The earliest known bird is the Archaeopteryx. It lived during the Jurassic period 150 million years ago. Because it did not have the basic features of flight, scientists are uncertain if it could fly.

Both the Bee and the Vervain Hummingbirds build the smallest nests of all birds, measuring 3/4" across and 1.2" deep.

The most dangerous bird in the world is the Cassowary. With one kick it can kill its enemy.

Henry Bird was a so-so player, erratic. IMHO <Savielly Tartakower> sets a better example and his instructional chess books are classics.

The Peregrine Falcon reigns supreme with a top speed of 240 miles per hour, making it the undisputed fastest bird in the world.

* Alexander the Great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7l...

* Alireza Firouzja KIA never moves his f-pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLH... Understand: Moving your f-pawn exposes your King diagonally.

What keeps a bird up in the air is the shape of its wings. The first humans to discover how birds stay aloft were Australian Aborigines when they invented the boomerang.

* All Along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV...

* Always oppose the King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXb...

* Always know where the possible mating square is: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p-Di...

* Avoid Stalemate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbC...

* A02 World Champions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9U...

Birds typically have two, three, or four toes. A typical perching bird has three pointing forward, and one back. Birds that run on hard ground have only three, all pointing forward. Ostriches only have two toes, which are shaped like the hoof of an antelope.

* Against Anything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dks...

* Attacking plans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgQ...

* Attacking strategy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmq...

* A29 English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Bc5 is sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCE...

* ABC method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0c...

* Ben's Von Hennig-Schara Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poD...

* Jonathan gambits the C-K: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9E...

Not all birds have equally hollow bones. Those that dive into water—like gannets, terns, and kingfishers—and those that fly very fast, like swifts, have less air in their long bones than other birds.

* Ben's Englund Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb1...

* Beat the Englund Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF1...

Birds that are raised for meat and eggs (poultry) are the largest source of protein eaten by humans.

* Beat the Bird Fast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paK...

* Bird's Opening Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5q...

* Birds of Prey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq-...

* Bird School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCF...

The linear flight formations of migratory birds are called echelons, with the most common shapes being the "V" or the "J." In fact, a true V-shaped formation is less common than a J formation. Birds fly in formation a) because it saves energy and b) to facilitate orientation and communication among the birds.

* Chess Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGu...

* Capablanca's Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xC...

The wishbone (or "merrythought" bone) is a bird's fused collarbone. The strongest fliers have the widest angles in their wishbones. They are the only vertebrate animals to have a fused collarbone.

* Churchill Quotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYp...

* Conceal carry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu1...

* Drink your way to diabetes and dementia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbx...

* Defend yourself: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mLXS...

The heaviest bird in the air is the Kori Bustard, from East and South Africa. It weighs about 31 lb. (14 kg.), with the largest on recorded being 40 lb. (18 kg.). Because it is such hard work to fly, it flies only in emergencies and for only short distances.

* Dutch Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkT...

* Leningrad Dutch Defense guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyp...

* London vs LD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flq...

* Destroy 1.d4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTm...

* Only Defense vs 1.d4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD2...

* Dutch Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVN...

* Beat the Dutch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoK...

* Don't move Freddy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orS...

* Don't underestimate anybody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmI...

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird, which weighs less than 0.2 oz., has to beat its wings more than 52 times a second to hover in front of a flower.

* Eli's coming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A2...

* Flutie to Phalen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-_...

* 1.f4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1l...

* 10 mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXO...

* 15 idioms (and exaggerations): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjg...

* Bxf7+ Scam: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qtSH...

* b7 break in: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j7D5...

* Griese, Bradshaw, Staubach, Aikman, & Brady all wore #12: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ILVs...

* F-16 Fighting Falcon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2y...

To attract a mate, a male Frigate bird will blow up its red throat pouch. The pouch can be as big as a person's head.

* From's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMe...

* From's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZQ...

* From's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeV...

* From's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4O...

The slowest flying bird is the American Woodcock. It can fly at just 5 mph (8 kph). When hummingbirds hover, they move at 0 mph. Additionally, hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards under power, registering a negative speed.

* Flying: Game Collection: Flying with the Bird

* Tim Taylor's Bird book:
Game Collection: Birds Opening

The song of a European wren is made of more than 700 different notes a minute and can be heard 1,650 feet (500 m) away.

* Bishop's Opening instead? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW5...

* Bird Doctor: Game Collection: Bird's Opening Game Collection

* Best legal performance enhancing drug on the planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8G...

* Biggest losers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTe...

The Rufous hummingbird is the smallest migrant bird. It is less than 4 in. (9 cm) long and flies every year from Alaska to Mexico, a round trip of 3,800 miles (6,400 km).

* Carbon lava: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xbAP...

* Catch us if you can: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kd...

* Chess 4 Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQz...

* Daydream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7u...

* Discipline is the highest form of selflove?! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AEFO...

<1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 King James Version

16 Rejoice evermore.

17 Pray without ceasing.

18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.>

* Do I hafta lose? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zwYb...

* Draw it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tvV-...

* Ding Liren's Immortal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTG...

* Emphasize special rules like castling, en passant, promotion, check (including discovered check, double check, and no interposing response to a knight check), checkmate, stalemate, and draws: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXs...

Many birds, such as starlings, sing notes too high for humans to hear.

* FIDE World CC 2024: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/

* Anti-Sicilian 3.f4 article: https://chessmasterschool.com/clien...

* The next best thing to Fischer Random: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B9...

* Gaffes of 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk5...

* Galatians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxs...

* Harpy Eagle: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/suOU...

The Sword-billed Hummingbird is the only bird with a bill longer than its body.

* Honesty: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n7NX...

* History spanning 11 time zones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcM...

* H2Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Y...

* BG ...h3? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7wVb...

* Hop in the pony ...h3? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XIAB...

* 1.d4 f5 2.h3?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuy...

* 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM_...

* 3 MVPs: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qfGd...

* 3,400 blitz: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SKDk...

* 4 simple steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfm...

* 700 club: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lgcU...

* He changed everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaP...

* Honey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGm...

* Humiliating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5...

* Hungarian Defense trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUj...

* I can't tell you why: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d6cB...

* Irish Spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4y...

* It does NOT matter if you believe in Hell or not -- it awaits all who dismiss the Messiah: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i9Hn...

* The Janzen-Korchnoi Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrb...

* Joba Chamberlain from London? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/paYF...

* Jumpin' Jack Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i0NT...

* Kill the Dutch Defense w/Bg5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dr...

* Knights in the Three Knights Opening: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CmQ0...

* Langheld Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjE...

Lighthouses are dangerous for birds. The beams attract birds, especially in misty conditions, and many are killed when they fly into the glass.

* With a little luck: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lqk8...

* Live to 100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jr...

* Mashed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51e...

* Mike did that? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1iY1...

* Mind Blowing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lIUi...

* Moody River: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy9...

* Most players can't consistently go to their left anyway: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2mpd...

* Mouse in the House: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o0-p...

* Nf3-Ng5-Nxf7-Nxh6++-Nf7++: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8_Ih...

* Not in his book BFTC: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z9w7...

* No Nonsense Beginner Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYs...

* Offbeat: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GgBJ...

* Old USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0s...

* October 26, 1951: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIo...

* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc...

* Pattern Recognition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQM...

* Peacock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDv...

* Perf complains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKR...

* Penguin Gambit 3.e4?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDw...

* Photoshoot gone wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPz...

* Power Fades, Integrity Stands Forever: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JGSP...

* Piece Improvement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGY...

* Queen endings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxG...

* Quiz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bck...

* Raven's out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS5...

* Reading for Columbine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFF...

* Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record...

* Returning a phone call is more important than you know: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/295m...

* Reversed London players take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDY...

* Ruy Lopez, Bird's Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAC...

* Refute the Nimzo-Larsen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsb...

* 1.f4 Nh6?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjP...

* Fischer's Rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h4...

* Rubinstein's Immortal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDs...

* Vienna Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USk...

* Vienna Gambit traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t7...

* Sicilian Closed 1992: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym_...

* Sicilian variations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mi...

* Strategy is planning, preparation, and determination of execution: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N898...

* Sturm Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPS...

* Summer song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvD...

* Some theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMI...

* Skyfall: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZIFw...

* Slav 4...Bc5? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJC...

* Slav Exhange trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmC...

* Storytelling tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzb...

* Tactics guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ln...

* Time lens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaM...

* Tears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fi...

* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm

* Then there's Greg Maddux: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZciE...

* Tragedy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7dCW...

* Transposing to the Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj0...

* Underrated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wK...

* Use the pause button up top: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wv4G...

* Universal Killer Attack vs Bg7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH4...

* Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin...

* Praggnanandhaa Promotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf9...

* Validation of punks: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/84dA...

* Violation of Principles?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXK...

* Pin 'em Wizard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AK...

* Punish Bg4 Pin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcQ...

* Revived?! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/orKk...

* Shotgun Riley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ch...

* Spinning Wheel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFE...

* Create weaknesses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_U...

* Weaponization of Govt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onw...

* The Worst: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hza...

* What does anger solve? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-v...

* Whatever you do, don't disrespect Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQU...

* White to move, mate in 3 moves: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a0B3...

* Wisdom of Washington: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPj...

* Who dat? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sWdq...

* Winner, winner chicken dinner: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1bOg...

* Exploit weaknesses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw5...

* Exploit Pawn Weaknesses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPD...

Depending on the species, a woodpecker's tongue can be up to 4" long. It stores this long tongue by curling it in and sticking it through a specialized opening at the back of its neck, where it can then put it between the skull and skin.

The Woodpecker Method is an approach to chess training that involves repetitive solving of the same set of chess problems until patterns are deeply ingrained in the player's memory. It is based on the rhythmic pecking of woodpeckers. The method entails solving a set of (typically tactical) exercises in a given amount of time, then repeatedly solving that same set over and over again, approximately halving the amount of time it takes on each cycle of the set.

* You will never escape: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1ycQ...

The bird that lays the smallest egg in the world is the bee hummingbird. Its egg is just under 0.5" x 0.25" and weighs a mere 0.02 oz.

* Checkmate Puzzle Patternz: https://www.serverchess.com/mateinN...

* Chess Puzzles: https://chesspuzzle.net/

* Classics of '78: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UqOb...

There's a lot of Birds. Who was counting? Approximately 2/3 of all the bird species are found in tropical rain forests.

ECO Opening (Not necessarily found in this collection)

A02 Bird Opening
1.f4

A03 Bird Opening: Dutch Variation
1.f4 d5

C61 Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4

B33 Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Bird Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 Be6

A02 Bird Opening: From's Gambit
1.f4 e5

A02 Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lasker Variation 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5

A03 Bird Opening: Lasker Variation
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5

C53 Italian Game: Bird's Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4

A02 Bird Opening: Schlechter Gambit
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 Nc6

A02 Bird Opening: Sturm Gambit
1.f4 d5 2.c4

A02 Bird Opening: Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit
1.f4 f5 2.e4

Birds have three fingers on each wing. The first, the thumb, supports a small part of the wing called the alula (a.k.a bastard wing). The second and third fingers support the main flight feathers.

C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation
1.e4 e6 2.Bb5

A02 Bird Opening: Myers Defense
1.f4 b5

The ostrich lays the biggest egg in the world. It measures 7" x 5" and weighs 3 pounds. However, the biggest egg for the size of the mother is laid by the kiwi and is a third of the weight of the bird. It is 5" long and can weigh as much as 1 lb. This would be the equivalent of an ostrich laying an 88 lb. (40 kg.) egg.

C61 Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation, Paulsen Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Ne7

A02 Bird Opening: Batavo-Polish Attack
1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4

A03 Bird Opening: Mujannah
1.f4 Nf6 2.c4

C41 Philidor Defense: Bird Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3

A02 Bird Opening: Hobbs Gambit
1.f4 g5

A03 Bird Opening: Williams Gambit
1.f4 d5 2.e4

Unlike most birds that sing, a woodpecker will drum its beak against a tree. Other woodpeckers can identify which bird it is by the sound of the drumming.

These might be duplicates:
C70Ruy Lopez: Bird's Defense Deferred
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nd4

A02Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Bahr Gambit
1.f4 e5 2.Nc3

C37King's Gambit Accepted, Rosentreter Gambit, Bird Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.g3

A02Bird Opening: Williams Gambit
1.f4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Qe2

A02Bird Opening: Thomas Gambit
1.f4 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 d4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3

A03Bird Opening: Horsefly Defense
1.f4 Nh6

A02Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lipke Variation
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nh6 5.d4

A02Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Langheld Gambit
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Nf6

A02Bird Opening: Swiss Gambit
1.f4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4

A02Bird Opening: Lasker Gambit
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 f6

A03Bird Opening
1.f4 Nf6

A02Bird Opening: Williams-Zilbermints Gambit
1.f4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nge2

A02Bird Opening: Siegener Gambit
1.f4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 c5 4.c3

A02Bird Opening: Platz Gambit
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 Ne7

A02Bird Opening: Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit
1.f4 h6 2.Nf3 g5

A02Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Dudweiler Gambit 1.f4 d5 2.g4016

The Wild West was once part of Spain
From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the areas encompassing Florida and the states of the US southwest – including California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and Texas – belonged to the viceroyalty of New Spain and were governed from Mexico City.

Florida was the first to cede to the US, in 1819. The other areas followed in 1848 after the Mexican-American War. Under the peace treaty, Mexico (which inherited responsibility for the regions after gaining independence in 1821) recognized the US annexation of Texas, and agreed to sell most of its territory north of the Rio Grande to the US for $15 million.

<Listen To The Wind
by Betty Harp Butler

Listen to the wind
As it ruffles through the trees.
God is blowing his breath.
When the storms come,
Could it be He sneezed?>

The most talkative bird in the world is the African gray parrot. One parrot could say over 800 words. Most species of parrots can learn only 50.

"Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth." ― Wilhelm Steinitz

"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose." ― Bette Davis

"Chess is a matter of vanity." ― Alexander Alekhine

"As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine." ― Levon Aronian

"Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy." ― Vassily Ivanchuk

The largest, tallest, and heaviest bird in the world is the ostrich. Male ostriches can reach up to 9 ft. tall (2.7 m) and weigh up to 350 lb. (160 kg). Their eyes are bigger than any other land animals' eyes and are even larger than their brain.

"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit." ― John Milton

"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe

"A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result." ― Alexander Morozevich

"No one man is superior to the game." ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling.

"To err is human; to forgive, divine." ― Alexander Pope

"I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost." ― Adolf Anderssen

"After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes" ― Howard Staunton

"I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed." ― Emanuel Lasker

"With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

"Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess." ― Adrian Rogers

Approximately 75% of wild birds live for less than a year. The larger the bird, the more likely it is to live longer. The large wandering albatross, for example, can live for up to 80 years.

"Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position." ― Anatoly Karpov

"The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him." ― Max Stirner

"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti

"A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover." ― Savielly Tartakower

"Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes." ― Ajahn Brahm

The longest feathers ever seen were on a chicken in Japan. Its tail feathers measured 34.7 feet (10.59 m) long.

"As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities." ― Alexander Alekhine

"It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all." ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

"The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move." ― David Bronstein

"If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself." ― Siegbert Tarrasch

"Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public." ― Agnes Repplier

A bird's lungs are much more complicated and efficient and take up more space than those of mammals, such as humans. A human's lungs compose about 1/20 of its body, but a bird's takes up 1/5.

"If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone." ― Boris Gelfand

"I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard." ― Vlastimil Hort

"It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!" ― Mikhail Tal

"Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?" ― Daniel J. King

"Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development." ― Alexey Suetin

"Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original." ― Mikhail Chigorin

"The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board." ― Efim Geller

"Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess." ― Vasily Smyslov

"No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics." ― Samuel Reshevsky

The Japanese crested ibis is one of the rarest birds in the world. Probably fewer than 50 crested ibises are alive today.

"Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous." ― Abdelkader El Djezairi

"Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence." ― Abigail Adams

"When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method." ― Garry Kasparov

"As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively." ― Mark Dvoretsky

Falconry was developed more than 4,000 years ago in eastern and central Asia. Birds were used because they could kill animals beyond the range of a hunter's weapon. Genghis Khan reportedly had 10,000 falconers.

"It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock." ― Viktor Korchnoi

"The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media." ― Alexei Shirov

"For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion." ― Viswanathan Anand

"Any fool can know. The point is to understand." ― Albert Einstein

"One bad move nullifies forty good ones." ― Israel Albert Horowitz

Birds typically have two, three, or four toes. A typical perching bird has three pointing forward, and one back. Birds that run on hard ground have only three, all pointing forward. Ostriches only have two toes, which are shaped like the hoof of an antelope.

"It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well." ― Aron Nimzowitsch

"My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors." ― Pola Negri

Coalminers often used canaries to detect poisonous levels of carbon monoxide gas. Miners knew that if the canary passed out, they were in danger, too. The phrase "Canary in a Coalmine" derives from this history.

"Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate." ― Jose Raul Capablanca

"Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words." ― Alexander Koblencs

The marsh warbler can mimic more than 80 different birds. Other renowned mimics include mockingbirds and lyrebirds.

"A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games." ― Howard Staunton

"A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance." ― Paul Keres

"Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns." ― Benjamin Franklin

"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that." ― Boris Spassky

"Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation." ― Paul Morphy

"Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical." ― Ronald Graham

The type of diet a bird eats in the wild is directly related to the shape of a bird's beak.

Horses weren't the only means of transport in the Old West In 1855 Secretary of War Jefferson Davis allocated $30,000 for the army to import camels from the Mediterranean and Middle East to use for transporting supplies. By 1857 the US Camel Corps was looking after around 75 camels at its base in Camp Verde, Texas.

While the camels proved effective at lugging materials across the desert – one group even made the 1,200-mile trek from Texas to a Los Angeles outpost – the Civil War disrupted the experiment and many of the animals were auctioned off, ending up working in circuses, mines and rail construction, while others escaped and roamed free.

Question: What U.S. state's constitution is the longest in the world? Answer: Alabama – 310,000 words.

Tryfon Gavriel, famously known to fellow members as "Kingscrusher" is a FIDE Candidate Master and British Regional Chess Master, and dedicated chess educator.

Question: What country has the most vending machines per capita? Answer: Japan – one for every 23 people.

Western hero Buffalo Bill Cody was a global superstar One of the heroes of the Old West, Buffalo Bill Cody had a talent for self-promotion. His exploits as a soldier and bison hunter were published in books, magazines and newspapers and he also recreated them on stage, starting his own Wild West show in 1883.

The open-air spectacular featured a cast of hundreds – including sharpshooter Annie Oakley and Native American chief Sitting Bull – reenacting buffalo hunts and stagecoach holdups, alongside displays of horsemanship and marksmanship. The show made Buffalo Bill a global celebrity and even Queen Victoria declared herself a fan.

The chicks of large bird species often take the longest to hatch. Emu chicks, for example, take 60 days to hatch. Small songbirds take just 2 weeks.

The Man and the Wooden God

A pagan kept a god of wood, –
A sort that never hears,
Though furnished well with ears, –
From which he hoped for wondrous good.
The idol cost the board of three;
So much enriched was he
With vows and offerings vain,
With bullocks garlanded and slain:
No idol ever had, as that,
A kitchen quite so full and fat.
But all this worship at his shrine
Brought not from this same block divine
Inheritance, or hidden mine,
Or luck at play, or any favour.
Nay, more, if any storm whatever
Brewed trouble here or there,
The man was sure to have his share,
And suffer in his purse,
Although the god fared none the worse.
At last, by sheer impatience bold,
The man a crowbar seizes,
His idol breaks in pieces,
And finds it richly stuffed with gold.
"How's this? Have I devoutly treated,"
Says he, "your godship, to be cheated?
Now leave my house, and go your way,
And search for altars where you may.
You're like those natures, dull and gross,
From, which comes nothing but by blows;
The more I gave, the less I got;
I'll now be rich, and you may rot."

The first quickdraw gunfight occurred in Springfield, Missouri. The shootout was between the famous gunslinger "Wild" Bill Hickok and a man named Davis Tutt. The two had had a money dispute over gambling winnings.

The ostrich is the only bird that willingly takes care of other females' eggs.

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Ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand when danger is near. But they have been seen to lie on the ground with their long neck stretched out flat if they want to hide.

Riddle Question: Two people were playing chess. They both won. How is this possible?

The Australian pelican has the longest bill of any bird in the world. It is nearly 2 feet (0.5 m) in length. The sword-billed hummingbird, with its 3.9-inch (10 cm) bill, is the only bird with a bill that's longer than its body.

Riddle Answer: They were playing two different games, against other opponents.

The first robbery that occurred on a moving train happened on Oct. 6, 1866, by the Reno Gang. It was one of the greatest heists in history.

The gang boarded the train and forced the messenger (who safeguarded the safe keys) to open one of the safes. They found $18,000 worth of cash along with jewelry and other goods, which they pocketed.

But the bigger safe didn't have a key. So the Reno Gang kicked it off the train, hoping to run away with it during their escape. It was too heavy, though, and the gang abandoned it where it lay.

Two years later, in 1868, six members of the Reno Gang were lynched and hanged on a tree. That site is now called Hangman Crossing, and they were buried in Seymour, Indiana. Their graves can be visited, but they're behind a small gate.

Owls cannot swivel their eyes. Instead they move their heads completely around to see straight behind them. They live on every continent except Antarctica. Soft fringes on their wings make their flight essentially silent.

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Crows can recognize and remember human faces, particularly faces they associate with bad experiences. They can even share their grudge against a specific person with other crows.

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Birds sense winter is coming by 1) changes in hormones that cause them to put on fat, 2) the changing length of the day, and 3) sensing small changes in air pressure, which is important in predicting weather changes.

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The only bird with nostrils at the end of its beak is the kiwi. This placement helps it sniff for food, such as worms and insects on the ground. It often snorts to clear its nostrils.

The Bird's Song by Maya Anthony

This poem personifies a bird reveling in its natural ability to fly. It's a tribute to the simple joy and freedom found in the act of flying.

With a chirp and a flutter, I take to the skies,

In the freedom of flight, my spirit lies.

Over treetops and meadows, I freely roam,

In the boundless blue, I find my home.

Dancing with the breeze, playing with the sun,

In my flight, I am second to none.

A song in the air, a melody so light,

In my wings, I find my delight.

As the sunset paints the sky in hue,

Back to my nest, I bid adieu.

In the rhythm of my wings, a joyful song,

In the sky, is where I belong.

The heaviest bird of prey is the Andean condor. It can weigh up to 27 lb. (12 kg.).

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The most common wild bird in the world is the red-billed Quelea, with an estimated adult breeding population of 1.5 billion pairs. It mostly lives in sub-Saharan Africa and thousands of birds can be in a single flock. The most common nonwild bird is the chicken.

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"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong." ― Winston Churchill

The Sooty Tern spends more time in the air than any other bird. It takes off over the ocean and flies for at least 3 years without settling on water or land. Swifts also spend most of their lives in the air. They can even sleep in the air by gliding on air currents with their wings outstretched.

"Grandmaster games are said to begin with novelty, which is the first move of the game that exits the book. It could be the fifth, it could be the thirty-fifth. We think about a chess game as beginning with move one and ending with checkmate. But this is not the case. The games begins when it gets out of book, and it end when it goes into book..And this is why Game 6 between Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue didn't count...Tripping and falling into a well on your way to the field of battle is not the same thing as dying in it...Deep Blue is only itself out of book; prior to that it is nothing. Just the ghosts of the game itself." ― Brian Christian, The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive

The Emperor Penguin is the only bird that lays its eggs in the middle of winter. By laying its eggs so early, it gives its young a head start. The babies need all spring, summer, and fall to grow big enough to survive the next winter.

The Frogs Asking A King

A certain commonwealth aquatic,
Grown tired of order democratic,
By clamouring in the ears of Jove, effected
Its being to a monarch's power subjected.
Jove flung it down, at first, a king pacific.
Who nathless fell with such a splash terrific,
The marshy folks, a foolish race and timid,
Made breathless haste to get from him hid.
They dived into the mud beneath the water,
Or found among the reeds and rushes quarter.
And long it was they dared not see
The dreadful face of majesty,
Supposing that some monstrous frog
Had been sent down to rule the bog.
The king was really a log,
Whose gravity inspired with awe
The first that, from his hiding-place
Forth venturing, astonished, saw
The royal blockhead's face.
With trembling and with fear,
At last he drew quite near.
Another followed, and another yet,
Till quite a crowd at last were met;
Who, growing fast and strangely bolder,
Perched soon on the royal shoulder.
His gracious majesty kept still,
And let his people work their will.
Clack, clack! what din beset the ears of Jove?
"We want a king," the people said, "to move!"
The god straight sent them down a crane,
Who caught and slew them without measure,
And gulped their carcasses at pleasure;
Whereat the frogs more wofully complain.
"What! what!" great Jupiter replied;
"By your desires must I be tied?
Think you such government is bad?
You should have kept what first you had;
Which having blindly failed to do,
It had been prudent still for you
To let that former king suffice,
More meek and mild, if not so wise.
With this now make yourselves content,
Lest for your sins a worse be sent."

A pelican's pouch-like beak can hold up to 2.5 gallons of water at a time. The beak will shrink to squeeze out the water before the pelican swallows its food.

Greeneville, Tennessee, is a tranquil town nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, offering residents a serene lifestyle amidst rich historical heritage. With a population of approximately 15,479, it fosters a close-knit community atmosphere. Outdoor enthusiasts can explore the Margarette Falls Trail, a moderately challenging 2.4-mile round-trip hike leading to the picturesque 60-foot Margarette Falls, known for its fan-shaped cascade. Another option is the Chimney Rocks Trail, a 4-mile route starting at Weavers Bend, ascending past Chimney Rocks, and providing stunning views of the French Broad River and surrounding landscapes. For those interested in state parks, the David Crockett Birthplace State Park commemorates the famous pioneer's birthplace and offers camping, hiking, fishing, and birding opportunities along the Nolichucky River. Additionally, Kinser Park, located on the north shore of Davy Crockett Lake, provides facilities for camping, picnicking, and water activities, making it a popular spot for relaxation and recreation. The local economy is supported by industries such as manufacturing, retail, and healthcare, providing diverse employment opportunities for those who call Greeneville home.

A vulture named the Lammergeyer will fly with bones high in the air and then drop them onto rocks. It will then eat the smashed bones, like a circus sword swallower.

Riddle of the Day:
In 1990, a person is 15 years old.

In 1995, that same person is 10 years old.

How can this be?

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Riddle of the Day Answer:
The person was born in 2005 B.C. (Before Christ)

The seagulls in the Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds (1963) were fed a mixture of wheat and whisky so they would stand around and not fly too much.

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Bar-headed Geese fly across the Himalayas, the highest mountains in the world. They fly nearly 5 miles (over 8,000 m) up in the sky, almost as high as jet planes. The highest-flying bird is the Griffon Vulture. In 1973, one collided with an airplane more than 6.8 miles above the Ivory Coast in Africa.

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The Bald Eagle builds the largest tree nest of all birds, measuring about 9.5 ft. (2.9 m) across. The largest nest ever found was nearly 10 ft. wide and weighed close to 3 tons.

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It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.
Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it's weigh.
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a bless sing,
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when eye rime.
Each frays come posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Bee fore a veiling checker's
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if we're lacks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid too wine.
Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
Their are know fault's with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a wear.
Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped word's fare as hear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should bee proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaw's are knot aloud.
Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting want too pleas.

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"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world." ― Pierre Mac Orlan

"....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally." — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe

The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee.

"Sorry don't get it done, Dude!" — John Wayne, Rio Bravo

"Gossip is the devil's telephone. Best to just hang up." — Moira Rose

Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed.

Whiff "He who is brave is free." ― Seneca

Birds don't fall off of a branch when they sleep because their toes automatically clench around the twig they are standing on. Because the grabbing action is done by tendons rather than muscles, the birds can sleep without danger of falling.

<....Here is an excerpt from Sergeant's book Championship Chess, with Alekhine's view of Reuben Fine, as early as 1933:

'Before (Alekhine) left the States the Champion was induced to say whom he thought likely challengers for his title in the future. He named two Americans, Kashdan, who was favourably known in Europe already, and R Fine, whose achievements so far were mainly in his own country, and the Czecho-Slovakian, Flohr.'>

A group of crows is called a murder or congress. A group of owls is called a parliament, wisdom, or study. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.

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Woodcocks and many ducks have their eyes placed at the sides of their heads so that they have a 360-degree field of vision.

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A special arrangement of blood vessels cools the blood going out to the feet and warms the blood coming back, so even when standing on the ice, birds don't lose too much heat.

The Words Of Socrates

A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece!

"I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.

Wind farms kill approximately a half-million birds per year in the United States, according to a 2008 Fish and Wildlife study. Nearly 10,000 birds, almost all of which are protected by the migratory bird acts, are killed every year at the wind farm in Altamont Pass, CA, alone.

The first recorded bird strike was in 1905, when Orville Wright's plane hit a bird and killed it.

The game Angry Birds has sold more than 7 million copies on Apple's iPhone. The game was made by a team of just four people. It was such a low priority for the company that it took over 8 months to finish.

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<limerick, entitled ‘The Solver's Plight' was by ‘A.J.F.' A.J. Fink and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):

There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘"Gee",
I can't find the "Kee",
No matter HOW I manouvre.'>

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), author Harper Lee used the mockingbird to symbolize innocence.

"and a most curious country it was. There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it from side to side, and the ground between was divided up into squares by a number of little green hedges, that reached from brook to brook. I declare it's marked out just like a large chessboard!' Alice said at last. 'There ought to be some men moving about somewhere--and so there are!' she added in a tone of delight, and her heart began to beat quick with excitement as she went on. 'It's a great huge game of chess that's being played--all over the world--if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is!" ― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

The smallest flightless bird is the Island Rail. This tiny bird lives on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha in the Atlantic Ocean and is just 5" long, about the same size as a hen chick.

Proverbs 14:29-35

29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly.

30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.

31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.

33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known.

34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.

35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.

Gentoo Penguins are the fastest swimming birds, reaching speeds of 22 mph (36 kph).

Soaring Dreams by Maya Anthony

This poem is about the metaphorical flight of dreams and ambitions. It's a celebration of the human spirit's ability to rise above challenges and aim for the stars.

In the realm of dreams, I take my flight,

Through starry skies, in the quiet night.

Each dream a wing, each hope a feather,

In my aspirations, I'm untethered.

Over obstacles, past doubts so high,

In the world of dreams, I effortlessly fly.

Above the clouds of fear and plight,

In my dreams, I find the light.

Landing on the grounds of reality,

With dreams in heart, I face my destiny.

In my soaring dreams, I find my might,

Guided by their endless flight.

Arctic terns have the longest annual migration of any bird. They fly 25,000 miles (40,000 m) from the Arctic to the Antarctic and then back again.

"Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you." ― Moses

"Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." ― Charles F. Stanley

Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Isolated pawns require a very expensive therapy, for keeping them alive.

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The bird with the greatest wingspan of any other bird is the Wandering Albatross at up to 11.8 ft (3.63 m).

"Thirty Days Hath September" Lyrics

Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone.
Which only has but twenty-eight days clear
And twenty-nine in each leap year.

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Before 1840, there were thousands of millions of passenger pigeons in North America. However, they were slaughtered for food until only one was left, a female called Martha. She died when she was 12 years old in 1914, in a zoo in Ohio.

More than 150 kinds of birds have become extinct since 1600, though many more may have died out that scientists don't know about. It wasn't just European explorers that killed bird species. Archeology shows that when people first arrived in ancient times in Hawaii and on islands in the South Pacific and Caribbean, they killed many birds Europeans had never seen before.

The word "swan" is derived from the Indo-European root *swen, meaning "to sound, to sing."

<from the simpleton poet:

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.

Chess is creative.
And a journey too.

Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.

Play cheater_1, with engine.
Or OTB, all in your head.>

Only one mammal can fly: the bat However, it flies differently from the bird. Insects also do not fly the same as birds.

A Bald Eagle is called "bald" because it is piebald (black and white), not because it doesn't have any feathers.

Eleven percent of the world's bird species is endangered. Draining wetlands and felling forests are the main causes of damage, but pollution and pesticides also play a part.

Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.

"The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third." ― Gale Sayers

"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?" — Queen Elizabeth II

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ― Benjamin Franklin

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." ― Denis Waitley

Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish Proverb

"The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal." — Criss Jami

No other living being other than birds have feathers. The main function is to help them fly. They also waterproof birds and protect them from UV rays and other harmful elements.

Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world." — Billy Graham

"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness." — Billy Graham

Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."

We Give Our Thanks
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For food that stays our hunger,

For rest that brings us ease,

For homes where memories linger,

We give our thanks for these.

In Jesus name we pray,
Amen

Birds don't fall off of a branch when they sleep because their toes automatically clench around the twig they are standing on. Because the grabbing action is done by tendons rather than muscles, the birds can sleep without danger of falling.

"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world." ― Pierre Mac Orlan

"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer

"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways." ― Vladimir Kramnik

"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." ― Siegbert Tarrasch

"As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." — The Revenant

The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska polluted approximately 1,180 miles of coastline and killed up to 100,000 seabirds.

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Vultures have stomach acid so corrosive that they can digest carcasses infected with anthrax.

The Lenape, Manhattan's original inhabitants, called the island Manahatta, which means "hilly island."

Palisades Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgz...

The bird with the most feathers is the whistling swan, with up to 25,000 feathers. Hummingbirds, on the other hand, are so small that they have fewer than 1,000.

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