Word: franciscos
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James Steyer, a law professor at Stanford University, describes himself as "a progressive parent who lives in San Francisco." That didn't stop him from founding in 2003 Common Sense Media, which runs a website that rates TV shows, video games, music, books and websites for age appropriateness. "I'm no right-winger or religious ideologue," he says. "This is a nonpartisan issue." Kathleen Richardson of Des Moines, Iowa, is executive secretary of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council and the mother of three kids, 12, 16 and 18. "Here I'm promoting free speech and the values...
...different European adventure on his mind. As CEO of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, a group of 46 luxury properties in Asia, he is finally returning to the continent of his youth, with plans for a London hotel in 2009. Next stops: Paris, Frankfurt, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Boston. He aims to capitalize on the some 2.5 million Chinese tourists who travel abroad each year. Angelini spent a decade looking for the right London site, one that made financial sense, he says: "I don't want to go over there and make ego trips." --By Nellie...
Founded in 1995 by recent Swarthmore graduates, Pig Iron has since been creating their own brand of theater, drawing on inspirations like the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Wooster Group, and the Open Theater. It is based in Philadelphia and patronized by audiences in the 18-25 range. Rothenberg notes, “It’s not the usual theater subscriber audience and that’s the way we like...
...that makes it particularly attractive to those with things to sell. And while the green-card lawyers were creating a diversion, hundreds of businesses were quietly staking out the territory. Silicon Graphics, a computer manufacturer, uses the Internet to distribute software and answer customer questions. Joe Boxer, a San Francisco design firm that makes colorful and offbeat men's briefs, invites customers to submit "underwear stories" to its Internet address joeboxer.com...
...Francisco's Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL) is perhaps the most famous of these new virtual communities. It is connected to the Net but protected by a "gate" that won't open without a password or a credit card. Stacy Horn, a former WELL user, built a similar system on the East Coast with this twist: she offered free accounts to women, hoping they would provide a "civilizing force" to counterbalance the Internet's testosterone-heavy demographics. It turned out to be a successful formula, and Horn has plans to build similar services in six U.S. cities, including Boston, Minneapolis...