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Battery life time depends highly on how much you use the product. For estimated average battery life of your Polar FT60/FT80, please refer to product user manual.
The battery is inserted at the factory. The actual life of the first battery once the product is in your possession can therefore feel shorter than the estimated.
If you have the battery changed by a Polar-authorized service center, they only use Polar-approved components. With every battery change, a full periodic and water resistance check is done.
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1. Open the battery cover with a coin by turning it from Close to Open.
2. Remove the battery cover and lift the battery out carefully with a suitable sized small rigid stick or bar, such as a toothpick or small screwdriver. A non-metal tool is preferable. Be careful not to damage the metal sound element (*) or the grooves.
3. Insert a new battery with the positive (+) side outwards.
4. Replace the old sealing ring with a new one, fitting it snugly in the cover groove to ensure water resistance.
5. Put the cover back on and turn clockwise to CLOSE.
6. 'Please enter basic settings' is displayed. Press and hold the BACK button to skip the Basic settings.
If you re-enter the Basic Settings, the training computer thinks there is a new user and the STAR Program is turned off.
7. Go to Settings mode and adjust time and date.
8. To return to Time mode, press and hold the BACK button. Now your FT60/FT80 can be used normally.


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I feel lost without someone to obsess over. I'm pointless without a person to crave. But somehow, it's more genuine than something, because I was only fooling myself in the first place.
I go through obsessions. Mostly bands. Sometimes people. Every time, I fool myself into believing that that's the only thing in the world. And I do it just to have something tangible to think about and talk about and have a purpose for. When I don't have obsessions to distract me, I get depressed easily. Even though the obsessions are just tricks of my mind. The only obsession that made me depressed was Bright Eyes, probably because I listened to Poison Oak a few hundred too many times. But I don't know what to do with myself, really.
I love obsessions.
I know what you mean.
I haven't been obsessed with a good band in months :/
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Hope you feel better soon!
obsessions are fabulous things. I spent too much time obsessing over girls who I knew, usually straight and blonde. From now on, I obsess over people who I know I will never ever speak to. Alyson Hannigan, the girl who works at the bakery, that senior who collects milk bottles to recycle.
Its easier this way.
Be yourself. 'Cause if you're busy being somebody else, who's gonna be you?

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Sirius XM Teetering on the Brink of Irrelevancy
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) --As Jerry told George on a classic episode of Seinfeld:
You know you really need some help. A regular psychiatrist couldn't even help you. You need to go to like Vienna or something ... You need to get involved at the University level. Like where Freud studied and have all those people looking at you and checking up on you. That's the kind of help you need. Not the once a week for eighty bucks. No. You need a team. A team of psychiatrists working round the clock thinking about you, having conferences, observing you, like the way they did with the Elephant Man. That's what I'm talking about because that's the only way you're going to get better.
Sirius XM (SIRI - Get Report) permabulls have become the George Costanzas of the stock market.
As SIRI continues to get hammered (down about 16.5% over the last three months), a stubborn gaggle of people who claim to be long the stock continue to not only defend it, but present the future as some sort of alternative reality.
The latest "positive" to come from a marketing "machine" powered by hamsters running in place does little more than fuel false optimism for suffering shareholders who could very well end up owning a penny stock again if the power struggle between Sirius XM and Liberty Media (LMCA) fails to resolve.
On Wednesday, Sirius XM announced that it would make its service available on Google (GOOG) TV. This would be excellent news if it wasn't a prime example of an effectively irrelevant company putting the cart before the horse. The second iteration of Google TV may or may not shift the device from abject failure to moderate success. It certainly will never attain Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox status any time soon. But that's neither here nor there. Like Apple (AAPL) TV and Roku, Google TV is just another streaming set-top box. You cannot fault Sirius XM for becoming a part of it or any of the others. You can, however, take the company to task for not understanding the competitive marketplace and, in turn, coming to Goggle TV and the mobile world woefully unprepared for battle.Sirius XM and its shareholders -- at least the ones who troll Internet message boards -- appear satisfied with the status quo. They hear their CEO Mel Karmazin open every quarterly conference call the same way. For all intents and purposes, he reads the same script, just replacing the numbers that detail updated subscriber growth, free cash flow and other quantitative metrics. Mel can run a business as efficiently as any other radio guy with a business degree. He puts up the numbers, quarter after quarter, to prove it. As a result, SIRI permabulls assume that stock price appreciation should follow.
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Effective July 9, 2013, PA 98-063 became law requiring individuals whose FOID card is revoked to:
In addition, if you are the sponsor of a minor(s) who has a FOID, the minor(s) FOID card has also been revoked and must be immediately surrendered. You are required to comply with these requirements within 48 hours of receiving notice from the Illinois State Police. Failure to comply with this statute constitutes a Class A misdemeanor.
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In Maine, the wireless carries with facilities include AT&T, Verizon, US Cellular, and T-Mobile. Other carriers, such as Sprint and Virgin Mobile, may also own facilities and market their service in limited parts of the State – typically in the Portland area. In addition, other wireless companies re-sell the services of those facilities-based carriers and typically offer lower prices with no-contract options. Those include Tracfone (prepaid) and Consumer Cellular (low-volume monthly plans). Tracfone also markets plans under the brands Net10, StraightTalk, and Safelink (Safelink provides service to eligible low-income customers).
There are two different types of wireless networks in Maine – CDMA and GSM. Verizon and US Cellular operate CDMA networks while AT&T and T-Mobile operate GSM networks. In some areas of the State, one of those networks may offer stronger coverage than the other. Mobile coverage can vary on a very localized basis so it is important to determine what works where you plan to use your phone. Friends, neighbors, wireless companies, and town officials may be good sources of that information. If you sign up for a contract and then find the service to be insufficient, remember to cancel the contract and return the phone within the 15-30 day grace period (depending on the individual company). Otherwise, you can be faced with a high early termination penalty.
If you plan to use mobile broadband and buy a smartphone, ask the company about the speed – do they offer 3G speeds? 4G speeds? Also be sure to ask if there is any megabyte limit on data (Internet) usage. Some companies limit your usage and charge high fees when you exceed that limit.
Finally, you may want to consider which company offers your preferred phone. Not all companies offer the same models. As of 2012, iPhones are available only from AT&T and Verizon, but many new models are as feature-rich as the iPhone. Consumer Reports is a good source to help choose the right phone.
- Typical Individual Or Family Plans With Contract
The four facilities-based carriers offering coverage throughout Maine offer many plans and features at prices that are fairly comparable. The first step is to carefully consider the number of minutes that you will use each month. If you guess too low, you may see hefty extra-minute charges on your bill. If you guess too high, you will be committing to a higher-than-necessary monthly fee. Most carriers require a two-year contract, especially where the phone price is subsidized, but there are exceptions. - Prepaid Service
Consider prepaid service if you use less than 300 minutes per month. Look for prepaid phones that offer double minutes for life. For example, Tracfone offers a one-year card with 400 minutes which may be automatically doubled to give you 800 minutes. The effective rate becomes 12.5 cents per minute and the monthly cost about $8.50 per month. If you make 3 of those 800-minute purchases in a year, you've spent $25 per month for 200 minutes per month. You've also avoided being tied to a contract with potential early termination penalties. - Smartphone/Data Plans
In addition to the plans of the facilities-based carriers, Tracfone offers lower-cost data plans through their StraightTalk brand. StraightTalk offers unlimited voice, texts, and Internet for $45 per month, with no contract – significant savings compared to the contract plans of the facilities-based carriers. What's the catch? Since the low rates do not subsidize the phone as heavily as with contract plans, you will have to pay the approximate market price for the phone when you begin service. Prices vary from $50 to $200, and you won't find an iPhone there. In addition, there are no stores and the quality of web or phone-based customer service may vary. In addition to their website, these plans are marketed by Walmart. - Low Volume Plans
Consumer Cellular is a reseller that specializes in lower volume plans without a contract for those who use a limited, but steady number of monthly minutes. - Free Phone And Service For Qualified Low-Income Households
The federal Universal Service Fund supports a free wireless phone and typically 250 free minutes per month for households that are qualified to receive public support (food stamps, SSI, etc.). This benefit is an alternative to the traditional landline Lifeline discount – it is not permissible to receive both benefits simultaneously. These free services are available from Tracfone (Safelink) T-Mobile (Assurance Wireless), Nexus Communications (ReachOut), Liberty Wireless (Cintex), YourTel, and Sprint (Gulf Coast Wireless). Pending applications have been filed by Next Gen Communications and Telrite (Life Wireless).


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Scientific Name : Coturnix japonica
Common Names : Coturnix Quail, Coturnix, Quail, Common Quail, Japanese Quail, Pharoh Quail, and also can be called any of the mutation's names
Raising in Captivity : Done extremely easy, perfect beginner bird for a variety of purposes; pets, meat production, egg production, and in some societies for the call of the male. Coturnix quail are great candidates for home breeding, as they begin laying as early as 6 weeks of age, and can lay an egg a day year round with the use of lights providing a 14 hour day; due to their rapid sexual maturing, it is very easy to readily replace your breeders. They also are great for both meat and egg production due to their fast growth, and have been used for these purposes since the 12th Century. Incubation is much quicker than other game birds, hatch on day 17, and reach mature weight by 6-8 weeks of age. Coturnix Quail are native to Asia, Europe, and North Africa, and were interbred to create a domestic breed of quail several hundreds of years ago. Some even say the Egyptians were the first to raise coturnix in captivity successfully. These birds are raised extremely easy, require minimum space, and do great when raised in wire floor cages or in an aviary open to the ground. Coturnix only need a minimum of 1 square foot per bird, although it does not hurt to go larger. When raised in wire cages, it is best to have only 1 male per colony to prevent fighting and the death of one of the males. They may be fine for a day, maybe a week, or even a month if not longer, but eventually you will be left with one male standing. If you decide to raise them in an aviary, it is perfectly fine to have multiple males so long as there are sufficient females and plenty of hiding places along with proper square footage. They can also be raised in pairs, but most decide to raise them in colonies around 1 male:7 female ratios with great fertility.
Breeding Season : March – September (Breeding season can be year round in captivity by using a light to provide 14 hours of light per day, and hens should lay an egg every day as long as all other conditions are right as well.)
Average Clutch : 9-16 eggs
Incubation Time : 17 days
Background : Coturnix quail are a migratory old world quail, who are native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The birds frequents farmlands, grassy fields, ,stream and river banks, and especially enjoy rice fields. It is said that the Egyptians were the first ones to raise coturnix in captivity, but the first documented cases are in the late 12th century. For nearly a thousand years, the domestic versions of the coturnix quail have been raised for meat production, egg production, hobby, and even for health benefits by many Asian cultures. The coturnix quail is available in many color mutations, with the most common being the Pharoh Quail (wild color). Other mutations include, but are not limited to, Texas A&M, Jumbo breeds, Tibetan, Tuxedo, Rosetta, Italian, Goldens, and many more.
Appearance (Wild color) : The coturnix quail is a smaller sized game bird, averaging 3-5.5 ounces and are about 8 inches in length. Some of the jumbo mutations can even reach up to 16 ounces. Both males and females look similar, but are still easily sexed. They are dark brown birds with mottling, and have an underbelly which is a lighter color of brown along with a whitish/light brown stipe coming above the eye similar to that of a bobwhite quail, but a much thinner stripe. With the Pharoh Quail (wild color), females can be distinguished by the lacking of mottling on the chest. Other mutations such as the Texas A&M are much harder to visually sex, but some are just as simple as the wild color.
Threats : Threats to coturnix quail in the wild are simply any predators larger in size than them, including humans. It is hard to make a list of their predators due to their range of habitat being so large. The other major threat to wild coturnix quail are the hybridization with escaped domestic coturnix and this has been experienced before in Europe. Realistically, there are no threats to the population or well-being of the coturnix quail due to their rapid reproduction rate and young age of maturing, and are expected to remain with us for a very long time.
Texas A&M (A Larger mutation of Coturnix quail that is all white with one black/brown spot on head)


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Sometimes, to truly relax, you need to get away from it all. Imagine a place with no honking car horns, no garbage trucks rumbling down the street, and no constantly ringing phones. Now, stop imagining and let Missouri make that paradise a reality. Pack your camping gear and head to one of our serene parks.
NOTE: Some Missouri State Parks have restrictions on campfires and open burning. Contained charcoal fires used for cooking, as well as gas and cook-top stoves, are allowed. Check the State Parks camping webpage or call ahead for updates.
Knob Noster State Park, 10 minutes southwest of Knob Noster, offers adventure and tranquility all in one place. Ride a mountain bike along one of the trails. Cast your line and catch that night's dinner. Take a long hike. View the park's beauty on horseback. Plenty of campsites are waiting at the end of a long, fun day.
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Be certain to pack the camera when you take a trip to Hawn State Park. Located 20 miles southwest of Ste. Genevieve, this picturesque park is a great destination for hikers. During your hike, pause to enjoy the unique scenery – including orchids and exposed rock formations. Relax by a clear stream and keep an eye out for a variety of beautiful birds soaring overhead. At the end of your perfect day, spend a restful night at the park's campground.
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20 posts about Appeal on this blog
Thursday 28 November 2013, 16:21
The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal helps homeless and vulnerable people. Recieved with Thanks looks at how you helped make a difference last year.
Friday 7 December 2012, 15:09
As soon as I was instituted as vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square six months ago, this was something I knew I needed to do. If I was going to speak publicly about these issues I needed to know what sleeping outside felt like.
Friday 30 November 2012, 16:11
Some of Radio 4's best known voices will be taking shifts with the phone team at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Trafalgar Square.
Thursday 29 November 2012, 12:45
We are fortunate enough to have somewhere to live, which is one of the reasons why we support the St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal by making and selling Christmas puddings.
Saturday 4 February 2012, 22:20
The Radio 4 Appeal has got off to a flying start in 2012. The first four charities of the New Year have together raised over £50,000.
So I just wanted to say a big thank you to our listeners.
I also wanted to share the feedback...
Friday 6 January 2012, 16:36
Ed's note: This is another amazing record year for the Christmas Appeal. Here's the latest news from Radio 4's Sally Flatman and Sophie Balaam from the Connection at St Martin's. Find out more about the appeal and you can still make a donation on the Radio 4 website - PM.
Read more about Thank you: A record year for the R4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal
Saturday 3 December 2011, 12:32
Ed's note: The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal starts this Sunday. You can hear from people helped by previous appeals in Sally's last blog post. Details of how to donate can be found here - PM
If you phone us to give a donation on Sunday - we promise we won't play you music whilst you wait to give! You...
Read more about Making the invisible visible - The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal starts this Sunday
Sunday 9 January 2011, 08:16
Editor's note. We've published several photographs from the homeless photographers group at St Martin-in-the-Fields since the Christmas Appeal started. This snowy scene by Blodeuwed really emphasises how hard this Winter has been for homeless people. If you haven't made a donation yet, you can do so...
Read more about Standing on the shoulders - the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal passes £1 Million
Thursday 23 December 2010, 13:06
We were planning to update you on the Christmas Appeal as we did last year on the 12th day of Christmas but we couldn't resist sharing our news. We are almost at last year's record total of £900,000 and it is not yet even christmas and as you will see from the picture - there is still a lot of post...
Read more about Your donations to the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal
Friday 10 December 2010, 07:58
Editor's note: Sally Flatman, producer of all the Radio 4 Appeal programmes, brings us news from St Martin's. Make your own donation to the appeal on the Radio 4 web site - SB.
We've had an amazing start to this year's appeal - on Sunday, taking calls in London and Belfast from 8am till 10pm we received...
Wednesday 8 December 2010, 20:04
You always feel nervous at 7.55am when you are waiting for the Vicar's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal to go out on air - will the phones really start ringing any second. But I need not have worried, our Radio 4 listeners don't let us down - they were ringing to give to this the 84th annual appeal all day on...
Read more about Taking care of those who might fall through the gaps
Sunday 5 December 2010, 07:30
Have you ever wondered who will be on the end of phone when you ring up to give to the Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal? Well if you hear the bells in the background you are through to the offices of St Martins in Trafalgar square where volunteers will answer the phones all day on...
Read more about Who answers the phones for the Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal?
Friday 3 December 2010, 15:07
Editor's note: this blog post begins with a slideshow made by homeless photographer Jamie Winter, a member of a photography group run by The Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields - SB
I once edited a Radio 4 debate about homelessness... We based it in the heart of London near Shaftesbury Avenue. The platform...
Read more about The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal begins on Sunday
Thursday 18 November 2010, 10:00
Editor's note. You can make a donation to this year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal on the St Martin-in-the-Fields web site - SB
The service at St Martin-in-the-Fields for homeless people who have died in the past year never fails to move me. During the service the names of those who have died are read out...
Read more about The Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal
Thursday 6 May 2010, 15:37
Editor's note: last year listeners gave over £1.5 Million to the weekly Radio 4 Appeals. Here, producer Sally Flatman highlights this week's appeal, from Muriel Gray - SB
Please take 5 minutes to listen to Muriel Gray talking about a wonderful charity called Contact a Family. Listeners' donations to...
Saturday 13 March 2010, 18:24
Last year the Radio 4 Appeal raised over £1.5 million for 52 different charities. For over 80 years, charities have had the chance to make a direct appeal to the listeners every Sunday morning. If we had kept an autograph book of the presenters over those decades - it would be a great read!
A couple...
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Wednesday 6 January 2010, 16:33
I remember 5 years ago - after my first Radio 4 Christmas at the helm - being amazed when I was told how much money listeners gave to the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal (for the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields with homeless and vulnerable people across the UK). I knew of the existence of the Appeal (it has...
Thursday 3 December 2009, 11:08
At 0800 every day (0900 on Saturday) you'll find a small group of people at morning prayer in the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields at Charing Cross.
Amongst the worshippers you'll see homeless men and women from The Connection at St Martin's, an independent homeless charity operating on the site of St...
Friday 20 November 2009, 18:56
Back to Trafalgar Square for another year, in a strange flat limbo between the departure of the last Antony Gormley plinth-person and the arrival of the big Christmas tree. This time last year - as right now - I was involved in the Radio 4 Christmas appeal, for the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields with...
Tuesday 6 October 2009, 10:59
The Today programme finished a few minutes early this morning so that the network could fit in one of its occasional Disasters Emergency Committee appeals - this one for the people of Indonesia, The Philippines and Vietnam affected by last week's typhoon and earthquake. You can listen again to the appeal...
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Like petty school children bickering in a playground fight, gamers are obsessed with choosing sides. Never content to rate a game as simply "above average" or "slightly disappointing," we allow internet hearsay, magazine previews, fanboy feuds and console preferences to push our views to ridiculous extremes.
We can't just like something… we have to deem it BEST EVER.
We can't just dislike something… we have to declare it EPIC FAIL.
The following seven games have divided players more than any other in recent memory. Middle ground exists for all of them, of course, and the majority of us reside there. Unfortunately, the lovers and the haters are so loud, we often forget to listen to anyone else.
What lovers see: A visually stunning, thematically sweeping epic that offers something for everyone. History and science fiction? Check. Stealth, assassination and blood-soaked, action-packed swordplay? Yes. A hero capable of free climbing cathedrals, swan diving off rooftops, stealing horses, interrogating suspects, pick-pocketing strangers and looking ridiculously stylish? Altair, and Assassin's Creed, can do it all.
What haters see: A repetitive, mind- and thumb-numbing chore. A glorified and artificially expanded tech demo that is far more fun to watch than to actually play. A sense of freedom that is only surface deep, as every city is a xerox of the last, every assassination plays out the same way and every action is controlled by simply holding down the "run / climb / jump / ride / blend / play game" button.
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Why Assassin's Creed fails (Game | Life)
Criticism of Assassin's Creed criticism (Penny Arcade)
What lovers see: Escapism so thrilling, you can't stop with just one song or even just one tour. Make-believe so visceral, you forget you're holding nothing but a custom controller. Wish fulfillment so convincing, you might actually decide to take music lessons, form a band and give the real thing a try. Guitar Hero and Rock Band transport you and transform you like no other games.
What haters see: A flimsy plastic gimmick that fools people into thinking they can create music when all they're really producing is a cacophony of irritating clicks and clacks. A lazy and dangerous substitute for the real thing, one that reduces true art into a timed button-mashing exercise for clumsy parents and hyperactive children. Basically, the "rock god" version of Mario Teaches Typing.
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Guitar Hero "A" review (The Onion)
Why Guitar Hero Sucks (music, etc.)
Rock Band: The Greatest Game of All Time (College Candy)
Guitar Hero and Other Anti-Music Video Games (Piano World forums)
People I Hate: "Why don't you play a real instrument?" (Game | Life)
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Walk, Don't Run
A middle-aged electronics expert in Tokyo during the Olympics, is forced to share an apartment with a young woman since his hotel suite will not be available for two days.
1966, renewed 1994 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Cary Grant, Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton, Miiko Taka, John Standing, Ted Hartley, Ben Astar, George Takei, Teru Shimada
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Fresh: Agreeable fluff romantic comedy.
- Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews, Thursday, June 24, 2010
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Grant's last movie! It's a remake of an older movie, which I liked better, actually, but this movie has a good cast and it's funny, so I liked it anyway.
- ajv2688, Thursday, December 9, 2010
Holy Cary Grant in his boxers! Loved that. Freaking priceless and it may have been his last film, but damn, he went out in style. Grant is easily and obviously the best part of this film and he is pure brilliance. Can't say quite as much for the story, but it was still a cute little romantic comedy and I'll give plot and setting a + for originality.
- MeetMeinMontauk, Tuesday, May 18, 2010


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January 6, 2009
By Rhonda Glenn, USGA
In the early decades of the last century, golf reporting resembled social correspondence and the paragraph about 1923 U. S. Women's Amateur Championship in the Official USGA Record Book could just as easily have been an engagement announcement:
"Miss Edith Cummings, of the Owentsia Club, Lake Forest, Ill., a sister of Dexter Cummings, the national intercollegiate champion at the time, defeated Miss Alexa Stirling, 3 and 2, in the final at Westchester-Biltmore Country Club, Rye, N.Y."
Had they chosen to emote, golf writers would have been delirious over the two dazzling women in this photograph, just one of more than 100,000 historical black-and-white photographs in the USGA Museum archives.
Taken on Oct. 6, 1923, by an unknown photographer, the image depicts Cummings and Stirling as they shake hands before the Robert Cox Trophy for the Women's Amateur Championship. From left to right Stirling, who gained lasting fame for winning three times, and Cummings, who would find immortality in the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, The Great Gatsby. In Rye, ironically, they are just a few miles from Fitzgerald's fictional sites of East Egg and West Egg.
Stirling was a titian-haired beauty with a wide bright smile. Stirling grew up in Atlanta near East Lake Golf Club, not far from legendary nine-time USGA champion Bob Jones, and was the daughter of a doctor. In 1908, Jones and Stirling were invited to a children's party where the entertainment was a six-hole golf tournament. Stirling made the lower score, but Jones wound up with the trophy and throughout his career the little three-inch cup was his most treasured prize.
"I'll always believe Alexa won that cup," Jones wrote, "…but I took it to bed with me that night…I've a hundred and twenty cups and vases now, and thirty medals, but there's one little cup that never fails of being kept well polished. And I never slept with another one."
Stirling was modest about the incident. "I had an advantage over Bob in those days," she said later. "I was 12 and he was only 6."
Stirling won her first U.S. Women's Amateur in 1916. The following year, championship golf was halted with the beginning of World War I and Stirling and Jones barnstormed in exhibition matches, raising a hefty $150,000 for the Red Cross. In 1919, when the Women's Amateur resumed, Stirling won it again.
In 1920, Stirling won her third straight Women's Amateur but the Roaring 20s had begun. It was "The Jazz Age," and giddiness overtook a prosperous America in the aftermath of the war. The country was in a mood to celebrate and one of the celebrants was Cummings. The daughter of a wealthy Chicago socialite, Cummings graduated from an exclusive boarding school as one of the era's great debutantes, a member of a group from Chicago known as "The Big Four," which included Cummings, Courtney Letts, Margaret "Peg" Carry and Ginerva King, the muse of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The four young women drifted from one enchanting party to another, played tennis together and wore rings that read "The Big Four."
"...so legendary for their beauty that they were known by that designation for the rest of their lives," wrote Scott Donaldson in his story "Hemingway vs. Fitzgerald."
King was Fitzgerald's first love, the worshiped subject in a tortured relationship in which he could not keep up with the tremendous King fortune. The romance was doomed. Cummings was one of King's closest confidantes and met Fitzgerald in 1915 when she made a lasting impression and inspired one of the great characters in Gatsby.
Although she drifted from party to party, Cummings had a serious side and devoted time to golf, developing a game with which she could compete on a national stage.
Cummings was an heiress whose bubbling hi-jinks captured the imagination of the press. She was described in Look as having "…far outshone the reigning stage and screen beauties and all other athletes except Babe Ruth," a curious referral, perhaps to charisma.
In 1922, Cummings advanced to the semifinals of the Women's Amateur. In 1923, she was one of the players assembled in Rye, N.Y. The two Westchester courses, designed by Walter Travis, had opened in 1922. The best players were hitting the ball farther than in years past, with Cummings, Stirling and Glenna Collett smacking their drives nearly 230 yards. Collett, a huge favorite, lost in the third round.
A "keen, blustery wind" greeted the final match between Cummings and Stirling and they were bundled in sweaters and wool skirts. Stirling took an early lead and Cummings lost a great opportunity when she missed a 20-inch putt at the 18th that would have pulled her to within one hole of Stirling. After lunch, Cummings recovered and played the first seven windy holes in 1-over 4s. Stirling's reliable short game deserted her and the match ended at the 34th green with Cummings the champion, 3 and 2.
Reporters dubbed Cummings "The Fairway Flapper" and the following year Cummings caused another stir when she was featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, the first woman athlete and the first golfer so honored.
The TIME correspondent wrote: "Golfing women of the U. S. consulted their professionals about form; their tailors about costume; their husbands or parents about travelling expenses; their time tables about trains for Providence, R.I., where the women's national championship will open Sept. 1.
"There is but a single thundercloud darkening Champion Edith's horizon at Providence," said TIME, citing Cumming's vigorous, accurate game. "Barring a vagrant, unpredictable typhoon, the only disturbance charted is the dark little terror whose native haunt is Providence—Glenna. She is indeed a thundercloud, always has been, particularly for Edith."
When the energetic, spirited Cummings lost in the second round, spectators whispered, "Too much dancing, too much bootleg liquor."
Fitzgerald, meanwhile, worked on final edits of Gatsby and wrote to his editor, Maxwell Perkins, from Rome. In a Dec. 20, 1924, letter he noted the creation of Gatsby, writing that "Jordan Baker of course was a great idea (perhaps you know it's Edith Cummings)…"
The inspiration for the character of Daisy Buchanan was Cumming's friend King, Fitzgerald's first love.
The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, said this about the Cummings character, Jordan Baker: "(She) wore all her dresses like sports clothes - there was a jauntiness about her movements as if she had first learned to walk upon golf courses on clean, crisp mornings."
In the novel, Jordan Baker has a disturbing trait – there are whispers that she cheats at golf, but Cummings had a reputation as an honest player. One reporter wrote after Gatsby's publication that "Edith Cummings was as honest as she was bewitching."
Stirling later married Canadian doctor W.G. Fraser and moved to Canada. A trip to Atlanta in 1976 to watch the U.S. Open at East Lake was her last visit and she returned to Canada, where she died in 1977 at 79.
Cummings, at 35, married wealthy businessman Curtis B. Munson in 1934. Munson was an interesting personality. Just before World War II, he was asked by President Franklin Roosevelt to investigate the sympathies of Japanese-Americans living in the United States. He found very little hostility in the Japanese-American community, but the Munson Report was ignored and the president implemented a policy of Japanese-American internment.
Edith Cummings and Munson were childless and they avoided the spotlight except for forays into philanthropy. Cummings remained an avid golfer and the couple enjoyed the outdoors and traveled extensively to hunt and fish. Curtis Munson died in 1979.
Edith Cummings Munson, "The Fairway Flapper," died in 1984. She was 85. Only Courtney Letts, the last of the Big Four, survived her.
The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation is today a thriving arm of philanthropy. Each year, the foundation donates $5,000 to a scholarship fund honoring the top female collegiate golfer excelling in academics.
But there was a time, so long ago, when Edith Cummings was an integral part of a magical era, when, as Fitzgerald wrote in Gatsby, "...The moon had risen higher, and floating in the Sound was a triangle of silver scales, trembling a little to the stiff, tinny drip of the banjoes on the lawn."
Rhonda Glenn is a Manager of Communications for the USGA. E-mail her with questions or comments at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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