Saturday - Some Public Service Information

Finding Your Roots airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on PBS, starting March 25. Check local listings to find it in your area.

Thank you Jenn at Jenn's Three Graces

Wanda Sykes' family history was professionally researched for a segment of Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr., a new series that will debut Sunday on PBS. While Gates, The Root's editor-in-chief and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard, has interesting genealogical tidbits to share with all of his subjects, Sykes' report was especially revealing, according to the New York Times.

"The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African American we have ever researched," Gates said. He traced her roots to her paternal ninth great-grandmother, Elizabeth Banks, a free white woman, who was punished with "thirty-nine lashes, well laid" for "fornication & Bastardy with a negroe slave," according to a stark June 20, 1683, court document from York County, Va.
He was referring to the dozens of genealogies his researchers have unearthed for his television roots franchise, which began in 2006 with the PBS series African-American Lives and includes three other genealogy-inspired shows.
Other subjects who will be featured this season on Finding Your Roots are Barbara Walters (who learns her original family surname), Harry Connick Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Margaret Cho, Kevin Bacon, Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, Branford Marsalis, Robert Downey Jr. and Dr. Sanjay Gupta. The episode with Sykes will air in May.

The Root will have clips and coverage on the series. Check out

High Pollen Count Days

From my daughter - thanks.

"Allergy Prevention Tips Based on the Local Pollen Count"

• Avoid line drying your clothes and bedding outdoors when your local pollen count is high.
• Keep your windows closed in your home and car to avoid letting in pollen, especially when the local pollen count is high. Set your air conditioners to re-circulate in your home and vehicle, to avoid drawing in pollen-rich outside air.
• Bathe and shampoo hair daily before going to bed to remove pollen from hair and skin in order to keep it off your bedding. Wash bedding in hot, soapy water once a week.
• Sign up for allergy alerts so you can easily monitor the allergy counts in your area. Forewarned is forearmed.
• The allergy counts are the highest between 5am and 10am, so limiting your outside exposure during those times can be extremely helpful for diminishing your allergies.
• Limit exposure on mornings that are especially warm and dry; they will usually be high local pollen count days. Days that are dry and windy also have high pollen counts.
• Wash your face and hands after you’ve been outside to remove pollen. Also, change and wash clothes if they’ve been exposed to pollen.
• Minimize contact with items that have come in contact with pollen, such as pets and people that have spent a large amount of time outdoors.
• Wear sunglasses to protect your eyes from pollen and in severe allergy cases, wear a facemask when daily pollen counts are extremely high.
• Visit your allergist or doctor to see if the allergy shot is for you. Be consistent with your allergy medications for best results.
• If you’re traveling, check our allergy forecasts for your destination. Also, be sure to check out our helpful traveling tips for allergy sufferers."

http://www.pollen.com/local-allergy-counts.asp

From Trish - thanks.

How long will you live?
This is a calculator that estimates your life expectancy.

It was developed by Northwestern Mutual Life.

http://media.nmfn.com/tnetwork/lifespan

THOUGHT OF THE DAY!

God doesn't make JUNK!

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