Hyundai Hockey Nation coaching symposium on CBCSports.ca

CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada and Hyundai will team up Friday night (CBCSports.ca, 10 p.m. ET) in Vancouver for a coaching symposium as part of Hyundai Hockey Nation. Join former NHL player and coach Pat Quinn, along with hockey mentor Ron Davidson, as they will provide coaching tips and advice. Quinn and Davidson will be discussing: Responsibilities as hockey parents & coaches (do’s and don’ts).Some specific drills (scrambler, vortex, race to score, perfecting glide – all are on the HTH ...

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Teaching the Volt to Charge Smarter and Cleaner

January 26, 2012, 4:31 pm By PAUL STENQUIST On Thursday, General Motors announced an alert system under development that would instruct the Chevy Volt to charge only when a relatively high percentage of renewable energy was available. Being plugged in at those times would further minimize the carbon footprint of the plug-in hybrid. Google plans to test the technology, facilitated by the subscription-based OnStar alert and navigation system, on its fleet of 17 Volts. A demonstration is occurring this week ...

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Plushenko will not skate at world championships

Evgeni Plushenko will continue to compete at this week’s European figure skating championships in Sheffield, England, but will not be at the world championships in late March. Plushenko, 29, told reporters Thursday after the short program that he will not compete at the worlds in Nice due to a meniscus injury in his knee that will require surgery. The two-time Olympic medallist completed with a score of 84.71 points on Thursday, just 0.09 behind fellow Russian Artur Gachinski, but stated ...

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How to become a tech-savvy parent

Tech-savvy Corbett brothers Lachie, 7, and Billy, 3. Picture: Jake Nowakowski Source: Herald Sun AS the days of perfected handwriting become a distant memory, replaced by the cacophony of keyboard clicks in classrooms, instructors are having to keep up with their tech-savvy students. Parents, too, are evolving from the days of chalk dust and covering school books in plastic contact, to interactive whiteboards and shopping for laptops for their children. Some may state making the changes are a necessary evil ...

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EBay Seller Seeks a Cool $1 Million for President Obama’s Chrysler

Cars with presidential provenance have been known to command hefty premiums at auction. One eBay seller is hoping to sell a 2005 Chrysler 300C that reportedly belonged to Barack Obama for a downright princely sum. The car’s owner, who has chosen to remain anonymous, listed the automobile on the auction Web site this week with a starting bid of $1 million. In the interest of preserving that anonymity and putting a professional gloss on the listing, the owner engaged Lisa ...

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Minor hockey refs link game discipline to safety

A group of referees is giving Canadian minor hockey coaches, parents and other fans something to think about the next time they’re about to launch a verbal attack on an off-ice official who misses a call. More than 600 referees — 92 per cent from Ontario — participated in a spring 2010 survey published in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine that concluded increased aggression by those surrounding the game heightens the risk of injury for players on the ice. ...

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Nascar and Ford Unveil Fusion Sprint Cup Car

January 24, 2012, 2:44 pm By JONATHAN SCHULTZ Wearing the automaker’s new corporate face, the Ford Fusion Nascar Sprint Cup racecar was unveiled at a news conference by Ford and Nascar Tuesday afternoon at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The automobile will be campaigned in 2013, making its race debut at the Daytona 500 in February of next year. Ford tried Tuesday to set the Fusion apart from other factory-team racecars in the series, which tend not to resemble the production vehicles ...

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‘Rin Tin Tin’ Recounts Dog’s Rise to Stardom

Rin Tin Tin, a dog rescued from a World War I battlefield in France, became a famous animal star and hero for generations of children. Susan Orlean, author of “Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend,” has vivid memories of the German Shepherd from her 1950s childhood, when the animal performed daring rescues on a tv series. But as she prepared a magazine story on animals in film, she discovered a surprising fact about the canine actor. “What I ...

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The woman chasing Mr Impossible

Chinese world wide web celebrity Fengjie is on a US quest for a husband who meets her exacting standards. Picture: Paul Toohey Source: National Features Internet celebrity still looking for “Mr Impossible”Seeking 2m tall Harvard or Yale graduate to wedHated by bloggers, claims to be political refugee SHE doesn’t ask for much in a husband. Just that he rule the world. Her name is Luo Yufeng, or Fengjie, and she is a Chinese world wide web celebrity who left Shanghai ...

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Ovechkin to skip all-star game

One of the NHL’s top players will skip this weekend’s all-star game. A team spokesman confirms that Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin will not participate in Sunday’s game in Ottawa. Ovechkin was given a three-game suspension by the NHL on Monday but that does not prevent him from participating in the all-star events. There was no immediate word on why Ovechkin decided to skip the game. The Russian superstar has 39 points (20 goals, 19 assists) in 47 games this ...

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