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Cooperative Weed: Can A Democratic Workplace Revolutionize Legal Cannabis?
Posted by Alexander Lekhtman | May 11, 2020 | Articles, Interviews | 0
Can worker-owned cooperatives and crowdfunding create a better cannabis industry for both consumers and businesses? This was the question posed by two Massachusetts cannabis veterans Sonia Erika and Ross Bradshaw during the recent Students for Sensible Drug Policy virtual conference. Small cannabis businesses in legal states throughout the US are struggling massively to open up shop, but Erika and Bradshaw argued that the worker co-op model offers a powerful alternative for entrepreneurs and their communities to build wealth.
"The cannabis industry is taking a major step back now for equity during this pandemic," Bradshaw said. He's the co-founder of New Dia, a cannabis company based in Worcester that received a special designation from the state to work with communities harmed by the War on Drugs. In March, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker closed all recreational dispensaries in the state under his stay-at-home order. A group of businesses unsuccessfully sued the state in an attempt to re-open dispensaries.
The financial damage done by Baker's order hurts minority businesses the hardest, as Bradshaw explained. "It's highlighting something we've already known: it's great to have opportunity in this industry, but without having the tools and resources for folks to run their businesses, they won't succeed. Minority entrepreneurs in Massachusetts are especially struggling to raise the money to open doors."
Though Massachusetts legalized recreational cannabis in November 2016 and first opened sales in fall 2018, it has been notoriously difficult for small business owners to start up in the state's industry. It's been especially difficult for Black and Brown entrepreneurs and those whose communities were targeted by marijuana enforcement, even though the state has created an economic empowerment and social equity program specifically designed to support such businesses.
The result has been a very white and male cannabis industry, where start-up costs in the millions of dollars have kept many out. In Massachusetts, state regulations that require cannabis businesses to also sign agreements with their local governments have also burdened people who don't have political connections and experience. And this dynamic has played out in other legal states like California and Colorado.
So what do you do if you can't compete with corporate, multi-state or multi-national cannabis companies? Build weed co-ops, says Sonia Erika, who co-founded the cannabis advocacy and lobbying group the Massachusetts Recreational Consumer Council in 2016, and currently works as a cooperative business developer at the Center for Family Life in Brooklyn, New York.
"When we talk about weed co-ops, it's not just retailers and farmers," Erika said. "It also means people producing equipment and the whole cannabis supply chain. In a co-op ecosystem, different businesses in different industries cooperate and help each other."
Worker co-ops are organizations where each worker is also an owner, and has a vote in how the company is run. Members of co-ops may benefit from equal sharing of profits, equal treatment of groups like racial minorities, LGBTQ folks, or undocumented immigrants, and other forms of mutual support for members and their communities. Every co-op is different, and makes its own rules or by-laws, though there are a set of core values—'the seven cooperative principles'—they abide by.
Co-ops aren't very common in the cannabis industry, for reasons both cultural and legislative. Massachusetts actually created a special cannabis license category for co-op businesses, but it effectively is available only for farmers and very few of the licenses have been issued. Cannabis farmer co-ops in California also struggle to compete with larger growers. Both lawmakers and businesses have to realize that co-ops need not be limited to agriculture.
"Whenever you try to create a licensed cannabis co-op in Massachusetts it gets unnecessarily difficult in terms of the paperwork and the execution," Bradshaw said. "We have to stop treating these businesses like they're working with platinum, and treat them like any other business like craft beer where there aren't so many regulations to manage."
Erika agreed, and challenged cannabis enthusiasts of any type to learn how to lobby. "Many of the city councilors we've talked to over the years haven't even read the laws on cannabis," she said. "Consumers need to be more active in educating the people who govern us. You go to their offices and help them understand how they can look smart—and that's really what they want."
Of course, co-op or not, any cannabis business will still need funding. Erika and Bradshaw urged budding entrepreneurs to look outside the cannabis industry and find funding and support opportunities from organizations like the National Cooperative Business Association or the New Economy Coalition.
It is possible that the worker co-op network may be cautious to get involved in the cannabis space because of its federal illegal status. "But I have a feeling that if more cannabis co-ops reach out, some of these organizations may think differently about it," Erika said. "Many people in cannabis are just very focused inside that circle, but haven't reached out to other spheres in other industries that have developed ways to support co-ops." One relevant example is the Green Workers Cooperative, a co-op incubator in the Bronx, New York which helped fund and launch a cannabis co-op called ¡High Mi Madre!
Erika and Bradshaw also urged cannabis entrepreneurs to look for funding in their own communities, using digital platforms like GoFundMe or Patreon if necessary. Erika's weed advocacy group MRCC is partially funded through regular Patreon donations. "Everyone might not have a million dollars, but many people might have a thousand dollars," Erika said. "If we can crowdfund that and raise the money we need, it's possible for a cannabis company to be owned by the people and its community."
Crowdfunding can also force cannabis businesses to be more accountable to their own communities and networks, rather than to venture capital investors or other big funders. "Businesses often forget that they exist for people, rather than just themselves," Erika said. "They have to make sure they're part of an ecosystem where they're giving back to their community."
Of course, all these principles can be equally applied to the emerging psychedelic industries. "Because these industries are so new, people advocating for psychedelic reforms now can get a head-start with building co-ops," Erika told Psychedelic Times. "But you need people knowledgeable about this in the early stages as policies are being developed."
She speculated that a future psychedelic economy could include consumer cooperatives that raise money to invest in new treatments or medications, where the drug developers would be accountable to them and not to other private institutions. On the research side, she also noted that scientists and clinicians studying psychedelics could pool their different resources, in a more organized and democratic fashion, to fund the projects they want to pursue.
With regards to statewide psychedelic legalization efforts in California and Oregon, Erika explained how they too can incorporate co-op principles into their reforms. "They can commit to making information transparent," she said. "That would mean removing the right to patent. They can also look at cities like Chicago that have talked about creating a city-owned marijuana cultivation co-op. Ultimately, the benefit to consumers is that co-ops allow craft markets to exist and compete with larger companies."
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Will anything heal the pain of a grieving daughter? When a trip meant to be a gift of a weekend trip together turns into a painful solo journey, can the magic of Blythe Cove Manor help?
With the passing of her mother, Jenny Taylor feels lost and alone, missing that closeness they shared. Knowing her mother was looking forward to this weekend together at Blythe Cove Manor, Jenny decides to go alone in her memory. Can the beauty and magic of this weekend bring Jenny peace? This short story reminds us of the healing power of friendship and the inherent good in others. Blythe Cove is definitely a treat for one's soul.
Jenny is spending the weekend at Blythe Cove Manor alone, a trip she was supposed to have taken with her mother. Sadly Jenny's mother passed away suddenly two months earlier. When Jenny arrives she finds out this weekend is a girls only weekend at Blythe Cove Manor. Will this Jenny spend the weekend alone grieving or will she this trip help her heart start to heal.
This is a very heartwarming short story about the loss of a parent and the healing power of friendship. I really love this story, author Lorraine Bartlett paints a wonderful picture of love with her words. I love how even though these women were strangers to Jenny they came together to help cheer Jenny up and make her a little less lonely. I highly recommend this book.


Enid a Lucy - what time is it on TV? Episode 1 Series 1 cast list and preview.
Young mother Lucy seems to attract trouble wherever she goes, as each and every day proves a challenge for her, with regular beatings by her partner Denfer. One day Lucy sees her chance to escape with her baby, enlisting the help of neighbour Enid, a respectable piano teacher. The journey promises to change Enid and Lucy's lives for ever. With Eiry Thomas.


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Even though everyone is talking about smart contracts and their advantages over traditional paper contracts, only a handful of people are addressing the elephant in the room: most of the businesses don't know how to use smart contracts yet. Jincor is among those few who are trying to make smart contracts and other blockchain technologies more accessible to modern businesses. And anyone can chime in by joining the project's public token sale, which starts today, on the 1st of December.
Jincor is a secure, regulatory compliant, and easy-to-use platform that allows businesses to work with smart contracts and cryptocurrency payments with no legal, technical, or operational complications, in a cost-efficient manner.
As was mentioned in Forbes, leading technology providers like IBM and Microsoftare offering blockchain solutions to enterprise clients. Tech start-ups too are aggressively capitalizing on the boom by building new products and services that depend on the technology. This year alone, blockchain startups amassed more than $3.25 billion in funding through token sales.
For other businesses, however, the big question is how blockchain adoption can benefit them. There is no question that modern business environments require companies to make technology integral to their strategy. But stil, business owners are often struggles with that due to blockchain solutions complexity and high price tags. And that's the problem that Jincor's team is trying to solve.
The project investment potential was estimated as high by ICORATING, rating agency for ICO market. Among notable advisors are Michael Terpin, chairman, and co-founder of BitAngels, and Jason King, co-founder of Unsung.org and School for blockchain development – Academy.
So far, Jincor has successfully launched a closed beta testing its basic functionality – set of features for secure and efficient enterprise interactions – in cooperation with dozens of companies, and the open beta release that will become available at the beginning of December had already attracted 300+ businesses to give it a try. In open beta, there will be much more features available, including cryptocurrency wallets, built on pre-alpha version of Jincor's private blockchain, and basic labor smart contract template, that can be easily customized for the needs of businesses of any industry and scale.
By the end of 2018, Jincor expects to have over 10,000 business customers in open beta and develop mobile apps for iOS and Android. Registering at Jincor.com and evaluating the advantages of Jincor's ecosystem is free of charge for any business. However, if companies want to use digital verification, smart contracts, arbitrage system and other features of the platform, they will be charged in JCR tokens, as it will be a store of value, the sole means of paying transaction fees, and the mean of fueling smart contracts of Jincor protocol. There will be no additional emission of JCR tokens in the future but the demand, most likely, will continue to grow in geometrical progression.
The company has put on sale 76% of its JCR tokens, which will be an integral part of Jincor platform. The token price is $1 per 1 JCR; the ETH/JCR exchange rate is calculated automatically in accordance with the current ETH/USD rate. Earlier in August startup held pre-ICO campaign, selling 4% of JCR tokens emission, and reaching the hard cap in less than a week. The token sale starts on the 1st of December, and will last until January 31, 2018, or until all the allocated tokens are sold, and the hard cap of $26.6 mln is reached (the soft cap is $2.5 mln).
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You guys...this episode had so many emotions. But boy banders don't cry, right...wrong!
Miles just has so many feelings you guys. And Dorian just wants to belong. So much drama this episode. Boy Banding is hard, y'all!


Inflation or no inflation, Congress remains the best "buy" in the country. The business lobbies that ply Capitol Hill with their campaign money and fringe benefits know that such lucre is receiving far more value than when Will Rogers uttered his pithy description of the national legislature nearly 50 years ago.
Using dollars to influence votes can be interpreted in less constitutional ways. David Brinkley once called them bribes. Presently, a growing list of industries are calling in their tips, after filling their selected legislators' campaign finance coffers, to stop the law enforcement processes against them of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Not persuaded they can prevail on the merits at the agency or court level, these corporate groups are bent on doing it politically with grease.
Patrick Riordan of the Knight-Ridder newspapers has reported that these anti-FTC industries contributed more than $5 million in 1978 to members of Congress. He lists them: the funeral directors, citrus fruit and milk cooperatives, insurance companies, used-car firms, cereal manufacturers, sugar refiners, the National Association of Broadcasters and American Cyanamid.
The insurance industry wants Congress to prohibit the FTC from even studying it. Insurance money has flowed into the campaign account of Sen. Wendell Ford, D-Ky., who is leading the wreck-the-FTC crew in the Senate. He voted the way the insurance lobby desired.
Last November, Congress passed a two-year extension of high price supports for dairy products which President Carter promptly signed into law. This move will cost consumers at least $400 million a year in higher milk prices. There is nothing new about this heist. It has been going on for years with the dairy lobby, in return, parceling out about $1 million annually to more than 300 Democrats and Republicans.
There are members of Congress who recognize this corruption of the democratic process and want some form of public financing of campaigns to be established. But even partial public financing proposals have gone nowhere on Capitol Hill. Corporate PACs are fluorishing and increasing. They soonwill reach 2,000 in number. In addition to what contributions are reported, the transfer of cash in envelopes still is a prevailing practice. Some legislators are candid enough to admit this–privately.
The voters need to buy back their Congress. It would be their best and cheapest investment. For less than the cost of one-seventh of just one Trident submarine, a taxpayer fund, or a check-off on the Form 1040, would fund congressional campaigns under fair procedures for challengers and incumbents and with a prescribed amount of free time for them on radio and TV during a campaign.
Influence peddling with campaign money bags is so lucrative now that members of Congress are quitting to share in the profits. Former Rep. Joseph Karth is making three times a congressional salary as a lobbyist for aerospace, electronic and military arms manufacturers. He is well received by his former colleagues. Rep. William S. Moorhead, D-Pa., just announced his retirement at age 56, in part for financial reasons. "If I leave now I'm marketable for other employment," he said. A washington-based organization called "Former Members of Congress" (121 Second St. N.E.) is swelling in membership.
The Jeffersonian view of representative government was that decisions made on the basis of votes and merits would counteract the excesses of the "monied interests." Can we make the wisdom of that ideal into a presidential campaign issue this year?


Our favorite pan pepper: Shishitos, introduced into our lives by Jason and Haruka, who called them "Beer Peppers" and taught us how to fry them in sesame oil and steam to a savory finish with soy sauce.
This year we'll be growing Tomatillo Amaryllas for sauce and salsa, and Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes, for snacking and salads.
Shaine gave us a big bag of purple sweet potatoes that she cultivated from potatoes she got off Haruka and Jason's farm years ago. We pulled out a dozen, cut them in half and set them in water to sprout in the sun. We'll plant them in April or May and start harvesting in August or September. We'll be sure to save some back for planting next year.
Overwintered "Freckles" lettuce that we planted last September, and Buttercrunch starts from the feed store planted this month. Lettuce is best grown in cool weather so these are our salad days. Although we think of summer as salad-eating time, summer sun makes lettuce bolt to seed, a bitter proposition at best. At worst, the plants wither and die in the heat.
Parsley, chives, and asparagus, right outside our back door.
Around the corner from the kitchen gardens, perky violets are dressing up the pond garden and the water iris is reaching for the sun.
Fragrant phlox, covering twice the area it did last year, has been such a nice addition to the lilies, columbines, and hot poker plants, that we named this spot The Phlox Garden.
Promises of blooms to come.
Flowering fruit trees are the universal harbinger of spring. There are two kinds of pears in our sapling orchard: the North American with pear-shaped fruit that ripens in a series of maddening steps involving paper bags and refrigerators, and the Asians, with crispy, round fruit that ripens on the tree. I'll bet you can guess which one we prefer.
Camille has her fingers crossed that this year will be a good one for the fig. Last year our fig tree didn't produce squat because a mild winter with a late freeze encouraged and then killed both leaves and fruit. It seems to be holding back this year, which begs the question as to whether or not trees are sentient beings.
We are both reading The Overstory per Linda Watson's recommendation, a novel about tree smarts and human folly. Richard Powers' novel delivers plenty of food for thought.


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The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to an arrest in these cases.
Sean McClelland and LaCorey Brooks were shot and killed on June 27, 2005, on Ripley Avenue, Richmond, California.
Nguyen Ngo was shot and killed on April 23, 2009, on 45th Street, Oakland, California.
Nehemiah Lewis was shot and killed on June 11, 2010, on Athens Avenue, Oakland, California.
Andrew Henderson Jr. was shot and killed on April 13, 2011, on E Street, Oakland, California.
Anyone with information about these cases is asked to call the Oakland, California, Police Department at (510) 238-7950, or contact your local FBI office, or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate. Individuals providing tips can remain anonymous.


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Published by TAO at January 23, 2014
This year, The Atlanta Opera Studio
Tour features En Mis Palabras ("In My Own
Words"), a bilingual Spanish and English opera. The Atlanta Opera Studio Tour has a long
history of presenting operas for children grades K-5, but this is the first
time we're presenting an opera for tweens and teens in grades 6-12. En Mis
Palabras is enjoyable for everyone, though, so bring your friends and
families to see one of the two remaining public performances.
In En Mis Palabras, you'll experience a story about young Ana Maria, a
Hispanic teenager struggling to find her own voice and identity. At the same time, her father has difficulty allowing
her to blossom into who she wants to be.
It's an age-old parent-child dilemma to which any one can relate, no
matter their cultural background.
Jayme Alilaw as Ana Maria.
En Mis Palabras is told through the eyes of Ana Maria, an
artist who loves to draw and sketch. During Act I, the opera takes place in two
different rooms within Ana Maria's house, and then it transitions into a
totally new look for Act II. The staging is very real, immediate, and
contemporary to keep the production feeling very intimate.
Stephanie Sanchez as the Grandmother and Ivan Segovia as the Father.
The Atlanta Opera's
production of En Mis Palabras strives
to make opera accessible and relevant without pandering, telling the story with
the use of music and drama. "If the visuals, the story, and the music are good,
the people will like it because of the quality and because of the questions it raises,
not because it's an 'opera,'" explains Alison Moritz, stage director for En Mis Palabras.
Jayme Alilaw as Ana Maria and Pedro Carreras as her brother Rodolfo.
Alison Moritz goes on to explain
the personal benefits of experiencing this opera. "I
was introduced to opera at a pretty young age.
I saw my first opera when I was nine years old, and I was instantly
hooked. For me, the best case scenario would be for a student to see this tour
in their school and, if their interest is piqued, follow up by attending an
opera at the Cobb Energy Centre or by participating in some of the Atlanta
Opera's other educational programming. I love opera and, to me, it can be as
modern and personally engaging as going to the movies or watching good
television – I'd love to share this with high schoolers."
There are two
upcoming community shows of En Mis
Palabras, and tickets are only $7. Buy your
tickets in advance or at the door. Take
this opportunity to experience opera with your family!
Dates and
Locations for En Mis Palabras
Friday, January 24, 2014, 7 p.m.
La Amistad at The Lodge at Peachtree
3417 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA 30305
Saturday, February 1, 2014, 7 p.m.
Atlanta Opera Center
1575 Northside Drive NW, Building 300, Suite 350, Atlanta, GA 30318
Usage of any images on this blog is restricted to The Atlanta Opera and approved news websites. Any other usage, particularly for professional purposes, must have written permission. For additional information, please contact The Atlanta Opera's Marketing Department at 404-881-8801.

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It's people who make TAO work so well but we couldn't do it without generous funding from our supporters.
These enabled us to pay for rent of the premises at the United Reformed Church for the year. These were our first grants and incredibly important as they enabled the group to get established.
Clearly we needed to build on this good start, and funding will be a challenge every year while we do not have permanent premises.
In 2011 we were very fortunate indeed to secure firstly a sizeable grant from the St Margaret's Fair Committee which kept us going.
This was followed by a generous donation from The Rotary Club of Kew Gardens.
In 2016 we received a generous grant from The Rugby Football Union for group activities.
We also got an equally generous grant from The National Physics Laboratory.
We received a substantial grant from Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity.
Since late 2016 we have received regular weekly donations of surplus food from Tesco in Twickenham. This has made a real difference to some of our service users.
In April 2018 we received a £1,000 grant from Kew Village Market for music therapy with the Otakar Kraus music charity.
TAO is extremely grateful to these wonderful organisations, which do so much good for our community.


UPDATE: As of November 2017 the owner is actually accepting offers for this Morgan 70 feet – which will be sold as and registered as a new vessel.
This is an off-market opportunity offered exclusively by Rodriquez Consulting. The vessel can be delivered as early as spring 2018.
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Recently we received a phone call that was pleasantly surprising . The Morgan Yacht 70 feet that was almost ready to be launched a few years ago (and never was) had being brought out of a messy situation involving the bankruptcy of Aicon Yachts and liquidation of its asset.
The Morgan Yacht 70 was originally designed after the smaller sister the Morgan Yacht 130ft initially sold to Ferrari CEO, Cordero di Montezemolo.
A shipyard owner that we trust had been involved in moving the vessel on land and is involved in 'refreshing' it as the vessel was covered in the shipyard for quite a few years during the legal issues of Aicon Yacht that had acquired the brand in most recent years.
Note: The image below refers to another unit (sister ship) of Morgan 70.
This vessel was proposed well over Euros 1.7m-2.1m (depending on the customisation required) in the past. In other words this is a unique off-market opportunity to acquire a vessel that will surely become a collector's item.


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Green Bay Packers fire head coach Mike McCarthy
Jim Owczarski
GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers relieved coach Mike McCarthy of his duties after a 20-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals at Lambeau Field dropped the club to 4-7-1 on the season.
McCarthy is the second coach in the history of the franchise to be fired before the end of a full season. Following his press conference with the media Sunday, a source told PackersNews.com that McCarthy was called to the office of Packers president and chief executive officer Mark Murphy and told of the team's decision.
"The 2018 season has not lived up to the expectations and standards of the Green Bay Packers. As a result, I made the difficult decision to relieve Mike McCarthy of his role as head coach, effective immediately," Murphy said in a statement released by the team.
The Packers scheduled a news conference with Murphy for 1:45 p.m. Monday.
"Mike has been a terrific head coach and leader of the Packers for 13 seasons, during which time we experienced a great deal of success on and off the field," he said in the statement. "We want to thank Mike, his wife, Jessica, and the rest of the McCarthy family for all that they have done for the Packers and the Green Bay and Wisconsin communities. We will immediately begin the process of selecting the next head coach of the Green Bay Packers."
Offensive coordinator Joe Philbin was named the interim head coach.
McCarthy is the first Packers coach to not finish out a season since Gene Ronzani was dismissed with two games left in the 1953 campaign. McCarthy replaced the last Packers coach to be fired in Mike Sherman in 2006.
Efforts to reach McCarthy were unsuccessful, but he told Jay Glazer of FOX that "I'm proud I was a part of the Packers family, proud to be part of such a great organization."
Not only is the move historic for the Packers, ESPN reported that McCarthy is the first Super Bowl-winning coach to not finish a season that he had started since the Baltimore Colts fired Don McCafferty in 1972 after a 1-4 start. McCafferty had won Super Bowl V in 1970.
Cracks emerged
McCarthy, 55, was signed to only a one-year contract extension through the 2019 season on Jan. 2.
Less than a week later Murphy declared that he – and he alone – would have the power to make a head coaching change with new general manager Brian Gutekunst, executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball and McCarthy all reporting directly to him.
A source told PackersNews.com that the power structure Murphy created in January remains and that he will hire the next head coach – although Gutekunst will have heavy input. Part of the reason the club made the move now was to get a jump on identifying and researching potential candidates before the regular season concludes on Dec. 30.
Currently, Cleveland is the only other team with a head coaching vacancy. The Browns are familiar with McCarthy, as former Packers personnel executives John Dorsey, Eliot Wolf and Alonzo Highsmith are currently in the Cleveland front office.
The lack of long-term security put McCarthy in a precarious situation following a 7-9 campaign in 2017 that saw the team go 3-6 without an injured Aaron Rodgers.
Since advancing to the NFC Championship Game in 2014, the Packers have gone 31-28-2 with two playoff appearances. They lost the 2016 NFC title game, 44-21, in Atlanta.
While the team was not performing at the rate it once was, the relationship between McCarthy and Rodgers also seemed to pivot from its previous course.
On Aug. 29 the team extended Rodgers' contract through the 2023 season and by the end of September the quarterback had openly questioned McCarthy's game plan and the effectiveness of the offense following a 22-0 victory over Buffalo.
As the season progressed, what had been considered "healthy tension" between Rodgers and McCarthy in the past felt like it had deteriorated to a point of no return for the pair and the offense looked disjointed at best as it tumbled to the bottom half in the league in scoring and bottom third in third-down efficiency.
This time off may also help McCarthy, as it is anticipated that he will be a desirable candidate for teams that also move on from their head coach at the end of the season.
A winning legacy
McCarthy is just one of three head coaches in franchise history to win a championship in the Super Bowl era, along with Vince Lombardi and Mike Holmgren. The Packers' 31-25 victory over Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLV on Feb. 6, 2011, was the club's 13th championship and first since 1996.
Since he took the job in 2006 the Packers had just two losing seasons under McCarthy's direction and reached the postseason nine times — including eight straight seasons from 2009-16.
He concludes his Packers career with a record of 125-77-2, which is the second-best win total in franchise history behind Curly Lambeau (209-104-21). McCarthy has the most postseason games (18) and wins (10) in the playoffs of any Packers coach.
McCarthy is No. 27 all-time in the NFL in coaching victories and is the fourth-winningest active coach in the league behind Bill Belichick (258), Andy Reid (192) and Marvin Lewis (130).
Along with the Super Bowl title the team also won six NFC North division crowns and advanced to four NFC championship games (2007, 2010, 2014, 2016).
Like Lombardi and Holmgren, McCarthy had a street named after him when the village of Ashwaubenon renamed Potts Ave. "Mike McCarthy Way" in 2014.
Before Ted Thompson hired him as the head coach in 2006, McCarthy had spent the 1999 season as the Packers quarterbacks coach before moving on to become the offensive coordinator in New Orleans from 2000-04 and in San Francisco in 2005. He had earned a reputation as a coach who could develop quarterbacks and run an imaginative offense.
Taking over a team that went 4-12, the Packers went 8-8 in his first season. In 2007, the team went 13-3 but lost at home to the New York Giants in the NFC title game. That season Brett Favre returned to the Pro Bowl for the first time since 2003.
Tom Silverstein contributed to this report.


Getting girls interested in these traditionally male-dominated STEM fields is no easy task and it has taken programs like S.I.S.T.E.R.S (Success In Science and Technology Engagement with Role Models) at University Heights Middle School to bring about this change. We headed over to University of California, Riverside's Genomics Department to find their student science ambassadors teaching our girls how to make catapults and testing electrical resistance. Good stuff! We can't wait to see these girls participate in future Science Fairs!


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By Dylan Hernandez
CHICAGO — Hyun-Jin Ryu started the season with two goals: to win 10 games and be named the National League rookie of the year.
Ryu reached the first of those goals Friday, as he improved to 10-3 in the Dodgers' 6-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Ryu gave up 11 hits over 5 1/3 innings, but was charged with only two runs. He struck out six.
"My new goal now is reaching 11 wins," Ryu said through an interpreter.
The last Dodgers rookie to win 10 or more games was Kazuhisa Ishii in 2002.
As far as Ryu's rookie-of-the-year candidacy, it has the backing of Manager Don Mattingly.
"I think he should be considered," Mattingly said.
Ryu has won his last four decisions and the Dodgers have won the last seven games that he has started. Ryu's most recent loss was June 19 in New York against the Yankees.
"I think he's been underrated," Mattingly said. "I don't hear a lot of people talking about him."
Mattingly said Ryu has probably been overshadowed by rotation mates Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke, as well as fellow Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig.
Ryu conceded that he wasn't particularly sharp on this day.
"It was a tough battle early on," he said.
Ryu has failed to complete six innings in three of his last four starts.
Even though he is pitching once every five days for the first time in his career — he used to pitch once a week in his native South Korea — Ryu said the shorter starts aren't a result of fatigue. Rather, he thinks it's a reflection of problems with his command, as well as new approaches taken by opposing hitters.
Mattingly said he would do what he could to give Ryu and the other starting pitchers extra days of rest. While noncommittal, Mattingly hinted Stephen Fife could return from the disabled list and start the series finale at Wrigley Field on Sunday. That would push back Greinke's next start to Monday, when the Dodgers open a four-game series in St. Louis against the Cardinals.
Marmol back home
Carlos Marmol had pitched for only the Cubs until he was traded to the Dodgers last month.
Marmol was once an All-Star. He was on two Cubs teams that reached the playoffs.
But he was displaced as the Cubs' closer this year and was frequently booed by the fans at Wrigley Field until the team designated him for assignment on June 25.
Marmol was booed again Thursday, this time when he took the mound for the Dodgers in the ninth inning.
"I was a little nervous," he admitted.
Of the boos, Marmol said, "I heard it, but I didn't worry about it."
He gave up a leadoff double to Julio Borbon, but Borbon was thrown out attempting to take third on a pitch in the dirt. Marmol escaped from the inning unscathed and lowered his earned-run average to 6.32.
"It was a lot of fun," Marmol said.
Sandy Koufax, a special advisor to the Dodgers, has spent time in the team's clubhouse before the last two games. … Mark Ellis extended his hitting streak to 13 games.
dylan.hernandez@latimes.com
Twitter: @dylanohernandez


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Flaming Pie has spawned the first-ever McCartney-Starkey composition as Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr teamed up to bring The Beatles' rhythm section back together again.
Ringo plays drums on two of the album tracks, 'Beautiful Night' and 'Really Love You' the latter being the first song that the pair have written together.
'Really Love You' was made up on the spot in the studio immediately after Paul and Ringo had recorded Beautiful Night.
Said Paul: "Once me and Ringo had done 'Beautiful Night', it wasn't enough. I'd had too much fun and I didn't want it to stop. So as he was here in the studio, playing great, I suggested that we lid a jam together - and that became 'Really Love You'
"Ringo got on his kit, I grabbed my Hofner bass and we just made up the song there and then. Playing with Ringo again was just like the old days. I realised that we hadn't done this for so long but it comfortable and it was still there".
Although Paul and Ringo performed together - with George - in the studio for the Beatles' "reunion" singles 'Free As A Bird' and 'Real Love', the pair have only once appeared on stage together in recent years; when they performed 'Hey Jude' at the Earth Day charity show at The Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, in 1993.
Ringo's influence is heard in the rest of the drumming on the album. Paul plays drums on the other tracks himself - but on a drumkit especially made to be an exact copy of Ringo's famed rig.
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JEFF LYNNE, producer of the much-heralded Beatles "reunion" songs 'Free As A Bird' and 'Real Love', has teamed up with Paul McCartney again to co-produce and perform on Flaming Pie.
Impressed by his legendary ears, Paul called in Jeff to work on the new album and to work in a new/old way.
Said Paul: "Watching The Beatles Anthology had a good effect on me because it reminded me not only of the standards of the Beatles songs but also of the time that we didn't take to do an album.
"In the early days of The Beatles, we'd record two songs in a morning, go down the pub for an hour, and record two more songs in the afternoon.
"I wanted to get back into some of that. I rang up Jeff and told him I had a bunch of songs and asked if he could come over. He said 'How long? Six weeks or so?' I said 'No, two weeks. We might get bored of each other after that".
The pair recorded one song, the title track Flaming Pie, from scratch in just four hours
"I sang it live and we even got it mixed within that four-hour time limit we'd set ourselves", said Paul, "This is an attitude that I want to take more in the future".
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TAKE TWO - Anthology director Geoff "Wildman" Wonfor has made a new TV film behind the scenes with a Beatle.
Following the massive success of the Anthology series, which told The Beatles' story from their beginnings to 1970, Wonfor has filmed a new documentary that brings Paul's side of it bang up to date.
Wonfor and his original Anthology production team have spent weeks filming behind the scenes as Paul made his new album.
"The Anthology told The Beatles' story of 25 years ago", said Wonfor, "This new film tells a Beatle's story, Paul's story, as it is now".
He added: "It is a sequel that was crying out to be made as both so much has changed and so much hasn't. With this new film, we're going backstage again inside the life of a Beatle".
Insiders say the one-hour TV documentary - sought by Granada TV, who bought The Beatles Anthology - is "a frank and funny fly-on-the-wall study of McCartney" which reveals a side that the Anthology's audience never saw.
Said Wonfor: "Millions of people learnt The Beatles' story through the Anthology this new film will reveal that there's more to that story to learn yet".
An ITV spokesman told The Flame that Wonfor's new film should be screened in May in the UK. The film will be shown on VH1 in the USA and it is also set to be screened in at least 30 countries worldwide.
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FLAMING PIE sees the first collaboration since the Sixties of Paul McCartney and legendary guitarist Steve Miller.
Although both Paul and Steve performed at the 1993 Earth Day show at the Hollywood Bowl, they have not recorded since a Beatles bust-up threw them together one night in the Sixties.
Back then, Paul and Steve made 'My Dark Hour' together at Olympic Studios, Barnes, after a Beatles recording session broke up in a business row and Paul was left there alone - until Steve walked in and asked "does that mean the studio's free?"
Having written 'Young Boy' over lunch, Paul flew out to Steve's studio in Sun Valley, Idaho, where they recorded the song together. Inspired by this session, they got together again to record 'If You Wanna', a song written by Paul whilst staying in Minneapolis during his 1993 New World Tour.
"I love Steve's guitar-playing but I'd been told that he was very difficult to produce because he's a great perfectionist", said Paul, "In fact his roadie told me that he can sometimes take three hours to decide what guitar to use.
"But I'd just say to him 'Whack that guitar up, Steve - bloody hell, that sounds good' and I found him very comfortable to work with.
"After we'd done 'Young Boy' in America, I got him over in England and he came saying 'I want to get you singing Texas blues'. That sounded like a good offer and he turned up with millions of little blues riffs.
'I Used To Be Bad' came out of that. It was just a jam, really, with Steve whacking out these riffs. I got on the drums and we just went for it, with Steve suggesting these old blues words... I used to be bad, but I don't wanna be bad no more.
"I hit on the idea that he should sing the first line and I'd sing the second, sort of like answering him, and we'd work through the whole song like that, alternating lines.
"And when we did that, you could see the engineers' faces light up in the control room - Oh, this'II work - so that was it; a little duet, sung on one mike, from a jam. And we did it in one take".
WILD DAY OUT AGAIN
Following in the footsteps of The Beatles' 'Wild Day Out' photosession of the Sixties, director Geoff "Wildman" Wonfor retrod the path for the making of 'The World Tonight' video.
Wonfor astonished a British seasdide town by having Paul romp about it - in and out of shops and amusement arcades and strolling the sand dunes - as he sang the song with a boom box on his shoulder.
Said Wonfor: "People were shocked to see Paul out filming, unannounced in the street. The weirdest thing was when he stood in the road, thumbing a ride - nobody gave him a lift".
THE MAGICAL MUSICAL TOUR
FOR the first time ever, Paul McCartney is to take radio listeners inside his world on a magical musical tour of his private recording studio.
Following the success of Paul's radio series Oobu Joobu - in which he hosted his own radio show and played favourite songs from his personal record collection - he's taking to the airwaves again with The Flaming Pie Radio Show.
In the new show - which will be aired over two hours in the USA - Paul guides the audience around the wonders of his studio where Flaming Pie was recorded and reveals its secrets.
"Over the years Paul has collected many instruments that were played by The Beatles on their seminal albums", said producer Eddy Pumer, "In this new show he demonstrates those instruments and reveals how he's played them again for his new album".
Producer Pumer added: "This radio show is unique. No other rock star has ever taken his audience around his studio like this before. The programme gives the listener an inside ear on the magic of making this album.
"Besides talking about his inspiration for the new songs, he lets the listener in on many musical secrets and there are a number of special - and hilarious - moments as Paul impromptuly demonstrates his instrument collection, like the original synthesizer that The Beatles used on 'Strawberry Fields'".
The Flaming Pie Radio Show will be syndicated across the USA by the MJI Rock Network and will also be airplayed throughout the world.


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Before the al-Zawahri attack, the White House distributes a photo of Biden huddling with advisers.
Dakota Meyer, a former Marine, offers his opinions on the drone attack that killed al Qaeda chief al-Zawahiri and the rise in the terrorist organization's activity in the area.
NEW Fox News articles can now be heard on audio! A picture of President Biden huddling with his national security staff prior to the bombing that killed Ayman al-Zawahri was released by the White House on Tuesday.
The picture was taken on July 1 as preparation for the weekend's U.S.-led counterterrorism operation in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The White House released a statement saying, "At this meeting, the President was informed on the anticipated operation and shown a model of the safe house where Al-Zawahri was sheltering."
Since Usama bin Laden's passing in July 2011, the 71-year-old al Qaeda chief had been in charge of the terrorist group.
Usama bin Laden and Ayman Al Zawahri, the leader of al Qaeda, are pictured seated next to one another (Hamid Mir, Editor, Ausaf Newspaper for Daily Dawn, handout via Reuters/File Photo).
President Biden declared, "We make it clear once more tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the United States will locate you and take you out."
On the eleventh anniversary of Usama bin Laden's passing, Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahri gives a speech. (AP Photo/File: Mazhar Ali Khan)
Since American soldiers left Afghanistan last year, the White House has only publicly acknowledged the drone strike once. During the retreat, the U.S. turned over to the Taliban air bases, jails overflowing with enemy combatants, and military hardware valued at billions of dollars.
This report was provided to by Fox News' Haris Alic.
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At bicentennial, Mexico's future questioned
by Tom Gallagher
From the Dallas Morning News:
Mexico celebrates 200 years of independence, violence & poverty persist
"As Mexico prepares to celebrate the bicentennial of its independence from Spain and the 100th anniversary of its revolution today and Thursday, many Mexicans are questioning how much liberty and opportunity they really have in a country racked, again, by bloodshed and still plagued by poverty.
"We will celebrate with gusto. We have to have this faith, hope and optimism because we trust in God's providence – but we have to be realists," said Father Fernando Arellano, a Catholic priest in this town where the first cry of independence from the Spanish crown was shouted by another priest, Miguel Hidalgo.
"Today in Mexico, we don't feel free," Arellano said. "Unfortunately, we Mexicans live with fear because of the violence."
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