Sedona News – Internationally acclaimed performers The Limeliters are making a Sedona stop on their national tour and will present a very special live concert on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucy5o5_1uzs The Limeliters launched their career in 1959 at San Francisco’s famous “Hungry i” nightclub and emerged as one of the dominant voices of the early 60’s folk music scene. They’ve been delighting audiences worldwide ever since, with their soaring vocal blend, eclectic repertoire and rousing live shows. Time Magazine summed up their appeal with…
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… Monday I spent some time at the ponds on my way back from Cottonwood and this time focused on getting some shots of the young fish in two of the ponds. I thought they were fingerlings, but one of the guys from Game and Fish let me know that these fish are called “subs.” Fingerlings are generally considered to be such when they are 4″ or less … “subs” are a little bigger starting around five to six inches and up … “sub” is short for sub legal … in other words, if you catch one you must release…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “40 Below: The Toughest Race in the World”, showing Jan. 10-16 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. https://vimeo.com/791538032 Meet the filmmaker, writer/producer/director Marius Anderson, who will be in Sedona for opening night on Friday, Jan. 10 to introduce the film and host a Q&A discussion following the screening. It’s been called the toughest endurance race in the world. Why would anyone do this, especially when it’s 40 degrees below zero? Set in Northern Minnesota, we meet Leah, a junk food eating scientist, and…
By David Stephen Sedona, AZ –The adoption of the pharmaceutical approach can be described as niche to AI safety. Pre-deployment testing and evaluation of OpenAI [o1], Anthropic [Claude 3.5 Sonnet] or others, only imply [circa] safety for those models, not general for AI. The misuses that are possible by AI tools across the internet [most times] may have nothing to do with OpenAI and Anthropic models. AI tools, for all kinds of purposes, are too numerous beyond what can be actively pre-tested or evaluated, by the US or UK AI safety institute. The pharmaceutical industry in most countries ensure that…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “All We Imagine as Light”, showing Jan. 10-16 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “All We Imagine as Light” is nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture (Non-English Language) and Best Director for Payal Kapadia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mgQcpmYr_A The light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary, working-class Mumbai are explored and celebrated by writer/director Payal Kapadia, who won the Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for her revelatory fiction feature debut. Centering on two roommates who also work together in…
Verde Valley News – VERDE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY joins the world in mourning the death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and joins observances around the world to remember his life of service. He and Rosalynn Carter have served as Habitat for Humanity’s most famous volunteers over the 35 years they helped to build affordable housing with the organization. “It is with great sorrow that we learn of the passing of former President Jimmy Carter. His remarkable life of service to others leaves a lasting legacy that will continue to inspire the world” said Tania Simms, Executive Director of…
By David Stephen Sedona, AZ — Contents [from] which base AI models were trained, by contemporary creators of varying categories, with an expectation that their contents would be monetized, may have one possible option, amid others, for [how] AI companies may compensate for what they used: promotion. There are several base AI models, where the contents of several creators were used. This means that it is beyond just a few companies, but several of them, across continents. Some AI companies are making deals with major content companies, while there might be explorations for creators at other stages. However, compensating for…
… mid afternoon today I headed down to the ponds before doing my shopping at Bashas for eggnog, geez I love that stuff, cut it 50/50 with whole milk to make it last a little longer and Thanksgiving through New Years is the only time they seem to sell it. It was quiet and beautiful at the ponds and a pair of Belted Kingfishers were working two of the ponds that Arizona Game and Fish just stocked with fingerlings … a perfect size for our Kingfishers! The photo above shows the Kingfisher leaving his perch on the side of a pond to…
Sedona News – Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its next Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series event on Wednesday, January 15 at 5:00 pm. Win Holden, former publisher of Arizona Highways Magazine will share “100 Years Grand – The Story of Arizona Highways Magazine”. As always, this presentation will be free and open to the public, and will be held at the KSB EcoHub, 360 Brewer Road in Sedona. Doors will open at 4:30. Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details. April 2025 will mark Arizona Highways Magazine’s 100th birthday. How did a brochure produced by the Arizona Highway Department…
By Bear Howard Bear Howard Chronicles Sedona, AZ — made the mistake of going out to pick up a few things from Bashas on Saturday afternoon, December 28. Dumb move, I should have known better. Going up Cooks Hill, I could already see the line of cars beginning to back up to the light at Airport Rd. Click to hear narration by AI. I thought, “No big deal, I’ll just get in and out of Bashas, grab my stuff, and head home.” But wait a minute – the line wasn’t just at the light. It was now stretching all the…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ — Stoned. Drunk. Wasted. Pickled. Trashed. Messed Up. Buzzed. Smashed. Hammered. Plastered. Tanked. Lit. Sloshed. Drugged. Loaded. Sauced: These are just a few of the many words we use to describe one who is under the influence. But why is it that people feel the need to escape reality by ingesting alcohol or drugs? What drives this seemingly universal thirst for relief? Every day, we’re inundated with headlines about the latest cocaine or fentanyl bust, as government agencies assure they’re working tirelessly to eradicate illegal drugs from society. Yet, the use of legal substances—those prescribed…
By David Stephen Sedona, AZ — Why is it easier, in general, to eat than to exercise? How does the mind determine when a function is ready, or its level of operation or completion in an instance? Conceptually, there are configurations for various functions of internal senses, defining the limits and the extents of their activities from the mind. This means that the ways they function are principally determined by the arrangements [or measures] of the components of mind. So, if an individual is appetitive or has other sensations in the body, it indicates that there is a specific arrangement…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Will you celebrate life, your life, right now, right here, exactly as it appears? You can do what you’re going to do and still celebrate. Can you stop … and sit down … and let life be as it is or are you still jonesing for a fight, even a small one, so much so that you’re missing out on the celebration? What’s on your list of wrongs to right, of failures to turn into success? What can’t you forgive? Who stands center stage in your suspect parade? They will still be here. They aren’t going…
Yavapai County News – On December 9, 2024, Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Michael R. Bluff sentenced John Andrew Walton Eisenbeiss, 42, of Flagstaff to 13.5 years in the Arizona State Prison. The sentence followed an October 25, 2024 trial in which a Yavapai County Jury found Eisenbeiss guilty of Burglary in the First Degree, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, and various other felonies. Yavapai County Attorney Dennis McGrane thanked the jurors for their careful attention to the facts, and commended Deputy Yavapai County Attorney Patti Wortman for meticulously preparing and presenting the case at trial. County Attorney McGrane…
Prescott News – Named ‘Best Group/Duo’ in the International Acoustic Music Awards, acoustic duo Ryanhood got their first break as street performers at Boston’s Quincy Market. It was there that they were spotted by a college booking agent and thrust into the college touring scene, where Campus Activities Magazine would name them “one of the most requested acts by college buyers all across the country.” They’ve since gone on to perform more than 1500 shows in 47 U.S. states and have shared stages with Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson, Train, and many more. Cameron Hood’s rich and folky lead vocals, Ryan…