tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73146867575742490582023-11-16T05:27:47.598-08:00COBOURG OF ALL THINGSA wonderful community that is a playground for the imagine nation.Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.comBlogger498125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-18119948452726703472022-09-21T11:56:00.002-07:002022-09-21T15:13:17.753-07:00CURB YOUR DOGGEREL<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Evidence that poetry causes happiness. Below are a pair of rhyming couplets who happen to be Cobourg Town Councilors (Adam Bureau, Nicole Beatty). The Peoples Republic of Poetry proposes that the Town implement bylaws curbing doggerel for both health and safety. Multiple studies report that countless numbers of people die of boredom every year and that mediocrity is the leading cause. Doggerel is a virus that costumes itself as poetry. It is often exploited by the greeting card industry. We want Cobourg to be regarded as Our Poem Town, and curbing doggerel will facilitate our poets to fully be able to practice unsafe text.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQxUQ2-Bpv-zMpKsAE4R3zbb7UEM6y--ONssTquRydTOySsmGX6Bqv5FJ0Y1cAwrvtrB-y1pGKOP0tZpGxlghunpF-_uK6e2t5-GvbBzGySbMtcU06ISnIYS_M03E_UnqO9jiHkDOpbBZNnlQIXD6PjVPx0eamgWGqlRRa1XoGtLKSj3w5eucKUjezw/s1440/Curb%20Your%20Doggerel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQxUQ2-Bpv-zMpKsAE4R3zbb7UEM6y--ONssTquRydTOySsmGX6Bqv5FJ0Y1cAwrvtrB-y1pGKOP0tZpGxlghunpF-_uK6e2t5-GvbBzGySbMtcU06ISnIYS_M03E_UnqO9jiHkDOpbBZNnlQIXD6PjVPx0eamgWGqlRRa1XoGtLKSj3w5eucKUjezw/s320/Curb%20Your%20Doggerel.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Photo by Brighton Poet Laureate, Richard Grove.<br /> <p></p>Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-36829444894495013532020-05-28T09:45:00.002-07:002020-05-28T09:45:33.862-07:00Poem Word Bound<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-66992589932711610732020-02-05T10:23:00.001-08:002020-02-05T10:28:28.691-08:00Departure Lounge to the Imaguine NationA wonderful Departure Lounge to the Imagine Nation on the south-west corner of James Street East and Walton Street.<br />
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<br />Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-32367289882567043572017-06-26T10:08:00.002-07:002017-06-26T10:08:33.981-07:00A Day At Cobourg Beach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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that suggest the sublime. Tracy Hanes is a free lance videographer, well-travelled
and a fan of equestrian events. She has done other videos of Cobourg. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-24252565566134755452017-06-26T09:42:00.003-07:002017-06-26T10:09:32.765-07:00Cobourg Beach by Alma Latina Mag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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video is a combination of slideshow and video. Alma Latina Magazine has a
Facebook presence of Toronto-centred entertainment and political news. The
visit consists of a few Latina families lazying about, kick ball, eat, throw
ball, eat.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-10667041711972579992017-06-26T09:21:00.001-07:002017-06-26T09:21:36.822-07:00Cobourg Beach by Jenko<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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stylizing her family’s visit to Cobourg. They travel up to the downtown
district and pose themselves inside and outside of Victoria Hall. She has a few
videos, one of which is Cobourg Beach, so it was a special day, especially with
extended family and friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-91024522284693084642017-06-25T13:43:00.003-07:002017-06-25T13:43:31.907-07:00Cobourg Beach by Canadian South Asian Sports & Recreational of the Deaf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Canadian South Asian Sports & Recreational of the Deaf visit Victoria Park
for a picnic. Unlike the other videos, there is no music track. It is genuine,
authentic happiness. Must be something in the air in Victoria Park. Their video
channel indicates that they do day trips from Toronto to other locations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-65368827711822593052017-06-25T10:23:00.001-07:002017-06-25T10:23:08.073-07:00Cobourg Beach Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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beach. They are in great health, happy, having fun and frolic. Simple as that.
Got a lot of views though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-32346761547465175412017-06-25T10:06:00.000-07:002017-06-25T10:06:12.417-07:00Cobourg Beach -- Vlog, August 28, 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cobourg, and a whole day soaking the sunshine.</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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very family-focused. The extended family picnics in the park. The grandchildren
bounce balls and frolic on the beach. The family gathers to sing a song of back
home. The children soak in the water feature. The soundtrack could be less repetitive.
Again, we have another Love Cobourg Beach video produced without cost by day
tripper tourists. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-62147900158839251712017-06-25T07:19:00.002-07:002017-06-25T07:27:00.348-07:00Kirby @ Cobourg Beach<div class="MsoNormal">
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Cobourg Beach! Kirby's birthday with family and friends. Beach body at a Beach
party!!! Come and get some gains! Follow, like, subscribe! God bless!”</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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participants in the World Gym Powerlifting Meets, which explains the bicep
displays on Cobourg Beach. When ya got it, flaunt it. It was Kirby’s birthday,
so … Darren runs a VLOG for his Filipino family and friends. His video of
Cobourg indicates a savviness with the camera and editing. First generation
Canucks, healthy, happy, frolicking on Cobourg Beach, and making a charming
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Over recent years Cobourg’s local media were
given over to hosting a number of negative perceptions by locals about tourists,
who are accused of bringing nothing to Cobourg and leaving only garbage. Meaner
things have been said. Hundreds of column inches have been published year after
year, always with a noticeable hole in the coverage of tourists to Cobourg. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">No newspaper, no blog, no local pundits,
have ever interviewed a tourist to Cobourg. No one has any curiosity about who the
tourists are. How they regard us. How
pathetic is that?! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Cobourg Tourism has hired professionals to
make 20 videos over seven years that have been published on Youtube and
Facebook. The number of views and shares they have acquired is remarkably modest.
They are formulaic, contrived and mediocre. Cobourg taxpayers paid how much for
these videos?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Romantic Getaways (<a href="https://youtu.be/3tCEM00jqSo">https://youtu.be/3tCEM00jqSo</a>) consists
of a middle age couple, (hired models) he white, she not. They disembark at the
yacht docks, sniff flowers at the Farmer’s Market, stroll downtown, eat local
food, walk the beach, all done to peppy music; not a single hair out of place. It
is obviously contrived. Something is missing and it is authenticity, sincerity
and genuine happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I will be showcasing videos about Cobourg
beach on my blog, Cobourg of All Things (cobourgtown.blogspot.ca) over the next
few weeks. The videos were made by daytripper tourists. They are amateur, charming,
authentic and sincere. They are unabashedly happy about their visit to Cobourg.
All this publicity FOR FREE! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Invariably, these day tripper tourists are
from assorted communities of immigrants. Many of the videos were produced by
their Canadian-born children. Their day trip to Cobourg is integral to their successful
integration to Canadian values. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">There is a gold mine of videos produced by
day tripping tourists and uploaded to the YouTube commons. Why couldn’t Cobourg
Tourism or Downtown Cobourg feature one or more on their social media pages. It
is surprising that not a single professional promotional outfit has thought to
use images from some of these authentic videos for a montage. Nor have any
local videographers. Inside the box is a safe space for them all. There is an
incredible lack of imagination. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Enjoy the series of videos. I will attach
my own commentary to each video. If you like the video, feel free to ‘like’ it
or ‘share’ it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-85158438328215310542017-06-21T07:40:00.002-07:002017-06-21T07:48:00.583-07:00Our Trip to Cobourg Beach<div class="MsoNormal">
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on September 8, 2013 “</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>The city of Cobourg is about 1 hr east of Toronto. It has
a extremely nice clear water beach. We've had a very nice Sunday afternoon
visiting this beautiful town.</i>” </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">4 minutes, 56 seconds, received 81 views</span></div>
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video was directed by Amjed Alseed and it stars the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Family, Amjed Alseed, Dana Aziza<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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video of the Salmon Run in Bomanville Creek and another of him Flying Circuits
at Smith Falls Flying Club. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Out Trip To Cobourg Beach starts out with children
running about, being tossed into the air, and all the happiness is assisted
with a sound track borrowed from Toy Story, ‘<i>You’ve Got a Friend in Me</i>.’ The
family leaves Victoria Park to go uptown to Pizza Pizza, and bring back three
pizzas to the Park. They buy more food at the Park canteen. Then there’s children
on swings; children playing kick ball with adults, a small girl full of talk
talk talk, and three children riding bikes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At the end of the day, Dad drives the children back to
the city, the camera in the car recording the children singing. It is saturated
with charm until the very end, when the talk talk talk girl with a touch of disappointment
and attitude in Victoria Park says, “<b>We have to go back home.</b>” Fini.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-86171595434262277612017-06-20T06:36:00.001-07:002017-06-20T06:36:08.695-07:00Cobourg Tourism Videos<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">June
20, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dear
Cobourg Town Council (Brian Darling);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Last
May I came across a 2017 promotional video, <b>Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny</b>,
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">( <a href="https://www.facebook.com/floatyourfanny/videos/1240110102703366/">https://www.facebook.com/floatyourfanny/videos/1240110102703366/</a>
)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
video acquired <b>195,000 views in a month;
it was also shared 2500+ times.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This is what <b>Cobourg
Tourism</b> has achieved on YouTube:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Cobourg’s
heritage, 2010, ( <a href="https://youtu.be/dTZN6xQHJJM">https://youtu.be/dTZN6xQHJJM</a>,)
484 views, 3 min.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sandcastle
Festival, 2010, ( </span><a href="https://youtu.be/S-dfhMZR5us"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://youtu.be/S-dfhMZR5us</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">,) 5,877 views, 41 sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Waterfront, 2010, ( </span><a href="https://youtu.be/S-dfhMZR5us"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://youtu.be/S-dfhMZR5us</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
) 393 views, 33 sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Love
Locks, 2013, ( </span><a href="https://youtu.be/r8JfxlfyoJY"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://youtu.be/r8JfxlfyoJY</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">,)
2,920 views, 55 sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sand
Castle Trailer, 2014, ( <a href="https://youtu.be/6ltTnmpl5Oo">https://youtu.be/6ltTnmpl5Oo</a>
) 2,316 views, 1 min.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Welcome
To Cobourg, 2014, ( <a href="https://youtu.be/0_p1u8balGw">https://youtu.be/0_p1u8balGw</a> ) 2,021
views, 1 min.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Aerial
View of Waterfront, 2015, ( <a href="https://youtu.be/0_p1u8balGw">https://youtu.be/0_p1u8balGw</a>
) 884 views, 1 min.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Good Town, 2015, ( </span><a href="https://youtu.be/X1Lle21pHFE"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://youtu.be/X1Lle21pHFE</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
) 5,053 views, 1 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Family
Adventures, 2015, ( <a href="https://youtu.be/xnCplg8GofA">https://youtu.be/xnCplg8GofA</a>
) 1,035 views, 1 min.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Getaways, 2015, ( <a href="https://youtu.be/3tCEM00jqSo">https://youtu.be/3tCEM00jqSo</a>
) 1664 views, 1 min.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Time, 2016, ( </span><a href="https://youtu.be/ini2FvQh6Ak"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://youtu.be/ini2FvQh6Ak</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
) 260 views, 27 sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In Cobourg, March 2017, ( </span><a href="https://youtu.be/ZLvdiT4rbP8"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://youtu.be/ZLvdiT4rbP8</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
) 12 views, 26 sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fun, March 2017, ( https://youtu.be/Ojp8dgIg27c ) 14 views, 30 sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Cobourg, March 2017, ( </span><a href="https://youtu.be/JcquVet_UV0"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://youtu.be/JcquVet_UV0</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
) 20 views, 29 sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Total views over seven years; less
than 23,000 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Total number of ‘shares’: ZERO! </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This
is what <b>Cobourg Tourism</b> has achieved
on Facebook:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Cobourg
At Dusk, July 2015, 14,659 views, 441 shares <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Romantic
Getaways, July 2015, 2,494 views, 77 shares<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Kiteboarding
In Cobourg, December 2015, 9,262 views, 229 shares <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Cobourg
Does Summer, July 2016, 2,518 views, 37 shares<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Family
Fun, August 2016, 522 views, three shares.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Adventures
in Cobourg, August 2016, 3,521 views, 38 shares<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Total
Facebook Views; almost 33,000.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Total
Facebook shares; 825.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Overall
total: 56,000 views<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Overall
shares: 825<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Facebook search of “Cobourg Tourism” brings up three sites. Two are unused;
they should be deleted to avoid confusion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A
YouTube search of “Cobourg Tourism” brings up four sites. Each site has two,
three or four subscribers who will never receive notice of a new uploaded
tourism video because Cobourg Tourism does not upload them to the ‘old’ site.
This is inconsistent. It is unhelpful to those who search for Cobourg Tourism
and have four choices of the same thing. It’s unfair to accept subscriptions to
a site that will never deliver. It’s clutter. It would be preferable if these
four YouTube sites be consolidated into one site and all new videos be up-loaded
to that single site. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It
would be advantageous if there were more linkages. Once the new videos are
uploaded, the Town should email Town staff with the video links, and suggest
that they post them to their social media, for their friends and family from
afar. Suggest that service clubs link the videos on their social sites, request
to embed a particular video appropriate to a site, eg. embed the video that
includes the Ecology Garden in the Ecology Garden website, or harbor yachts on
the Cobourg Yacht Club site. Cogeco could broadcast these videos in subwindows,
eg as they do with photos. DBIA could forward the video urls to all of the
businesses to share on their websites. Why does Cobourg Media, Cobourg News,
Cobourg Now, Northumberland News, Northumberland Today, not host the videos? Why
can’t these videos be linked/embedded in a sidebar on the Downtown Cobourg
Facebook site?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One
video of a Port Hope event gets 2500 shares in a month; Cobourg Tourism gets
825 shares from 20 videos over seven years. Hmmmmm. What’s missing? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">It would be advantageous
for Cobourg Tourism to develop a coherent policy and protocols concerning how
best to promote the videos before spending any further money on new videos.</span>Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-82283566072825163902017-06-07T05:45:00.001-07:002017-06-07T05:45:24.689-07:00YouTube Videos of Cobourg Beach<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
YouTube Cobourg Beach<o:p></o:p></div>
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(<a href="https://youtu.be/k9Kji79-KTk">https://youtu.be/k9Kji79-KTk</a>)
young people having fun, 3 min, 1289 views<o:p></o:p></div>
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(<a href="https://youtu.be/Bzwv1XiIViE">https://youtu.be/Bzwv1XiIViE</a>)
tourist children having fun, 10 min., 4816 views<o:p></o:p></div>
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(<a href="https://youtu.be/cGXxh2KZOcY">https://youtu.be/cGXxh2KZOcY</a>)
<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Just A Lil Trip With The Family To Cobourg
Beach.</span> 15 min, 108 views<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(<a href="https://youtu.be/3LvcVPWQ5nk">https://youtu.be/3LvcVPWQ5nk</a>) Hong Luo
visits & makes a charming romantic video of Cobourg beach, 8 min. 83 views.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(<a href="https://youtu.be/H-w3ICvpccA">https://youtu.be/H-w3ICvpccA</a>) Verna
Diaz family visit the beach & sing, 4 min, 78 views,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(<a href="https://youtu.be/QRhNCj_KeHs">https://youtu.be/QRhNCj_KeHs</a>) “End of Summer Sixteen at Cobourg Beach!
Kirby's birthday with family and friends. Beach body at a Beach party!!! Come
and get some gains!</span>” 3 min, 169 views.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(<a href="https://youtu.be/VMoOIh10WOA">https://youtu.be/VMoOIh10WOA</a>)
a bunch if deaf people visit and have a great time, 8 min. 101 views.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(<a href="https://youtu.be/bDbbIu-mwKg">https://youtu.be/bDbbIu-mwKg</a>)
Tracy Hanes visits Cobourg beach; sets it to music. 1 min, 521 views<o:p></o:p></div>
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(<a href="https://youtu.be/sd2KG9lCJik">https://youtu.be/sd2KG9lCJik</a>)
jumping off the pier 10 years ago, 35 seconds, 6421 views<o:p></o:p></div>
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(<a href="https://youtu.be/XfgusBfA7Ec">https://youtu.be/XfgusBfA7Ec</a>)
jumping off the pier, 48 seconds, 1389 views.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(<a href="https://youtu.be/006o4pa285U">https://youtu.be/006o4pa285U</a>)
Jenko visits; makes a beautiful music video of Cobourg, 2min, 66 views<o:p></o:p></div>
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(<a href="https://youtu.be/98fak1662hw">https://youtu.be/98fak1662hw</a>)
amjedo makes a love video of Cobourg, 5 min, 69 views<o:p></o:p></div>
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The barrier prevents any passage of those seniors on mobility devices. It also prevents the passage of anyone on a bicycle. This is attested by the well worn paths leading out to the street, placing them in danger. In the image Looking north, there is a drop-off on the west side of the sidewalk, making it hazardous to those requiring walkers.</div>
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Below are two sections of sidewalk, one between the tracks, the other immediately north of the tracks. Their condition is pitiful. There is no sidewalk in Cobourg that is in worse condition than this. It is a hazard for everyone.</div>
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originated from Aesop’s Fables and was used by Robert Washburn to demonstrate
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">I think of the individual stick inside that ‘safe space’ bundle. Does it have
any wiggle room? Or even squirm room? It’s not freedom; it’s confinement. Mr
Washburn describes this as the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“practical
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individuals and shut down political speech. In the name of Diversity – WATCH
YOUR WORDS. In the name of tolerance, be intolerant, shout it down, spike it,
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Sixty
million deplorables turned against this jackboot pc culture of progressive
regressives. 59+ million of those deplorables have no problem with equal rights
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fed up with years and years of the media insulting them as uneducated redneck
hillbilly white trash deplorables, old white guys, dead white males, ad
nauseum, who finally get their 15 minutes to richly denounce the news media on
live prime time tv. Surely Northumberland Today could have done much better
than be an enabler of those who exhort the Litany of Label name-calling as a
political policy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-76551582584297109122016-12-02T07:01:00.001-08:002016-12-02T07:01:38.530-08:00Driving to thru my poemtown<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7YkyGCZm8c8" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""></iframe>Wally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-44821428907595392052016-11-24T11:30:00.002-08:002016-11-24T11:30:39.058-08:00A Startling Story of Starlings<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>A Startling Story of Starlings</span></b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And nightly under the simple stars </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">As I rode to sleep the owls were bearing the farm
away,</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the moon
long I heard, blessed among stables, the nightjars </span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Flying with the ricks…</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dylan Thomas, Fern
Hill</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">It was dusk, 1957. They came in from the north, the
sky black and blue with them. In great drifts of dark turbulence they settled
among the trees along Chapel, Henry, and Walton Streets depositing their day’s dinner
on sidewalks, lawns and verandas. Starlings. Thousands of starlings. Tens of
thousands of starlings. Night after night. All summer long. Year in, year out.
Starlings. STARLINGS!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Incredibly,
a poet played a part in their introduction to North America. Shakespeare had referenced
the mimicking abilities of starlings in Henry IV, Part 1 wherein Hotspur desired
to drive King Henry delirious with a trained starling.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> “</span><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The king forbade my
tongue to speak of Mortimer. But I will find him when he is asleep, and in his
ear I'll holler 'Mortimer!' Nay I'll have a starling shall be taught to speak
nothing but Mortimer, and give it to him to keep his anger still in motion</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">”</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The American Acclimatization Society in New York thought
it a wonderful tribute to introduce North America with every bird mentioned in
Shakespeare’s scripts. The Bard’s birds included more than 600 avian species. The
hundred starlings released in 1890 are </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">200
million today.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">In 1957, neighbourhood kids huddled around their black
and whites to watch the debut of the picket-fence serenity of Leave It To
Beaver. Outside, the starlings were in full chatter. Inside, the residents were
in full batter and bruised mode. As Sputnik 1 drifted across the heavens, no
one knew that one of the most bizarre episodes in Cobourg’s history was about
to unfold.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">And from the realms<br />
Of the shadowy elms<br />
A tide-like darkness overwhelms</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
But the night is fair,<br />
And everywhere<br />
A warm, soft vapor fills the air,</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
And above, in the light<br />
Of the star-lit night,<br />
Swift birds of passage wing their flight</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Cobourg finally had it up to the ankles with birdboo.
How bad was it? Early mornings saw town trucks hosing down the streets and
sidewalks. Fire trucks were brought in occasionally to rinse/repeat/rinse the
trees. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Residents of the day commented:</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">“You can’t
look up with your mouth open.”</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">“People can’t
sleep because they have to keep their windows shut.”</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">An elderly woman resident of Chapel Street said, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“I would like to get up into the tree after
them myself. They have wakened me up at 4:30am for the past 16 years. They fly
off during the day but the terrible things come back in the evening. You can
see by the sidewalk the mess they make. We have had to scrub it and scrub it.
The odour is something terrific.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Housewives, if they had to walk the street in the
early evening, did so with open umbrellas. Not a rain cloud was in sight.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">“THE TREES ALL SAG, STREETS TURN WHITE”, </span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">read the headline. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The starlings
are back in town and Chapel Street near Walton and Henry resembles a
white-washed fence. If there is one thing to be said about starlings, it is
that they are well-talented in pursuit of painting the trees white. They are
also heavy and noisy. There are trees sagging under their numbers, and the air
rings with their twittering. Fortunately it rains frequently and the streets
have a temporary return to asphalt blackness then water runs fast and grey in
the gutters.</i>”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Neighbourhood children, well, boys actually, exploited
the mess of manure. After tv dinner, oven doors closed, screen doors slammed
and Davey Crockett kids ran rocket, then slip, slide and surf the sidewalks
glistening with the freshmess of yuckmuck. Heedless glee, cheers and chatter,
as Fig did a bumburn, while Whopper ‘faced’ the consequence of a major oops!
Laundry bills in the neighbourhood rose higher than the flight of a frightened herd
of birds.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I have wished a bird would fly away,<br />
And not sing by my house all day;<br />
Have clapped my hands at him from the door<br />
When it seemed as if I could bear no more.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Robert Frost</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Hurricane Hazel downed Chapel Street’s only chestnut
tree the previous year, so a handy supply of brown nuts for bird bashing was no
longer available. Marbles, especially bonkers, were too precious to squander on
any bird. Sticks never make it through the branches to the teasing targets. But
slapping slats made a slambam birdbang sharp as a .22 causing maple trees to explode
in a flurry of wings, leaves and feces of fear. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Parents demanded a poop-free zone. Cobourg Council
responded. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Councillor J. J. Fullerton, chair of the Health,
Sanitation and Sewage Disposal Committee declared that starlings were <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“responsible for the spread of certain
diseases of the skin and respiratory system… they attract parasitic insects,
their droppings nurture germs. The clean-up of bird droppings on sidewalks
around schools and public buildings is a definite menace to workmen.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Councillor Fullerton presented Roost No More, a
substance to be spread on trees that gave a “hot foot” to the birds coming in
to roost. Picture it, roughly shaved men dressed in red plaid flannel Kenora
formal wear sprinkling fairy dust onto the tip top of trees to scorch the
tender tootsies of the demon starlings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">If the avian swarmers had been yellow Finches, little
nuggets of sunshine flitting about, or red Cardinals, or orange Baltimore
Orioles, or Scarlet Tanagers, or Red Wing Blackbirds, resident rage roaming the
streets in lynch mob mode would have remained an Alabama cultural event. Birds
of colour wouldn’t behave this way – only black birds full of white excrementality
got the hot foot massage message. Pirouette on this, you %#$@&^% birds!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The local newspaper reassured the town that there was
no <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“question of cruelty in ridding a
community of birds with such a compound. The birds are not killed by the
preparation they are merely encouraged to move.”</i> Chemical warfare was on.
Or was it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Later that summer Councillor Jones nagged: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Have they had their hot foot?”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Councillor Fullerton: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The stuff’s here but we can’t go ahead until we take the tops off some
of the trees.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Jones: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Well if
you wait long enough the birds will be gone.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Fullerton: “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Well
then, we’ll do it in the spring.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Jones: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Sure.”</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Sure as shootin’ it didn`t happen. The starlings proliferated,
causing one Chapel Street resident to lose it. He climbed to the gables of his
house and fired his shotgun into the trees. The local paper reported no dead
birds, no complaints made, no charges laid, things became normal. If you, dear
reader, thought this wild west mess couldn’t get worse, read on.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">We had fed the heart on fantasies</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The heart’s grown brutal from the fare;</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">More substance in our enmities</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Than in our love; O honey-bees,</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Come build in the empty house of the
stare</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>William Butler Yeats</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">(THE
FOLLOWING CONTAINS VIOLENCE AND HATRED.
</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">READER
DISCRETION IS ADVISED.)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The Cobourg Sentinel Star, September 11, 1958,
reported, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It was National ‘Hate
Starlings’ Night … when angered residents armed with 12-guage shotguns” </i>prowled<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “about the streets in the most heavily
populated areas. For several hours the town reverberated to the noise of guns.
It sounded like the Gunfight at the OK Corral was being rerun for the benefit
of Cobourg</i>.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The report went on to describe that “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">children ran about excitedly in the waning
light carrying bushel baskets into which they threw fallen birds</i>.” Yes, it’s
true. The paper did not report that the neighbourhood boys had been armed with
firecrackers, especially ‘cannon crackers’ for shoving down the throats of
wounded birds. The stuffed birds were thrown into the trees the moment the
sizzling fuse reached the beak. It was Lord of the Flies as grenades of
gore-gob detonated in a furious flurry of feathers hither and yon gone. Without
pumping irony, the paper reported, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Police
cruised about the area keeping things under control.</i>” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The next morning, while town trucks washed the blood,
feathers and gore from the sidewalks and street, Police Chief, Hod Pearse,
announced that an estimated 1200 starlings had been massacred that warm autumn
night. Later that week, nearby churches chirped: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 2.0cm; text-align: center;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">“Behold the
fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than
they?”</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Matthew 6:26</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The birds returned to Ground Zero with a vengeance the
following year. The battle was engaged. Town council easily approved $50 for
ammo. Deputy Reeve Erskine described the congestion of so many starlings that
they now roosted on verandas; “The mess was unbearable,” he said. The newspaper
reported that “Mr Erskine’s expression indicated the state in which this
particular veranda could be found.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Town Council formed an ad hoc ‘Extermination Committee’
to formulate a lasting solution. This year the starling shoot was to be
supplemented with sound effects; the agony of defeat and despair. Residents
came out from all over town to witness the spectacle of sharp-shooters with
instructions to wound a bird or two. For what you ask? Well, it gets worse.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">(THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS VIOLENCE,
TORTURE & HATRED. READER DISCRETION IS WELL-ADVISED.)</span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s not easy to wound a starling. A bullet to the
beak or body is instant death for such a small creature. So it took a couple dozen
deaths before a wounded starling fell and flopped inappropriately on the ground.
Recording equipment was rushed to the bird; a microphone was shoved to its beak
as it wailed out in agony. Break a leg, break a wing, prolong the moment, get
it on tape. Hurry before it dies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The following week, summer simmernoons brought the
cling clang of the ice cream truck. The Beav Boys and Eddie Hassle fled their
homes with a dime in hand worth two scoops in the cone. At dusk a new truck
appeared on the street to disrupt the usual shinny games. It was outfitted with
three speakers. For the next two hours every weekday evening, (union rules) it
roamed the neighbourhood streets blasting out the death cries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The trees exploded with starlings bombarding the
streets with birdboo. As it passed they settled back to roost. Over and over
again it went. Children watched boring re-runs of Father Knows Best, looking
forward to the next gunfight outside. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">So luminous
with living wings,<br />
So musical with feathered joy . . .<br />
Not for all pleasure fortune brings,<br />
Would I such ecstasy destroy.<br />
</span></i><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robert Service</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The slaughter became more problematic by 1961. Mayor
Jack Heenan declared that “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">No one wants
to dispose of the dead starlings because everyone is such a good shot.</i>” The
police chief upped the budget to $80 for ammo. Councillor R J Cooper preferred
a shootout over loudspeakers because “It’s a little more severe and the
starlings fall down dead.” By the thousands. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Councillor Thomas revealed just how desperate the
situation had become, declaring, “The citizens say we can remove every tree if it
will get rid of them.” The discussion turned to water proof loudspeakers and
amplifier mounted in the trees at Chapel and College. The Public Utilities
Commission came under fire for inexplicably removing the wires to the speakers.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Cobourg Councillor, Lenah Fisher’s debut appearance at
council was an offer of free dinner at Marie Dressler House to the man who
killed the most starlings. Not to be outdone, the pro-squawkbox councillors
suggested the snuff tape be played over the radio station so residents could
place their sets in the windows with the volume topped to torment the birds. I’M
MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GOING TAKE IT ANY MORE!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">So there it was, the summer of 61; Wally, Beav and the
boys distracted by urgent turbulent hormones ignored the nightly howl of horror
amid the occasional carnage of gunfire; seeking refuge on The Three Hills in Victoria
Park; the discussion was about emerging zits. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 8.5pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">1962. What happened? Where were they? The tens of
thousands of starlings? Few noticed their absence as they casually walked the
streets in open toed shoes and sandals. The kids began twisting at the ‘Pav’ in
Victoria Park and spawning to dawn under the simple stars over the parent-free
wild West Beach. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Cobourg once again turned it’s super-dooper uber-sensitive
attention to the perpetual whinefest concerning the use and abuse of Victoria
Park.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Come, on wings
of joy we'll fly<br />
To where my bower hangs on high;<br />
Come, and make thy calm retreat<br />
Among green leaves and blossoms sweet.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>William Blake</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Reports trickled back to Cobourg that the starlings had
chosen to roost in a New England sea-side community where they starred in a
1963 Alfred Hitchcock documentary drearily titled, The Birds. </span></div>
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A tribute to Leonard Cohen chalked onto the sidewalk of downtown Cobourg by Sandra BojinWally Keelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02370532557074561490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314686757574249058.post-28946661628225776062016-07-19T11:36:00.003-07:002016-07-19T11:36:46.800-07:00Email Exchange re National Flag Protocols<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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