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Friday, April 6, 2012

Woman pushes boy to safety, is killed in hit-run

By Jonathan Vigliotti, NBCNewYork.com

A heroic Staten Island woman pushed her 8-year-old grandson out of the way before being struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as the two walked home from church Thursday night.

Clara Almazo, 57, and her grandson, Brian Herrera-Ramirez, were crossing Cary Avenue in West Brighton just before 10 p.m. when a black Ford Escape came barreling toward them, police say.

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Witnesses said Almazo was thrown 10 to 20 feet by the impact. She was later pronounced dead at Richmond University Hospital. Her grandson suffered scratches and bruises.

They were returning home from Thursday services at Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Benedicta Church.

The alleged driver, Brian McGurk, turned himself in several hours after the accident and was charged Friday with leaving the scene of an accident. It wasn't clear if he had a lawyer.

It wasn't known how fast McGurk was driving. He remains in jail and his vehicle is under police surveillance.

Police say additional charges could be issued against the 40-year-old suspect.

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Health And Fitness Tips That Can Help You Have An Envied Body

Whenever you join any physical activities you may find yourself in an uplifted state of mind. If you don?t know what to do or how to get started, you have come to the right place. This article will provide many tips on fitness that you can start using right away.

Walk for about half an hour a few times a week. This will increase your bone density, which makes bearing weight easier. Information like that could be a big help to those who have been lifting frequently, most especially if you are just starting lifting some weights. Older people can benefit from greater bone density as well.

Remember that fat doesn?t turn to muscle. Many people think that using weights will cause fat to turn to muscle, but that isn?t the case. Weight training will build up muscle, but it only takes the place of the fat that you lose. Along with weight training, follow a cardio workout, as this burns fat. Don?t forget to follow a healthy diet.

In order to maximize your fitness potential when lifting weights, be sure to eat plenty of meat. Meat contains plenty of protein and other nutrients that aid in muscle growth. Lean meat is best, while turkey chicken, and fish are good for you as well. The recommended serving is about 6 ounces a day.

When trying to gain muscles in your arms by lifting weights, go light weights fast. It has been determined this raising light-weight dumbbells at the fast rate can be just as helpful when raising big-weighing at a slow stride. You can try doing this method by using a bench press and lifting weights that are 40 to 60 percent of what you can handle. Push the weights up as fast as you can.

Look at your hands. You should keep a dominant hand on the dumbbells you are lifting in order for you to get a tighter grip on your weights and at the same time the effect it will have on you. Doing this centers the brain, and allows you to lift more than you normally would. This is a great method to use when you are working on increasing your maximum limits, because your body won?t notice it until it?s used to it.

You can use common household items as weights without having to go to the gym. Milk jugs make a fabulous weight for lifting. Hold a jug in each hand and do lunges down the hall. For it to straight out you could also repetitively lift it from your side or over your head. You will slowly start to build up more strength over time.

To improve your fitness levels more quickly, go slow. This means, when you are lifting weights, slow down the contraction phase of the lift. If you take your time with your rep for at least ten seconds you will immediately see how things have improved, and a fast rate at that, rather than going at it for two seconds. Try it for six weeks, and you should see visible results.

This article talked about how fitness can make you feel better overall. This could have a huge impact in your life and it can both raise your spirits and also change your body in a much more improved one. If you know what you are doing when it comes to fitness, you can go very far. So, now that you have all the information you will need start on your journey to self fitness right away.

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Luck is safer choice for Colts

Post-Peyton, Indy can't take the slightly more risky direction by drafting Griffin at No. 1

/ AP file photos

Former Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, left, and Baylor quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III are expected to be the Nos. 1 and 2 picks in the NFL draft later this month.

OPINION

updated 3:20 p.m. ET April 4, 2012

Michael Ventre

When arguments are made about who's the MVP in a particular sport, the choice is usually not between an athletic virtuoso and a total incompetent. Rather, the dilemma for voters is finding a tiny bit of separation between two amazing performers, both of whom boast righteous credentials.

While there is a lot more at stake in the debate over Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III than a shiny hunk of tin, the Indianapolis Colts are presented with essentially the same task: finding some small justification for picking one guy over the other. Luck and Griffin aren?t doing the Colts any favors with their stubborn insistence on being athletic prodigies of sterling character.

But the Colts will take Luck. And they should take Luck. No question, despite owner Jim Irsay?s declaration that ?It?s up in the air,? to warn Luck?s agents not to ask for too much or else they might take Griffin. That tired ploy dates back to the days when agents wore leather helmets.

Every player has a few warts, even those of the can?t-miss variety. With Luck, it?s his arm. Some observers say he doesn?t have a cannon. But he made every throw he needed to at Stanford, and he allayed almost all fears in recent workouts. The arm issue is just more paralysis by analysis, which inevitably arises in these situations.

In comparing Luck with Griffin, it?s easy to notice that Luck is larger. He stands 6-foot-4, 235, whereas Griffin is 6-3, 195. Consider the Colts will reek next season, and perhaps the season after. The Colts after Peyton are a bit like Pompeii after Vesuvius ? strewn with fossilized remains.

Whichever quarterback stands behind that offensive line will have to be as durable as a punching bag, because he?ll be one. Luck is better suited to that challenge. Strictly in terms of absorbing punishment, RGIII might be Muhammad Ali, but what is needed is Chuck Wepner.

The Colts? QB will also have to be nimble and elusive. Griffin is probably more athletic, but not by that much. Luck is excellent at scampering and foiling oncoming rushers. And I believe whereas Griffin might actually go down quicker when finally apprehended in the pocket, Luck has a lot of Ben Roethlisberger?s knack for shaking off tackles.

At Baylor, Griffin had a stronger corps of receivers to work with, led by Kendall Wright, who was mentioned on most All-America lists. Wright topped Baylor with 108 catches and 14 touchdowns in 2011, whereas Stanford?s best receiver was Griff Whalen with 56 receptions and four TDs. Stanford doesn?t recruit the kind of gazelles that get into other programs. If the Colts can provide Luck with some quality targets, he?ll be Peyton-esque.

There is also the perception issue.

For many months Andrew Luck has been perceived as the clear choice to go first overall in the 2012 NFL Draft. Then Griffin had a spectacular year in 2011, culminating in a Heisman Trophy, thereby clouding the picture. But Luck didn?t slip; he was terrific in his own right. So you don?t have a No. 1 and a No. 2 so much as you have a 1 and a 1A.

This is a pick the Colts will have to live with for eternity, and beyond. If they take either candidate, they?ll get an excellent quarterback prospect. If they take Luck, they?ll be going with most experts? first gut choice. If they take Griffin, it will be perceived as a mild risk, because they didn?t take the consensus pick.

Generally speaking, I?m in favor of risks. I believe you don?t get anywhere in life unless you take some. But there is a time and a place for a risk ? even a minor one in this case, since RGIII is likely to be outstanding and maybe even magnificent ? and I don?t know that this is that time and place.

This is the moment in history when the Indianapolis Colts are replacing a future Hall of Famer as well as a prince of the city, and if they stray from the expected and encounter failure as a result they?ll be verbally stoned. Remember, they won?t have to simply defend a top draft pick, they?ll also have to justify the letting go of a legend in Manning.

The perception battle will also involve each quarterback?s ability to serve as an ambassador for a new era of professional football in whichever city he lands, and on that front Luck and Griffin are in a dead heat. Really, this isn?t the usual politically correct gushing over two upstanding young men, but rather a cold sober and objective assessment of each player?s ability to withstand the pressures that will come in each locale while generating good will. In that regard, I can?t think of two rookies in recent history who are so impeccably prepared for that assignment as Luck and Griffin.

But the Colts can only take one. They may nervously announce their pick as ?Andrew Griffin III? or ?Robert Luck,? but they?ll have to settle on one when it comes to contract time. And that?s another matter. Let?s hope the Colts don?t make their pick based on which quarterback?s agents are more agreeable. Because if they do that and the choice they make doesn?t work out, they?ll look dumber than a trailer for ?The Three Stooges.?

To the Colts I say take Luck, wish RGIII the best in Washington, and accept the fact that while this is all guesswork anyway, be comforted that you made the best guess possible, even if two superb prospects caused the process to be as agonizing as possible.

Michael Ventre is a regular contributor to NBCSports.com. Follow him on Twitter? http://twitter.com/#!/MichaelVentre44

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