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S. dollars to anyone who could demonstrate a supernatural or paranormal ability under agreed-upon scientific testing criteria.

An interest in James Randi and Penn and Teller brought me to the JREF forum long before I started posting on the SGU forum. The foundation produced its own "Internet Audio Show" which ran from January–December 2002 and was broadcast via a live stream.an independent entity with no affiliation with or endorsement by the JREF, including the section in reference to "JREF" topics. In 2007 the JREF announced it would resume awarding critical thinking scholarships to college students after a brief hiatus due to the lack of funding. J. Grothe assumed the position of president on January 1, 2010, [15] holding the position until his departure from the JREF was announced on September 1, 2014.

Easy-peasy must have been the original phrase (you'll probably hear The Artful Dodger say it in Oliver Twist), but I suppose people have added their own extra words that rhyme with easy over many years like 'easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy', or easy-peasy-japanese. You have to actually be concerned that what you say in one thread will be remembered and held against you if you contradict yourself elsewhere. The foundation produced two audio podcasts, For Good Reason which was an interview program hosted by D. The JREF also produced a regular video cast and YouTube show, The Randi Show, in which former JREF outreach coordinator Brian Thompson interviewed Randi on a variety of skeptical topics, often with lighthearted or comedic commentary.This is a non-profit, tax-exempt, educational foundation under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, incorporated in the State of Delaware. Effective 9/1/2015 the JREF has made major changes including converting to a grant making foundation and no longer accepting applications for the Million Dollar Prize from the general public.

The videos deal with various complementary alternative medicine subjects including homeopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture and more. Post your questions about tourism, accommodation, transportation, work, nightlife, language schools, and other Japan-related practical matters. I'm pretty sure it comes from 'cockney rhyming' slang, which is a centuries old slang originating in London's West End (apples and pears - stairs, dog and bone - phone, skin and blister - sister).As part of the JREF's goal of educating the general population about science and reason, people involved in their community ran a popular skeptic based online forum [28] with the overall goal of promoting "critical thinking and providing the public with the tools needed to reliably examine paranormal, supernatural, and pseudoscientific claims". If you as a Japanese person used it, it might lose some of its meaning and be funnier than you intended. James Randi Educational Foundation ( JREF) is an American grant-making institution founded in 1996 by magician and skeptic James Randi.

Consequence was a biweekly podcast hosted by former outreach coordinator Brian Thompson in which regular people shared their personal narratives about the negative impact a belief in pseudoscience, superstition, and the paranormal had had on their lives.

y. Ok, that doesn't really help, but the slang comes from a deeply rooted culture, so it's not easily explained with words. I do what I can in the international struggle between science and reason and the barbarism, superstition and stupidity that's all around us. My mum is chinese, my dad is Japanese, look at the state of me (when chinese is said, the corners of the eyes are pulled up, when japanese is said, pulled up, and when 'me' is said, one eye is pulled down and the other up. There's a size which just makes even frequent posters fairly anonymous or reduces all people to caricatures or stereotypes because you can't keep them straight. Department of State: Division of Corporations – Entity Details – The James Randi Educational Foundation".