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"michael joseph deans hobbs born 18 october 1987 in wellington new zealand is a professional rugby union player he plays for the blues in the super rugby competition having previously played for the highlanders in 2010 he also played for the wellington lions in the air new zealand cup his playing positions are first fiveeighth and inside centre he is the son of former all black captain and nz rugby chairman jock hobbs and the nephew of former all black fullback and current australian rugby union coach robbie deanshobbs represented both new zealand schools and new zealand under 19s before moving to brisbane australia to undertake study at the university of queensland he debuted for the lions in the 2008 season after spending the two previous years contracted to the queensland reds rugby academy he also had a stint with the melbourne rebels in the inaugural australian rugby championship season he went on to be drafted by the blues for the 2009 super 14 seasonduring the 2010 season hobbs fractured a vertebrae in his backin august 2010 he underwent spine surgery in los angeleshe studied at the university of texas at austin on exchange while he completed his rehabin 2011 hobbs resigned with the blues and nzru for the 2012 super rugby season during the 2012 season hobbss father jock died after a long battle with leukaemia the 2012 itm cup also saw hobbs move north from wellington to north harbour he played the first 3 matches before limping out of the counties match early with ankle damage hobbs returned to the side for their final game against tasman at the end of the season he was granted an early release from his nzru contract to take some time away from rugbyin march 2013 after a brief stint playing for the santa monica rugby club hobbs signed a 2year deal with the panasonic wild knights in the japan top league"
"matt glaser is an american jazz and bluegrass violinist he served as the chair of the string department at the berklee college of music for more than twentyfive years he is now the founder and artistic director of berklees american roots music programhe holds an mmus degree from tufts university he has performed at carnegie hall with stephane grappelli and yoyo ma and at the boston globe jazz festival with gunther schuller he has also performed with bob dylan ralph stanley lee konitz david grisman mark oconnor andy statman jamey haddad jay ungar bruce molsky darol anger art baron and the international string quartet congresshe is featured on the grammy awardwinning soundtrack for ken burnss 1990 the civil war documentary and the soundtrack for the 1978 film king of the gypsies he served on the board of advisors for ken burnss 2001 jazz documentary and appears as a narrator in the filmin 2013 he won the artist teacher awardfrom the american string teachers association asta past recipients include joseph szigeti pablo casals isaac stern yehudi menuhin dorothy delay and ivan galamianin addition to founding his own musical group called the wayfaring strangers featuring tony trischka laszlo gardony and tracy bonham he has been a member of the central park sheiks the new york bluegrass allstars and fiddle fever he has recorded an album with fellow fiddle player kenny kosek and he has appeared on numerous other recordingshe has authored two books jazz violin and jazz chord studies for violin and an instructional video swingin jazz violinglaser lives in somerville massachusetts his notable students include casey driessen sarina suno and mads tolling"
"jeff adams born november 15 1970 in mississauga ontario is a canadian paralympian and a sixtime world champion in wheelchair sports he has competed at six consecutive summer paralympics from 1988 to 2008 winning a total of three gold four silver and six bronze medals at the 1988 summer paralympics he won two bronze medals one in the 800m race and one in the 1500m race four years later at the barcelona games he won two silvers one in the 800m race and one as part of the 4x400m relay at the 1996 summer paralympics he won gold in the 800 m silver in the 400 m and bronze in the 4400 m relay four years later at the sydney games he won five medals a gold in the 800 m and 1500 m a silver in the 400 m and a bronze in the 5000 m and 4x100 m at the 2004 paralympics he won a bronze in the 400 m race jeff was coached by the swede peter erikssonin 2002 he climbed the 1776 steps of the cn tower in a speciallydesigned wheelchair in 2004 he climbed the acropolishe is an inductee into the terry fox hall of famein march 2010 he was a torchbearer during the 2010 winter paralympics torch relayin 2012 adams was part of the broadcast crew on channel 4s coverage of the 2012 summer paralympics in londonadams is currently the president and ceo of icon wheelchairs inc a wheelchair manufacturing and distribution company"
"tony flynn is a rock guitarist best known for his stints with steppenwolf and an unauthorized 1980 reunion of deep purple he was originally hired to play with steppenwolf in 1977 to fill in for kent henry and found himself called upon multiple times until 1980 at which point john kay and jerry edmonton won back the exclusive rights to the steppenwolf name shortly thereafter flynn joined the new deep purple which included original singer rod evans who had left the band a decade before and a lineup of replacement players which included flynns former steppenwolf bandmates geoff emery keyboards and dick jurgens drums later that year after the group had played a string of poorly received concerts former purple guitarist ritchie blackmore along with managers tony edwards john coletta and bruce payne sued evans and won both 672000 in damages and a permanent injunction against evans and his cohorts using the name deep purple ending flynns association with the bandtony flynn currently splits residency between northern and southern mexico where has lived since the mid1980s he occasionally plays solo shows and is often a guest at local rockheavy metal bars lately tony flynn has been performing with the pete best group of beatles fame"