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Seán "Jacksepticeye" McLoughlin, a prominent YouTube gaming personality, announced his autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis on November 27, 2024. The Irish content creator shared the news on X, revealing he was diagnosed following a recent assessment. In his post, the 34-year-old wrote, “I have officially been diagnosed with Autism. I had an assessment a couple of weeks ago about it and got the confirmation today.” Career and Impact Jacksepticeye has millions of followers on YouTube and is well-known for his entertaining gaming videos. He is regarded as one of YouTube's more seasoned creators and is frequently cited among YouTube celebrities like Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg and Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach. In addition to gaming, McLoughlin has advocated for mental health awareness through his platform. He has been candid about his battles with depression and anxiety. His image as a philanthropist among the YouTube community has been solidified by the significant amount of money he has donated for worldwide charities through his yearly charity event, Thankmas. Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental and neurological disorder. It affects behavior, communication, and social interactions. Diagnoses are occasionally made later in life, even though symptoms usually appear in early infancy. Autism is a spectrum condition that includes a variety of experiences. The difficulties and assets of every person vary, underscoring the condition's complexity. Public Reaction and Context Fans and other creators overwhelmingly supported McLoughlin's announcement. His candor complemented his previous attempts to mainstream discussions about mental health, according to Sportskeeda. The announcement came after a turbulent time for the inventor. After expressing sadness over Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' defeat by Donald Trump in the most recent U.S. election, he came under fire online. He was abused online by Daniel "Keemstar," presenter of DramaAlert, who called him a "woke re***d." Reactions to the disparaging remark were divided; some criticized Keemstar, while others supported McLoughlin. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Europe, World and around the world.
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The vote could usher in the desert nation's first woman leader even as her party, the ruling South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) faces the strongest challenge yet to its 34-year grip on power. Some voters told AFP they queued all day, for up to 12 hours, blaming technical problems which included issues with voter identification tablets or insufficient ballot papers. According to Namibia's electoral law, those in the queue before the polls closed -- scheduled at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT) -- should be allowed to vote. "We have the obligation to make sure that they pass their vote," said Petrus Shaama, chief officer of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN). The main opposition party, the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) has blamed the ECN for the long lines and cried foul play. "We have reason to believe that the ECN is deliberately suppressing voters and deliberately trying to frustrate voters from casting their vote," said Christine Aochamus of the IPC. She said the party had "started the process" of approaching a court "to order the ECN to extend the voting time". At one polling station inside Namibia's University of Science and Technology in the capital Windhoek, hundreds of people were still in line at 09:00 pm despite some having arrived at 6:00 am, an hour before polls opened. It was a similar situation at the Museum of Independence, according to an AFP reporter, where one voter said he arrived 12 hours earlier and was still in line with hundreds of others. SWAPO's candidate and current vice president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, was one of the first to vote and called on Namibians "to come out in their numbers". An estimated 1.5 million people in the sparsely populated nation had registered to cast their ballot. SWAPO has governed since leading mineral-rich Namibia to independence from South Africa in 1990 but complaints about unemployment and enduring inequalities could force Nandi-Ndaitwah into an unprecedented second round. Leader of the IPC, Panduleni Itula, a former dentist and lawyer said he was optimistic he could "unseat the revolutionary movement". "We will all march from there and to a new dawn and a new era of how we conduct our public affairs in this country," the 67-year-old told reporters after voting. Itula took 29 percent of votes in the 2019 elections, losing to SWAPO leader Hage Geingob with 56 percent. It was a remarkable performance considering Geingob, who died in February, had won almost 87 percent five years before that. Namibia is a major uranium and diamond exporter but not many of its nearly three million people have benefitted from that wealth. "There's a lot of mining activity that goes on in the country, but it doesn't really translate into improved infrastructure, job opportunities," said independent political analyst Marisa Lourenco, based in Johannesburg. "That's where a lot of the frustration is coming from, (especially) the youth," she said. Unemployment among 15- to 34-year-olds is estimated at 46 percent, according to the latest figures from 2018, almost triple the national average. For the first time in Namibia's recent history, analysts say a second round is a somewhat realistic option. That would take place within 60 days of the announcement of the first round of results due by Saturday. "The outcome will be tight," said self-employed Hendry Amupanda, 32, who queued since 9:00 pm the night before to cast his ballot. "I want the country to get better and people to get jobs," said Amupanda, wearing slippers and equipped with a chair, blanket and snacks. Marvyn Pescha, a self-employed consultant, said his father was part of SWAPO's liberation struggle and he was not going to abandon the party. "But I want SWAPO to be challenged for better policies. Some opportunistic leaders have tarnished the reputation of the party, they misuse it for self-enrichment," the 50-year-old said. While lauded for leading Namibia to independence, SWAPO is nervous about its standing after other liberation-era movements in the region have lost favour with young voters. In the past six months, South Africa's African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority and the Botswana Democratic Party was ousted after almost six decades in power. clv/br/lhd/sbkConfi funds, accountability, and governance
Madison, WI - The Wisconsin women's hockey team has one goal in mind this season: winning an NCAA-record eighth national championship . The past two seasons, the Badgers and Ohio State Buckeyes have split a pair of national title games, each decided by a score of 1-0. UW entered last weekend unbeaten at 12-0 when it traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to face OSU. Like the previous two national title games, the #1 and #2 ranked teams in the country split the two-game series. Despite not coming out with a sweep as the Badgers had hoped, a pair of assists by one of the Badgers' captains inched her ever closer to the top of a record that had stood for over 17 years. On Saturday evening, that record fell, as the Badgers hope that individual accolade is just one of many collected before winning the ultimate prize at the Frozen Four in March. Wisconsin Women's Hockey Center Casey O'Brien Sets Program Assists Record © Mark Stewart / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK UW hosted the St. Thomas Tommies for a two-game series this weekend at LaBahn Arena. With a pair of assists on Friday night, Wisconsin center Casey O'Brien tied the Badgers' program leader in total assists in a career. The WCHA Forward of the Month got finishes from a crafty goal by Kirsten Simms and a funny bounce off a defender's skate on a power play. That wily bounce put O'Brien in a tie atop the program record book with 138 assists, but she would soon stand alone. After O'Brien put the puck on the net in Saturday's series finale, winger Laila Edwards snuck the loose puck behind Tommies goaltender Dani Strom. To add to the drama, the officials went to the monitor to review for goaltender interference, but soon enough, O'Brien's record-shattering 139th career assist was confirmed. The fifth-year forward holds the record for most assists in a career and a single season in a Badgers uniform. In last year's campaign, the Milton, Massachusetts native became the first Wisconsin women's hockey player to record 50 assists in a season, one year removed from leading UW in goals and assists en route to the Badgers' seventh national championship. Related: Wisconsin Women's Hockey: "All or Nothing" for Record 8th National Title Sara Bauer previously held the record for most assists in a career with the Wisconsin women's hockey team. In her career, spanning from 2003-07, the UW Athletic Hall of Famer became the first Badger to win the Patty Kazmaier Award (given to the top female college hockey player in the United States), led Wisconsin to back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007, and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 Frozen Four. Badgers Co-Captains Celebrate O'Brien's Program Record © Mark Stewart / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK "Oh, wow," was Caroline Harvey 's, O'Brien's co-captain's, unfiltered reaction earlier this week when she realized how close O'Brien was to reaching the career milestone. "Her game is just so unselfish." Aside from being co-captains, Harvey and O'Brien have been tied at the hip through the beginning of the season. The duo shared the Hockey Commission Association National Player of the Month Award for September/October. In addition to their accolades on the ice for the Badgers, O'Brien, and Harvey also shared the ice earlier this month for Team USA in a three-game rivalry series against Team Canada. So familiar with O'Brien' s ability on the ice, Harvey said the center is "always looking for the right pass, setting other people up for them to finish. And then also, she can finish herself, of course - easily." That scoring prowess, while sometimes secondary to her playmaking talent, makes O'Brien a threat from anywhere on the ice. The 2024 Patty Kazmaier Award Top-3 Finalist also sits at 11th all-time in most goals scored in a career by a Wisconsin women's hockey player - just one shy of reaching Bauer at 10th. Harvey finished her praise for her teammate by adding, "I can't wait to celebrate that when she reaches that milestone." With this group, there are sure to be more celebrations yet to come. Related: Wisconsin Women's Hockey Transfer Finds Opportunity in 6-1 Victory Stay in the loop with all things Wisconsin Badgers by visiting AllBadgers.com for more updates. Ready to join the community? Follow Athlon Sports on YouTube , Facebook , and X to join in on the conversation. You can also follow Kedrick Stumbris at @KedrickStumbris on XHow to Watch Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Games – Thursday, November 28Lawyers, loyalists and Wall Street executives: a look at who's on Trump's tariff team
New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) Artificial Intelligence has huge potential to transform the private security industry in many ways, senior IPS officer Manish Shankar Sharma has said. Addressing a two-day security-leadership summit which concluded here on Friday, the 1992 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer said Artificial Intelligence (AI) can optimise cost efficiency through automation of routine tasks like guard scheduling, incident reporting and monitoring, besides reducing operational costs. Also Read | Maharashtra Assembly Elections Results 2024: 5 Major Factors That Helped MahaYuti To Win Landslide Victory. "In addition, AI can be of use in fraud detection and asset protection by deploying tools that can monitor transactions and activities in real-time, thus detecting anomalies in retail, banking, and logistics, thereby protecting assets," said Sharma, who is currently posted as an additional director general of police (ADGP) in Madhya Pradesh. The officer also said that AI offers limitless opportunities for the future and is probably the single-most exciting technology to arrive in the last several decades. Also Read | 'Haryana Defence': Rahul Gandhi Terms Maharashtra Assembly Elections Defeat 'Unexpected' Too. "Artificial Intelligence has huge potential to transform the entire private security industry in several ways. This could be done by developing AI-driven biometric authentication and facial smart access control recognition systems which can provide seamless, efficient, and secure access management for businesses, housing societies, and industrial facilities in the country," Sharma said on the inaugural day of the summit organised by the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI). "Also, AI-powered CCTV systems with real-time video analytics can identify unusual activities or behaviours, enhancing security in the high-risk areas such as malls, hospitals and office complexes," Sharma added. Furthermore, AI-powered drones, thermal cameras, and motion sensors can improve the monitoring of large facilities such as factories, warehouses and energy plants, he said. By using AI, private security firms in the country can address long-standing challenges, improve efficiency, and build trust among the clients, ensuring sustainable growth and competitiveness in the market, the officer said. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)Acting legend Tony Leung, Nvidia chief Huang get honorary doctorates from HK uni
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NoneVisitors can hear Björk's immersive, otherworldly soundscape, Nature Manifesto , over the next few weeks as they climb the long, glass escalator that hugs the side of Centre Pompidou in Paris, France. Björk is not only an Icelandic pop star, but also an avant-garde artist and climate activist. Her new sound installation blends the noises of endangered and extinct animals with her own voice, reading text she co-wrote alongside editor and photographer Aleph Molinari. "It is an emergency. The apocalypse has already happened. And how we will act now is essential," Björk recites over an array of ear-tingling wildlife noises that are sometimes natural, sometimes otherworldly. "In a pioneering sound strata of mutant peacocks, bees, and lemurs, biology will reassemble in new ways." A journey through different sonic worlds Created with IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique), a preeminent music and sound research institute based in Paris, the installation employs field recordings of animal sounds. Some of these were manipulated using artificial intelligence. "As you go up the escalator, you go through all these different sonic worlds," said IRCAM sound artist Robin Meier Wiratunga , who collaborated with Björk on the installation. "We have orangutans, mosquitoes, beluga whales, and then when you reach the top floor, the climactic musical event, which we lovingly call the 'Dolphin Disco.'" Some creatures whose vocalizations appear in Nature Manifesto , such as the Hawaiian crow, cannot be heard in the wild anymore. The creative team grabbed this bird's call from an archive of extinct animals. "This immersive sound piece gives endangered and extinct animals a voice by merging their sounds with our words, handing them the microphone," Björk said in a statement shared with NPR. "We wanted to share their presence in an architecture representing the industrial age, far away from nature. We wanted to remind citizens of the raw vitality of endangered creatures." Capturing the sounds of lost species We don't know for sure what sounds many extinct animals made. University of Texas paleontologist Julia Clarke , who studies the sounds of extinct animals, said we can glean clues by studying sound-making in living species and the preserved soft tissues, skeletons and fossils of extinct ones. "We might look at the sound-producing structures, like vibratory vocal cords," Clarke said. "We might look at the structures that are rubbed together or banged together." Up to one million plant and animal species are facing extinction due to human activity including climate change, pollution and habitat loss, according to a 2019 global report on biodiversity. "What we've noticed in mass extinction is really the absence of sound," Clarke said. But she added that Nature Manifesto isn't only highlighting this catastrophic loss. It also suggests if we stop destroying the planet, that species might continue to evolve. "It's challenging us to think about in visceral ways what a very different and very acoustically diverse future might sound like," she said. "I hope it is that acoustically diverse." Björk the climate activist Björk's passion for environmental stewardship runs deep. Some of her albums touch upon the natural world and its complex relationship to technology, such as Biophilia (2011) and Fossora (2022). She also advocates strongly for ecological causes, including her ongoing fight against intensive fish farming in her native Iceland. A recently discovered butterfly species — Pterourus bjorkae — was recently named in her honor. The singer, visual artist and activist Anohni, who is exhibiting a companion video piece alongside Nature Manifesto at Centre Pompidou, said she and Björk often talk about climate issues. "We've spoken a lot about environment over the years, just as artists between each other, trying to understand our right-size relationship to this unfolding crisis and the different ways that we might utilize our agency as artists," she said. "She's always been such a profound and moving optimist." Jennifer Vanasco edited the broadcast and digital versions of this story. Chloee Weiner mixed the audio.Trump chooses Pam Bondi for attorney general pick after Gaetz withdraws
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The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors passed a resolution chiding Iran's poor cooperation with the agency after hours of heated exchanges, diplomats told AFP late on Thursday, a move Tehran called "politically motivated". The censure motion brought by Britain, France, Germany and the United States at the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board follows a similar one in June. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. Get the latest need-to-know information delivered to your inbox as it happens. Our flagship newsletter. Get our front page stories each morning as well as the latest updates each afternoon during the week + more in-depth weekend editions on Saturdays & Sundays.Emi Martinez save earns Aston Villa point against Juventus – but winless run rolls on
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