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(LEAD) Taiwan quake disrupts some communications services in S. Korea SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- KT Corp., South Korea's largest fixed-line operator, said Wednesday their undersea fiber optic cables were disconnected in the southern seas off Taiwan due to a strong earthquake Tuesday night, disrupting communications services for local foreign companies. KT said that an earthquake of 6.0 magnitude took place at 9:42 p.m. on Tuesday in the area 23 kilometers south of Taiwan, cutting cable lines under the sea, A total of 92 cable lines were found to have been damaged, the company said, adding that the number may...

A satellite, aiming to provide a television signal to every household in China, has encountered problems with its solar panels and will not function as planned. China's first direct broadcasting satellite, the Sinosat II, launched on October 29 from southwest China's Sichuan province, failed to deploy a solar panel and an antenna and is unable to undertake its broadcast functions, the China News Service said Tuesday. The report cited a spokesman from the SINO Satellite Communications Co Ltd (SINOSAT), operator of the satellite. The company would continue its plan to launch a Sinosat III satellite sometime in the first half...

THE HAGUE -- The Dutch government announced plans yesterday for legislation banning full-length veils in public places and other clothing that covers the face -- putting the Netherlands at the forefront of a general European hardening toward Muslim minorities. The Netherlands, once considered one of Europe's most welcoming nations for immigrants and asylum seekers, is deeply divided over moves by the government to stem the tide of new arrivals and compel immigrants to assimilate into Dutch society. "From a security standpoint, people should always be recognizable, and from the standpoint of integration, we think people should be able to communicate...

Insights on the Philosophical Issues of Communication By: Kriztine R. Viray (The following is a reflection.) There are a number of reasons why philosophical issues of communication research should not be taken for granted in any aspect of media profession. First, issues of this kind are fundamental that when one tries to answer and address them, he is led towards a broader perspective of communication. Second, it is only through these issues that a practitioner gets hold of the nature of his profession. Third, by pondering over these issues, one would realize that communication is not just an ordinary activity...

SOCIAL PENETRATION THEORY By Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor Interpreted by Kriztine Rosales-Viray A. Introduction Not few thinkers have been concerned with the study of interpersonal relationships. This topic is a commonplace in fields such as psychology, sociology, philosophy and other behavioral sciences. Business-centered disciplines have their share of an array of principles about interpersonal relationships. The primary belief was that a successful interpersonal relationship within and without the business establishment yields a successful business. In the field of governance and politics, this topic could not be avoided. But among all the fields that study interpersonal relationships, theories developed in...

Metatheory and Epistemological Issues: a Philosophical Approach to Communications By Kriztine Rosales-Viray Preliminary Remarks This paper is a lot complicated than any other papers and articles I have written about communication because of the following reasons: (1) Communication was ever since of my interest but epistemology was a no-no; (2) I never had any leaning neither proclivity for philosophical studies; (3) I found philosophy intricate and complex as its proponents. Thus, if there are some flaws or errors in the manuscript, my apology. Introduction Background. The real definition of philosophy is that it is a search for truth. In ordinary...

by Russell Shaw Other Articles by Russell ShawContact this Author Communication in a Powder-Keg World 09/22/06 Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., new director of the Vatican press office, recently remarked that he saw no need to interpret the thinking of Pope Benedict XVI. The pope does an excellent job of speaking for himself and doesn't need interpreters, the priest explained. In This Article...Here’s What I MeantUnintended ConsequencesImagine That Here’s What I Meant Poor Father Lombardi! Scarcely had he uttered those sentiments when all Hades broke loose over Pope Benedict's comments about Islam. All of sudden the director of the sala stamp found...

Sea Launch Delivers Koreasat 5 Satellite to Orbit Tuesday August 22, 1:48 am ET LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Sea Launch Company today successfully delivered the Koreasat 5 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). Early data indicate the spacecraft is accurately positioned and in excellent condition. ADVERTISEMENT A Zenit-3SL vehicle lifted off at 8:27 pm PDT (03:27 GMT, Aug. 22) from the Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude in the equatorial Pacific. All systems performed nominally throughout flight. The Block DM upper stage inserted the 4,448 kg (9,806 lb) Spacebus 4000 C1 platform to...

/begin my translationN. Korea: Huge Train Crash in Last April due to Communication Failure A N. Korean railroad source, "270 soldiers, 400 civilians dead" [2006-06-05 17:46] The crash site in a red circle above. The light brown region is Gowon County. It is revealed that the huge train crash in last April at Gowon, S. Hamkyong Province, killing hundreds of N. Korean soldiers, was caused by endemic problems of N. Korean railroad system such as communication failure and shortage of electricity. We were told that 270 soldiers and 400 civilians were killed by this accident. A source from the Locomotive Unit...

HUSAYBAH, Iraq (May 3, 2006) -- Security, safety, and quality of life – three key elements to the continuing progress in this region of Iraq’s Al Anbar Province, according to local Iraqi leadership. Once a week, local sheiks and city officials meet with Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces officials in this small town near the Iraqi-Jordanian border, to discuss these topics and overall progress in this region along the Euphrates River. It’s also an opportunity for the city and tribal leaders to address any potential problems which might hinder that progress. At the latest of these town-hall-style meetings held April...

It’s a Friday evening in the studios of KABC radio, and callers are lighting up the board on The Al Rantel Show. The immigration debate that has dominated state and national news for the past few weeks has been great stuff for the conservative Republican host and his listeners, and it’s an issue on which he’d like to hold Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s feet to the fire. The governor, he says during a commercial break, doesn’t want to look anti-immigrant. But Rantel’s show this night is challenging the notion that those who oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants or want tightened borders...

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 – Children of U.S. soldiers spearheaded a project to launch a Web site that enables Army youth around the world to communicate with each other. The "Real Teens Connected" Web site, which went live this winter, is a product of the Army's Child and Youth Services Army Teen Panel, and is geared toward teenagers 13-18 years old. The site offers a variety of services to all Army-affiliated youth, including news updates, relocation information and stories written by Army kids. "Kids want to connect with other kids who are in like situations," Pamela "PK" Tomlinson, deputy director...

Cable industry disputes FCC's findings on pricing NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The cable industry joined forces with Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Wednesday to point out flaws in a recent Federal Communications Commission study that concluded it would be beneficial for consumers to pick and pay for channels separately. The companies released findings from two separate studies, both of which said consumers would be worse off by following the FCC's recommendation. The FCC concluded last month that viewers' bills could decline by as much as 13% if they were allowed to pick their own channels, reversing the agency's earlier view under...

In the aftermath of the Dubai ports deal, President Bush's approval rating has hit a new low and his image for honesty and effectiveness has been damaged. Yet the public uncharacteristically has good things to say about the role that Congress played in this high-profile controversy. Most Americans (58%) believe Congress acted appropriately in strenuously opposing the deal, while just 24% say lawmakers made too much of the situation. The new Pew survey underscores the public's alarm over the prospect that an Arab-owned company could have operated U.S. ports. There was broad opposition to the proposed deal from across the...

In December, the FBI was worried that Border Patrol agents' lives were in danger. But many of those officers never got the memo. Instead, agents say, they first learned of the threat -- that smugglers planned to hire gang members to murder Border Patrol agents -- when a Daily Bulletin reporter called to ask for their opinions. The fact that many officers didn't know about the threat, described in an "Officer Safety Alert" disseminated by the Department of Homeland Security, shows how poor communication among law enforcement agencies can be. The warning is "proof that we're being targeted," said a...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2006 – A new piece of communications equipment is giving Afghan National Army units the capability to stay connected with each other and their operations centers regardless of the distance between them or the types of radios used. The Advanced Control Unit-Tactical, or ACU-T, is designed to serve as a bridge between divergent communications systems to allow communications between ANA units with incompatible radio systems. Produced by Raytheon, the unit is the newest addition to the ANA's communications inventory. Before the ACU-T, most ANA units used either VHF radios that have a maximum range of 40...

Divers search for New Jersey police officers who drove off bridge NEW YORK (CNN) -- Divers from state and federal agencies searched Sunday for two police officers whose emergency vehicle drove off a drawbridge and plunged into the Hackensack River in New Jersey outside Jersey City, an official said.The vehicle was driving eastbound from Kearney toward Jersey City through heavy fog on the Route 1 and 9 Bridge -- also known as the Lincoln Highway Bridge -- at 8:15 p.m., when the accident occurred, said Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Tom Sperduto."The bridge was up; they couldn't see it and...

Signal Soldiers Improve Lines of Communication The 44th Signal Detachment, with some help from local Afghans, work to construct a new cable network on Forward Operating Base Salerno. By U.S. Sgt. 1st Class Curtis Matsushige Task Force Devil Public Affairs FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan, Dec. 6, 2005 — Can you hear a pin drop over the phone lines here? No, not quite, but soon you may be able to. U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 44th Signal Detachment are digging deep into the earth to improve the lines of communication on Forward Operating Base Salerno by protecting cable...

CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (Dec. 3, 2005) -- Holding an AN/PRC-119 field radio to his ear, a Marine communicates with the lead vehicle about the status of the convoy. Whether it’s providing communication for convoys or units inside the wire, field radio operators directly contribute to the success of the Marine Corps mission while in Iraq. Lance Cpl. John A. McLaughlin, with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), routinely ensures Marines within his unit have continuous radio accessibility. “Being a radio operator I also make sure convoys have [communication],” McLaughlin said. “Without Communication the mission would be virtually...

Scientists say they have discovered the first evidence that chimpanzees speak to each other about objects in their environment. Chimps at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland use a crude language of grunts to talk to each other about their food, say primate experts at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. The chimps utter high-pitched noises (hear the audio) or low-pitched grunts (hear the audio) to tell each other about the food they find in their pen, the researchers say. The finding could lead to better understanding of the origins of human speech, the scientists say. Previous studies have found...