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Kendrick Lamar
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|Kendrick Lamar
Lamar performing at Way Out West in August 2013.
|Background information
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|Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
|Also known as
June 17, 1987
Compton, California, U.S.
|Hip hop
|Years active
|Associated acts
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987), better known as Kendrick Lamar, is an American hip hop artist from Compton, California.[1] In 2004, Lamar signed to Carson-based independent record label, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). Lamar would later secure a recording contract with a major label in 2012, when he signed with Aftermath and Interscope Records. Apart from his solo career, Lamar is also known as a member of the West Coast hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, alongside his TDE labelmates and fellow South Los Angeles-based rappers Ab-Soul, Jay Rock and Schoolboy Q.[2]
Lamar embarked on his music career as a teenager, under the moniker K-Dot, releasing a mixtape which garnered him local attention. He began to gain major recognition in 2010, after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. The following year, he released Section.80, his first independent album, exclusively through iTunes. The album received critical acclaim and instantly ranked as one of the top digital hip hop releases of the year.[3] The album spawned Lamar's debut single, "HiiiPoWeR". Early in his career, prior to releasing his major-label debut, Lamar had amassed a large Internet following and had already worked with several prominent artists in the hip hop industry, including The Game, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Drake, Talib Kweli, Busta Rhymes, E-40, Warren G and Lil Wayne, among others.
Lamar's major-label debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released in October 2012 to widespread acclaim. The album contained the Top 40 hits "Swimming Pools (Drank)", "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" and "Poetic Justice". Upon its release, the album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In early 2013, MTV crowned Lamar the No. 1 "Hottest MC in the Game", on their annual list.[4] Lamar also received a total of seven Grammy nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014), including Best New Artist, Album of the Year and Best Rap Song. A year later, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards (2015), Lamar won Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for his single, "i". In March 2015, Lamar released his third album, To Pimp a Butterfly, to wide acclaim. It peaked at number one in various countries, including the U.S. and the UK.
- 1 Biography
- 2 Artistry
- 3 Personal life
- 4 Discography
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 External links
1987–2009: Early life and career beginnings
Lamar was born in Compton, California, to parents from Chicago, Illinois.[5] His birth name was given to him by his mother in honor of singer Eddie Kendricks.[6] In 1995, at the age of eight, Lamar witnessed his idols, Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre, film the music video for their hit single "California Love", which would later prove to be a very significant moment in Lamar's life.[7] As a teenager, Lamar attended Centennial High School in Compton, where he was a straight-A student.[5][8]
In 2003, at the age of 16, Lamar released his first full-length project, a mixtape titled Youngest Head Nigga in Charge (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year), under the pseudonym K-Dot.[9] The mixtape garnered enough local attention for Lamar to secure a recording contract with TDE, a newly founded local indie record label, based in Carson, California.[9] He began recording material with the label and subsequently released a twenty-six track mixtape two years later, titled Training Day (2005).[10] Throughout 2006 and 2007, Lamar would appear alongside other up-and-coming West Coast rappers, such as Jay Rock and Ya Boy, as opening acts for veteran West Coast rapper The Game. Under the moniker K-Dot, Lamar was also featured on The Game's songs "The Cypha" and "Cali Niggaz".[11][12]
In 2008, Lamar was prominently featured throughout the music video for Jay Rock's commercial debut single, "All My Life (In the Ghetto)", which features American hip hop superstar Lil Wayne and was backed by Warner Bros. Records. Lamar garnered further recognition after a video of a live performance of a Charles Hamilton show surfaced, in which Hamilton battled fellow rappers who were in the audience. Lamar did not hesitate and began rapping a verse over the instrumental to Miilkbone's "Keep It Real", which would later appear on a track titled "West Coast Wu-Tang".[7]
After receiving a co-sign from Lil Wayne, Lamar released his third mixtape in 2009, titled C4, which was heavily themed around Wayne's Tha Carter III LP.[13] Soon after, Lamar decided to drop K-Dot as his stage name and go by his birth name. He subsequently released a self-titled extended play (EP), in late 2009.[14] That same year, Lamar formed Black Hippy, a hip hop supergroup, with his TDE label-mates Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q.
2010–11: Overly Dedicated and Section.80
Throughout 2010, Lamar toured with Tech N9ne and Jay Rock on The Independent Grind tour.[9] On September 4, 2010, Lamar unveiled the cover art for his fourth mixtape Overly Dedicated, designed by RedefineCreativity.[15] On September 14, 2010, he released the visuals for "P&P 1.5", a song taken from Overly Dedicated, featuring his Black Hippy cohort Ab-Soul.[16] On September 14, Lamar also released Overly Dedicated to digital retailers under Top Dawg Entertainment, and later on September 23, released it for free online.[17][18] The project fared well enough to enter the United States Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it peaked at number 72.[19]
The highly acclaimed mixtape includes a song titled "Ignorance Is Bliss", in which Lamar glorifies gangsta rap and street crime, but ends each verse with "ignorance is bliss", giving the message "we know not what we do;"[20][21] it was this song specifically that made legendary hip hop producer Dr. Dre want to work with Lamar after seeing the music video on YouTube.[22] This led to Lamar working with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg on Dre's often-delayed Detox album, as well as speculation of Lamar signing to Dr. Dre's record label, Aftermath Entertainment.[9][23][24] In December 2010, Complex spotlighted Lamar in an edition of their "Indie Intro" series.[25]
In January 2011, Lamar stated his next project was 90% finished.[9] In early 2011, Lamar was included in XXL's annual Top 10 Freshman Class, and was featured on the cover alongside fellow up-and-coming rappers CyHi the Prynce, Meek Mill, Mac Miller, Yelawolf and Big K.R.I.T., among others.[26] On April 11, 2011, Lamar announced the title of his next full-length project to be Section.80, and revealed he would release its lead single the following day.[27] As promised, on April 12, 2011, Lamar released "HiiiPoWeR", the album's first single, the concept of which was to further explain the HiiiPoWeR movement.[28] The song was produced by fellow American rapper J. Cole. The song marked their first of many collaborations to come.[28]
On the topic of whether his next project would be an album or a mixtape, Lamar answered: "I treat every project like it's an album anyway. It's not gonna be nothing leftover. I never do nothing like that. These are my leftover songs y'all can have 'em, nah. I'm gonna put my best out. My best effort. I'm tryna look for an album in 2012."[29] In June 2011, Lamar released "Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils)", a cut from Section.80, featuring Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA.[30] On July 2, 2011, Lamar released Section.80, his first independent album, to critical acclaim. The album features guest appearances from GLC, Colin Munroe, Schoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul, while the production was handled by Top Dawg in-house production team Digi+Phonics as well as Wyldfyer, Terrace Martin and J. Cole. Section.80 went on to sell 5,300 digital copies in its first abbreviated week, without any television or radio coverage and received mostly positive reviews.[31]
In August 2011, while performing at a West Los Angeles concert, Lamar was crowned the "New King of the West Coast" onstage by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Game.[32][33] On August 24, 2011, Lamar released the music video for the popular Section.80 track, "A.D.H.D". The video was directed by Vashtie Kola who had this to say of the video: "Inspired by "A.D.H.D"s dark beat and melancholy lyrics which explore a generation in conflict, we find Kendrick Lamar in a video that illustrates the songs[sic] universal and age-old theme of apathetic youth. Shot in New York City during the sweltering July Summer heat, "A.D.H.D" is the third video to be released from Kendrick Lamar's album Section.80."[34] In October 2011, Lamar appeared alongside fellow American rappers B.o.B, Tech N9ne, MGK, and Big K.R.I.T., in a cypher at the BET Hip Hop Awards.[35] Also in October, Lamar partnered with Windows Phone, and crafted an original song with producer Nosaj Thing entitled "Cloud 10", to promote Microsoft's new product.[36] That same year, Lamar appeared on several high-profile albums including Game's The R.E.D. Album, Tech N9ne's All 6's and 7's, 9th Wonder's The Wonder Years and Canadian recording artist Drake's Grammy Award-winning Take Care, which featured Lamar on a solo track.
2012–13: good kid, m.A.A.d city and controversies
On February 15, 2012, a song by Lamar titled "Cartoon & Cereal", featuring fellow American rapper Gunplay, was leaked online.[37] Lamar later revealed that the track was for his major-label debut studio album and that he had plans to shoot a video for it.[38] Although the song would later be ranked #2 in Complex's Best 50 Songs of 2012 list, it would ultimately fail to appear on Lamar's debut.[39] In February 2012, it was announced that FADER had enlisted both Kendrick Lamar and Detroit-based rapper Danny Brown, to appear on the cover of the magazine's Spring Style issue.[40] In February, Lamar also embarked on Drake's Club Paradise Tour, opening along with fellow American rappers, ASAP Rocky and 2 Chainz.
In March 2012, MTV announced that Lamar had signed a deal with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment, marking the end of his career as an independent artist. Under the new deal, Lamar's projects, including his album good kid, m.A.A.d city, would be jointly released via Top Dawg, Aftermath, and Interscope.[41] Also in March, Lamar appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly, where he spoke on Dr. Dre and his hometown of Compton, California.[42] On April 2, 2012, Lamar premiered his commercial debut single "The Recipe", on Big Boy's Neighborhood at Power 106. The song, which serves as the first single from his good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released for digital download the following day. The song was produced by West Coast producer Scoop DeVille and features vocals from his mentor Dr. Dre, who also mixed the record.
On May 14, 2012, J. Cole again spoke on his collaborative effort with Lamar. In an interview with Bootleg Kev, Cole stated: "I just started working with Kendrick the other day. We got it in, finally, again. We got maybe four or five [songs] together."[43] On May 21, Lamar made his 106 & Park debut alongside Ace Hood, joining Birdman and Mack Maine on stage to perform "B Boyz". Lamar also talked about his style and sound, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, and his upcoming collaborative LP with J. Cole.[44] On May 21, Lamar also released "War Is My Love", an original song written and recorded for the video game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, for which he appeared in a mini promotional clip earlier that month.[45] On May 24, Cole posted pictures on his DreamVillain blog of himself and Lamar working in the studio.[46] On November 13, 2012, in an interview with the LA Leakers, Lamar revealed that the two are still working on the project, and that there will be no given release date for the joint album: "We gone drop that out the sky though. I ain't gonna give no dates, no nothing. I'm just gonna let it fall."[47]
On July 31, 2012, Top Dawg, Aftermath, and Interscope serviced "Swimming Pools (Drank)" as the lead single from Lamar's debut album. The song's music video, directed by Jerome D, premiered on August 3, 2012, on 106 & Park. The song peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its thirteenth week of gradually climbing up the chart. On August 15, 2012, Lady Gaga announced via Twitter that she and Lamar had recorded a song titled "PARTYNAUSEOUS" for his debut album.[48] The song, later re-titled "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe", ultimately did not feature Lady Gaga due to timing and creative differences. On August 17, 2012, Lamar released a song titled "Westside, Right on Time", featuring Southern rapper Young Jeezy.[49] The song was released as part of the "Top Dawg Entertainment Fam Appreciation Week". During 2012, Lamar also toured with the rest of Black Hippy and MMG rapper Stalley on BET's Music Matters Tour.[50]
Lamar's major-label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released on October 22, 2012. The album was met with critical acclaim and debuted at number two, selling 242,122 copies in its first week.[51] In December 2012, FUSE TV named Lamar's single, "Backseat Freestyle", one of the top 40 songs of 2012.[52] In a few months' time, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). HipHopDX named Lamar "Emcee of the Year" for their 2012 Year End Awards.[53]
On January 26, 2013, Lamar performed the album's lead singles "Swimming Pools (Drank)" and "Poetic Justice" on NBC late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show Saturday Night Live. He also appeared alongside host Adam Levine and comedy band The Lonely Island, in an SNL Digital Short, which spawned the single "YOLO".[54][55][56] On February 22, 2013, Lamar released the video for "Poetic Justice", the Janet Jackson-sampling collaboration with Canadian rapper Drake.[57] On February 26, Lamar performed "Poetic Justice" on the Late Show with David Letterman.[58] Just nine months after its release, good kid, m.A.A.d city was certified Platinum by the RIAA, Lamar's first Platinum award.[59]
In August 2013, Lamar's verse on the Big Sean track "Control", made waves across the hip-hop industry. In the verse, Lamar vows to lyrically "murder" every other up-and-coming rapper, namely J. Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Pusha T, Meek Mill, ASAP Rocky, Drake, Big Sean, Jay Electronica, Tyler, The Creator and Mac Miller. During the song, Lamar also calls himself the "King of New York", which caused controversy among several New York-based rappers.[60] Many New York rappers, including Papoose, The Mad Rapper, Mickey Factz, JR Writer, Mysonne, Joell Ortiz and more, took offense to this. Furthermore, fellow American rappers such as Meek Mill, Lupe Fiasco, Cassidy, Joe Budden, King L, Bizarre and B.o.B, among many others, released a response or diss track, within a week.[61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68] In the days following the track's release, Lamar's Twitter account saw a 510% increase in followers, while his Wikipedia page garnered 200,000 page views.[69]
On September 6, 2013, American recording artist and record producer Kanye West announced he would be headlining his first solo tour in five years, in support of his sixth album Yeezus (2013), with Kendrick Lamar accompanying him on tour. The Yeezus Tour began in October.[70][71] In October, it was also revealed that Lamar would be the only rapper to be featured on Eminem's eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2.[72] On October 15, 2013, Lamar won five awards at the BET Hip Hop Awards, including Album of the Year and Lyricist of the Year (the latter of which he had also won the year before).[73] At the award show, Lamar performed "Money Trees", and was also featured in a cypher alongside his Top Dawg label-mates Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, Isaiah Rashad, and Ab-Soul.[74][75] During an October 2013 interview with XXL, Lamar revealed that following The Yeezus Tour, he would begin to start working on his next album.[76]
In November 2013, he was named GQ's "Rapper of the Year," and was featured on the cover of the magazine's "Men of the Year" issue.[77][78][79] During the interview, he stated that he would begin recording his second major-label studio album in January 2014.[80] Following the issue's release, TDE's CEO Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith pulled Kendrick Lamar from performing at GQ 's party that accompanies the issue, calling out writer Steve Marsh's profile, "Kendrick Lamar: Rapper of the Year," for its "racial overtones."[81][82][83][84] GQ editor-in-chief Jim Nelson responded with the following statement: "Kendrick Lamar is one of the most talented new musicians to arrive on the scene in years. That's the reason we chose to celebrate him, wrote an incredibly positive article declaring him the next King of Rap, and gave him our highest honor: putting him on the cover of our Men of the Year issue. I'm not sure how you can spin that into a bad thing, and I encourage anyone interested to read the story and see for themselves."[85][86]
Lamar received a total of seven Grammy nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014), including Best New Artist, Album of the Year, and Best Rap Song,[87] but did not receive any of the awards. Many felt that The Recording Academy snubbed Lamar, including Seattle-based rapper Macklemore, who won Best Rap Album, for which Lamar was also nominated.[88][89][90] Despite this, Lamar performed "m.A.A.d city" and a remix of "Radioactive" in a mash-up with American rock band Imagine Dragons at the awards ceremony.[91] The remix was again performed by Lamar and the band on February 1, 2014, during the airing of Saturday Night Live, marking Lamar's second appearance on the show.[92]
2014–present: To Pimp a Butterfly
On February 28, 2014, during an interview with Billboard, Lamar stated he was planning to put out a new album in September 2014.[93] During the same interview, which also included Schoolboy Q, Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, and Dave Free, the possibility of a debut effort from the Black Hippy collective appearing in 2014 was announced.[93] On July 31, 2014, it was announced that Lamar would premiere his short film m.A.A.d at Sundance's inaugural NEXT Fest in Los Angeles on August 9.[94] The film is inspired by good kid, m.A.A.d city, and was directed by Kahlil Joseph, who had previously worked with Lamar on the Yeezus Tour.[94]
On September 23, 2014, Lamar released "i" as the first single from his third album.[95] On November 15, 2014, Lamar once again appeared on Saturday Night Live as the musical guest, where he performed "i" and "Pay For It", appearing alongside Jay Rock.[96] Through his appearance, with blackout contacts and his braids partly out, Lamar paid homage to New York-based rapper Method Man, whose debut album Tical celebrated its 20th anniversary that day.[97][98] In December 2014, it was announced that Lamar had started a partnership with sportswear brand Reebok.[99] On December 17, 2014, Lamar debuted a new untitled song on one of the final episodes of The Colbert Report.[100][101]
On February 8, 2015, Lamar won Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for his song "i" at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.[102] On February 9, 2015, he released his third album's second single, titled "The Blacker the Berry".[103] Originally expected to be released on March 23, 2015, his new album To Pimp a Butterfly was released a week early on March 16, 2015.[104] The album debuted atop the U.S. Billboard 200 chart selling 324,000 copies in its first week.[105]
On May 11, 2015, Lamar received the California State Senate's "Generational Icon Award" from State Senator Isadore Hall III (D–Compton) who represents California's 35th district. From the senate floor, Lamar told the legislature, "I thank you from the bottom of my heart for honoring me today."[106]
On May 17, 2015, Lamar featured on the official remix of Taylor Swift's song "Bad Blood", as well as appearing in the music video.[107] The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[108] On June 30, Lamar released a music video for his next single "Alright".[109]
Lamar has stated that Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas and Eminem are his top five favorite rappers. Tupac Shakur is his biggest influence, and has influenced not only his music, but his day-to-day lifestyle as well.[9][110][111] In a September 2012 interview, Lamar stated Detroit-based rapper Eminem "influenced a lot of my style" and has since credited Eminem for his own aggression, on records such as "Backseat Freestyle".[112][113] Lamar also gave Lil Wayne (during his Hot Boyz days) credit for influencing his style and praised his longevity.[114] He has said that he also grew up listening to Rakim, Dr. Dre and Tha Dogg Pound.[115]
In a 2011 interview with Rolling Stone, Lamar mentioned Mos Def and Snoop Dogg as rappers that he listened to and took influence from during his early years.[116] He also cites Yonkers-based rapper DMX as an influence: "[DMX] really [got me started] on music," explained Lamar in an interview with Philadelphia's Power 99. "That first album [It's Dark and Hell Is Hot] is classic, [so he had an influence on me]."[117] In January 2013, when asked to name three rappers that have played a role in his style, Lamar said: "It's probably more of a west coast influence. A little bit of Kurupt, Pac, with some of the content of Cube."[118] In a November 2013 interview with GQ, when asked "The Four MC's That Made Kendrick Lamar?", he answered Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Mobb Deep, namely Prodigy.[119]
Musical style
On the topic of his music genre, Lamar has said: "You really can't categorize my music, it's human music."[120][121] Lamar's projects are usually concept albums. Lamar's album, To Pimp a Butterfly, incorporates elements of funk, spoken word poetry and jazz.[122]
Personal life
In April 2015, he got engaged to his girlfriend Whitney Alford.[123]One of his cousins, is Nick Young who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers.[124]
- Section.80 (2011)
- Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012)
- To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
See also
- List of awards and nominations received by Kendrick Lamar
- List of artists who reached number one in the United States
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Rhythmic chart
- List of hip hop musicians
- List of people from California
- Music of California
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Matt Durran studied in the UK and Copenhagen, winning British Council Arts Travel Bursaries in 1996 and 1999.
On the Board of Trustees at the Art Dyslexic Trust, Durran combines an extensive exhibiting schedule with educational activities and other creative collaborations such as the Anglo/Hungarian Glass/Cultural Projects, Cairo 2001.
Since 1994 he has lectured at a variety of events such as The International Glass Symposium, Lednicke Rovne,1996. He has led workshops and groups including sessions for Special Needs Arts Conference, Knuston.
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His installations often incorporate photograms. These are large-scale photographs of glass objects, reminiscent of x-rays, In fact Matthew tells that the inspiration for this imagery occurred whilst travelling. A bag full of his art pieces was x-rayed at an airport on his return from a glass symposium in Slovakia 'and as this technology stirred something internally, in front of me I could see an internal structure to glass that needed to be captured.'
Matt says that photograms are a way for him to capture the light that passes through glass onto photographic paper. Each image is completely unique and can never be replicated because even if one uses the same glass and arrangement the reflective quality within the glass will always change.
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St Martin in the Fields Project:-
St Martin`s church, Trafalgar Square, London is in the middle of an extensive renewal project.
Matthew has been asked to recycle the ancient glass from the church windows and create 100 small sculptures. 'Using kiln-work to renew the glass and breath new life into the old crystal glass panes'. This will be used for a presentation in thanks for the people who helped on the renewal project. A film about the project is now made, so that what goes before can be preserved.
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In talk to priests, pope recalls experiences as Vatican II consultant
Pope Benedict XVI uses a cane as he arrives for an audience with priests of the Diocese of Rome in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 14. (CNS/Paul Haring)
By Francis X. Rocca
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI, who has dedicated much of his pontificate to shaping the church's understanding of the Second Vatican Council, devoted one of his last public addresses to the subject, recalling his experiences as an expert consultant at Vatican II, praising some of its major documents and lamenting widespread distortions of its teachings.
The pope made his remarks Feb. 14 in his annual address to clergy of the Diocese of Rome. Although he had cited deteriorating "strength of mind and body" in explaining his historic decision to resign at the end of February, Pope Benedict, who turns 86 in April, spoke for 46 minutes, delivering a highly structured talk without a prepared text or notes.
Pope Benedict said that popular understanding of Vatican II has been long distorted by its coverage in the press, which presented the council as a political struggle for "popular sovereignty" in the church. This "council of the media" was responsible for "many calamities, so many problems, so much misery," the pope said. "Seminaries closed, convents closed, liturgy trivialized."
But the pope said that the "true council," which was based on faith, is today "emerging with all its spiritual strength," and he called on his listeners to "work so that the true council with the power of the Holy Spirit is realized and the church is really renewed."
The talk gave Pope Benedict a chance to underscore one of the major themes of his pontificate almost at its end. In a landmark speech during his first year as pope, he had proclaimed the importance of reading Vatican II in continuity with the church's millennial traditions, not as a radical break with the past. His efforts to promote such interpretations have culminated in the current Year of Faith, which opened last October on the 50th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II.
In his speech to the clergy, Pope Benedict highlighted some of the council's greatest achievements as well as difficulties in their implementation. He praised "Dei Verbum," on the interpretation of Scripture, as one of the council's "most beautiful and innovative" documents, but said "there is still much to be done to arrive at a reading of Scripture that is really in the spirit of the council," because many scholars continue to read the Bible as a merely human book, without reference to faith or the church's teaching authority.
Pope Benedict praised as "an act of providence" the council's decision to make liturgy, the adoration of God, its first order of business, but he criticized what he called misunderstandings of the liturgical reform the council fostered. Celebrating the Mass in a modern language does not suffice to make its mysteries intelligible, he said, and external participation by the laity in worship does not necessarily produce "communion with the church and thus fellowship with Christ."
The pope's talk was not all serious. He drew laughter with an anecdote about the late Cardinal Josef Frings of Cologne who, when Blessed John XXIII once summoned him to Rome, "was afraid he had perhaps said maybe something incorrect, false and that he had been asked to come for a reprimand, perhaps even to deprive him of his red hat." Instead, Cardinal Frings received Blessed John's praise, and later brought the future Pope Benedict with him to the council as his personal adviser.
Before the pope's talk, the several thousand priests in the Vatican's audience hall greeted him with a standing ovation and a shout of "Long live the pope!" Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the vicar of Rome, then read a short tribute to the pope, likening the occasion to the departure of St. Paul from Ephesus in the Acts of the Apostles.
The cardinal broke into tears as he concluded, telling the pope, "in the name of all the priests of Rome, who truly love the pope, that we commit ourselves to pray still for you and for your intentions, so that our grateful love may become, if possible, even greater."
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National Cattledog Association
#61 Guest_herbertholmes_*
Posted 11 January 2012 - 06:20 PM
All the other income is accounted seperatly.
The cost of day to day operations of the USBCHA take about all of the membership money. In my own simple logic, if the memberships were not close to balancing with the day to day expenses, then we should figure out something to break them up. But, I do not think anyone is getting less or more for their money.
Memberships are hard to do anything with, requiring a by law change.
I do support the NCA. I gave up a long time ago on any ideas I might have had for what is the best way to run a cowdog. In my position, if you get caught up in what you and all think is best for the judging(or not) you lose track of the business side of this.
The USBCHA management lost it's thought's for anything but the financial side of this program in 2004. That was not a choice it was a fact forced upon us by our having no money. We had to save the USBCHA as a whole putting the cowdog thing on a tight budget with no room for error. It is still that way. The sheepdog side has flourished, the cowdog side has not.
That blame has to be placed on the leadership of the USBCHA, me more than anyone.
I do not believe anyone that does not have a passion for something can make a go of it.
Not very many people in the USBCHA have the passion for cattle trialing it takes to make the thing work.
In all the talk on different forums the past few days I have not heard one person say:
"Count me in. I will devote 300 hours, with no pay,(with one week of that at one time) a year to running the national finals. I don't care what type of format you choose to run under, and I don't care if I have a dog in the running. I will be there."
We need one person like that to start with, then another two or three have to be very close to that in time donated. That is what makes the sheepdog program viable. We have a ton of members that volunteer in some form, and we have those few that step up and take on the leadership roles in the local committees. There are not enough cowdog people in the USBCHA to give us the pool for that. The NCA believe's it can bring more people into the program to create a larger group of people to generate the passion needed.
The ABCA funding of the NCA is not a part of any discussion of the USBCHA. It is none of the USBCHA's business.
Posted 11 January 2012 - 06:28 PM
One question is that if the USBCHA relies on memberships for the day-to-day running of the organization, will a split (NCA taking on the cattledog program in its entirety) mean that USBCHA might lose enough members (if there are, indeed, those who will no longer be members of USBCHA but will join NCA as they are only interested in cattledog issues and trialing) to cause a financial issue for USBCHA. Or, will no longer having the cattledog program mean that the USBCHA will readily remain solvent?
Celt, Megan, and Dan
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Posted 11 January 2012 - 07:50 PM
The BOD has another voice for the Cattle Dog Program to keep Tim company. I support the USBCHA retaining the Sanctioning of trials for 2013. Lets give our members a choice.
Thank you
Dwight Parker
Posted 11 January 2012 - 08:33 PM
I recall being in a phone discussion with Tim Gifford a couple of years ago, I shared with him my thoughts about why the cattledog finals was not well attended and my feeling was that the finals was not an accuate representation of the trials that were being offered around the nation, actually being a tougher requirement then many felt that they could achieve. This was before I realized that there was more to the cattledog program then the sport of cattledog trialing. My opinion was that if a person or group wanted a large finals that they would have to offer multiple formats giving each contestent a chance to showcase their best work and the working style of their dog. With that said, that type of organization is not the same nor would it have the same function as a organization with a vision of preserving a specific breed and/or working style.
When applying the vision that I had the contestent base would far exceed the base that the USBCHA currently has and in all reality may only share a few contestents with the USBCHA. So in my mind I really don't see where two different national organization could not survive, though it may be tough at first. One specializing and most concerned with the border collie making certain that the test for the dog remains the highest in the nation and the other concerned with the sport of cattledog trialling. It was interesting the other evening when I was phoned by a director of NCA and was deemed small minded for that view, when imo it is their view that is small minded only seeing the current group of handlers that currently have points on the USBCHA point standings as their primary membership rooster or rather the pie that Jeff refers to. I hope they will expand their view and open it to more cattledog owners, and in all reality I beleive it is what is needed to truely grow a large cattledog based organization.
When we were at the cattledog trials this past weekend the majority in attendance were unaware of the formation of NCA and the propasal they have presented to the USBCHA. At this time the best thing for all parties, IMO is to give things a little time and have faith that there are still members that have strong feelings in regard to testing and proving borders collies on cattle and will stand up and take the reins now that the path is clear. It's not going to hurt anything to give the members of USBCHA that value the cattledog program some time before declaring the program dead.
I remember last year at the National Finals comments about how great the event was, the best since Klamath Falls is what one handler told me. It was our first, Wayne had never ran a dog at a USBCHA National Finals, in fact he was running his first border collie, this year will be my turn, we both hope that it will not be our last USBCHA National Cattledog Finals. Yes, there was some contraversy surrounding the finals, but if we all look close at what all occured I think we can see that those issues are resolving themselves with the formation of the NCA.
We support the efforts of the NCA to go off in their own direction, it will be easier not having to concern themselves with hosting a finals that also tests and preserves the traditional working style of the border collie. This in turn, will allow members of USBCHA to focus on producing a USBCHA National Cattledog Finals with the primary purpose of testing and preserving the working style of the dogs that we ourselves have grown to appreciate.
I have faith that someone will come forward, I have met with some passionate breeders and owners over the last couple of years that use their dogs on cattle, maybe this will be the beginning of a whole new program and direction, maybe it will last for many many years, maybe only a couple. But, let's give the members a chance.
Besides, if we let go know we will find ourselves in this same place in about 5 years, but instead we will be talking about forming a new cattledog border collie handlers association with the sole purpose of raising the bar and showcasing the abilities for border collies.
Deb Meier and Wayne Bamber
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"Every poor one you continue to work with equates to a good one that you never get the opportunity to own"- M. Christopher
Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:31 PM
My opinion was that if a person or group wanted a large finals that they would have to offer multiple formats giving each contestent a chance to showcase their best work and the working style of their dog. With that said, that type of organization is not the same nor would it have the same function as a organization with a vision of preserving a specific breed and/or working style.
This is a bit unclear to me; however, as I read it, it seems that you are saying that the HA (or somebody???) should have a Finals that has a lot of different style of courses and tasks so that a lot of different types of dogs (different breeds, I assume) can be "successful." I think that's what ASCA and the ACK do now, no? If that's the case, then yes:
I hope they will expand their view and open it to more cattledog owners, and in all reality I beleive it is what is needed to truely grow a large cattledog based organization.
You would get a "large cattledog based organization," but if I am reading this correctly, these would not be dogs I would be interested in competing against. I don't want to compete against a bunch of ACDs or whatever; I want to compete against the best dogs working cattle in the nation. Those dogs, who happen to be working bred border collies, and their handlers, will be part of the NCA, as we can already see by the board of directors.
I think you're confusing a "large finals" with a QUALITY finals. The level of dogs and handlers is what makes a quality finals.
Posted 11 January 2012 - 11:01 PM
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Posted 11 January 2012 - 11:52 PM
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 12:12 AM
I believe Jeff already adddressed this as the NCA has not talked about rules or a finals format. I would encourage you to get a video from Jeff as I would suspect this will be the quality of work that in my opinion will be expected. Again I must say that what we need in the cattle program is unity. Our problem in a nutshell is numbers I believe that they are out there we just need to find a way to bring them together. The attitude "let's do nothing and see if it dies " is not an option for me. I intend to do whatever I can to help the cattledog program succeed.
Posted 12 January 2012 - 12:16 AM
What about the ABCA support of the National Cattledog Finals?
The ABCA has been a very strong supporter of the National Cattledog Finals and the NCA sincerely hopes and expects to continue to receive their support for upcoming National Cattledog Finals. One of the key reasons for having a friendly separation from the USBCHA and for avoiding any competition with the USBCHA is to ensure continuation of this funding.
#70 Guest_herbertholmes_*
Posted 12 January 2012 - 10:44 AM
I believe the NCA leaving and USBCHA NOT sanctioning and hosting a finals will cost the USBCHA $1250 from its bottom line. I figure from looking at the membership list 50 people that are cattle dog trialers only, so that is where I get that figure. If I am off by %100 then it is up to $2500. While that is a goodly sum of money in our world, it can be overcome. So finances are not a huge issue, one way or another.
To Debbie Meier
""That blame has to be placed on the leadership of the USBCHA, me more than anyone.""
This statement by me is a window into the loss of faith I have in the cattledog program surviving in any form. In 2004 I had vision for the cattle finals future, today I have none. As opposed to the sheep final, where it appears there are unlimited possibilities, brought on by the members of the USBCHA spirit of volunteerism and cooperation.
I have sat here and reread what I just wrote several times.
There is a spirit and passion that surrounds the national finals sheep dog trial. When you pull into that thing,, it is overwhelming. It is a fact that people in the sheepdog world have their likes and dislikes for each other, and each other's friends. But those difference's are put aside when it comes to making the finals happen. The national finals (sheep) is the largest dogtrial in the world, arguably, based on prize money, and one of the largest based on number of dogs run. This is done by volunteer efforts of our membership, one dollar raised, one little job done, a small group of people giving up their personal time each year to make this happen.
It is not me, I just coordinate those efforts a bit. Those people's passion for this permeates the air at the sheepdog finals.
That passion does not exist in the cattledog finals. The first one I attended, the first year I was president, was 05 maybe??? The handlers meeting lasted for over an hour. Handlers argueing with the judge about what they were supposed to do and how he was going to call things. Although the meetings have been curtailed a bit, that sense of discord still permeates the cattledog finals. 30 or so people running dogs and they do not trust each other. That discord permeates the whole event/ program.
Usually, by this time of the year,I have an idea who is working on the following years cattlefinals. The past couple of years that has not happened. We are well into the current year before we know where the finals are to be held. That is poor business. If we were just starting, it would be different, but we are 10 years into this thing and we are backing up.
We, the USBCHA have no idea where the finals will be held in 2013. I believe that if you want the USBCHA to continue to sanction cattle dog trial,those that believe we can make a go of it, no matter what, then you as individuals, no matter how insignificant you think your contribution will be, have to step up RIGHT NOW.
From that group has to come a core group that are going to spend the effort and labor to plan a national finals,NOW. If you can present that in some fashion you will energize people to continue. I guess this is a challenge. It is time to put up or shut up, so to speak.
Posted 12 January 2012 - 11:55 AM
In all the talk on different forums the past few days I have not heard one person say:
"Count me in. I will devote 300 hours, with no pay,(with one week of that at one time) a year to running the national finals. I don't care what type of format you choose to run under, and I don't care if I have a dog in the running. I will be there."
I noticed this too, both here and on other forums (fora?) where this is being discussed. In fact, a goodly number of individuals who are in favour of keeping the program in the USBCHA seem to be sheepdog people who have never, or rarely, run in a cattle trial.
I commend Herbert for coming forward and describing the situation honestly. The HA cattledog program has been a losing or break even proposition for years and has never achieved its desired goal of bringing the cattle dog people at large into the tent. Let the individuals who are central to the program as it is have a go at making it successfully on their own, with the blessing of the USBCHA.
Posted 12 January 2012 - 12:10 PM
The time for speeches and chest pounding is over. People who want the HA cattle finals to continue need to mobilize and get it in gear now.
I think the passions run deep on this issue, and i have faith that a core group of dedicated people will make this a reality.
Lana Mockler Rowley
Posted 12 January 2012 - 01:59 PM
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 02:04 PM
ISTM that within the USBCHA sheep program there are lots of folks who trial and a core group (no idea how big) who put forth the volunteer effort to host finals. So what is the difference between the two? Sheer numbers? Politics? Something else?
I guess what I'm asking is that if *within* the USBCHA there isn't a critical mass of folks interested in volunteering their time and effort to make the cattle program a success, then what evidence is there that the critical mass exists outside the USBCHA and can be tapped into by some organization other than the USBCHA?
I won't get into the politics of volunteering, but one thing I think is important is the numbers. Hub and two or three others can't shoulder the work of the cattle progam themselves. So how does the USBCHA (or any other group) gain more volunteers who are interested in supporting the cattle program?
ETA: In response to Andrea's comments, I think the strictly sheepdog folks who wish to keep the cattledog program within the USBCHA are doing so from the POV of supporting the border collie as an all-around stockdog. They may not trial on cattle, but they recognize the importance promoting dogs who can work a variety of stock. Some of these people may well be willing to volunteer time and effort--it may be that no one has inspired them (or asked them) to act. In that regard, perhaps this is something (the larger picture) that the membership needs to consider. What does USBCHA support? And if it supports activities that we do not participate in, is it still incumbent on us, as a community, to provide our individual support in order to help meet the overarching goal of the larger organization, even if there isn't something in it specifically for each of us individually? And if strictly sheep people wish to support the cattle program though volunteerism, is the cattle program willing to accept that help? Is that what they'd even want? Just throwing some thoughts out here....
I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream.
~Vincent van Gogh
Julie Poudrier
New Kent, VA
Beloved, and living in memory:
Willow (6/1997-5/2014, run free, my heart), Boy (3/1995-10/2010, RIP), Jill (8/1996-5/2012, RIP), Farleigh (12/1998-7/2014
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 02:10 PM
I still wonder, especially after reading HH's post, if all the discussion and hand wringing really is an exercise in futility. If NCA is going forward (they are) and USBCHA cattle program is going to die on its own (if HH is correct and no one steps up to fix it before 2013 finals), why do we need to do anything at all?
I think it is premature to assume that either is the case. There's no certainty that a majority of cattle dog handlers have any interest in joining the NCA. As such, there's no indication that the USBCHA cattle dog program will die on its own. I think Herbert has expressed his personal opinion here. At this point, there's no indication that this represents a majority of Board members.
Herbert states on the one hand that, in his opinion, the cattle dog program is a failure and in the next sentence goes on to say that the cattle program is paying its own way. I understand his frustration in what he sees as a lack of cooperation WITHIN the cattle dog community to pull together and make the program work, but based on what I've heard over the past few days, I'm not sure the NCA is going to fare any better at all. The cattle program may not have seen the growth anticipated in 2004, and a lot of that may be the result of two distinct schools of thought on the purpose of cattle dog trials and how they ought to be structured (the big sticking point appears to be whether or not trials need judged outwork), but there was a lot longer period where sheep dog trialling in the country was a very small affair indeed. Success on the Sheepdog Finals side didn't happen overnight, and it is still a crapshoot every year to see if the Sheepdog Finals can be self-sustaining. The reason it usually works, is greater numbers and a very very small number of handlers who are prepared to give up a year or two of their lives every year to make it work.
Herbert wants a bid for the 2013 Cattledog Finals with a $20,000 guarantee of sponsorship. Has there been a bid for the Sheepdog Finals in the past five years that came with a guarantee of $20,000 of sponsorship money (not counting ABCA and USBCHA money) prior to the bid being accepted?
I think it is too early to assume that no one is going to step forward with a viable bid for the 2013 USBCHA Cattledog Finals that would satisfy Herbert's criteria. There is at least one group, partially in response to this situation, who are working now to put together a bid.
Posted 12 January 2012 - 02:13 PM
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 02:18 PM
Why is that? Care to speculate (or share direct knowledge)? What would the NCA offer those people that USBCHA doesn't? I'm not trying to start a fight here; I'm just seriously wondering, given that Jeff has claimed that the NCA wouldn't substantially change the way things are done now, why folks would be attracted to the NCA but not the USBCHA. If we knew what it was about USBCHA that repelled them, then USBCHA would have a start on remedying that and perhaps improving participation in the cattle program.
I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream.
~Vincent van Gogh
Julie Poudrier
New Kent, VA
Beloved, and living in memory:
Willow (6/1997-5/2014, run free, my heart), Boy (3/1995-10/2010, RIP), Jill (8/1996-5/2012, RIP), Farleigh (12/1998-7/2014
The current pack:
Kat, Twist, Lark, Phoebe, Pipit, Birdie, and Kiskadee (Kiss)!
Willow's Rest, Tunis and mule sheep
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 02:21 PM
Nobody is saying this, but it seems pretty clear that the core group that is leaving is probably intending to attract those cattle dog people that can't or won't participate in a sheepdog-style judged Finals, that is the great mass of cattle people who trial P/T arena and probably found the HA event too elitist and sheep-y. Reading between the lines, the breaking point seems to have been the last Finals and the disputes that arose there. Maybe their intention is to gradually up the ante, so to speak, once they have the participants. Will it work? Who knows? Not our problem. We tried to breathe life into the program under the HA tent and it didn't work, for all the reasons Hub describes. Not just lack of volunteers, but internal conflicts, issues with amending the HA by-laws, cost of putting on the event and moving it around the country, etc. I tend to agree with Elizabeth, though, that there's no need to give up our right to sanction cattle trials and cattledog finals in perpetuity. Let's put it on hold after the next Finals to which we've committed(2012), give this other group a shot at it, and wait and see.
ETA and in reply to your ETA Julie, don't you find it telling that almost no folks that trial primarily on cattle are begging to keep the program? Certainly not a critical mass sufficient to support and run a program that really does showcase the border collie's abilities, and is not just another P/T arena trial on dog-broke cattle? So that's the dilemma. A quality judged trial will not attract enough participants, no matter how many sheep people pitch in--and for how long will they be willing to do that? A P/T arena trial, while it might attract more participants, is not worth the effort put into it. Why should we bang our heads against the wall to support something that you could find in AHBA or ASCA? Historically, things may change, but that's where we are at the moment.
Posted 12 January 2012 - 02:45 PM
Along the way it seems I have become a shepherd rather than a sheepdogger
Posted 12 January 2012 - 03:08 PM
Why is that? Care to speculate (or share direct knowledge)? What would the NCA offer those people that USBCHA doesn't? I'm not trying to start a fight here; I'm just seriously wondering, given that Jeff has claimed that the NCA wouldn't substantially change the way things are done now, why folks would be attracted to the NCA but not the USBCHA. If we knew what it was about USBCHA that repelled them, then USBCHA would have a start on remedying that and perhaps improving participation in the cattle program.
Meh, lot of politics. Notice that the majority of the people posting here and Sheepdog-L and other places who want to keep the cattle program are not even people who trial on cattle or even want to. If you wanted I suppose I could poll a lot of the people I know who trial in open cattle trials and ask them why they don't join USBCHA, otherwise I'm mainly just speculating on what I've heard in various conversations over the years. I have always supported the USBCHA cattle program but I disagree with a judged finals. There are too many differences in the way a dog works cattle compared to sheep inherent in the stock itself and an individual dog's strength and presence/working style.
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