90 percent of Americans eat too much salt: study

WASHINGTON: Only one in 10 Americans keep their salt intake within recommended levels, with the rest overstepping the limits and risking high blood pressure and heart ailments, a CDC report said Thursday.

The Atlanta, Georgia-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found the average daily sodium intake of Americans was 3,466 milligrams, twice as much as recommended in health authorities” guidelines.

Americans in good health are advised to consume less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day, while people with high blood pressure, all middle-age and older adults and all African-Americans should limit their intake to 1,500 milligrams. The CDC study found that only 9.6 percent of the US population fall within the sodium intake guidelines, including 5.5 percent of the group limited to 1,500 milligrams and 18.8 percent of the 2,300 milligrams per day group.

It also determined that 77 percent of the salt eaten by Americans comes from processed and restaurant foods, especially pizza, breads and cookies that “may not even taste salty.”

Traffic stops at Times Square for Hrithik Roshan during Kites Premiere

Hrithik Roshan proved a real and literal traffic-stopper in New York on Sunday night when all traffic was halted for him to sprint across 42nd Street to meet his fans.
Amidst heavy security bandobast at Times Square, the New York premiere of Kites concluded on Sunday evening to a roaring ovation. There were some heart- stopping moments of security hazard caused mainly by Hrithik Roshan’s fan-concern when breaking all protection protocol the star made a dash across the bustling 42nd Street from the venue of the premiere to eager fans across the road.
Hrithik Roshan’s considerate gesture towards fans at the Times Square venue of the Kites premiere on Sunday evening, created panic for the tense and anxious Kites team.
The story goes…at around 5 in the evening when Hrithik along with his co-star Barbara Mori and wife Sussanne, Dad and Mom – Rakesh and Pinky Roshan, director Anurag Basu (with wife) and other members of the team reached the 42nd street at Times Square, he was told to wave out to hordes of Indian fans who had been standing on the other side of the super-board street since early morning waiting for a glimpse of the star.
Sanjeev Lamba of Reliance Big Pictures confirms the incident, “Hrithik did indeed dash across the 42nd Street from our red carpet to waiting fans across the road. And we aren’t about crossing just any busy street at peak hour. 42nd Street is a gigantic universe. Hrithik ran across a good half a mile to get to his fans.”
The elaborate security was obviously in a panic.
Says Lamba, “We had to halt all traffic on 42nd Street for Hrithik to cross. So we can finally say Hrithik Roshan is the first traffic-stopper from Bollywood to make the crossover.”
Not just a dash across the busiest street to meet his fans, Hrithik and his dad also made impromptu arrangements for about 500 fans to be accommodated in an extra screen at the AMC Empire theatre.
Hours after the exhausting and exhilarating experience, Rakesh Roshan said, “What could we do? There were 400-500 of Hrithik’s fans who wanted to see the film. There were women crying, girls tearing their hair and threatening to commit suicide.”
In addition to the 700-seater at the AMC Empire theatre, smaller 500-seater screener was rented for extra fans at the last minute.
“We had no choice. The fans wouldn’t have allowed us to have the New York premiere, if we refused. We’re glad Hrithik’s fans returned happy. At the after-party at the Grand Park Ville, everyone was talking about the new grammar of filmmaking in Kites.”

Mani Ratnam to be honoured at the 67th Venice International Film Festival

Veteran filmmaker Mani Ratnam is all set to be bestowed with the Jaeger-LeCoultre ‘Glory to the Filmmaker’ award at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. In recent years, the award has gone to other major world filmmakers such as Takeshi Kitano, Abbas Kiarostami, Agnes Varda, and Sylvester Stallone. This year however, Swiss watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrates its six years of partnership with the Venice International Film Festival by announcing Jaeger-LeCoultre ‘Glory to the Filmmaker’ award.

Speaking on why they chose Mani Ratnam for this honour, Marco Mueller, Venice Film Festival director says, “Mani Ratnam used to initially make movies only in his native tongue, Tamil, but has now been one of a handful of filmmakers to successfully handle the transition to the All-India market. One of the great innovators in contemporary Indian cinema, he helped introduce the auteur concept to contemporary Bollywood. His movies display precision and poise, and have always been removed from the bombast and bluster of mass-produced regional cinema. The lavish musical numbers in his films, some of the best-tailored in Mumbai and Madras in recent years, have influenced the style of many others (as well as the design of commercials and music videos). Ratnam’s most celebrated films have become part of the cinematic imagination of the sub-continent.”

On the occasion of the award ceremony, the Mostra will present the festival premiere of Mani Ratnam’s much-anticipated forthcoming film Raavan, attended by the director and by its cast and crew including Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, and music maestro A.R. Rahman. Raavan is produced by Madras Talkies in association with Reliance Big Pictures and distributed internationally by Reliance Big Pictures and IM Global.

“Raavan will enchant audiences with its stirring drama and entrancing musical sequences,” says Marco Mueller. “We are proud to be hosting the festival premiere of this wonderful film, which will be presented at the 2010 Mostra in both the Hindi and the Tamil versions.”

As in previous editions, together with the award the director will be presented with a Reverso Jaeger-LeCoultre watch, a one-of-a-kind model with a commemorative engraving.

Amitabh Bachchan joins Twitter

After getting tremendous response on his blog, Big B has joined the Twitter parade and the followers are just rising by the minute. Bachchan goes with twitter handle @SrBachchan. In his effervescent style, his first tweet reads, “@juniorbachchan hey baby !! I made it on twitter !!! Yeeaaaaaahhhh !! … sorry.. just got carried away .. safe onward flight and love.”

Now you can be in touch with Big B all the time, though it’s yet to be seen what his average tweets would be. Though his fan “following” on twitter would be massive, Big B himself is following his son @juniorbachchan. It’ll now be interesting to see if Bachchan breaks records of other superstars like SRK, Salman, Hrithik etc. as far as fan following on twitter is concerned.

For now, we can only wait and watch. Till then, Happy Tweeting Mr. Bachchan

Maya Moore Becomes Third Two-Time State Farm Wade Trophy Winner

Brittney Griner | Candace Parker | Tina Charles | Geno Auriemma | Baylor Women s Basketball

Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced that the University of Connecticut junior Maya Moore has been named the State Farm Wade Trophy Player Of The Year for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. The WBCA presents this award on behalf of the Wade Coalition, manually the top player in NCAA Division I.
Maya Moore and her Connecticut Huskies got past a really big obstacle blocking their path.
So after pulling away from the 6-foot-8 freshman Brittney laughs and Baylor to a 70-50 victory Sunday night and 77: e only win, the Huskies are ready for a rematch with Stanford, this time for the NCAA championship.

SAN ANTONIO APRIL 04 forward Maya Moore, Connecticut Huskies 23 expect the ball against Shanay Washington 15 Baylor Bears Women’s Final Four semifinals in the Alamo Dome on 4 April 2010 in San Antonio.

Moore is currently an average of 18.4 points and 2.2 rebounds 8.2 steals a game this season. She has one season scoring record of Connecticut 754 points during his sophomore campaign. Moore helped lead her team to 76 straight victories and NCAA Division I Championships in 2009. This season, Moore’s team to return to the NCAA Final Four defend his title and try for their second national championship in a row and seventh overall. She was recently named the 2010 NCAA Dayton Regional’s most outstanding players.

The Wade Trophy Coalition was established in June 2000 when the WBCA cooperation with the National Association of Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS). For the past ten years the two have worked together to State Farm Wade Trophy Player of the Year Award. A committee consisting of coaches, leaders and media from across the United States chooses the winner.

Breaking Bad Season 3 Episode 3

Breaking Bad Season 3 Episode 3, “Breaking Bad Season 3 Episode 3Breaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The series is produced by Sony Pictures.

Television and broadcast in the U.S. and Canada on cable network AMC. It premiered on 20 January 2008 and completed his first seven-episode season, March 9, 2008. The show’s 13-episode second season runs from March 8 to May 31 2009th The third season began on 21 March 2010.

Breaking Bad Season 3 Episode 3 online TV channels on your PC. Time - Airdate: April 4, 2010 10:00 Eastern Standard Time. Summary Details: I.F.T. Walt tries to bring the family together again, making Jesse and unexpected investments with Saul’s attention.

Roto-Rooter’s Rick Arquilla: Slay the Enemy!

Meet this week’s Undercover Boss, Roto-Root President and COO Rick Arquilla.Rick have a hell-of-a sense of humor, a burning passion for service industry and a competitive spirit, as any manager, executive and business leader have to win in this hyper-competitive global market.

Tobacco:
How’d you come to work for Roto-Root?

Arquilla:
I was not sure what I wanted to be when I grew up. I started in computer science – engineering, because it was hot area at the time. Now I will be honest and it is not easy for me to say this, but I realized eventually that there were many people in the large lot smarter than me. I realized that at best I would be the average. I think it is one of the early life lessons: You can not always be the best at something. You can get it for the wrong reasons, and when you really need to consider what you are good at, so I switched to business.

My first job was with Chemlawn and I grew up through the ranks to become a bank manager in 33 or 34th So the company was acquired by Ecolab and, yes, it was just not doing it for me anymore, so I took a sabbatical and then began to seek domestic service and something about Roto-root just felt right.

KSE:Rise In Open Interest Future Contracts

Open interest rate in the future contracts in Karachi Stock Exchange has been increased by 171% and stands at Rs51.80million.
During the last week, the deliverable future contracts witnessed an increase of Rs32.70million. Future contract spread rose by -841 basis points and the average future trade volume increased by 11.7. Volume leaders were NBP, AICL, MCB, POL and PPL, these companies have a weightage of 83% in the open interest.

US HOT STOCKS: Palm, Coca-Cola

TrendPK.com US HOT STOCKS: Palm, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Express Scripts US
U.S. stocks traded lower Thursday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 157 points to 10217, the S&P 500 index dropped 16 points to 1089 and the Nasdaq Composite declined 33 points to 2203. Among the companies whose shares are actively trading [...]

Crude Closes Below $75

Crude Closes Below $75, At the end of the trading week crude oil closes down below $75 per barrel.
Due to decline in the prices of lube, American refineries have also decreased their average production by 2.9% and are operating at 78%. Rise in the price of Dollar is also having a negative impact on the prices of oil. Excessive production by OPEC is also contributing to the decrease of prices. According to experts due to sufficient supply of oil in the market a decline in oil prices is being witnessed.

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Crude Closes Below $75 was first posted on January 24, 2010 at 9:51 pm.

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