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USA Today
29-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Central Michigan served notice by NCAA around Connor Stalions sideline allegations
The long-running saga of Connor Stalions, the man at the center of a sign-stealing controversy at Michigan football, continues. The latest update in the story is centered around Central Michigan University and their game with Michigan State back in 2023 where Stalions appeared to be in disguise on their sideline recording plays and signals. On Tuesday, Tony Garcia of the Detroit Free Press reported that CMU has been served a notice of allegations from the NCAA related to the scandal. According to Garcia, the NOA (notice of allegations) was filed on June 27, and CMU will have a 90-day window to respond to the NCAA. While Central Michigan has denied knowledge of Stalions on the sideline, they did fire their QB coach at the time, who formerly worked with Stalions on the Michigan football staff. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan state news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Andrew Brewster on Twitter @IAmBrewster.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Yahoo
These Michigan places have French names. How they got them
While traveling through Michigan this summer, you may notice locations with names that sound more like they belong in France, rather than an American state. The area that became present-day Michigan once was settled by French immigrants beginning in the 17th century, including Catholic missionaries and fur traders, according to Northern Michigan University. They established settlements like Fort Michilimackinac in present-day Mackinaw City and Fort Pontchartrain du détroit in present-day Detroit, and engaged with Indigenous peoples. "More than three centuries ago, Europeans from France came to the Great Lakes region. They made the long trip across the Atlantic for many reasons," Central Michigan University's Clarke Historical Library stated. "Merchants came for fur. Missionaries came to convert Native Americans to Christianity. Soldiers came to forward the French government's agenda. All three groups of Frenchmen interacted with the Native Americans already living in the region, often hoping to achieve very different ends." While that era is long gone, Michigan's French influence remains, most notably in place names: Cities, roads, rivers, lakes and counties maintain French-language names, including Detroit, Au Sable and Charlevoix among others. Here's what to know about a few of Michigan's French names. The city's name comes from the French words "détroit," meaning strait. French settler Antoine de la mothe Cadillac, a prominent military leader and trader who lent his name to a car brand, established Fort Pontchartrain du détroit in present-day Detroit in 1701, according to the Detroit Historical Society. The area's Indigenous names include the Anishinaabe name "Waawiiyaataanong," meaning where the river bends. This lighthouse near Gulliver in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has a French influence. The name is French for "only choice," chosen because the small cape that juts into Lake Michigan and curls to the east offers some of the only protection from storms blowing from the west. Potential origins could also trace to the Ojibwe word Shashoweg, meaning straight line, Seul Choix Lighthouse Friends notes. The name for a northern Michigan town and county is after French settler Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, a Jesuit priest, according to the Charlevoix Historical Society. He traveled near present-day Charlevoix city while searching for the Pacific Ocean in the early 18th century. The county was previously called "Keshkauko," after an Ojibwe chief from the Saginaw Bay. The village of L'Anse borders the L'Anse Bay, leading into the Keweenaw Bay and Lake Superior. The French name translates to the bay or the cove, in reference to its position on Keweenaw Bay. In Detroit, a prominent road holds another French name. Livernois Avenue is named for French settler François Benoit dit Livernois, an 18th century farmer, Livernois family history says. This area lies along the northeastern coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula on Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The French name translates to gray beast, according to Visit Keweenaw. The name comes from the the bay's white sand, known to sing when pressed down with the palm of your hand or to bark when struck, local tradition says. The area was previously known as "Baie de Gres," French for Sandstone Bay. The Indigenous name is Baghidawiiing, meaning the bay where nets are set. This northern Michigan river, running 138 miles from Grayling to Oscoda, is the nation's best for fly fishing, according to USA TODAY readers. The French name means river of sand or sand river, chosen for its sandy environment, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says. This area west of St. Ignace features historic sites and nature preserves along the coast of Lake Michigan in the Upper Peninsula. The French name translates to big cape, named by Canadian travelers as the high area appears to jut out from the shore when viewed from the lake, per the North Country Trail Association. Indigenous names for the area include Gichi-Neyaaganiing, meaning place of the big headland or cape, and Nednong, or high place. Just west of the famed Cut River Bridge along U.S. 2 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is Epoufette. The crossroad's name mean's place of rest, according to various sources, including the unincorporated community's welcome sign. At the east end of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Grand Marais offers restaurants, lodging, a marina and more. The name is French for big marsh, which, the Grand Marais Chamber of Commerce notes, is puzzling because there is no marsh nearby. "Historians believe that French mapmakers confused 'marais' with another, similar-sounding word found on old maps, 'maré,' which means 'sheltered body of water.' The early voyageurs definitely sheltered here on their way to the western end of Lake Superior," the chamber says. The village is nestled on the western shore of the St. Mary's River, where freighters and private vessels alike pass by. "Since ships and canoes made a turn to go west to Mackinac or southeast to Detroit, the name DeTour was given, which means, in French, 'the turn,'" the village says on its website. The Chippewa name for this area is Giwideonaning, meaning point which we go around in a canoe. The Lansing State Journal contributed. Contact Jenna Prestininzi: jprestininzi@ This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: A look at the history behind Michigan's French names
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
IBHS Joins Nation'sLargest Hail Study in 40 Years as ICECHIP Launches with Media Field Day
When: Saturday, May 17, 2025Media-Only Access: 1:00–2:00 PM MTPublic Event: 2:00–4:00 PM MTWhere: Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM) Facility - 4820 63rd St., Boulder, CO 80301 – Northeast side of building BOULDER, Colo., May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Science Foundation-funded ICECHIP project—"In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains"—invites members of the media to an exclusive Media Field Day to kick off the largest hail-focused field campaign in the U.S. in more than 40 years. The ICECHIP Media Field Day will provide firsthand access to live weather demonstrations, storm-tracking tools and interviews with leading atmospheric scientists. The project brings together 15 U.S. institutions and four international partners to study hailstorms across the Central Plains and the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Hail is the most consistently damaging hazard associated with severe thunderstorms, generating over $35 billion in losses in the U.S. last year alone and affecting homeowners, businesses, aviation, agriculture, transportation and more. This six-week field campaign aims to transform the understanding of hail by collecting unprecedented field data - advancing hail detection, improving forecast models and strengthening public warning systems. MEDIA FIELD DAY HIGHLIGHTS: Exclusive media access from 1:00–2:00 PM MT One-on-one questions and interviews with Scientists and team experts Live public demonstrations from 2:00–4:00 PM MT featuring: Opening remarks and project overview (2:00–2:15 PM MT) Weather balloon launch Doppler on Wheels (DOW) vehicles and mobile mesonets Hail measurement systems Radiometers and UAS (large drones) Online Media Kit: Where ICECHIP Goes: The mobile research campaign will continue through June 30th, 2025, and span hail-prone regions across the Plains gathering observations on a wide variety of hailstorms. Principal Investigators Rebecca Adams-Selin Atmospheric and Environmental Research (Lead PI)John Allen Central Michigan University Victor Gensini Northern Illinois UniversityAndrew Heymsfield National Center for Atmospheric Research Steering CommitteeBrian Argrow University of Colorado BoulderIan Giammanco Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)Karen Kosiba University of Alabama HuntsvilleMatthew Kumjian Pennsylvania State UniversityJoshua Wurman University of Alabama Huntsville For a full list of collaborators and partners, click here. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety; Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER)
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Using AI for Financial Advice? 4 Ways To Protect Your Money (and Privacy)
The proliferation and gradual sophistication of generative AI tools such as Gemini, Claude, and of course ChatGPT has turned most casual users into experimenters themselves, whether it be asking these models to provide a complete shopping list or to help with this year's tax filing. However, as CardRates reported, a majority of Americans (67%) now also feel comfortable letting AI tools assist them with their banking routines. While only about one-fifth (18%) of those surveyed reported using AI tools to help with banking on a monthly basis, an even greater proportion (nearly a quarter, at 28%) expressed concerns over privacy in this regard. What can be done to help mitigate the privacy risks associated with allowing AI tools to have a hand in your personal banking regimen? Ignorance may be bliss, but it can be extremely costly when it comes to your financial knowledge, particularly as AI integrates itself into the banking realm at a breakneck pace. As J.P. Morgan suggested, it's vital for consumers of banking products to educate themselves as to the current and prospective future capabilities of generative AI assistants and AI banking tools, lest they be taken advantage of. 'Publicly available tools capture, share and build on information, making it potentially accessible by those with malintent,' the firm stated. 'Many of these generative AI tools, apps and chatbots are currently not subject to any government regulations, ethics rules and governance structures, no matter how sophisticated these tools might seem.' Know that any public-facing information about you on the internet is likely scraped by these models, and that any information in your overall user profile is generally captured, as well. While most online banking portals already require this step, be sure that you are taking advantage of every opportunity to avail of multi-factor or two-factor authentication protocols. These typically come in the form of requiring a text message or email sent to a verified address with a PIN code, or for biometric information (such as a facial scan, or a fingerprint) to be inputted through your smartphone. Malicious hackers (or even malicious AI models themselves) may be stymied by your deployment of this sort of authentication on all banking and investment accounts. It never hurts to have a second barrier to entry for dishonest parties to clear before gaining access to your finances. Simply put, making sure that you do not offer up any personal details you do not have to provide when dealing with AI assistants or chatbots is good cybersecurity practice — as is enabling a reliable and trustworthy VPN whenever engaging with AI tools. A VPN can help to obscure your IP address in addition to other geographical or personal details about you, and refusing to offer any more information than is directly necessary when speaking to artificial intelligence tools can help to restrict data or privacy leaks, should they occur. Central Michigan University professor Qi Liao was firm in his assessment on today's tech-heavy banking and financial sphere: We are now living in a brand-new era when it comes to the elevated sophistication of phishing schemes mining your personal financial information. 'Beyond exploiting system weaknesses, AI is revolutionizing social engineering attacks. Attackers can now automate and personalize phishing schemes by analyzing social media data. AI-generated deepfakes, including realistic audio, video and images, have been weaponized for scams such as blackmail, impersonation and financial fraud,' Liao said. 'These tools enable attackers to execute crimes like online banking fraud, fake ransom demands and large-scale financial scams,' he added. So, be sure to second-guess your interactions online or on the phone, even if the messages or calls appear to be from a trusted friend, family member or financial advisor. If something seems 'off' or is setting of alarm bells in your head, trust your instinct and follow-up with some due diligence before proceeding any further. You could end up saving yourself a great deal of trouble, and your wallet, in so doing. More From GOBankingRates 6 Used Luxury SUVs That Are a Good Investment for Retirees The New Retirement Problem Boomers Are Facing 7 Overpriced Grocery Items Frugal People Should Quit Buying in 2025 How Far $750K Plus Social Security Goes in Retirement in Every US Region Sources: 'America's Banking Habits: Survey Finds 84% Concerned About Banking Cybersecurity' Central Michigan University, 'How can you protect your privacy, money from AI?' J.P. Morgan Private Bank, 'AI tools and your privacy: What you need to know' This article originally appeared on Using AI for Financial Advice? 4 Ways To Protect Your Money (and Privacy) Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Chicago Tribune
18-04-2025
- Chicago Tribune
E. Jason Wambsgans
E. Jason Wambsgans has been a staff photojournalist at the Chicago Tribune since 2002. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 2017 for his tender photos of a child shooting victim, illuminating the city's brutal street violence. The Detroit-area native is a graduate of Central Michigan University.
