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All exercise burns calories, but those sports are burning fat calories? Low intense exercise, such as outdoor brisk walking, brisk walking speed will not let you breathe too, and can be maintained for several hours, this movement burning mostly fat.
Moderately intense exercise, such as standard aerobic exercise classes, usually for 1-2 hours. This will exercise your muscles used half fat and half use GLYCOGEN. Highly competitive sport, where athletes race, usually only lasting from 30 minutes to 60 minutes. Obviously, if you want to eliminate the fat, we should do fierce low to moderately intense exercise.
Low intense exercise, in addition to burning fat directly, it also has more metabolic effect. The low intense exercise but also a burning a small portion of glucose, so it will make your blood sugar tends to the minimum value of the normal value.

Low blood sugar can lower your normal insulin, which will cause fat cells to release fatty acids, providing you energy when you rest. Low intense exercise can continue to burn after you exercise, fat, this is a good thing for dieters.
Of course, if you do not do sports but only eat low insulin diet, as long as the blood sugar enough to make your brain and nervous to use, you can also maintain a low normal blood sugar and burn fat. However, if the co-ordination of movement, the effect will be better.
Obviously, every meal (or snack) Yung Yang let us eat too many carbohydrates, the consequences are fat burning system will be shut down until you eat the incoming carbohydrates run out. If you do, I suggest you go back and forth several times on the street.
Intense sports so that your blood sugar becomes too low, your brain and nervous system for such a low blood sugar "unhappy", and therefore require you to eat more.
When you exercise, feel the hunger, which means that you consume some of the stored glucose. Your GLYCOGEN reserves are small, do not exercise case, usually enough to use only 12-15 hours. The low intense exercise will allow you to consume most of the glycogen storage capacity. Note that your brain at any time in observation of liver sugar is sufficient, if insufficient, it will ask you to eat something to supplement. So, what do you feel hungry what should I eat after exercise? Don't eat your brains "not happy", eat too much carbohydrates and fat-burning system to lock up. You should eat foods low in GI, and allows you to quickly stop the hunger and can continue to burn fat.
All in all, the prerequisite for doing any exercise is nutritious enough, and crabs do not overdose. Do sports do not have the pressure, or forced to feel. Relax for the Games feel more and more health.
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Students in tornado-hit Ind. town await 'Lady A'

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? Tornadoes battered their school and homes, and spring break was spent cleaning up. Henryville has only begun to rebuild, but for one night, its high school students will get to put aside their worries for a private show by one of country music's biggest acts.

The southern Indiana community will share the spotlight with Grammy-winning Lady Antebellum on Wednesday night at the KFC Yum Center in nearby Louisville, Ky., where the trio will stage a "mini-prom" bash for students at Henryville Junior-Senior High School, followed by a benefit for the devastated community.

"With everything's that's happened ? the tornado and the destruction ? now we'll have something else to remember for the rest of our lives," said Henryville junior class vice president Kaitlyn Maloney, 17, who rode out the March 2 storm with her parents in the basement of their Henryville home. "This will give us something to remember that's happy."

The battered high school landed both events in late March by winning Lady Antebellum's online "Own the Night" contest offering one school a concert at its prom. Schools as far away as northern Wisconsin submitted YouTube videos on behalf of Henryville, an unincorporated town hit by two tornadoes ? one packing 175 mph winds ? on a day when storms killed 13 people in Indiana and 24 in Kentucky.

Singer Hillary Scott said the band was moved by what she called the "selfless" entries from other schools, including rival Silver Creek High School in nearby Sellersburg, Ind.

"That was just such, honestly, an encouraging thing to think that those high schoolers, that generation, they're that helpless, they want to help each other that much," she said. "It was definitely an easy decision."

Lady Antebellum wasn't able to perform at Henryville's prom in late April due to a conflict with the band's schedule. Instead, it opted for the mini-prom open to the 188 junior and seniors and their dates who attended the school's formal prom, followed by a concert to benefit the town.

Each of Henryville's juniors and seniors received five tickets for floor seating at the show. The juniors and seniors at Silver Creek, the rival Clark County school that nominated Henryville, each received one ticket, said Tahnee Brown of concert promoter National Shows 2.

Lady A's Charles Kelley said the band hopes to lift the Henryville community's spirits by putting on a special show.

"We want to just go there and hopefully bring a little joy, meet them, shake their hands, encourage them to try to get through it as best as they can," the singer said.

The sold-out benefit is accompanied by an online drive that's one of several disaster relief efforts for Henryville. That online drive had generated more than $119,000 by Wednesday morning, but concert organizers say that reflects only a portion of the money that's been collected.

Henryville senior Austin Albert, whose father, Troy Albert, is the high school's principal, said the show will be a huge boost to the hard-hit community.

"It's given us something to look forward to ? something big for a small-town like we're in, that's pretty cool," he said.

The show also could be a sort of homecoming for many town residents, said Monroe Township Trustee Allen Bottorff, a lifelong Henryville resident whose home was damaged in the storms and lost a second one he and his wife were remodeling. He planned to attend the show with his family, including his 18-year-old twins, son Tanner and daughter Drew.

"It's going to be quite a bit of a reunion for a lot of people who have been scattered about," Bottorff said.

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Online: www.bit.ly/ladyaprom

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Associated Press staffer Mesfin Fekadu in New York contributed to this story.

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Thunder rally to edge Lakers 77-75 in Game 2

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka, left, tumbles over Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum during the first quarter of Game 2 in an NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference semifinal, in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka, left, tumbles over Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum during the first quarter of Game 2 in an NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference semifinal, in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace, right, shoots in front of Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka during the first quarter in Game 2 of an NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference semifinal, in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka, left, blocks a shot by Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum during the second quarter in Game 2 of an NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference semifinal, in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace (15) shoots in front of Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka, center left, during the first quarter in Game 2 of an NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference semifinal, in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Los Angeles Lakers center Jordan Hill, right, dunks in front of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) during the second quarter in Game 2 of an NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference semifinal, in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ? Down in desperation time, Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks called on Kevin Durant to show that he's more than just a three-time scoring champion. And that meant guarding one of the NBA's all-time best.

Durant was up to the challenge, keeping Kobe Bryant from excelling as usual in his closer's role while sparking the Thunder's rally for a 77-75 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Wednesday night.

Durant scored 22 points and rattled in the go-ahead basket on a baseline runner with 18 seconds left as Oklahoma City scored the final nine points. He also had a crucial steal from Bryant to fuel the rally.

"People talk about how I score the ball," said Durant, one of only seven players to lead the NBA in scoring three straight seasons.

"They don't look at me when we go on the other end. I think this whole playoff run, I've been picking it up on the defensive end."

Oklahoma City trailed by seven with 2 minutes left before surging back with a series of defensive stops by its stars to rally from that deficit in the closing stages of a game for the second time this postseason. The Thunder also were down by seven with 2? minutes left in Game 1 of the first round against defending NBA champion Dallas.

"They won't quit. That's not in their DNA," Brooks said. "They're not wired that way and if they were, they wouldn't be here. We're not going to win every game, but we're going to fight to the last second of the game and we did that tonight.

"If we would have gotten down on ourselves with 2 minutes to go, we would have lost by 12 and we would go to L.A. 1-1."

Instead, Oklahoma City takes a 2-0 lead into Game 3 on Friday night at Staples Center.

Bryant and Andrew Bynum scored 20 points apiece for the Lakers, who came up empty on their last six possessions after Bynum's hook shot made it 75-68 with 2:09 remaining.

Struggling throughout the second half and missing 20 of their first 27 shots, the Thunder came alive after Brooks called a timeout when Bynum's basket gave Los Angeles its largest lead of the game.

James Harden drove for a layup before Durant used his height advantage to reach up and tip away a pass from Bryant. He then ran out for a right-handed dunk at the other end.

Brooks had switched Durant onto Bryant with about 5 minutes left, after Bryant had hit a pair of jumpers as the Lakers started to inch away.

"That wasn't the game plan going in, but there was a moment when I thought Kobe was starting to fill it and I thought Kevin's length would bother him," Brooks said.

That's exactly how it played out ? with the 6-foot-9 Durant using his wingspan to come up with an energizing steal and fast-break chance.

Russell Westbrook then forced another turnover by challenging an outlet pass to Bryant along the sideline. Officials originally ruled that it went off Westbrook, but changed the call after seeing on replay that he didn't touch it and Bryant whiffed on the contested catch.

"What they did the last few minutes there, they just made gambles," Bryant said. "They just jumped in the passing lanes. It's something that we're not accustomed to seeing. It's just flat-out risks defensively."

Harden made the next stop, blocking Bryant's jumper on the Lakers' next possession and getting a layup in transition off it to cut the deficit to one in the final minute.

Bryant then missed on a 3-pointer and the Thunder got the ball back with the chance to take the lead and Durant was able to make it happen on the offensive end.

"I think Kevin has improved on being a two-way player," Brooks said. "I think the last three years it's taken our team to a different level and it takes his game to a different level."

Steve Blake missed an open 3-pointer from the right side with about 5 seconds left after Metta World Peace couldn't get the ball to Bryant on the inbounds play.

Bryant, who was the primary option on the play, said Blake's shot was in the air by the time he turned around to look for an inbounds pass.

"Blake was wide open. We didn't have any timeouts left and he got a clean look, a really good look," World Peace said. "He can knock that down."

Durant was then fouled with 0.3 seconds left and made his first try before missing the second on purpose ? failing to hit the backboard or rim for a violation.

The Lakers got a desperation try, but Harden intercepted World Peace's long pass for Bynum.

Westbrook added 15 points for Oklahoma City, which matched its lowest scoring total of the season but still gutted out the win. The Thunder had ripped apart the Lakers' defense with their pick-and-roll attack in Game 1, scoring 119 points in a 29-point blowout.

Pau Gasol had 14 points and 11 rebounds for L.A.

Historically, the loss makes a huge difference. Los Angeles is 29-12 when splitting the first two games of a seven-game series and has lost 17 of 19 when falling into a 2-0 hole. The Lakers' last comeback was in the 2004 West semifinals against San Antonio.

The Thunder have won all nine of their series after leading 2-0, dating to the franchise's days in Seattle.

"We've got to win," Bynum said. "It's do or die come Friday."

Bryant almost led the Lakers to a big bounce-back victory in this one.

He drilled a jumper from the left wing and Blake followed with a 3-pointer before World Peace hit one of two free throws for a 69-63 advantage with 7:27 remaining. Bryant then answered Serge Ibaka's jumper before missing his final five shots.

He also had a hand in two turnovers in the final 2 minutes, the first created by Durant's defense.

"He used his length on Kobe. Coming up with that steal was huge," Lakers' coach Mike Brown said. "That's what great players are supposed to do. They're supposed to take on the challenge at the end of the game and he did.

"He won the game for them, basically."

Notes: The NBA fined Devin Ebanks $25,000 on Wednesday for actions related to his Game 1 ejection and Bynum $15,000 for failing to speak to reporters Tuesday. Bynum talked at the Lakers' morning shootaround Wednesday and called it a make up for skipping the previous day. ... Harden caught World Peace with an inadvertent elbow to the face in the first quarter. ... After making 10 of 15 shots in Game 1, Westbrook was 5 for 17.

Associated Press

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Key Republican lawmaker questions JP Morgan loss

The chairperson of the House Financial Services subcommittee, Shelley Moore Capito, discussed the loss during hearings.

By Marcy Gordon,?The Associated Press / May 16, 2012

The corporate flag for JPMorgan Chase flies at corporate headquarters Monday in New York. JPMorgan, the largest bank in the United States, is seeking to minimize the damage caused by a $2 billion trading loss, disclosed Thursday by CEO Jamie Dimon.

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A key House Republican says the $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase raises critical questions about how banks control their risks. But Republican lawmakers rejected calls from Democrats for stricter regulation.

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Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chairman of the House Financial Services subcommittee, noted the loss during a hearing about how best to regulate banks big enough to bring down the broader financial system.

Lawmakers said a firm's character should count when regulators determine if they are "systemically important financial institutions." Such a designation would subject them to a stricter level of oversight.

The panel's hearing on a key tenet of the 2010 regulatory overhaul was scheduled well before JPMorgan revealed its trading misfire last week.

Republicans on the subcommittee denounced the overhaul's requirement for financial firms to be tagged as "systemically important." They said it really means a firm is considered "too big to fail" ? the doctrine that brought taxpayer bailouts of Wall Street during the 2008 financial crisis.

"These firms will never fail," said Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., chairman of the full Financial Services Committee.

News of the surprise loss at JPMorgan, the only major bank to stay profitable during the financial crisis, has renewed calls for tougher oversight of Wall Street banks. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday that JPMorgan's loss bolsters the case for stricter rules.

But Bachus and other Republicans insisted that the overhaul law, which most Republican lawmakers had voted against, won't prevent another crisis and will drive financial business overseas.

Democrats say regulations are needed "that will essentially prevent a company from losing money or taking risk," Bachus said. "No law can do that."

Regarding JPMorgan, Bachus said that "even with this loss, I believe they're one of the most profitable institutions in the country ... There is no risk from this loss to depositors or taxpayers."

Capito said the loss raised questions such as "Where did the lapses in internal risk controls within (JPMorgan) occur? Were federal financial regulators aware of the positions JPMorgan was taking?"

Democratic lawmakers and other proponents say the trades that led to the losses at JPMorgan would have violated the so-called Volcker Rule, which restricts banks from trading for their own profit. Regulators are working to finalize the rule, which was mandated under the 2010 law. It was named after former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has been among the most outspoken critics of the rule. He says the loss came from a hedging strategy that backfired, and not a bet with the bank's own money.

The banks have won an exemption in the rule that Dimon notes would allow them to make such trades if they are hedging against risk.

A number of lawmakers who opposed the exemption say it encourages the kind of risk taking that endangers the broader financial system.

Some critics and lawmakers want to go beyond the law's parameters by placing limits on the amount of assets those firms can hold.

"Why not have smaller banks?" Rep. Brad Miller, D-N.C., asked the regulators at Wednesday's hearing.

Michael Gibson, director of the Feds division of banking supervision, said that because "systemically important" institutions will be required to hold bigger capital cushions against risk, they will have an incentive to avoid becoming bigger.

There is little doubt that JPMorgan will meet the criteria for earning the "systemically important" tag, which will apply to all financial institutions with assets of more than $50 billion.

The regulators say fewer than 50 firms will pass the first step of the process for being designated as systemically important, but they can't say how many will make the final cut.

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Have You Received the Best Legal Advice?

By Craig Watson, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine

Harry is a 78-year-old man whose beloved wife has had dementia for years. The couple?s children, while supportive, do not live near enough to help. Sally?s condition has worsened to the point that Harry has no choice except to admit Sally to a memory care center. Harry is very sad and feels like he has failed his wife because he cannot care for her at home any longer. They have about $90,000 in savings and a $90,000 home. His depression was made worse by the realization that he can?t afford her care. They still make monthly payments on loans for their home, car and pre-need funeral plans. The nursing home personnel suggested that he get some free counseling available at a council of governments office regarding qualifying Sally for Medicaid assistance. His outlook sunk deeper when the case worker told him his only choice was to pay for Sally?s care until half the couple?s savings was gone, at which time Sally would be able to qualify for Medicaid. Further, they didn?t even tell him how to protect his house from a Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP) claim if he were to unexpectedly die before Sally.

Harry?s brother suggested consulting with a local elder law attorney. After Harry provided the attorney with detailed information about the couple?s income, assets, debts and expenses, the attorney devised a plan that preserved all of the couple?s assets for Harry?s security and allowed Sally to qualify immediately for Medicaid. Harry was so relieved! Harry considered it a bonus that the attorney also suggested a special type of deed, which would allow the house to pass to the couple?s children and avoid a MERP claim. Harry was very appreciative when the elder law attorney told him that this plan would also allow both of their estates to avoid probate, thereby saving their children money.

The above story is true; the names have been changed to protect the client?s confidentiality.? Today?s senior citizens are members of the Greatest Generation. They were taught that our government is ?of the people, by the people and for the people.? They would trust just about any government entity because, in their mind, the government is supposed to serve them as a taxpaying citizen. However, the cost of long-term care is a big deal and protecting the financial security of today?s trusting senior citizen is not a priority for the government. The fact is that a man paying for his wife?s memory care pays a higher monthly fee than Medicaid would pay even though the level of care is exactly the same. Most senior citizens think fairness would dictate that the government would not negotiate a better deal for itself than it allows a taxpayer to get but that is not the case with respect to the price paid for care in a long-term care facility. Because a nursing home receives more money per month from a private citizen than it would for the same service rendered to a Medicaid patient, the nursing home has no incentive to refer a private citizen to an elder law attorney. In fact, the nursing home is incentivized to refer the private citizen to a counselor that will advise the citizen in such a way to keep the citizen on ?private pay? for as long as possible because the nursing home will receive more monthly revenue for the same care from a private citizen than it would from Medicaid. Obviously, the government would also like to see each citizen spend all of their money on their own long-term care. However, Congress has provided a set of statutes that outline what is required to qualify for Medicaid assistance. It is the elder law attorney?s job to know those statutes inside and out in order to apply the law to each client?s particular, special set of facts. He also helps clients plan to protect their assets even though there is no current indication that they will ever need a nursing home.

Craig Watson has been practicing law for almost 23 years. Before becoming an attorney, he practiced as a CPA for four years. He has been Board Certified in Elder Law (a specialty recognized by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization) since 1997. His practice is devoted to estate planning (including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, etc.), probate and elder law (including nursing home Medicaid qualification). Craig Watson can be reached by calling 903-813-8500.

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