Maryland Rugby at Maryland Day, April 25

Maryland Day Alumni Game - April 25th

The University of Maryland Rugby team invites all alumni and family to join the current team and former teammates in a day of rugby, fun, food, and celebration.

Maryland Rugby has been active for over 40 years and continues a winning tradition with active support from our alumni. Enjoy all the activities that the university has set up for the day and continue that fun with former teammates and friends during our alumni game. After all the festivities, grab some food and beverages at Sante Fe Restaurant located minutes from the playing field.

We are hoping the college team will have food available for alumni and their family at the field in addition to the opportunity to purchase Maryland Rugby clothing.

A goal for the alumni fundraising will be to purchase a trophy case for the Eppley Recreation center and start to return the 42 years worth of hardware so it can be displayed.

Tenative Schedule
11am PRU HS (club div) championship
12:30 PRU HS (school div) Championship
2pm Alumni matches

Post Match at Sante Fe approx. 4:30

Additional Maryland Day Highlights at:
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.marylandday.umd.edu%2F

Forget Yourself

"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music -- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."

Henry Miller

An Irish Easter Blessing

"At the breaking of the Easter dawn
may the Risen Saviour bless your home
with grace and peace from above,
with joy and laughter, and with love
And when night is nigh, and day is done
Make He keep you safe from all harm."

Beannachtaí Ná Cásca oraibh

May the blessings of Easter be upon you.

For a good article on Irish Easter traditions, see Bridget Haggerty's The dance of the Sun at Dawn and a cake dance in the afternoon on the Irish Culture and Customs website. You might also enjoy Easter Saturday and Funeral for a Fish.

When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free

Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes, but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me

Today I dont need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart was going boom boom boom
Hey, I said, you can keep my things, they've come to take me home.

Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It's good to be silly at the right moment.

Horace

Roman poet

Why Isn't Every Day World Water Day?

World Water Day was March 22.

If you're reading this, odds are you already know that a huge amount of your body is made up of water. The overwhelming majority of our planet is covered in water. Every beverage we drink has at least some amount of water in it.

But what happens if that water isn't clean?

People get sick, that's what.

Now, in countries like the US, UK, and other "in" places we've got stuff like cholera and typhoid taken care of, but this is not the case in countries that couldn't care less about Brangelina or Dancing With the Stars. Last fall, over in America's 51st state (Iraq), they suffered an outbreak of cholera that killed quite a few Iraqis, sadly.

So, clean drinking water is clearly a problem and it's something we can all help raise awareness about. How can you help more folks know about issues regarding clean drinking water? For starters, you can blog about it yourself. You can tell your friends and family about it. Or you could do something as simple as joining the World Water Day Facebook group. You can follow WorldH2O and Chlorine on Twitter. For each person who joins the Facebook group, follows WorldH2O and Chlorine, the American Chemistry Council will contribute five chlorine tablets designed to disinfect 100 liters of water to areas of the world that are struggling to find clean drinking water.

As of two days ago, people who have joined the FB group, and followed both WorldH2O and Chlorine on Twitter have helped donate enough chlorine tablets to clean over 180,000 liters of water--that's over 47,000 gallons of water.

In case you're curious, cholera causes diarrhea. Diarrhea can cause massive dehydration pretty quickly (sometimes within hours). Dehydration means your body is losing water. Remember your body is mostly made of water. Lose that and most of what keeps you alive is gone, and so are you.

EPA Proposal Calls Greenhouse Gases a Danger to the Public

The Environmental Protection Agency has sent a proposal to the White House that would label carbon dioxide a danger to public welfare — a key precursor to regulating greenhouse gas emissions as pollutants.

The long-awaited finding stems from a 2007 Supreme Court decision in which the agency was found to have the authority to regulate emissions that contribute to global warming. If finalized, the proposal would permit the agency to begin such regulation — which the Obama administration has signaled is a priority.

The proposal sends an unmistakable signal that the Obama administration is moving forward on this issues and it will certainly have a backstop ready if Congress doesn’t act.