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Jamil Sheriff’s Five Gold Rings – ‘Red Kite’ – London Jazz News

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Jamil Sheriff’s Five Gold Rings – Red Kite
(Lamplight Social Records LSRDL28. Album review by Julian Maynard-Smith)

If Leeds Conservatoire wanted an aural prospectus showcasing their teaching talents, they couldn’t do much better than Red Kite, an album on which all members of the quintet are not only performers of long standing but also lecturers at the conservatoire. Also, the quintet’s leader, pianist Jamil Sheriff, is the conservatoire’s head of school of music and education, and until recently (2014–2023) was the jazz program leader. Joining him are Jim Corry (alto saxophone), Richard Iles (flugelhorn), Sam Quintana (double bass)

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Emily Ratajkowski sports pair of huge ‘divorce rings’

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Emily Ratajkowski has had a pair of 'divorce rings' made credit:Bang Showbiz

Emily Ratajkowski has had a pair of ‘divorce rings’ made credit:Bang Showbiz

Emily Ratajkowski has had a pair of “divorce rings” made.

It seems the model and influencer, 31, has repurposed the bands from the two-stone engagement ring she received from her ex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard, 36, in 2018, which she revealed last year she had kept after their separation in September 2022.

She flashed her new bling in a revealing Instagram post in which she appeared to be lying topless on her bed, and captioned the image: “Divorce rings (copyright symbol.)”

Emily also tagged the jewelery company founded by Alison

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Zebras receive basketball championship rings | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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As a new basketball season dawns, Pine Bluff High School supporters were still celebrating the championship season that was Sunday night.

The Zebras received their championship rings during a banquet at the Pine Bluff Convention Center, eight months after they won the 5A state final over Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs.

Senior Courtney Crutchfield was among the players who received multiple awards. The All-Arkansas Preps Male Athlete of the Year was also the 5A tournament most valuable player, the 5A-South Conference Player of the Year for the second year in a row and named All-State.

Yet as the one-time University

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Saturn’s rings are glowing in the Webb Space Telescope’s latest cosmic shot

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Saturn has a fresh new look thanks to NASA’s Webb Space Telescope.

The gas giant is dark in the latest photo by Webb, released Friday, but its icy rings are glowing.

Webb snapped the picture in the infrared last weekend. At this wavelength, the planet appears dark because sunlight is absorbed by methane in the atmosphere. But the icy rings remain bright.

Three of Saturn’s many moons also got caught on camera.

Scientists are thrilled with this latest shot, which captures Saturn’s atmosphere in detail. They hope to uncover new ring structures as well as

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The stories that accompany the Broncos’ Super Bowl rings

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The Leads

As Super Bowl LVIII approaches, ESPN looks back at the ring of each Super Bowl champion to share a number of priceless stories.

The Broncos, of course, had three rings featured — and Ring of Famers Mike Shanahan and Rod Smith and former tackle Ryan Harris offered insight into what their ring — or rings — meant to them.

“…When I look at that first one…I see what it takes,” Mike Shanahan said of his Super Bowl XXXII ring. “You can go through the years and go through the list of people who’ve played and coached in the

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Saturn’s rings may be no more than 400 million years old

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Saturn’s rings might have formed while trilobites scuttled about on Earth. Space dust has been accumulating on the icy halos for no more than 400 million years, researchers report in the May 12 Science Advances.

The 4.5-billion-year-old planet appears to have acquired its iconic ornamentation relatively recently, says physicist Sascha Kempf of the University of Colorado Boulder. “We’re quite lucky to see a ring in the first place.”

The rings of Saturn are made of countless icy particles, which become covered with dust as tiny meteoroids strike them. These dustings darken the rings’ complexion, like mud sullies snow on

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Patriots’ Super Bowl rings displayed on Sphere in Las Vegas

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Sports Final: Jeff Benedict, author of The Dynasty, talks about his book and new series on Patriots


Sports Final: Jeff Benedict, author of The Dynasty, talks about his book and new series on Patriots

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BOSTON — The Sphere in Las Vegas is a modern marvel of entertainment. And with the Super Bowl being played in town this week, the venue is being utilized to appeal to all of the football visitors.

And although the Patriots are a long way away from playing in the Super Bowl, their historic dynasty spent some time lighting up the exterior of the Sphere

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Kelowna RCMP looking for owners of 18 championship rings

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“The rings themselves do not appear authentic” said media relations officer Mike Gauthier

The Kelowna RCMP are looking for the owners of 18 different championship rings.

On Sept. 29, 2023, officers seizes numerous items during a possession of stolen property investigation. In the items were 18 championship rings that the RCMP would like to return to their rightful owner.

“The rings themselves do not appear authentic including a Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup ring, however, this is a large collection and likely holds sentimental value to their collector,” said Kelowna RCMP media relations officer Cpl. Michael Gauthier. “In order to

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