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Delivers Strong Q3 Cloud Revenue Growth; Expects Strong Q4 and Raises Annual Cloud Revenue Growth Guidance
Introduces FYE 2023 Guidance Above Prior Targets and Raises FYE 2024 Targets
Verint (Nasdaq: VRNT), The Customer Engagement Company, today announced results for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2021 (FYE 2022). Revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2021 was $225 million on a GAAP basis representing 4% year-over-year growth and $227 million on a non-GAAP basis also representing 4% year-over-year growth. Revenue for the nine months ended October 31, 2021 was $640 million on a GAAP basis representing 6% year-over-year growth and $645 million on a non-GAAP basis representing 5% year-over-year growth. For the three months ended October 31, 2021, diluted EPS was $0.12 on a GAAP basis and, $0.69 on a non-GAAP basis. For the nine months ended October 31, 2021, diluted EPS was $0.08 on a GAAP basis and $1.71 on a non-GAAP basis.
The momentum we experienced in the first half of the year continued in the third quarter with strong cloud revenue growth, strong new PLE bookings growth, and strong revenue and diluted EPS coming in significantly ahead of expectations. We expect to finish the year with a strong Q4 and are raising our annual outlook for total revenue, cloud revenue, and new PLE bookings. We believe our results and improved outlook reflect the differentiation of our cloud platform and our execution following the spin-off of our security business in February 2021, said Dan Bodner, Verint CEO.
Bodner continued, At the time of the spin-off, we laid out three-year targets for accelerating growth. I am pleased to report that based on our strong PLE bookings this year across existing and new customers, we now believe we are tracking ahead of these targets. We are introducing guidance for next year of 7% revenue growth, above our prior targets. We are also increasing our targets for FYE 2024 to 10% revenue growth taking our total revenue to $1.03 billion with about $650 million in cloud revenue.
Third Quarter Key Cloud Metrics
FYE 2022 and FYE 2023 Outlook
We are increasing our non-GAAP annual outlook for the year ending January 31, 2022, as follows:
We are introducing our non-GAAP annual outlook for the year ending January 31, 2023, above our prior targets, as follows:
Our non-GAAP outlook for the year ending January 31, 2022 excludes the following GAAP measures which we are able to quantify with reasonable certainty:
Our non-GAAP outlook for the year ending January 31, 2022 excludes the following GAAP measures for which we are able to provide a range of probable significance:
Our initial non-GAAP outlook for the year ending January 31, 2023 excludes the following GAAP measures which we are able to quantify with reasonable certainty:
Our initial non-GAAP outlook for the year ending January 31, 2023 excludes the following GAAP measures for which we are able to provide a range of probable significance:
Our non-GAAP FYE 2024 targets exclude any GAAP revenue adjustments.
Our non-GAAP guidance and targets do not include the potential impact of any in-process business acquisitions that may close after the date hereof, and, unless otherwise specified, reflects foreign currency exchange rates approximately consistent with current rates.
We are unable, without unreasonable efforts, to provide a reconciliation for other GAAP measures which are excluded from our non-GAAP outlook and targets, including the impact of future business acquisitions or acquisition expenses, future restructuring expenses, and non-GAAP income tax adjustments due to the level of unpredictability and uncertainty associated with these items. For these same reasons, we are unable to assess the probable significance of these excluded items. While historical results may not be indicative of future results, actual amounts for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2021 and 2020 for the GAAP measures excluded from our non-GAAP outlook appear in Tables 2, 3 and 4 of this press release.
We will conduct a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss our results for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2021, outlook, and long-term targets. An online, real-time webcast of the conference call and webcast slides will be available on our website at http://www.verint.com. The webcast slides will be available on our website until at least January 31, 2022. The conference call can also be accessed live via telephone at 1-844-309-0615 (United States and Canada) and 1-661-378-9462 (international) and the passcode is 7551616. Please dial in 5-10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release and the accompanying tables include non-GAAP financial measures. For a description of these non-GAAP financial measures, including the reasons management uses each measure, and reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures presented for completed periods to the most directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, please see the tables below as well as "Supplemental Information About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Operating Metrics" at the end of this press release.
About Verint Systems Inc.
Verint (Nasdaq: VRNT) helps the worlds most iconic brands including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies build enduring customer relationships by connecting work, data, and experiences across the enterprise. The Verint Customer Engagement portfolio draws on the latest advancements in AI and analytics, an open cloud architecture, and The Science of Customer Engagement to help customers close The Engagement Capacity Gap.
Verint. The Customer Engagement Company. Learn more at Verint.com.
Cautions About Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding expectations, predictions, views, opportunities, plans, strategies, beliefs, and statements of similar effect relating to Verint Systems Inc. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and they are based on management's expectations that involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other important factors, any of which could cause our actual results or conditions to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that could cause our actual results or conditions to differ materially from current expectations include, among others: uncertainties regarding the impact of changes in macroeconomic and/or global conditions, including as a result of slowdowns, recessions, economic instability, political unrest, armed conflicts, natural disasters, or outbreaks of disease, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the resulting impact on information technology spending by enterprises and government customers, on our business; risks that our customers delay, cancel, or refrain from placing orders, refrain from renewing subscriptions or service contracts, or are unable to honor contractual commitments or payment obligations due to liquidity issues or other challenges in their budgets and business, due to the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise; risks that restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic or actions taken in response to the pandemic adversely impact our operations or our ability to fulfill orders, complete implementations, or recognize revenue; challenges associated with our cloud transition, including increased importance of subscription renewal rates, and risk of increased variability in our period-to-period results based on the mix, terms, and timing of our transactions; risks associated with our ability to keep pace with technological advances and challenges and evolving industry standards; to adapt to changing market potential from area to area within our markets; and to successfully develop, launch, and drive demand for new, innovative, high-quality products that meet or exceed customer challenges and needs in both existing and new areas, while simultaneously preserving our legacy businesses and migrating away from areas of commoditization; risks due to aggressive competition in all of our markets, including with respect to maintaining revenue, margins, and sufficient levels of investment in our business and operations, and competitors with greater resources than we have; risks relating to our ability to properly manage investments in our business and operations, execute on growth or strategic initiatives, and enhance our existing operations and infrastructure, including the proper prioritization and allocation of limited financial and other resources; risks associated with our ability to identify suitable targets for acquisition or investment or successfully compete for, consummate, and implement mergers and acquisitions, including risks associated with valuations, reputational considerations, capital constraints, costs and expenses, maintaining profitability levels, expansion into new areas, management distraction, post-acquisition integration activities, and potential asset impairments; challenges associated with selling sophisticated solutions, including with respect to longer sales cycles, more complex sales processes, and assisting customers in understanding and realizing the benefits of our solutions, as well as with developing, offering, implementing, and maintaining a broad solution portfolio; risks that we may be unable to maintain, expand, and enable our relationships with partners as part of our growth strategy; risks associated with our reliance on third-party suppliers, partners, or original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for certain components, products, or services, including companies that may compete with us or work with our competitors, as well as cloud hosting providers; risks associated with our ability to retain, recruit, and train qualified personnel in regions in which we operate, including in new markets and growth areas we may enter or due to applicable regulatory requirements such as vaccination mandates; risks associated with our significant international operations, exposure to regions subject to political or economic instability, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, and challenges associated with a significant portion of our cash being held overseas; risks associated with a significant part of our business coming from government contracts and associated procurement processes; risks associated with complex and changing domestic and foreign regulatory environments, relating to our own operations, the products and services we offer, and/or the use of our solutions by our customers, including, among others, with respect to data privacy and protection, government contracts, anti-corruption, trade compliance, tax, and labor matters; risks associated with the mishandling or perceived mishandling of sensitive or confidential information and data, including personally identifiable information or other information that may belong to our customers or other third parties, including in connection with our SaaS or other hosted or managed service offerings or when we are asked to perform service or support; risks that our solutions or services, or those of third-party suppliers, partners, or OEMs which we use in or with our offerings or otherwise rely on, including third-party hosting platforms, may contain defects, develop operational problems, or be vulnerable to cyber-attacks; risk of security vulnerabilities or lapses, including cyber-attacks, information technology system breaches, failures, or disruptions; risks that our intellectual property rights may not be adequate to protect our business or assets or that others may make claims on our intellectual property, claim infringement on their intellectual property rights, or claim a violation of their license rights, including relative to free or open source components we may use; risks associated with leverage resulting from our current debt position or our ability to incur additional debt, including with respect to liquidity considerations, covenant limitations and compliance, fluctuations in interest rates, dilution considerations (with respect to our convertible notes), and our ability to maintain our credit ratings; risks that we may experience liquidity or working capital issues and related risks that financing sources may be unavailable to us on reasonable terms or at all; risks arising as a result of contingent or other obligations or liabilities assumed in our acquisition of our former parent company, Comverse Technology, Inc. (CTI), or associated with formerly being consolidated with, and part of a consolidated tax group with, CTI, or as a result of the successor to CTI's business operations, Mavenir, Inc., being unwilling or unable to provide us with certain indemnities to which we are entitled; risks associated with changing accounting principles or standards, tax laws and regulations, tax rates, and the continuing availability of expected tax benefits; risks relating to the adequacy of our existing infrastructure, systems, processes, policies, procedures, internal controls, and personnel, and our ability to successfully implement and maintain enhancements to the foregoing, for our current and future operations and reporting needs, including related risks of financial statement omissions, misstatements, restatements, or filing delays; risks associated with market volatility in the prices of our common stock and convertible notes based on our performance, third-party publications or speculation, or other factors and risks associated with actions of activist stockholders; risks associated with Apax Partners' significant ownership position and potential that its interests will not be aligned with those of our common stockholders; and risks associated with the recent spin-off of our Cyber Intelligence Solutions business, including the possibility that it does not achieve the benefits anticipated, does not qualify as a tax-free transaction, or exposes us to unexpected claims or liabilities. We assume no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement, except as otherwise required by law. For a detailed discussion of these risk factors, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2021, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2021, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2021, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 31, 2021, when filed, and other filings we make with the SEC.
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Acting chief minister O Panneerselvam (C) of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu gestures during a press conference at his home in Chennai on February 14, 2017. India's Supreme Court jailed the annointed next leader of Tamil Nadu for four years for corruption on February 14, heightening the turmoil in a state still reeling from the death of its long-time matriarch. VK Sasikala was told to surrender immediately to prison authorities after judges overturned her acquittal in a long-running "disproportionate assets" case that also involved her late mentor Jayalalithaa Jayaram. Sasikala has been involved in a bitter battle in recent weeks with the state's acting chief minister O Panneerselvam who has been trying to block her ascent. / AFP / ARUN SANKAR (Photo credit should read ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images)
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He was speaking after leaders of the AIADMK (Puratchi Thalaivi Amma) faction led by him met here for informal discussions on the merger issue following last night's inconclusive patch-up bid, and to chart out their future course of action.
Panneerselvam, who is scheduled to leave for Madurai tomorrow to attend a meeting there, was expected to elicit the opinion of the faction leaders here to arrive at any firm view on the merger issue.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister K Palaniswami has left for Tiruvarur in Thanjavur district to take part in the MGR centenary function.
The much expected merger last night had failed to come off following reportedly divergent views among the members of the OPS faction.
This included the demand of certain members for a CBI inquiry into late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death as against the announcement of an inquiry commission to be headed by a retired high court judge.
There were also reports of hard bargaining on party and cabinet posts by Palaniswami-led AIADMK (Amma) faction and the OPS group.
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Dhinakaran, who spoke to reporters yesterday after meeting his aunt and party general secretary VK Sasikala at a Bengaluru jail on her birthday, had downplayed the expected merger of the AIADMK factions, saying it would not have any longevity and that it was not a 'setback' to him.
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Two special wreaths were also kept ready apparently to enable Palaniswami and Panneerselvam to offer their respects at the burial site.
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No. 24 Texas A&M Staves Off Liberty, 70-55
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Devon Brown scored a game-high 23 points during Tuesday's game at No. 24 Texas A&M, going over the 1,500-point milestone for her career.
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The Lady Flames then scored six straight points within a minute, including four by Devon Brown. The redshirt senior's pair of free throws at 12:40 gave the blue-clad Lady Flames a 16-10 edge.
Continuing the back-and-forth nature of the first half, Texas A&M reclaimed the lead (17-16) with a 7-0 run capped off by Adrienne Pratcher's perimeter jumper at the 9:34 mark.
The two teams traded the lead eight times during the next 6:24, with Brown and Texas A&M's Kelsey Bone exchanging hoops for much of the stretch.
Courtney Walker tallied five points to spark a 7-0 burst by the Aggies. The freshman's three-pointer at 2:12 provided the home team with a 30-24 cushion.
Brown's driving layup during the final minute made the halftime score 30-26 in favor of Texas A&M.
Liberty shot 50 percent (10-of-20) from the field during the first half, while the Aggies hit 40 percent (14-of-35) of their field goal attempts. Texas A&M took advantage of a 19-14 rebounding advantage in the first half and forced 10 Liberty turnovers before the intermission.
Brown paced all players with 15 points in the first half, with teammates Omotola and Jasmine Gardner adding four points apiece. Lone Star State native Emily Frazier chipped in three rebounds and a matching number of assists.
Bone topped Texas A&M with eight markers during the opening 20 minutes of action. Bellock and Chelsea Jennings shared first-half honors with four rebounds each.
Tori Scott, who did not play at all during the opening half for Texas A&M, helped her team race out of the gate after the break. She scored five points in the first 52 seconds, initiating an 11-1 run to start the second half. Bone's hoop with 16:16 remaining bolstered the Aggies' lead to 41-27.
Brittany Campbell helped to slow Texas A&M's momentum with three-pointers on back-to-back Liberty possessions. Her second triple made the score 43-33 with 14:18 on the clock.
The Lady Flames kept whittling away at the deficit and pulled to within 47-40 at 11:23, when Katelyn Adams split a pair of free throws.
The Aggies scored seven of the game's next nine points and led 54-42 on Walker's layup at the 9:30 mark.
Brown completed an acrobatic three-point play on Liberty's ensuing possession, trimming the gap back to 54-45.
Texas A&M then broke the game open with a 10-2 surge. A left-handed fast break layup by Bone opened up a 64-47 advantage for the Aggies with 5:08 to play.
Liberty held the Aggies to just two made field goals the rest of the way, but could get no closer and Texas A&M closed out its first victory of the 2012-13 season, 70-55.
The Aggies finished the game shooting 50 percent (32-of-64) from the field. They became the first Liberty opponent since No. 17/17 St. John's on Dec. 28, 2010 to make at least half of its field goal attempts. The Lady Flames had kept 58 straight teams below 50 percent before Tuesday.
Liberty also shot the ball well from the field, making a season-high 44.2 percent (19-of-43) of its field goals on the night.
Both teams struggled from the free throw line, with Liberty hitting 61.9 percent (13-of-21) of its tries and Texas A&M making just 27.3 percent (3-of-11).
The Aggies finished with slight advantages in rebounds (35-30), points in the paint (32-30) and second-chance points (10-8).
Brown's 23 points give her 1,505 for her career. She is the fifth player in program history and 19th player in Big South history to reach the 1,500-point milestone.
Campbell made two of the Lady Flames' four three-pointers on the night while scoring a season-high eight points. Gardner contributed six points and six rebounds. Frazier finished just one assist (7) and one rebound (5) shy of her career highs in those categories.
A trio of Aggies scored in double figures, led by freshman Walker with 20 points. Pratcher and Bone each added a dozen points, with Bone's eight rebounds topping all players.
Liberty will wrap up its challenging Texas road trip Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern, when the Lady Flames play at defending national champion Baylor. The 4-1 Bears are ranked No. 3 nationally in both polls this week.


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Peab decontaminates soil for future development in Norra Djurgård City
Peab has been commissioned to decontaminate and stabilize contaminated soil in Norra Djurgård City in Stockholm. The customer is Stockholm City and the contract is worth SEK 140 million.
Boberg Street will become the main street in the new residential area in Hjorthagen which will be built in stages and is part of Norra Djurgård City. The project includes decontaminating a total of around 220,000 m2 polluted earth, of which 55,000 m2 clay will be stabilized. The volumes are equal to around five soccer fields dug a meter deep. The decontaminated material will be used as filling and become the foundation for future streets and housing in Norra Djurgård City in Stockholm.
The project is divided into two stages. The first stage has been designing and planning, and producing the best technical solutions for the project. Now the project is moving into the second stage, which is the actual implementation.
"As a community builder we are proud to be a part of developing Norra Djurgård City. We have done the preparation work of designing and planning the streets in the area and now we look forward to working together with Stockholm City in the next stage," says Carl Johan Söderberg, Region Manager at Peab.
Boberg Street is part of Norra Djurgård City in Stockholm, which is one of Europe's largest city development areas. All in all 12,000 new homes and 35,000 new workplaces have been planned.
"We entered into a partnering contract with Peab a year and a half ago. The reason was the complex contamination in the area. During the process Peab has been constructive and driving in different trials and evaluated possible decontamination methods in collaboration with our project organization. We are pleased with the cooperation we have had in stage one and that it will now bear fruit and generate the results we hope for in the next stage," says Fredrik Bergman, Project Manager for Norra Djurgård City.
The project is a traditional contract in partnering and is expected to be completed in October 2022.
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Carl Johan Söderberg, Region Manager Peab, +46 734 10 69 31
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Editorial: Is Sentance best choice for superintendent?
There's something fishy about the Board of Education's vote naming Michael Sentance the next superintendent of schools
Editorial: Is Sentance best choice for superintendent? There's something fishy about the Board of Education's vote naming Michael Sentance the next superintendent of schools Check out this story on montgomeryadvertiser.com: http://on.mgmadv.com/2bqR3M3
Montgomery Advertiser Published 9:35 a.m. CT Aug. 25, 2016
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There's something fishy about the Alabama State Board of Education's vote on Aug. 11 naming Michael Sentance, an education consultant and policy adviser from Massachusetts, the next superintendent of schools.
Bringing in new blood isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially in situations where profound change is needed. That's the case with Alabama schools, which continue to score poorly in student achievement and to go underfunded.
Sentance, however, is being characterized by some as not only an outsider, but unqualified, never having served as a teacher, principal or superintendent of a school system. When he previously sought the state superintendent job in 2011, he was not interviewed. His experience still seems thin.
Meanwhile other contenders, such as Jefferson County Schools superintendent Craig Pouncey, had deep administrative experience and know the hard challenges facing Alabama schools.
Pouncey has in the past been critical of the Legislature's attempts to raid education dollars to shore up the General Fund budget. He was the target of a suspicious anonymous complaint sent to the education board before his interview for the chief's job.
If the niggling allegations were meant to keep him from being chosen as superintendent, they worked.
The intrigue smacks of shady political interference with the high mission of state educators and the best interests of Alabama's children.
The uproar against Sentance is vehement in some corners. An online petition started by Montgomery education blogger Larry Lee calling for the board to rescind its choice has garnered some 4,000 signatures as of Aug. 23.
To say the least, this is an inauspicious start for Sentance, if he accepts a $198,000 salary deal plus perks and shows up for work Sept. 12.
It's difficult to predict if the petition will gain traction. But its mere existence portends badly for Sentance's chances of getting educator buy-in for new policies or leading a needed turnaround in achievement for Alabama schools.
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While this drama plays out, Sentance should task himself with getting up to speed quickly on Alabama's flawed educational playing field.
Starting, say, with the recent shenanigans of a Legislature too willing to damage public schools by setting up tax credit scholarship programs that siphon funding off to private schools, and not just for impoverished kids from struggling schools.
He'll need to understand that Alabama isn't Massachusetts, where school funding is roughly double what it is here. And that he'll have to fight relentlessly to ensure more such money grabs don't come from lawmakers afraid to grapple with the state's dysfunctional taxation system, including its shamefully low property taxes.
He'll have to wade into the Common Core controversy in ways that promote ever higher standards of learning but allow teachers the flexibility to teach to the student, not just to standardized tests.
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As Alabama begins its first charter school experiments, he'll have to ensure those publicly funded but less-regulated classrooms are held accountable and made transparent, in both finances and academics. Otherwise, we're headed for the same fraud-ridden charter flameouts frequent in other states.
That's just the tip of the iceberg. Welcome to your mission, Mr. Sentance, should you choose to accept it.
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B-town's very own hottie, Sidharth Malhotra, turned a year older today. He rang in his birthday with his close friend from bollywood industry. Last night, he celebrated his birthday at his house. Karan Johar's presence in his birthday party was special. Apart from Karan, Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernandes, etc., many actresses also reached Siddharth's Birthday party.The actor cut his birthday cake with the media too.
Born on January 16, 1985, Sidharth is known for his roles in movies like 'Student of the Year,' 'Hasee Toh Phasee,', 'Ek Villain,' 'Kapoor & Sons' and more recently 'Ittefaq'. He started his career at the age of 18 with modeling. He has also worked as an assistant director along with Varun Dhawan for Karan Johar's 'My Name Is Khan' (2010).
Happy birthdayyyy @S1dharthM !!! Keep shining, smiling & killing it!" wrote 'Ek Villain' co-star Shraddha Kapoor.
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The University of Dundee's Chaplaincy Centre will next month host a memorial service to allow the family and friends of those who have passed away in whatever circumstances to remember their loved ones.
The Chaplaincy, situated at Cross Row, Dundee, will hold the event at 7pm on Wednesday, 2nd December.
Tea and coffee will be served afterwards. More information is available by contacting Jill Webster on 01382 384157 or at j.webster@dundee.ac.uk.


From 2002 to 2011, Sinead and Mark Borchert live-trapped small mammals in two grids across the 65‐m zone on either side of the perimeter of the 2002, 8,100‐ha Wolf Fire in Los Padres National Forest.
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Playing ball at the COS philharmonic
Posted on October 18, 2007 by Eric Verlo
Before they got to Ode to Joy, before the Brahms, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic warmed up, their conductor marched out, the audience clapped, an American flag size 3XL descended behind the stage and the musicians played a spirited Star Spangled Banner. Everyone rose, hands on their hearts, some singing. I didn't know if I was in school or at a baseball game. What next, spitting? I heard female voices behind me that were almost operatic. Would a cultural art center not have been a sanctuary from this plebian pledge of allegiance? To me it's become almost distasteful these days, because it could so easily be misinterpreted to mean approval of what's being done in our name.
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13 Responses to Playing ball at the COS philharmonic
Tony Logan says:
Next time you to go to the orchestra where the Colorado Springs lumpen middle class prevails in attendance, then maybe you should do like my kid is doing today, Eric? She is wearing to school her new ACLU t-shirt that she got last night for being the youngest civil libertarian at the ACLU forum.
She has already won the right not to participate in the state mandated pledge every morning. Instead she sits quietly and reads. I think the teacher thought that she might feel isolated and rejoin the group think after a while. Instead, she's showing up with here ACLU tee today instead!
Or try carrying in your own Mexican flag to the orchestra next time. You can run up to the front and unfurl it alongside 'Old Glory' and try to get the audience to sing the Mexican national anthem with you. Here are the words in English translation…
ENGLISH TRANSLATION of Mexican national anthem
Mexicans, when the war cry is heard,
Have sword and bridle ready.
Let the earth's foundations tremble
At the loud cannon's roar.
May the divine archangel crown your brow,
Oh fatherland, with an olive branch of peace,
For your eternal destiny has been written
In heaven by the finger of God.
But should a foreign enemy
Dare to profane your soil with his tread,
Know, beloved fatherland, that heaven gave you
A soldier in each of your sons.
War, war without truce against who would attempt
to blemish the honor of the fatherland!
War, war! The patriotic banners
saturate in waves of blood.
War, war! On the mount, in the vale
The terrifying cannon thunder
and the echoes nobly resound
to the cries of union! liberty!
Fatherland, before your children become unarmed
Beneath the yoke their necks in sway,
May your countryside be watered with blood,
On blood their feet trample.
And may your temples, palaces and towers
crumble in horrid crash,
and their ruins exist saying:
The fatherland was made of one thousand heroes here.
Fatherland, oh fatherland, your sons vow
To give their last breath on your altars,
If the trumpet with its warlike sound
Calls them to valiant battle.
For you, the garlands of olive,
For them, a glorious memory.
For you, the victory laurels,
For them, an honoured tomb.
PC says:
First, it is called a Garrison flag, sized 20′ x 36′. Second the National Anthem is a symbol of our unity, a symbol of revolution against tyranny as is our flag. Being patriotic is standing up and SCREAMING when your country is wrong and doing something about it. And we should feel free to wave our flag and sing our anthems on the street corners. Feeling pride in your country is not evil. If you associate the song with spitting and only the evils associated with our current administration, then you have limited experiences in life. Our country hs done many evils, many good deeds, and will in the future do more good. The heart of the American is basically good, we want to do good AND WE SHOULD BE PROUD AMERICANS. Tell a Frenchman that singing La Marseillaise is declasse and see what happens. I am ashamed of my government's actions, but I am not ashamed of being an American citizen.
PC, I don't associate our flag with only the current Administration, and I associate it with the citizenry despite the constant attempts of the Right Wing to make it all their own. That being said, I am in no way particularly proud of being an American citizen.
Why should I be since I disagree with your assertion that 'the heart of the American is basically good'? I think that's about as far from the truth as is imaginable. In fact, the hearts of many Americans have shriveled up entirely, along with their brains, I might add.
Think how the typical American must appear to the poorer citizens of the world? Do you think that they think us generous, kind, and libertarian spirits? Do you think they find us democratic in spirit? Do you think they see in us as leadership and role models?
Do you think that they see much of a future ahead with the US citizenry as a whole in charge of the world? Do you think they see the average American Joe and Jane as defenders of their interests? What is there to be proud about then?
Pride in one's country is not shameful to have in itself, but only if it is based on something of substance. We are showing ourselves to be exactly like the citizens of all the other past countries of the world that colonized other parts of the world. They had empires, too, and their citizens mainly acted brutishly toward the rest of the world their own ruling classes held in their power.
The average citizen of an Empire most often become a cheap copy of their own masters, and monkey the arrogance these rulers have toward people living in the colonies. In America we see the same today, and it is nothing to be proud about.
By the way, when did we give up the rights to our flag to the neocon right wing fanatics? Since when did we liberals decide it was only good to wipe our butts with and/or burn the flag. Why are we not using the symbols to support OUR vision of patriotism?
Tony, you are completely correct in that the world views us as greedy, mean spirited world oppressors. Do you think that of everyone you know in the US? Do you think that of most of the people you know? How about 50% – 25% – 10% of your acquaintances? Do you feel there is no redemption for us? If so, then why are you crying in the wilderness like a prophet? Can you not see altho it seems to take many people too long to see the light, they do. If you don't have faith in the basic goodness in people, why are you trying? Your beautiful daughter is the inheritor of the world we are leaving. I want people to BELIEVE it can and will be better. It is the only way I see that positive change can be made.
We didn't. I have used the flag at times during demonstrations and have supported others that have done the same, even when others didn't like having the flag there.
BTW, I have yet to hear of anybody wiping their butt with the American flag? The French actually use bidets I think to clean their butts? Is there a US law against wiping one's butt with the Old Glory yet, or a Constitutional Amendment against those wiping butts with the US flag being proposed? It sounds like it might actually be a personal matter if one does choose to wipe their butt with the US flag?
And may I at least wipe my butt with a copy of the US Constitution now that Bush and Congress are doing exactly that with it? So, PC, you think that liberals united with Leftists ought to battle it out with the Right Wing in the flag waving contest? I think we might lose? Oh dear me my… lol…
BTW, I just had a flag waver today suggest that I move to Iraq since I was so unhappy here. I felt very bad.
The point being "…, even when others didn't like having the flag there." Tony, I'm glad you used the flag to demonstrate against the government's flagrant misuse of our constitution. I encourage you to use it more. Whoever in the group doesn't like it, doesn't get that it represents what we want. Freedom to choose Peace instead of War. As far as personal use of the flag, anyone can wrap it around themselves and have sex like a monkey for all I care. It is afterall a symbol – just a symbol. Not the actual ideology itself that it symbolizes.
We lost the flag when it was raised over Camp X-ray in Guantanamo, or each time a yahoo trails it behind his pickup. It's a symbol of kicking ass. We can wrap them in it when we toast theirs.
Sorry, I don't buy that. What about your button that says "Proud to be an American against the War". What about the Liberal Store's American flags with peace signs and American flag stickers that say "Think, its patriotic". We only lose the flag when we give it up to the ass kickers. I not doing that. Its mine. I still believe it has positive meaning for people.
Ellen T says:
Shouldn't attending the Philharmonic be a two hour respite from everything political – including flag waving.
PC, I think that it is right to use the flag from time to time in protest. I am not for surrendering the flag to the Right Wing at all, and believe that not all Americans are bad, though I do believe that most are not all that, as they like to think they are. So I certainly agree with your points.
But Eric, too, is right. The Confederate flag crowd of old now likes to wave the American flag day and night. They want all of us to think that the flag is totally theirs, and that their sick definition of what they think patriotism is, is 100% correct.
Personally, I think that nationalism is a disease in these modern times. One gets tired of hearing that we have to cheer for the home town all the time, even if corporate logos are all over the stadium. Pledging to the flag has become a hollow ritual that is most a sign of how sick nationalism in an imperialist country truly is. Rah, Rah, Rah the flag. Right or Wrong and most when wrong.
This is what was so offensive to Eric I think. He went to a concert and it got co opted into a forced loyalty oath to Right Wing pride and confidence that they are the greatest, when in fact, they just plain suck, and the flag becomes a degraded symbol when they wave it and try to force others to do so.
Still missing the point. The degradation happens when you surrender your symbols to the degraders. Wahhhh, he went to a concert and had to listen to the NA. Oh, the mental anguish. He did not have to say a pledge, nor did he have to take a loyalty oath – he just stood there. Quit hiding behind the current trend to be anti-American. We are American. Sing louder than everyone else. Show them they don't stand for what you believe and you have as much right in the country as everyone else. Show them they are NOT the majority.
Yeah, I understand your point. But the other point is that one doesn't want to go to a grade school event, a city council meeting, a school board meeting, a concert, a basketball game, a baseball game, a football game, and a hundred and one other events and have this stuff pushed on you. One doesn't want to drive down the street and see the city planting flags on signs with comments about pride, etc.
The point is, many of us as a whole, just get fed up with assholes wrapping themselves in the flag all the time and demanding that we do the same. The result, is that we want to tell people to take THEIR damn flag and stuff it up their rear ends as far as we are concerned.
Personally, many of us never have felt that the US flag represented much for ourselves anyway. There is nothing about us being degraded here, the flag is just not that it is particularly a symbol of our value systems. We don't have to defend it much, since it just isn't us at all to begin with.
We don't associate Freedom and Liberty in this symbol at all. It is other people's cross to carry, so to speak, and not ours. So when they start singing and Halluyah…ing about it, we just get nauseated, that's all. We have 'surrendered' nothing much by not participating with them. Their symbol is not ours.
These Right Wing Christians want us to adore their idolatry to all the wrong values at the oddest times. They are pushy and we should just say, 'Fuck Them!' To say and think this is not to be anti-American either. Real Americans don't weep and cry over the stupid fucking flag.
That being said, if some Dude or Dudette wants to carry a flag at a demo, then so what? I carried my kid on my shoulders through the streets of Dallas once while she held an American flag given to her there. We were not forced to do so, so there was no resentment at all. But that was my decision, and not the result of pushy Right Wingers trying to stampede the herd like at the concert Eric was at. THEIR flag I would wipe an ass with, and toss it in the trash afterward. The stupid creeps.
I hope this division about how to respond to flag waving creeps is dividing no one from their friends and Significant Others?
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Street photography and photojournalism are the great examples of photography that can happen with very little control of the elements in the environment. The biggest tools we have for controlling the elements are our feet, composition techniques, and cropping.
When talking about controlling the elements, we might stumble into the need to isolate certain elements of the image to create a deeper impact in the message our image is going to deliver.
With some of the techniques, we will discuss in this article, the use of light to isolate subjects and how correct metering can ensure your images are exposed to your desired outcome. How about learning the bare bones of Light in this fantastic Guide "Understanding Light" by Kent DuFault – you'll be amazed at how drastically your images will improve!
In this post, I will briefly discuss nine ways you can enhance the isolation of the image's main subject in street photography.
When wandering the streets, it is necessary to scout the scenes in search of meaningful stories to capture. Restrain yourself from shooting immediately when arriving at a street.
By scouting the streets, you'll become a common element and you'll be able to work more inconspicuously. By doing this, you'll easily identify subjects that stand out from the crowd, and your images will look much more impressive.
Busy environments have the potential to reveal amazing stories. You just need to be able to observe the scenes to develop a sensitivity for the stories hidden among the crowds.
One of the most beautiful things about urban social dynamics is the feeling of "everyone is in their own world". Nowadays, people are immersed in their personal worlds.
Let's remember high-key exposure techniques, just to make a point. The main element tends to be more obvious, thanks its presence inside a white space. The isolation here is tremendously obvious. We are just establishing a foreground here.
In street photography, you can isolate subjects by using spot metering when establishing your exposure settings. If you expose with this mode in the streets, in most cases you'll get overexposed shots.
Because the light in the streets is so complex, to get a subject well exposed the surroundings may appear blown-out.
Digital cameras work in a way opposite to film. Film was better at recovering information when the shot was underexposed. Digital sensors, on the other hand, are better at recovering information when the picture is overexposed.
You'll achieve well-exposed subjects in scenes that are way more exposed than your subject. Therefore, this is an excellent technique for isolating subjects in the streets.
This is the compositional technique that blends large spaces of low visual impact, with small proportion elements or subjects that contrast in relation to the negative space. The negative space can be dull and flat – it doesn't matter because its purpose in the image is to be a negative space.
When working in the streets, the best example is found in work of various photographers who have recorded images of subjects walking in front of a wall.
This can be a very appealing way of doing things, because if we (as humans) don't perceive a balance or an equally balanced interaction between space and activity, the image will feel very claustrophobic (which of course can work to our advantage if a concept requires this eerie feeling).
After identifying the main subjects, you'll need to follow them (without being creepy, of course) to reveal meaningful stories. You can follow or track your subjects in the micro-spaces of the streets thanks to servo-focusing. Try it out – it's an awesome tool of the digital medium.
When working the streets, getting close to people is an extremely important technique. One benefit of getting up close is that it helps isolate subjects in crowded and busy contexts.
Seek the perfect blend of isolated subject and context by using wide-angle lenses. Wide-angle lenses help us as street photographers by forcing us to get physically closer to isolate the main subject in the scene.
These lenses typically allow us to show a crowded context, which can work fine if our goal and concept requires it. But if you're trying to isolate a subject, moving with your feet is the best way to go. Get in close!
Crowds in the streets can be presented as a metaphor of endless rivers streaming through the streets. Social interactions between two or more subjects are really noticeable in the middle of such busy scenes.
Look for them, and you can get perfectly isolated subjects standing in the middle of the crowds. The juxtaposition of two people sharing thoughts in an endless river of people minding their own business can make for a very compelling image.
Don't forget to be patient. You won't get amazing shots every time you head to the streets, but don't stop seeking meaningful stories that deserve to be captured and preserved.
Remember to always keep a camera with you, and make patience a social routine in which you wander around, always keeping an eye out for the social happenings around you that are worth shooting.
When embracing street photography, try to connect with people and get to know them. If you gain their trust, you'll be able to get more intimate shots.
Intimate shots are rich, and when you start to get them you will have entered another stage of social photography in which you can document deeper things.
This is very straightforward. Use a shallow depth of field to isolate subjects in busy contexts. This is the simplest technique to establish the importance of the main subject against a background.
Remember to use this technique when doing portraits in the streets, and your isolated subjects will bloom in front of your eyes in the most organic way possible.
Some of the techniques in this article are discussing the use of light to isolate subjects and how correct metering can ensure your images are exposed to your desired outcome. How about learning the bare bones of Light in this fantastic Guide "Understanding Light" by Kent DuFault – you'll be amazed at how drastically your images will improve!