Free Spell Checker For Outlook Express

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Article: By Gail Nobles

One day I noticed that my spell checker was missing in Outlook Express. I thought, “Oh, no! I can’t do without it! I have got to get it back!” In a hurry, I went searching online and could not find a thing. I kept searching and searching and finally a free spell checker was found. It was not just a spell checker, but a spell checker made for Outlook Express.


You can download a free program at http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spelloe.html

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History of the Harlem Globetrotters

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Article by: Gail Nobles

When I first saw the Harlem Globetrotters on television, I was a little girl. I loved watching their fancy moves with the basketball and their tricks. Right now today, I wish that I could move like them. I am still fascinated about how they move and play.


Abe Saperstein was the man that started the team. He grew up watching black boys play basketball in the streets of Chicago. Abe started a professional black basketball team. Black guys were not allowed to play on white teams in those days. In 1927, Abe took the team out on the road. There is meaning behind the name “Harlem Globetrotters”. Harlem lets you know that the team is black and the name “Globetrotters” was to make you think that they had traveled all over the world. If I am not mistaken, at first, the Globetrotters had not traveled all over the world. Maybe, Abe believed that they would, and he gave them that awesome name. The Harlem Globetrotters were really not from Harlem. I think the first five came from Chicago. At first, they only had five players.


When the team traveled on the road, times were a bit tough. They did not have much money and they slept in the car. It was very cold. There was also some racial discrimination. But as time went on, things got better for the Globetrotters. They are still famous today and traveling around the world. I have not seen them play in person, but I sure would love to.

Superman and More Foes

By Gail Nobles

10/29/2006

In movies, it seems as if Superman does not have very many exciting foes as a comic book character. It certainly would make the movies more exciting. All of the Superman movies beginning with Christopher Reeve seem to focus on Lex Luthor. He’s a mad man and one of the greatest scientists. Lex is Superman’s biggest foe. “Superman Returns” was a disappointment to some people. Well, I think that they did a good job getting a Christopher Reeve look-a-like. It made me feel like I was watching him again on the big movie screen. It made me feel like Christopher Reeve never left. I like that. The movie was not so bad. I just wish that they would have made a new bad guy for the movie.

Kryptonite Man would have been an interesting bad guy for Superman. You can find information on him at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptoniteman. To tell you the truth, I don’t really know much about the foes of Superman in comic books. When I was growing up, all I knew was Lex Luthor. He was in all of the movies. I didn’t read many of Superman’s comic books.

I remember the “Adventures of Superman” starring George Reeves. It was the old black and white episodes that use to come on TV. They had a lot of ideas and episodes, but the bad guys were ordinary men. Well, each episode kept my attention and had me wondering what was going to happen next. Each episode was different and there was always a different bad guy and story. I love the old writers and film makers. I love their style. But film makers can do more now with computers today. If the old film makers had what film makers have today, the old films would have really been great. Will there be another new Superman movie? There should be another one. There is more in Superman’s life than Lex Luthor. I want to see new enemies and more exciting adventures. (Adventures of Superman) “Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman!”

The Wiz

By Gail Nobles

9/16/2007

The Wiz was a 1975 hit Broadway musical show featuring African-American actors like singer Stephanie Mills as Dorothy and Mabel King as Evilene. The musical was based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. After The Wiz was a 1975 Broadway musical, it was made a 1978 motion picture by Motown Productions and Universal Pictures.

The actors were Diana Ross as Dorothy, Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, Ted Ross as the Cowardly Lion, Nipsey Russell as the Tin Man, Lena Horne as Glinda the Good Witch, Richard Pryor as the Oz’s Great Wizard, Mabel King as Evilene, Thelma Carpenter as Miss One, and Theresa Merritt as Aunt Em. Some of the actors that played the Broadway musical did not play in the movie.

The Wiz was a lot different than The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Dorothy is a Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is brought by a snowstorm to a mysterious land of Oz. The scenery looked like New York City.

In the Wiz, you get a chance to see crows dancing and singing around the scarecrow and making fun of him. The scarecrow sings a song “You Can’t Win” which was the crow anthem sung by Michael Jackson. The scarecrow read a lot and was very intelligent, but he thought he had no brain and the crows fed him negative thoughts. He believed their negative thoughts and remained hanging up on a pole. Then Dorothy scared the crows away and helped the scarecrow down.

Instead of singing “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” in the Wizard of Oz, “Ease On Down the Road“, was sung in the Wiz by Michael Jackson (scarecrow) and Diana Ross (Dorothy). The Lion sung, “I’m a Mean Ole Lion” and was a coward. The Tin Man sung “What Would I Do If I Could Feel” because he could not feel. Just like in L. Frank Baum’s version, Dorothy was trying to get home, the  Scarecrow wanted a brain, the Tin Man wanted a heart, and the Lion wanted courage.

The bad witch in The Wiz did not have a pointed black hat like a regular witch with a long nose. The witch in the Wiz was a fat and ugly witch, and she was really mean. Her part took place in a place that looked like a sewing factory. She made her workers work. As the witch would walk down the aisle or walk way, she would sing “Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News”. She was destroyed by water as rain came down on her. Dorothy and her friends were free.

When the Lion, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Dorothy found out that the Wiz (Richard Pryor) was a phony, they were very disappointed. They met, Glinda, The Good Witch (Lena Horne). She told Dorothy how to get home. The movie ended with Dorothy singing “Believe In Yourself” to her friends. It was also sung by the good witch to Dorothy. Then Dorothy sung “Home” and clicked her heels three times. Then she was home again.

I really liked The Wiz Movie because I could relate to it. But, I still love The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Spider-Man 4 (Lizard Rumor)

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Spider-Man 1, 2, and 3 were great hit  movies on the big movie screen in theaters. I will be looking forward to seeing Spider-Man 4. I heard a rumor that Lizard will be the next villain. Who is Lizard? Lizard is a man name Dr. Curt Conners. He lost his arm during a war. He became obsessed with regaining his lost arm. Conners created a serum from reptilian DNA. He wanted to have reptile-like regeneration abilities. Conners regained his arm but something else terrible happened. He became a humanoid Lizard. Spider-Man managed to cure him of his condition every time. Spider-Man seemed like a friend trying to help, but the Lizard fought Spider-Man.


I think that the Lizard would make another great Spider-Man movie. The Lizard is a very interesting character. I would like to see him on the movie screen with a pair of 3d glasses. That would probably be scary. I really don’t know for sure what Spider-Man 4 is going to be about. I have heard only rumors. But if the Lizard is going to be in it, I’m sure it will be a great movie, and I can’t wait to see it.  

Will Smith (I Am Legend)

Article By: Gail Nobles




Robert Neville (Will Smith) is all alone with his dog in a wild life city of deer roaming the streets. The cars look abandoned, and grass and weeds have grown through the paved streets of Manhattan. A virus has killed everyone, and Robert is the only survivor and his dog. He lives barricaded inside of his home. Robert’s doors and windows are sealed up tightly by steel shutters. During the day, he and his dog are free to go outside, but at night, there are monstrous, pale, and angry zombies that come out. They can’t stand the sunlight. The zombies are killers with sharp teeth. Robert has a basement which looks like a laboratory where he is trying to find a cure for the virus.

Watching the movie, you can get lost in how dog is man’s best friend. Robert spends a lot of time with his dog, and tries to make him eat his vegetables. He gives the dog a bath and makes him exercise. Everywhere Neville went, the dog was sure to go. But in the end, his dog got in a fight with some other monstrous dogs of the zombies along with his master. The dog was hurt badly from poisonous bites. Robert tried to save the dog holding him like a baby. It is sad to say that he lost his best friend.

One night, Robert gets attacked by the angry zombies again in his vehicle. This time he is attacked alone without his dog. Just as one zombie was about to get the best of him, some light appeared, and he was saved by another survivor named Anna. Anna was like an angel who had a little boy. Robert made friends with them.

In the end, the zombies attacked Robert’s home again. Anna and her son were with him. To get rid of some of them, Robert turned some bright lights on which they could not stand. He blew some of them up, but they just kept on coming. Robert, Anna, and the boy went down into the basement where Robert had just found a cure. The zombies found him, and he quickly closed the lab glass door to shut them out so that they could not reach them. Robert tried to talk to the zombies and tell them that he could cure them. He tried to show them the young girl that was a zombie tied down on his laboratory bed being cured. They would not listen to Robert. They kept on trying to bust into the glass door slowly breaking it. Anna and her son got away, while Robert chose to stay in the lab and risk his life. Did Robert Die? Go see the movie. I think it is an excellent movie that deserves ten stars.