Islanders on Run - Last weekend in Florence Italy

XXVI FIRENZE MARATHON

Watch Chris cross the finish line HERE

Congrats Chris!

A Hot Jamie Colby All Weekend Long

She was hot all over FOX this weekend, this is underrated news babe Jamie Colby looking fine like wine in a hot blue dress. I think the guy to the left is trying to imagine her without clothes or something. I love how Jamie always has her legs nice and shiny.

Jamie is one bangin' babe,



Screencap courtesy of spinner at the TvNewsCaps forum.

Play the Guess Who Game

From yesterday on Geraldo at Large, we know that hot news babe Kimberley Guilfoyle was the fill-in host, but who is the other hot brunette sitting here closest to the camera. Damn, that's hot, and love the hot cfm heels too. A bonus add with hot blonde Kirsten Powers in the background.

Who is this hottie,



Screencaps courtesy of Pervman's blog and BLM the Wide World of Women forum.

MollyHell's Grab Bag! - Dusky, Hot Sexy Purples

Thar they blow! Could be reddish, could be bluish. Whatever, I love them!

Sally Hansen Flirt:


Rimmel Night Before:


Rimmel Hard Edged:


Color Club Snow Queen:


Chanel Vendetta:


BB Couture Maleficent Magenta:


Creative Heiress:

Meet The Torchbearers - Alex Bain

Coke has a webpage
"Meet The Torchbearers"

at http://www.icoke.ca/liveolympic/shinealight?map=torch_bearer

If you click by the little Lighthouse on Prince Edward Island,
you can read an edited version of the essay Alex wrote
that won him his spot with Coke as an Olympic Torchbearer:

Lately, far more than "about 200 people per day" have been visiting
this blog. So far this month, there have been over 10,600 visitors.
The graph below shows the week surrounding his Sunday Torch Run.
1,023 visitors checked out this blog the day of Alex's Olympic Torch Run.

On another Coke page, "Meet Some of our Torchbearers" at the Coke Newsroom,
on the November 22nd page
http://cokenews.ca/torch-relay/meet-the-torchbearers/november-22nd/

Coca-Cola Torchbearers – November 22nd

Alex Bain

Hometown: Oyster Bed Bridge

Carrying Torch: Winsloe

Alex Bain is autistic, he runs for autism awareness, acceptance and inclusion. Bain has always been active and particularly interested in running. He joined the track and field and cross country teams at school and the RoadRunners Club in P.E.I. He trains through the week, year round, alone and with a group.

Bain has won many awards for his participation in running: rookie of the year in 2004, inspirational runner of the year in 2005 and the Bluefield High School cross country award of distinction in 2005.

In 2006, Bain ran a half marathon a day all across P.E.I. on the Autistic Celebration Run to raise awareness and train law enforcement and first responders in autism recognition and response. Bain has begun mentoring an autistic student with running and typing. He reports his runs on his blog; Runman. Bain carries the torch to celebrate active and diverse Canadians.

~*~

You can see who the Coke Torchbearers are at
http://www.icoke.ca/liveolympic/torchbearer-winners

You can see who the RBC Torchbearers are at
http://www.carrythetorch.com/search-by-map.html
(you can also search by 'name' or 'date')

Wrapping Up Thanksgiving with a Leggy Hot Kate Snow

From this Thanksgiving Weekend edition of Good Morning America, a leggy hot Kate Snow talking shopping deals and on the couch with a hot Marysol Castro. Hope y'all enjoyed the long weekend, and the road to Christmas has begun.

Hot blonde Kate,



Screencaps courtesy of Cobra the Wide World of Women forum.

Watching Weather with Jackie Johnson is Always a Treat

Again from Los Angeles, weather beauty Jackie Johnson in a sit down and presenting the weather. I remember when she filled in a couple of times on the Early Show, I wished she was on the main network more, Jackie is just a dream, busty, curvy, incredibly sensual.

Jackie is LA's finest,



Screencaps courtesy of aztec the Wide World of Women forum.

A Hot Alycia Lane Reappears on the West Coast

I guess this is old news for some of you, but former philly news babe Alycia Lane is now a weekend news babe for KNBC in Los Angeles. She's looking mighty fine here in a semi-see through top, hopefully we'll see more of her in the future, I'm sure philly fan misses her.

Philly's loss is LA's gain,


Screencaps courtesy of tcrmfan the Wide World of Women forum.

MollyHell's Grab Bag- Spa Ritual SpaRitual Days of Wine and Roses and Spa Ritual Can You Dig It?

I only have two Spa Ritual polishes. the formula is good and the polish is highly pigmented. I think it's overpriced, even at $8 on eBay.

Spa Ritual Days of Wine and Roses:


Spa Ritual Can You Dig It?:

Manolith's 15 Hottest News Babes

I guess I must have missed this one from late in October. Manolith.com has released a list of 15 hottest news babes. Interesting list for sure, with news babes from all over the map and the dial, not just the national networks. In no particular order, the list is:

Trish Regan
Mary Calvi
Lily Jang
Ainsley Earhardt
Jill Dobson
Diane Macedo
Sharon Tay
Kristine Johnson
Veronica De La Cruz
Contessa Brewer
Daniella Guzmán
Robin Meade
Morgan Fogarty
Dana Hendrickson
Mélissa Theuriau

Picture from Manolith.com

Kim Fischer is a Hot Dallas News Babe

I was forwarded this hot tip from a reader and obvious fan, from NBC-5 in Dallas this is news babe Kim Fischer. Apparently she's pretty new but she's lighting up the tubes all over the DFW area. The first couple of pics were sent to me, while the last one is from her Twitter page. She definitely could pass for a Cowboys cheerleader, busty, curvy body, she's incredible.

Kim is wickedly hot,




Last picture is from Twitter.

Jennifer Gilbert is a Hot Baltimore News Babe

I'm not sure when these were taken but I'm assuming it is recent. From Baltimore's WBFF Fox-45 (FOX always has the hottest babes) this is hot news babe Jennifer Gilbert behind the anchor desk and also in a leggy sit down interview. She's got a certain Michelle Pfeiffer quality to her doesn't she. The guy she's interviewing has got a fantastic view.

Jen is one hot blonde,



Screencap courtesy of axionnewz at the TvNewsCaps forum.

T'was the Month Before Christmas Run/Walk For Christmas Families

Santa & Gord lead warm-up

It was sun and cloud and 10 degrees.

T'was The Month Before Christmas Run/Walk For Christmas Families at UPEI. The fundraiser for UFIT Cares Foundation.

David Gallant won the race on new course and Rebecca Pike for the top female. Steve Reeves won the 5km race and Kelly McCosham for the top female.

I finished in 42:31 and came in 6th out of 36 runners.

My brother Ben ran the first road race since St. Patrick Day Run in 2006
and completes the 5km run.

Thank You Cheryl for bring me a poster from Philadelphia Marathon where Cheryl and Pam set PBs. Congratulations!

Thanks John for a book "Born To Run".

Next week I wear my Olympic Torchbearer tracksuit at Turkey Trot at Souris.

Official Result: 6th out of 36
10K in 42 minutes, 31 seconds

More Photos

T'was a SNOWED OUT Month before Christmas (non-) Run 2008

T'was the Month before Christmas Run 2007
T'was the Month before Christmas Run 2006

Ben's finish -----------------------------Santa and Torch

Athena, Dianne, Alex, Cathy, Ewen, Rose

Running For Autism
Not Against It
acceptance, inclusion, awareness

BBC's Susanna Reid is a Hot Treat in the Mornings

From earlier in the week on Breakfast News, this is BBC news babe Susanna Reid looking very alluring indeed. She's not overly hot, but there's something about the vibe she gives that makes you think that she'd just be incredible in the sack. Plus that British accent is a major turn on.

Enjoying breakfasts with Susanna in the morning,




Picture courtesy of MVP at the SuperiorPics forum.

Paralympic Games organizers seeking torch bearers

http://www.vancouversun.com/Paralympic+Games+organizers+seeking+torch+bearers/2277130/story.html
Paralympic Games organizers seeking torch bearers

By Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun

Paralympians Karolina Wisniewska (left) and Brad Leanna model Paralympic torch and torchbearers uniforms for the 2010 Paralympic Games.

Photograph by: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Sun

VANCOUVER - It's not nearly as long or requires as many people as its Olympic brother, but on Friday the organizers of the 2010 Paralympic Games began accepting applications for its own torch relay.

Starting March 3 in front of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, and lasting 10 days as it traverses through 11 cities, the Paralympic Torch Relay will need 600 people to carry it across the country.

Three of those torchbearers have now been named, but the Vancouver Organizing Committee said is looking for many more and has opened an online application process to look for those candidates.

Like the Olympic torchbearer selection process, applicants for the Paralympic relay will have to give organizers a reason to pick them. In this case, it will be to "describe why they want to be a torchbearer and how they embody the Paralympic values in their everyday life," Vanoc said in a statement.

Two of the torchbearers named Friday are from Vancouver; Anne Bethune, the president of the Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports and who has been involved with the Disabled Skiers Association for more than 20 years, and Al Etmanski, the co-founder of Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network.

Vanoc also identified amputee runner Rick Ball of Orillia, Ont. as a torchbearer.

Bethune was chosen as the first torchbearer for Coca-Cola, one of the two co-sponsors of both the Paralympic and Olympic relays. RBC, the other co-sponsor, picked Etmanski.

John Furlong, the chief executive of Vanoc, said each of the 600 torchbearers will be "individual sparks, adding to the brightness of the Paralympic Flame as it travels towards Vancouver."

Unlike the Olympic flame, which was lit in Olympia, the Paralympic flame, a relatively new phenomenon, has no ancestral home. For that reason it will be lit in an aboriginal-themed event on Parliament Hill involving torchbearers representing every province and territory.

In announcing the relay route and torchbearer selection process, Vanoc also confirmed it has added Toronto - Canada's largest city - to the relay. It is not known why it was left off the list in the first place, but Gary Lunn, said the relay will stop there on March 5.

Most of the relay will be in B.C. The torch will leave Ottawa on March 3 and go to Montreal before heading to Toronto. From there it will jump to Victoria and Esquimalt before heading to Squamish for the start of a circle tour from Whistler to Lytton, Hope and Maple Ridge before hitting Vancouver on March 10-12.

The last day it will say in downtown Vancouver before heading to BC Place for the opening ceremony.

Ball, who hopes to compete for Canada at the 2012 London Paralympics, said he was honored to carry the torch..

"When I took up competitive running two years ago I never dreamed I could be a part of something like this. I know it's often said that dreams can come true if you work hard, but these athletes...they're living proof of this," he said in a statement furnished by Vanoc.

For entry details, go to yougottabehere.com

jefflee@vancouversun.com

A Hot Busty Ainsley Earhardt Filling in on FOX and Friends

Happy Black Friday y'all, from yesterday on FOX and Friends, news babe Ainsley Earhardt fillin' in and looking really hot in that tight yellow dress. I never really noticed how busty Ainsley is, but you can see in these pics that she's quite well endowed. Anyways, enjoy the rest of the Thanksgiving weekend.

Ainsley in mellow yellow,




Screencaps courtesy of spinner at the Hi-Def News Caps blog.

Local Seafood Guru John Bil meets Olympic Torch Relay Reporter Chris Wheeler

This official Olympic Torch Relay video by Olympic Torch Relay Reporter Chris Wheeler features fellow runner John Bil - not running with the torch but in his role as "local seafood Guru" serving up oysters at the Ship to Shore. Looking good John!

"Olympic Torch Relay Reporter Chris Wheeler follows the Olympic flame across Prince Edward Island to the celebrations in Charlottetown! During his journey, he meets with locals that show him a sample of what PEI seafood is all about!"

Alex's Torch Run Video is Here
Another video of Alex's Torch Run
Alex's pre-run CBC Interview

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MollyHell's Turkey Day Grab Bag

I hope everyone who celebrated had a happy and safe Turkey Day. I'm not any major religion, and I couldn't give two farts in a crowded theater about Pilgrims, but I celebrate the day as a day of being with family, and making an incredibly delicious meal. So basically a day of sitting around stuffing my face.

Anyway because it's Turkey Day, the polish is BB Couture Cranberry Crush!

Alex is not the only autistic Torchbearer in the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. Thirteen year old
Mackenzie Allan will get his turn to carry the flame on Day 62 - December 31st at 1pm in Barrie Ontario.

Like Mackenzie's parents, Alex's parents also
"hope other families touched by autism can embrace kids' potential despite the numerous challenges".

When Alex wrote his winning essay to Coke, he asked that, as an autistic and a distance runner,
Coke pick him to "represent and celebrate active and diverse Canadians".
We'll be watching and celebrating Mackenzie's run too!

http://thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2187994

Olympic torch lights autistic boy's dream

Torchbearer's parents hope other families touched by autism can embrace kids' potential despite the numerous challenges

Posted By RAYMOND BOWE

Mackenzie Allan could sing the lyrics to O Canada before he could even talk.

So it's only fitting that the 13-year-old autistic boy, who lives in south Barrie, will be one of 12,000 people to carry the Olympic torch in the coming weeks leading up to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.

For his parents, Brad and Catharine, it's also a dream come true, seeing their son's progression effectively taking him to the world stage. He has overcome learning difficulties and frequent meltdowns -- even sitting still had been a challenge.

Mackenzie's father submitted Mackenzie's name for the Torch Relay and was selected in July when the family was camping at Algonquin Park. He will carry the torch for 300 metres on Dec. 29, beginning at 1 p. m., from Midland Town Hall to the local RBC branch. The special warm-up uniform arrived last week.

The torch will be in Simcoe County on Dec. 29 and Dec. 30.

Mackenzie said he feels "pretty good, happy and excited" about the opportunity.

"The reason we're doing this is for the parents," Catharine said.

"When you get the diagnosis, you feel like your life is over. To parents, I just want to say, 'Don't give up. Work with your child.'" "Sometimes autism is scary," she added. "The world is getting better with (how it responds to) autism. We have to get along and the Olympics is about everybody."

Mackenzie's parents don't expect he will become nervous during his leg of the relay.

"He likes the limelight," said his dad. "Don't give him a mic."

Mackenzie was diagnosed at about 30 months old, when the family lived in Sioux Lookout. His form of autism is considered high-functioning.

"It took a long time for him to speak, but everyday he would hear O Canada (at school)," said Catharine, a registered nurse in Royal Victoria Hospital's emergency department. "He started singing the words, but we hadn't really had him talking.

"We were almost in tears, so O Canadareally meant something to us," she added. "It was hope. He was saying the odd word, but it was very limited. And then it just took off."

The Grade 7 student at Algonquin Ridge Elementary School still has some difficulty speaking, "but he really is a miracle child," said his mom.

Mackenzie was like any other child until he was two years old, when his parents noticed changes in his social skills. They began wondering whether he was deaf.

"It's pretty hard, as a parent, to watch that," said Brad, a biologist with the Ministry of Natural Resources. "Your kid goes away and another one comes back."

The Allans put everything they had into Mackenzie's intensive behavioural intervention (IBI) treatment and it has worked for them.

"I can't dream big enough," said Brad. "He's come a long way. Now we're in a situation where we want him to learn."

Mackenzie's dream is to be a computer game programmer.

One of Mackenzie's strong points has always been his reading skills, his parents say. When he was in Grade 6, he used to read to kindergarten students.

"That was his way of being a champion," said his proud dad, adding his son also possesses strong math skills.

"He says he sees himself like an athlete," added Catharine, "because everything he does is a challenge. He sees himself as a hero, or an athlete."

Autism can be tough on families. The divorce rate for parents with autistic children is through the roof.

"We have a good foundation," Catharine said. "It's all about the family."

His father once worried that his youngest son would never play hockey. But Mackenzie, whose sports-loving family also includes two older brothers, signed up with the Barrie Christian Hockey League three years ago. The right-winger, who cheers for the Toronto Maple Leafs, scored his first goal last season. His parents say it has helped the boy with receiving instruction, learning about winning and losing, and team-building.

"You have to find the right way to motivate," Catharine said, adding Mackenzie also embraced scuba diving during a recent trip to Cuba.

rbowe@thebarrieexaminer.com

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One further comment.... "The divorce rate for parents with autistic children is through the roof" -- This is a media myth with no factual basis. In fact, research shows exactly the opposite -

"It is heartening to note that research has not shown that parenting a child with a disability always has an overall negative effect on the parents' relationship. Despite all the difficulties, couples with a child with an ASD have been shown to be no different from typical parents when it comes to reports of spousal support, respect for partner, or commitment.7 Another encouraging fact: we could find absolutely no support for the 80% divorce rate for families with a child with ASD commonly cited around the autism community.8,9 A study looking at divorce rates for families of children with assorted disabilities found an average increase (over the rate for couples with non-disabled children) of only 5.97%.10 An Easter Seals' survey of families with a child on the autism spectrum, moreover, found parents of a child with an ASD to be less likely to have ever been divorced than the parents of a typically developing child.11"

Thank You!

Thank You!

One of the very first things Alex had to say about his Olympic Torch Run experience was "Thank You PEI RoadRunners".

Moments later, when I asked him what the best part of his run was, he replied "my fans". That "thank you" was the first thing he wanted to say when he blogged about his experience. There were RoadRunners too numerous to mention.
Thanks Ellen for arranging the pre Torch Run long run on the trail to get the
Sunday long runners in the right place at the right time.
There were four very special ladies who worked with Alex as TAs (Teachers Aides, now referred to as Educational Aides) spanning his life from age 3 to Grade 12.
There were family and friends and even an Olympian.
Thanks to CTV's live webcam, family across Canada were also watching.

"Thank You I was very happy to see everyone and cheer to me."

I'd like to add my own thanks to all of you, it was a very special moment for Alex,
made all the more special by being able to share it with so many of you.

(And thanks for the great pictures many of you got! You'll notice that not all the photos in the album are mine, if you have some please send them to me)

Thanks to Jeff Doucette from the Petro Canada & Robin's Donuts
for giving us a deal on the coffee we were able to offer to you.
"Thank You Jeff!"

Thanks to Coke for picking Alex as a Torchbearer!
Alex asked that, as an autistic and a distance runner,
Coke pick him to "represent and celebrate active and diverse Canadians".

Thank you Sarah Mitchell, Vancouver 2010 Olympic Team Torchbearer Coordinator from Coke, for her part in Alex's run.
She had a hand in slotting him into the Winsloe leg, was there to watch over him Sunday, and made sure the Coke Truck treated his "fans" with flags, Coke and lots of energy.
"Thanks Sarah!"


Alex was in for another big treat when I got an email from the 1988 PEI Olympic Torchbearer and current Coke employee Paul Crabbe who found his way to our blog thanks to his sister who was looking for a story the Journal Pioneer had done with him. Paul emailed and offered Alex a rare Coke PEI Torchbeaerer pin.

Today we met with Paul

He gave Alex not only the PEI pin and a couple of regular Coke Olympic pins,
but also a jacket, t-shirt & 2010 calendar poster! Thanks Paul!

"Thank You Paul I really like the Coke gifts."

"Thank You to Nannie
and Doug and Spring
for sending the money to help buy my
Olympic Torch Run souvenirs."

and thanks to Ben and Jasmine for taking photos & video!