Descripción: From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi
Asteroid 3163 Randi was named after him.
Randi entered the international spotlight in 1972 when he challenged the public claims of Uri Geller
Randi has worked as a professional stage magician and escapologist since 1946. In 1955, he broke Houdini's record for survival in a sealed coffin (1 hour, 33 minutes) by 11 minutes. In his early career, ...
Duración: 13:50 Min
Descripción: A hour long show and tell about the upcoming "Spore"
Duración: 01:15 Min
Descripción: Features a recreation of a typical SAS mission. Eddie Stone and other veterans further explain their weaponry, combat evasions and survival tactics.
Duración: 59:01 Min
Descripción: Segment 1: Guest host Brian Lehrer talks to M.I.T. Linguist and author Noam Chomsky. His book is "Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy".
Segment 2: Guest host David Ross talks to artist Shirin Neshat.
Segment 3: Guest host Jeffrey Toobin discusses the death penalty in the United States with Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama, attorney De...
Duración: 56:40 Min
Descripción: Segment 1: Vali Nasr discusses his new book, "The Shia Revival" and the current struggles taking place within Islam in the Middle East.
Segment 2: Senator Byron Dorgan talks about his book on outsourcing, "Take This Job and Ship It".
Duración: 56:40 Min
Descripción: Features a recreation of a typical SAS mission. Eddie Stone and other veterans further explain their weaponry, combat evasions and survival tactics.
Duración: 54:49 Min
Descripción: An hour on the life and work of Charles Darwin with James Watson, chancellor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and E.O. Wilson, professor emeritus, Harvard University.
Duración: 56:40 Min
Descripción: EARTHLINGS is a feature length documentary about humanity's absolute dependence on animals (for pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research) but also illustrates our complete disrespect for these so-called "non-human providers." The film is narrated by Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix (GLADIATOR) and features music by the critically acclaimed platinum artist Moby.
With an ...
Duración: 35:28 Min
Descripción: Short version of a Bas Rutten self defence video.
For more Bas Rutten visit
basrutten.tv
This video is edited to be funny, for a "Wake Up!" slap in the face go to:
infowars.com
prisonplanet.com
Duración: 06:17 Min
Descripción: Google TechTalks
May 30, 2006
Douglas Lenat
Dr. Douglas Lenat is the President and CEO of Cycorp. Since 1984, he and his team have been constructing, experimenting with, and applying
a broad real world knowledge base and reasoning engine, collectively "Cyc".
Dr. Lenat was a professor of computer science at Carnegie-Mellon University and at Stanford University. His interest and experie...
Duración: 15:17 Min
Descripción: A short episode about fire making with a carbon steel knife, quartz and charred cloth. The episode also demonstrates how to boil water or cook food without a pot. The speech is now in English (or Swenglish rather).
Duración: 16:10 Min
Descripción: Utilizing excerpts from the award-winning non-fiction text "A Small Place" by Jamaica Kincaid, Life & Debt is a woven tapestry of sequences focusing on the stories of individual Jamaicans whose strategies for survival and parameters of day-to-day existence are determined by the U.S. and other foreign economic agendas. By combining traditional documentary telling with a stylized narrative framework...
Duración: 26:06 Min
Descripción: Wilderness survival. A person who get lost is illustrated and at the same time 5 points of survival. This episode deals with immobilizing fear, our need for warmth & water, spruce roots as string, fire with fire steel, tinder, feather sticks & fire wood, spruce bows as a bed and smoke signal.
Duración: 27:02 Min
Descripción: In this rare (and delightfully engaging) public appearance, legendary physicist David Deutsch weaves a complex and captivating argument placing the study of physics at the center of our species' survival. Deutsch is author of The Fabric of Reality and the leading proponent of the multiverse intrepretation of quantum theory - the astounding idea that our universe is constantly spawning countless nu...
Duración: 19:45 Min
Descripción: Google Tech Talks
January 18, 2007
ABSTRACT
We'll cover:
-approapriate attire for wilderness activities ("cotton kills")
-how not to get lost :-)
Once lost:
-signaling for assistance (both day and night)
-building land markers to indicate direction
-choosing a location for shelter
-building shelters
-finding and purifying water
-basic medical kit and its use
-basic land navigati...
Duración: 04:55 Min
Descripción: Take a journey to Lordaeron and follow in the footsteps of Nordlys when they are struggling for survival in the battle of Lordaeron. Embark when we enter Naxxramas and follow us as like you were one of us, trough the eyes of the rogue Syrtla. The quest is to bring light to even the darkest corners of Lordaeron and stand united against the invasion of the scourge.
- Features all the 4 wings of N...
Duración: 27:24 Min
Descripción: Outdoor winter survival documentary. No shelter, no sleeping bag, no food, just a multitool, a traditional fire making kit, and some spare clothing... in other words: an ordinary weekend after work.
Duración: 17:11 Min
Descripción: Mushroomhead "Simple Survival" Megaforce Records rock alt metal death gloom music video
Duración: 03:15 Min
Descripción: see what one life will consume and accumulate...
Duración: 13:24 Min
Descripción: Noam Chomsky, Professor, Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT / Author, "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance" [Metropolitan Books]
Duración: 58:22 Min