Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 50, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 4, 2004 Page: 4 of 12
twelve pages : ill. ; page 23 x 15 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
. 'R** 1
PAGE 4, Seminole (Texas) Sentinel, Sunday, April 4, 2004
Sunday’s
Editorials. Columns & Letters
TO ‘Pniuvry_\v
4iH< S. jWiiiii
* Email: seiitinelOcrosswuhl.iict
‘Phone: (444) 1-366/
Plugged In.. .Your computer
by Eric Spellmann
eric@ericspellmann.com
Whenever a new version of Windows
is released, you typically receive some
“extra” programs that make your life a little
easier. You can find these programs by
clicking on START, PROGRAMS,
ACCESSORIES However, not all
accessories are completed in time to make
the release date. Instead of throwing them
away, Microsoft releases them throughout
the year and calls them “PowerToys '
These little programs are incredibly useful
and incredibly FREE.
If you look around, you'll find two
versions of PowerToys: one set for
Windows 95 and another for Windows XP
For those of you with Windows 98, ME;, or
2000, I’ve heard that the Windows 95 set
will work, however Microsoft claims
otherwise. For the purposes of this review.
I’ll cover the XP PowerToys. You can find
them at: http://www.microsoft.com/
powertoys
Following is a current list of these great
programs:
Alt-Tab Replacement
Many of you know that holding down
the ALT key while tapping the TAB key
will quickly switch between open windows.
However, if you have multiple windows
open, the standard “icon-only display can
be vague. This PowerToy will enhance the
Experience by displaying a thumbnail of
the Window
Open Command Window Here
Ah, the days of DOS. Those of us
that used computers back in the eighties
and early nineties, remember that infamous
C-prompt. Every now and then, 1 find a
task can be handled much quicker by
performing it in a DOS window.
However, whenever you open up a
command window, the system always
drops you in a pre-designated directory.
With this PowerToy, you can right-click on
a folder and choose “Open Command
Window Here. ”
Tweak U1
Bill Gates doesn't trust you. He
doesn't give you easy,access to EVERY
adjustable setting in Windows. In fact, he
put most of the dangerous settings in
something cryptic, called the "Registry.”
Making changes in the registry is very
delicate work (think brain surgery) and
requires some forethought. Thankfully,
some Microsoft programmers have made
access to some of the more tame settings
available via their PowerToy, Tweak Ul. I
especially like the "User Auto-Login''
feature.
Power Calculator
The calculator that comes with
Windows, while useful, is not “amazing."
If you grew ups with one of those monster
HP machines, you'll appreciate this
PowerToy The Power Calculator can
graph and evaluate functions, as well as
perform a number of useful conversions.
Think of it as the Windows calculator on
steroids. '
Image Resizer
Digital cameras are great. I love the
amount of detail these devices can capture.
Efowever, with that level of detail comes
large picture files.
Depending on how you-set your
resolution and picture size, these files can
be over a megabyte in size. E mailing these
monsters can be a nightmare.
Enter, the Image Resizer PowerToy.
By right-clicking on a picture, you can
create a much smaller copy of the image,
suitable for e-mailing. This method is much
quicker and easier than loading up
PhotoShop or another image editor.
CD Slide Show Generator
Speaking of digital cameras, once you
have a few hundred of these digital images,
you’ll probably want to store them
somewhere else besides your computer
Or maybe you want to share them with
friends. If someone sends you a CD
packed with images, you can use this
PowerToy to create a virtual Slide Show.
Virtual Desktop Manager
Do you believe in bigger desktops?
What if you could have four desktops?
Well, you can with this PowerToy.
Virtual Desktop Manager allows one
Computer to effectively have up to four
distinct desktops. If you like to have
multiple windows open simultaneously,
this PowerToy is for you. You have to see
it to appreciate it.
Taskbar Magnifier
If you have a vision-impaired friend,
pay attention. This PowerToy uses the
taskbar to magnify an area of the screen
around your pointer. I also know some
PhotoShop experts that use this tool for
quick image zooms.
Personally, I haven't used it much, but
for those that need it, I’ve heard it’s
indispensable.
Webcam Timershot
Is someone using your computer when
you re not around? Find out with this
PowerToy. If you have a webcam hooked
up to your system, you can use this
program to automatically snap shots at
specified time intervals and store them in
a designated location. Think of it as your
own personal security camera. Of course,
you could also aim it at your fish tank and
have the shots uploaded to your web site
for the world to see.
As time goes on, I'm sure Microsoft
will release new PowerToys, so check their
site occasionally for updates.
I’ll see you in Cyberspace!
AS JOaS BEGIN 70 MOVE OVERSEAS? WE SEE.,
NOW t* AMERICA NOW in INPfA
W
kv-.\
“7
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT UOPPY. ALL UHL BALANCE..
FUTURE i-> AMERICA. FUTURE INPIA
>\
25
_ r
Ai
ag^
t
Making a Difference
by Gina Caswell Kelly
What do you think God sees when He looks down at His children?
I would like to think that He looks down and smiles and says, “That’s
my girl!" But, I know that if I were God, I would be looking down with
disgust much of the time. If I were God and looking down here at us, I
would be shaking my head in utter amazement and wondering where it
all went wrong. I would be busy zapping lightening here and there to
scare people into straightening up and doing what is right. I would be
tripping us up at every misstep and speaking in a loud thunderous voice
reprimanding people for the horrible choices we keep making. That is
what I would do if I were God.
Fortunately for all of us, I am not God. Because the one true God
that we serve is looking down and smiling and saying, “That’s my girl.”
Even though I mess up so many times everyday. He is still the proud
Heavenly Father who can look down here and see my potential even
through the garbage I try to hide behind. I am sure He is disappointed
with the choices I make at times, but He knew I was going to do that.
Every mistake I have ever made, God knew I was going to make. And
He knew there was no way I would be able to fix all my mistakes all by
myself. There would never be any way without His help that I would
ever be able to make right all my wrongs. He knew this about me,
personally. That is why He sent His Son for me, personally. I am sure
they even discussed it. God probably said, “You know Jesus, that Gina
is really going to mess up sometimes in her life. Even though I know she
loves us, she is still going to keep making wrong choices at times. What
do you think we can do to help Gina?.” And Jesus answered, "Dad,
you know we love her an awful lot. What if I went down and took on the
burden of her sins' and You could just look down at her and smile and
say, “That’s my girl!” Would that work?" And God looked at Him and
smiled and said, “That’s my boy!” And then He sent Him to live and die
for me.
The amazing thing is that they had this conversation about you too.
And about everyone who has ever or will ever live. God loves us so
much that even when we have made horrible judgments and done things
that we can t imagine could ever be forgiven, He still forgives. He still’
lets His Son bear our sins. He still looks down and says, “That’s my
girl!”
Have you accepted His free offer of love and forgiveness? If you
haven't, it is time. It will definitely make a difference!
The Ladykillers ... Language Turnoff
Not your usual Tom Hanks
movie for tons of naughty, naughty
words Movie Man rating: 6 (on a
scale of 10
There were a few firsts when
the Movie Man and Movie Wife sat
down in the same auditorium with
the mostly 50-plus crowd anxious
another, it’s going to end up as one
of the biggest-moneymaking
movies ever. At $315 million right
now, it could still reach $400 million
if nationwide churches continue the
plan to urge parishioners to return
to theaters at Eastertime.
(That’s mighty elite company;
filmgoers. But those folks who just
popped in for a Hanks movie got
quite a jolt.
The plot
In Mississippi, Professor Dorr
(Hanks) says he's a Southern,
professor on hiatus He seeks to
rent a room from Bible-lovin , ultra
Hal! is also solid. She knows
there's something just not right
about the quintet that says they’re
playing chamber music in her
cellar, and, while she lets Hanks
lyrically, escape often, she’s on to
his "double talk."
Naturally, a Coen brothers
various manners, then skip it.
Summing up
This isn’t top-of-the-list Coen
brothers. Raising Arizona is best
followed by O ’ Brother, Where Art
Thou? then Fargo. (However,
many will argue for The Big
Lebowski.)
Like last week’s Dawn of the
Dead, The Ladykillers isn’t for
everyone. But those who like black
comedies will like it a lot.
The Seminole Sentinel
to see Tom Hanks in The
Ladykillers.
One, the Movie Man bought a
big drink which he never does.
Two, Movie Wife was watching
consecutive R-rated movies for the
first time in her life.
Three, the older audience
obviously wasn’t ready for what
was about to spEw - and spew and
spew - from Marlon Wayans
mouth. Many filmgoers literally
recoiled from the screen after a
while.
About the film
Movie Wife saw two films in a
row that illustrated the wide range
that tag a picture with an R rating.
First, following a Movie Man
preview, she finally decided to
watch The Passion of the Chirst.
It's an R for - as everyone human
now knows - the explicitness of the
suffering Jesus went though.
An avowed anti-gore/violence
person, Movie Wife didn’t actually
see too much of the beatings,
averting her eyes at the Movie
Man’s suggestions - which, over
the last 90 minutes were pretty
constant.
(By the way, it doesn’t happen
very often that a film becomes a
cultural phenomenon. That’s why,
po matter your religious-beliefs or
viglence stance, you should See
The Passion. Maybe go with
someone who has seen it and can
clue you in on the extra-graphic
scenes.
(for one thing, the movie is the
water-cooler topic of 2004. For
only five pictures in history have
ever achieved that rare plateau:
Titanic - $600.7 million; Star Wars
- $460.9; E.T.- $434:9; Star Wars,
Episode I - $431; and Spider-Man
-$403.7) )
So Movie Wife saw an R-rated
violent movie. She followed that up
with The Ladykillers which is of the
language R-rated variety.
A movie can survive with a
PG-13 with just one mention of that
word. But Movie Wife, along with
scores of others in the audience,
heard Wayons definitively lock in
an R rating on just one sentence.
Naturally, there were clues that
The Ladykillers would not be some
genteel remake of the funny 1955
British version (with the great Peter
Sellers and Alec Guinness).
Hanks was very cautious when
speaking about the movie on the
traditional talk show circuit.
Also, the Coen brothers are
involved.
They make wonderful, odd,
unique movies, but they also
employ what they think will make
a film better - whether that’s gore
(the woodchipper from Fargo) or
language.
The brothers made one of the
Movie Man’s all-time favorite
movies: Raising Arizona. It’s so
offbeat, so strange, so funny, and
so touching. The Movie Man knows
it’s a good one because Movie Wife
hates it.
Anyway, the language is rough
in The Ladykillers and that’s no
surprise, at least to regular
fundamentalist Marva (Irma P.
Hall).
* Her root cellar happens to lie
in a direct path to a building where
a floating casino stores its cash.
Hanks and his not-exactly-top
notch gang of thieves plan to tunnel
to the cash then off Hall should she
find out about their exploits
There are problems. G a wain
(Wayons), a custodian at the
casino, and low rung demolitions
expert Pancake (J K Simmons)
squabble. The other two of the
gang - stupid ox Lump (Ryan
Hurst) and The General (Tzi Ma,
sporting a Hitler mustache!) - are
not much better
Despite pre-crime tribulations,
the gang pulls the heist off But
when Hall discovers their ill gotten
ways, Hanks decides she must be
rubbed out
Each criminal finds himself
called upon to do the deadly deed
but each ends up discovering it not
so easy to kill the old lady
What works
Hanks is so good. He really is
this generation’s Jimmy Stewart.
Dressed as a dandy, sporting a
devilish goatee, and spouting Edgar
Allen Poe poems, he manages to
finagle his way out of a bevy of
problems, mainly with his silver
tongue.
The supporting cast is solid,
too. Wayans, all ghetto-ed up and
spewing that word like it was a piece
of everyday language (and too
many think it is), has some funny
lines.
movie is terrific to look at. And it's
not too long. After 92 minutes, the
end credits roll.
The Movie Man loved one
scene where part of Hanks clothing
floats away. The Movie Man
thought it was an homage to the
feather in Forest Gump. Movie Wife
figured it was another Poe
reference, to The Raven.
Best scene -
Of ail the parts of The
Ladykillers that won the most
frequent laughs, it was an
inarticulate painting of Hall’s
beloved departed husband that
won the most guffaws.
Whenever anything unusual
happened - an explosion, one of
Hanks circuitous explanations -
the husband's painted expression
changed: 1 e., scowling or eyebrows
raised.
What doesn’t work
Man. those that words got old.
Maybe today's generation does
consider it just another word, but
many of us don’t.
The Ladykillers has some
serious flow problems. It's very
slow early and, while the final 15
minutes is terrific, the film is not as
smooth as other Coen pictures.
The rating
This is hard R, all for language.
It s constant and if that bothers
you, The Ladykillers won’t work for
you.
There’s also another thing to
mention: This is a very black
comedy. If you’re not the sort who
would laugh while folks die in
P. O. Drawer 1200 (USPS 489-400)
Seminole, TX 79360
Ph. 432-758-3667 - Toll Free 1-877-251-9930
FAX No. (432) 758-2136
e-mail address: sentinel@crosswind.net
Website: http://www.sentinel@crosswmd.net
Oldest Established Business in Gaines Counly
Published each Wednesday and Sunday at The Seminole Sentinel Building, 406 S.
Main, under the act of March 3. 1879.
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Seminole. Texas, Post Office, Seminole, Texas
79360.
Any erroneous reflection upon the character of any person or firm appearing in these
columns will be gladly and promptly corrected upon being brought to the attention of the
management. »
Letters policy: Letters to the Editor are welcomed. All letters should be kept as brief as
possible. They must be signed with name, address and telephone number, in case need for
verification arises (address and phone number will not be printed). The Sentinel reserves
the nght-to edit letters to prevent libel, invasian of privacy or untasteful language without
changing the desired context.Letters do not necessarily reflect the editorial policies or
beliefs of this newspaper. No letters about candidates seeking election or “Thank You”
letters will be accepted. .
Thanks for Reading the Sentinel
If
SUBSCrIbE~TO THE ’
BROWNFIELD NEWS
Fill out this form and mail it to:
lnBl0S2°9.9S
Name:
Brownfield News
Circulation
PO Drawer 1272
Brownfield, TX 79316
500/ £Vcr
neu,s°t°*nZ,he
nd Price!
Address:
How you want it delivered: Carrier
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 50, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 4, 2004, newspaper, April 4, 2004; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth825115/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.