Articles Posted in the Human Interest Category
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Mystery Author Dick Francis Dead at 89
Mystery Author Dick Francis in 2000. By Ralph E. Stone February 17, 2010 I enjoy a good mystery, but I was hesitant at first to pick up a Dick Francis mystery. After all, I don’t…
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“The Last Station” and “Creation”
“The Last Station” is about the last year of Tolstoy’s life. He fell ill at Russia’s Astopovo station and was taken to the station master’s house where he died in 1910. The film is terrifically well-acted, especially performances by Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren.
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Authors Discuss Genesis of Marriage Equality Book
Authors Geoffrey King (left) and Sunny Angulo, with City Attorney Dennis Herrera, pose for a picture during a release party event for their new book, Such a Bitter Sweet Day: Marriage Equality in the Wake…
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Los Diablos de Amor “Blitz Busks” San Francisco
A “Blitz Busking” Los Diablos de Amor played an hour-long set of Latin Grooves, Blues, Reggae and Funk on the Embarcadero last week. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas October 28, 2009 There’s never…
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Brown, Hall, Pritikin Bedazzle Guests
During Mural UnveilingFormer Mayor Willie Brown, former Supervisor Tony Hall and former ad-executive Bob Pritikin performed at the Pritikin Mansion Sunday as part of an official ceremony to unveil the world’s largest portrait mural. Photos and video…
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Kissing the Blarney Stone
Blarney Castle Photo by Judi Iranyi By Ralph E. Stone October 21, 2009 On our recent trip to the Republic of Ireland we stopped in Blarney, County Cork, where the 15-century Blarney Castle — and…
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Muslims Celebrate Eid
Coming with the new moon, the Eid festival marks the end of ‘Ramadan’ – a month when Muslims fast throughout the day and eat only at night. Prayers, feasts and family gatherings are the major highlights of the celebrations. It was during this month that the holy Koran was revealed. Eid means recurring happiness or festivity. Eid is celebrated with much enthusiasm and fervor and Muslims from all strata of life can be seen adorned in beautiful new clothes, visiting the mosques to attend Salatul Eid (Eid prayers). Greetings of “Eid-Mubarak” or “a blessed Eid” are exchanged.
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Son of Imprisoned Iranian Dissident
Begins 14-Day Hunger Strike in San FranciscoPoet, musician and political activist, Turaj Zaim, 33, said he is undertaking his fast to help draw international attention to the plight of his father’s imprisonment and the ongoing persecution and human rights abuses inflicted on Iranian citizens who dare to speak out against Iran’s repressive theocratic regime.
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Joe Lynn Honored
The celebratory luncheon, held at Taqueria Reina’s, the site of a once thriving weekly political salon, was organized on short notice attracting as many as 50 friends and colleagues eager to pay their respects and provide Lynn with love and support as he enters hospice care.
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FCJ Interview with CA-10 Candidate Anthony Woods
Openly gay, Woods was discharged from the US military in December 2008 after he challenged the Pentagon’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, an ignominious slap in the face to a man who put his life on the line in service of his country.
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Iranian You
Leila Radan By Leila Radan July 22, 2009 I am part Iranian, part Danish. Mention of my Iranian blood stops people in their tracks these days. It used to be something that most outside our…
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A Tribute to Thomas Berry 1914-2009:
Prophet of the Ecozoic EraThomas Berry, 1914-2009 By Steven Chapman June 29, 2009 Earlier this month, on June 1, the Earth became a little bit darker. Father Thomas Berry, cultural historian, visionary cosmologist, “geologian,” and mentor to many, passed…
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A Tribute to Tom Kennedy
Tom Kennedy, RIP By Patrick Goggin May 4, 20099 This past Easter Sunday, the profound Tom Kennedy and his loving family, friends and fans experienced the shock of his life being tragically cut short at…
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Former Refugee Discusses War and Violence in Sudan
Valentino Achak Deng By Fanny Dassie April 29, 2009 Losing a friend due to a lack of food and water and coming across dead bodies lying along the roadside, is a reality that Valentino Achak…
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Hollis’ Story, Our Story:
A Tale of Immense Riches During Hard TimesHollis Hawthorne By Cat Rauschuber, special to FogCityJournal.com March 17, 2009 Last Thursday, March 12 a benefit was held at Slim’s in San Francisco for Hollis Hawthorne, a friend and fellow dancer. The event, which…
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The CrackBerry Chronicles: The Big Reveal
Elaine Santore, aka Crackberry Lascivious Carriage, getting ready to perform with the Burlesqueteers at the Uptown Club in Oakland, Feb. 16. Photos by Luke Thomas By Elaine Santore February 19, 2009 The Siebel-Newsom spawn: because…
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Siebel Newsom Preggas
Mayor Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Newsom Siebel Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas February 18, 2009, 4:00 pm Mayor Gavin Newsom spokesperson Nathan Ballard today confirmed Jennifer Siebel Newsom is pregnant. “We are pleased…
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