The James Logan Courier

MISCELLANEOUS

Homework – Saturday School is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere, too. Enter by carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.

Fremont ROP students: Monday, January 24th is a regular school day for Fremont. So although Logan is off, Fremont ROP students are not. You are expected and required to attend your Fremont classes. Buses will be running as usual.

Congratulations to former Logan graduate David Shaw, who was named Stanford Head Football Coach. David was a football, basketball and Track & Field athlete at Logan.

By Dawn Chmielewski
Los Angeles Times (MCT)

LOS ANGELES — News Corp.'s struggling social network, MySpace, on Tuesday formalized an anticipated restructuring that will result in the loss of 500 jobs worldwide, or about 47 percent of the workforce.

MySpace Chief Executive Mike Jones said the job cuts were necessary to streamline operations and put the site on a path toward profitability, following its relaunch last fall as an entertainment destination for Gen Y.

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

Video games may be the new fitness gimmick battleground, but the old truths remain true: If the equipment is a pain to use, it simply won't be used.

"EA Sports Active 2" is exhibit A. As fitness interfaces go, it bleeds promise, with a polished arrangement of tools and a suite of online features that completely outclass those of its competitors. But the actual act of working out — both in terms of preparing for it and the diminished returns from that preparation — provide too much aggravation and not enough upside to make the year's most expensive exercise video game ($100, regardless of system) also the year's best.

From wikipedia:
Pedro Rodríguez (born Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega, 18 January 1940 – 11 July 1971) was a Mexican Grand Prix motor racing driver. He was born in Mexico City and was the older brother of Ricardo Rodríguez. The brothers both raced bicycles and motorcycles to become Mexican champions. Pedro was national champion in 1953 and 1954 in motorcycles. He made his international debut in cars at Nassau in 1957 in a Ferrari, along with Ricardo in a Porsche.

He was just eighteen when US Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti dispatched them to Le Mans at the wheel of a Ferrari 500 TR Testa Rossa. Ricardo did not drive due to age, so Pedro partnered José Behra, brother of Jean Behra. He came back every year to Le Mans, fourteen times in total, where he won in 1968 with Belgian driver Lucien Bianchi in a Ford GT40 of the Wyer–Gulf team.

Watch a brief interview with Pedro Rodriguez, free from YouTube.