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Some believed this group were turning a corner in December, with impressive performances against Tottenham and Celtic alongside an improvement in chances created against Dundee, Kilmarnock and Ross County. Celtic’s dropped points last week against Dundee United and Aberdeen’s nosedive in form added a new tone to the conversation. Rangers could’ve, in theory, cut the gap at the top to six points and changed the feel of their season if the Old Firm went their way on January 2nd. Could Philippe Clement finally grasp momentum that’s proven out of reach since March? Now the prospect of sitting 15 behind the top of the table is more realistic come early January. Clement was vexed speaking to assembled media last night referencing an angry half-time in which he could’ve substituted “eight or nine” individuals who’d conspired to enter the dressing room a goal behind, insisting: “It's not a tactical [issue] because there was no big change in tactics in the second half. It's about quality, that moment, intensity. And that's the frustrating part, that I didn't see that one coming or nobody saw that one coming, if you see the consistency over the last two months.” And yet, as Rangers recorded their fourth domestic defeat on the road of the league season, the failure to acknowledge any pattern or assume any responsibility does not help. While it would be overly dramatic to suggest last night’s result was on the horizon, it would be overly optimistic to think it far out of reach. If anything, this performance was a continuation of what Rangers have served up for most of the season away from Ibrox. While St Mirren created a meagre open-play total (0.22xG) their penalty after 30 minutes offered an advantage to protect. Clement dismissed the notion that Rangers’ tempo dropped after Danilo’s equaliser on the hour but the stats disagree. Rangers ’ xG from 0-45 minutes was 0.17, from 47-61 minutes 1.05 and from 61-97 0.16. The last domestic trip before this, a 3-0 win over Ross County, was the only win Rangers have managed by a margin away from Ibrox all campaign. Only the Staggies have scored fewer on the road than the Ibrox side’s seven and Rangers’ xG difference after eight away league games, the quality of chances conceded minus chances created, comes in at 0.45, far off last season’s 1.11 and a home record of 1.93. This means that while Rangers have been somewhat unfortunate in results, the thin difference between the opportunities they’re fashioning and conceding has left games open to variables. Last night in the first-half they managed just one shot on goal before substitutions arrived and the tempo upped for a period. Rangers' shot map in last night's first-half Rangers' shot map in last night's second-half Clement recently dismissed talk that Rangers’ tactical approach is better suited to Europe, but the contrast in result and underlying number is stark. The Ibrox side are seven unbeaten under the Belgian’s management away in European competition. Their xG difference is 1.24 away from home, the best in the entire Europa League competition. What is it about trips in Scotland that prove so challenging? The Belgian is clearly not a bad coach or an incapable one. If penalty kicks had swung in the other direction at Hampden a fortnight ago in a game his team shaded, the conversation would have been so different. And yet, last night was not a new performance. Rangers scarcely control games when they dominate the ball and remain too reliant on individuals. Taking Nico Raskin and Danilo out of yesterday’s team demonstrated that fact. While the manager insisted his tactics did not change after the break the introduction of either player was stark. Clement had seemingly found a formula in recent weeks with two strikers, Igamane and Danilo, adding goalthreat and a clever rotation in attack alongside Ianis Hagi adding some much-needed unpredictability. It’s understandable, even in hindsight, that Raskin took a break at No.6 given a booking would’ve ruled him out of the January Old Firm. However, the call to not start with two strikers does not reflect well. Even if Rangers’ shape did not change the interpretation of that role by the Brazilian alongside Igamane in recent weeks has significantly improved Rangers’ attacking output. Look at the first-half pass network and consider Igamane’s positioning. The Moroccan naturally drifts wide and vacates central spaces and although Nedim Bajrami was occupying a favoured No.10 spot he didn’t provide a focal point before the break. Everything went around the hosts who were happy to defend crosses. Rangers' first-half pass network By contrast in the second-half as the tempo lifted, Rangers’ No.99 offered a central option when Igamane drifted wide. Ultimately the damage was done in a first 45 minutes that left the visitors chasing outcomes. (Image: StatsBomb) Rangers' second-half pass network (including substitutes) Clement remains in a delicate position where he must consider the future yet cannot overlook the present. Raskin will make the Old Firm but at what cost? Although the manager insisted post-match his team “do not go back to zero” the trust delicately built in recent weeks has crumbled once again. There are no shortage of problems to seek in defence, an area Rangers were already planning to strengthen in January. While Dujon Sterling was culpable with an error in losing the ball as St Mirren stole all three points he appeared the club’s most apt centre-back on a night when Leon Balogun limped off injured. Robin Propper, after better weeks, required bailing out by teammates consistently and was culpable at both goals. The Dutchman saw Greg Kiltie run behind him as Jack Butland conceded an early penalty and played a square pass to Sterling under pressure in injury time before failing to clear a subsequent cross. Would it have been wiser to keep Sterling on the left side of defence, able to cover the gaps left by Jefte’s forward runs, as opposed to isolating Propper in that same space? This was a night that again left Rangers asking searching questions when they badly required answers. Read more: 'It's not a tactical thing' - Clement explains what went wrong in St Mirren defeat The clever new tactical plan Clement's using - with Hagi, Igamane and Danilo at heart49 jili 。

Ange Postecoglou does not seem prone to introspection and rarely succumbs to self doubt but maybe, just maybe, a little part of Tottenham’s manager wishes he had never left Glasgow. Things were so much simpler for the Australian when he was hoovering up trophies during his Celtic tenure. Back then Angeball not merely entertained but pretty much worked and he revelled in putting Rangers in their place. Such old certainties seemed cruel chimeras as Postecoglou failed to turn back time here, leaving his current Spurs players heading back to the airport nursing a record of only one win in their last eight matches. In truth a draw was the least Rangers deserved from a Battle of Britain punctuated by a soundtrack featuring renditions of “Sacked in the morning” aimed for Postecoglou’s ears. It was a bitterly cold night with temperatures hovering around freezing point by the Clyde but nothing could surely rival the inner chill Tottenham fans must have felt as they watched Philippe Clement’s side enhance their chances of direct progression to the Europa League’s knockout phase, leaving their guests contemplating the lottery of the playoffs following January’s final two initial stage games. Perhaps everyone had underestimated a Rangers side currently third in Scotland’s Premiership. After all they kicked off unbeaten in their previous eight fixtures and as Nedim Bajrami forced the excellent Fraser Forster into a fine save involving Tottenham’s former Celtic goalkeeper’s fingertips coming between the ball and the top corner it was easy to see why. By then Timo Werner was already underwhelming with every touch and a ferociously fast counterattacking Rangers dominated. At times Tottenham’s defence lived extremely dangerously with Forster required to save smartly from Vaclav Cerny before Bajrami somehow failed to connect with Jefté’s gloriously inviting cross that demanded to be tapped in from close range. After a slide to 11th in the Premier League and considerable debate about both and his own job security, Tottenham’s manager was in need of a restorative night on his first return to Govan but, instead, he looked increasingly stressed. For all his past success with Celtic Postecoglou won only one of his four visits to Ibrox with his old employers and here he could have done without needing to deploy Archie Gray out of position as an emergency centre-half in a defence badly missing, among others, the injured Micky van de Ven. When Forster again saved superbly from Cerny, with his feet this time, it was clear that Gray and co were struggling to cope with Rangers’ alacrity on the break. It did not help that the visitors treated the ball as a toxic object. With the exception of the efficient Yves Bissouma, they forfeited possession with alarming frequency as Clement’s players revelled in closing them down at ferociously high tempo, leaving James Maddison and co no time to sprinkle any stardust on proceedings. Rangers deservedly took the lead early in the second half. It started with a deep, lofted cross from James Tavernier and concluded with Hamza Igamane unleashing a sublime left footed shot that left Forster utterly helpless and Pedro Porro doubtless reflecting on how easily Igamane had dodged him. At least it served to galvanise Spurs and with Jack Butland finally making some important saves an equaliser beckoned. It finally arrived when Dominic Solanke and Maddison belatedly showed their class deconstructing the home rearguard before the substitute Dejan Kulusevski slipped a deceptive left-foot finish beyond Butland’s reach. Although Tavernier’s fine block subsequently denied Solanke, another substitute, a goal only further Forster brilliance prevented Cyriel Dessers from claiming a late home winner that would only have amplified those “sacked in the morning”choruses.FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Josh Hoover threw for 252 yards and a touchdown and JP Richardson had 149 all-purpose yards and a 38-yard touchdown reception to lead TCU over Arizona 49-28 on Saturday. On the first play from scrimmage, Wildcats quarterback Noah Fifita was intercepted by Bud Clark. TCU scored five plays later on Trent Battle’s 4-yard run. The Horned Frogs scored touchdowns on five straight drives, going at least 75 yards on nine or more plays on three of the possessions. TCU (7-4, 5-3 Big 12) drove 75 yards in 12 plays in the final 1:55 of the first half to take a 21-13 lead on Savion Williams’ 20-yard run. Hoover completed five passes on the drive, including gains of 24, 19, and 24 yards to set up Williams’ score with 20 seconds left in the half. The Horned Frogs took the second-half kickoff and drove 76 yards in nine plays to build a 28-13 lead on Battle’s 1-yard run. Richardson’s 33-yard punt return to the Arizona 34 set up a third touchdown in three possessions. He caught a short pass over the middle from Hoover and raced untouched 38 yards for the score and a 35-13 lead. Richardson led TCU with six catches for 107 yards. Four TCU running backs scored a touchdown, including Williams, who rushed for 80 yards and two scores. Battle also rushed for 28 yards and two scores. Fifita was 29 of 44 for 284 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for Arizona (4-7, 2-6). Tetairoa McMillan made nine catches for 115 yards. Arizona defensive lineman Sterling Lane II picked up a fumble from TCU backup quarterback Ken Seals with just over a minute left in the game and ran it 70 yards for a touchdown to cap the scoring. Clark leads the Horned Frogs with three interceptions, including one in each of the past two games. He is tied for fifth-most in the Big 12. Arizona: The Wildcats, who started the season in the AP Top 25 poll, will not be bowl eligible this season with a game remaining under first-year coach Brent Brennan. A year ago under coach Jedd Fisch, who is now at Washington, Arizona advanced to the Alamo Bowl for the first time since 2017. TCU: The Horned Frogs, who became bowl eligible two weeks ago, won their third consecutive game at Amon Carter Stadium after losing two in a row to UCF and Houston. TCU has won four of its past five, the only blemish a 37-34 last-second loss at Baylor. TCU: At Cincinnati on Saturday. Arizona: Hosts Arizona State on Saturday. 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Provides 2000 A15 Hydro Bitcoin mining machines in initial order Continues global expansion with addition of new customer SINGAPORE , Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN ) ("Canaan" or the "Company"), a leading high-performance computing solutions provider, today announced that Canaan Creative Global Pte. Ltd. ("CCG"), a wholly owned Singapore subsidiary of the Company, has entered into a purchase agreement with AGM Group Holdings Inc. ("AGMH"), an integrated technology company specializing in fintech software services and production of high-performance hardware and computing equipment, for its Avalon A15 HydU 370T ("A15 Hydro") mining machines. As part of the agreement, Canaan will initially provide 2,000 Bitcoin mining machines to AGMH. The Company has also agreed to provide its customer with an option to acquire approximately 30,000 additional BTC mining units, potentially providing AGMH with a combined power capacity not exceeding 300 megawatts. The Avalon Miner A15 Hydro enhances the miner's performance and lifespan while reducing energy consumption and noise pollution, aligning with Canaan's ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) strategy. About Canaan Inc. Established in 2013, Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN ), is a technology company focusing on ASIC high-performance computing chip design, chip research and development, computing equipment production, and software services. Canaan has extensive experience in chip design and streamlined production in the ASIC field. In 2013, Canaan's founding team shipped to its customers the world's first batch of mining machines incorporating ASIC technology in bitcoin 's history under the brand name Avalon. In 2019, Canaan completed its initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Market. To learn more about Canaan, please visit https://www.canaan.io/ . Safe Harbor Statement This announcement contains forward−looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward−looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Among other things, the business outlook and quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Canaan Inc.'s strategic and operational plans, contain forward−looking statements. Canaan Inc. may also make written or oral forward−looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on Forms 20−F and 6−K, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Canaan Inc.'s beliefs and expectations, are forward−looking statements. Forward−looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward−looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company's goals and strategies; the Company's future business development, financial condition and results of operations; the expected growth of the bitcoin industry and the price of bitcoin ; the Company's expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of its products, especially its bitcoin mining machines; the Company's expectations regarding maintaining and strengthening its relationships with production partners and customers; the Company's investment plans and strategies, fluctuations in the Company's quarterly operating results; competition in its industry; and relevant government policies and regulations relating to the Company and cryptocurrency . Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and Canaan Inc. does not undertake any obligation to update any forward−looking statement, except as required under applicable law. Investor Relations Contacts Canaan Inc. Xi Zhang Email: [email protected] ICR, LLC. Robin Yang Tel: +1 (347) 396-3281 Email: [email protected] SOURCE Canaan Inc.CHICO — As the Christmas season continues, look for these events, most of which are holiday oriented. Legacy Stage presents “A Christmas Carol” at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 at Laxson Auditorium on First Street on the Chico State campus. Tickets cost between $22 and $32. Chico State students can get in for $17. Visit chicoperformances.com . 1078 Gallery presents “Untold Stories” with Mark Gailey and Bill Houck, Jessica Perelman and Rebecca Shelly and Karen Westheimer and Sue Whitmore. This exhibit will be ongoing from Dec. 6 to Dec. 29. The gallery is at 1710 Park Ave. in Chico. For more information visit 1078gallery.org . Theatre on the Ridge’s StageCoach Youth Theatre Production presents “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” directed by Erika Anne Soerensen. The play will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8. Visit totr.org for tickets or call 530-877-5760. Theatre on the Ridge is at 3735 Neal Road in Paradise. Chikoko presents the Bizarre Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 8 at the Chico Fairgrounds at 2357 Fair St. in Chico. There will be gifts, food, jewelry, clothing and artwork for sale. The Truck Parade of Lights and Canned Food Drive will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 from Pearson to Skyway in Paradise. Decorated trucks will be staged at Thomas Ace Hardware at 4:30 p.m. at 5720 Clark Road. Register trucks at the store entrance. Judging begins at 5 p.m. Trophies presented before the parade starts just after dark. Listen for the bullhorn calling drivers. The entrance fee for the parade is non-perishable food. Trucks travel west on Pearson, past the Community Park, north on the Skyway to the Holiday Shopping Center. Trucks then double back on the same route. Those interested in providing a canned food drop off location, to volunteer on the day of the parade or to transport the canned goods to the food banks, call Shell Morley at DADCO Construction at 530-762-2981 or email dadcoconstruction@yahoo.com. Non-perishable food collected will be distributed to local food banks to support local families. Expired food will not be accepted. Celebrate Christmas with a mistletoe party from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at the C.F. Lott Home at 1067 Montgomery St. in Oroville. This is a free event. There will be punch, cookies and holiday music. There will be a brass quintet performance on the patio from 3 to 4 p.m. to close out the event. Learn about why mistletoe was so important to the Lott family. Cornelia’s Garden gift shop in the museum will also be open during the event and is stocked with stocking stuffers and gifts for the whole family. Cash or check only. This event is hosted by the city of Oroville Docent Association and the Friends of the Parks with support from the city of Oroville museums. Theatre on the Ridge presents Christmas with acapella singing group The Stage Whispers. This is held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15. Theatre on the Ridge is at 3735 Neal Road in Paradise. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Inspire School of Arts and Sciences and the Museum of Northern California Art present an art fair from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 at the museum at 900 The Esplanade. The Chico Art Center presents Chico Icons: “Pointillist Paintings by Norm Dillinger.” The opening reception is on Saturday, Dec. 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. The closing reception is Friday, Jan. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. The Chico Art Center’s hours are Tuesday through Friday noon to 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the art center at 450 Orange St., Suite 6, in Chico.WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Pat Verhaeghe didn’t think highly of Donald Trump as a leader. Then Verhaeghe began seeing more of Trump’s campaign speeches online and his appearances at sporting events. There was even the former president’s pairing with Bryson DeChambeau as part of the pro golfer’s YouTube channel series to shoot an under-50 round of golf while engaging in chitchat with his partner. “I regret saying this, but a while ago I thought he was an idiot and that he wouldn’t be a good president,” said the 18-year-old first-time voter. “I think he’s a great guy now.” Verhaeghe isn't alone among his friends in suburban Detroit or young men across America. Although much of the electorate shifted right to varying degrees in 2024, young men were one of the groups that swung sharply toward Trump. More than half of men under 30 supported Trump, according to AP VoteCast , a survey of more than 120,000 voters, while Democrat Joe Biden had won a similar share of this group four years earlier. White men under 30 were solidly in Trump’s camp this year — about 6 in 10 voted for Trump — while young Latino men were split between the two candidates. Most Black men under 30 supported Democrat Kamala Harris, but about one-third were behind Trump. Young Latino men’s views of the Democratic Party were much more negative than in 2020, while young Black men’s views of the party didn’t really move. About 6 in 10 Latino men under 30 had a somewhat or very favorable view of the Democrats in 2020, which fell to about 4 in 10 this year. On the other hand, about two-thirds of young Black men had a favorable view of the Democrats this year, which was almost identical to how they saw the party four years ago. “Young Hispanic men, and really young men in general, they want to feel valued," said Rafael Struve, deputy communications director for Bienvenido, a conservative group that focused on reaching young Hispanic voters for Republicans this year. “They're looking for someone who fights for them, who sees their potential and not just their struggles.” Struve cited the attempted assassination of Trump during a July rally in Pennsylvania as one of the catalyzing moments for Trump’s image among many young men. Trump, Struve said, was also able to reach young men more effectively by focusing on nontraditional platforms like podcasts and digital media outlets. “Getting to hear from Trump directly, I think, really made all the difference," Struve said of the former president's appearances on digital media platforms and media catering to Latino communities, like town halls and business roundtables Trump attended in Las Vegas and Miami. READ: Not only did Trump spend three hours on Joe Rogan's chart-topping podcast, but he took up DeChambeau's “Break 50” challenge for the golfer's more than 1.6 million YouTube subscribers. Trump already had an edge among young white men four years ago, although he widened the gap this year. About half of white men under 30 supported Trump in 2020, and slightly less than half supported Biden. Trump's gains among young Latino and Black men were bigger. His support among both groups increased by about 20 percentage points, according to AP VoteCast — and their feelings toward Trump got warmer, too. It wasn’t just Trump. The share of young men who identified as Republicans in 2024 rose as well, mostly aligning with support for Trump across all three groups. “What is most alarming to me is that the election is clear that America has shifted right by a lot,” said William He, founder of Dream For America, a liberal group that works to turn out young voters and supported Harris’ presidential bid. With his bombastic demeanor and a policy agenda centered on a more macho understanding of culture , Trump framed much of his campaign as a pitch to men who felt scorned by the country’s economy, culture and political system. Young women also slightly swung toward the former president, though not to the degree of their male counterparts. It's unclear how many men simply did not vote this year. But there's no doubt the last four years brought changes in youth culture and how political campaigns set out to reach younger voters. Democrat Kamala Harris' campaign rolled out policy agendas tailored to Black and Latino men, and the campaign enlisted a range of leaders in Black and Hispanic communities to make the case for the vice president. Her campaign began with a flurry of enthusiasm from many young voters, epitomized in memes and the campaign's embrace of pop culture trends like the pop star Charli XCX's “brat” aesthetic . Democrats hoped to channel that energy into their youth voter mobilization efforts. “I think most young voters just didn’t hear the message,” said Santiago Mayer, executive director of Voters of Tomorrow, a liberal group that engages younger voters. Mayer said the Harris campaign’s pitch to the country was “largely convoluted” and centered on economic messaging that he said wasn’t easily conveyed to younger voters who were not already coming to political media. “And I think that the policies themselves were also very narrow and targeted when what we really needed was a simple, bold economic vision,” said Mayer. Trump also embraced pop culture by appearing at UFC fights, football games and appearing alongside comedians, music stars and social media influencers. His strategists believed that the former president’s ability to grab attention and make his remarks go viral did more for the campaign than paid advertisements or traditional media appearances. Trump's campaign also heavily cultivated networks of online conservative platforms and personalities supportive of him while also engaging a broader universe of podcasts, streaming sites, digital media channels and meme pages open to hearing him. “The right has been wildly successful in infiltrating youth political culture online and on campus in the last couple of years, thus radicalizing young people towards extremism,” said He, who cited conservative activist groups like Turning Point USA as having an outsize impact in online discourse. “And Democrats have been running campaigns in a very old fashioned way. The battleground these days is cultural and increasingly on the internet.” Republicans may lose their broad support if they don't deliver on improving Americans' lives, Struve cautioned. Young men, especially, may drift from the party in a post-Trump era if the party loses the president-elect's authenticity and bravado. Bienvenido, for one group, will double down in the coming years to solidify and accelerate the voting pattern shifts seen this year, Struve said. “We don’t want this to be a one and done thing,” he said. ___ Associated Press writer Joey Cappelletti in Lansing, Michigan, and AP polling editor Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux contributed to this report. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Pat Verhaeghe didn’t think highly of Donald Trump as a leader. Then Verhaeghe began seeing more of Trump’s campaign speeches online and his appearances at sporting events. There was even the former president’s pairing with Bryson DeChambeau as part of the pro golfer’s YouTube channel series to shoot an under-50 round of golf while engaging in chitchat with his partner. “I regret saying this, but a while ago I thought he was an idiot and that he wouldn’t be a good president,” said the 18-year-old first-time voter. “I think he’s a great guy now.” Verhaeghe isn't alone among his friends in suburban Detroit or young men across America. Although much of the electorate shifted right to varying degrees in 2024, young men were one of the groups that swung sharply toward Trump. More than half of men under 30 supported Trump, according to AP VoteCast , a survey of more than 120,000 voters, while Democrat Joe Biden had won a similar share of this group four years earlier. White men under 30 were solidly in Trump’s camp this year — about 6 in 10 voted for Trump — while young Latino men were split between the two candidates. Most Black men under 30 supported Democrat Kamala Harris, but about one-third were behind Trump. Young Latino men’s views of the Democratic Party were much more negative than in 2020, while young Black men’s views of the party didn’t really move. About 6 in 10 Latino men under 30 had a somewhat or very favorable view of the Democrats in 2020, which fell to about 4 in 10 this year. On the other hand, about two-thirds of young Black men had a favorable view of the Democrats this year, which was almost identical to how they saw the party four years ago. “Young Hispanic men, and really young men in general, they want to feel valued," said Rafael Struve, deputy communications director for Bienvenido, a conservative group that focused on reaching young Hispanic voters for Republicans this year. “They're looking for someone who fights for them, who sees their potential and not just their struggles.” Struve cited the attempted assassination of Trump during a July rally in Pennsylvania as one of the catalyzing moments for Trump’s image among many young men. Trump, Struve said, was also able to reach young men more effectively by focusing on nontraditional platforms like podcasts and digital media outlets. “Getting to hear from Trump directly, I think, really made all the difference," Struve said of the former president's appearances on digital media platforms and media catering to Latino communities, like town halls and business roundtables Trump attended in Las Vegas and Miami. Not only did Trump spend three hours on Joe Rogan's chart-topping podcast, but he took up DeChambeau's “Break 50” challenge for the golfer's more than 1.6 million YouTube subscribers. Trump already had an edge among young white men four years ago, although he widened the gap this year. About half of white men under 30 supported Trump in 2020, and slightly less than half supported Biden. Trump's gains among young Latino and Black men were bigger. His support among both groups increased by about 20 percentage points, according to AP VoteCast — and their feelings toward Trump got warmer, too. It wasn’t just Trump. The share of young men who identified as Republicans in 2024 rose as well, mostly aligning with support for Trump across all three groups. “What is most alarming to me is that the election is clear that America has shifted right by a lot,” said William He, founder of Dream For America, a liberal group that works to turn out young voters and supported Harris’ presidential bid. With his bombastic demeanor and a policy agenda centered on a more macho understanding of culture , Trump framed much of his campaign as a pitch to men who felt scorned by the country’s economy, culture and political system. Young women also slightly swung toward the former president, though not to the degree of their male counterparts. It's unclear how many men simply did not vote this year. But there's no doubt the last four years brought changes in youth culture and how political campaigns set out to reach younger voters. Democrat Kamala Harris' campaign rolled out policy agendas tailored to Black and Latino men, and the campaign enlisted a range of leaders in Black and Hispanic communities to make the case for the vice president. Her campaign began with a flurry of enthusiasm from many young voters, epitomized in memes and the campaign's embrace of pop culture trends like the pop star Charli XCX's “brat” aesthetic . Democrats hoped to channel that energy into their youth voter mobilization efforts. “I think most young voters just didn’t hear the message,” said Santiago Mayer, executive director of Voters of Tomorrow, a liberal group that engages younger voters. Mayer said the Harris campaign’s pitch to the country was “largely convoluted” and centered on economic messaging that he said wasn’t easily conveyed to younger voters who were not already coming to political media. “And I think that the policies themselves were also very narrow and targeted when what we really needed was a simple, bold economic vision,” said Mayer. Trump also embraced pop culture by appearing at UFC fights, football games and appearing alongside comedians, music stars and social media influencers. His strategists believed that the former president’s ability to grab attention and make his remarks go viral did more for the campaign than paid advertisements or traditional media appearances. Trump's campaign also heavily cultivated networks of online conservative platforms and personalities supportive of him while also engaging a broader universe of podcasts, streaming sites, digital media channels and meme pages open to hearing him. “The right has been wildly successful in infiltrating youth political culture online and on campus in the last couple of years, thus radicalizing young people towards extremism,” said He, who cited conservative activist groups like Turning Point USA as having an outsize impact in online discourse. “And Democrats have been running campaigns in a very old fashioned way. The battleground these days is cultural and increasingly on the internet.” Republicans may lose their broad support if they don't deliver on improving Americans' lives, Struve cautioned. Young men, especially, may drift from the party in a post-Trump era if the party loses the president-elect's authenticity and bravado. Bienvenido, for one group, will double down in the coming years to solidify and accelerate the voting pattern shifts seen this year, Struve said. “We don’t want this to be a one and done thing,” he said. Associated Press writer Joey Cappelletti in Lansing, Michigan, and AP polling editor Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux contributed to this report.

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BOSTON — Forty years ago, Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie rolled to his right and threw a pass that has become one of college football’s most iconic moments. With Boston College trailing defending champion Miami, Flutie threw the Hail Mary and found receiver Gerard Phalen, who made the grab while falling into the end zone behind a pair of defenders for a game-winning 48-yard TD. Flutie and many of his 1984 teammates were honored on the field during BC’s 41-21 victory over North Carolina before the second quarter on Saturday afternoon, the anniversary of the Eagles’ Miracle in Miami. “There’s no way its been 40 years,” Flutie told The Associated Press on the sideline a few minutes before he walked out with some of his former teammates to be recognized after a video of The Play was shown on the scoreboards. A statue commemorating Doug Flutie's famed "Hail Mary" pass during a game against Miami on Nov. 23, 1994, sits outside Alumni Stadium at Boston College. Famous football plays often attain a legendary status with religious names like the "Immaculate Reception," the "Hail Mary" pass and the Holy Roller fumble. It’s a moment and highlight that’s not only played throughout decades of BC students and fans, but around the college football world. “What is really so humbling is that the kids 40 years later are wearing 22 jerseys, still,” Flutie said of his old number. “That amazes me.” That game was played on national TV the Friday after Thanksgiving. The ironic thing is it was originally scheduled for earlier in the season before CBS paid Rutgers to move its game against Miami, thus setting up the BC-Miami post-holiday matchup. Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie rejoices in his brother Darren's arms after B.C. defeats Miami with a last second touchdown pass on Nov. 23, 1984, in Miami. “It shows you how random some things are, that the game was moved,” Flutie said. “The game got moved to the Friday after Thanksgiving, which was the most watched game of the year. We both end up being nationally ranked and up there. All those things lent to how big the game itself was, and made the pass and the catch that much more relevant and remembered because so many people were watching.” There’s a statue of Flutie winding up to make The Pass outside the north gates at Alumni Stadium. Fans and visitors can often be seen taking photos there. “In casual conversation, it comes up every day,” Flutie said, when asked how many times people bring it up. “It brings a smile to my face every time we talk about it.” A week after the game-ending Flutie pass, the Eagles beat Holy Cross and before he flew off to New York to accept the Heisman. They went on to win the 49th Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day. Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie evades Miami defensive tackle Kevin Fagan during the first quarter of a game on Nov. 23, 1984, in Miami, Fla. “Forty years seem almost like incomprehensible,” said Phalen, also standing on the sideline a few minutes after the game started. “I always say to Doug: ‘Thank God for social media. 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The Recruiter’s Squid Game Return Hits HardAP Business SummaryBrief at 3:14 p.m. ESTCarbon capture technology, like what is being developed at Squamish's , is critical in the fight against the forces of climate change, according to a Simon Fraser University professor. "It's essential because we are in such uncharted territory when it comes to climate change, with all of the effects that we're seeing with these severe weather events, it is incontrovertible that this is happening because of these high [carbon dioxide] levels in our atmosphere," said , who has toured his students around the Carbon Engineering (CE) Innovation Centre. (Squamish is the home of CE’s Direct Air Capture research and development and demonstration plant.) Khan teaches both undergraduate and graduate carbon capture engineering courses. While carbon capture has been around for a while—according to the , carbon dioxide capture technology has been used since the 1920s to separate marketable gases from the rest—why it is useful may still be unfamiliar to many. Khan asks his students to think about the processes at play when cooking at home. "Cooking indoors is the process that releases toxic gasses. So we have a kitchen vent that can safely capture all of it and reduce the amount of those toxic gasses in the household," he said, adding that while household plants also help clean the air, they aren't enough. "Let's say this vent stops working, ... then toxic smoke is going to build up in the household. The carbon monoxide alarm is going to start running. So then we have to open the doors and hope that all of this escapes out. So all of this is an analogy for carbon capture." Human behaviour has been contributing to significant emissions and carbon dioxide, which is toxic, clogging our "house" with toxins. "So now cleaning that up is an important technological challenge of our generation," he said. Carbon capture is one way to do that. "We also have to clean up where it is persisting, and that's where direct air capture comes so removing CO2 both from the atmosphere, but also directly from the sources where CO2 is being released, is a nutshell of carbon capture." Carbon Engineering spokesperson Cameron Lust notes that major scientific assessments—including those from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – conclude that billions of tonnes of carbon removal will be needed to limit warming and mitigate the impacts of climate change. “Direct Air Capture is a technology that captures carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas contributing to climate change, directly from the air. When paired with safe, secure storage (DAC+S), it enables a highly scalable, measurable, and verifiable form of carbon removal,” Lust said. [See how Direct Air Capture works in the video below.] “DAC is a different but complementary solution to point-source carbon capture that can help hard-to-abate industries—like aviation—address their residual emissions from any place by decoupling the point of capture from the source of emission. For industries like aviation, we believe DAC+S offers a practical and cost-effective solution today for organizations advancing decarbonization goals with measurable, verifiable solutions.” In other words, Direct Air Capture extracts CO2 from the atmosphere at any location, while carbon capture is generally done at the point where emissions are made, like at an industrial plant. “The CO2 can be permanently stored in deep geological formations or used for a variety of applications,” reads the on carbon capture technologies. With carbon capture associated with scrubbing carbon from the atmosphere created by power plants, natural gas processing facilities and other industrial processes, wouldn't it be better to just switch to cleaner processes? Khan says even that wouldn't be enough at this point. "If today, everything was running on clean energy, we still have the problem that the CO2 levels in the atmosphere are too high. There are pre-industrial emission levels, which are commonly said to have been 280 parts per million (ppm). Currently, we're way over that at [ ppm as of 2023], and we know that that's causing these effects of climate change. So that's CO2 that is now in the atmosphere. It has to be removed, and it has to go somewhere where it's all going to re-emerge and cause the same effects again. And that is why I say [carbon capture] is critical." The fact that big oil and gas companies are investing heavily in this technology doesn't mean that investment isn't useful, Khan suggests. "The interest from different groups, including oil and gas, the momentum that it's providing is essentially advancement of carbon capture, where it can become cost-effective, it can be safer, and then [we can] really target the big problem," he said. "What I tell students is all momentum, all awareness, all interest in carbon capture is good interest. It's taking it in the right direction," he said. And while some may argue investing in carbon capture is a way for Big Oil to continue to expand, Khan points to government policy as the solution to that concern. "This is where policy comes in, right? Good policy frameworks. You can control the development of new oil and gas while ensuring that carbon capture is really meeting the intended needs that it has set out to do." The cost of Direct Air Capture is still something that needs to be overcome. "It's a fair concern because there's energy that's needed to run at a space that's needed, but you know, engineers have come to the rescue many times for our generations. And this is also what we teach here at SFU Sustainable Energy Engineering," he said. "There is an optimization problem here, which can be solved in the next 10 years ... or even faster, where costs start to go down. These systems are powered by renewable energy systems. And by these systems, I mean carbon capture systems, so that sweet middle ground where it's operating without causing more environmental issues, while being effective in terms of costs—it's there on the horizon." Khan stresses that carbon capture technologies aren’t working in competition with other clean tech options. "It's complementary to clean energy systems but working in parallel. Khan said there is a misunderstanding about the storage of carbon dioxide in terms of the safety of pumping it to be stored underground. "There are studies that if the facilities are designed in areas where geological risks are considered and the safe, long-term storage possible," he said. Khan sees two areas of advancement that are next for carbon capture technology. The first area is research and development. There are new materials and ways to make the process faster and reduce the energy needed. Though already fairly evolved, another advancement he sees coming is in capturing the CO2 at the source. "There's room there for innovation [there]," he said, noting that recently, in his graduate carbon capture class, students looked at how they could capture CO2 from a bioenergy plant using some of the wood that was damaged by the wood beetle. "It's a great source of energy, but also, you don't want to put the CO2 in the atmosphere, so this is where you can deploy some of the existing technologies to make it more efficient." Asked what ideally he would like to see in 10 years, Khan said widespread use of carbon capture technology deployed at the sources—factories or plants— of products we currently don't have great replacements for. "The fossil fuel-driven energy systems to power these sectors," he explained. "Our society still needs steel. We need concrete. These basic needs are going to be necessary for decades ahead. So that's where targeted deployed carbon capture, right at these facilities, right at the point where the CO2 is being emitted, and capturing it and converting it or storing it is going to be very important, and it's already growing." He noted that the carbon dioxide that is captured in the process, doesn't have to go to waste. It can be used and converted into products that could be polymers or fuels, but that is not all. There are also carbon-neutral processes for its use. One of his students recently designed a way to convert captured CO2 into urea, a fertilizer that works well for corn, grasses, or soil that is deficient in nitrogen. Asked if technologies like carbon capture may be less focused on given the global swing toward more right-wing governments, who may not prioritize environmental protection, Khan said the science is clear to all. "Irrespective of the political spectrum and viewpoints, the science is clear. Climate change is being caused by greenhouse gasses, and reducing those levels is key to preserving a sustainable future." Khan's will be offered in the summer of 2025. Carbon Engineering, which currently employs 185 people, about 70% of whom live in Squamish, has purchased another local property in the Business Park. Lust said as soon as that deal was done, the company began progressing through the design work for the planned facility. “We continue to work closely with the District of Squamish on the project and will be able to share more information as we progress through engineering,’ he said. Meanwhile, in regards to the company’s planned direct air capture facility in the Permian Basin, in Texas, construction for that first facility to use the company’s technology—named STRATOS—is nearing completion, with commercial operations slated to begin in mid-2025, according to Lust.