Leaders of controversial neutrino experiment step down

The supposedly super-speedy neutrinos may have slowed, but they haven't stopped creating turmoil in the physics world. Two leaders of the OPERA experiment behind the controversial result stepped down this week.

Spokesperson Antonio Ereditato of the University of Bern in Switzerland turned in his resignation on 29 March, and physics coordinator Dario Autiero of the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Lyon, France, resigned on 30 March. Both cited tensions within the collaboration as the reason for their departures.

In September, the OPERA collaboration reported that they had measured neutrinos making the 730-kilometre trip from CERN in Switzerland to the Gran Sasso underground laboratory in Italy 60 nanoseconds faster than if they had been travelling at light speed.

If it panned out, the result would have turned much of modern physics on its head, contradicting Einstein's theory of special relativity and opening the theoretical door to exotic possibilities like extra dimensions and time travel.

The result, however, seems to be down to experimental error. OPERA announced last month that they had found a malfunctioning clock and a leaky fibre-optic cable that could explain part or all of the neutrinos' extra speed. And another experiment in the same underground cavern in Italy, ICARUS, re-did the same measurement and saw no faster-than-light speeds.

"We don't think anymore that the neutrinos were superluminal," says OPERA team member Luca Stanco of Italy's National Physics Institute.

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Hmmm.

The supposedly super-speedy neutrinos may have slowed, but they haven't stopped creating turmoil in the physics world. Two leaders of the OPERA experiment behind the controversial result stepped down this week.

Hmmm.

malfunctioning clock and a leaky fibre-optic cable

they are working in their parents's home basement or wut

Political Science was since Always , the Relativity is a great example ...

Here , at the UPN , it is explained Logically how faster than light speeds can be achieved at the sub-sub-particle level :

[link to UPNtheory.WordPress.com]

The Unifying Property of Nature is shockingly simple ( no math ) and it explains the foundation of nature , please enjoy the read , is easy .

Cheers !

They stepped down after being subjected to a huge amount of pressure from the very same people who ordered the test in the first place.

It would seem that an aweful lot of physics books would have to be rewritten if the test results were officially aknowledged. Hence it was easier to just deny it and ridicule those involved in the experiment.

It seems that time travel and multidimensional universe are not politically correct terms. :bushhitler:

This has already started!!! here is the updated list of resignations and ppl leaving major banks in just the past year

FULL LIST OF RESIGNATIONS AND LEFT! 450 TOTAL!!
[link to americankabuki.blogspot.com]

3/04/12 (USA NY) JP Morgan prop trading chief Mike Stewart quits

3/05/12 (SAUDI ARABIA) Al Rajhi Bank CEO Abdullah bin Sulaiman Al Rajhi has resigned

3/5/12 (UK) Jupiter fund co-manager Tony Nutt steps down

3/05/12 (UK) Jupiter fund co-manager John Hamilton steps down

3/05/12 (NEW ZEALAND) Insured Group Bill Jeffries has resigned as chairman and director

3/05/12 (USA) Reliance Bancshares chairman Patrick Gideon resigned

3/05/12 (UK) Charterhouse partner Gordon Bonnyman is stepping down.

3/05/12 (UK) HgCapital, partner Lindsay Dibden is leaving after 20 years.

3/06/12 (FRANCE) Blackstone Group's Paris office leader Jean-Michel Steg will step down

3/06/12 (JAMAICA) Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited, Patricia Sutherland has resigned as Executive Director

3/06/12 (JAMAICA) Jamaica’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), Executive director Rohan Barnett, has resigned the position, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and the Public Service announced this afternoon.

3/06/12 USA CT) Wells Fargo & Co. said that Mackey McDonald, one of the last remaining directors from Wachovia is retiring.

3/06/12 (USA PA) USA Technologies Inc Bradley M. Tirpak, a nominee of Shareholder Advocates for Value Enhancement,has resigned from its board subsequent to a settlement agreement with the investing group, according to an SEC filing. Provides a network of wireless non-cash transactions, associated financial/network services and energy management. It provides networked credit card and other non-cash systems in the vending, commercial laundry, hospitality and digital imaging industries.

3/06/12 (UK) Sterling Green Group has announced that Philip Kanas, a non-executive director, has decided to resign
Sterling Green Group PLC became a cash shell following the disposal of their subsidiaries Taxdebts Ltd, Sterling Green (Mortgages) Ltd and the back books of the clients of Sterling Green Ltd. during December 2011.

3/06/12 (UK) Aberdeen Asset Management, non-executive director Gerhard Fusenig has resigned from the board.

3/07/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank AG's (DB) Chief Risk Officer Hugo Baenzigeri to resign

3/07/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank AG's (DB) Chief Operating Officer Hermann-Josef Lamberti to resign

3/07/12 (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) Dubai Mercantile Exchange announced Thomas Leaver will step down as CEO

3/07/12 (SCOTLAND) Macfarlane Group Chairman Archie Hunter to step down after 8 years of service

3/07/12 (USA) BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund co-head Daniel Tubbs, has left the group to pursue other opportunities.

3/07/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs (GSI) Christopher French resigns from board

3/07/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs (GSI) David Wildermuth resigns from board

3/07/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs (GSI) Matthew Westerman resigns from board

3/07/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs (GSI) co-head of global mergers and acquisitions Yoel Zaoui resigns

3/07/12 (UK) Goldman Sachs (GSI) Phil Beatty resigned as head of European power and natural-gas trading

3/07/12 (SINGAPORE) Nikko Asset Management Timothy McCarthy is retiring as chairman and CEO at the end of the month

3/07/12 (HONG KONG) UBS Senior Asia Economist Jonathan Anderson Departs

3/07/12 (HAITI) FORMER DIRECTOR HAITI CENTRAL BANK SLAIN! ⑆44541444⑈

3/07/12 (FRANCE) Société Générale Private Banking, Daniel Truchi is to step down as head of Société Générale Private Banking

3/07/12 (AUSTRALIA) Customers Ltd, Tim Wildash has cashed himself out as chief executive of Australia’s largest ATM operator

3/07/12 (USA CA) CALSTRS, Pascal Villiger, senior private equity portfolio manager at the $145 billion California State Teachers’ Retirement System resigns

3/07/12 (USA) Astaire quits Bank of America Merrill to dance to Barclays Capital’s tune

3/08/12 (UK) Schroders, Chairman Michael Miles depart as fees, inflows drop. UK's biggest fund management firm.

3/08/12 (USA NY) Schroders, CIO Alan Brown is steps down

3/08/12 (USA IL) CBOE Executive Patrick Fay Put on Leave Amid SEC Probe

3/08/12 (USA NH & RI) Bristol County Savings Bank president E. Dennis Kelly retires after 35 years

3/08/12 (GERMANY) Clearstream Banking AG – Katja Rosenkranz To Leave Deutsche Börse Group [stockmarket]

3/08/12 (UK) B&CE CEO Brian Griffiths is to retire later this year

3/08/12 (UK) Invesco Trimark Ltd, portfolio manager Dana Love has resigned.

3/08/12 (ISRAEL) Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer will hand in his shock resignation in the coming days and take up a new position as head of the Bank of Zambia. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz is believed to be furious with Fischer's decision. Treasury officials said he even canceled his participation in the office's annual Purim party in order to convince Fischer to reverse his decision.

3/08/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) Standard Bank Group Limited (SBK), board member Sir Paul Judge retires.

3/08/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) Standard Bank Groupl Limited (SBK), board member Sir Sam Jonah retires.

3/09/12 (MONGOLIA) Mongol Bank President Alag Batsukh submitted his resignation letter to Speaker of Parliament D. Demberel at the end of last month. He described his reason for resigning as a lack of support by Parliament.

3/09/12 (MONGOLIA) Asia Pacific Securities, General Manager Narantuguldur Saijrakh recently resigned, to focus on his role as Director of Khan Investment Management, investment advisor to the Khan Mongolia Equity Fund - the first open-ended investment vehicle with monthly dealing that invests in Mongolia related equities listed both domestically and internationally.

3/09/12 (Côte d’Ivoire) Banque Central des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO) The Ivorian governor of the multi-billion dollar West Africa Francophone bank, Philippe-Henry Dacoury-Tabley, resigned his post.

3/09/12 (UK) Lazard , co-head of investment banking Alexis de Rosnay quits. De Rosnay specialises in the healthcare sector, he has advised Teva Pharmaceutical and Novartis.

3/09/12 (UK) Deutsche Bank PWM, UK head of portfolio management Martyn Surguy resigned.

3/09/12 (UK) Deutsche Bank PWM, head of discretionary management, Kypros Charalambous, having also stepped down.

3/09/12 (HONG KONG) Bank of America Merrill Lynch, K.J. Kim, responsible for Southeast Asia, resigned

3/09/12 (HONG KONG) Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Jimmy Choi, who was in charge of high-yield debt, resigned.

3/09/12 (HONG KONG) Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Leonard Ng, a vice-president in Hong Kong resigned.

3/09/12 (AUSTRALIA) Bank of Queensland CFO Ram Kangatharan plans to leave the bank.

3/09/12 (USA) Cerberus Capital Management LP, CEO Robert Nardelli resigns.

3/10/12 (AUSTRALIA) WESTPAC, Rob Chapman opted to quit running its regional subsidiary St George Bank.

3/10/12 (TURKEY) Garanti Bank, The deputy CEO of Turkish lender Tolga Egemen, has decided to quit.

3/10/12 (CHINA) Korea Development Bank, Shanghai unit senior manager Stella Wen resigned.

3/10/12 (HONG KONG) Deutsche Bank, Johan Sudiman resigns as director.

3/12/12 (USA) John Lewis Partnership Pension Trust, head of investments Andrew Chapman, resigns

3/12/12 (USA CA) California’s Department of Financial Institutions, commissioner William Haraf resigned. The DFI did not say why he is leaving.

3/12/12 (KUWAIT) Gulf Bank, Chairman Ali Rashaid Al Bader quits

3/12/12 (UK and IRELAND) Allfunds Bank, head of UK and Ireland Alan Gadd is stepping down from his role at the end of April.

3/12/12 (USA) ICAP, CEO of the electronic broking business David Rutter step down following a restructuring of the business.

3/12/12 (UK) SVG Capital, chairman Nicholas Ferguson resigns. His departure left him well placed to succeed James Murdoch as chairman of BSkyB should the latter bow to investor pressure and step down. Other investors in the satellite broadcaster suggested Ferguson might be seen as too close to Murdoch to win the support of institutional shareholders.

3/12/12 (UK) Park Hill Group - Blackstone Group’s fundraising advisory arm, Managing Partner of private equity and hedge fund distribution Chris Leach resigns

3/12/12 (UK) Park Hill Group - Blackstone Group’s fundraising advisory arm, Managing Partner Justin Bower resigns
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3/12/12 (UK) The chief executive David Rutter of the electronic broking business at interdealer broker Icap stepping down.

3/12/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), CEO Paul Baloyi resigns.

3/12/12 (USA) Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, CEO Bryan Marsal Resigns Title, Remains on as Adviser

3/12/12 (USA IL) CME Group Inc, CEO Craig Donohues will step down at year end.

3/13/12 (USA) Eaton Vance Corp, Treasurer and CFO Robert J. Whelan has stepped down.

3/12/12 (USA IL) CBOE Holdings Inc. (CBOE), senior compliance executive Patrick Fay has resigned. The options exchange being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Fay had been placed on leave after the SEC began investigating the options-market operator’s oversight of traders.

3/13/12 (USA) Mithras Investment Trust, chairman Mike Wooderson will step down

3/13/12 (USA) PHH Mortgage, President Luke Hayden resigned from to pursue what the company calls "other interests."

3/13/12 (USA) PHH Mortgage, Treasurer Mark Johnson.resigned

3/13/12 (AUSTRALIA) WESTPAC, head of corporate affairs after David Bell decided to step down from the role. Bell is the latest top executive to leave the bank.

3/13/12 (UK) Capula’s Systemic Trading Head Qiang Dai to Leave Fund

3/13/12 (UAE) National Bank of Abu Dhabi, CEO Michael Tomalin, will retire from the post in a few months.

3/13/12 (ISRAEL) Osem Investments Ltd, CEO Gazi Kaplan has tendered his resignation, effective April 2, citing heath reasons. Nestlé SA owns 58.8% of Osem.

3/13/12 (USA) Paulson & Co.'s, partner and head of the global bank team Robert Lacoursiere has quit to form his own hedge fund

3/13/12 (AUSTRALIA) ASX Ltd, Chairman David Gonski will step down from his role at Australia’s main stock market operator after being appointed to oversee almost A$90 billion ($95 billion) in the nation’s sovereign-wealth funds.

3/13/12 (UK) JP Morgan, Asset Management European chief Jamie Broderick is to step down more than 20 years at the firm.

3/13/12 (UK) SVG Chairman Nicholas Ferguson retires.

3/13/12 (UK) SVG Director Edgar Koning retires.

3/13/12 (UK) SVG Director Denis Raeburn retires.

3/13/12 (UK) SVG Director Francis Finlay retires.

3/14/12 (UK) Goldmand Sachs, executive director and head of the firm’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Greg Smith, is resigning today.

3/14/12 (SOUTH AFRICA) ABSA chairman Garth Griffin to retire

3/14/12 (UK) WorldSpreads, CEO Conor Foley resigns

3/15/12 (US WA) HomeStreet Bank, EVP and CFO David Hooston resigns

3/15/12 (DENMARK) Sparekassen Faaborg board member Steen Grønved Nielsen resigns

3/15/12 (UK) RBC Capital Markets head of SSA syndicate desk Noel Williams resigns

3/15/12 (UK) Novia London sales manager Dave Chassell quits

3/15/12 (US CA) Prosper Finance (online venture captial services) CEO Chris Larsen steps down

3/15/12 (UK) The Royal British Legion’s (fund) director of corp. communications Stuart Gendall resigns

3/15/12 (IRELAND) President of Sinn Fein USA (fund) Larry Downes steps down

3/16/12 (AUSTRALIA) Investorfirst CFO and company secretary Ariel Sivikofsky resigns

3/16/12 (MALAYSIA) Amanah Raya Bhd (trust) managing director Datuk Ahmad Rodzi Pawanteh steps down

3/16/12 (UK) Towry (investment & fin. advice) Non-exec chairman Glyn Jones steps down

3/16/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank Chief risk officer (CRO)of Hugo Bänziger steps down

3/16/12 (US IL) Henderson Global Investors Inc. head of the International Opportunities Fund Iain Clark steps down

3/16/12 (US CA) Executive VP and Chief Compliance Officer of Heritage Bank of Commerce Margaret Incandela resigns

3/16/12 (US VA) Genworth Financial board member J. Robert Kerrey resigns to campaign for senate seat

3/16/12 (UK) CEO of the FSA (Financial Services Authority) Hector Sants to leave

3/19/12 (US IA) ISU Foundation (fund), President and CEO of the Dan Saftig to step down

3/19/12 (BRAZIL) HSBC Brazil CEO Conrado Engel steps down

3/19/12 (UAE) Finance head at SNR Denton Islamic Sheikh Muddassir Siddiqui resignsto pursue advisory role

3/19/12 (SWITZERLAND) Julius Baer bank’s chairman Raymond Baer steps down in a “surprise departure”

3/19/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank, asset management chief Kevin Parker to leave executive committee

3/19/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank, head of private wealth management Pierre de Weck resigns from executive committee

3/19/12 (HONG KONG) China Development Bank HK branch CEO Di Weiping retires

3/19/12 (US ID) SunTrust Bank president and CEO Thomas Rueger to retire

3/19/12 (SWEDEN) AP6 (private equity) CEO Marianne Dicander Alexandersson steps down

3/19/12 (SWITZERLAND) FINMA (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority) Vice-chair Monica Mächler to step down

3/20/12 (KUWAIT) National Investments Co. chairman Yousef Al Majid resigns

3/20/12 (UK) Bank of America, Co-head of distressed debt at Michael Guy resigns

3/20/12 (US PA) Penseco Financial Services Corp, Former state senator Robert J. Mellow resigns from board

3/20/12 (US TX) Acquisition chief Dan Magder quits Lone Star Investments

3/20/12 (NIGERIA) Chairman of House Committee on Capital Markets Hon. Herman Hembe resigns due to allegations of bribery

3/20/12 (Hong Kong) Head of Deutsche Bank Asia-Pac Loh Boon Chye quits

3/20/12 (US NY) Deutsche Bank, head of asset management Kevin Parker steps down from executive committee

3/20/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank, Chairman and CEO Josef Ackermann exits with pension of €18.7 million

3/20/12 (UK) Coller Capital, CEO Charles Hippsley has left to help lead a Christian organisation in London.

3/21/12 (GERMANY) Deutsche Bank AG, Co-head Wolfgang Hammes leaves

3/21/12 (UK) Aviva Investor’s European equity head John Botham exits

3/21/12 (CANADA) National Bank’s Ontaria, Atlantic region manager Mike Miller leaves

3/21/12 (UK) Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s global head of equity prime services Gregory Wagner resigns

3/21/12 (US DC) Liquidity Services Inc, Chief information officer Eric Dean resigns

3/22/12 (UK) Global equity head Neil Rogan resigns from Henderson Global Investors

3/22/12 (NETHERLANDS) CIO at Nedlloyd Pension Fund Bert Tibben step down

3/22/12 (UK) Bank of America Corp, chairman of global banking and markets, Andrea Orcel steps down, goes to UBS

3/22/12 (UK) Bank of America Corp, Jonathan Moulds steps down, helped build the bank’s over-the-counter derivatives trading business and held positions including global head of rate derivatives trading, head of global derivatives and head of global rates and commodities.

3/25/12 (EGYPT) National Bank of Egypt, CEO Tarek Amer said that he will step down from his position at the end of 2012.

COINCIDENCE?? ahhhhh I think NOOOOT!!!!!


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