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YetiCon Attendance History: A Look at the Growth of Canada’s Mountain Convention YetiCon has evolved into one of Canada’s most unique fan conventions, blending traditional con programming with outdoor adventures at Blue Mountain Resort. Below is an updated chart with estimated attendance numbers for each year of YetiCon’s history. While exact figures may vary, these estimates reflect the general growth trend and available data. YetiCon # Year Notable Facts Estimated Attendance 1st 2014 Inaugural event at Blue Mountain Resort, introducing a unique blend of indoor and outdoor activities. ~500 2nd 2015 Built on early success with more activities and increased interest. ~700 3rd 2016 Expanded programming with more interactive outdoor events. ~900 4th 2017 Included cosplay contests, adventure sports, a...
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When Interviews Meant Discovery by Ed Scholz with Ai Corrections "Interviews used to be a rough map into unknown territory.:" I said today in shock. You didn’t know what would be uncovered—neither did the artist. That was the magic. Two people in conversation, not just exchanging information, but exploring something. Listening. Reacting. Changing course midstream because a better question had just appeared. Today, to my surprise, I found out things have changed more than I realized. One of my clients had an interview lined up—and it was by email. The questions were sent. The answers were typed. That was it. No conversation, no voice, no real-time exchange. Just a text-based transaction. I sat there wondering if this was normal now—and apparently, it is. What we’ve lost is the moment after the moment—the one where someone says something surprising and you lean in: “Can you say more about that?” Those are the moments that can’t be scripted. They only happen live, when both s...
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Our Cousins, the Proto-Philosophers

  Our Cousins, the Proto-Philosophers By Scholz It started with a television show. While watching  Humans , the sci-fi series on Amazon Prime, I was struck by a scene where synthetic beings — robots with human-like intelligence — calmly argued for their rights. Not just to move freely, but not to be  owned . Their communication was articulate, emotional, even moral. They weren’t asking for upgrades. They were asking for dignity. The scene lingered in my mind. What makes someone a person? Is it intelligence? Language? The ability to feel, or to make ethical claims? That’s when my thoughts turned not to machines, but to something far more real — our evolutionary cousins. Bonobos pressing symbols for “sad,” gorillas signing their names in mirrors, orangutans telling small lies. These aren’t imagined sci-fi futures. These are scenes from the lives of great apes. For centuries, philosophy has been framed as a distinctly human pursuit. To wonder, to reason, to ask “why” — these...
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 : What a Coincidence, Sugoi guuzen (GOO-zen) da ne!  Japanese Study Conversation Summary 1. Saying  “What a coincidence” 偶然 (ぐうぜん, guuzen)  = coincidence Pronunciation tip: "guu" sounds like “goo” with a long "oo" like in "go" but stretched. Example: すごい偶然だね！ Sugoi guuzen da ne! What a great coincidence! 2. Simple phrase to say “Yesterday I spoke bad Japanese”: きのう下手な日本語を話した。 Kinō heta na nihongo o hanashita. I spoke bad Japanese yesterday. 下手 (へた, heta)  = bad/poor (at something) 日本語 (にほんご, nihongo)  = Japanese language 3. Asking “How long do you study? Why?” in simple Japanese: Polite: どのくらい勉強していますか？なぜですか？ Dono kurai benkyou shiteimasu ka? Naze desu ka? How long do you study? Why? Casual: どのくらい勉強してる？なんで？ Dono kurai benkyou shiteru? Nande? How long do you study? Why? 4. Saying “I had Japanese (class)”: Simple: 日本語があった。 Nihongo ga atta. I had Japanese. More specific: 昨日日本語があった。 Kinō nihongo ga atta. I had Japanese yesterday. 5. Asking “How long did you st...
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"Ice, Ice, Tragedy: The Day the Mountain Said 'NOPE!'" By Not-A-Glaciologist, Just a Guy with Cold Feet Picture this: You're sipping cocoa in a cozy Swiss village nestled in the Alps, maybe yodeling a little, minding your own cheese fondue business , when suddenly—BOOM! The entire side of the Birch Glacier belly-flops down the mountain like a 10-million-ton ice cube cannonballing into your backyard. No, this isn’t a deleted scene from Dumb and Dumber Go Hiking —it’s real. It’s terrifying. And also...a little too on the nose for the climate disaster movie we’re all stuck in. So, what happened? It Came from the Glacier The glacier , tired of holding its form like a proper frozen citizen, decided to let it all go —Elsa-style. Let it goooooo! Can't hold it back anymoooore! And it didn’t. Ice. Rock. Mud. Enough weight to crush a small castle—or in this case, the village of Blatten . Boom. Splat. Squish. Blatten flattened. Plotten twist! Science Says: ...
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  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERICA, PIXEL QUEEN Watashi no Nihongo wa subete abekobe de gozaimasu. Taihen go-shinsetsu ni shite itadaki, makoto ni osoreirimasu. Kokoro yori fukaku kansha mōshiagemōrimasu. 「我々は美を求めて彷徨するのではない。美の中に沈潜していくのだ。」 “Wareware wa bi o motomete hōkō suru no de wa nai. Bi no naka ni chinzen shite iku no da.” New Photo of the day. @faesu_ Erica the artist, RPG video game maker, half Japanase fluent in ENglish and Japanse. Thought polymath was a polyamourus! Somniforious she is not! Busy in the Sun of Edward Gardens Gavey, workign with phone, lapton and harddrive on her hobby, the making of RPG. She worked as a background artist for the Star Trek show "Below Decks" she it was a real treat to meat her. She loves a varity of music, and enjoys Japanese puns.  Watashi no Nihongo wa subete abekobe de gozaimasu. Taihen go-shinsetsu ni shite itadaki, makoto ni osoreirimasu. Kokoro yori fukaku kansha mōshiagemōrimasu. ...
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  Appendix: English — The Language of Lazy People and Shortcuts English didn’t get famous for its precision. It’s the language of shortcuts, snappy phrases, and colorful idioms that let people say a lot with just a few words. Why say “water causes wetness” when you can just say “water is wet” and be done with it? That’s efficiency at its finest! English inherited a ton of fancy grammar rules from Latin, French, and Germanic languages—but instead of keeping all those complicated verb endings and case markers, English tossed a lot of them out the window. Who has time for that? English loves shortcuts so much, it gave us gems like: “Gonna”  instead of “going to.” Because why bother with the full phrase when you can just squish it? “Wanna”  instead of “want to.” Sounds cooler, feels easier. “OK”  — a mysterious abbreviation that took over the world because it’s short, simple, and anyone can say it. “Hang on”  — literally telling someone to “hang” while you figure th...
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