![]() ![]() For more information about QAnon, see Snopes' explainer. The actor has been targeted by QAnon conspiracy theorists, without evidence, for years as a supposed pedophile. No legitimate sources have reported that Hanks was arrested, despite unfounded rumors dating back to 2020. ![]() Snopes had previously fact-checked the claim about Hanks wearing an ankle bracelet and found it to be false. Reuters, which also fact-checked this image, found an archived BBC page dating from June 2021, some elements of which were an exact match for those found on the manipulated screenshot.įor example, the three bullet points under the Hanks piece, as Reuters' fact-check noted, appeared to be related to vaccines: "The bullet points 'How can I get my second jab sooner?' 'What are the lockdown rules' and "Your Covid questions answered' can be made out under the headline and photograph of Tom Hanks and his wife." The fake screenshot appeared to have been created by digitally altering an actual BBC page. They both got COVID-19 during their stay in the country and were hospitalized and later released. Those photographs were taken when Hanks and Wilson were in Australia in 2021 for a film shooting. Some of the BBC stories that popped up during the search displayed photographs whose backgrounds resembled that of the digitally altered image. It had been circulating, both on websites and on social media, since at least June 2021.Ī search on BBC News for mentions of Hanks being arrested did not return any such report. (Image Via alleged BBC screenshot was fabricated via digital editing, and its headline was false. Other photos in the collage appeared to show Hanks wearing an ankle bracelet and talking to law enforcement officers. The headline read: "Tom Hanks arrested on 135 counts of child porn possession." Beside it was a photograph of Hanks with his wife, Rita Wilson. On May 9, 2023, a Twitter user posted a collage of images including what appeared to be a screenshot of a BBC report that actor Tom Hanks was arrested for possession of child pornography. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I also think despite the fact that high-score gaming will remain a mainstay for casual gamers, retro gaming is definitely due for a comeback. Was Pac-Man, Asteroids or Space Invaders ‘dumb gaming’? No, it was creative, doing a lot with the little resources that the programmers had at the time. Think of the original high score era of gaming. The question could be raised however “If casual gaming takes over, will this end in the dumbing down of games?” and to that I say: not really. in console gaming is still a big factor of the industry, the casual gaming market is taking over and, slowly but surely, high-score culture is gaining more and more dominance. This just goes to show that although graphics and storyline etc. If you weren’t paying attention, you could have missed the COD release, but you’d have to be living under a rock to not even have heard of Flappy Bird. Now of course, in theory COD deserves much more publicity, but in practice this was not the case. Call Of Duty Ghosts (the latest COD release) didn’t have anything close to the amount of hype as Flappy Bird has had. On the topic of consoles, yes it is still true that console gaming is still a huge part of gaming as a whole, but think about this. This goes to show that even Call Of Duty is not exempt from the grip of the casual gaming market. I am by no means a heavy gamer and I am terrible at Call Of Duty but despite this, I played the game a fair amount specifically in the Modern Warfare 2 era. Now arguably, the Call Of Duty players are not in the same category as IPhone users gaming-wise, however Call Of Duty is one of the most casual gamer friendly titles out there! Its pick up and play nature and simple controls may be difficult to master, but certainly are understandable to casual gamers. However looking back now, I can see that this was the pre-cursor to the high score obsessed gaming revolution we see today. The player will then be able to show the rest of the gaming community that they have achieved the highest level of skill in the game (even though then can then repeat the process to achieve 1 st prestige, 2 nd prestige etc.) At the time, I was puzzled why my friends often chose to do this as I found it strange to discard all of the weaponry they had spend hours and hours earning, simply to impress strangers online. The term ‘prestige’ is a term used in Call Of Duty online multiplayer where a player can achieve the top level of skill, attaining all of the possible weapons, and then discard all of their weapons to ‘prestige’. The rise of multiplayer on an online level also paved the ways for what gaming would become. Storyline and playability were also aspects of the saleability of a game, but essentially these factors could be overruled by outstanding graphics. Ironically, the generation with less technology opted for the more technologically reliant aspects of gaming but nonetheless, the gaming industry revolved around how good a game looked. ![]() In the early to mid-2000’s, a games trump card was always its graphics. This is in stark contrast to the previous graphics-obsessed generation of gamers. Games are no longer made to be clever or interesting they are created to be about getting a high score and nothing else. ![]() The design of Doodle Jump is purposefully simplistic and the graphics seen on Flappy Bird are charmingly pixelated. The games we see now are primitive, almost proudly so. IPhone culture has also significantly shaped the direction of the video gaming industry. The old-style endless gaming fantasy at your single fingertip! Just download and install! Hit the play button and let your Bird flaps to fly to the infinite.Flappy Bird is now a part of youth culture and the simplicity of the game is coming to shape aspects of millennial culture in general. Using the coins you can buy in-game cool items. All you need to navigate your bird to fly upward avoiding those obstacles and collect coins as much you can. When you’ll fly upwards, pipe-like obstacles will appear with gaps between them to go through. If you stop tapping on the screen, the bird will fall because of gravity. Each time you tap the screen, the bird will flaps upward little by little. Tap the screen to control the bird’s flying. It’s ideal to be played by users of all ages so you can always have fun while playing this bird survival game. Enter a realm of sudden obstacles and consistent free-falling pitfalls in this intense, hyper-casual escape adventure game. It’s a classic side-scrolling one-handed game with simple yet addictive gameplay. Our first pick is Tap & Flap Bird offered by Secret Entertainment Games. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wonder opened his set with "I Just Called To Say I Love You." The movement culminated in the 1988 Free Nelson Mandela Concert at Wembley Stadium in London, where Sting, Peter Gabriel, Whitney Houston and a host of other stars performed on his behalf. Wonder, energized by the ban, spoke out in interviews and included the song "It's Wrong (Apartheid)" on his next album, In Square Circle. This drew a lot of attention to Mandela and his fight against apartheid in that country later in 1985, a collective of musicians called Artists United Against Apartheid released the song " Sun City," taking a stand against entertainers who performed at the popular resort in South Africa. When the song won the Academy Award, Wonder said in his speech, "I would like to accept this award in the name of Nelson Mandela." The next day, the South African government banned his music, as Mandela was an enemy of the state, imprisoned since 1962. Perhaps if Stevie Wonder didn’t drag his feet in the third verse, he’d have a more complete work of art and music history would be different.This is one of the least political songs you'll ever hear, but it gave Wonder a voice to help end apartheid in South Africa. It’s like he just ran out of steam and the record executives were waiting, with the car running, to pick up his master tapes. To sum up, Wonder could have done a much better job with budgeting his time in “I Just Called to Say I Love You.” It’s almost as if by the end, he realized he was running out of time and should quit dicking around and give a perfunctory mention to Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. One would think that by 1984, Wonder had made enough money not to have to score his songs with a Casio keyboard that one’s parents would buy as a Christmas gift at the music store at the MacDade Mall. The music of “I Just Called to Say I Love You” sounds hopelessly rooted to the early-mid-‘80s, with painfully dated and unspeakably cheap synthesizers. Two holidays together get the same face time as birds flying south. He crams both holidays into one line: “No giving thanks for all the Christmas joy you bring.” These are the two biggest holidays on the calendar, at least in America, and they get a rote mention. Then for Halloween, the one holiday people do celebrate (more so than harvest moon or Libra sun), Wonder glosses right over with two words: “No Halloween.” Every other occasion gets some poetic description but Halloween is just “No Halloween.” Couldn’t he have come up with some catchy lyrics about bobbing for apples, pumpkins or trick or treating?Įven worse is Wonder’s treatment of Thanksgiving and Christmas. It would be much more economical to sing both as one line. How lovely”? Furthermore, he doesn’t need to note the autumn breeze and falling leaves in two lines, considering one causes the other. But who ever looks at the sun between Sept. Who even cares about the Libra sun? Harvest moon, I can see, since it’s a larger than usual moon and recognizable in the sky. I think it’s excessive for Wonder to mention both the sun and moon. harvest moon to light one tender August nightįive lines is a whole lot to devote to August, September and October.Then Wonder spends way too much time noting the days between August and late October. ![]() Patrick’s Day, Memorial Day or Labor Day. Perhaps this is why he did not mention St. ![]() Perhaps this was so the song would translate well in other countries. He makes it through April and May and then completely ignores the Fourth of July. As the song begins, he hits the big days on the calendar: New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, the first of spring. I liked this song when I was little because of the way Wonder ticked off a list of the holidays of the year. The following is a scholarly analysis of both the lyrics and music of the 1984 hit. After years of listening to my legions of readers crying out for an analysis of Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” I am crying uncle. ![]() ![]() ![]() To make changes to your Classic Shell Start menu: Make basic changes to the Classic Shell Start menu Once you reach the desktop, you will see the familiar interface you are used to from earlier versions of Windows. Pressing Win by itself does virtually the same thing, but also automatically opens the Classic Shell Start menu. To get to what was known as the desktop in previous versions of Windows, from the Start screen, press Win-Shift. The Classic Shell add-on does not replace the Start screen, so you may not immediately notice any differences after installation, especially if you did not restart your computer during the process. Generally, clickĪgree, and then click Next.
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The adapter makes easy work of removal should have purchased one sooner to. This tool has such grip that it broke the feet off bulbs and thus came out. My bulbs were stuck and i mean welded into the socket because the metal feet had melted. I would definitely recommend.Įxcellent for stuck g10 bulbs. Delivery was very speedy and i had it unpacked and the replacement bulbs fitted within minutes. Just like one of the other reviewer says, i was just about to change my existing light fittings i was so frustrated but now there’s no need. This product does what it says it will do. This product was just what i was looking for, it was simple to use, convenient to store and is good value for money. BULB REMOVER, HALOGEN, 0-000 By WOLFCRAFT.This is a very useful product which I didn’t know existed until very recently.Good product, well made and does exactly what you’d.Given the relatively low price, it’s probably worth having, but i’m online now looking for another one. And for a few, the surface of the bulb just popped off. For some lights, it worked fine, making it very easy to replace. The tool is essentially a suction device that grasps the surface of the bulb. I live in a newly built flat, and as a result, all of the lights are halogen. I found that this tool worked on some halogen bulbs but not others. Not great for a convex – shaped bulb surface though, as this makes it difficult for the tool to adhere to it’s surface. Works very well if bulb surface is flat, making removal of bulb much easier. Only reason it doesn’t get 5 stars is the release tab being a bit small to get hold of when working at arms length. Design is neat and grip on bulb is very strong. Had trouble in the past with flush fitting gu10 bulbs, and this tool works very well. I used it to remove a bulb that had been stuck in for a number of years and evrything else we tried had failed. This is a very useful product which i didn’t know existed until very recently. ![]() ![]() ![]() US cassette track listing (My Ever Changing Moods) However, there is no indication of the different version anywhere on the album jacket (as the album sleeve for these editions of My Ever Changing Moods still lists a song length of 5:45, and the saxophone solo that adorns the single version is uncredited in the liner notes). ^ Certain releases of the My Ever Changing Moods album include the single version of "You're the Best Thing" (4:18) instead of the full-length album version (5:45) originally featured on Café Bleu. "Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse" – 3:16."My Ever Changing Moods (12-inch version)" – 5:42.The US LP, retitled My Ever Changing Moods, drops two tracks ("Me Ship Came In!" and "Council Meetin'"), adds one (" A Solid Bond in Your Heart"), and substitutes an extended version of "My Ever Changing Moods" for the shorter UK LP version. "Council Meetin'" (Weller, Talbot) – 2:29Īdditional track listing US LP track listing (My Ever Changing Moods)."Dropping Bombs on the Whitehouse" (Weller, Talbot) – 3:15."Mick's Blessings" ( Mick Talbot) – 1:15.Treble included it in a 2014 list of 10 essential sophisti-pop albums, saying that while it does not feature synthesizers like the other albums on the list, "a mix of blue-eyed soul, jazz, and modern influences (for the time at least) made this record a sophisticated, progressive piece of pop." Track listing Īll songs written by Paul Weller, except where noted. In a retrospective review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic found that Café Bleu, although being indicative of "the group's fatal flaw – a tendency to be too eclectic and overambitious", is nonetheless "one of their better efforts", praising Weller's "solid soul-tinged pop songs, including ' My Ever Changing Moods,' 'Headstart for Happiness,' ' You're the Best Thing,' and 'Here's One That Got Away.'" Ĭafé Bleu was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The album represented a huge shift away from Weller's previous group The Jam and towards incorporating his favoured elements of classic soul, jazz and rap.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scores Café Bleu included a large number of extra musicians, known as Honorary Councillors, including Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt from Everything but the Girl. Ĭafé Bleu was renamed My Ever Changing Moods in the United States to capitalise on the success of the single of the same name. The album was mainly recorded at Solid Bond Studios (owned by Weller) except for the strings which were recorded at CBS. It followed the compilation Introducing The Style Council, which was released only in the Netherlands, Canada and Japan. It was released on 16 March 1984, on Polydor Records, produced by Paul Weller with Peter Wilson. 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