It’s basically the Midas touch in a can.
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All that glitters IS gold.
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It’s estimated that over 49,000 men were convicted in the U.K. of “gross indecency.”
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The British actor, who played gay codebreaker Alan Turing in the film The Imitation Game, is among more than 40,000 people who have signed the letter printed in the Guardian , calling on the royal family to back the campaign to pardon convicted gay men.
It's estimated that 15,000 men who were convicted under the old law are still alive.
The letter reads:
The UK's homophobic laws made the lives of generations of gay and bisexual men intolerable.
It is up to young leaders of today including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to acknowledge this mark on our history and not allow it to stand.
We call upon Her Majesty's government to begin a discussion about the possibility of pardoning all the men, alive or deceased, who like Alan Turing were convicted.
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Turing committed suicide in 1954 after he was convicted of gross indecency two years earlier. Members of his family are also among those who have signed the letter.
In 2009 the British government issued a formal apology to the Nazi codebreaker and he was officially pardoned by the Queen in 2013. The campaigners want the same treatment extended to the other gay men convicted under the law.
Actor Stephen Fry, who portrayed the playwright Oscar Wilde in the 1997 film Wilde, has also added his name to the signatories. Wilde was imprisoned in 1895 after being convicted of gross indecency.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, it’s the hardest “Would You Rather” of them all!
What to see, where to go, and what to know.
According to the Caribbean Tourism Organization, 2.9 million people visited last year, and more people went to Cuba in the first nine months of 2014 than any Caribbean island except the Dominican Republic. While recent steps by the U.S. government to open relations with Cuba aren't providing carte blanche for tourism, it's likely that, for the first time in five decades, it will soon be easier for Americans to go and legally spend money there.
But the political and ethical considerations of traveling to Cuba are complicated and personal. If you choose to visit, it's important to be informed about the country's history, respectful of the people who live there, and aware of how you spend your money. What follows is a list of things to see and do.
The Malecón is to Havana what the strip is to Vegas, the place to be from sunset to sunrise. For five miles, the Malecón seawall runs along Havana's Atlantic-facing coast. At night, musicians, gallivanting teenagers, lovers, and street vendors take to the Malecón for a chill hang or to drink rum and party to a mashup of breaking waves and eclectic beats.
Founded in 1728, University of Havana and its 60,000 students occupy a good chunk of central Havana. In the 1950s, the university, which is the Castro brothers' alma mater, was the site of major anti-government protests. It remains a site of political and social organization and the city's nexus of contemporary youth culture today.
Ask any Cuban which countries contributed most to the democratization of music and they'll tell you, "the United States, Brazil, and Cuba." Visit the famous club La Zorra y El Cuervo, or just stop into the Association of Cuban Writers and Artists, and you might find a Grammy winner on the sax. Beyond jazz, there's also amazing son music (think Buena Vista Social Club), trova (nuevo trova Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez is the Bob Dylan of every Latin American lefty's heart), danzón, and more. Ask a local where you can find those styles of music and GO.
There is no better place on earth to be than between the two halves of a bagel.
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A beautiful union. Get the recipe here.
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Cheesesteak purists, avert your eyes. Get the recipe here.
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Yes, “having a marshmallow fight” is on here.
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Do you and your significant other love pasta? Cupcakes? Sushi? Gluten-free pizza? Pick the food you both love, then map out all of the restaurants where you can get that food. Set out on the tour and find the best one in your city.
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Turn off your phones, computers, televisions, tablets, iPods, stereos, and whatever else is a technological distraction for a full 24 hours and enjoy the company of your significant other. Try it once, and you may want to make it a regular thing because you'll feel free as a bird.
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At the coffee shop where you met, or the pizza place you go to on Fridays, or the restaurant where you know the owners. You're going to feel pretty baller when you've been a regular long enough that you can say, "We'll have the usual."
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“Thank you doesn’t really seem to answer it, does it?”
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Alan Barnes, 67, broke his collarbone when he was pushed to the ground and robbed outside his home in Gateshead, England, on Jan. 25, the BBC reported.
He is now staying with his sister because he is too afraid to return home.
Local beautician Katie Cutler started a GoFundMe campaign to raise about $750 to help Barnes move house.
But the campaign has since gone viral, with people raising more than $180,000.
Cutler told the BBC she was "overwhelmed" by the success of her campaign, with donations received from around the world.
"Not just people in the North East, but we've had people donating from Canada, Holland, down south, the USA, New Zealand," she said.
"This person that hurt Alan, is just a minority," she said.
Barnes said he has been touched by people's generosity, describing it as "just unbelievable".
"I've heard of fundraising for charities but I've only got a fractured collarbone, I didn't expect that sort of response," he said.
"Thank you doesn't really seem to answer it, does it?"
