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Balanced Blended Space: Proposing A Universal Theoretical Framework For Combinative Reality, David Smith, Frederick Bianchi Oct 2023

Balanced Blended Space: Proposing A Universal Theoretical Framework For Combinative Reality, David Smith, Frederick Bianchi

Publications and Research

In today's fragmented societies, a unified framework for communication and collaboration across different realities is crucial. We introduce Balanced Blended Space (BBS) as a framework for describing combinative reality, encompassing virtual, physical, and conceptual realms, all intrinsically connected. Interactions within these environments shape our perceptual space. This paper outlines key axiomatic assumptions, criteria for a universal framework, and fundamental terminology. We identify deep symmetries enabling the BBS framework, including Cognitive and Computational Symmetry, Physical and Virtual Symmetry, Mediation Pathway Symmetry, Space-Time Symmetry, and Sensory Symmetry. We propose tests to determine its viability, emphasizing virtual intelligence as a collaborative partner. We …


Still Life With Light Polllution, Todd Davis Sep 2023

Still Life With Light Polllution, Todd Davis

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Accident Report, Eric Colburn Sep 2023

Accident Report, Eric Colburn

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Tenting On Mount Morgan, Marcyn Del Clements Sep 2023

Tenting On Mount Morgan, Marcyn Del Clements

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Hailstorm In Water Canyon, Robin Chapman Sep 2023

Hailstorm In Water Canyon, Robin Chapman

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Government Peak, Trail Crew, August, Russ Capaldi Sep 2023

Government Peak, Trail Crew, August, Russ Capaldi

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Red-Eyed Vireo At Work, Polly Brown Sep 2023

Red-Eyed Vireo At Work, Polly Brown

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


A Peak Ahead: The Engines Of Adventure: What Compels People To Go, Christine Woodside Sep 2023

A Peak Ahead: The Engines Of Adventure: What Compels People To Go, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Sep 2023

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: White Mountain Guide: AMC's Comprehensive Guide to Hiking Trails in the White Mountain National Forest, 31st edition, compiled and edited by Ken MacGray and Steven D. Smith; The World Atlas of Trees and Forests: Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems, by Herman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi, and Jérôme Chave; Conversations with Birds, by Priyanka Kumar; Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong, by Michael Wejchert; Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas, by Harley Rustad; Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We …


Skyline Sketch Sep 2023

Skyline Sketch

Appalachia

Hiking alone to and from Lonesome Lake Hut above Franconia Notch challenges a woman’s sense of time and strength.


News And Notes Sep 2023

News And Notes

Appalachia

Nicole Zussman appointed president and CEO of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Bears close U.S. Forest Service’s busy Hancock Campground in New Hampshire.


In Memoriam Sep 2023

In Memoriam

Appalachia

An obituary of former Appalachian Mountain Club President Charles Burnham, who was instrumental in negotiating matters related to the Highland Center.


Research Sep 2023

Research

Appalachia

Sheila Myers visits the Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum in Townsend, Tennessee, which tells the story of the logging of giant trees a century ago.


Alpina: A Semiannual Review Of Mountaineering In The Greater Ranges Sep 2023

Alpina: A Semiannual Review Of Mountaineering In The Greater Ranges

Appalachia

Among the many updates on mountaineering in the greater ranges is a report of Griffin Post’s discovery of a 1937 equipment cache left by Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates in the St. Elias Mountains. Hordes of climbers, and garbage, land on K2. An all-Black party, the Full Circle Everest Expedition, climbs the world’s highest peak. Colin Haley makes the first solo winter ascent of the Supercanaleta route on Cerro Fitz Roy in Patagonia. Climber Ed Webster is memorialized.


Accidents: Analysis From The White Mountains Of New Hampshire And Occasionally Elsewhere Sep 2023

Accidents: Analysis From The White Mountains Of New Hampshire And Occasionally Elsewhere

Appalachia

Reports of rescues and accidents in New Hampshire’s White Mountains during the late spring, summer, and fall of 2022. Two casual hikers who “had nothing” with them (in the words of New Hampshire Fish & Game officers) get stuck on a cliff off Greenleaf Trail. An attempted June 17 traverse of the Presidentials ends in tragedy. A lightly-equipped trail runner falls near Mount Isolation and cannot get out on his own. A skier accessing May snow from the Mount Washington Auto Road falls 700 feet. An Appalachian Trail thru-hiker is badly injured near Mount Eisenhower. A hiker who had eaten …


Letters Sep 2023

Letters

Appalachia

Letters from Candi Fletcher about William Geller's "White Mountain Mysteries" (Winter/Spring 2023); Jeff Tarling about indigenous mountain names; and Charles Sampson correcting an editorial error about the location of Carter Notch Hut from Winter/Spring 2023 Accidents


Lizard Dreams And Our Same Hearts: Waterman Fund Essay Contest Runner-Up, Liesl Magnus Sep 2023

Lizard Dreams And Our Same Hearts: Waterman Fund Essay Contest Runner-Up, Liesl Magnus

Appalachia

A winter caretaker at New Hampshire’s Carter Notch Hut connects to humans from a beautiful, frozen world.


Happy Birthday From Tuckerman Ravine—? A Boulder Changes The Trajectory Of An Idyllic Hike, John Stifler Sep 2023

Happy Birthday From Tuckerman Ravine—? A Boulder Changes The Trajectory Of An Idyllic Hike, John Stifler

Appalachia

Two seasoned hikers effect a self-rescue after a freak accident on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington.


Mutual Worrying: What The Mountain And The Pool Pavement Have In Common, Elissa Ely Sep 2023

Mutual Worrying: What The Mountain And The Pool Pavement Have In Common, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Newly recovered from an injury, a mother listens to her daughter's advice as they navigate boulders near Mount Washington's Alpine Garden.


From The White Mountain Huts To The Giant Races: Meet Katie Schide And Hillary Gerardi, Doug Mayer Sep 2023

From The White Mountain Huts To The Giant Races: Meet Katie Schide And Hillary Gerardi, Doug Mayer

Appalachia

For two former Appalachian Mountain Club hut croo (crew) members, who got their trail-running starts packing loads down steep New Hampshire trails, each won a major mountain race in the Alps in 2022, the Ultra Trail de Mont Blanc and the Trofeo Kima.


A Wartime Scar On Canada's Soil: Tragic Artifacts On A Mountain Haunt A Hiker, Christopher Johnson Sep 2023

A Wartime Scar On Canada's Soil: Tragic Artifacts On A Mountain Haunt A Hiker, Christopher Johnson

Appalachia

While hiking, a father and daughter stumble upon the haunting remains of the Liberator Harry, the Canadian military transport plane that crashed on Montagne Noire, or Black Mountain, north of Saint-Donat, Quebec, in 1943.


"Through The Trance Of Silence:" Hill Walking The History Of Glen Coe, Katy Dycus Sep 2023

"Through The Trance Of Silence:" Hill Walking The History Of Glen Coe, Katy Dycus

Appalachia

The author recounts long, rainy, foggy walks in Glencoe, Scotland, revisiting its history and some of its writers, including Robert Burns, Robert Macfarlane, and Nan Shepherd.


The Settling Of Lobster Lake: Sporting Families Built Wilderness Enclaves In A Remote Part Of Maine, William Geller Sep 2023

The Settling Of Lobster Lake: Sporting Families Built Wilderness Enclaves In A Remote Part Of Maine, William Geller

Appalachia

This history traces the early twentieth-century origins of off-grid family camps on a remote lake in Maine.


One New England Thread: An 800-Mile Bike And Kayak Trip Through The Northeast Avoids Automobiles, Tom Fagin Sep 2023

One New England Thread: An 800-Mile Bike And Kayak Trip Through The Northeast Avoids Automobiles, Tom Fagin

Appalachia

Starting in Mystic, Connecticut, an adventurer bent on a low-carbon journey bicycles up the East Coast Greenway and kayaks home via Rangeley and Mooselookmeguntic Lakes and the Androscoggin, Connecticut, and Mystic Rivers, with debacles along the way and detours to climb New Hampshire’s Mount Washington and Maine’s Saddleback Mountain.


Running The River Stupid: Swiftwater Rescue Training Proves Relevant To Leading Middle Schoolers, A Teacher Discovers, Anna Hager Loome Sep 2023

Running The River Stupid: Swiftwater Rescue Training Proves Relevant To Leading Middle Schoolers, A Teacher Discovers, Anna Hager Loome

Appalachia

The author takes readers on her training course in canoe rescue techniques, and then shows how often she uses water rescue to motivate her work with adolescents.


The Long Way Home: The Forest Mermaid, Christine Woodside Sep 2023

The Long Way Home: The Forest Mermaid, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

The editor-in-chief revisits a time she met a mysterious woman below Glastenbury Mountain in Vermont.


Appalachia Summer/Fall 2023: Complete Issue Sep 2023

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2023: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2023 - Volume LXXIV, Number 2 - Issue #256. Risks and Adventure: Swiftwater training, a low-carbon loop, and ultramarathons.


Nostalgia's Complicated Role In Contemporary Pop Culture, Ethan Clawsie Sep 2023

Nostalgia's Complicated Role In Contemporary Pop Culture, Ethan Clawsie

Pop Culture Intersections

Over the past several decades, there has been a growing trend of nostalgia in popular culture, with the number of remakes, reboots, and revivals of classic films, television shows, and music at an all-time high. Dozens of old TV shows have also been rebooted in the past few years, old movies are being remade, much of the music that’s been released lately has been engineered to sound like it came from the past, and a subset of recent video games either build upon old games (like Pokémon GO), or are made to look and feel like old games (like Flappy …


Barbie: For Better Or Worse, Renee Ho Sep 2023

Barbie: For Better Or Worse, Renee Ho

Pop Culture Intersections

This article covers a history of Barbie, as well as an analysis of the live action Barbie movie. Barbie lovers and haters alike often debate whether the iconized doll is a feminist figure. Those who critique her argue that the messages she sends are superficial, or that Barbie perpetuates an unrealistic beauty standard and causes harm to the mental well being of her audience, especially because most of her target audience is made up of younger, impressionable girls. However, there is no doubt that Barbie can also be a role model for her audience. She was the first doll to …


Self-Listening & Envisioning Audience Exercise & Assignment, Jacob Kose Sep 2023

Self-Listening & Envisioning Audience Exercise & Assignment, Jacob Kose

Open Educational Resources

This assignment and exercise encourages students to pick a formative story, artifact, individual, or moment in their acquisition of language and/or literacy. Students record themselves telling this story, then type that recording, and make choices about how to edit that text.Instructors may invite students to read these aloud, and/or peer edit. Students may also submit reflections and comment on each others' reflection.