You'll run into a bunch of us "shopping." My favorite joke: If you can't think of a rapture joke, don't worry. It's not the end of the world.
My favorite site, a 'we missed you at home' sticker to leave at people's houses: http://skippyslist.com/2011/05/19/fun-for-everybody/#more-4301 Paul On May 20, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Joann Jelly wrote: > Does this mean I don't have to calculate grades, clean up my oncampus office, > vacuum at home? Will I run into any of you shopping? I know my response is > silly, yet, I couldn't resist. > > Joann Jelly > > ________________________________ > > From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Fri 5/20/2011 8:40 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] What Time Will It Be In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Russia) > When Doomsday Occurs? > > > > > > I think this means we're the ones left behind. I'm going looting--I mean > shopping. > Carol > > > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Annette Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Mike, you missed it? > > Annette > > ps: this message never happened and does not count against my limit of > three posts per day because the end has come and gone. > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > [email protected] > ________________________________ > > From: Mike Palij [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 7:05 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Cc: Mike Palij > Subject: [tips] What Time Will It Be In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky > (Russia) When Doomsday Occurs? > > > > The greatly anticipated "end of the world" is expected on Saturday, May > 21, 2011 > at about 7pm Pacific time (the church that is making the prediction is > in the city > of Oakland, CA). I raise this point because, while listening to the > radio this > morning, a radio host asked a "believer" whether that was 7pm east > coast time > or 7pm west coast time. The believer seemed thrown by the question. > The > only response he could make was "it will happen all over the world". > The radio > hosts had some more fun with the believer asking "so, if it 7pm > anywhere in the > world, the world will come to end?" which the believer seemed to have a > tough > time grasping. > > So, this raises these questions: (1) What part of the world will see > doomsday first, > (does it just has to be 7pm anywhere?) (2) And, if it only has to be > 7pm in Oakland, > Ca, what time will it be in the farthest time zone (e.g., in NYC it > will be 10pm)? > > Answer to question (1): It appears that locations in the Magadan > Summer Time > (MAGST) will experience doomsday first IF just being 7pm in any time > zone > is sufficient for doomsday to occur. The Russian Federation's > Kamchatka falls > into this region (as well as some south Pacific islands) and one can > use the > city Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky as a reference point. So, one way of > looking > at things is "if it is 7pm in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, then the world > will > end" (which may come as a surprise to people in Oakland because they are > 19 hours behind). > > Answer to question (2): If doomsday come when it is 7pm PDT in Oakland, > then what time will it be in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky? It will be 2pm, > SUNDAY, May 22, 2011. Yes, Virginia, doomsday will come to some > people on Saturday, May 21 while others will be having breakfast or > brunch > on Sunday. For some fun and games about time zones, see: > > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?month=5&day=21&year=2011&hour=19&min=0&sec=0&p1=224&p2=114 > > By the way, if doomsday was to happen immediately after the end of > Friday, May 20, 2011, then it would have ended about 2 hours ago > (relative > to the time I wrote this; for the time when you read this, see: > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=114 ) > > For current times all over the world, see: > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > --- > 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=10663 > or send a blank email to > leave-10663-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=10665 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is > broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-10665-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > -- > Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. > Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology > St. Ambrose University > 518 West Locust Street > Davenport, Iowa 52803 > 563-333-6482 > > This e-mail might be confidential, so please don't share it. > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13010.76185584223b2f7b9f3a91a2f9913135&n=T&l=tips&o=10667 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-10667-13010.76185584223b2f7b9f3a91a2f9913...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=10671 > or send a blank email to > leave-10671-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. 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