs through Monday.
Damn, Bravo gave us the one two punch with Housewives related news this week. First we got the bitchfest known as the Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion (commentary here), and now we have the “official” Bravo announcement of the premiere date date for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the sixth installment of Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise. Mazel, Bravo, for keeping us on our toes!
The new cast, which was basically confirmed a while back from various news sources, is the first to include six women from the start and each women have socialite notoriety before getting their Housewives status, so this should make for great TV as their personalities collide. Let’s see who Bravo has picked to represent the glamourous world of Beverly Hills?
Camille Grammer
• What Bravo Says… – Was married to Kelsey Grammer for 13 years (kids Jude and Mason came from that union) and co-owner of Grammnet Inc., which produces shows like Medium, The Game, and Girlfriends. She also owns rare first collections of novels like The Sound and the Fury and Pride and Prejudice. Camille is a triple threat in acting, dancing, and modeling; appearing in numerous shows, movies, and Club MTV back in the day.
• What We Know… – “Was married” is the key word here for Camille as she and Kelsey Grammer were going through a divorce as the show was being filmed. That painful, and possibly ugly, situation could be a focal point on the show, but the real question is how much of that will we actually see?
Taylor Armstrong
• What Bravo Says... - An Oklahoma native who recently migrated to Beverly Hills 7 years ago. She runs her own SAP firm named elmplement, Inc and also devotes her time to 1736 Family Crisis Center, a non-profit for domestic violence victims. Taylor’s brains go hand in hand with her beauty, which she keeps up so that her husband, venture capitalist Russell Armstrong, won’t have a wandering eye in the town of plastic and silicone. The two have a 4-yr old daughter named Kennedy, who has a $50,000 birthday bash this season. Wow.
• What We Know… – Not much other than what was given to us in the press release and the preview clip, which clearly states that she and her husband are having issues.
Lisa VanderPump – Todd
• What Bravo Says… – Another native Brit, but with more sugar than Cat’s (of D.C. Housewives) spice. She’s stayed in the South of France and Monte Carlo, as well as her home city of London (envy her already) and has designed everything from houses to yachts to bars. Lisa also is the owner of two of the hottest restaurants in the area, Sur in West Hollywood and Villa Blanca, where celebrities are said to roam and be noticed. Family wise, Lisa is married to Ken Todd with two children, Brian (18) and Pandora (24). Along with the family are four dogs, one of which is named Giggy, who Lisa has dubbed the gigolo, who sleeps with her every night. Wow. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg of accomplishments, Mrs. VanderPump-Todd has on her resume.
• What We Say… – We love her already. 1) She’s British. 2) Independent 3). She calls her dog her gigolo. Come on! What’sNOT to love about her?!?!
Adrienne Maloof
• What Bravo Says… – Married to Dr. Paul Nassif (of Dr. 90201 fame), Adrienne is an entrepreneur and part of the dynasty that is the Maloof Family Dynasty, responsible for the Sacramento Kings and The Palms Casino resort (on top of other things). While not a Beverly Hills native (she’s from New Mexico), Adrienne has 15 years under her belt in the glamourous zip code and has made a name for herself along with that of her family. Philanthropist and business woman aside, she is all about her family and raising her two sons, eldest Gavin (7) and twins Christian and Colin (4).
• What We Say… – Seems like her brood is a bit obsessive with the botox/plastic surgery, but we are eager to see how much she brings to the table. Oh and her mansion looks as if it can hold three mansions. Maybe more.
Kim Richards
• What Bravo Says… – Former Disney Film Princess in her heyday, Kim is the aunt of notorious socialites Paris and Nicky Hilton and is the older sister of fellow Housewife Kyle Richards. Currently single, Kim has four children Brooke (24), Whitney (20), Chad (19), and Kimberly (15) that she devotes a lot of her time to, which Kyle disapproves of. Oh, the two Richards sisters are not as family oriented as New Jersey’s Caroline’s brood. They might will want to take lessons in that. In other endeavors, Kim wants to do a line of jewelry and water bottles where the proceeds will go to charity. In her niece Paris’s words, “That’s hot.”
• What We Say… – We love a good sibling catfight and it seems that she and Kyle will bring the goods.
Kyle Richards
• What Bravo Says… – While Kim retired early from acting, Kyle stayed in the field, with a most recent role in Paris’s 2006 college comedy, “Pledge This”. Horror aficionados might remember Kyle as Lindsay Wallace in the original “Halloween”. Nowadays Kyle is an advocate in the fight for cancer and is married to Hilton & Hyland realtor, Mauricio Umansky. The two have four kids: Farrah (21), Alexia (14), Sophia (10), and Portia (2).
• What We Say… – Wait. She has FOUR KIDS??!? And One of them is 21??!?!?! WOW!!!!! It’s quite interesting to see little Lindsay Wallace grown up, but it will be more interesting to see Ms. Temper Tantrum throw multiple fits this season.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills will enter our household on Oct 14, right after The Real Housewives of D.C. finishes their run. Until then, here’s a three-minute plus clip of what to expect this year.
latest update news about JOE GIUDICE is that he have new girl friend the rumour is surrounding alla around ,It has also been reported that Teresa Guidice is over the edge of Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion. Back to the main topic with Joe Guidice having a mistress, People are now looking for some of the Joe Giudice Girlfriend Photo Pics. Guess its a sad one for Teresa Giudice.
So who is this Tara G.? She apparently, “drives a new Volvo, wears designer gowns to parties and has her own condo, but doesn’t work because allegedly Joe supports her.” Although other rumors are that it’s his brother’s wife. But Teresa is standing by her side of the story, that she just got upset about Danielle speaking of her family. There were also rumors out there that Joe was seen with a blond the night of his accident. Jacqueline tweeted, “No, there is no Tara or love child.Lol!Tamra from OC HW was out 2dinner w/us the night of accident,maybe that’s the blond pple saw”
What do you think? Do you think Joe has a lady lover on the side and had a child with her?
Do I believe Joe is cheating? Yes. Do I think they will get divorced over it? No.
Teresa won’t file for divorce because Joe doesn’t legally own anything or make any money, so that means she most likely won’t receive child support or alimony and might actually have to get a job. And Joe won’t file for divorce because Teresa knows where the bodies are buried. And I’m sure they will get a lot of pressure from their old school parents and family members to stay together. Since “Gumars” are mafia Italian tradition just like huge flashy christenings, a first dance with your baby, and naming Godmothers who aren’t Catholic, I think Teresa will probably just roll with it.
lets see what will be happen after all the story ??
"Jersey Shore's" one-man corporation was unable to make it to the season 11 "Dancing with the Stars" cast announcement on Monday and that's not all he's missing out on.
According to TMZ.com, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino will also spend less time rehearsing for the dance competition due to his obligations to "Jersey Shore," the MTV series that launched him to fame.
While the rest of the "DWTS" cast started rehearsals on Monday, the ab-tastic reality star will reportedly not set foot in the studio until Sept. 8.
Bristol Palin, David Hasselhoff and the rest of the competitors will therefore benefit from almost twice as much practice as The Situation before "Dancing with the Stars" premieres on Sept. 20.
News broke last week that The Situation would be fist-pumping and beating the beat on the upcoming season of "DWTS," adding to the slew of other projects that could earn him $5 million by the end of the year.
Currently filming the third season of "Jersey Shore," The Situation is also making public appearances, writing his autobiography and is also promoting a clothing line for Dilligaf and a fitness video.
The second season of "Jersey Shore" airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on MTV.
