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	vodka, tetraneutrons and quantum mistresses: JREF Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge
		The JREF does not involve itself in the testing procedure, other than helping to design the protocol and approving the conditions under which a test will take place.
		In most cases, the applicant will be asked to perform a relatively simple preliminary test of the claim, which if successful, will be followed by the formal test.
		Preliminary tests are usually conducted by associates of the JREF at the site where the applicant lives.
	blog.stasis.org /archives/2006/04/jref_million_dollar_paranormal.html (329 words)

	James Randi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		JREF points out that the rules for each test are to be designed such that the results will be completely obvious and unambiguous when deciding whether or not the applicant demonstrated any paranormal abilities.
		The JREF replies that this is because they have determined that none of the applicants have ever demonstrated any paranormal abilities during preliminary testing; hundreds of preliminary tests have been carried out.
		The JREF states that the million dollars is in the form of negotiable bonds within a "James Randi Educational Foundation Prize Account" and that validation of the account and the prize amount can be supplied on demand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Randi (2019 words)

	sciforums.com - alienrockwherediditcomefrom.com-JREF million dollar challenge prize test
		The JREF is not willing to allow testing by a certified scientist who would be willing to issue certified results of the testing.
		I had expected to be tested under scientific conditions by a scientist with expertise in the field of high energy radiation but the JREF has refused to test me under scientific conditions by a scientist with expertise in the field of high energy radiation.
		Instead, the JREF is only willing to offer me testing by a non scientist who has no expertise in the field of high energy radiation, geology or any other scientific field.
	www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?p=681350 (354 words)

	The Business Monthly
		JREF plans to reach its goal by the year 2002 and continues to encourage additional banks to join.
		JREF helps foster private sector job creation; it supports business expansion and retention in the county; and it promotes increased business entrepreneurship among minorities and women.
		JREF is a public/private partnership involving local government, local businesses and the local financial community.
	www.bizmonthly.com /3_1998/jref.html (341 words)

	The Challenge
		I have added a second option for this challenge as a response to the excuses given by people who are afraid of scientific or governmental conspiracies they believe may exist with any agency looking for proof of psychic abilities.
		I urge anyone who may wish to participate in the JREF challenge to accept challenge #1 below, and anyone who is concerned with becoming a "guinea pig" or part of any possible conspiracy to accept challenge #2 below.
		You must notify me prior to taking the JREF challeng so that I can contact the organization to confirm your intentions of taking the challenge and so that I can make arrangements for them to notify me of your pass or fail status after the challenge.
	www.magickalshadow.com /challenge.html (722 words)

	Tomekeeper's Appraisal of the "JREF Challenge"
		The JREF does not involve itself in the testing procedure, other than helping to design the protocol and approving the conditions under which a test will take place.
		Applicant must state clearly in advance, and applicant and JREF will agree upon, what powers or abilities will be demonstrated, the limits of the proposed demonstration (so far as time, location and other variables are concerned) and what will constitute both a positive and a negative result.
		JREF will not entertain any demand that the prize money be deposited in escrow, displayed in cash, or otherwise produced in advance of the test being performed.
	www.angelfire.com /mi3/tomekeeper/jref.html (2285 words)

	JREF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		JREF offers financing for businesses in Howard County that are unable to receive financing from traditional sources, such as banks and other financial institutions.
		That means business owners applying for JREF financing have to work at their business full time.
		JREF is a private, stand alone, not-for-profit loan fund.
	www.jref.org /faq.html (515 words)

	James Randi Educational Foundation — Home Page
		This weekly podcast is put on by the fine folks at the New England Skeptical Society in conjunction with the JREF, and you're sure to be entertained, educated, and enlightened.
		Be part of the JREF web community by engaging in intelligent discussions with both skeptics and non-skeptics from around the globe.
		Through your support the JREF is able to continue its efforts.
	www.randi.org (631 words)

	JREF
		Proceeds of loans made by JREF may not be used to repay any debt, to purchase real estate, or to pay for travel expenses.
		The JREF application fee is the greater of: one-half of one percent (.5%) of the requested loan amount; or $350, payable to JREF.
		JREF also requires a one-time, non-refundable loan origination fee of 1.0% of the requested loan amount due at closing.
	www.jref.org /loanappinfo.html (427 words)

	Aurora Walking Vacation
		It was clear to me from reading the response to the 'Audio Critic' on the JREF forums that the majority of the posters really did not understand the mind of an audiophile.
		The JREF simply approves the final test protocol prior to the testing date, and requests protocol modifications if it feels there is a methodology error that would invalidate the test.
		In the meantime, the JREF is currently in negotiations with an astrologer, a practitioner of homeopathic medicine, and a woman who claims she is "able to make the hand of a human being grow...with the power of [her] brain and [her] soul, translated into words." I'll let you know how it goes.
	journals.aol.ca /plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation (2787 words)

	Las Vegas Weekly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		JREF's best-known ploy to expose as fake anyone who claims spiritual and supernatural powers is the Million Dollar Challenge.
		For almost a decade, JREF has offered to pay a million to anyone who can prove they have the power to perform such science-defying claims as those offered by mediums, astrologers, dowsers, psychics and healers.
		JREF provides access to this valuable information to a large number of sympathetic people who will seek that knowledge when the circumstances of life require it.
	www.lasvegasweekly.com /2005/01/20/feature02.html (1967 words)

	JREF bans a poster - TVTalkShows.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		So now, not only is JREF censoring us when we are required to register to post (unlike this free forum here at tvtalk), but now we all have to watch what we say in fear of being banned for our posts.
		JREF and Randi himself is very interested in enticing young people in critical thinking and skepticism.
		And while I personally dont agree that his website teaches critical thinking and there are better ways than JREF to learn this, if he (Randi) wants to reach out to high schoolers or younger, he needs to weigh the trade off in free speech that reigns on the JREF Board.
	www.tvtalkshows.com /board/showthread.php?t=26471 (2802 words)

	JREF Provides Loans To Emerging Businesses After Banks Refuse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		JREF is a private, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to fund and assist businesses that are borderline risky in banks' eyes.
		JREF has also provided loans to a diner, a computer consulting firm, a janitorial service, a coffee house, a photography lab, the manufacturer of specialized medical rescue equipment and several other diverse businesses.
		JREF relies upon the assistance and support of several partners, including the local business community, seven area banks, the Howard County Chamber of Commerce, Howard County Government and the Howard County Economic Development Authority Business Resource Center.
	www.howardchamber.com /chamberlines/9910l005.html (543 words)

	UFO Discussion Forum : Message (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		I had expected to be tested under scientific conditions by a scientist with expertise in the field of high energy radiation but the JREF has refused to test me under scientific conditions by a scientist with expertise in the field of high energy radiation to detect the anomalous radiation emitted from my gemstone.
		I informed the JREF I would not allow such biased individual when Randi has repeatedly stated protocol will be conducted by a non biased independent qualified individual.
		The JREF has refused to allow testing under non biased scientific conditions and I refused to allow testing under such biased condition.
	www.ufoevidence.org /forums/ForumMessage.asp?ID=11218 (601 words)

	Knowledge King - James Randi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This organization supports research into paranormal claims and attempts to test them in controlled experimental conditions, offering the $1,000,000 prize to anyone who can demonstrate a supernatural ability under agreed-upon scientific testing criteria.
		No one has passed a preliminary test, which are as mentioned set up and agreed upon between both Randi and the applicant.
		Nevertheless, Randi's detractors claim that the offer is insincere, and that Randi will ensure he never has to pay out.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/j/ja/james_randi.html (621 words)

	Nature - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In English, its first recorded use in the sense of the material world was in 1662.
		James Randi Educational Foundation The JREF organization investigates claims that seem to contradict established science and attempts to verify them in controlled experimental conditions.
		There has been no success yet finding any evidence in these controlled conditions specified by the Foundation of anything not explainable by established science.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Nature (670 words)

	JRI Native Method Module
		jref JRI_LoadClass(JRIEnv* env, const char* buf, jsize bufLen);
		This family of operations invoke a dynamic or interface method on a Java object according to the method ID that is specified.
		This family of operations invoke a static method on a Java class object according to the method ID that is specified.
	wp.netscape.com /eng/jri/jri-native.html (2079 words)

	skepticalcommunity.com :: View topic - first xouper whining about jref thread (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It cannot be denied that the tendency on the JREF Forum is for users to escalate the intensity of their responses when answers to questions are not satisfactory to them, even if the answers are full and true.
		If the JREF switched to Linux, which does the apache>php>myql thing much better than windows (with better threading to boot), plus simply maxed out the amount of RAM available on the box I'm confident the perf.
		If the JREF had just provided the proposed upgrade path to us earlier, in detail, I would have been able to provide the feedback I'm giving now and saved everyone involved much grief.
	skepticalcommunity.com /phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=242&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15 (3000 words)

	James Randi: IGNORED, INSULTED, AND DEEPLY OFFENDED
		I explained that though the JREF was also a 501(c)3 charitable foundation and depended upon lecture fees for support, I felt that the Leo J. Ryan Education Foundation, Inc. and FACTnet needed our support.
		I and the JREF have simply been ignored by the editors as if we did not exist and had no part of their conference.
		Not only was I there spending three days of valuable JREF time, but I was there at your invitation and possessed a legal contract that called for the JREF to be paid for my services as a professional speaker.
	www.skeptictank.org /hs/randtlk1.htm?FACTNet (1281 words)

	Anne's Anti-Quackery & Science Blog: One million dollar Paranormal challenge, what are chances of winning?
		If he can consistently predict accurately in a number of trials with the same results in carefully controlled experiments, all he has to do is agree with the JREF to how many trials they both agree are enough to establish significance.
		If he says he will divert a specific number of trials with the same result, he may not come back and say he was successful because only one trial went wright.
		And it has to be done at least twice, both in a preliminary trial and if he pass through, then in the official trial.
	amr2you.blogspot.com /2005/03/one-million-dollar-paranormal.html (524 words)

	Remote Viewing Investigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		JREF's policy is that before offering a fully controlled test, they ask the claimants to demonstrate their abilities to a representative chosen by them, and JREF asked TASC to perform this task.
		The claimants expressed an interest in repeating the test in the future, though it is the policy of JREF to only allow one opportunity per year.
		We have agreed to assist in such tests, either as a part of a formal JREF test or informally, to allow them to practice for a future attempt at the JREF prize.
	www.wfu.edu /~ecarlson/tasc/investigations/remote.html (345 words)

	The Amaz!ng Meeting 2003 - Electric Monk - Journey to JREF and the Wednesday Discussion Group
		By late November, with the early-registration deadline approaching, a mounting list of interesting speakers, and the realization that a break from work would be sorely needed by late January, I signed up, made my reservations, and started lurking in the forum to catch any news about the conference.
		I had seen that there were plans for unofficial events before and during the meeting that sounded very interesting, and figured that attending them would be a great way to meet members of both JREF and the forum, and that they would give a richer experience than simply attending the conference sessions.
		The topics of conversation covered several of the usual JREF and skeptic issues: Million-Dollar Prize claimants, politics, religion in society, how to encourage critical thinking.
	theelectricmonk.com /TAM2003/TAM0129-01.html (1028 words)

	The Business Monthly
		Yvonne Bush-Minge was a single mom, the mother of three children, when she first dreamed of starting her own day care and learning center.
		JREF gives promising start-up and growing companies in Howard County a needed boost by providing financing of up to $100,000.
		They are among the businesses that have “graduated” from the JREF loan program by paying off their JREF loans.
	www.bizmonthly.com /9_2001_focus/f_10.html (881 words)

	Rupert Sheldrake Online
		In this article Randi was quoted as saying that in relation to canine ESP, "We at the JREF [James Randi Educational Foundation] have tested these claims.
		I then asked members of the JREF Scientific Advisory Board to help me find out more about this claim.
		In an email sent on Februaury 6, 2000 he told me that the tests he referred to were not done at the JREF, but took place "years ago" and were "informal".
	www.sheldrake.org /controversies/randi.html (303 words)

	The JREF 1 Million Dollar Challenge
		The job of collecting a potential one million dollars seemed pretty enticing to me, even if half the pledgers turned out to be welchers, but I guess my mind doesn't work like that of a psychic.
		At this point, I expect the psychics to charge that the letter is a forgery, either on my part, or on the part of the JREF.
		If the psychics could investigate this matter, and manage to expose fraud on the part of the JREF, there should be little doubt that they would eagerly set out to do so.
	members.aol.com /mikecombs/confirm.htm (921 words)

	JRef (JPL-3.0.3-alpha API) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		JRef is a specialised Term with an Object field, representing JPL's Prolog references to Java objects (or to null).
		A JRef can be used (and re-used) in Compound Terms.
		This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
	www.swi-prolog.org /packages/jpl/java_api/javadoc/jpl/JRef.html (333 words)

	skepticalcommunity.com :: View topic - first xouper whining about jref thread (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Regarding the previous jref forum fund-raiser (the one six months ago) and the status of the project for which the funds were intended, see:
		There are several well qualified people on the jref forum who could have and would have written the conversion scripts, or at least helped out, free of charge.
		Based on that example, which is comparable to the jref forum, the size of the jref database should not have been the cause of any problems with the forum, and certainly should not have been used as a justification for the prunings Hal did.
	skepticalcommunity.com /phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=2877 (2903 words)

	PsI COUNSEL
		There is a link to The JREF which reports they will award the money, at...
		The JREF application contains a clause in which the applicant waives all right to sue Randi regarding the Challenge.
		In fact, the latest communication I have from him (JB wasn't copied as usual) is that he's suspending any further discussion/negotiation regarding JB's application until he negotiates a homeopathic challenge with a certain Nobel laureate who has since jumped into the picture.
	www.psicounsel.com /randiuse.html (3462 words)

	JREF (Join Reference) Keyword for Logical Files Only--Examples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Figure 62 and Figure 63 show how to specify the JREF keyword.
		In Figure 62, the JREF keyword is specified with the file name, and NAME occurs in both PFA and PFB.
		Specifying JREF (PFB) associates this field with PFB.
	www.redbooks.ibm.com /pubs/html/as400/v4r5/ic2924/info/db2/rbafpmst100.htm (131 words)

	PCA Group
		JREF is a private not-for-profit organization whose primary mission is to provide funding to businesses that are unable to receive funding from traditional sources.
		It is committed to economic growth and job creation in the county.
		Peacock, Condron, Anderson and Co. is also listed among the Gold Level, $2,500-$14,999, contributors to JREF.
	www.pca-group.com /about/jref.htm (127 words)

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