Colorado charter law funds religious schools, says Denver newspaper.
An investigation by the Denver Post has uncovered several examples of tax funds flowing to religious schools through Colorado's charter school law. The newspaper reported that Hope Co-Op Online Learning Academy, a charter school approved by the tiny Vilas School District two years ago, has established 81...

Budgeting your future: figuring out tomorrow's financial needs today can prevent big headaches.
Before his high school graduation in 2004, Michael Estoll, now 19, worked 25 hours on weekends and evenings at a Quitman, Texas, feed store for $225 per week. He was promised $400 per week and a junior manager's slot after he graduated. Excited by the prospect of a bigger...

Competition policy of NTC wins support.
Byline: EMMIE V. ABADILLA An internet service provider (ISP) and a new player in the telecom industry -- Pacific Internet and Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise, Inc. (CURE) - voiced their support of local regulators' proposed competition policy. The National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) seeks to impose...

Re-organization impact on the Telekom Malaysia's international division productivity.
Abstract: International Divisions' productivity was perceived to incline towards a downward trend which was contravened in 1996 re-organization objective of Telekom Malaysia. This study aims to analyze the root causes of this setback and recommend the solutions to improve the company's productivity. The method to diagnose the root cause...

Whitaker, W. Richard, Janet E. Ramsey and Ronald D. Smith. Media Writing: Print, Broadcast, and Public Relations.
Whitaker, W. Richard, Janet E. Ramsey and Ronald D. Smith. Media Writing: Print, Broadcast, and Public Relations. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc., 2004. Pp. xxii, 424. ISBN 0-8058-4688-3 (pb.) $49.95. This text seeks to serve as "an introductory, hands-on writing textbook for students preparing in all...

Media questions? While waiting, how about some new media answers.
Right now, it appears that both federal and state government legislators and regulators have much say in the health of the direct response television industry. All at once, it seems a slew of different topics concerning the cable television industry have come to a head--and each of these topics...

It may cost you to use the Internet.
It may cost you to use the Internet. An op-ed piece prepared by the American Forum calls attention to legislation recently approved by a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee, which gives cable and telephone companies permission to control what consumers will have access to online. Users of these companies'...

ITS news.
Dear ITS Members In the first months of the year 2007 many individuals and companies have joint the ITS. We would like to welcome all new members, and we are looking forward to co-operating with them in one of the forthcoming ITS events. Through its members the...

Internet generation.
I sent my first e-mail message when I was 17. I discovered Google 5 years later. Today, I use the Internet all the time. But when I was a kid, I never imagined that I would one day send messages using a computer that fits in my...

FCC changes children's TV rules.
Officials at the Federal Communications Commission recently clarified the rules regarding requirements for children's television programming. Under the changes, TV broadcasters that have multiple stations must ensure that they air additional children's programming, and only half the shows can be repeats aired in the previous 7 days. The changes...