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seti starts.their time and money. >> the down payment on getting this antenna back up and running. some funds may come from the u.s. air force. you also got some money from sources that others would consider legit. microsoft co-founder paul allen. a big wide array of people contributing to this. >> what is it that inspires people to give all sorts of cash to this project that really hasn't netted anything productive yet? >> you know, to me, that's a tribute to our species in some ways that sounds too grand, the fact that we're willing to do exploration, even though economic times aren't the best. deep down, people recognize that we're finally at this state in our history, the beginning of the 21st century when we have some chance of actually proving that there's somebody out there, somewhat like us. we couldn't have done that 50 years ago, we couldn't have done it 100 years ago or in the time of the cave men, but now we can. here's an opportunity to prove that we're not the only kids on the block.

silva seti allies in the heart of the caucasus between europe and asia. every day the sun rises over high mountains and cities built many centuries ago still retain their unique history. and a stone drake also b.f. goes for a job every morning. most of the sun in my homeland might you see things in your streams gardens on your land. have always made us so happy. from the hilltop he can fit the south the sente and capital of skin involved in the palm of his hand moments like this fill him with inspiration phase next work. the republic of south a city alone is in the caucasus in borders russia to the north and georgia to the south west and east. mountains cover ninety percent of south the city is territory which is more than a thousand meters above sea level. skin vald is its capital the trans coke asian highway which connects russia to georgia and armenia runs through the city. after his morning run artist andre returns to his studio it is crammed with his works he's never been short of creative ideas except for the time his native land became the scene of

mountains cover ninety percent of south the seti is territory which is more than a thousand meters above sea level. skin vald is its capital the transco cation highway which connects russia to georgia and armenia runs through the city. after his morning run artist andre returns to his studio it is crammed with his works he's never been short of creative ideas except for the time his native land became the scene of an armed conflict back then was the last thing on his mind. you know what you don't have moments where i totally neglected my work during the war because obviously i was preoccupied with other things my life also changed with the vilest i thought it was never going to end. an easy relations between georgia and a setia started in the late one nine hundred eighty s. they became aggravated after georgia withdrew from the u.s.s.r. the deputies of the south a setian parliament passed a resolution on state sovereignty in september one thousand nine hundred ninety which georgia refused to recognize since then georgia has been seeking unification with the self the setia. on the ninth o

uneasy relations between georgia and the seti has started in the late one nine hundred eighty s. they became anger of a did after georgia withdrew from the u.s.s.r. the deputies of the south especially in holland passed a resolution on state sovereignty in september nine hundred ninety which georgia refused to recognize since then georgia has been seeking unification with south ossetia. on the ninth or from august the seventh to almost the eighth two thousand and eight georgian troops began shelling skin involved the military units were forced to leave the country as a result of the russian peacekeeping operation afterwards russia recognized self-assertive it as an independent state. in august two thousand and eight leyla today of her and her young daughters spent five days in this placement together with another five hundred people. the residents of skin involved and underground when the town came under attack just discussed as the comes now it seems to me that outside on the street the whole thing is going to start a new high dose of course it's bad memory but in fact we all lo

seti received $200,000 including a donation from jodie foster.ns to use that money to reboot an array of 42 telescopes. but the search for more funding continues, as well. seti only has enough money to operate through the year. >>> a lot more to come. a random act of kindness puts a bay area woman on the road. how it has led to a big change. >> go get your credit cards, you want to look at them during my upcoming report. >>> some consumer news, government rules protect you from some of the worst credit card practices but there a loophole that could cost you. here is what you need to know from 7 on your side's michael finney. >> when your credit card is swiped new rules go into effect. unless your credit card has this word on it. it's a word business is there and new rules often no longer apply. >> its word for people to realize that all credit is not createdzblal that is john fox from the consumer group from calfer. he says they are sending out more applications for business cards than ever before. >> this is a dangerous thing for most consumers

>> reporter: and that question is at the core of seti that stands for the search for extra terrestrial intelligence. to astronomers, the allen ray represents the biggest hope of answering the question. >> this is the hubble space telescope in the search for the extra terrestrial intelligence. this is the instrument to surpass all the past efforts, which have really just been the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: at the same time the search for funds to keep the telescopes running will also continue. the institute's relying on donations as well as funding from the air force which uses the telescopes to monitor space debris. still, some will wonder, what the instruments heard during the brief hiatus? >> did we missomething in the last five months? we'll never know. >> reporter: joe risotoo jr., nbc bay area news. >>> among the contribute tomorrows to the campaign was jodi foster. she played the role of seti researcher in the film "contact." >>> now we'll go to check in on the weather to see what's happening here on earth. it was a beautiful day, rob. nice the see you. >> it is good to be

but when we recently spoke to jill tarter who works with seti and she told us that there are million still indeed exist there are civilizations. much older and more advanced than ours and she said it was not contacted. we have the fact that extra terrestrials are not contacting us proves that they exist and they're smart but seriously we know that there is no speed faster than the speed of light it takes light up from the star. for years to reach it would take centuries to devise a means of transportation that would allow us to travel the distance we know for a fact now that the star closest to us is devoid of the life of the next star. is twenty years away it would take us. to think of a way to get that star travel is impossible that's my belief because we would have to revise the whole science of physics miracles sometimes they do happen but it was different. to what we used to everyone is talking about their risk on the earth colliding with another asteroid office do you think this is a real threat. first of all i want to tell you that asteroids and comets have played a very impor

and when the pair were recently spoke to jill tarter who works with seti i should tell those that the alien so indeed exist their civilization should be much older and more advanced than ours and she said ellen was not contacted. we have people in the back with extra terrestrials and not contacting us proves that they exist and they're smart revealed. but seriously we know there is no speed faster than the speed of light it takes light up from the star closest to earth for years to reach it would take centuries to devise a means of transportation of what would allow us to travel. we know for a fact now that the star closest to us is devoid of life in the next. twenty years away with it we take in what any other would think of a way to get back to your physical star travel is impossible that's my belief we would have to revise the whole science of physics there are. some they do happen but who are different. to what we used to this take everybody certain about their risk on the earth colliding with another asteroid office do you think this is a real threat. first of all i want to tell

and that there were recently spoke to jill tarter who works with seti and. tell those they're obviously and so indeed exist or their civilization should be much older and more advanced than ours and she said alice would not contact us there is a joke we have in the back with extra terrestrials and not contacting us proves that they exist and they're smart but seriously we know that there is no speed faster than the speed of light it takes light from the star closest to earth for years to reach us would it would take us centuries to devise a means of transportation if that would allow us to travel this distance we know for a fact now that the star closest to us is devoid of life the next. day is twenty light years away it would take us. to think of a way to get there physical star travel is impossible that's my belief we would have to revise the whole science of physics miracles do not know how and science were they do happen but they were different sort of thing called what we used to everyone excited about their risk of the earth colliding with another aste

air we reside in the searches but extraterrestrial civilizations is divided into three parts we have seti search for extraterrestrial intelligence the communications are actually terrestrial and net even the message board for extraterrestrial intelligence for the best way to do it i think is by radio waves it is the most powerful transmitter we have some. looking into this we're looking at a signal. that i've been using we have here on earth to send signals into outer space or do you believe in aliens when in what sense do i believe they have visited us but that their existence. if there was intelligence and a civilization outside of it then we would call that civilization extraterrestrial but the term is used quite differently by the public to refer to phenomena you supposedly observed here on earth that i do not believe them when i know for a fact that it didn't happen. but the. public know your point it's interesting that the u.s.s.r. was the only country to host a first part of the general staff it issued an order to the various summits under the defense ministry to report any unident

the seti institute array of 42 radio telescope dishes will be turned back on by september. mountain view-based program ran short of money but now received more than $200,000 in donations. and that includes some money from actress jodie foster. she appeared in the 1997 film "contact" based on a book about the program. >>> all right. are you ready for some football? >> delivered beautifully might add. well, i think we all are folks. tonight 49ers play their first preseason game in new orleans. of course an opportunity for each team to see how their players fare against somebody else. it's also the first nfl game for their new head coach jim harbaugh. the former stanford guy says he plans to focus on evaluation and execution, not too worried about the scoreboard results. and, of course, you can see the game right here starting at 5:00 here on cbs 5 with dennis o'donnell and crew. >>> meanwhile in oakland the raiders came up a little short against the arizona cardinals. quarterback jason campbell completed six of nine passes. rookie dinar just moore making a nice impressive gai

you might recall jodie foster played the role of a seti researcher in the film "contact." >>> finallyan answer to what's become an internet sensation in the last week. should bert and ernie of "sesame street" get married. today the program made a clear answer and said no. almost 9,000 people signed an online petition organized by change.org as a way to change tolerance but although the puppets are identified as male characters and have many human characteristics, they don't have a sexual orientation and will not be getting married. >> and they are just buddies. >> yeah, just good friends. >> our good friend, our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, somewhere among the people in campbell and the food. jeff, take it away. >> oh, yes, it's looking peachy out here tonight in campbell. the city of campbell, known for its canning industry in the past, but it's also known for its music in the park when it comes to summer. we're going to listen to some of these summer jams and we're going to talk campbell culture coming up with my very comfortable seven-day forecast in just minutes. >>> that all

is a contributor to south the seti is red book of red and endangered animals it will soon be published here on the rocks lizards can be spotted they creep out of the cracks to warm up in the some. of the were not very many people were so scared of lizards that they panic when they see one popular belief is that lizards will bite you ok watch my fingers there's no blood on it not even one drop of course it was one of the lizards can bite through my skin. studies the regions phone. the buzzard hovering over the river is a predatory bird normally it feeds on gophers and mice but now it has a different vision mind. when obviously it's a plain freshwater crab but there aren't many of them out here or in few know that we have them where the female crabs sometimes have caviar here but these are young ones they most certainly don't have any you know. the settee and freshwater crabs are on the verge of extinction because of both predators and people some eat them mate others breed them at home in aquariums. by of believes crabs should definitely be entered into the red book. this is the lesser

the dimia biafra is a contributor to sell the seti has red book of rare and endangered animals and will soon be published err on the rocks lizards can be spotted they create out of the cracks to warm up in the sun. yes you know we're not very many people are so scared of lizards that they panic when they see one popular belief is that lizards will bite you know ok watch my fingers both give and there is no blood on it not even one drop of which it was part of the lizards can't bite through my skin and your. studies the regions for. the buzz and hovering over the river is a predator. normally it feeds on gophers and mice but now it has a different vision mind. going up with me it's a plane freshwater crab but there aren't many of them out here in few know that we have them but the crab sometimes have caviar here but these are young ones they most certainly don't have any you know. setian freshwater crabs are on the verge of extinction because of those predators and people some of them eat others breed them at home in aquariums. believes crabs should definitely be entered into the bad boo

would discover more about a painful path to peace in south seti at r.t. dot com also online we explore the targeted relations within the ga as the opposition claims the company's children are being forced to study english to make it the dominant language pushing a generation of youngsters national identity of risk class. premier treasure island zigzags even uprooted dives deep to share their lives on the fate of a historic site called the russian atlantis find out what the prime minister found of the bottom of the sea dog. it's. international pressure is mounting on the syrian leadership with u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton calling economic and political ties with the country to be cut i think came out of government change that once again a crackdown on nationwide protests on friday sixteen people reportedly killed in violence play sions or sidelining our. civilians demanding the violence stops immediately patrick haines from the online just call magazine a spite he's president our side is ignoring people at his peril. clamping down on freedom of

the search is going to mean for terrestrial civilizations it's divided into three parts of we have seti search for extraterrestrial intelligence and the communications are actually terrestrials and we're connecting the message we're going to try to rationalize intelligence is the best way to do it i think is by radio waves it is the most powerful transmitted we have at the sun will be within the test was the work was done as a looking into this we're looking at the signals and much of the rest for those that have been using capacitors we have here on earth to send signals into outer space how do you believe in aliens in what sense do i believe they have visited us as well that and their existence there but you why do you. if there was intelligence and a civilization outside a point then we would call that civilization. but the term is used quite differently by the public reaction refer to phenomena supposedly observed here on earth or that i do not believe them when i know for a fact that it will be. a good thing it's infinitely more your point it's interesting to look at all the u.s.s.

south the seti about three years this week since georgia launched a war that claimed hundreds of innocent lives r.t. takes an inside look at how people still try to rebuild their shattered lives. after a week of row the close of trading the wall behind chief pulls the global markets have ended and new dangers as investors lose confidence in the economic leadership of several key countries. this is weekly review hello and welcome to the program police and top politicians in the u.k. have continued to play a blame game over hundred of the riots in england stabilised and decades harsh criticism of each other's performance came after prime minister david cameron claims the i peered powerless in the face of disturbances during the first denies of looting and arson senior politicians were aware holiday when mass riots began in north london after the fatal police shooting of a police suspect protesters vigorous national shop windows and setting fire to cars of buildings leading to widespread copycat violence over two thousand arrests have been made so far and corso works around the clock to clea

this really completely out of his mind maybe it's just a provocative act and maybe he stress test seti and trying to send us some kind of message and i will later the minister reported to me this is no bluff they've unleashed an all out artillery barrage and they're using grad rocket launchers and . i said all right i'll wait for another update some more time passed and the minister called again i have something to tell you i believe they've just leveled a tent full of our peacekeepers killing every one of them and what was i supposed to do i said return fire and shoot to kill no figures had been announced at that point unfortunately such situations are always about instant situation reports and instant decisions and difficult ones to which unfortunately i can tell you that was the hardest night of my life casualty estimates started coming in later i need to say that i did diverted indeed and they still do yet i'm not a detective north atlantic expert i don't perform exhumations are sent in friends and colleagues tell us that many bodies were buried back then and remain missing to this

is really completely out of his mind maybe it's just a provocative act and maybe he stressed tesla seti ins is trying to send us some kind of message which an hour later the minister reported to me that if this is no bluff they've unleashed an all out artillery barrage and they're using grad rocket launchers and whatnot i said all right old wait for another update or some more time to pass to the minister called again i have something to tell you i believe they've just leveled the tent full of our peacekeepers killing every one of them what was i supposed to do i said return fire and shoot to kill. winter meant that it gave that interview to our t.v. along with a whole mosconi radio in georgian t.v. channel peek an extended version coming your way later this hour so stay with us after on the news also coming up in the program cutting off and moving hands in the london hard line islamists press for the introduction of tougher real laws in the british capital coming your way to a few moments. first the riot police have surrounded tent camps set up in ukraine's capital by supporters of for

don't know they still do i'm not a detectives nor a forensic expert i don't perform exhumations or seti and friends and colleagues tell us that many bodies were buried back that underlay missing to this day. meanwhile georgian analysts present different estimates of them was that you know we can use this kind of logic two thousand lives is serious enough for one hundred fifty doesn't even qualify as casualties let's look essentially. mr president you said you give the order to return fire that are the operation continued after that the weapons rolled in and the conflict doing due to an all out war could you tell us about how you made the decision to continue the operation and another question that all our colleagues would like answered you who called whom first did you call prime minister putin in beijing first or did he call you how did you and the prime minister called you need to move. the first time i contacted him about conflicts just was about twenty four hours after it had broken out someone who was involved was already ablaze a little history putin just made a statement condemni

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