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A surprise update has been released today for Grand Theft Auto Online, the online component to the popular GTA 5 game. It brings a brand new sports car that’s now available for purchase as well as a new round of missions that offer double PR and cash. It has also been revealed that starting this weekend, the GTA Online Independence Day content will be available once again until July 11th, and there’s also going to be a dedicated weekend for it.
GTA Online players can now buy the new Pfister 811 sports car from Legendary Motorsport for $1,135,000. The update also includes three new street races, Senora Freeway, Arms Race and Business Trip, which offer double cash and RP.
Players can also enjoy discounts on the turreted limo, Liberator monster truck, Karin Technical, Sovereign motorbike, the musket, tyre smoke for the Patriot, and masks.
From July 1st to July 4th, players can access an up-to-8 player Playlist featuring Road Tripping, Across the Wilderness, and Tour the Lake missions. All of the original Independence Day content is also back in GTA Online starting July 1st and it will be one sale at 25 percent off. Special independence day gear including t-shirts, hats, and more will be available as well.
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When her son with special needs was not invited to a classmate’s birthday party, a Canadian mom wrote a powerful letter to educate the world about inclusion.
Jennifer Kiss-Engele, whose 8-year-old son Sawyer has Down syndrome, was heartbroken to learn that her little boy was the only child in his class who did not receive an invitation to a fellow student’s birthday party.
On Thursday, the mom posted an open letter on Facebook addressed to “the parent that thought it was OK to invite the entire class to their child’s birthday except for my son.”
Noting that the other 22 students in the class received invitations and that Sawyer’s exclusion was intentional, Kiss-Engele’s letter explores the reason he was left out.
“I know it’s not because he’s mean, you couldn’t meet a happier child,” she wrote. “I know it’s not because he’s not fun, he has a great sense of humour and an infectious laugh. I know it’s not because your child and him don’t get along, he’s brought up your child’s name on several occasions.”
“The only reason why you decided it was OK to not invite my son to your child’s birthday party is because he has Down syndrome,” she said.
The mom used her letter to clear up some misconceptions about people with Down syndrome. She explained:
“You see, having Down Syndrome doesn’t mean that you don’t want to have friends. It doesn’t mean that you don’t have feelings. It doesn’t mean you don’t like to go to birthday parties. People with Down Syndrome want the same things that you and I want. They want to have close relationships, they want to feel love, they want to contribute, they want to have meaningful lives, and they want to go to birthday parties. It may be more difficult at times to understand my child. But the laughter and love that you share doesn’t need interpretation.”
Kiss-Engele added that she was once “scared, uncertain and misinformed” about Down syndrome, and that she used to worry Sawyer wouldn’t be able to connect with his siblings. But she was wrong, she said. Having Sawyer as a brother has taught them to have compassion and understanding, and he is one of their best friends.
Acknowledging that perhaps Sawyer’s classmate didn’t want him at his birthday party, the mom wrote to the other parent, “I know it can be difficult to teach our children about something we may not understand ourselves … But this is a great opportunity and life lesson to have with your child. They will remember the time that their parent said to them, it’s not OK to leave someone out because of their disability, race, or gender.”
Realizing that Sawyer hasn’t been invited to many birthday parties this year, Kiss-Engele said she regrets not talking to his class about Down syndrome, as other parents of children with special needs do. “I realize that it’s my obligation as his parent and advocate to educate people more about what it means to have Down Syndrome and how they are more like you than different,” she wrote. “I now know how important it is to talk about it and it’s something I am committed to doing a better job of.”
The mom concluded her letter with an offer to talk about her son and this incident. “I may be a mama bear but I am not a scary person,” she wrote, adding, “I recognize that we all make mistakes and at the end of the day, I think we both could have done better.”
Kiss-Engele’s open letter post received over 20,000 likes on Facebook, and the comments section is filled with messages of empathy and stories from other parents of children with special needs. The post was shared widely, and the mom appeared on CTV News with her family to talk about the “teachable moment.”
In an update to the post, the mom said this story has a “happy ending.” After the addressed parent read the letter and had a conversation with their child, Sawyer received a special invitation to the birthday party.
“Of course he’s been beaming ever since and can’t stop talking about it,” Kiss-Engele wrote.
“I’m really proud that my letter has reached so many people because it’s not just this birthday party and it’s not just Sawyer,” she added. “There are so many kids with special needs (and without of course) that just don’t make the cut.”
An important reminder about the power of inclusion.
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LONDON, June 28 (Reuters) – Lawmakers from Britain’s opposition Labour Party have backed a motion of no confidence in their leader Jeremy Corbyn, the party said on Tuesday.
The motion was tabled in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and backed by many who felt he had not campaigned hard enough to keep the country inside the EU, and would not be able to win a future election.
The result, which was expected after days of heavy criticism from within his party, has no formal consequence and does not automatically trigger a leadership election. Corbyn has previously said he will not resign and would stand again if the party did call a leadership contest.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus posted the sweetest throwback photo to celebrate her wedding anniversary … and we can’t help but notice the actress hasn’t aged one bit.
Over the weekend, the “Veep” actress posted this photo of her wedding to Brad Hall on June 25, 1987, after the pair met at Northwestern University.
“29 years ago today. A good choice,” Louis-Dreyfus sweetly reminisced.
But other than the big, poufy sleeves on her dress (Elaine Benes would totally love this), we’d never have guessed this photo was taken nearly three decades ago.
Louis-Dreyfus somehow manages to look exactly the same today at 55.
She swears she hates the word “anti-aging,” preferring to call it “pro-aging,” and says she doubts she’ll ever have plastic surgery because her husband wouldn’t go for it.
“I like that he likes me as I am — that’s important to me,” she said in a 2013 interview with Health Magazine.
And who can blame him? Lookin’ good, JLD.
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Every year, about one-third of the world’s food gets lost or discarded. And quite a bit of it is perfectly intact, healthful and something you’d want to sink your teeth into.
To demonstrate just how delectable thrown out food can be, photographer Aliza Eliazarov set out to take pictures of fruits, vegetables and other items in dumpsters around Brooklyn and Harlem, New York.
Often, edible foods are discarded because there’s confusion surrounding the expiration dates or they don’t meet the industry’s “beauty standards.”
Eliazarov photographed the foods and modeled the shoots after 17th-century food art.
“I used food headed for the trash and made it art,” Eliazarov told The Huffington Post. “My goal for the project was to show the beauty in the food that was being wasted.”
All of the food was consumed after.
Eliazarov’s “Waste Not” series will be on display through July 4 at the Hudson Beach Glass gallery in Beacon, New York.
Sign the petition below and join thousands of Americans calling on Walmart to sell “ugly” fruit and vegetables to help reduce food waste.
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