APS has had its usual sense of humor about it. The convention starts shortly after the 21st and they sent out a funny email from Alan Kraut, which I have reproduced here:
Attend the LAST EVER APS Convention, on Us Have you seen your spam lately? The end of the world (EOW) is coming - sometime between May 21 and October 21. (Rounding error?) But....what if it's not just spam.... I hesitate to write this as the executive director of a scientific association and I hope you'll think no less of me (watch it...), but I personally have seen the signs, so it must be true. Really - signs, literally, as in on billboards and the sides of busses. Right next to "Got Milk?": "End of the World coming May 21 through October 21." (And I don't think they mean as in "coming to a theater near you.") We at APS Headquarters are horrified. Why? The 2011 APS Convention begins May 26. What if this is our last one? Worse yet - what if it's interrupted? What if it never starts? After we calmed down, we thought about how to make the EOW work for every APS Member coming to the Convention, even for those who have not yet decided. So ... here's our money-back APS Convention Guarantee: Come to the 23rd Annual APS Convention May 26-29, in Washington DC. Register in advance<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=wlvwawcab&et=1105428398569&s=15666&e=001_BubOfpEAQWMYgG5o-oPCAXMryVtQWq_1FA3BgD9tMICIw3QhD2u_K5_cLU3VbGN8s9JEigfL3-WBSOT_5oAFx4Wnix0yPg6dnBMHY3zj_bwg5K5KMVl0-PFwEno_dnoKyYHdY-WU7EKHHrgAJp7zraNVGrBfWBdci0Kg7KFpXY=> at our oh-so-reasonable rates. And if the world ends anytime between May 21 and the end of the Convention on May 29, we will refund EVERY PENNY you spent. No questions asked -- registration, airline ticket, all local transportation, all hotel costs (INCLUDING MINI-BAR CHARGES), a per diem of $55 a day (the going rate), plus a couple of happy hour beers. All on us. How can you beat it? You can't. So, see you all in DC for the convention (unless...) Best, [cid:C4FF022-7298-40BDD-AFBD-7EBD8F12E4@MimeCtl] Alan Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: Mike Palij [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 4:41 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: Re: [tips] Will There Be a Rome (Italy) on May 12? So far Rome has not been destroyed. In other news, I did a Google search on news.google.com and found a number of news stories about the impending destruction of the world that is supposed to start on May 21 and end Oct 21. Here is one such story from the Florida newspaper "Orlando-Sentinel": http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-end-time-may-21-20110510,0,6824788.story There even a countdown clock that appears on the page after a while. If anyone wants to replicate Festinger, Riecker, and Schachter, you best get started. There's a facebook page and related sources and one can use to hook up with the current crop of end-timers. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] P.S. Anyone's Spring semester continue after May 21? What will you do if a student asks "I believe that the world will end on May 21, do I still have to come to class?" Note that in the article above a medical student from Nova Southeastern University gave up an internship because he believes its the end of the world. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=10525 or send a blank email to leave-10525-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10527 or send a blank email to leave-10527-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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