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He was born in 1855 in New Bedford, MA, and wasn't well educated, but had a bit more schooling than Morrissey. He graduated from grammar school. But he knew his success would come from the money of the rich, not the everyday gambling schlep. In order to gain their approval he believed he needed to be able to mirror the sophistication of their lifestyles.
So he took to reading. Frequently.
Married at 27 he got pinched for running a successful faro house and was sentenced to six months. He used that time wisely, learning about fine art, literature, philosophy and religion. He loved it. All of it. The more he read, the more interested he became.
In 1888 he teamed with gambler David Duff and opened a house close to popular restaurants. The play got so busy his partner couldn't handle it. Duff would "turn up drunk and make a nuisance of himself, and Canfield bought him out." ii
He had his eyes set on Morrissey's old haunt, The Club House in Saratoga Springs, NY. At the time it belonged to Albert Spencer and Charles Reed, a couple of gamblers from NYC.
Reed, eerily similar to Morrissey, was socially unacceptable and Spencer bought him out.
Spencer was more akin to the likes of Canfield. He bought and sold fine art and the pair got along well. A quarter of a million dollars later, Canfield bought the Club House in 1893. He made significant changes, beginning with the name. The Club House became The Casino.
"To be seen at the Casino would be a feather in the cap, a mark of distinction only the wealthy could afford." iii
He spent a small fortune on food and drink but many thought his efforts were "little more than constructing a veil to hide the evil inside." iv
They were wrong. When he opened the doors in 1894, the Casino was a smashing success.
Guests were expected to dress well, in their evening clothes and Canfield hired private detectives to ensure the safety of their jewels.
Always thinking ahead, he realized evening clothes may lead to a slight problem. For example, if a gentleman were to be dressed in a tuxedo and tails large amounts of money held in their pockets could ruin the tailoring.
Well, we can't have that now can we? Of course not!
His solution? Extend credit.
There were 10 other gambling houses in town and none of them would take such a risk. Hell, they thought Canfield was nuts. Not to mention, he also kept a million bucks in his safe ... just in case.
Canfield believed paying guests in cash and extending credit made for happy customers.
Right again!
When he closed his first season he earned $250,000 in gambling profits - his initial investment in the Casino.
He was off to a flying start and 1894 was a good year for Saratoga. Excitement for future seasons generated with enthusiasm.
But Canfield, in spite of this success, met with one struggle after another in the ensuing years.
In 1895 Reformists had every gaming house in the area closed, thus making his second season a bust.
The following year they opened, part in parcel to "many local residents [who] complained about the resulting economic loss, as they too sustained their livelihood either directly or indirectly from the gaming business." v
Canfield counted over $600,000 in profits that season and was the richest and most well known gambler in America.
He had arrived.
The affluent and social set welcomed him into the fold. A desire Morrissey, almost literally, died trying to accomplish.
But Canfield's headaches continued.
Years later when the new District Attorney of New York, William Travers Jerome (nephew to racing's Leonard Jerome), had a bee in his bonnet and singled out Canfield as the one to swat.
Jerome found gambling paraphernalia in the wall of a defunct New York City casino belonging to Canfield and arrested him. However, he had little to get him on so they battled back and forth for two years. The result after $100,000 in legal fees was a $1,000 fine and admission to a "common gambler" charge - a moniker that made Canfield shudder.
In 1903, he promised a lush and beautiful Italian Garden next to his Casino that would further enhance the splendor of Saratoga. He did just that and it was lovely. But, local officials feared that more attention from Reformists would make things difficult for the Casino.
So what did they do? They ordered all houses in Saratoga to operate behind closed doors.
Canfield was fit to be tied.
"They gambled in the Garden of Eden and they will again if there's another one," he said. v
The restrictions held his gambling profits to about $400,000 that season. Additional restrictions pressed Canfield to close his Casino in 1904.
1906 presented a problem when the Casino opened with more closed-door restrictions. Come August and the race meet, they shut down after friendly warnings from local sheriffs.
Enough is enough, thought Canfield. He accomplished what he set out to do.
Fed up, he didn't open the Casino again and put it up for sale in 1907. In 1911, the village of Saratoga Springs offered $150,000 and the deal was done.
Now, fast forward seven years from his decision, the setting is a cold, icy, December day in Brooklyn.
Canfield slips and tumbles down a flight of stairs in a subway station. He fractures his skull in the accident. The following day, the once wealthiest and revered gambler of his time, dies.
Between the years of 1870 and 1907 The Club House and The Casino was seen as THE host to the wealthiest people ever to set foot on American soil. In that day and age casino proprietors struggled to earn acceptance among the wealthy and well bred.
Canfield, through his love of the arts and as a collector, his passion for literature and his envied library along with his knowledge of religion and philosophy, appealed to the sort.
Morrissey, whose status as a championship prizefighter, bouncer and street thug followed him everywhere, didn't. He died, a relatively young man at 47, knowing the one battle he fought all his life left him laying on the mat, counted out.
Today their building is called The Canfield Casino.
And wouldn't you know it, John Morrissey - the guy who built the damned thing - gets snubbed from the billing.
Poor Old Smoke. He just couldn't get a break, could he?
The Canfield Casino serves a rich and fulfilling purpose to anyone with an affinity for Saratoga history. She is the home to the Historical Society of Saratoga Springs. And when you walk through her hallways - and I suggest you do - the rooms are adorned with scenes from lifetimes ago.
It takes little imagination to saunter through the rooms, at your own pace, and hear the noise of these blessed characters spinning a wheel or rolling the dice. You can imagine the smell of rich cigars permeating the air, people laughing and maybe a few grunting with dismay.
Quite simply, with a single walk-thru you are taken back a hundred years in time.
And that is part of the beauty of Saratoga Springs. A great part of her beauty.
Red Smith once wrote to get to Saratoga from New York City you drive north for about 175 miles, tun left onto Union Avenue and go back 100 years.
Drive another mile to Congress Park and tour the Canfield Casino to see for yourself.
I trust you'll find, like I do, that she is one of the more romantic and often thought of characters of the grand history that is Saratoga Springs.
i. They're Off ... At Saratoga, Edward Hotaling, p. 150
ii. Saratoga, A Saga of an Impious Era, George Waller, p. 226
iii. Saratoga, A Saga of an Impious Era, George Waller, p. 227
iv. Saratoga Lost: Images of Victorian America, Robert Joki, p. 146
v. Saratoga Lost: Images of Victorian America, Robert Joki, p. 147
Bibliographical Sources Used for Research:
- Bartles, John, Saratoga Stories, Gangsters, Gamblers and Racing Legends, Eclipse Press, Blood Horse Publications, Lexington, KY 2007
- Waller, George, Saratoga, A Saga of an Impious Era, FTB: Friar Tuck Bookshop, Ganesvoort, NY 1966
- Hoatling, Edward Clinton They're Off! Horse Racing at Saratoga, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY 1995
- Joki, Robert Saratoga Lost, Images of Victorian America, Black Dome Press Corp., Hensonville, NY 1998
- Richard Albert Canfield, - Waller, George, Saratoga, A Saga of an Impious Era, FTB: Friar Tuck Bookshop, Ganesvoort, NY 1966 p.225
- Canfield Casino parlor interior (1871) - The Saratoga Springs History Museum website
- The High Stakes Poker Room - The Saratoga Springs History Museum website
- The Modern ballroom (1902) - The Saratoga Springs History Museum website
- Richard Canfield Killed y a Fall - New York Times, December 12, 1914
- The Canfield Casino, Patrick J. Kerrison Saratoga Collection


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Last week, we welcomed Oppenheimer to Kenedy with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Jeff Young and Kay Barcus, Wealth Managers of Oppenheimer, were joined by family, friends, and community members for the celebration of their newly opened office located at 322 W. Main St., Suite 106.
The Kenedy Chamber hosted March's Second Friday Community Breakfast last Friday. It was great to hear from the community members that attended speak about different happenings around Karnes County. The location for April's Second Friday Community Breakfast is not set in stone yet. So stay tuned for more information.
This Saturday, March 16, the Kenedy Chamber is hosting its first annual Grapewine Classic from 1-7 p.m. at the Joe Gully Park gazebo area. There will be four wineries attending the event. $20 pre-sale tickets will be on sale until 5 p.m. Friday but will also be available for purchase at the event for $25. Only individuals that are 21 and up are able to attend this event. Like the Kenedy Grapewine Classic on Facebook to receive the most up to date information about the event. Come enjoy and taste some of the area's best wines with us.
Everything is going great with the 35th Annual Kenedy Chamber of Commerce Bluebonnet Days Pageant. The Kenedy Chamber would like to extend a big thank you to Mr. Joe Baker, Countywide Editor, for taking time away from his busy schedule to photograph our contestants. We have a great group of students participating in this year's pageant! The pageant is scheduled to take place at the Kenedy High School Auditorium on April 19 at 6 p.m. mark your calendars. Hope to see you there.


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Dear Sir, I am writing this letter pursuant to an occurrence on Thursday, May 17, at approximately 4 p.m. The driver of your company vehicle, Texas license plate # BJO 9385, #094, decided to pass a group of vehicles headed east on Highway 59 about a mile or two before San Diego. The area is not only a 'no passing zone' under construction, but it was at an unsafe time due to oncoming traffic.
I was pressed for time, but deemed it unsafe to pass the fuel hauling 18 wheeler in front of me on a two lane road. Your company truck attempted to pass, not only my vehicle, but the 18 wheeler as well.
There was oncoming traffic and your vehicle had to swerve unsafely in front of mine in order to avoid hitting the oncoming vehicle head on. This caused me to brake to avoid hitting your vehicle and, as your vehicle braked, it discharged a large amount of gravel which hit my vehicle and windshield.
Let's forget about my broken windshield which luckily did not shatter in my face and that I am financially able to repair on my own. I am thankfully alive after this incident, but think about the lives which could have been lost which are irreplaceable with any amount of money or your simple apology.
As I sit here drafting this letter, I am still shaking and thanking God, for not only taking care of my life but those of your company driver and the drivers of the oncoming vehicle and the 18 wheeler. Things could have turned out very differently.
I did call the number on the vehicle and spoke to a gentleman. I am still waiting for someone to return my call as the gentleman stated they would. The response to my concern was "it is road hazard, ma'am." Let me say that the gravel in a construction area may have been a road hazard; however, the unsafe driving habits of the driver, is not simply a road hazard but a DANGER to society and innocent drivers like me. If you or your drivers wish to play Russian roulette with your lives, may I suggest doing it on your own terms and at a place where you do not jeopardize the lives of any innocent people. I understand that maybe time was of the essence; however, putting another person's life at risk should never be an option!


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Two models are breaking boundaries in an industry that has changed very little in 50 years.
2013 has been a year of social change for the world in many ways. Gay marriage is legal in France and the United Kingdom, and controversial entertainer Miley Cyrus was a finalist in Time Magazine's Person Of The Year poll. As a community, fashion has always played a role in pushing the boundaries of the social norm, yet as an industry, it has been reluctant to change itself. Whether some of these recent social shifts can be attributed to the fashion world's in- fluences or vice versa, we can't help but notice how one the world's most progressive industries has finally witnessed some change as well.
More fashion industry barriers have been broken down this year than almost any before.
More then ever before we're seeing models in every shape, size, color, and most notably, gender, in the glossy pages of our favorite publications and on the runways for our favorite designers. Fashion seems to have entered a new cycle in which people like Andrej Pejic and Carmen Carrera models once outsiders to the selective set now not only being welcomed by the industry, but celebrated.
Back in November, a petition by Change.org went viral on the Internet requesting for Elite model and former RuPaul's Drag Race contestant, Carmen Carrera, to become the first trans- gendered Victoria's Secret Angel. While the petition received the normal backlash from conservatives, the amount of support for Carrera was something unprecedented. With over 40,000 backers already on the model's side to gain one of the most coveted titles in the fash- ion industry to date, Carmen has become another figure in the fight for global brands, and the world in general, to recognize and embrace the new face of fashion.
In a recent article published in the Daily Beast, the model stated the following about becom- ing the first transgendered Angel: "I mean, in all honesty, let's keep it real. I know how these things work in the industry. I mean I understand the casting process and I understand that it's difficult to get into a show like this," she said. "But at the same time, I definitely feel that I meet all the requirements." Having already had a major spread in W Magazine alongside indus- try heavy hitters like Linda Evangelista this year, the model's climb to the top is evident and serves as a true testament as to how the industry is changing for the better.
While Carmen is one of the few warriors on the front line in the fight, she surely isn't alone. Andrej Pejic, the Australian-bred supermodel who's set a new industry bar by working as both a man and woman for some the world's biggest designers, has been one of the most promi- nent faces in the media since she was 17-years-old. Her ability to portray both gender roles with seamless grace has led the model to become the poster child for the new movement in the fashion industry where a person's gender stops at their birth certificate. We spoke with Andrej at the Galore Magazine holiday party and she had much to say about the subject.
"Strictly speaking in the fashion industry, I think there is a whole movement of tapping into beauty beyond the boundaries of gender. There is a huge rise of transgender models. A huge rise of androgynous boys and girls", she said. "In the beginning when I set out, we all thought it was a fad. But I think it has become a good part of fashion. Its interesting to see what's go- ing to happen next. Its proved that it can survive beyond a fifteen minute trend."
While the use of this niche group is becoming more common, you have to wonder why, in such an open industry, it's still such a taboo subject. "I think that fashion is interesting because it is run by open minded, homosexual people but it tries to give off a heterosexual image" Andrej said. "These campaigns are so different from the people who make them. There is an appre- hension of what will the consumer think, how to relate to the consumer if we put a trans woman in the campaign. Its more to do with the people who run fashion rather than the consumers, but that thinking is changing and so is society. Its proving to be more accepting of what we thought would never be accepted."
Regardless of whether or not the transgendered community is here to stay, the fight for equal- ity continues everyday through people like Andrej and Carmen. If there's anything we can learn from both the civil and women's rights movements, it is that you can only hold people down for so long, and once they've won, there's no going back. As people open up to a more progressive way of thinking and become more understanding of difference, we will hopefully enter a new age of unity around the world where everyone is considered the same, regard- less of their gender or sexual identity. After all, it's 2014, and intolerance was so last year.
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New faces were at the helm and around the table as the Upper Delaware Council (UDC) kicked off the new year at its January 5 meeting. After acknowledging the new representatives, retiring UDC chairman Larry Richardson handed over the gavel to Town of Lumberland representative Nadia Rajsz, who will serve as chairman for 2012.
Rajsz, who last held the post in 2004, said "things were a little easier" at that time, and encouraged council members to work together. "I'm hoping for 2012 that we act more as a cohesive body in protecting the river valley," she said. "That is our charge."
Before the meeting concluded, Rajsz saw that hope realized as council members settled on several letters, two of which had been stalled at previous meetings.
The first letter pertains to the application by Wayne Holbert that seeks to expand two existing five-acre mining permits into one 40-acre major mining permit at the Holbert Brothers Quarry in Lackawaxen Township, PA. The letter cites the UDC's objections to the permit, noting that the quarry is "already out of substantial compliance with the Land and Water Use Guidelines in the River Management Plan," (RMP) and further requests a public hearing.
While an earlier committee meeting on the matter failed to move the letter to the full council, a discussion initiated by Richardson brought it back into consideration. "Any project this size we typically would want to comment on," he said. "There's never been any effort on this council to shut these people down or not allow them to operate, so this could be an opportunity for some discussion between the parties. Maybe there's an opportunity for some compromise to see if there isn't a way for all of us to win."
Town of Highland representative Andy Boyar agreed, adding, "All we're asking for is to have a seat at the table to open a dialogue or discussion." Town of Hancock representative Fred Peckham agreed, but added that the discussion should have taken place earlier in the process. He noted that the RMP makes provisions to address individual property owners to satisfy a non-conforming condition.
National Park Service Superintendent Sean McGuinness said that he had spoken to Holbert earlier that day and "it's looking like we're going to be able to come to a pretty good solution." McGuinness reminded the council, "All you're asking for is a hearing to specifically look at the conditions of the permit.
It's an opportunity to review the permit conditions and talk about it. It would be prudent that you go on record asking for a hearing."
McGuinness said he had also spoken with Lackawaxen Township Supervisor Brian Stuart. "I feel pretty confident that this is all going to work out," he added. The UDC voted to send the letter, with Peckham and Lackawaxen Township representative John McKay abstaining.
The council also approved a letter to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on its draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement. The letter had been defeated at the UDC's December meeting following a divisive discussion, and sent back to committee.
The revised letter, which requests that "no permits for natural gas well pads, or ancillary facilities, be approved within the Congressionally-designated Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River corridor," along with several additional points, was approved without further discussion. It also opposes "any state regulations that diminish towns' existing home rule authorities or jeopardize private property rights."
A third letter, to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, asks for a veto of Senate Bill 1100 and House Bill 1950 amending the Oil and Gas Act, and "any other legislative attempt to centralize authority that is properly vested at the local level," and was also approved by the UDC. Copies of all three letters are available at the UDC office on Bridge Street in Narrowsburg or by calling 845/252-3022.
In other matters, Delaware River Basin Commission Executive Director (DRBC) Carol Collier said that the organization expects to "know a path forward" in several weeks regarding its proposed natural gas regulations, which were stalled by DRBC commissioners in late 2011.
William Rudge of the DEC said that a marine fishing registry is being implemented to provide more accurate data on migratory fish populations. An illegal tilapia fish aquaculture operation that was constructed on Big Island near Callicoon has been shut down and is in the process of being restored to its prior condition. The NPS has contacted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is conducting an investigation related to wildlife that died when it became trapped in netting installed over the excavated ponds.
Acting executive director Laurie Ramie noted that the council's website has become an "attack site," which may install viruses on computers attempting to access it. Ramie urged caution while the site is being repaired.
The UDC nominations committee announced that it will need additional time to identify a new nominee for vice chairman of the council. Last month, it had nominated Shohola Township, PA representative Scott Rando for the post. But in a move that confirmed suspicions raised at the last UDC meeting (see www.river [2] reporteronline.com/news/14/2011/12/07/udc-grapples-comments-nys-draft-sgeis-executive-director-douglass-retire), Shohola supervisors replaced Rando with Shohola Township landowner Pat Jeffer at its reorganizational meeting on January 3, saying that it was time for a change.
Other new representatives included Alex Cena of Westfall Township, PA (a post which had been vacant) and Al Henry of Berlin Township, PA, who replaces Lillian Russell.


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Antique appraisal clinic held
PARKERSBURG – An item purchased at a yard sale for a dollar can found to be worth a lot more if it is properly appraised.
Parkersburg resident Keith McClung learned that Sunday during the first "What's It Worth?" antique appraisal clinic conducted by the Parkersburg Art Center and the Parkersburg Antique Mall at the art center in downtown Parkersburg.
The event was a fundraiser for the art center's programs.
McClung, who lives in a historic home in Parkersburg, said he enjoys browsing yard and estate sales, looking for items that catch his interest more than trying to find hidden treasures. For Sunday's clinic, he brought in some toy cars, some dolls and a pair of small wall tapestries. One of the tapestries, purchased for $1, was appraised at being worth at least $200.
"This is just a great event," he said of Sunday's program.
Visitors to Sunday's clinic could bring three or four items to be appraised for $20. The categories for appraisal included: furniture/stoneware/crocks, ceramics/dishes, glassware, dolls/toys, art/painting/sketches/engravings, jewelry/watches/coins, textiles/quilts, military/firearms, books/ephemera/papers, hunting/fishing accessories and items of local interest.
Yvonne Danos, of Marietta, thought Sunday's event was nice. She has watched shows like "Antique Roadshow" and was interested in having some items appraised, including some jewelry her father picked up in Australia while serving in the U.S. Navy during the late 1950s.
"It's something we can go to locally that normally you only see on TV," she said of Sunday's clinic.
Fefe Gordon, of Walker, brought some items to Sunday's event, including an antique double-barrel shotgun, an old military picture and pottery. Most of the items had been in her family for about 20 years, usually picked up at sales, although "one thing I found in the trash that somebody had thrown away," she said.
Gordon enjoyed bringing the items to Sunday's clinic.
"I learned how old they are, how much they are worth and not to shoot that double-barrel shotgun," she said, adding the shotgun was determined to have been made between 1890 and 1910.
Rachel Carson and Mary McMahan, both of New Matamoras, brought in some family heirlooms to be appraised at Sunday's clinic. It was their first time attending an appraisal clinic and both enjoyed the experience.
"It's great, I would bring a few things in next year if they have it again," Carson said.
Due to the positive response to Sunday's event, art center director Abby Hayhurst said there is a strong possibility the event will be held again next year. About 150 people brought in items Sunday, she said.
"This is the first year of something I bet we're going to do every year," Hayhurst said. "People who have been here have been complimentary and have enjoyed it. We're having a good time, it's interesting and I've learned a lot," she said.
Rebecca Saylor, one of the guest appraisers, said she present to help appraise quilts, dolls and textiles. She enjoyed helping with the event and said a lot of interesting thing were brought in.
"Some of the things, I haven't seen before," she said.


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It's been to the moon and back -- and fetched an astronomical price as a result.
The camera used by members of the 1971 Apollo 15 moon mission sold for nearly $760,000 at an auction in Vienna over the weekend, The Associated Press reported.
The Hasselblad 500 is the only camera ever brought back from the moon, according to auctioneers.
Others were left behind to make room for mineral samples.
The new owner? Japanese businessman Terukazu Fujisawa, who runs an electronics chain.


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Written by Milena on 03.07.2012 at 17:43
If setlist.fm is correct, and if they don't switch setlists around a lot, they open shows by Echoes In Eternity + My Sanctuary + The Sea. If that is the case here, someone is going to be crying throughout the first 20 minutes of this. I'm not even kidding. All three are in my top 5 Subsignal songs.
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Let's hope this news is true. I'd buy this in a heartbeat if this is professionally done!
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*early post*
Written by Milena on 04.09.2012 at 12:56
almost two and a half hours! *faints*
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They played a Sieges Even song or two right? Didn't They? I bet?
Written by Milena on 05.09.2012 at 00:27
Unless they've played both of their albums in full (which is usually announced beforehand), they probably have!


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#123288 - 02/19/04 01:50 AM Holy Smoke!
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This weekend a rather inquisitive 8 year old asked me where the saying "holy smokes" came from. I didn't know. Just did a quick Google search & an AWAD search and still came up empty. I'm willing to bet someone here knows the answer to my little friend's question.
Thanks in advance!
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noho ora mai
#123290 - 02/19/04 04:19 AM Re: Holy Smoke!
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This look backwards may provide some enlightenment
#123291 - 02/19/04 06:04 AM Re: Holy Smoke!
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This look backwards may provide some enlightenment
I must be missing something there. I didn't see anything about "holy smokes" specifically. Then again, I'm working on 2 hours of sleep.
#123292 - 02/19/04 08:13 AM Re: Holy Smoke!
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I didn't claim a specific reference to smokes, but such euphemistic expletives tend to use rapidly varying "substrates", the concrete meaning being less important than the "emotional impact". Smoke has certainly scored high in this respect in recent times. Today I heard that Ireland has banned smoking from nearly all of public space. Mental asylums are one of the rare exceptions(!)
#123293 - 02/19/04 08:50 AM Re: Holy Smoke!
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Holy smoke!, 1889; Holy cats!, Holy mackerel!, both 1803; Holy Moses!, 1906, Holy cow!, 1942." From I Hear America Talking by Stuart Berg Flexner (Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1976).
#123294 - 02/19/04 02:17 PM Re: Holy Smoke!
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One suspects a connection between this exclamation and the idea of using smoke as a form of prayer. In both Old Testament times and in the modern church, incense is used and its rising smoke is compared to prayers rising from Earth to the Almighty.
"Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice." (Psalm 141:2, Authorized Version)
#123295 - 02/20/04 07:21 AM Re: Holy Smoke!
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> smoke as a form of prayer
I think it goes back further than the Christian era, to Greek civilisation at least ~ and doubtless many other sacrificial offering type cultures surely?
#123296 - 02/20/04 08:52 AM Re: Holy Smoke!
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Buddhism too ~ lots of incense offerings involved in my temple experiences!
#123297 - 02/20/04 12:57 PM Re: Holy Smoke!
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Quinion has this http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-hol1.htm on holy smoke, I've never heard this phrase so I'm flying blind here, sorry. He doesn't add much to the posts previous tbh.
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On January 22, 2012, State Police in Wurtsboro arrested a man and woman on drug and other charges after locating a vehicle wanted in a gas drive off from the Mobil Gas Station in Wurtsboro.
Robert Wase, a 52 year old resident of Wurtsboro, the operator of the vehicle, was arrested for Petit Larceny for pumping $5 dollars worth of gasoline and then not paying for it. Wase was also arrested for possessing a hypodermic needle and marihuana and was found to be wanted by the Town of Deerpark Police Department for Issuing a Bad Check.
A passenger in the vehicle, Amy Smith, a 32 year old resident of Wurtsboro, was found to be in possession of a hypodermic needle, a glass smoking pipe, and crack-cocaine. She was also wanted by the Town of Wallkill Police Department on a Bench Warrant. Both subjects were sent to Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $2,500 cash bail.


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Picture of recalled tank set
Remote-controlled toy tanks
The tank's controller can overheat and melt, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
For additional information, contact Family Dollar at (800) 547-0359 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's website at www.familydollar.com
About 67,000
This recalled product is the Authentic Heroes Target Practice Tank play set, a remote-controlled green toy tank attached by a cable to a grey battery-powered controller. The controller requires three AAA batteries to power the tank to move forward and backward and the tank turret to rotate and shoot projectiles. The controller is marked "Target Practice Tank Play Set."
Family Dollar has received five reports of the controllers overheating and melting. No injuries have been reported.
Consumers should take the toy away from children, remove batteries and return the toy to a Family Dollar store for a full refund.
Family Dollar stores nationwide from September 2010 through December 2010 for about $5.
Family Dollar Services Inc., of Charlotte, N.C.
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Drug arrests on Route 17
April 5, 2013 —
raffic stop leads to drug arrest for two New Jersey residents
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Wallkill, NY - April 5, 2013
The New York State Police reports the arrest of two individuals from Metuchen, NJ for possession of psilocybin mushrooms, marijuana an unloaded Ruger 22 caliber pistol and a quantity of prescription medication.
At approximately 12:30 am on April 5, 2013, troopers working out of the SP Middletown barracks stopped a 2014 Dodge for a vehicle and traffic violation on State Route 17 in the Town of Wallkill.
Further investigation by the troopers led to the discovery of approximately 13 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, an unregistered Ruger 22 caliber pistol, 13 pills of Clonazepam, six pills of Adderal and less than 1 gram of marijuana inside the vehicle. The driver, ZACHARY SMITH, age 24, and LAUREN GARA, age 24 were placed under arrest and charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the third degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the fourth degree, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the seventh degree and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana.
The two suspects were arraigned in the Town of Wallkill Court and remanded to Orange County Jail on $5,000.00 cash bail.


text: My 10 month old still tends to nurse allot at night (ok, maybe 2-3times) I would like to have him "sleep though the night", so I'm tempted to try to wean him from his night time feedings. However, he's not a big nurser during the day,, he's done a little better latey, but usually he would only nurse when going down for his naps after he's almost asleep, so 3 times during the day if i;m lucky and always at night. he eats solids well, but hasn't been wanting as much of that lately as well. I'm worried he won;t get enough if I stop the night time buffet. !@!! He's only in the 25th % now (I'm 5'1", husband is 5'6") other wise LOOKS great,, I;m a worrying to much? would he kick up his nursing during the day then??


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If you prefer you can download the MP3 file to play in a relaxing environment. You will need to unzip this file once downloaded.
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Stonewall to host 6-mile hike set for Trails Day
Stonewall Resort will host its first celebration hike in recognition of American Hiking Society's National Trails Day. This hike will take place June 1 at Stonewall Resort State Park, coinciding with hundreds of other hikes occurring across the country.
This hike is noncompetitive and open to people of all ages. Participants can walk, run or bike at leisure in the event, set from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
There will be a $20 registration fee, which will include an event T-shirt and will cover a donation to the Stonewall State Park Foundation for future trail maintenance.
The hike will take place on Rush Run, the 6-mile stretch beginning at the Stonewall Jackson Dam and leading onto the scenic property of Stonewall Resort near the lakeside cottages. Only open for this special event, Rush Run offers an exciting journey for avid hikers and beginners alike, capturing the beauty of the great outdoors in the heart of West Virginia.
The hike will begin with a wide trail overlooking the lake, climbing up a hill to the ridge top of a wooded area. Park Superintendent Sam England and nature guides will be present the day of the event to highlight interesting features along the way.
Participants should wear appropriate hiking footwear and bring any beverages or snacks they might need along the way. A vehicle will follow the course of the trail and can hold extra water or personal belongings. Dogs are welcome on a leash.
Participants must sign a waiver of liability to take part, and participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration is requested by May 15 to allow time to order T-shirts.
There will be late registration at 8:30 a.m. June 1 at the parking lot at the end of the cottages. Those registering the day of the event will receive a T-shirt while supplies last.
All registered participants should meet at the parking lot at the end of the cottages no later than 9 a.m. The shuttle will then take registered participants to the starting point.
Additional information and registration forms are available by contacting Samantha Norris at 304-269-8820 or emailing email@example.com.


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Christine Chapel was a nurse aboard the USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk in 2266.
Early career Edit
Chapel abandoned a career in bio-research for a position in Starfleet, in the hopes that a deep-space assignment would one day reunite her with her fiancé, Dr. Roger Korby – a scientist of renown, incommunicado from his expedition to Exo III since 2261.
By 2266, Chapel was commissioned as an ensign and assigned to the USS Enterprise, serving as head nurse under Enterprise Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leonard McCoy.
On stardate 2712.4, the Enterprise reached Exo III. Korby was found, exploring and exploiting a sophisticated android manufacturing technology, the legacy of a long-dead civilization. Korby had replaced his own damaged body, transplanting his personality into an android replica, and had built himself a beautiful companion, Andrea. After exhibiting his madness, the android Korby was destroyed. Initially, Chapel doubted if she should stay aboard, but she elected to remain with the Enterprise throughout the five-year mission. (TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?")
In addition to a professional friendship with Dr. McCoy, Chapel was particularly close to Uhura. (TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", "The Changeling", "Plato's Stepchildren", "The Tholian Web")
By 2267, there were occasional times when Chapel was called upon to help other doctors, sometimes with McCoy being the patient. She also knew when it was a good idea to be supportive of Dr. McCoy, even when others questioned whether he could be entirely reliable. On stardate 3478.2, such an event happened. When Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty and Lieutenant Arlene Galway contracted a mysterious rapid-aging syndrome on planet Gamma Hydra IV, due to radiation left by a passing comet, Chapel was called upon to help the visiting Dr. Janet Wallace in an effort to help comfort, if not cure, Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty and Lt. Galway (unfortunately, before a cure was discovered, Galway died of old age). Later, when Dr. McCoy, with Spock's help, figured out that it was increased adrenaline levels that had kept Ensign Pavel Chekov from developing the syndrome, Chapel instinctively knew that McCoy would be able to figure out an antidote for the rapid-aging syndrome in time for him to cure himself, Kirk, Spock and Scotty. She stood up for McCoy even while that wisdom was questioned by Dr. Wallace and visiting Commodore Stocker, but also still let it be known that Dr. Wallace could be of great assistance to her and Dr. McCoy. Sure enough, Chapel's wisdom was borne out when McCoy did find the antidote in time to save himself, Kirk, Spock and Scotty. (TOS: "The Deadly Years")
On stardate 3541.9, Chapel was so close to Uhura that she was an excellent assistant to McCoy by helping Uhura be re-educated after the probe Nomad wiped Uhura's memories. (TOS: "The Changeling")
In 2268, though, there were times both when Dr. McCoy greatly confused Chapel, as well as when she was put into danger. On stardate 4657.5, Chapel was in the Enterprise sickbay when McCoy and the Kelvan Tomar brought in Spock, from the surface of a Class M planet where a landing party had met the Kelvans. McCoy told Chapel that Spock was close to dying, though she could tell that wasn't true. This was a ruse by both McCoy and Spock, on the orders of Kirk, because Kirk wanted them on the ship, to help stop the Kelvans from taking the ship to the Andromeda Galaxy, and Spock had put himself into a Vulcan vacation trance to trick the Kelvans into thinking he was truly gravely ill. McCoy had to hint to Chapel to keep quiet. She did take the hint but remained confused. On stardate 4658.9, the Kelvans still hijacked the Enterprise to return to the Andromeda Galaxy and Dr. McCoy complained to Kirk that he had watched four of his best doctors and nurses, including Chapel, be neutralized and reduced into dehydrated porous cuboctahedron solids, the size of a human fist, composed of their base minerals, which represented the "distilled" essences of their being. The Kelvans considered them non-essential personnel. Chapel and the other doctors and nurses were reconstituted, after Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Scotty, the only four not neutralized, regained control of the Enterprise. (TOS: "By Any Other Name")
Chapel displayed mothering "instincts," even if she never did become a mother herself. On stardate 5029.5, when children from the Starnes Exploration Party were on board the Enterprise, she both knew, instinctively, what activities might both amuse them and keep them calm. At the same time, she was the first to notice how the children didn't cry for their recently deceased parents. She reported this observation to Dr. McCoy. (TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead")
On two separate occasions, Chapel showed how wonderful her skills were at being a lab assistant. On stardate 5693.2, she assisted Dr. McCoy in developing a diluted theragen derivative to cure mental degradation effects caused by an interphase as the Enterprise was passing through Tholian space. She also assisted McCoy by administering the cure throughout the ship and helping him, in the transporter room, in administering the tri-ox compound to Kirk, after he was beamed aboard from the USS Defiant. On stardate 5710.5, Chapel assisted Spock and McCoy in synthesizing an agent to counteract hyper-acceleration effects of Scalosian water. (TOS: "The Tholian Web", "Wink of an Eye")
Relationship with Spock Edit
Even while she still sought to locate Korby, Chapel was deeply infatuated with the Enterprise's half-Vulcan science officer, Spock. While her attraction never interfered with her professional duties, it was an ongoing source of tension and bemusement throughout the five-year mission.
Initially, Chapel kept these feelings to herself. However, when the Psi 2000 intoxication afflicted the crew of the Enterprise, Chapel admitted her love for Spock, who was shocked:
- "I'm in love with you, Mr. Spock. You, the Human Mr. Spock... the Vulcan Mr. Spock.... I see things... how honest you are. I know how you feel. You hide it, but you do have feelings. Oh, how we must hurt you... torture you."
Chapel insisted that Spock address her by her first name, as opposed to her title, which he resisted. Chapel was unaware that Spock's inability to react to her emotionally was further complicated by his betrothal to T'Pring. Leading him to the ceremony in which his fiancée rejected him in favor of a different suitor, Spock underwent a period of intense emotional outbursts: a blood fever known as pon farr. Chapel characteristically doted after the Vulcan, preparing plomeek soup, a traditional Vulcan broth. The experience allowed them to discuss, even if briefly, Chapel's confession of love. Despite his acknowledged inability to return her affections, he did refer to her as Christine for the first time. (TOS: "The Naked Time", "Amok Time")
Chapel's longing for Spock was well-known among crew members, and noted openly by Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy on a number of occasions. During Spock's recovery after a near-death experience on Neural, fellow medical officer Dr. M'Benga caught Chapel tenderly holding Spock's hand while watching his recovery on the medical panel atop his bed. M'Benga was sympathetic, despite Chapel's attempt to hide her feelings. Chapel later pro-actively aided Spock by secretly holding his consciousness to keep him from being destroyed by Henoch. (TOS: "A Private Little War", "Return to Tomorrow")
Three years after confessing her love to Spock, Chapel finally shared a kiss with him. Unfortunately, the situation was forced by powerful telekinetics, compelling Chapel to admit that, despite her long-standing desire to be close with the Vulcan, all she wanted to do, given the humiliation of the situation, was "crawl away and die." (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren")
In 2269, Harry Mudd provided Chapel with love potion crystals that she used successfully on Spock. However, the effect wore off after a brief time. (TAS: "Mudd's Passion")
Later career Edit
By late 2269 on stardate 4978.5, Chapel had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. She had the Starfleet serial number NI-596 MT21Z. (TAS: "Mudd's Passion")
On stardate 5483.7 when under the influence of the women of planet two of the Taurean system, the male crew members of the Enterprise were incapacitated by the siren's song. Lieutenant Uhura took command of the vessel, and assigned Chapel to acting chief medical officer. They led an all-female landing party down to the planet's surface to rescue Captain Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy. (TAS: "The Lorelei Signal")
On stardate 5499.9 when Kirk and Spock mutated into water-breathers, Chapel assisted Dr. McCoy in reversing their mutations. (TAS: "The Ambergris Element")
At some point prior to stardate 5577.5, Chapel had acquired a titanium bracelet made by the metalsmiths of Libra, which she occasionally wore while on duty. This braclet would prove to be an important piece of information for Spock to form a hypothesis that would end up helping the whole crew of the Enterprise. (TAS: "The Terratin Incident")
On stardate 5577.5, after the Enterprise was struck by a flash of light coming from a planet in the Cepheus star system that temporarily paralized the crew, including Chapel, the whole crew started shrinking and be miniaturized to fingernail length at 1/16th of an inch in height. On 5577.6, Spock took note that Chapel's titanium bracelet stayed the same mass, as their uniforms were shrinking at a proportional rate as their bodies. Spock hypothesized correctly that their Starfleet uniforms that were made of an algae based material known as xenylon was why biological and naturally made material objects were also shrinking, but not the ship itself or other totally man-made material objects. A short-time later, after Lieutenant Sulu fell from the helm station, on the bridge, in an accident and broke his right leg and was taken to sickbay by Kirk and Lieutenant Arex, Chapel fretted that they couldn't use their bone-knitting laser that was now too large. Chapel then had an idea that McCoy thought was a great idea that they could use the microscope laser they used to heal the inner ear to do the surgery to reset and heal Sulu's leg. Chapel would be proven correct about that, but unfortunately due to her shrinking size, when she was trying to bring the microscope laser from the medical cabinet so McCoy could use it in the surgery she tripped on knitting-needle, that had also stayed the same large size, and fell into the sickbay's fish aquarium and nearly drowned. Fortunately for Chapel, Kirk was able to save her. Later she was part of the crew that helped to rescue the Terra 10 colony's mutant descendants from the unstable planet that they were located on and relocate them to a more stable planet in the galaxy. Chapel was returned to her normal height, along with the rest of the crew by use of the transporter saving their original molecular structure in the pattern buffers. (TAS: "The Terratin Incident")
At some point following the events on Dramia II (TAS: "Albatross"), Chapel was able to complete her medical degree. Chapel returned to the Enterprise at the end of its refit, as chief medical officer.
Upon the return of Dr. McCoy during the V'Ger crisis, he explained to Kirk that he was "going to need a top nurse not a doctor who will argue every little diagnosis with me."
Chapel later performed medical scans on the Ilia probe, and assisted in reacquainting the probe with Ilia's former life. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
By the latter half of the 2280s, Chapel held the rank of commander.
In 2286, she was stationed at Starfleet Headquarters, where she coordinated relief efforts while Earth was suffering a severe ecological "attack" from an orbiting space probe. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
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Appendices Edit
Appearances Edit
- "The Naked Time" (TOS Season 1)
- "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
- "Operation -- Annihilate!"
- "Amok Time" (TOS Season 2)
- "The Changeling"
- "The Deadly Years"
- "Journey to Babel"
- "A Private Little War"
- "Obsession"
- "The Immunity Syndrome"
- "By Any Other Name"
- "Return to Tomorrow"
- "Elaan of Troyius" (TOS Season 3)
- "The Paradise Syndrome"
- "The Enterprise Incident"
- "And the Children Shall Lead"
- "Spock's Brain"
- "The Tholian Web"
- "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
- "Plato's Stepchildren"
- "Wink of an Eye"
- "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
- "The Lights of Zetar"
- "The Way to Eden"
- "Turnabout Intruder"
- Star Trek films
Background Edit
Conception Edit
The character of Christine Chapel was created by Gene Roddenberry, intending the part to be played by Majel Barrett, with whom the married Roddenberry was having an affair. The creation of the recurring role was Roddenberry's solution to pressure that Barrett frequently put on him, as she was insistent that she play a regular character on Star Trek, even though executives at the television network NBC had fired her as Number One in the unaired original pilot "The Cage". As an executive producer on the original series of Star Trek, Roddenberry planned to ensure that the resultant character of Chapel would definitely recur. (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, paperback ed., p. 224)
In his reference book The World of Star Trek (3rd ed., p. 28), writer David Gerrold reckoned that Chapel "was obviously created specifically" to love Spock and went on to say, "The need to dramatize Spock's Vulcan aloofness requires that a woman fall in love with him and be continually rebuffed. Hence, Nurse Chapel."
In early draft scripts of "The Naked Time", this character was known as Christine Baker and Christine Ducheaux. [1]
Original appearances Edit
Majel Barrett saw her opportunity to further appear in Star Trek by auditioning for the role of Chapel. "I wanted to be a part of it so badly, and I kept watching the scripts that came in, and when this episode ['The Naked Time'] came in, my mind started to go in different directions," Barrett recollected. "So I bleached my hair and waited for Gene [Roddenberry] to come in and take notice of it." (Star Trek Monthly issue 27, p. 44) Barrett, whose hair was now bleached blond, awaited Roddenberry in his office. "I sat there talking to his secretary, Penny, and Gene walked in. He looked at me and at Penny, said, 'Good morning,' and walked in the door....I kept on talking to Penny, and pretty soon Gene came out again, put some papers on Penny's desk, sort of smiled at me, turned around, and walked back in his office. Then the double take happened. He opened the door and said, 'Majel?!' And I said, 'By God, if I could fool you, I can fool NBC.''" (Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before, p. 21) Roddenberry agreed. Concluded Barrett, "He said, 'Yes, you can' [....] You just don't come back again when they fire you once, but I so much wanted to be a part of this show." (Star Trek Monthly issue 27, p. 44) Christine Chapel was thereafter played by Barrett.
An issue which frustrated the show's producers, notably Robert Justman, as well as Majel Barrett herself was that the character of Chapel was not fleshed out. (Star Trek Magazine issue 144, p. 14) For instance, little canonical information exists about Chapel's life outside of her career in Starfleet. Just after seeing the first footage of Barrett in the role, Justman realized that he didn't much like the performance. He addressed this problem with Gene Roddenberry in the latter's office, saying that Barrett "seemed awkward" in the part. "Gene just smiled," Justman remembered, "as he always did when I told him something he didn't particularly want to hear [....] 'I thought she was fine,' he responded. 'Maybe a little nervous this time, but she'll work out great. It's a new character for her, and she'll get even better as she goes along. I like her a lot in this role.' Pushing him further wouldn't work. But I continued to needle him about it from time to time. His response was always the same: a smile, a short remonstration that she was 'fine' in the role, and then a change of subject. I stopped needling him about it after finally becoming aware of their relationship. Years later, I realized it wasn't the actress I disliked, it was the role. Nurse Chapel was a wimpy, badly written, and ill-conceived character." He particularly found fault with Chapel repeatedly pining for another character – whether it be Spock, as is the case in "The Naked Time", or Roger Korby in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, pp. 224-225) Expressing similar sentiments, Barrett confessed, "I didn't care that much for Nurse Chapel, to tell you the truth. She really wasn't that exciting a person or that exciting a character for an actress to play." (Star Trek Monthly issue 38, p. 39) Clarified Barrett, "I was happy with what I did, except there wasn't that much to do. It wasn't that satisfying, but in those days, I couldn't talk Gene into doing any more; again, I was a woman, and they had already fired me once, so I wasn't given too much to do." (Star Trek Monthly issue 27, p. 44)
The script of "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" includes the following description of Chapel; "She's a strong, calm woman, very much in control of herself which emphasizes only more for us the flickers of emotions that do occasionally show through." Also, as scripted for that episode, Chapel's abandonment of a career in bio-research was stated to have been specifically for a position aboard the Enterprise, though this ultimately changed to being an assignment aboard a generic vessel. [2] Regarding Majel Barrett's appearance as Chapel in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", Robert Justman critiqued, "The close-up shots of her eyes misting over and lower lip quivering were beautifully photographed by cameraman Jerry Finnerman, who used special lighting and diffusion lenses. But this only served to emphasize the lack of character written into the character." (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, p. 225)
According to Herb Solow, NBC did notice Chapel was portrayed by the same actress whom they had already fired. Solow related that – while he was screening a rough edit of "The Naked Time" for a group of NBC execs, well before the series was broadcast – NBC Vice President Herb Schlosser asked him who the performer was, a question Solow agreed to answer later. When they were alone after the screening, Schlosser repeated the inquiry and, upon Solow revealing the name of the actress, the NBC executive realized it was the same controversial performer. Schlosser was therefore initially puzzled about why the Star Trek producers hadn't cast a different actress for the part. "This was one of those times when the truth would be painful for all concerned," stated Solow. "I answered quickly, 'Putting together a cast is like forming an orchestra. Individual actors are unimportant; it's an ensemble thing.'" Schlosser then correctly assumed that Barrett's casting as Chapel was due to her having an affair with someone who had a lot of influence in the Star Trek production team, a suspicion that Solow didn't confirm until after the series had been airing for a while. Also according to him, the news within NBC that the portrayal of Chapel involved Barrett returning to Star Trek led Jerry Stanley – another executive at the television network – to yodel, "Well, well – look who's back." (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, pp. 224 & 233) Barrett herself claimed, "For three years, NBC never knew it was the same person." (Star Trek Monthly issue 27, p. 44)
Christine Chapel proved to be highly unpopular among some fans of Star Trek's original series. "It was because of her love for Spock and his occasional moments of gentleness toward her that Christine Chapel was largely disliked among the Trekkies who adored Spock," explained David Gerrold. "Female fans saw her as a threat to their own fantasies and male fans saw her as a threat to Spock's Vulcan stoicism." However, the fans who met Majel Barrett were often surprised by how beautiful she was. Gerrold concluded, "They just couldn't see it in her as Chapel because of the relationship between her and Spock." (The World of Star Trek, 3rd ed., p. 28)
Later appearances Edit
In Star Trek: The Animated Series, the voice for the character of Chapel was provided by Majel Barrett, reprising the role from TOS.
Christine Chapel was intended to be included in the ultimately aborted television series Star Trek: Phase II, in which her promotion to doctor was planned to be established. The Writers'/Directors' Guide for that series said of the character, "Introduced in Star Trek I as Nurse Chapel, her medical degrees have been accepted by Starfleet, and she has returned to the U.S.S. Enterprise to serve as McCoy's associate. She is second in command of the ship's medical section, and McCoy seems to enjoy passing on to her every duty he finds too boring, irritating or annoying to himself. Yet outside of Captain Kirk, she is probably McCoy's closest confidante. An expert in psychotherapy, she has unusual ability to teach patients how to use the healing powers of their own bodies." (The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, p. 119)
In character notes that Gene Roddenberry wrote for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Chapel was mentioned in the note about Dr. McCoy and was described as being influenced by the fact that McCoy was dealing with a great deal of pressure at the time of the film, even to the point of almost causing him to suffer a nervous breakdown. The section regarding Chapel stated, "[She] must take on an overly large portion of the load of treating the sick, and is likewise subject to breakage." (The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, p. 102) Majel Barrett was delighted that, in The Motion Picture, Chapel was promoted to doctor status and that she herself was not required to ruin her hair by dying it blond to match her TOS appearances as Chapel. In the film, Barrett's portrayal of Chapel was partly based on the description of the character from the Writers'/Directors' Guide for Phase II. (The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, p. 119) Her appearance in The Motion Picture is in keeping with the fact that long hairstyles were disallowed in that film. (The Making of Star Trek, p. 142) However, Majel Barrett had qualms about her appearance as Chapel in The Motion Picture, confessing, "I really didn't consider my work in the first one to be that great an experience." (Starlog #116)
In the script for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Chapel is described as a "Starfleet Medical Officer whose history in Star Trek is known to all." The same script features her in a short, ultimately excised scene. Set in the Federation Council Chamber, the scene details Commander Chapel meeting with Sarek upon his arrival there. She thanks him for coming but admits to being unsure whether he is too late to testify at the then-ongoing trial of Admiral Kirk and the senior crew of the Enterprise. [3] Noted Majel Barrett, "I just had a couple of lines with Sarek, so it was really nothing of consequence." However, Barrett also considered that this scene would have been her "only real scene" in the movie. Chapel's role in Star Trek IV is so minimal that Barrett hypothesized, "If no one had called me Commander Chapel, the audience wouldn't really know that I was there." Longing to have more involvement in Star Trek, she proclaimed, "Somewhere Chapel got lost." On the other hand, Barrett also related about her brief inclusion in Star Trek IV, "I am grateful for having been in it after not being in Star Trek II or III [....] I loved it, I had such a great time." (Starlog #116)
Simon and Schuster's officially licensed Star Trek: Starship Creator interactive software, written by production staffer Michael Okuda, lists some supplemental biographical details on Chapel. It mentions she is the child of Lauren Chapel and Patterson Chapel of New Orleans, Louisiana, Earth, and has an interest in ballet. Other information includes a birth date in 2237, Starfleet Medical Academy Nursing Degree in 2266, and doctorate by 2271. She graduated in the 98th percentile of her class, with degrees in bioresearch, medical archeology, and endocrinology. It assigns her original rank as a "brevet" (or provisional) ensign, and states that she rose to become the director of Starfleet Emergency Operations by the time of her Star Trek IV appearance.
Apocrypha Edit
Chapel appears in Vonda N. McIntyre's novelization of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. She is still serving on the Enterprise in 2285, and is present during Saavik's Kobayashi Maru test.
In Peter David's New Frontier novel Renaissance, Scotty mistakes one of the characters, Morgan Primus, the mother of Robin Lefler, as "Christine". It was also suggested in that series that Primus was actually Christopher Pike's "Number One". This mistaken identification was a joke referring to the fact that both roles were played by the same actress.
Dr. Chapel was also seen as the chief medical officer aboard the USS Excelsior in the novel The Sundered.
External linksEdit
- Christine Chapel at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
- Christine Chapel at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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