Science and Christianity mutually exclusive? & Web resources

[pynchonoid]

Apparently not:

Institute of Behavioral Research at TCU [pdf]
http://www.ibr.tcu.edu/

First organized in 1962 by Dr. Saul B. Sells, the
Institute of Behavioral
Research (IBR) at Texas Christian University has as
its prime directive "to
evaluate and improve the effectiveness of programs for
reducing drug abuse
and related problems." From the site's main page,
visitors can learn about

the operations of the IBR, read profiles of its staff,
and read some of the
institute's many publications. For persons interested
in the field, the
newsletter section will be quite helpful, as it
contains brief summaries on
a number of topics, such as drug treatment processes,
organizational change,
and treatment assessment. Visitors can also peruse a
list of current
research projects, complete with lists of project
investigators, project
goals, and the abstracts of publications generated
from their respective
areas of research.

from  The Scout Report - January 30, 2004
<http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/Current/>

And, from this same issue of The Scout Report, an
online resource that might be especially helpful for
readers whose native language is not English:

 The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 3rd edition,
2002
<http://www.bartleby.com/59/>

A recent addition to the Bartleby.com reference site,
the New Dictionary of
Cultural Literacy is intended to raise its readers'
level of erudition. As
editor J.D. Hirsch states in the introduction,
cultural literacy is helpful,
but does not in itself produce a truly educated
person. Hirsch writes,
"Cultural literacy is shallow; true education is deep.
But our analysis of
reading and learning suggests the paradox that broad,
shallow knowledge is
the best route to deep knowledge." Certainly,
understanding that Camelot
refers to both Arthurian legend and U.S. President
John F. Kennedy's
administration makes one feel smarter. While it is
possible to search the
6,900 entries in the Dictionary, users may find it
easier to use the Index
to browse from A-Z. Another good approach is to start
with the Table of
Contents, where there are 23 short explanations of
broader areas, with links
to relevant entries arranged below, such as
Conventions of Written English,
where you can learn the difference between the
commonly misused
abbreviations i.e. and e.g. [DS]


...this one sounds good, too:

Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell
Their Stories
[RealOnePlayer]
<http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfshtml/vfshome.html>

As part of the American Memory Project at the Library
of Congress, this
engaging website offers first-hand audio recollections
of the experience of
slavery in the American South from 23
African-Americans. The interviews
themselves were originally conducted between 1932 and
1975, and contain
memories of their lives that include discussions of
their feelings on
slavery, their families, and on freedom. It is not
terribly surprising that
very limited biographical information is available
about each participant,
though the special exhibit that is also available here
(titled Faces and
Voices From the Presentation), features photographs of
some of the
interviewees, such as Fountain Hughes, Uncle Bob
Ledbetter, and George
Johnson. As some of the audio recordings contain a
good deal of background
noise (and in some cases are incomplete), visitors may
also want to follow
along by viewing the full-text transcriptions as well.
One interview that

visitors will want to make sure and listen to is the
one with Uncle Billy
McCrea conducted in 1940, in which he sings both Blow
Cornie Blow and Walk
Dooley. [KMG]
   

...and for those obscure songs:

. All But Forgotten Oldies [RealOnePlayer]
http://www.allbutforgottenoldies.net/

If you have ever found yourself humming that one-hit
wonder Jimmy Soul (who
struck radio gold when he released the classic If You
Wanna Be Happy in
1963), the All But Forgotten Oldies site may be just
what you are looking
for. The site consists of a searchable database of
links to sound clips for
over 4000 songs from 1960 to 1975, which can be
browsed by either performing
artist or song title. The site also allows visitors to
submit queries, learn
about where to buy sheet music for each title, and
contains a helpful FAQ
section to get users started. The site also has a few
fun features, such as
a listing of sports-themed classic songs and an essay
written by Bobby
Darin's former manager about the legendary rock and
roller. [KMG]



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