Monday, May 19, 2008

Cross-cultural Childhood Study

Have you lived part of your childhood or adolescence in a foreign country?

If you have lived over 2 years before the age of 18 in a country outside the culture of your parents, we invite you to participate in our study about the consequences of living a cross-cultural childhood. You will have the opportunity to enter a one of eight $50 dollar gift certificate raffles from Amazon.com.

Visit:

https://web2survey.unt.edu/users/rch0067/ACCE/

User name: user1
Password: user1

Please feel free to forward this post on to others who have the cross-cultural experience mentioned above and may be interested in participating.

You may also email on write either one of us to obtain a copy of the results of the study.


Thank you,

Jennifer Wilson, M.S.
Researcher
jlw0042@unt.edu
(940) 565-2671

Raquel C. Hoersting
Researcher
rch0067@unt.edu
(940) 565-2671

Sharon Rae Jenkins, Ph.D.
Faculty Advisor
University of North Texas Psychology Department
jenkinss@unt.edu
(940) 565-2671

This research project has been reviewed and approved by the UNT Institutional Review Board (940) 565-3940. Contact the UNT IRB with any questions regarding your rights as a research subject.

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Kilroy Was Here


During WWII, it is believed that James Kilroy - a shipyard inspector in Quincy Massachusetts - began scrawling this phrase on ships to prove that he had been there and inspected the rivets. The ships were being built so fast that there was no time to paint them which would have covered the markings.


The phrase "Kilroy Was Here" soon traveled the globe, becoming a rallying cry and morale booster around the world. So popular did "Kilroy Was Here" became that it has been reported that the phrase and accompanying cartoon have been found on the Great Wall of China, on the Arc De Triomphe, and even scrawled in the dust on the moon!


Now, as America marks the 63rd anniversary of the end of WWII, would be an appropriate time for the U.S. Postal Service to recognize the tremendous contribution the phrase "Kilroy Was Here" made to the Allied war effort.


Visit Kilroy Was Here for more information.

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