«We are also making a revolutionary
change in our programming by working with partners from Chicago's museums and various arts groups.»
When this occurs, we make the necessary
changes in our program by modifying the instructions and / or method.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected
in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered
in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing
programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development
programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787
program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing
programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases
in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of
changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest
in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions
in the industries and markets
in which we operate
in the U.S. and globally and any
changes therein, including fluctuations
in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain
in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment
by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders
by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate
changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both
in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of
changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and
changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such
changes; 21) any reduction
in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending
by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging
programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco
in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse
changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing
program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations
in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
The issue stems,
in part, from year - old
changes to Canada's express entry system which makes it impossible for someone
in the PGWPP
program to gain express entry without a Labour Market Impact Assessment, as chronicled
by Nicholas Keung:
Originally announced
in December
by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, the
changes to Canada's Federal Skilled Worker
Program aim to improve the economic suitability of new Canadians.
We try to foster greater innovativeness at our businesses with new
programs or processes, we scheme to get
in shape
by making healthy lifestyle
changes, we strive for the good life
by trying to accomplish more and be happier.
That special tariff classification was
in no way altered
by recent
changes to the General Preferential Tariff foreign aid
program.»
I'm a strong advocate for Silicon Valley, but county -
by - county minimums might help get broader buy -
in for
changing the
program.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth
in revenues for its antiviral and other
programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (t
programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures
in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase
in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift
in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases
in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance
Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (t
Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations
in ADAP purchases driven
by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations
in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused
by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials
in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held
by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations
in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates
in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals
in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory
programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (t
programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta
in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase
program due to
changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations
in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time
in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
While the preferences of millennials are
changing, requiring entrepreneurs to examine brand loyalty
in an entirely new way, retailers can still drive return sales
by creating a transparent and value - added loyalty
program.
Within
program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase
in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly
changes in the consumer price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct
program expenses declined
by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases
in departmental / agency operating costs.
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The researchers determined that the online investor education provided
by the Investor Education
in Your Workplace ®
program led to both sustained knowledge and
changed behavior
in program participants.
Commodity prices may be affected
by a variety of factors at any time, including but not limited to, (i)
changes in supply and demand relationships, (ii) governmental
programs and policies, (iii) national and international political and economic events, war and terrorist events, (iv)
changes in interest and exchange rates, (v) trading activities
in commodities and related contracts, (vi) pestilence, technological
change and weather, and (vii) the price volatility of a commodity.
The report just released
by the PBO shows that because of the cuts to direct
program spending introduced
in the 2010 and 2012 budgets and the
changes to the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) and the Old Age Security (OAS) system, the government now has a fiscal structure that is sustainable
in the long term.
These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation
in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate
Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities
by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate
change, and soil and water conservation.
In their 2015 election platform, the Trudeau Liberals identified a number of items related to Employment Insurance (EI) that they would
change: reversing the Harper EI reforms defining «suitable work»; reducing the waiting period for EI benefits; reducing EI premiums; introducing more flexible parental leave; providing better access to compassionate care; and increasing funding for employment and training
programs managed
by provinces, territories and Aboriginal labour market organizations.
That
changed in 1986, when the H
program was split into the H - 2A agricultural and H - 2B non-agricultural temporary worker
programs by the Immigration Reform and Control Act, creating the categories still
in use today.
Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied
by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services
in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline
in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue
by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid
change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments
in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE
program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry (R) World (TM); risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information;
Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied
by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services
in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline
in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue
by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid
change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments
in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE
program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied
by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management
changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities
in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties
in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological
changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.
Rates provided
by J.G. Wentworth Home Lending, LLC NLMS # 2925 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org); Equal Housing Lender;
Programs, rates, terms, and conditions are accurate as of the stated date
in the mortgage table, and are subject to
change without notice.
Inc., to review our existing executive compensation
program and to assist us
in evaluating potential
changes to our
program following an assessment of the compensation plans used
by a peer group of publicly traded commercial airlines and transportation companies.
I'm very pleased to see Canadian companies supporting employees during this time of
change by investing
in workplace training
programs and committing to healthier workplaces.»
The structure is flexible, so Saab can react quickly to any
changes in its liquidity requirements
by increasing or decreasing the liquidity created
by the
program almost immediately.
It's difficult to know for sure how much of the drop
in homicides and suicides was caused specifically
by the gun buyback
program and other legal
changes.
In other major
changes, under the Illinois Solar For All
program a minimum floor of 50 % of energy savings must be passed on to low and moderate income households
by approved vendors, as solar developers are designated.
With only a few days left before the FOMC meets, markets have already factored
in a NO
CHANGE stance
by the Fed and are instead focusing on what the Fed meeting will dish out
in terms of its asset - sale
program.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
program changed the lives of young people who came to the United States illegally as children
in incredible ways — boosting high school graduation rates and college enrollment, while slashing teen births
by a staggering 45 percent.
The inevitable video claims that
by just sparing five minutes from your busy schedule to sign
in to this
program will
change your life financiallyin a way you never thought possible.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
changes have been
in the news a lot lately, from President Donald Trump's proposal to end the
program for new borrowers to the mishandling of current loans
by servicers.
Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines
in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments
in new markets; breaches
in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships;
changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions
in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility
in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions
in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations
in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity
in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future
changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays
in our shipbuilding
program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases
in the price of, or major
changes or reduction
in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations
in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments
in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions;
changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes
in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors»
in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings
by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other specific duties and responsibilities of the HR and Compensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation and evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers
in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any
changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment
by HP; monitoring workforce management
programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any
changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and its charter.
So, no, demonizing Bush is not going to work
in this election, and» as demonstrated
in the recent special election
in New York's ninth congressional district» the seniors will no longer be swayed
by dark warnings that the GOP will end medicare and social security» these older people realize that the
programs of the New Deal and the Great Society have become unsustainable and that» somehow» a real and drastic
change must happen, soon.
This
change — along with a proposal to end the Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Program, cut federal work study
in half and largely affect income - based student loan repayment plans — would need to be approved
by Congress along with the rest of the proposed budget.
(Indeed, fascinating histories might be written of major
changes in the identities of both denominational and university - related theological schools that came about over the past thirty years not
by grand vision and masterful decision but through the accumulated impact of individual decisions about particular proposed courses,
programs for this and centers for that.)
Rossman: There are cable TV experiments
in which the audience,
by pushing buttons, can
change the outcome of the
program.
Already a movement is under way to improve end - of - life care
by educating health - care providers to respond better to the needs of dying patients,
by creating new care settings or improving existing ones,
by seeking
changes in methods of paying for appropriate care,
by educating the public through conferences, town meetings, television
programming, and even Web sites (see www.careproject.net),
by providing adequate relief of pain,
by withholding or withdrawing treatments that only prolong dying,
by keeping company with those who are lonely, and
by being a resource of meaning and hope for those tempted to despair.
White's work exemplifies just one more glaring omission
by today's secular writers
in their failure to provide accurate data on the Bible, Quiet Time, the teachings of Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, the life -
changing program of the Oxford Group, the journal of Anne Ripley Smith (wife of AA.
This
change in FCC policy did not have an immediately dramatic effect on the nature of religious
programming; however, it effectively
changed the structure within which religious
programming was to be considered
by releasing stations from any regulatory obligation to provide free air - time for the broadcast of religious
programs.
Because of that week, not only was my own life
changed profoundly through friendships and awakenings, but I'm proud to say that we — and I mean all of us because you have all walked this road with our family — we have partnered with incredible leaders to build a school for kids
in earthquake ground zero Port - au - Prince (staffed and run
by Haitians), supported a home - based village for trafficked children near the border, built a preschool for early support for these children, supported schooling and food
programs in neglected villages decimated
by the cholera outbreak, supported pregnant and nursing women with a fantastic maternity centre, and so much more.
The proportion of congregations
in the 1960s and 1970s that actually responded as prescribed to their contexts was
in fact very small.21 As neighborhood populations
changed racially, some churches whose physical and financial resources lingered after their former membership fled introduced service
programs to assist the poor, but the adjustment seems
in most cases to have stemmed from necessity or default rather than from deliberate reorientation and restructuring
by members who themselves stayed on to be transformed.
Messages are conveyed
in one direction only, so that the viewer retains the option to
change programs or even to turn off the set, but never to provide any feedback
by questioning, complaining, altering the form and / or content of the
programs, and so forth.
Some old leaders died, others were turned out of office
by the new pastor
in an administrative transformation that paralleled simultaneous
changes in program, worship, and pastoral style.
The persuasiveness of religious
programs toward
change appear to be greatest when they are viewed
by a person who is
in a state of attitude imbalance or transition and seeking new forms of gratification for his or her needs; when they are viewed
by a person for whom religious faith has always been a viable, if not vital, option; when the options being presented are seen as realistic and leading to a desirable end; when opportunity for demonstration exists
in proximate distance to the viewing situation; and when the attitude or behavior is not central to the individual's self - concept and ego - functioning.
Rockenstein found that there were significant differences
in information acquisition and attitude
change between churched children and non-churched children: churched children gained more of the information and accepted more of the attitudes communicated
by the televised
programs than did the non-churched children.
Changes in the nature of one's audience can be brought about, therefore, by appropriate changes in program content and broadcas
Changes in the nature of one's audience can be brought about, therefore,
by appropriate
changes in program content and broadcas
changes in program content and broadcast time.
As can be seen, there has been a steady growth
in the amount of time occupied
by paid - time religious
programs versus sustaining - time
programs since 1959, with particularly rapid
changes occurring from 1971 on.
However, for significant and permanent
changes in attitudes and behavior toward religious faith, religious
programs need to be complemented
by interpersonal contact and continuing group support.
The Chronicle of Higher Education and
Change have been much concerned about values recently, as have the American Association of Higher Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values
in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility
by programs in moral development and
in value analysis at several universities.
We facilitate social
change, not
by promulgating a particular
program but
by entering the landscape of the heart and revitalizing — through music, poetry and reason — the listeners» belief
in the source of all just and lasting
change: the risen Christ