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Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a renowned neuroscientist, announced on Wednesday that he would step down from his position as president of Stanford University, after the release of an external review of his scientific work found fault with several high-profile journal articles published under his purview. A committee drafted the review in response to allegations that Dr. Tessier-Lavigne was involved in scientific misconduct. In its report, which focused on 12 academic papers, the committee said there was no evidence that Dr. Tessier-Lavigne had knowingly falsified data or withheld such information from the public. In response, Dr. Tessier-Lavigne vowed to retract three of the five articles, request major corrections for two and step down from his position as president. “I am gratified that the panel concluded I did not engage in any fraud or falsification of scientific data,” Dr. Tessier-Lavigne said in a statement, adding: “Although I was unaware of these issues, I want to be clear that I take responsibility for the work of my lab members.”

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☆ Stanford President Will Resign After Report Found Flaws in His Research
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Stephanie Saul | More About Stephanie Saul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Following months of intense scrutiny of his scientific work, Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced Wednesday that he would resign as president of Stanford University after an independent review of his research found significant flaws in studies he supervised going back decades. The review, conducted by an outside panel of scientists, refuted the most serious claim involving Dr. Tessier-Lavigne’s work — that an important 2009 Alzheimer’s study was the subject of an investigation that found falsified data and that Dr. Tessier-Lavigne had covered it up. The panel concluded that the claims “appear to be mistaken” and that there was no evidence of falsified data or that Dr. Tessier-Lavigne had otherwise engaged in fraud. But the review also stated that the 2009 study, conducted while he was an executive at the biotech company Genentech, had “multiple problems” and “fell below customary standards of scientific rigor and process,” especially for such an influential paper.

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☆ YOUR MONEY How to get high rates to work for you
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Chris Taylor | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

July 17 (Reuters) - There is no doubt that higher interest rates are hard on a many people – especially if you are taking out a loan on a home or a car, or are struggling to catch up with credit-card debt. But for some, steep interest rates are not actually bad news. In fact, 38% of people say they have benefited from higher interest rates during the past year, according to a new survey from Allianz Life Insurance. “That’s the dichotomy: Higher interest rates are both crushing some people and benefiting others at the same time,” says Kelly LaVigne, vice president of Consumer Insights for Allianz Life. That means if you have some savings set aside, it is time to think about how to flip this negative of higher interest rates into a positive.

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☆ Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan Talk ‘Freaky Friday’ at 20
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Nadine Zylberberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

LINDSAY LOHAN When you get to work with such great actors, it really affects your performance. LOHAN As an 11-year-old, “The Parent Trap” [1998] felt so big to me. I put [the colorist] Tracy Cunningham through hell because I took my nice red hair and just bleached it. CURTIS We met in an office, did the read-through, and it was game on in a big way. If you look at “The Parent Trap,” she has a facility as an actor that is really impressive.

☆ Horses on the catwalk: Stella McCartney pushes leather-free style
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Models present creations by designer Stella McCartney as part of her Fall-Winter 2023/2024 Women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah MeyssonnierPARIS, March 6 (Reuters) - Stella McCartney drove home her leather-free fashion message by sending a team of horses to canter alongside models wearing styles crafted from new, eco-conscious materials. "I just really want to show everyone in the world - and the world of fashion - that you don't really need to do that," she said. At the show in the Ecole Militaire stables in Paris, seven horses, guided by their trainer, Jean-Francois Pignon, performed individually and in formation. LVMH owns a minority stake in the label and McCartney serves as environmental adviser to the entire luxury group.

The notion that powerful forces control the world in part with the careful deployment of body doubles is a long-standing conspiracy theory. As a medical team worked on him, anti-vaccine activists flooded social media sites with unfounded claims that a vaccine was somehow to blame. Hamlin’s injury came during a surge in anti-vaccine misinformation that attributes any recent death, without evidence, to vaccines. Much of the misinformation came from a handful of serial misinformers, including longtime anti-vaccine activists, conspiracy theorists and podcasters. While still recovering, Hamlin has tweeted a photo of himself in front of a mural painted in his honor., seemingly winking at the conspiracy theory.

☆ Review: The Polestar 2 is a $65,000 electric sedan from Volvo with all the allure of an early Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Alanis King | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Polestar 2's gold brake calipers. Alanis KingThe 2 is an electric sedan from Polestar, a new EV brand by Volvo. Alanis KingThe 2's interior is simple, airy, and spacious. The Polestar 2's headlight assembly. Alanis KingThe 2 has virtually no wind or road noise on the highway, the brakes are strong, and there's barely any body roll.

☆ Stanford President’s Research Draws Concern From Scientific Journals
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Amy Dockser Marcus | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne is said to be working with scientific journals and the Stanford board of trustees to resolve questions about the accuracy of images in his research. Two major scientific journals expressed concern over years-old studies co-written by Stanford University president and neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne , stopping short of corrections or retractions. Science and Cell wrote in so-called editorial expressions of concern on Thursday that they would await the outcome of an investigation by Stanford and the papers’ authors before determining whether additional steps were necessary.

☆ Stanford Launches Review of President’s Research After Misconduct Allegations
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Melissa Korn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Stanford’s board launched a review of the university president’s research after a report in the Stanford Daily, the student newspaper. Stanford University’s board of trustees is investigating whether multiple research papers co-authored by the school’s president, neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne , contained altered images, raising concerns about the academic integrity of the leader of one of the world’s top research institutions. The board launched the review after the Stanford Daily, the school’s student newspaper, reported this week that a European scientific journal was reviewing one of Dr. Tessier-Lavigne’s papers and said that an expert on research misconduct also found potential errors in three other papers on which Dr. Tessier-Lavigne was co-author years ago.

☆ Stanford University Apologizes for Limiting Jewish Student Admissions in the 1950s
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Stanford University has apologized for limiting the admission of Jewish students in the past. Stanford University apologized for intentionally restricting the admission of Jewish students in the 1950s, a practice the institution admitted it historically denied. The apology, issued Wednesday, cited a report that detailed efforts in the early 1950s to limit the number of Jewish students on campus. Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne called the practice “appalling antisemitic activity” and listed steps the university plans to take to improve campus life for Jewish students.

☆ Stanford University apologizes for limiting Jewish student admissions in the 1950s
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Stanford University apologized Wednesday for limiting Jewish student admissions during the 1950s — a practice that the school long denied had taken place. Stanford had targeted specific high schools known to have significant populations of Jewish students, allowing the school to still "claim that the university did not impose a quota on Jewish students," the report said. It said that despite "decades of denials," a 1953 memo, dubbed the "Glover Memo," clearly reported Snyder's "intentions to act against Jewish students." "However, the report articulates how this effort to suppress Jewish enrollments had long-lasting effects and dissuaded some Jewish students from applying to Stanford in later years. “This is what we want for all members of the Stanford community,” she said, according to the outlet.

☆ Blink-182 reunion tour to feature Travis Barker, Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Joyann Jeffrey | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Blink-182’s members Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker are reuniting for their first tour together in nearly 10 years. Blink-182 also announced that they’re coming out with a new song called “Edging,” which is set to be released on Friday. Their new tune marks the first time in a decade that Barker, Hoppus and DeLonge have been in the studio together. This tour is a special moment for the band as it’s a homecoming for DeLonge, who parted ways with Blink-182 in 2015. In fact, in 2019, he told Rolling Stone that he thinks there will “absolutely” be a time when they play together again.

☆ Historic rate hikes mark the largest 6-month increase in 41 years: What you should do with your money
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell pauses during a news conference after Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point in Washington, September 21, 2022. You'd have to go back to 1981 to find a six-month period when interest rates rose more. With more interest rate hikes on the rise, it's worth reviewing how they affect your finances and how financial experts say you can best adjust your saving, spending and investing strategies. "You are peddling into a progressively stiffer headwind as interest rates rise," Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate, told CNBC. Up the interest rate you're getting on cash in the bankOne silver lining of a rising rate environment is that it becomes more lucrative to save.

“The government is obviously failing us and not protecting us,” said Taylor, who evacuated from St. John before Hurricane Ida hit. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention categorizes St. John and St. James as a community with high levels of Covid-19 transmission. Prior to Ida, at least 16% of residents in St. James Parish and St. John Parish were living below the poverty line, according to Census data. One of their biggest fights was against the Taiwanese plastics manufacturer Formosa, which was set to build a $9.4 billion petrochemical complex in St. James Parish. While the battle to block the multibillion-dollar facility isn’t over, Hurricane Ida added to the community’s problems.

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