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"The 88 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. The group consists of Keith Slettedahl (vocals and guitar), Adam Merrin (keyboards and vocals), Anthony Zimmitti (drums and percussion), and Todd O'Keefe (bass and vocals). Meeting in high school in Calabasas, California, Adam Merrin and Keith Slettedahl formed the band in 2002. The band's popularity grew from high-profile song placements in video games, films, commercials, and popular TV shows. From 2010 to 2012, the band toured and recorded with the Kinks leader Ray Davies, serving as his opening act and backing Davies for his set. The band performed with Davies at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2011. Other acts The 88 have performed with include Elliott Smith, The Smashing Pumpkins, The B-52's, Elvis Costello, Black Francis, The Zombies, and The Flaming Lips. Their track "At Least It Was Here" is the opening theme song to the television series Community. In 2012, the band co-scored the film Friends with Kids. Work with Ray Davies In 2010, the band acted as the support act and back up band for Ray Davies on his American tour. For the next two years, the band performed with Davies, including performances at London's Royal Albert Hall and Japan's Fuji Rock Festival. The 88 performed with Davies and Elvis Costello at Clive Davis's pre-Grammy party in 2012. The band recorded with Davies at Konk Studios in London on Davies' duets album See My Friends. The 88 played on "Long Way From Home" with Lucinda Williams and "Till the End of the Day" with Alex Chilton (Chilton's final recorded performance), as well as recording a version of David Watts with Davies. The band did a promotional tour for See My Friends with Davies including performances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The Regis and Kelly show. Television, film and video games The 88 wrote and performed "At Least It Was Here", the opening theme song for the television series Community. Their song "You Belong to Me" is on the soundtrack of "How I Met Your Mother"'s episode "Belly Full of Turkey". The band was also featured on the episode "Best Prom Ever" of that same series. Their song "How Good it Can Be" is on the soundtrack of "The O.C.". In film, the band co-scored the 2012 movie Friends with Kids. That same year, The 88 performed on the soundtrack to the film The Lorax. The song "Son's and Daughters" appeared as DLC in the video game Rock Band. Members * Keith Slettedahl – vocals/guitar * Adam Merrin – piano/keyboards * Todd O'Keefe – bass guitar * Anthony Zimmitti – drums Discography ; Albums: * Kind of Light (June 2003) EMK/Mootron Records * Over and Over (September 2005) EMK/Mootron Records * Not Only... But Also (October 2008) Island Records * This Must Be Love (November 2009) 88 Records * The 88 (September 2010) 88 Records * Lorax official soundtrack (March 2012) * Fortune Teller (June 2013) 88 Records * Close To You (December 2016) 88 Records ; EPs: * No One Here (February 2010) 88 Records * Actors (March 2012) 88 Records ; Singles: * "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (November 2009) 88 Records * "Love Is The Thing" (June 2009) 88 Records References External links * Video of live performance of "Nobody Cares" in the studios of Minnesota Public Radio's The Current hosted by Mary Lucia. American power pop groups Island Records artists Musical groups established in 2002 2002 establishments in California Musical groups from Los Angeles "
"Jerzy and Irena Krępeć Jerzy and Irena Krępeć, a Polish husband and wife, living in Gołąbki near Warsaw during Nazi German occupation of Poland in World War II, were the Righteous who rescued Polish Jews with families including refugees from the Ghetto in Warsaw during the Holocaust.Peggy Curran, "Pole to be honoured for sheltering Jews from Gestapo," Reprinted by the Canadian Foundation of Polish-Jewish Heritage, Montreal Chapter. Station Cote St.Luc, C. 284, Montreal QC, Canada H4V 2Y4. First published: Montreal Gazette, August 5, 2003, and: Montreal Gazette, December 10, 1994. The ceremonies Jerzy and Irena Krępeć were bestowed the titles of Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem on April 18, 1994.Jerzy and Irena Krępeć - their activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website Their medals of honor were presented to a widowed Irena Krępeć by the Israeli Consul General in Canada Daniel Gal, during the ceremony at the Israeli consulate in Montreal, on December 12, 1995 in the presence of the Polish Consul General Małgorzata Dzieduszycki, and the French and English press. Daniel Gal explained in his speech that the Holocaust survivors pleaded on behalf of the entire Krępeć family with all its members and that Yad Vashem honored Jerzy and Irena first. Subsequently, their son, Tadeusz living in Montreal, and Jerzy’s two sisters, Eugenia Krępeć–Muszyński and Alina (Halina) Krępeć–Tyszka, were recognized as Righteous in May and November 2002, with more testimonies by their Jewish countrymen. The ceremony was written about in 12 newspaper articles in three languages. "My father never sought recognition or compensation for what he did," said André Krepec — the eldest son of Tadeusz Krepec — who attended the forum together with his widowed mother Halina, three brothers, sister, and their families. "For him, it was just a question of human values…" The rescuers and the rescued Following the 1939 invasion of Poland, Jerzy Krępeć (1896–1981) and Irena née Adamus (1906–17.11.1999), Nekrologi warszawskie: Gazeta Wyborcza, Gazeta Stołeczna, Życie Warszawy, Trybuna, etc. were forced out by the Nazis from their estate near Płock. They moved to Gołąbki near Warsaw with their three children: Tadeusz (14), Krystyna (13) and Maria (9), and rented a farm called Osada not far from where Irena’s parents lived. Soon they began to take in Jews who escaped from Nazi persecution. Among them: Krystyna Izbicki, Anna Zofia and her son Jozef Ettinger, Krystyna Radziejewski and her foster-daughter Larissa Sztorchan, Czeslawa Konko (children's instructor), Zofia Sidor, her sisters, Eliza Temler and Dr. Tworkowski. More than 20 Jewish refugees joined in after the Warsaw Uprising. They all worked at the farm and in the fields to maintain food supplies and also, for their own cover. Children, both Christian and Jewish, attended classes at an underground school set up by the family. Jerzy Krępeć rented a second farm nearby where he placed his two sisters: Alina Tyszka (with daughters, Marta and Stefa) and Eugenia Muszynski with her teenage daughter Olenka (14). Alina Tyszka was expelled from her estate near Bydgoszcz (which was incorporated into Nazi Germany). Her husband Feliks, a Polish officer, was executed by the Nazis with his two uncles. Alina escaped when threatened with arrest, because of her earlier assistance given to Jews at a forced labor camp in Bielin where she worked in 1941. Eugenia's husband was held as a Polish POW in Germany. The two sisters immediately began sheltering more Jews. They all worked together at the farm. Their older children, especially Tadeusz and Olenka helped. The Jews moved from one farm to the other in case of danger. Some received false identification cards thanks to Jerzy's underground contacts, which was good also for their morale. The entire Krepec family helped everybody in need with shelter, food, clothing and moral support. People in the village knew about the numerous Jewish families living at both farms, but nobody betrayed them and all refugees survived. Indeed, Jerzy Krepec had many silent partners, including neighbors well aware of the succession of farmhands speaking Polish with an accent. Undeterred by the associated risk, Tadeusz Krepec used to sneak out at night and steal guns and grenades from the German Panzer division stationed nearby, then bury them at the farm for the Polish Underground. After the war, the Krepec family kept in touch with the Jewish friends who had stayed with them during the occupation. They were receiving shipments of oranges from Israel; however, they would not accept the offer to help emigrate from their homeland. Their son, Tadeusz Krepec, who studied at the Warsaw Polytechnic eventually moved to Montreal in 1973 as an engineer. See also * Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust Notes and references * Peggy Curran, "Decent people: Polish couple honored for saving Jews from Nazis," Montreal Gazette, December 10, 1994. See also: Montreal Gazette, August 5, 2003. * Janice Arnold, "Polish widow made Righteous Gentile," The Canadian Jewish News (Montreal edition), January 26, 1995. * Irene Tomaszewski and Tecia Werbowski, Żegota: The Council for Aid to Jews in Occupied Poland, 1942–1945, Montreal: Price-Patterson, 1999, pp. 131–32. Married couples Polish Righteous Among the Nations "
"Linda Louise Jezek (born March 10, 1960) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Jezek was a member of the second-place U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.ABC.Net She set the 200-meter backstroke world record (long course) in 1978. Jezek was inducted into the "George F. Haines International Swim Center Hall of Fame" in 2002.San Francisco Chronicle See also * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) * List of Stanford University people * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women) * World record progression 200 metres backstroke References 1960 births Living people American female backstroke swimmers World record setters in swimming Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming Olympic swimmers of the United States Sportspeople from Palo Alto, California Stanford Cardinal women's swimmers Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming "