Posts Tagged ‘help’

Patti Smith says she wants to help Hotel Chelsea and residents

Patti Smith says the idea to perform for the residents of the Hotel Chelsea was her own and that she’s “done nothing to tarnish” the landmark’s Bohemian reputation.

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Help wanted

It was met with cheers in some quarters and sighs of relief in others: 200,000 jobs created in December. That this is taken as good news testifies to the economy’s terrible state.

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Scholars want help identifying slaves’ origins (AP)

This March 2010 photo provided by Emory University shows Liz Milewicz, former project manager for African-Origins. Researchers using audio recordings of names found in Courts of Mixed Commission records for Havana, Cuba, and Freetown, Sierra Leone, to identify their likely ethno-linguistic origins, at Emory University in Atlanta. The recordings helped connect the sound of the name to its spelling, enabling a more accurate assessment of the name's possible ethnic origins. (AP Photo/Emory University, Bryan Meltz)AP – Almost two centuries before there was a man named Obama in the White House, there was a man named Obama shackled in the bowels of a slave ship. There is no proof that the unidentified Obama has ties to President Barack Obama. All they share is a name. But that is exactly the commonality that Emory University researchers hope to build upon as they delve into the origins of Africans who were taken up and sold.


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New York Public Library offers help with e-readers

They’ll still be reading “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” but some New Yorkers will be trading pages for pixels. Experts say that several million e-readers were unwrapped this year, and in the coming days, many who got them as holiday gifts will find out they’re all thumbs.

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First lady asked Santa to help get Obama to Hawaii (AP)

President Barack Obama walks with Donna Willard, wife of Admiral Robert Willard, to greet people waiting for him on the tarmac as he arrives on Air Force One at Hickam Air Force Base in Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – Michelle Obama was looking for help from more than just House Republicans so her husband could make it to Hawaii in time for Christmas.


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Help for dad in tragedy

Ifi it takes a village to raise a child, then precious newborn twins Reverie and Jackson Snyder have two — and then some — pitching in.

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New FAA rules to help end flying while sleepy (AP)

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, left, with Federal Aviation Administration Acting Administrator Michael Huerta, speak to reporters during a news conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, announcing a sweeping final rule that overhauls commercial passenger airline pilots scheduling to ensure pilots have a longer opportunity to rest before they enter the cockpit.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP – The government told passenger airlines Wednesday they’ll have to do more to ensure pilots aren’t too tired to fly, nearly three years after the deadly western New York crash of a regional airliner flown by two exhausted pilots.


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