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Robin Robinson Very nice! Great eye shot
Robin Robinson Very nice shot
Robin Robinson Lovely macro work. Looks like she needs a shave.
Robin Robinson Fantastic. Your dragonfly shots are excellent. I can't seem to do that with a macro……
Hilke Breder You got a terrific shot of the wren. I love its alert watchful posture.
Paul Baird Hello Laura, great website. I recently have been following your updates via Google Alerts. I am a amateur nature photograph. I notice you use a flash where I would never have expected it to be useful, such as with your 100-400mm lens. Are you collimating the light with any add on flash attachment and are you using Canons E-TTL feature?
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Åomża Lannier It's good site, I was looking for something like this
Guy Hi Laura I have to say how much I love your blog. My wife and I made a short trip to New York in Sept but thru your blog we see a different side of the city, one we barely imagined. This shot is just so wonderful with the powerful juxtapostion of one of the most icon building in the world as a background to the eternal cycle of migration. May I add you to my links?
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lorenz yay spring ! Curious how effective the flash was at what was probably some distance ?
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Lorenz magnificent ! how powerful those wings look
Brenda from Flatbush Just found this site with your amazing work, and since much of it is from Prospect Park, I've linked you to my park blog, "Prospect: A Year in the Park" (www.ayearinthepark.typepad.com). You take the kind of pictures I can only dream of with my current level of equipment; I welcome guest shots (hint hint) if you'd like to share (full credit always given). Stop by and say hello!
Lorenz oooo! fuzzy little redhead, utterly adorable
Lorenz the sparrow is adorable but I am especially thrilled with the roller-coaster tangle of vine !
JK Canepa Fitting that you recognize the wisdom of the female song sparrow in choosing the male with the best song! And I know you also recognize a great voice when you hear it.
Lorenz yay warblers ! such cuties. remind me of hot little sports cars.
Laura Meyers I love the image of warblers as hot little sports cars. I totally get it! Thanks.
Lorenz such elegance ! and fancy detailing on the paintjob !
Lydia Very nice cpature! I am a sparrow lover!
Lorenz Prothonotary is right, nice outfit !
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Laura Meyers I set the flash at very low. When shooting small songbirds such as these, they are most likely in shady, dark, hidden places that need light.
Lorenz and Flutter Flutter, upon seeing this lovely specimen says "little birdie!!"
Lorenz I love warbler weeks !
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Lorenz A parula ! We never heard of a parula before and he/she is very sporty. Flutter got very excited seeing this lovely creature and promptly declared "Little birdie!" once again.
Lorenz What a lovely texture on this little guys feathers, like he has dried off after a boogie board session.
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Bonnie I seem to breathe different with your beautiful birds. Thank you.
Lorenz Could a little birdie look any sweeter ? I think not!
suzan frecon I loved hearing the video.Fabulous ( and instructive)! Do you have audio videos of other birds too?
Thank You!!
JK Canepa What a delicately marked bird! My friend calls himself Tim Vireo in tribute to this creature. Thanks, Laura, for the glimpse. Getting your photos is a real treat.
Kathy Calabrese Hi, Laura!!! Your work is becoming positively incredible! I have a new email address, and I have a signed purchase offer on the house. Life is good in Buffalo–very, very busy. My practice is growing by leaps and bounds, and I'm doing lots of neurofeedback. I will call you very soon so we can catch up on all our news. Be sure to send me your daily pic on my new account! Love, Kathy
Lorenz Wow such feathers !
That longest group with a tapering end are amazing.
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Lorenz Magnificent ! A quintessential summer bug.
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lorenz We just saw "Black Swan" and the wings on this lovely creature remind me of some of those flowing gestures.
Lorenz Magnificent detail !
Lorenz Such a neck ! Very pretty pose.
Guy What a lovely photo. I really like the detailed view of the head.
Guy Hi
What a neat shot it the Cuckoo is not a bird I see posted a lot, it is really giving you the eye.
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Kalyan Nice Picture. Did you use flash extender to shoot this photograph?
Kalyan Hi Laura, Thanks for your quick response. I have one more question. Did you use tripod for the shot or was it a handheld shot. Photographs published here are beautiful.
Lorenz magnificent catch ! nice smoothe gliding moment.
Lorenz Gorgeous ! You could almost count those scales.
Guy Hi Laura
Wow what a photo I love the traces of blue. Just great.
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Lorenz Fantastic timing ! and what a pretty critter.
Lorenz What a sweet little bird! I wonder what she's thinking?
Ed This is a White-throated Sparrow. Great pic.
Roger Fantastic! I take photos of red-tails in NYC as well and just love this series of posts of yours. I just got the same camera kit you used (Canon EOS 7D and Canon 100-400mm lens). Best of luck to you to find more red-tails! They're migrating now so you have plenty of opportunities. My hawk photos are here: http://rogerpaw.blogspot.com/
All the best,
Guy Hi Laura
A really nice selection of ducks.
Guy Hi Laura
A lovely image you really captured the personality
and classic pose of the Nuthatch.Guy
Guy Hi Laura
A great shot, I did not realize you could see wild turkeys there.
Best wishes for Thanksgiving.
David Just used this picture to identify a woodpecker I took a picture of! It's harder to take a picture thru the window with the bird moving from branch to branch on a magnolia which has lots of branches:-)
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gary greene Hi Laura ,you have a great site and a great talent..I noticed that you are getting some photo,s with a canon7d /canon100-400. It excites me to see this as I just got one for Christmas. I am into birds and fur-bearers,bears ,bobcats,fishers,fox and coyote,etc. Gonna get busy as the winter progresses… Keep up the goos work and send me a line once in a while… may God bless you Gary greene
Guy Hi Laura
You are getting some great photos in Florida I really like the Wood Stork it is such an impressive bird.
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Guy Hi Laura
I just love the colouring you captured. What a striking bird when it is seen with this much detail and definition.
All the best.
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Guy Hi Laura
The colouring on this shot is wonderful. I love the brown and blue of the water as a background to all the shades of brown and grey in the gull's wings.
Guy Hi Laura
A grey shot, the delicate feathers on the breast really show up nicely. Beautiful detail.
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Guy Hi Laura
This is just an outstanding photo of a pintail.
Guy Hi Laura
Lots of lovely photos of birds in flight, great work.
Swallows are always beautiful with their sleek streamlined shape.
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Guy Hi Laura
I love the Green-Winged Teal the colour patterns always strike me as so unlikely.
Ralph Tiner Laura
I've written a book on tidal wetlands to be published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 2013 and am looking for a few photos of salt marsh birds for a one-page figure. I found your clapper rail photo online and thought it would be great to show it with the other bird photos I have. Would you be willing to let me use it for this book (Tidal Wetlands Primer)? I'm also looking for a photo of the salt marsh sharp-tailed sparrow.
Thanks for your consideration.
Ralph Tiner
Fort Myers Beach This is a great photo! I've never seen a bird like this on Fort Myers Beach. Such character! Thanks for sharing
we thanks for the id!! we saw them this morning and found this on google images for new york butterflies. now we have a name for it. funny it is called red.
Corinne Buchet What a variety of notes !
and so clear
Thank you Laura
Its a great pleasure to hear it
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JK Canepa Went to see the warblers in Flowering Peach Hill Park in Poughkeepsie last weekend; I sure heard them but wasn't quick enough to see. By the way, no peach trees in that park because they replaced them with an orchard of apple trees. So lovely to walk around following all the songs in the trees. Thanks for this song, Laura.
Laura Meyers It is great to be able to identify the birds by their songs. I am glad these posts are helping you. Thanks JK
Guy Hi Laura
One of my favorite wablers, and with an ant no less.
What a beautiful photo.
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Laura Meyers Hi Guy, It is one of my favorite Warblers also. Thanks for your comments. Nice to hear from you. Best, Laura
Sarah Adorable! 🙂
May I use this picture as an avatar?
Guy Hi Laura
Boy what a great shot of the Black-crowned Night Heron you captured it beautifully.
Guy Hi Laura
A great shot of the Orchard Oriole your posting really inspire me to work on my own bird photos.
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Laura Meyers Thanks Guy, I got really luck with this shot. And yes you should work on your own bird photos.
Warm regards,
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Laura Meyers I have gotten quite a few shots on this particular log at Big John Pond at Jamaica Bay. It is in really nice proximity to the blind.
Thanks for your comments, Guy.
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Guy Hi Laura
What a lovely photo.
Guy Wow what a wonderful photo.
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Guy Hi Laura
This is the photo I was trying and failing to take all last week.
Beautifully captured.
Guy Hi Laura
What a photo everything was perfect, the detail, the colours in the wasp and the flower.
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Patrick Acker Please send me phone # so i may speak with someone about purchasing 'Northern Male Cardinal' on snowy pine pic. my # is 269365298. Thank you!
JK What a sound! Like a squeaky mattress. Thanks for all these wonderful creatures.
And let's protect Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge from the Rockaway Lateral Pipeline. (More info at http://www.facebook.com/carpny)
Bobbi Thank you for such beautiful pictures. I did learn some info about the red bellied woodpeckers.. I have a family of them in the tree outside my window. My cats and i bird and wildlife watch every morning..You pictures are beautiful. Have a nice day… :=))
Guy Hi Laura
Now that is a cool photo.
etta boetttger Hi. I have one or two in the my back woods – I know they have a distinctive sound but I just saw white under the head area. thanks. this confirms my answer.
JK What a cute voice this little guy has, and a tiny body, and to think he (and she) can swim all that distance from the Northeast way down the ocean. I am just amazed by the power of the natural world. Even of its small wonders.
Audrey O Hi Laura, I have a blog with about 40 or so unique visitors, most of whom are my family, about my journey to becoming a beekeeper. Would it be alright to use your photo of a yellow jacket for a new post I'm working on about different types of bees? I found your fantastic picture via google images. I will certainly cite your work and of course leave the watermark.
Guy Hi Laura
Your photos of the Kestrel are outstanding it was nice you could get that shot from your terrace.
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Guy Hi Laura
I always enjoy seeing someone transform a fairly commonly seen bird into a creature of such unexpected beauty.
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Franny I made a watercolor painting based on your photo (it's a Christmas present for my dad): http://ohshitimingradschool.tumblr.com/post/37747004384/northern-flicker-watercolor-based-on-this-photo
It's a great pic 😀
Guy Hi Laura
What a glorious photo.
All the best.
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Guy Hi Laura
I love the detail and the delicate colours.
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Guy Hi Laura
Oropendola are such neat birds I just love the nests. This is a beautiful photo.
Guy Hi Laura
Wow a beautiful striking bird but it sure looks like it has been around. You got wonderful shots in the tropics.
Guy Hi Laura
This is a lovely photo you captured this beautifully.
Guy Hi Laura
We saw Tanagers in Trinidad they are such neat birds. I love all the different species and beautiful colours.
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Guy Hi Laura
I love the detail on this photo, the feet are wonderful.
Junior Wonderful picture!
Guy Hi Laura
What a wonderful photograph. I cannot believe the detail.
Guy Hi Laura
I alwyas enjoy a really beautiful photo of a common bird it just really makes you rethink the animal's place in the order of things and in this case especially appreciate their personality.
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Guy Hi
I have been seeing and photographing lots of Crosssbills this winter, this is a wonderful photo. It really captures the delicate beauty of their markings and feather patterns.
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Lynn S Thanks for posting this beautiful shot . It helped me ID the three in may yard today. March 9, 2013, Sharbot Lake Ontario.
Jane These are beautiful photos. I love pictures of birds in flight. You are an amazing photographer.
Guy Hi Laurie
This is an outstanding pose.
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Guy Hi Laura
Lovely detail on this photo you can really enjoy all the colours and the markings of the feathers.
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Samba Hi LauraI alwyas enjoy a relaly beautiful photo of a common bird it just relaly makes you rethink the animal's place in the order of things and in this case especially appreciate their personality.RegardsGuy
Grace Hey Linda I got one of those feeders last fall, and that darn red squreril ripped right thru it!!!Love the Nuthatches they are also kind of bossy at the feeder!!now a question I reposted an old blog, by changing the published date but it is not showing up on my followers blogs any ideas??? Maybe I should just post favorite pics..and forget about posting the old blogs in a quandry.. HELP!!!Cheers!Linda )
DJ The pictured Hooded Merganser is an immature male, not a female. Note the yellow eyes and all-dark bill, both indicative of an immature male.
I was searching for Merganser photos, and when I saw this one mislabeled, I thought you'd want to know.
Helen Wood brilliant
Dave Hello. I recently had a pair of these birds carved for me. I'm not surprised you needed a 400 mm lens, these birds are impossible to encounter up close. Well done


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INSKEEP: Now, if some or all of the health care law should go away, Republicans have said they want to replace it. They have not said precisely how, though they have discussed a number of ideas for bringing down health care costs, and one of those ideas becomes law in Georgia next week. It allows health insurance companies to sell policies even if those policies do not comply with Georgia laws and come from out of state. Republican politicians have been promoting this idea for years.
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INSKEEP: Many Republican voices there. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey, Texas Republican Joe Barton, and Speaker of the House John Boehner. But now that the idea of selling insurance across state lines is becoming reality in Georgia, there's a problem, as Jim Burress reports from member station WABE.
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This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm David Greene. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood has been banned and a court ordered the government to seize the assets of the Islamist group. These moves followed a major crackdown on Brotherhood supporters, with thousands arrested across the country. But the Brotherhood is not the only target. Journalists are also facing unprecedented pressures. With the military in control and the police emboldened, the space for freedom of speech is disappearing, as NPR's Leila Fadel reports from Cairo.
MOSAAB EL-SHAMY: It feels like people haven't completely, you know, woken up from the euphoria of ousting the Brotherhood and they haven't really realized the kind of nightmare, if we may say.
LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: That's Mosaab el-Shamy, a young freelance photographer. On August 14th when hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters were killed by security forces at sit-in camps in Cairo, Mosaab took pictures. For hours he snapped photographs of burned corpses and other horrors he never expected to see in Egypt. What bothers him most is the popular support for the crackdown.
EL-SHAMY: It has been obviously very, very sad to see people lose this humanity in them and be OK with such acts and justify, and even find positives about the current situation.
FADEL: On the same day as the mass killings, his brother Abdullah, a journalist with the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera news network, was arrested. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, since the military coup of July third, at least 40 journalists have been attacked and detained by security forces. TV stations have been shut down and media offices raided.
Mosaab has seen his brother once since his arrest. On that day, Mosaab says 700 families came to the prison to see loved ones who had also been swept up by the police. He says they are facing charges ranging from incitement to violence, to murder, to membership in a terrorist organization.
EL-SHAMY: And the problem, like I said, is a public will, and support for such acts of crackdown by the military.
FADEL: Only a couple of years ago people celebrated the end of the emergency law. It essentially gives the police and military authority to arrest anyone, anytime. Now that law is back in force and it was recently extended. Two Canadians, John Greyson and Tarek Loubani, were detained over a month ago while filming at a Brotherhood protest after curfew.
They are in Tora prison on the outskirts of Cairo. But they have not been charged with a crime. Now they're on a hunger strike in protest. One of the most prominent journalists in jail is Ahmed Abu Deraa. He worked in the violence-prone Sinai Peninsula, filing reports for an Egyptian newspaper and a TV channel that oppose the Brotherhood.
He also does a lot of work with foreign journalists, including NPR correspondents. Abu Deraa has been referred to military trial on charges of spreading false information and for being in a restricted military zone. At a press conference last week the spokesman for the army brought up Deraa's case.
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FADEL: Colonel Ahmed Ali accused him of making up stories about civilian deaths in the military operation in Sinai. He called the arrest part of non-traditional warfare, a war of information. Shaimaa AbulKhair is the Egypt researcher for the Committee to Protect Journalists. She says the media is in a very bad situation. She says officers are assigned to state television to tell programmers what they can air. Most channels critical of the government have been shut down and independent journalists who dare to criticize are attacked by their colleagues.
SHAIMAA ABULKHAIR: So far since the uprising in 2011, all the government came was not supportive to media. They all want to control the media.
AHMED SAIF: Yes, it is a very dangerous moment.
FADEL: Ahmed Saif is a renowned human rights defender who heads the Hisham Mubarak Law Center. He says with journalists under fire, it's only a matter of time before the government goes after human rights organizations.
SAIF: The real struggle in Egypt is about to what extent the army will be in power.
FADEL: The military, Saif says, has no plans to let go of power anytime soon. And right now most Egyptians support that. Leila Fadel, NPR News, Cairo. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The Supreme Court has issued rulings in two controversial cases. The court invalidated several appointments President Obama made while the Senate was in recess, or appeared to be, anyway. And the court also limited the power of a state to define buffer zones around abortion clinics. A lot to talk about here, let's dive right in with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg. Hi, Nina.
NINA TOTENBERG, BYLINE: Hi.
INSKEEP: OK, so these decisions appear to be, to you, anyway, compromises - why is that?
TOTENBERG: Well, if you expected, like, thunderbolts where you would know exactly what happened, sort of like yesterday with the cellphones, they didn't happen. I haven't seen this much slicing and dicing since I last watched the barefoot contest on television.
INSKEEP: (Laughing) OK, so we're talking about decisions then where it's a 9 to 0 vote in at least one case, but you're saying the way that they worded it, it's very complicated. What happened? So let's try to figure this out. First, these recess appointments - President Obama appointed these people and the courts said, no, you can't do that. What exactly did they mean by that?
TOTENBERG: So President Obama recess appointed three people to the National Labor Relations Board because he couldn't get them through, they were being blocked. And it was before the Democrats changed the rules in the Senate to allow just a simple majority to confirm people...
TOTENBERG: And got rid of the filibuster. So President Obama said this - you're preventing the recess appointments with shame sessions that last only 30 seconds to prevent there from being a real recess. And you say, OK, well, you're not in session and so we're going to challenge you about that - we don't consider that good. The Supreme Court said basically three things - the majority said three things. It said recess appointments are an important part of presidential power, they allow the government to keep working when the Senate is in recess. The founding fathers didn't even agree on what a recess is. And so we're going to take the modern interpretation. And the president can make recess appointments to fill positions, but only if the Senate is in recess - and this is sort of an invented rule - for 10 or more days.
INSKEEP: The Supreme Court said this?
TOTENBERG: The Supreme Court said this.
INSKEEP: And they just made up the rule. They...
TOTENBERG: They made up the rule. They made up the rule.
INSKEEP: They essentially said there's this complicated situation, we can't figure it out and so we're going to just draw our own line and say that's what it is.
TOTENBERG: They didn't say we can't figure it out. They said we're going to draw a line 'cause one has to be drawn. Now, in practice, at least if the two parties - if the president is of a different party than the Senate, that's likely not to make any difference, there's not going to be a recess. But in this case, the court said, as to whether or not these were real recesses because they had them for only 30 second sessions, the Senate makes its own rules and we have to say these were legitimate sessions because the Senate said they were legitimate sessions. And therefore, the NLRB appointments - nine of them said - therefore, the NLRB appointments are not good. But they totally disagreed on the reasoning. And four of the justices said recess appointments are something of a bygone era, they don't matter anymore. And the majority, lead by Justice Breyer - Stephen Breyer - said, yes, they do matter anymore, they are a huge and important part of presidential power and allow the president to ensure that the government keeps functioning.
INSKEEP: You know, you - this description you give, Nina Totenberg, reminds us that although we would like to think of the law as a cut and dry process and judicial ruling as being that way, that nine justices - that's a political process. These people were arguing and ended up with a ruling on just the bare minimum that they could actually agree on here.
TOTENBERG: Sort of. We ought to talk for a minute about the abortion case.
INSKEEP: Go ahead.
TOTENBERG: The - Chief Justice Roberts said that the 2000 decision that the court issued saying that there can be buffer zones to protect people going inside and out of a clinic, an abortion clinic, those are OK. But, he said, you can't have one that was as big as in this case - it was legislated in Massachusetts, it was 35 feet. And in some instance, it prevented protesters from giving literature to people, from talking to people who were going to be willing listeners. So it was basically too big a zone in some circumstances. And he said that Massachusetts - he said, I don't actually know if this is true - is the only state that has one this big, and that there are other ways to deal with problems of violence.
INSKEEP: So you can have a buffer zone or something, you just could not have exactly what was had in this case.
TOTENBERG: Yeah, this one was too broad.
INSKEEP: So two cases in which the whole question is how do you draw the line between competing interests.
TOTENBERG: You got it.
INSKEEP: Nina, thanks very much.
TOTENBERG: Thank you.
INSKEEP: That's NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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While man grapples with the fear of the unknown such as stronger hurricanes and rising seas that they worry will eventually turn inland cities such as Orlando and Philadelphia into beachfront property, a Florida company has found a solution for the very wealthy: the houseboat of the future.
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The main deck contains the main living area and fully equipped Miele kitchen. There is also a two-berth crew cabin that can be used as an office, a bathroom, laundry room with washer and dryer, trash room with compactor, outdoor kitchen and helm station. The upper deck has four ensuite, king-size bedrooms. The master suite has a walk-in closet, balcony and free-standing Jacuzzi.
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FILE – In this April 10, 2013 file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., right, accompanied by Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., announce that they have reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers,, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The number of Republican senators who might back expanded background checks is now dwindling, threatening a bipartisan effort to subject more gun buyers to the checks. A vote on the compromise, the heart of Congress' gun control effort, is expected this week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican opposition is growing to a bipartisan Senate plan for expanding background checks for firearms buyers, enough to put the proposal's fate in jeopardy. But the measure may change as both sides compete for support in one of the pivotal fights in the battle over curbing guns.
The Senate continued debating a wide-ranging gun control bill Tuesday, with the focus on a background check compromise struck last week between Sens. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Manchin said the vote on that amendment was likely to be delayed from midweek to late in the week, a move that would give both sides more time to win over supporters.
President Barack Obama, in an interview with NBC's "Today" show, urged lawmakers to pay attention to public support for expanding background checks and remember the slayings of 26 schoolchildren and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
"The notion that Congress would defy the overwhelming instinct of the American people after what we saw happen in Newtown, I think is unimaginable," Obama said in the interview, aired Tuesday. He said it's a given that the vote is politically difficult for some lawmakers "because the gun lobby is paying attention and has shown no willingness to budge."
"I think we've got a good chance of seeing it pass if members of Congress are listening to the American people," Obama said.
Underscoring the bargaining underway, the two sponsors seemed willing to consider a change to their deal that would exempt gun buyers from background checks if they live hundreds of miles from licensed firearms dealers, said Senate aides and a lobbyist.
The change might help win support from senators from Alaska and perhaps North Dakota, said the aides and lobbyist, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions were private.
An appearance by gravely wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and husband Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut, planned for Tuesday with Manchin and Toomey was canceled because of Monday's Boston bombing, said a Senate aide speaking on condition of anonymity to describe an event not publicly announced.
Many consider the Manchin-Toomey compromise the best hope for winning Senate approval to widen the background check system, designed to screen out the severely mentally ill, criminals and others from getting firearms. Background checks are widely considered the heart of the gun control drive.
Background checks are required only for sales handled by licensed gun dealers. The Manchin-Toomey measure would extend that to sales at advertised venues like gun shows and online, while exempting other transactions like those between relatives and friends.
The two senators' deal doesn't go as far as Obama wanted, but he has said it would represent progress.
From a group of 16 GOP senators gun control advocates have considered possible allies, at least nine have now said they oppose the background check compromise and one said he is leaning against it.
Combined with the 31 senators who voted against debating the overall gun bill last week, that could bring potential opponents of expanding background checks to 41 — just enough votes to block the Senate from considering the compromise. But in the heated political climate and heavy lobbying certain in the run-up to the vote, minds on both sides could change.
One of those expressing opposition was Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who said Monday the measure would cover too many gun transactions.
"It would likely even extend to message boards, like the one in an office kitchen. This simply goes too far," he posted on his Facebook page.
Flake has been a primary target of pressure from gun control groups. He comes from the same state Giffords represented until she was severely wounded in a 2011 mass shooting in Tucson. In addition, Flake's senior colleague, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said he is leaning strongly toward supporting the background check plan.
Opponents say expanded checks would violate the Constitution's right to bear arms and would be ignored by criminals. They are forcing supporters of the background check plan to win 60 of the Senate's 100 votes, a high hurdle.
Fifty Democrats and two Democratic-leaning senators voted last week to begin debate. If all of them support the Manchin-Toomey plan — which is not guaranteed — they would still need eight additional votes.
So far, three Republicans who backed beginning debate have said they will vote for the Manchin-Toomey plan: Toomey himself and Sens. Mark Kirk of Illinois and Susan Collins of Maine.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., missed last week's vote after saying he was suffering from muscle weakness, but spokesman Caley Gray said he hopes to be in the Senate for votes this week.
Two Democrats, both facing re-election next year in GOP-leaning states, voted against beginning the gun control debate last week. Sens. Mark Begich of Alaska and Mark Pryor of Arkansas both said they are still deciding on the Manchin-Toomey plan.
Associated Press writer Nedra Pickler contributed to this report.


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The Meccano Society of Scotland
Obstacle Climbing
Menstrie Challenge 2014
The challenge is to build a machine from standard and/or compatible Meccano parts that is able to overcome a variable height obstacle constructed from Meccano and placed on the Menstrie Scout Hall floor. The machine should be able to approach the obstacle, overcome it and then continue on its way.
The challenge will determine which machine can overcome the greatest height.
The obstacle will be approximately 18" in length and 5½" in width and of variable height. The height of the obstacle will be raised in ½" increments until no model succeeds in reaching the far side of the obstacle.
- The initial height of the obstacle will be 1". This will be increased for each round by a ½" increment until no machine successfully negotiates the obstacle in a particular round.
- Two attempts per round per machine are permitted.
- Machine settings may be adjusted between successive attempts at overcoming the obstacle.
- The power source may be any electric or clockwork motor or spring mechanism. There are no voltage or power restrictions for electric motors but the power source must be carried on the machine. Batteries may be changed, power sources recharged and clockwork motors and springs re-wound as required.
- Once set in motion for an attempt at the obstacle no operator intervention is permitted.
- Any machine judged to have damaged the obstacle will be disqualified.
- There are no size or weight restrictions for the machine's construction (subject to Rule 6).
- The machine should be assembled from Meccano or Meccano compatible parts.
- At the start of the attempt the foremost part of the machine must be at least 12" from the front edge of the obstacle.
- An attempt is not considered complete until the rear most part of the machine is 12" from the rear edge of the obstacle.
- A machine which is unable to continue after negotiating the obstacle (e.g. falls over) will be considered to have failed the attempt.
- A machine which does not succeed in a particular round may be entered in the next round.
- Machines which become inoperable during an attempt will be withdrawn, but if successfully returned to working order, may be re-entered.
- The machine should finish the attempt with the same number of parts that it started with.
- The maximum duration for two attempts (i.e. a round) should not exceed three minutes per machine.
- Entrants may enter more than one machine.
- Proxy entrants are welcome.
- To aid marshals, commentators, scorers and reporters writing up the event, the entrant's name must be prominently displayed (e.g. a sticky label).
- Practice sessions using the obstacle will be allowed until the Secretary announces the competition has commenced.
- In the event of a dispute the Secretary will arbitrate.
- The winner will be the machine able to negotiate the heighest obstacle height. In the event of a draw, the winner will be determined by which machine can do so in the shortest time.
The Obstacle
The obstacle is a platform 14½" long and 5½" wide. Rack strips line the front and rear of the platform prjecting slightly above the plate level to provide a roungh surface for the tracks, wheels or other propulsion means to grip on to.
The platform is mounted on four rods journalled in vertical U section columns made from 9½" Angle Girders. This arrangement allows the rods to be withdrawn after each round and the platform moved up ½" before they are reinserted.
There will be an adjustable vertical wall at the front of the platform to prevent a vehicle going under the platform and also to provide something for vehicles to grip onto as they try to ascend to the platform.


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