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...ROB PETERSON San Marcos, Calif...
That's where Rob Dyrdek comes in. In conjunction with DC Shoes, Dyrdek, a professional skateboarder from Kettering, Ohio, decided to "re-create the ultimate plaza" in his hometown. The $640,000 park, set to open in late November, was designed by Dyrdek to mimic urban plazas like Philadelphia's Love Park. "We're creating a skater's dream, no-holds-barred and skate at your own risk." For the nation's 10 million street skaters, that's an invitation hard to resist. --By Peter Bailey
...people in other jobs where possible. Those laid off when the call center closes next month will get a $3,600 payment toward retraining. It's a model that the union would like to extend across financial service firms in Britain. "Our priority is to avoid compulsory redundancies," says Rob O'Neill, the union's chief negotiator with HSBC, which has announced plans to cut 7,500 jobs in Britain at the same time as moving 4,000 of them to Asia. O'Neill's union, for one, acknowledges that it's fruitless to fight the offshoring trend...
...gangster alights in a small town, meaning, somewhat reluctantly, to rob its bank. He takes a room at a reclusive schoolteacher's house. The recluse, naturally, becomes more gung-ho about the heist than does the professional...