An unusual “nanowire” coating for medical implants may soon be helping broken bones and joint replacements to heal faster. Ohio State University reports that research engineers there have found that bone cells grow and reproduce almost twice as fast on a textured surface made of metal oxide wires, each tens of thousands of times thinner than a human hair… …read more
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Responses, many angry, flood Ohio State after former president's remarks jabbing Catholics
Records show that hundreds of angry emails and letters flooded Ohio State University earlier this year after reports of remarks by former president Gordon Gee (gee) jabbing Roman Catholics and Southeastern Conference schools. …read more
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Women and heart disease: more deaths, less care
Coronary artery disease (CAD) kills more women than men each year, yet women are still not receiving as many preventive recommendations as men, according to a paper published in Global Heart. Researchers from Ohio State University wanted to analyze the risk for CAD in women, as well as its impact and female-specific strategies for treatment… …read more
How the American Dream Is Keeping Us Broke
By LearnVest
Filed under: Personal Finance, Cost of Living, Savings Challenges, Saving
Our grandparents grew up in a time when you had to learn to be resourceful.
Things were fixed and not replaced, women made their own clothes, and neighbors shared one phone. Things were purchased because they were necessary, not because they were simply wanted — and guess what? No one would ever have dared to refer to your Nana as a cheap-ass.
So where did we go wrong? Research from Ohio State University found that people in their late 20s and early 30s carry significantly higher credit card debt than older generations and pay it off much more slowly. Much of this can be attributed to the rising costs of education, but the bigger problem, in my opinion, is our generation’s fear of looking cheap.
Looking Rich Doesn’t Make You Rich
Success is naturally equated to wealth, and no one idolizes someone who isn’t successful. The younger generation adores ultra-rich celebrities, and this has only helped to morph the American Dream into a whole new level of status and luxury we all think we can achieve.
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In pop culture today, having the appearance of wealth trumps actually having any money. We see rappers in chinchilla jackets popping Ace of Spades champagne in their videos, not driving a Toyota and having game night in with their friends. Kanye said it best: “What you think I rap for, to push a fu@#ing Rav4?” What needs to be understood, though, is that people who are really wealthy actually attribute their frugal habits to getting and staying there.
The number one quality of successful people is living below their means: For example, there are 1,138,070 millionaire households living in homes valued under $300,000, yet at the same time, 86 percent of people driving the most expensive “status” cars are non-millionaires.
Most people who actually have money are not scared of seeming cheap — that’s how poor people think, and it keeps them poor.
Why ‘Cheap’ Isn’t an Insult
I’ve lived in New York City — a not particularly inexpensive city — for nine years, and I saved almost a half a million dollars before I was 30. I didn’t create some stupid app that I sold for a bunch of money — I was a waitress and a model. I wasn’t even a big model. Not even close, actually … I mean, I’m not ugly or anything, but you get the point.
I lived in an affordable apartment, I never took taxis, and I never feared being labeled as cheap. Did people call me that because I always looked for better deals and watched my spending? Sure, but while they racked up debt
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Mad Video Game Science
You wouldn’t know it from watching the news, but instances of violence in American society have fallen precipitously over the past decade. At the same time, more Americans than ever are playing video games. Yet, a bipartisan group of members of Congress continue to insist that video games might be responsible for random acts of violence, despite overwhelming evidence and facts showing they are wrong.
Vice-President Joe Biden, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IW) and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) are among the leading proponents of the belief that there is a link between violence and video games. And they believe that taxpayer dollars should foot the bill for studies to attempt to prove it. But trying to prove causation is folly.
A few months ago, Congressman Wolf, an Appropriations Committee cardinal responsible for doling out billions of taxpayer dollars to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and hundreds of other government agencies, demanded that the National Science Foundation (of which he oversees funding) conduct a study proving his point. The Foundation hired Communication Professor Brad J. Bushman of Ohio State University to do the study. Bushman was the obvious choice; for he once did a study that concluded that the Bible could be used to incite violence. If the Bible induces violence, perhaps so does Grand Theft Auto. Low and behold, the professor found the link! The professor concluded that there are theoretical reasons to believe that violent video games are even more harmful than violent TV programs or films. Rep. Wolf was happy, as were the bureaucrats who want more funding from Mr. Wolf. A Washington win-win, as they say, except for the taxpayers.
There is just one problem — the facts. More Americans play video games today than ever before. While the sales of video games have expanded exponentially, violence in the United States has fallen. Youth violence has fallen. Incidents of bullying have fallen. Even violent crimes by juveniles have fallen. In short, the taxpayers are left holding the bill for a theoretical study with no basis in reality.
But in Washington, one study is never enough. Sen. Charles Grassley wants his own study. Even the National Rifle Association (NRA) is happy to blame the video game industry to shift attention away from gun control. There have been over 130 studies on video games over the past decade, with most finding no link.
Chris Ferguson, a psychologist at Texas A&M International University, has conducted similar experiments and finds studies linking video games and violence to be trivial. “You know most of the debate now is really on to these minor acts of aggressiveness,” he said. “You know we’re talking about little children sticking their tongues out at each other and that sort of thing.” Ferguson says it’s easy to think that senseless video game violence can lead to senseless violence in the real world. But he says that’s mixing up two separate things. “Many of the games do have morally objectionable material, and I think that is where
Ohio State University, FBI investigates potential threat on Columbus campus
Police at the Ohio State University announced Wednesday that it is increasing patrols and investigating a potential threat on the school’s Columbus campus.
The public safety threat was posted on a ‘role player’ game site and indicated the potential attack would be focused on the school’s cafeteria, the school announced in a red banner on its website.
OSU is currently working with the FBI and local authorities to try and mitigate any threat. The FBI, for it’s part, is still working to confirm the intelligence.
Sequester As Opportunity? Simple Ways To Cut Prison Spending, Maybe Avoid Furloughs
On his always interesting blog, “Sentencing Law and Policy,” Douglas A. Berman, a law professor at Ohio State University, makes the succinct argument that the ominous-sounding sequester could provide an opportunity to “improve the administration of justice and save money if [the Department of Justice] and [Bureau of Prisons] and others would use existing statutory mechanisms to reduce federal prison populations and costs.” Berman cites a Federal Public and Community Defenders presentation from last year (PDF) that offers realistic ways to push such changes forward (taking cues from a Government Accountability Office report): First, the GAO identified three statutory programs that, if fully implemented, would save taxpayer dollars that are now being wasted on unnecessary incarceration: …read more
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5 Ways Love and Marriage Can Make You Wealthier
By Nancy Anderson, Contributor Couples making their dinner reservations to celebrate Valentine’s Day may have something else to celebrate. From a long-term perspective, love and marriage can make you wealthier if done right. Obviously, two can live cheaper than one and living below your means is an integral part of financial planning, but wealth building in marriage is much more than that. Researchers at the Ohio State University’s Center for Human Resource Research found that married people had 93% higher wealth per person than singles – more than just simply adding up the wealth of two. Having a partnership opens up a wider range of financial strategies in your wealth building business. …read more
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New coal technology harnesses energy without burning, nears pilot-scale development
A new form of clean coal technology reached an important milestone recently, with the successful operation of a research-scale combustion system at Ohio State University. The technology is now ready for testing at a larger scale. …read more
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Motion control keeps electric car's four wheels—and four motors—on the road
It weighs half as much as a sports car, and turns on a dime—so its no surprise that the electric car being developed at Ohio State University needs an exceptional traction and motion control system to keep it on the road.
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Threats, silent witnesses plague case of rape of 16-year-old Ohio girl
The investigation into an alleged rape of a teenage girl by high school football players that has rocked a small midwestern community continues to stymie officials, who say high school students with information about the case are thwarting investigators even as the FBI looks into threats made against local authorities who are working on the case.
The local sheriff said his family had received a death threat and the police chief in Steubenville, Ohio, said an email he received shut down his computer.
Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla was told Wednesday by the Ohio Division of Public Safety that people using false names were threatening his family on Facebook, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
“They said they were going to murder my family and rape my daughters,” Abdalla told the newspaper.
The reported threats made at local officials are in response to the handling of an alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl last August. The victim, who is said to have been unconscious, was allegedly carried around to a series of parties on Aug. 11 and 12 by members of the Steubenville High football team. The girl was allegedly sexually assaulted, repeatedly — first in the back of a car — as others watched and snapped pictures.
Two star high school football players, Ma’Lik Richmond and Trent Mays, both 16, are facing formal rape accusations. Their attorneys have denied the charges in court.
Some question why other students weren’t charged, and bloggers and hacker-activists have alleged a cover-up meant to protect the popular football program.
Potential witnesses for Richmond and Mays have been threatened and pressured not to testify and some are reluctant to come forward, attorneys for the players said Monday as they consider whether to ask the trial be moved and closed to the public.
At issue is publicity surrounding the case and the concerns some witnesses have that their names and addresses may be published through social media and on the Internet.
The current juvenile court judge overseeing the case scheduled next month in Steubenville has previously declined a request to close the proceedings.
“They are reluctant to sacrifice their college career, their reputation, or their otherwise good standing in whatever community they may be found for fear of being vilified, and certain personal information finding its way on the Internet,” said Walter Madison, an attorney for Richmond.
Social media and the Internet are playing a crucial role in the case. Hackers last week released a video purportedly showing a Steubenville student joking about the alleged attack and an attorney for the girl’s family has said online commentary about the case had made the situation harder.
Another Steubenville student dropped a suit last month over comments on a blog that suggested he might have been involved.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, whose office is overseeing the case’s prosecution, said the decision will be up to the judge. He declined to comment on the attorneys’ concerns.
“There is obviously a lot going on in the social media and there’s a lot going on in the mainstream media, but ultimately this case will be decided by a juvenile judge who will listen to the evidence, and the case will be presented no differently than it would in any other case,” DeWine said.
Brian Duncan, an attorney for Mays, also said Monday he’s considering a similar request.
“We just want to make sure our client and the other defendant have their proper day in court,” Duncan said.
The two boys are set for trial next month in juvenile court in Steubenville, a city of about 18,000.
Public interest in the case increased with the online circulation of the video, more than 12 minutes long, that shows one young man joking about the accuser following the alleged attack. The hackers who released the video allege more people were involved and should be held accountable.
On Monday, an attorney said the young man regretted the comments, made when he was intoxicated.
The attorney said in a statement that the man, a 2012 graduate of Steubenville High School and an Ohio State University academic scholarship student this past fall, was ashamed and embarrassed about his comments and the effect his behavior has had, especially on his family.
The man is not a suspect in the investigation and was not present at the alleged attack, said attorney Dennis McNamara, of Columbus. He said the man he referred to as “Michael” left a party around midnight where he was told the alleged victim had been drinking and went to a friend’s house where the video was recorded about 2 a.m. on Aug. 12.
“There is no excuse or justification for the comments and jokes Michael made on the video,” the statement said. “With sober reflection, he is ashamed and embarrassed. He sincerely regrets his behavior and the effect it has had on all parties involved, especially his family. He was not raised to act in this manner.”
The statement said the young man played sports but not football at Steubenville.
McNamara said the video was posted on YouTube in August, taken down, then reposted by a hackers’ group last week.
Over the weekend, city authorities launched a website to combat misperceptions about the case, including the allegation that the football team has an unusual sway over the city.
The site, sponsored by Steubenville city and police officials, explains that only a handful of police officers attended local schools and that the city manager herself is not even from Ohio. Its launch followed the hiring of a consultant who’s helping the city handle a barrage of media attention sparked by the case.
As the investigation continues, it has spurred heated commentary online. Some support the defendants and question the character of the teenage girl, while others allege a cover-up or contend more people should be charged.
The latter group includes hacker-activists who point to comments they say were posted around the time of the alleged attack on social media by people who are not charged.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Student in Rape Comment Video Drops Out of College
By John Johnson 
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