In the 28 years since the members of Coldplay met in their first-year dorm at University College London, each has, according to the band’s lore, played a certain role: Chris Martin is the creative genius, drummer Will Champion the voice of reason, guitarist Jonny Buckland the moral center, and bassist Guy Berryman the arbiter of cool. “Any coolness that Coldplay have at all comes from Guy,” confirms band manager Phil Harvey. “He’s a cool dude.” From afar, Berryman certainly appears that way — his eyes downcast, his dark hair mussed, his body swaying subtly, and his fingers moving with precision over his instrument — during the Australian leg of Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour, which just so happens to be the most attended tour of all time. But on the November afternoon when I meet him in the restaurant of his Sydney Hotel (part of my reporting for our January cover story on the band), he comes off as far more sincere and thoughtful than the “cool” label alone would suggest. Sitting at a corner table, with his back to impressive views of the Sydney opera house, he spoke slowly and softly, reminiscing on the band’s early days, considering their decades-long evolution, and speaking frankly on the chemistry that’s kept them together all these years. “We’re all very aligned with each other, the four of us,” he tells me. “What we have is unbelievably special.” I think you and I have some friends in common and might have run into each other in New York back in the aughts. I mean, it would’ve been one of those dark nights down in Black & White bar or wherever it was. That’s where it would’ve been. When we first started going to New York, we were hanging out with The Strokes, and there was a whole underground musicians kind of drinking scene there. Seems like another life. Yeah, I mean, it’s crazy. I always think how lucky we are. When we got into the music industry, it was before streaming. If you wanted to buy an album, you would go into a store and pay 20 bucks for a CD. The record companies would be making loads of money from acts like Robbie Williams, and then that money would filter down into the different imprint labels like Parlophone, and they would find bands like us and give us money and develop us. There was an infrastructure for so many more people to be artists and to have a career as a musician. Now anyone I know who is a musician, they have to have another job. Now record companies are interested in you turning up with something you’ve already written, produced, recorded. “And by the way, how many followers do you have on TikTok? And then maybe we’ll talk.” Editor’s picks The 100 Best TV Episodes of All Time The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Well, is that one of the reasons why y’all bring on a bunch of local acts when you’re on tour? Yeah, I think we’re all acutely aware of how tough it is for people now to find an opportunity. You might be a really super talented musician but just not very good at social media. Or you might just be great at social media and you might become a star without anything of huge substance. So I guess it kind of works both ways. And I think we are acutely aware of the fact that we’re still going and we’re still played on mainstream radio stations after so long — we don’t take that for granted. I think that’s why when Chris [Martin] goes into cities, he wants to meet all of the local artists that are on the label and to just kind of connect with them. When you’re in a stadium playing “Yellow,” for instance, are you thinking back to whatever was happening when that song was written or do they sort of evolve in your mind? I think they do evolve. It’s always about being in the moment, performing to the best of your ability. And my job is really about micro-timing. My job is not to be the guy that’s bringing the entertainment or adding the color or whatever. Everything I do has to be like a lockstep. I have to listen to Will, and when his kick drum hits, my note has to hit at the same time. Related Content Chris Martin Has Known What the End Will Look Like for Coldplay Since 1999 How Coldplay Became Bigger, Happier, and More 'Coldplay' Than Ever Watch Dick Van Dyke Star in Coldplay's Music Video for 'All My Love' Coldplay Will Bring Some 'Moon Music' to the 2024 Billboard Music Awards But I do try and change the way I play songs. Even to this day, I will adjust the angle of my plectrum a little bit because I think I’m getting a slightly better timing in a song like “Yellow.” I’ll say, “Okay, if I do it this way, it sounds a bit tighter.” So for me, the challenge is just every night to go up there and play everything a little better than you’ve ever played it before. It’s a very mechanical job I have. I mean, you’ve talked a lot about what got you into music, but why specifically did you first pick up a bass? When I listen to music, I tend to listen to something that makes me want to move physically. I just really loved the rhythms of soul and funk — which went against the grain of what all of the other kids in school were listening to. All of that music is really coming from the rhythm section and the bass. If you think about Motown, it’s quite an amazing story. The songwriters would write a song on the piano, and then it would be given to the house band — they’re sort of loosely called The Funk Brothers — to then say, “Okay, what are the rhythms and arrangements we can add to this song that’s just been brought in,” for whichever artist was going to sing it. And those guys did all of this incredible work to create the sound and the feel and the energy of Motown. It’s only really in the last 10 years that those people have started getting credit for their role in developing that sound. And you knew that history then? Not really, I just felt the music. The first thing that I ever really connected with musically was when I was maybe six or seven, and I was in my sister’s bedroom and she had a cassette player and a box of cassettes, and I was just like, “What is this?” I put a cassette in it, and I pressed the button. I can remember that moment. It’s one of the clearest memories I have, the sound that came out of this thing. It was Stevie Wonder’s song, “My Cherie Amour,” and I was just transfixed by it. So I always loved that kind of music. And of course, that’s why I wanted to be a bass player, because I was into Motown and funk and James Brown. Also, listened to a lot of jazz when I was a teenager as well. There was a jazz bar in Canterbury, which was the city I grew up in. I would go there with my friend, Paul, when we were 16. It was the only place we could get served alcohol without anybody really asking any questions. We used to sit there and drink Guinness, smoke cigarettes, and listen to jazz trios. You’re the only member of Coldplay that dropped out of college, right? Yeah. We formed the band, and I was like, “Okay, I think we have something.” I really believed in it. I mean, it was complete, youthful, dumb naivety. I mean, you were right. I worked in a bar for a year so I could just do the band. I always played in groups in school, and it was great, but it was always instrumental because there was no one that ever really wanted to be a singer. So when I met Chris, I was like, “Fuck, he can sing, and he wants to sing.” I can stand in a stadium full of 80,000 people and play my bass and love every single moment of it, but if you put me in a room with 20 people and a microphone and I need to do a speech or something, I crumble inside. Karaoke is not your thing? Oh, fuck no. Being such a quiet, introverted nerd — which is how I would describe myself — it just felt so great to connect with somebody who had that extrovert magic. But were your parents losing their mind? Not really. We were doing quite well with the band and things were happening and they could see I was just in love with the process. And then when the guys finished their courses, we had a record deal on the table. What does the collaborative process look like right now versus back in the day? Well, Chris has always been in charge conceptually. He’s the songwriter, he’s bringing the ideas, the album titles. He’s writing from the heart, to which we edit and contribute and shape and discuss what goes on, what goes off. But he’s really kind of a creative powerhouse. The songs are credited to all of us. We were all such music nerds, and we saw some of our favorite bands just fall apart because they hadn’t structured themselves right, or this singer would be taking all the credit, taking all the money. I think we pitched it as a long game, like, “Okay, we’re going to do it together. We want everybody pulling in the same direction with the same amount of strength.” And that’s hard to do when you have somebody who’s getting super crazy rich and the other people [aren’t]. Then band members change, and when band members change, the chemistry goes. You lose something. So what we have is unbelievably special, the four of us. Like the other night in Melbourne, I got sick and for the first time in our history, one of us didn’t make the show. Which is actually amazing. Yeah, it’s amazing. It got to six o’clock in the evening, and I was trying to rally — I mean, we’ve all done shows where we’ve been super sick with flu or COVID or whatever, and you can do it. You take a bunch of meds and you get up there and it’s tough, but you do it. But I got food poisoning and my blood pressure dropped and I couldn’t stand up. I texted Chris and said, “Brother, I’m really worried. I don’t actually think I can do this.” So they had to formulate a plan, and of course the stadium was half full, and you can’t fucking cancel a stadium show. People have flown in from different countries. They’ve planned. They’ve booked hotels. They’ve paid a fortune for tickets on resellers. So we had to come up with a plan. Honestly, it got to the point where I knew it was showtime, and I was just laying in bed, thinking, “What have they figured out and how’s it all going to work?” The emotion of it really hit me, and I was just crying. It felt really super emotional. And then I suddenly realized, actually, however sad I was, in bed, feeling like shit, it must’ve been so fucking strange for [the other band members] being up there. I think it was the weirdest experience for them. I know you have a studio that travels with you where you work on new music. Is working on an album while on tour atypical? Yes and no. I mean, I don’t think we’ve ever kind of approached a new album like, “Okay, hey, let’s go in the studio because we need to start a new album.” We always have things which are left over from previous albums — they didn’t fit or we didn’t finish them or we didn’t unlock them. Sometimes you can’t quite get the song right. Sometimes it can take years for you to go, “Oh, okay, the rhythm was all wrong,” or “this chord was wrong,” or whatever. And that’s what you mean by unlock it? Yeah, it’s like a puzzle. I assume you just have to give up sometimes. Sometimes you do. When do you decide to give up? When you’ve tortured it mercilessly to death for several years, I think you have to let them go. And we’ve got so many things like that. I mean, I think one day there’s a project that we’ll do where we perhaps present those in an interesting way or something. “We’re kind of dinosaurs in the way that we still approach making albums, trying to make them something really designed to be listened to from beginning to end as a journey.” Chris has said that Coldplay will only put out two more albums. I’m glad to hear that that’s one of the ideas that’s percolating for the retirement period. Yeah, I know. I mean, Chris is such an unstoppable force of nature creatively, so let’s see what happens. There’s so many things that have crossed my mind, like, “Well, maybe the last album can come in five parts or something like that.” Really? I don’t know. I suppose there’s a certain amount of fear attached with that idea of the final thing, because how do you really know what you’re going to feel like when you get to that day? Do you feel apprehensive about it? I don’t know, really. At [a certain] point it’s kind of like, how much do you need to put into the world? For us now, there’s a whole chunk of people that are just kind of only interested in listening to our first two albums. And everything that we’ve done since then is invalid. There’s also people that don’t know our first two albums and only accessed us through the song we did with BTS . I don’t think we’ll ever stop touring. I think it’s really more about: What is an album? Who listens to albums? The whole landscape has really changed. It’s not even about songs now. It’s about 20 seconds of a song on TikTok that somebody sped up to twice the tempo or something. We’re kind of dinosaurs in the way that we still approach making albums, trying to make them something really designed to be listened to from beginning to end as a journey. There’s not many people consuming like that now. I think we appreciate the fact that any great story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. So, I think the idea is really to be in control of the end, somehow, rather than just fading away or not really having your heart in it or just going on too long. I guess the concept is to kind of stop before things change in any way, shape, or form. When you’re on tour like this, I imagine it’s like being an athlete. It’s a marathon. But have you had a chance in Sydney to just sort of go out and chill? So what’s great for me at the moment is for the last few years, I’ve had a fashion label, which is based in Amsterdam. I’ve never been somebody who goes out shopping to the kind of super fancy stores or the designer labels or whatever. But I like going to the thrift stores and the vintage stores and finding stuff. Have you found some stuff in Sydney? Oh my God, I found mountains. I’ve already sent five suitcases full of vintage back to the studio. In December y’all will have a break for a while. What will that look like for you? So I’ll go home and have a couple of weeks to reconnect with the family. I have an eighteen-year-old daughter, a six-year-old boy, and a three-year-old girl. The three-year-old is having a phase at the moment of extreme tantrums. I always thought that was the twos, right? People talk about the terrible twos, but she’s found her foothold in that kind of behavior, and there’s just no reasoning with her. So that’s where we’re at. How long do you go without seeing your family? Three weeks max. We’ve done this a long time, so we know that — I mean, I remember in the early days, I think it might have been on the third album, we did a nine-week tour of the States in a bus. Like sleeping in the bunks of the bus? Yeah. And you wake up in the venue and you go in and have a shower and take what you got to do. America’s big. For a British band to come and do the whole let’s-break-America thing, it’s like you’re going to basically 50 different countries, and you have to shake everyone’s hand and keep every radio station happy and do everything. When we were halfway through it, I remember thinking, “I don’t know how we’re going to do this.” And then by the end of it, I was just like, “I don’t know how we’re all still alive.” Back then there was no kind of fitness regime. We didn’t have any awareness of the concept of mental health. It was like we would just get on the bus, and there’d be stacks of pizza and fridges full of beer, smoking weed, all of the usual tropes. And that’s how we got through it. Brutal. It took a long time to learn that three weeks is the max we can go away, and then we need a certain amount of weeks off. And even within those three weeks, we know how many shows we can do, how many days off we need to place in there. So we’ve really got that dialed in. When did you start realizing what the plan should be to keep yourselves healthy? I don’t know. Things got a little out of hand for a while. And for me, it became quite problematic, just the lifestyle and partying and going out late and really not looking after myself. Which album would you say that was around? Oh, X&Y was the one where we had so much pressure on us from so many different angles. Because the first album came out, and it did really well but it was so quiet and acoustic. We were doing these shows and all these people were coming so it was like, “We need songs with a bit more energy.” And then the second album did really well — I think beyond people’s expectations — so by the time it came to the third album and we were doing quite big shows, we didn’t really know who we were supposed to be anymore. We kind of lost ourselves a little bit. And we lost our manager, Phil. He left. So we didn’t have his really important kind of embrace around us or guidance. It’s funny: I really think we’re a little bit too hard on that album, because I really think it’s a magical album in many ways. But the songs are like five, six, seven minutes long. It’s just this kind of bombastic nature of them. Chris always says he’d love to go back to that album because all it needs is editing, just cutting here and there, and then you’d have something which is what we should have done. But at the same time, I’m always skeptical of doing things like that because you’ll meet somebody who’ll say, “Well, X&Y is my favorite album.” I like that album a lot. I like it more now than I think I’ve ever done. I was listening to stuff the other day, thinking, “Wow, that’s really inventive. But it could have been three-and-a-half minutes long, not seven.” When you say you approached making music in a different way, what do you mean? I feel like we were willing to accept guidance and input from an external source rather than us being, “We are the ones in control of this. We have to do this all ourselves.” It’s probably a relief to sort of let go of that. But it wouldn’t have happened without Brian [Eno] because it needed to be somebody that we held in such high esteem, where it’s not like, “No, I don’t want to do that.” It’s like, “You’re Brian Eno. You’ve told us to do this. We’re going to fucking do it.” And it was interesting with him, because he made us do so many experimental things. A lot of which didn’t come to anything. What’s the most experimental thing he made you do? Well, I think the most important thing is that he made us all sing. Brian loves singing. He still, every week, has an a capella group in his studio. I’ve seen those videos of you singing in churches and stuff with him. Yeah, he made us all sing, and he always said we were the hardest working band that never did any work. What does that mean? Well, we would spend weeks in the studio and not really do anything. Whereas he would come in and say, “Right, I’ve got this idea. Let’s try this. We’re going to play six bars of this chord, three bars of that chord. We’re going to throw in one bar of this chord, and then we’re going to repeat it. And every time it repeats, I want you to do something different.” So we would have these kind of mathematical exercises that he would make us do. Sometimes we’d sit there, and we’d be going, “What the fuck?” Or sometimes we would do something and go, “Hang on a minute, there was a moment — four minutes into this hour-long thing that we’ve just done where most of it was terrible — there was a moment where something happened.” So he just really got us out of our kind of mindset that we’d gotten stuck in, I think. “Sometimes Chris will bring in something I don’t really get, but I trust his judgment. We used to fight and argue so much in the beginning, but now I feel like we’re closer than ever.” I know back in the day there was a lot of butting heads over songs and ideas. Now when a good song arrives, everyone just kind of knows that? Oh, no. No? Absolutely not. No. Sometimes a song is so obvious. Chris will bring something in, and it’s just like, ‘Wow, okay.” And it becomes our job to just basically not fuck it up. Or sometimes it’s kind of, “Okay, there’s something here. What does it need? How can we unlock the puzzle?” Or sometimes Chris will bring in something which I just don’t really get, but I trust his judgment. I feel like we used to kind of fight and argue so much in the beginning, but now I feel like we’re closer than we’ve ever been. And I also feel like we’re really starting to get into uncharted territory now in terms of what we’re doing with the show and the people and the feeling and the service that I think we are providing to people. I feel it’s so much bigger than me, and it’s so much bigger than us as a band, that we just kind of have this duty now — especially in this day and age — to provide an opportunity for people to congregate and just have a moment of joy where you can forget about whatever you were going through just for a couple of hours. I think it’s become something that’s beyond our control now, actually. When did it start feeling that way? I think this tour. I was flying over the night that Trump got elected. I was just kind of wondering what the vibe was like that night. Honestly, I don’t think the vibe was hugely different in the crowd. For me, as we were approaching the stage, I just felt like, “This feels more meaningful to be walking up on stage, doing this, continuing to do it, and we just got to keep doing it.” Do you have a favorite part of the show? I mean, the start of the show is always special. It never gets old, walking into the stadium and hearing the noise and the first moment where the drums hit. Let’s talk some about the tour’s sustainability initiatives. Well, look, some of the technology is more showcasing technology. Like these floors people jump up and down on, of course it’s generating energy. But I think we always thought the idea would be, “Well, what if there’s somebody who’s going to do a nightclub or a mall or something like that, and they can see that you can put things on the ground that capture people’s movements?” Then there’s the rechargeable batteries that power the show. There’s not really one thing you can do which makes a huge change, but when you put all of the initiatives together, that’s when it starts becoming meaningful. We have this amazing solar-panel material, which they roll out behind the seats now. I saw it last night. It’s an evolution, right? We’ve never said, “Okay, this is it. Done now.” If somebody says, “Hey, we’ve invented this new thing, and maybe it’s cool for the show,” we’ll look at it. And if it’s good, we will put it in and we’ll kind of keep adding to it. Does your 18-year-old recognize that her dad’s a rock star? Oh, for sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She’s super creative. She loves music, art. She loves the shows. And the little ones are starting to get an idea. They’ve seen pictures of me on stage. Sometimes they come to the show and watch a couple of songs before they get tired and have to be taken back to the hotel. So they’re starting to get a little bit of an idea that I’ve got a slightly unusual job. Or maybe it’s just normal to them. Well, that’s what I’m saying. I think it does get normalized. It does. But I live in Amsterdam, and it’s such a nice place to live because I feel like the Dutch are just so grounded and down-to-earth. I just feel like it’s a country full of normality and common sense. I really particularly like living there. I do want to go back to the retirement thing. You said there was a sense of sort of fear around it. Is that feeling sort of infused through what you’re doing? It’s not a prevalent thought or worry that I have in my mind. I still feel like we still have so much right in front of us with this tour, with the ambitions we have for the creative projects that are currently on the table, being thought about, being worked on. I think we’re still years away from any kind of retirement. But you have to have a plan. If you’re a runner and you’re running a marathon, you know you have to run 26 miles. But if somebody said to you, “Okay, start running and just don’t stop,” it’s quite hard to motivate yourself. I’ve heard y’all talk about getting to a point where you didn’t feel like you have to be perfect anymore, that it’s more about creating this space for people to have this experience. How did you get to that point? I think it’s just practice. I mean, I think we are really in uncharted territory. We are really kind of going through something together that I think nobody has done before, just in terms of the length of the career that we’ve had, the size of this tour, the love there is, and just the feeling that’s generated inside the stadiums — I don’t want to sound like I’m big blowing my own trumpet, but it just feels new to me. It feels like new territory. And it’s interesting: We talk a lot about retirement and ending, but there’s also a part of me that’s like, “Well, where else could this go?” Trending Stories Hawk Tuah Girl Breaks Silence After Meme Coin Crash and Class Action Suit Blake Lively Sues 'It Ends With Us' Co-Star Justin Baldoni for Sexual Harassment Millie Bobby Brown Gives Tearful Goodbye as 'Stranger Things' Wraps Production Tom Girardi Must Surrender to Prison Psych Exam, Judge Rules1 2 3 Nagpur: BJP's Nagpur Central MLA Pravin Datke reignited the demand for a separate Vidarbha state by concluding his oath with the slogan " Jai Vidarbha " in the Maharashtra assembly during a special session held in Mumbai. Umesh Yawalkar, BJP MLA from Morshi, also followed suit, demonstrating a shared sentiment among legislators from the region, though he did mention "Jai Maharashtra" as well. Unlike previous years, no objections or protests were raised by anti-Vidarbha parties — both factions of the Shiv Sena. This subtle shift in political dynamics hints at a gradual change in the discourse surrounding the Vidarbha statehood issue. Datke's phone remained switched off throughout the day. The sentiment is not new; it has consistently surfaced over the past decade. In 2019, the slogan was raised by three MLAs from the Nagpur district — Tekchand Sawarkar (BJP), Vikas Thakre (Congress), and Raju Parwe (Congress) — during their oath-taking ceremony. Speaking to the media later, the MLAs passionately argued for justice for Vidarbha, citing unfulfilled promises and stalled projects like the Gosikhurd irrigation project and Mihan. They lamented the lack of industrial growth, which forced local youth to migrate in search of jobs, and demanded a structured development plan. Parwe and Sawarkar echoed similar concerns, emphasizing that statehood was the only viable solution to address the region's developmental backlog. The origins of the "Jai Vidarbha" slogan during the oath ceremony can be traced back to 2014. It was the then Katol MLA Ashish Deshmukh who raised "Jai Vidarbha" slogans during his swearing-in ceremony. This act led to uproar from Shiv Sena members, who demanded Deshmukh's disqualification for allegedly undermining Maharashtra's unity. Despite warnings of suspension from the pro-tem Speaker, Deshmukh stood firm, setting a precedent for Vidarbha-focused legislators. Over the years, the Vidarbha statehood demand has been fuelled by frustrations over the region's marginalization, lack of industrial investment, and incomplete infrastructure projects. While the BJP has put the entire issue on the backburner after coming to power, social organizations argue for equitable development through statehood. The absence of resistance to the "Jai Vidarbha" slogan this year could signal evolving political attitudes, offering a glimmer of hope to Vidarbha's advocates who remain committed to their cause. As the slogan continues to echo in assembly halls, it symbolizes a deep-rooted aspiration for justice and development among Vidarbha's people, keeping the dream of statehood alive. MSID:: 116109293 413 | Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .
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NoneChicago Bears special teams coordinator Richard Hightower called it a “team decision” to not try to get kicker Cairo Santos closer or to a different location on the field before the blocked field goal Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. But Hightower also made no excuses for his field-goal protection unit on the game-ending play that resulted in a 20-19 Packers win . “The best interest of the team was to kick it,” Hightower said. “And when they call field goal, it’s my job as a coach to get that executed, period.” Before getting to coach Matt Eberflus’ decision to kick the field goal from 46 yards and the left hash, Hightower first addressed the issues up front that led to the block, still a major talking point this week as the Bears prepare to host the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field. Packers defensive lineman Karl Brooks pushed his way past offensive lineman Matt Pryor and long snapper Scott Daly and leaped into the air to get a finger on Santos’ kick. “We’ve just got to get to our technique more quickly and more violently than our opponent, and that’s what needs to happen to firm it up there,” Hightower said. “And I’m looking forward to our guys responding this week and getting that done.” Packers coach Matt LaFleur and players said after the game that they had identified a weakness in the Bears front, so much so that special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia told the team he wouldn’t understand if they didn’t come away with a blocked field goal. There also was talk after the game about the lower trajectory of Santos’ kicks on longer field goals. But Hightower brushed away that talk, noting the 160 combined extra points and field goals Santos has kicked with the Bears under his coaching. Santos has made 70 of 78 field goals and 72 of 84 extra points in that three-year span. “I don’t have an issue with Cairo. I don’t have an issue with our field-goal protection team,” Hightower said. “I feel like the result of that play was not our desired result. But I have faith and confidence in our unit, and I am looking forward to them operating in that situation again when it’s presented.” Some questions have fallen to Eberflus this week about why he didn’t run an extra play to try to get a shorter field goal for Santos. He had the time. But Eberflus said the Bears were comfortable with Santos kicking from 46 yards and listed risks such as a fumble, tipped pass or false-start or holding penalties as deterrents. Bears kicker Cairo Santos has his 46-yard field-goal attempt is blocked by Packers defensive end Karl Brooks on Nov. 17, 2024, at Soldier Field. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Hightower said the Bears talk all week, before the game and before the series about Santos’ kick and monster kick lines. “I have confidence in our field-goal team to make it from any distance they call us from,” Hightower said. “Because we’ve already talked about the distance before we go out there.” Eberflus was asked Wednesday whether there had been any discussion about trying to make sure Santos was able to kick from the right hash, his preferred location on extra points. Eberflus said there was not discussion about it, and Santos kicked from the left hash. Former Bears long snapper Patrick Mannelly said on the “Spiegel and Holmes Show” on WSCR-AM 670 that it would be “egregious” for there not to be discussion about it, calling it “Coaching 101.” . @PatrickMannelly goes off on Matt Eberflus' "egregious" coaching in not getting the ball to the right hash for Cairo Santos. Mannelly is frustrated Eberflus isn't implementing what the Bears have worked on in training camp and practice each day. Listen: https://t.co/f9L9lvvWtg pic.twitter.com/G0dhdq0Nho — 670 The Score (@670TheScore) November 20, 2024 When Hightower was asked about the criteria that might be used to overrule a kicker’s preference, he again called it a “team decision.” “(The hash) doesn’t matter because when they call field goal, we’ve got to go out there and perform,” Hightower said. “That’s what matters, going out there and performing and getting the desired result. “I can’t allow myself to have excuses. I don’t deal in that world. This is a results-based business, and you have to deal in result and fact, correct what happened, move on, use it to your advantage and then let’s go to work. And that’s the mind-state I’m in. All my energy and my focus is on beating Minnesota.”
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Ross Barkley’s 85th-minute goal gave them victory in Germany after goals from John McGinn and Jhon Duran early in each half were cancelled out by Lois Openda and Christoph Baumgartner. That sent them up to third in the new league phase of the competition ahead of Wednesday’s games and with matches against Monaco and Celtic to come, Villa have an excellent chance of finishing in the top eight. Job done... in the end 😅 #RBLAVL #UCL pic.twitter.com/PRD1Hi1Q3A — Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) December 10, 2024 That would mean they would avoid a play-off round to make it through to the last 16 and Emery says that is the target. “Today was key. Juventus at home, we were thinking more to win but in the end we accepted the draw because it was important for a point to be more or less in the top 24,” he told Amazon Prime. “Today was a match we were thinking at the beginning was key to be a contender to be in the top eight with the last two matches to be played. “It is going to be difficult and we have to get some more points but we now have the possibility to achieve this option. “We are going to enjoy and try to get top eight but we have to be happy because we are in the top 24 and maybe even the top 16. “We weren’t contenders in the beginning to get there but now we have to accept it.” Leipzig, who are flying high near the top of the Bundesliga, are out after losing all six matches. They did pose a threat to Villa, who inflicted some of their own problems on themselves, notably a rare gaffe from goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez for Openda’s equaliser. But Emery was happy with his side’s performance. “I try to enjoy and always we want to improve and sometimes it is hard but today the team were performing well, playing seriously and I was enjoying it,” he added. “We tried to overcome the mistakes we made and we did. More or less we were playing consistently. One mistake and they score but then we played very well. “Champions League is very difficult and we have to expect that every team playing at home are feeling strong. We played with consistency and domination.”
Who are the favorites to win Golden Globes? | Streamed & Screened podcastFormer Tulane quarterback Darian Mensah has already found a new program in Duke, while Mississippi State's Michael Van Buren Jr., Wisconsin's Braedyn Locke and Cal's Fernando Mendoza are exploring changes of their own in the transfer portal. Mensah, a redshirt freshman with three years of eligibility remaining, told ESPN on Wednesday he has transferred to Duke. He attended the Blue Devils men's basketball game against Incarnate Word on Tuesday night. The Blue Devils (9-3) will face Mississippi in the Gator Bowl, but without 2024 starting quarterback Maalik Murphy and backup Grayson Loftis, who also entered the portal. Mensah, viewed as one of the top players in the portal, threw for 2,723 yards and 22 touchdowns and completed 65.9% of his passes. He led the Green Wave to a 9-4 record and the American Athletic Conference championship game, where they lost 35-14 to Army. Tulane will play Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl on Sunday. People are also reading... Van Buren, Mendoza and Locke announced on social media they had entered the portal. Van Buren started eight games as a true freshmen for the Bulldogs. He threw for 1,886 yards on 55% passing with 16 total touchdowns and seven interceptions for the Bulldogs (2-10, 0-8 Southeastern Conference). He took over as the starter when Blake Shapen suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in a 45-28 loss to Florida on Sept. 21. Shapen has said he plans to return next season. Van Buren, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound passer from St. Frances Academy in Maryland, had two 300-yard performances for the Bulldogs, including 306 yards and three touchdown passes in a 41-31 road loss against Georgia. Mendoza threw for 3,004 yards in 2024 with 16 TDs, six interceptions and a 68.7 completion percentage. "For the sake of my football future this is the decision I have reached," he posted. Locke passed for 1,936 yards with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions for Wisconsin this season. He said he will have two years of eligibility remaining at his next school. Michigan duo enters draft ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan cornerback Will Johnson has joined defensive tackle Mason Graham in the NFL draft. Johnson declared for the draft on Wednesday, one day after Graham decided he would also skip his senior season with the Wolverines. Both preseason All-America players are expected to be first-round picks. Johnson was limited to six games this year due to an injury. He had two interceptions, returning them both for touchdowns to set a school record with three scores off interceptions. Johnson picked off nine passes in three seasons. Graham played in all 12 games this season, finishing with 3 1/2 sacks and seven tackles for losses. He had 18 tackles for losses, including nine sacks, in his three-year career. AP announces All-SEC team Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson is The Associated Press offensive player of the year in the Southeastern Conference and South Carolina defensive lineman Kyle Kennard is the top defensive player. Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia was voted the top newcomer on Wednesday while the Gamecocks' Shane Beamer is coach of the year in voting by the panel of 17 media members who cover the league. Sampson led the SEC and set school records by rushing for 1,485 yards and 22 touchdowns. He is tied for third nationally in rushing touchdowns, recording the league's fifth-most in a season. Sampson was chosen on all but two ballots. Mississippi wide receiver Tre Harris and his quarterback, Jaxson Dart, each got a vote. Kennard led the SEC with 11-1/2 sacks and 15-1/2 tackles for loss. He also had 10 quarterback hurries and forced three fumbles. Beamer led the Gamecocks to just their fifth nine-win season, including a school-record four wins over Top 25 opponents. They've won their last six games and ended the regular season with a win over eventual ACC champion Clemson. South Carolina plays Illinois on Dec. 31 in the Citrus Bowl. Pavia helped lead Vandy to its first bowl game since 2018 after transferring from New Mexico State. He passed for 2,133 yards and 17 touchdowns with four interceptions. He ran for another 716 yards and six touchdowns, directing an upset of Alabama. Campbell gets new deal with ISU AMES, Iowa — Matt Campbell, who led Iowa State to its first 10-win season and became the program's all-time leader in coaching victories, has agreed to an eight-year contract that would keep him with the Cyclones through 2032. University president Wendy Wintersteen and athletic director Jamie Pollard made the announcement Wednesday, four days after the Cyclones lost to Arizona State in the Big 12 championship game. “Given all the uncertainty currently facing college athletics, it was critical that we moved quickly to solidify the future of our football program,” Pollard said. “Matt is the perfect fit for Iowa State University and I am thrilled he wants to continue to lead our program. Leadership continuity is essential to any organization’s long-term success." The Cyclones won their first seven games for their best start since 1938 and are 10-3 heading into their game against Miami in the Pop Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 28. BRIEFLY FLAG PLANT: Ohio Republican state Rep. Josh Williams said Wednesday on social media he's introducing a bill to make flag planting in sports a felony in the state. His proposal comes after the Nov. 30 fight at the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry football game when the Wolverines beat the Buckeyes 13-10 and then attempted to plant their flag at midfield. MALZAHN: Gus Malzahn, who resigned as UCF’s coach last month to become Mike Norvell’s offensive coordinator at Florida State, said he chose to return to his coaching roots rather than remain a head coach distracted by a myriad of responsibilities. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!
Heat pumps have gained a taste of celebrity status as the most energy-efficient way to heat and cool a home. Heat pumps are so efficient that experts argue swapping out your heating and cooling systems is one of the best ways homeowners can reduce their household carbon emissions. Amy Boyd, director of policy for the Acadia Center, a regional research and advocacy organization focusing on clean-energy policy in the Northeast, said, “A heat pump is probably the biggest thing consumers can do to help fight the climate crisis.” The publicity surrounding heat pumps comes from their win-win status as a climate solution . During warmer months, heat pumps function like a traditional air conditioning unit, adding cool air to the room. During colder months they pull heat from the air outside and pump it into the home. This process is highly energy-efficient. According to the Department of Energy, using a heat pump can lower electricity usage for heating by about 65% when compared to electric resistance heating, such as baseboard heaters. This means that by switching to a heat pump, you could save roughly two-thirds of your heating energy consumption. By using electricity to move heat instead of burning fossil fuels to create it, the carbon emissions from operating heat pumps will continue to decrease as the electric grid is decarbonized over time. Locally, it is already less carbon-intensive to operate a heat pump than to burn gas thanks to Holy Cross Energy’s move towards a 100% carbon-free electricity supply. The heating process of heat pumps, along with their traditional popularity in the southern United States, has led many consumers in the northern United States to question their effectiveness for heating. Since heat pumps operate by transferring heat rather than generating it, they have historically encountered challenges in colder climates. This issue has been remedied with the availability of cold climate heat pumps, and improved technology for heating in cold climates like ours. A study from 2017 conducted by a nonprofit focused on clean energy in Minnesota found that newer models operate effectively down to negative 13 degrees Fahrenheit. In colder climates, heat pumps that are not designed for cold weather have a harder time finding heat and therefore struggle. With newer technology, cold climate heat pumps provide sufficient heat down into negative outdoor temperatures. If one lives in an extreme climate and already has a fossil fuel heating system in their home, they may consider a hybrid or dual fuel heat pump system. Hybrid systems use both conventional fossil fuel-burning heaters (typically a boiler or a furnace) in conjunction with heat pumps. The combustion heater is used only when the temperature drops low enough to decrease the heat pump’s efficiency. The fossil fuel-based heating system is used to supplement heat in the room to where the heat pump performs best. Heat pumps can run at higher than 100% efficiency because they are not creating heat, they are just moving it from one place to another. For each unit of energy input, you can get 2-3 units of heat output. Properly installed heat pumps can reach over 300% efficiency in some cases. A high-efficiency gas furnace can only be 98% efficient at the most. It’s estimated that in climate zones 6 and 7, supplemental fossil fuel heat is needed less than 20% of the time in dual-fuel systems. By using a dual fuel system, you maximize your heat pump’s efficiency while maintaining comfortable temperatures, and keeping utility bills and carbon emissions to a minimum. There are several local and federal programs to aid in upgrading one’s home to a heat pump. Federal incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act include tax credits and rebates for high-efficiency heat pumps. Through local nonprofits you may be able to get a rebate for a heat pump install, for example in the Eagle River Valley, through Walking Mountains, homeowners can get up to $1,000 from Eagle County’s Energy Smart Colorado program. Those rebates can be stacked on top of utility rebates, which vary based on location and utility company. On top of these incentives, the State of Colorado provides tax credits to qualifying heat pump projects. With all these rebates, credits, and incentives, upgrading to a heat pump is starting to feel less like an expense and more like a group project where everyone else is chipping in! Heat pumps offer a powerful and efficient solution for reducing household carbon emissions while maintaining comfortable indoor temperatures year-round. With advancements in technology and a growing array of financial incentives at federal, state, and local levels, transitioning to a heat pump is more accessible than ever. By making the switch, homeowners can contribute to a cleaner energy future, and potentially save on utility bills. The Energy team at Walking Mountains can help get you started, email energy@walkingmountains.org or visit WalkingMountains.org/energy .President-elect Donald Trump's repeated support for TikTok has sparked speculation about potential solutions to prevent the app's impending ban in the United States, though the path forward remains unclear. "We got to keep this sucker around for a little while," Trump told supporters on Sunday, just days after meeting with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in Florida. Trump, who credits the wildly popular platform with delivering him a large young user base, opposes banning TikTok partly because he believes it would primarily benefit Meta, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company behind Instagram and Facebook. The situation is complex, according to University of Richmond School of Law professor Carl Tobias, given the various potential solutions and Trump's unpredictable nature. Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation, signed by President Joe Biden in April, that would block TikTok from US app stores and web hosting services unless Beijing-based ByteDance sells its stake by January 19. US officials and lawmakers grew wary of the potential for the Chinese government to influence ByteDance or access the data of TikTok's American users. Even with Trump's decisive election victory and incoming Republican-led Congress, acquiescing to the president-elect's desire and preventing the ban faces significant hurdles. The law enjoyed rare bipartisan support in a divided Washington, making its outright repeal through a vote in Congress politically unlikely even with Trump's influence over Republicans. The Supreme Court may offer the clearest path forward. TikTok has appealed to the nation's highest court, arguing the law violates First Amendment rights to free speech. The court, which is dominated by Trump-aligned conservatives, will hear the case on January 10, just nine days before the ban takes effect. This follows a lower appeals court's unanimous decision to uphold the law in December. Another possibility, according to Tobias, is that a Trump-led Department of Justice could determine ByteDance has addressed the law's national security concerns. However, such a move would likely be seen as caving to China by Congress and others. The final option is ByteDance selling to a non-Chinese buyer, though the company has consistently refused this possibility. With 170 million monthly active users, acquiring TikTok's US operations would require substantial resources. As president, Trump could extend the ban deadline by 90 days to facilitate a transaction. Few potential buyers have emerged, with major tech companies likely deterred by antitrust concerns. Former Trump Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, who runs a private equity fund backed by Japan's SoftBank Group and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala sovereign wealth fund, has expressed interest. During a recent event with Trump, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son pledged to invest $100 billion in the US economy, though specific investments weren't detailed. Other contenders include US real estate billionaire Frank McCourt, who aims to make social media safer through his Project Liberty organization. Elon Musk, given his proximity to Trump and ownership of X, could also have a role to play, as he has expressed plans to transform the text-focused platform into something more like TikTok. A senior Republican lawmaker recently suggested Trump might orchestrate a "deal of the century" satisfying both US concerns and ByteDance's interests. The chairman of the US House committee on China, John Moolenaar, told Fox News Digital that once ByteDance accepts it must comply with US law, the situation could progress rapidly. Any agreement would need Beijing's approval, with US-China relations expected to remain tense during Trump's upcoming term. This isn't the first attempt to resolve TikTok's US status. In 2020, Trump also threatened a ban unless ByteDance sold its US operations. While Oracle and Walmart reached a preliminary agreement with ByteDance for ownership stakes, legal challenges and the transition to the Biden administration prevented the deal's completion. arp/mlm Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment, state legislature, CFD news, and more.
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The San Diego Police Department’s use of surveillance technology is at the center of a new lawsuit filed against the city. The suit, which was filed this week, stems from accusations the agency tried to sidestep the law when it installed license plate readers and smart streetlights during Comic-Con and Pride. A San Diego municipal ordinance requires a city council vote prior to the installation of the LPRs and smart streetlights at any new locations — or uses of that technology that wasn't previously approved. > 24/7 San Diego news stream: Watch NBC 7 free wherever you are The complaint, which was filed Monday in San Diego Superior Court on behalf of city residents Lilly Irani, Seth Hall and Mat Wahlstrom, alleges that the department failed to receive proper approval from the San Diego City Council prior to installing the technology. San Diego police chief Scott Wahl announced before the cameras were turned on that he was citing "exigent circumstances" to better protect the public, a clause in the ordinance that would allow the tech to be deployed without council approval. The lawsuit claims, however, that the department didn't provide enough proof of the exigent circumstances. Local Things to do this weekend: The Nutcracker, USS Midway Jingle Jets, skating rinks, and more San Diego home prices fall in November but remain higher than last year The events began before this summer's San Diego Pride Parade and Pride Festival, when San Diego police announced the installation of additional smart streetlight cameras with automated license plate recognition technology at various Hillcrest locations as a safety measure amid a rise in hate crimes. Privacy advocates railed against the plan, saying the police department was invoking the "exigent circumstances" section of the TRUST ordinance in order to avoid the standard approval process. In a statement, the advocate groups said the police "lack justification to claim that this recurring event is an emergency that justifies an unauthorized expansion of surveillance streetlights." The use of smart streetlights in San Diego has sparked debate after what was initially billed as a traffic management tool was later publicly revealed to involve camera technology utilized by police. The camera network was shut down amid the ensuing uproar, but was revived last year with city council approval. SDPD began deploying cameras to 500 locations last December, though infrastructure issues such as power problems or objects blocking the camera view prevented installations at 42 locations, according to police. Earlier this year, Mayor Todd Gloria's office issued a public statement that claimed smart streetlights and license plate readers were instrumental in solving more than 200 criminal cases this year, including a widely publicized case in which a man allegedly attempted to kidnap two children from a Mission Valley mall. "The results speak for themselves," Gloria said. "Smart streetlights and ALPR technology have proven to be essential tools for our police officers, helping to quickly identify suspects and solve crimes." NBC 7 has reached out to the city attorney’s office for comment, but was told that officials were unable to comment on pending litigation. SDPD was also contacted for this story but it has not yet replied to the request for comment. All parties are due in court on May 23 for a case-management conference.Agartala, Dec 21 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the demographic data of people along the India-Myanmar border, especially in Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur, should be mapped so that it can help in fencing the boundary and infiltration can be stopped. Chairing the 12th meeting of the Shillong-based North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) Society here, he also said that there is a need for extensive mapping for mineral, oil, and coal reserves in the northeastern states so that the region could be financially benefitted from the royalty received from these minerals. Also Read | Mohali Building Collapse: Multi-Agency Rescue Effort On After Building Collapses in Punjab's Sohana, 5 Feared Trapped, CM Bhagwant Mann Says 'Will Take Action Against Culprits'. "The demographic data of people along the India-Myanmar border, especially in Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur, should be mapped so that it can help in fencing of the border and infiltration can be stopped," Shah said. He said for this, there is a need to conduct a comprehensive survey in the border areas. Also Read | Haryana Shocker: Woman Plots Husband's Murder With Lover, Aides in Faridabad; 1 Held. The home minister said the NESAC society should focus on forest area development using space science. He said for this, necessary steps should be taken by comparing old maps with the latest maps and where there are possibilities, efforts should be made to plant trees in collaboration with the state governments. Similarly, Shah also asked the society to map floods in the northeastern states. He lauded the efforts of NESAC society for proper and positive use of space technology in administration and emphasised its extensive use in the development of a difficult geographical area like the Northeast in the coming times. The home minister also said that the NESAC society should also focus on developing its revenue model. He said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's space sector has taken a giant leap forward in last 10 years. He said after 25 years of establishment of NESAC society, the positive aspects of the work being done by it are now visible. Shah said the NESAC should further expand the scope of its work in these states, and, for this, initiatives should also be taken by the state governments. He urged the NESAC to take 100 students each with science background from all the states of the Northeast on a visit to the headquarters of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) so that they can develop interest in space and related technology. The home minister asked the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region to contribute 60 per cent fund for this project. He also urged the state governments of the Northeast to start new courses related to space technology in engineering colleges. The NESAC should focus on forest area development using space science, he said. Shah said for this, necessary steps should be taken by comparing old maps with the latest maps and where there are possibilities, efforts should be made to plant trees in collaboration with the state governments. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)Are Marcus Jordan And Nicole Murphy Dating? Viral Night Out Photos Spark Rumors Of New Romance