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Volume 131, Number 41 tech.mit.edu Friday, September 30, 2011 ‘Sigh-cology’ and wasabi at Ig Nobels ‘When you gotta go, you gotta go’

By Janelle Mansfield table of the elements. Staff Reporter The Ig Nobels honor strange scientific achievements, like a It’s not everyday you get to see study conducted by Japanese sci- a Nobel laureate and a Harvard entists investigating the ideal con- professor sing “The Elements” centration of airborne wasabi to be while one of them plays the accor- used as an alarm to awaken sleep- dion. Yet that’s exactly what hap- ing people in case of an emergen- pened last night when Richard J. cy. The team won the chemistry Roberts, winner of the 1993 Nobel Ig Nobel prize for discovering that Prize in Medicine, and Harvard the most effective wasabi concen- medical professor Thomas Michel tration was between 5 and 50 ppm. performed during the opening cer- They plan to expand their tech- emonies of the Ig Nobel Prize Cer- nology to be used as a shoe-odor emony. Held annually in the Sand- eliminator and sushi topping in ers Theatre at Harvard University, the future. the Ig Nobels celebrate unconven- Two teams from Europe and tional achievements in all fields of the United States/Australia were science and include performances both presented with the medicine

Biyeun M. Buczyk—The Tech from professors, Nobel Laureates, prize for their investigations into Koichiro Mizoguchi and Junichi Murakami of Japan demonstrate one application of their research by spray- and professional opera singers. the need to urinate. The European ing a plate of sushi with aerosolized wasabi at this year’s Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony in Harvard’s Sanders Theatre last Chemistry was the theme of this study found that people with a night. Mizoguchi and Murakami were awarded the Ig Nobel in chemistry for “determining the ideal density of air- year’s ceremony, and in that spirit strong urge to urinate were better borne wasabi (pungent horseradish) to awaken sleeping people in case of a fire or other emergency, and for applying each winner received a model this knowledge to invent the wasabi alarm.” table inscribed with the elemental Ig Nobels, Page 10 symbols on the surface — a literal

Whitehead professor Rudolf Jaenisch For MIT150, Idea Bank reopens wins National Medal of Science Invitation to reflect on MIT150 and offer new suggestions By Adisa Kruayatidee detail. Jay Scheib, associate professor Professor Rudolf Jaenisch, a take all the praise for the medal, Staff Reporter “MIT150 was a set of experiences in Music and Theater Arts, wrote in founding member of the White- crediting his entire lab with the so many members of the community the forum that he appreciated the head Institute, has been named award. The Idea Bank, an online forum participated in. The bank is a good “meaningful conversations [FAST] as one of seven recipients of “I’m very grateful,” he said to for community members to give way to get ideas from a large cross fostered across disciplines.” the 2011 National Medal of Sci- the News Office, “But I’m really MIT comments and suggestions, is section of them,” he said. “I don’t think any of us could have ence award. The National Medal only partly deserving of this. Any open again — this time to discuss the As of last night, 20 discussion top- predicted how successful and how of Science is the highest honor success I’ve had scientifically is MIT150 festivities and collect ideas ics had been posted by users. Each important the FAST Festival would in the fields of science and en- due in large part to all the imagi- for future MIT150-inspired events. user’s post starts a thread in which be at MIT,” he said. gineering in the United States. native, hardworking people in The Idea Bank is intended to foster subsequent visitors can comment. FAST — a four-month feature of Barack Obama named Professor my lab. I can’t help but feel this ideas in a setting where students, fac- MIT’s open house and the Festi- events and installations around cam- Jaenisch this past Tuesday for his type of credit should be distribut- ulty, staff, and alumni all have input. val of Art, Science, and Technology pus — included artistic exhibits cre- work on the epigenetic regula- ed more broadly. I feel it’s a team Kirk D. Kolenbrander, vice presi- (FAST) are two of the events that us- ated by students and faculty, along tion of gene expression. honor.” dent and secretary of the MIT Cor- ers on the Idea Bank have indicated with several concerts and forums Epigenetic regulation refers Jaenisch, who teaches 7.31 poration, believes MIT150 was too they would like to perpetuate, Kolen- to the biological processes that (Current topics in Mamma- important of an event not to cover in brander said. Idea Bank, Page 7 affect how genetic information lian Biology) and 7.82 (Topics of is translated into cell structures Mammalian Development and without changing the genes Genetics) has several notable themselves. This work has fur- achievements, including the thered understanding of embry- creation of the first transgenic onic and induced pluripotent mouse and the first experiment stem (IPS) cells. IPS cells appear which showed that therapeutic identical to embryonic stem cloning could be used to correct cells, but they are created from genetic defects in mice. adult cells so that eggs are not A ceremony will be held at the necessary. White House this November for The White House notified the professor and the other win- Jaenisch of his selection last ners to receive their awards. More week via email; he said he was information about Professor Jae- “shocked and honored” when nisch can be found on his fac- he heard, according to the MIT ulty website at http://wi.mit.edu/ News Office. research/faculty/jaenisch.html. However, Jaenisch refused to —Jessica J. Pourian

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Thoughts on Progress in Saudi Arabia? wasabi alarms, SECTIONS World & Nation ��2 Believe it or not, there is a precedent house dining? sigh-cology Opinion ��4 for it. OPINION, p. 4 Student Life wants to Check out more photos of Arts ��12 know! abandon pakistan the laughable science at Fun Pages ��13 OPINION, p. 4 the Ig Nobel Ceremony. Sports ��16 Pakistan has made its choice, and it PHOTO, p. 9 chose the terrorists. OPINION, p. 5 2 The Tech Friday, September 30, 2011 Obama sees path to re-election D beyond Rust Belt Banks to make customers WASHINGTON — With his support among blue-collar white voters far weaker than among white-collar independents, Presi- dent Barack Obama is charting an alternative course to re-elec- pay debit card fee tion should he be unable to win Ohio and other industrial states traditionally essential to Democratic presidential victories. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Federal Reserve in June agreed enjoy free checking accounts.

worl Without conceding ground anywhere, Obama is fighting and Ben Protess to cut the fees to about 21 cents. Al- The bank is also exploring a hard for Southern and Rocky Mountain states he won in 2008, The New York Times though the fee amounts to pennies number of other fee increases, in-

n and some he did not, in calculating how to assemble the neces- per swipe, it adds up across millions cluding for online banking, accord- sary 270 electoral votes. He is seeking to prove that those victo- Bank of America, the nation’s of transactions. The new limit is ex- ing to people with knowledge of the ries on formerly Republican turf were not flukes but the start of biggest bank, said Thursday that it pected to cost the banks about $6.6 matter. a trend that will make Democrats competitive there for years. planned to start charging custom- billion in revenue a year, beginning Bank of America’s debit fee is While Obama’s approval ratings have slid across the board ers a $5 monthly fee when they used in 2012, according to Javelin Strat- steeper than most of its competi- as unemployment remains high, what buoys Democrats is the their debit cards. It was just one of egy and Research. That comes on tors’, reflecting the broader chal- changing demographics of formerly Republican states like Col- several new charges expected to top of another loss, of $5.6 billion, lenges the bank is facing after the atio orado, where Democrats won a close Senate race in 2010, as well hit consumers as new regulations from rules restricting overdraft fees, financial crisis. The bank has intro- as Virginia and North Carolina. crimp banks’ profits. which went into effect in July 2010. duced an online-only account that With growing cities and suburbs, they are populated by in- Wells Fargo and Chase are test- And even though retailer groups charges customers for doing busi- creasing numbers of educated and higher-income indepen- ing $3 monthly debit card fees. Re- had argued that lower fees were ness at a local branch. It also plans dents, young voters, Hispanics, and blacks, many of them alien- gions Financial, based in Birming- important to keep prices in check, to apply its new debit card fees to ated by Republicans’ Tea Party agenda. ham, Ala., plans to start charging a consumers were not likely to see anyone who uses the card to make —Jackie Calmes and Mark Landler, The New York Times $4 fee next month, while SunTrust, substantial savings. In fact, they are recurring payments like gym fees or another regional powerhouse, is simply going to end up paying from cable bills.

& N Afghanistan’s leaders sour on charging a $5 fee. a different pot of money. Citibank is one of the few that The round of charges stems from Or as Jamie Dimon, chief execu- said it would not introduce a charge Pakistan and peace talks a rule, which takes effect Saturday, tive of JPMorgan Chase, put it after for debit card use. that limits the fees that banks can passage last year of the Dodd-Frank “We have talked to custom- KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s president and other se- levy on merchants every time a act, “If you’re a restaurant and you ers, and they have made it abun- nior leaders announced Thursday that they were rethinking the consumer uses a debit card to make can’t charge for the soda, you’re go- dantly clear that‚ if you charge me country’s relationship with Pakistan and its negotiations with a purchase. The rule, known as the ing to charge more for the burger.” to use my debit card, I would find the Taliban because talks had yielded so little. Durbin amendment, after its spon- Chase is now charging custom- that very irritating,” said Stephen orld As a result, the leaders said, they planned to work closely with sor Sen. Richard J. Durbin, is part of ers for a paper statement. It also, Troutner, head of Citi’s banking the United States, Europe and India to plan the country’s future. the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul like most other banks, scrapped its products. The shift in Afghanistan’s policies emerged in a statement law. debit card rewards program. And Still, the bank has made it more released by the presidential palace Thursday after a meeting Until now, the fees have been W customers that Chase inherited difficult to qualify for free checking, Wednesday night of senior government officials, including the 44 cents a transaction, on average. from Washington Mutual no longer among other moves. two vice presidents, the national security adviser and several former military commanders who are close advisers to President Hamid Karzai and who fought to push the Russians out of the country in the 1980s. “Despite making repeated attempts in the past three years, House of Representatives including sending several letters to the Taliban to open negotiations in order to bring peace and stability to the country, our leaders, scholars, influential figures, elders, women and children, old and young are being martyred,” the statement said, approves stopgap spending bill referring to a string of assassinations this year, most recently the killing of Burhanuddin Rabbani, chairman of the peace council. By Robert Pear money, as Republicans and Demo- four stopgap spending bills per fis- While the peace talks have yielded little, they had provided The New York Times crats disagreed over how to pay for cal year, according to the research Afghanistan and the United States with the hope that there could assistance to victims of natural di- service. In only three years were all be a negotiated end to the 10-year-old war. WASHINGTON — The House sasters like hurricanes, floods, torna- the regular appropriations bills ad- —Alissa J. Rubin, The New York Times on Thursday gave quick approval to does and wildfires. opted on time. Congress resorted to a stopgap spending bill that will fi- The dispute was not resolved temporary measures, also known as After online campaign, Chinese nance the government for the first but simply deferred as the Federal continuing resolutions, in the other four days of October, until lawmakers Emergency Management Agency years. dog meat festival is canceled can return and vote on a more ambi- discovered that it had enough mon- The latest dispute revolved tious seven-week spending bill. ey to continue providing disaster aid around the question of how much, if BEIJING — In the whirlwind of growth that is modern China, The stopgap bill, passed Monday through the end of the current fiscal any, of the cost of disaster assistance the loss of ancient traditions often provokes dismay and outrage. by the Senate, goes now to President year on Friday. Administration of- should be offset by cuts elsewhere in But people across the country cheered recently when officials Obama, who is expected to sign it. ficials had previously said that the the federal budget. in eastern China said they were doing away with a 600-year-old The House action came in a brief agency’s disaster relief fund might be Many House Republicans said local custom: the slaughter of thousands of dogs to be eaten at an session attended by just a few law- depleted early this week. such cuts were needed to keep fed- autumn festival. makers. Both houses of Congress are The measure approved Thursday eral spending under control. They The Jinhua Hutou Dog Meat Festival, as it is called, was can- in recess, holding only pro forma ses- will be the 157th stopgap spending voted for cuts in Energy Department celed last week after local officials were shamed by an online sions like the one on Thursday. bill enacted since 1977, according programs that guaranteed loans for campaign begun by animal rights advocates. Gruesome photo- A partisan fight over the stopgap to the nonpartisan Congressional production of clean cars and the use graphs taken at past festivals that show canine carcasses, some spending bill had raised the possibil- Research Service. Such bills have of solar energy technology. bloody and others cooked, circulated on Chinese microblogs, ity that the government might have become a regular feature of govern- Democrats argued that disas- creating popular pressure against the festival, which was set for to shut down many of its operations ment as Congress has had difficulty ter aid should not be held up while October. starting on Saturday, the first day of completing the regular annual ap- Congress hunted for ways to pay for Pet ownership has grown rapidly among the Chinese, as has a the new fiscal year. propriations bills in a timely way. it. And they said the loan guarantee greater consciousness of animal rights. The fight, like so many on Capitol From 1978 to 2011, Congress has programs were creating thousands —Edward Wong, The New York Times Hill this year, involved a dispute over enacted an average of more than of jobs.

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Stationary Front Heavy and The Tech nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Friday, September 30, 2011 The Tech 3 Moods on Twitter follow WORLD & Nati Pakistani politicians reject biological rhythms, study finds Mullen’s attack charges However grumpy when they wake up, and whether they stum- ble to their feet in Mumbai, Mexico City or Minnetonka, Minn., people tend to brighten by breakfast time and feel their mood ta- By Salman Masood off a furor in both countries, with tory to partnership approach.” They per gradually to a low in the late afternoon, before rallying again The New York Times the White House on Wednesday extended full support to the coun- near bedtime, a large-scale study of posts on the social media site seeking to temper the remarks. In try’s armed forces “in defeating any Twitter found. ISLAMABAD — Even as it re- an interview with National Public threat to national security.” Drawing on messages posted by more than 2 million people in vealed growing skepticism toward Radio on Thursday, however, Mul- The meeting of top officials here 84 countries, researchers discovered that the emotional tone of Pakistan’s powerful military, an ex- len stood by his testimony, reveal- was addressed by Gilani and For- people’s messages follows a similar pattern not only through the traordinary national security con- ing a divide within the Obama ad- eign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. day but also through the week and the changing seasons. ference ended here late Thursday ministration that has, unusually, The Pakistani army chief, Gen. The new analysis suggests our moods are driven in part by a with a statement rejecting as “base- placed Mullen publicly in the hard- Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, and chair- shared underlying biological rhythm that transcends culture and on less” allegations from America’s line position toward Pakistan. He man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff environment. top military official that Pakistan has been the U.S. official leading Committee, Gen. Khalid Shameem Outside researchers cautioned that drawing on Twitter has its was facilitating militant attacks in the effort to improve cooperation. Wynne, also attended the meet- hazards, like any other attempt to monitor the fleeting internal Afghanistan. He would not change a word of ing, which lasted more than seven states labeled as moods. For starters, Twitter users are computer- WORLD & Nati Military leaders and more than his testimony, Mullen insisted, say- hours. savvy, skew young and affluent, and post for a variety of reasons. 50 politicians representing 32 po- ing, “I phrased it the way I wanted it Most notable was a briefing by —Benedict Carey, The New York Times litical parties gathered at the resi- to be phrased.” Lt. Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha, direc- dence of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Since his remarks last week, an tor general of the spy agency, the Washington, seeking revenue, is Gilani to discuss the charges made atmosphere of crisis has gripped Inter-Services Intelligence Direc- by Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of Pakistan, and the meeting Thurs- torate, or ISI. in a mood to sell the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Last week, day was called to address fevered According to various accounts Mullen told a Senate panel that the speculation among politicians and provided afterward by participants WASHINGTON — Like Americans trying to raise quick cash by Haqqani network, a potent part of in the media that the United States and local news networks, which unloading their unwanted goods, the federal government is con- the insurgency battling U.S. forces was preparing to attack Haqqani cited unnamed sources, Pasha said sidering a novel way to reduce the deficit: holding the equivalent in Afghanistan, was a “veritable havens, which U.S. officials have that though Pakistan “did not want of a garage sale. arm” of Pakistan’s spy agency. He said are in North Waziristan, a part to take relations with the United Deep within President Barack Obama’s proposals to raise rev- also accused the agency of sup- of Pakistan’s tribal areas bordering States to the point of no return, it enue and reduce the deficit lies a method that has garnered bipar- porting an attack this month by Afghanistan. also was capable to defending itself tisan support, something rare in Washington these days. It involves Haqqani militants on the U.S. Em- On Thursday, Pakistani politi- in case of an attack.” selling an island, courthouses, maybe an airstrip, generally idle or bassy in Kabul, the Afghan capital. cians issued a 13-point resolution “Any U.S. attack against Pakistan underused vehicles, roads, buildings, land — even the airwaves

The statements reopened a rift saying that Mullen’s “assertions in the name of extremists would be used to broadcast television. on between the nominal allies and set are without substance and deroga- unacceptable,” he said. Many conservatives — including Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, chairman of the House Budget Committee, and the budget experts at the Cato Institute — support the broad idea of shrinking the government by selling parts of it. Democrats like the idea of virtually WORLD & Nati painless revenue-raising. Whether Congress can pass any bill in the current atmosphere, however, is far from certain. Madoff trustee says ruling —Edward Wyatt, The New York Times not as bad as first thought A European crisis that could be measured in years By Diana B. Henriques six years before the collapse, citing not be affected by the ruling; once The New York Times provisions of New York state law those were sifted out, the effect was It has happened time and again in recent months as Europe’s that allow for a six-year recovery reduced to $6.2 billion, made up debt crisis has played out. Stocks stage a remarkably strong come- The trustee for Bernard L. window. The judge also threw out of at least $2.7 billion in fictional back on expectations that a solution has been found. Then they Madoff’s fraud victims said Thurs- the trustee’s bid to recover prefer- profits and $3.5 billion in prefer- quickly resume their decline as hopes dissipate, leaving investors day that he had overestimated how ence claims, the cash paid out to ence claims. puzzled and frazzled. much his recovery efforts would be the team’s owners in the final 90 It says much about the scale of The problem, say close watchers of both the subprime finan- affected by a court ruling this week days of the fraud. the case that an adverse effect of cial crisis in 2008 and the European government debt crisis today, in his case against the owners of By reducing the time window $6.2 billion, rather than $11 billion, is that many investors think there is a quick and easy fix, if only the New York Mets. and eliminating preference claims can be viewed with relief among government officials can come to an agreement and act decisively. on The practical effect of the rul- — actions that lawyers said would lawyers trying to recover cash In reality, one might not exist. A best case in Europe is a bailout ing, released Tuesday by Judge Jed most likely apply to all the lawsuits to repay Madoff’s victims, who of troubled governments and their banks that keeps the financial S. Rakoff of U.S. District Court in the trustee has pending in U.S. claimed paper losses of almost $65 system from experiencing a major shock and sending economies Manhattan, will be to reduce the Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan billion and cash losses of about $18 worldwide into recession. WORLD & Nati amount of money the trustee, Ir- — the decision still “has significant billion. But a bailout doesn’t mean wiping out the huge debts that have ving H. Picard, can seek in court potential ramifications that could Picard has filed lawsuits seek- taken years to accumulate. Too much debt could take many years by $6.2 billion — not by $11 billion, affect recoveries as well as distri- ing a total of about $100 billion to ease. as the trustee’s lawyers reported butions” in the legal efforts to un- from a number of giant global —Graham Bowley and Liz Alderman, The New York Times Wednesday. wind Madoff’s epic Ponzi scheme, banks and large investors. He has In his ruling in the Mets case, Picard said in a written statement previously said that any money he US asks Supreme Court to rule Rakoff allowed the trustee to seek released Thursday. recovers in excess of the $18 bil- only the return of fictional profits If the ruling had come at the lion in cash principal lost by many on health care paid out to the Mets owners, Fred onset of the fraud case, the ef- Madoff investors could be used to Wilpon and Saul Katz, during the fect would have roughly matched cover general fraud claims that can WASHINGTON — The Obama administration asked the Su- two years before the Madoff fraud the estimate given Wednesday by be asserted by all investors bilked preme Court on Wednesday to hear a case concerning the 2010 collapsed in December 2008. Picard’s lawyer, David J. Sheehan. by Madoff, even if they recovered health care overhaul law. The development, which came unexpect- The trustee had sought to recov- But some cases have been settled all their principal before the fraud edly fast, makes it all but certain that the court will soon agree to er fictional profits paid out in the out of court and most likely will collapsed. hear one or more cases involving challenges to the law, with argu- ments by the spring and a decision by June, in time to land in the middle of the 2012 presidential campaign.

The Justice Department said the justices should hear its appeal on of a decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, in Atlanta, that struck down the centerpiece of the Some common ground found for law by a 2-1 vote. “The department has consistently and successfully defended WORLD & Nati this law in several courts of appeals, and only the 11th Circuit Court legal adversaries on health care law of Appeals has ruled it unconstitutional,” the Justice Department said in a statement. “We believe the question is appropriate for re- By Adam Liptak two sides, along with the judges in stitutional then Medicare-for-ev- view by the Supreme Court.” The New York Times the majority in the appeals court eryone is constitutional.” The administration did not explain why it did not take routine decision most likely to be reviewed Dellinger said there was irony in litigation steps that might have slowed the progress of the challeng- WASHINGTON — The 2010 by the justices, all said the dispute this harmony. “The constitutional es enough to avoid a decision in the current Supreme Court term. health care overhaul law has pro- is about means rather than ends. attack is focused on a mandate that It did say in its brief that the 11th Circuit’s decision striking down voked an unprecedented clash be- There are other ways, they said, for was necessary if the new system the central piece of a comprehensive regulatory scheme created “a tween the federal government and Congress to achieve near-universal was to utilize the existing private matter of grave national importance.” 26 states, dividing them on funda- health coverage, some of them market, which had traditionally —Adam Liptak, The New York Times mental questions about the very more expansive than what was been a conservative and Republi- structure of the federal system. enacted. can proposal for how to deal with US envoy to Syria trapped for a But the two sides share a surpris- “Both sides agree that Congress health care,” he said. ing amount of common ground, has the constitutional power to en- To be sure, the two sides dispute time by pro-Assad crowd too, starting with their agreement act a national health care system whether Congress has the power in briefs, filed Wednesday, that the that raised taxes to support a single under the Constitution’s commerce BEIRUT — Dozens of pro-government Syrians attempted to as- on Supreme Court should resolve the government agency that pays all clause to require people to buy in- sault a U.S. diplomatic delegation that included the ambassador clash in its current term. medical bills, just like Medicare,” surance through what the federal on Thursday, striking its motorcade as it traveled to a meeting with Until just days ago, it was hardly said Walter Dellinger, who served government calls a minimum cov- an opposition figure in Damascus and then trying to break into an clear that the Obama administra- as acting solicitor general in the ad- erage provision and the plaintiffs office where the meeting was held, essentially trapping the partici- W tion would agree with the states ministration of President Bill Clin- call an individual mandate. pants inside for 90 minutes. on the need for prompt review, as ton and supports the law. But they agree that Congress The United States protested the episode and suggested that there were good political reasons Randy E. Barnett, a lawyer could have achieved much the the attackers had been deliberately allowed to harass the diplo- o for moving slowly. The court’s deci- for some of the plaintiffs who on same thing through a slightly dif- matic delegation by Syrian security forces, who arrived belatedly sion is now most likely to come just Wednesday sought Supreme Court ferent mechanism, as Judge Stan- to provide safe passage for the Americans to leave. The ambassa- R

months before the 2012 presiden- review, made essentially the same ley Marcus wrote in his dissent dor, Robert S. Ford, an outspoken critic of Syria’s President, Bashar l tial election. point. from the 2-to-1 decision issued in Assad, was reported safe but some vehicles in his motorcade were Their briefs also reflect agree- “What I’ve said from Day One,” August by a panel of the 11th U.S. damaged. D ment on matters of substance. The he said, “is that if Medicare is con- Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. —Nada Bakri, The New York Times 4

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The deaths sparked a public public a sparked deaths The them. proach withoutcry. the role dissatisfaction Public broadly, police more and, of the religious re- then, Since surged. influence, religious form of the conservative system education overseers been and the religious total, has in Saudi Nowadays, been removed. have all students of 60 nearly percent Arabia, pharmacy, engineering, architec studying women. are and law ture, - Ara one within Saudi been a truly arduous the country pushed marginally has It bia. of women in acting accepting beto more for push A continued sphere. the public Arabia Saudi that is crucial now progress welcomed poli- women nominally into has and politics as their education With tics. their start women restructure can to tools, country. carveto is an enemy to neuter them way The Germa was — such - states multiple up into War World the allies after by treatment ny’s its after fate Union’s II, as well as the Soviet in half, Pakistan cut already has fall. India and it betweendividing modern Pakistan exploit seeks sodo to again, It Bangladesh. society Pakistani in lines fault ethnic the ing its parting With carveto further. it up even use should the U.S. shots in Afghanistan, In its military aid in this strategy. to might might this strategy form, extreme its least prov Baloch-dominated that ensure merely de- a high retain inces within Afghanistan federal the Afghan from of autonomy gree the form, extreme its most In government. - funnel arms national could Baloch to U.S. ac direct or take in southern Pakistan ists Where Balochistan. tion in support of a free fall on this spectrum should of poli- the U.S. be must cy — what is open choices debate to Pakistan optimism that is the naive avoided - and sud moment a Damascene will have requires. U.S. the become that denly ally the in Afghanistan restructure is the time to Now not to weakest, Pakistan makes that the way middle ground. dither in a nonexistent geo - the greatest one of as of jihadists brace century. To of the 21st missteps political appearing with Pakistan itself from prevent must the U.S. of blunderers, list in history’s one a decisive with Pakistan its break make a into nuance force to urge the resist and deserves that none. situation chance for him to obtain the nomination — obtain the nomination for him to chance chose run, to governor the if that suggesting become Perryhe would, like him, before a darling Christie, front-runner. the instant foot soldiers and Republican Party of Tea to well-positioned doesappear alike, elites - far ada thus has but the nomination, take run. to refused mantly - the fresh Rubio, Marco closely than more who currently Florida, from senator man become to favorite as the odds-on stands candidate. vice presidential the Republican in eloquence and residence youth, Rubio’s him an at make swing state an important Republican for any veep prospect tractive nominee. Race. of the State is The - - - It is important that Obama (or the next the next (or Obama that is important It on Pak playbook run, the long the U.S. In On Mar. 11, 2002, 15 girls died from a fire fire a diedgirls from 2002, 15 11, On Mar. However, the real story the real is not Romney However, heavy the is dissatisfaction this of sign A Nowadays, nearly 60% 60% nearly Nowadays, students of all Saudi engineering,studying pharmacy, architecture, women. are and law best served by a realignment toward India. India. toward best served a realignment by deserves administration praise The Obama Years of this realignment. for its execution the stage, setting carefully been spent have every opportunity to the Pakistanis giving their suicidal from edge themselves back simultaneously while geopoliticalstrategy partner of a U.S-India the waters testing is impeccable: of timing And the choice ship. than higher are in Afghanistan forces U.S. U.S. the giving been ever before, they have but Pakistan, against leverage its maximal remove to capital political president’s the un- which its zenith, is also at those forces of leverage source main Pakistan’s dercuts to routes its supply — namely, the U.S. over Afghanistan. appreciates States) of the United president Pakistan’s in implicit and finality the gravity some Already, ultimatum. Mullen’s of rebuff notion of the selling the cutesy are pundits as with Pakistan, “frenemies” being U.S. followed a script relations if international school high drama. of some out Hollywood between status is no intermediate there But — as friends here beto enemies found and - Paki its support from withdraws the U.S. for this loss will compensate Pakistan stan, on militant strongly more even relying by for its provide to the Haqqanis like groups - once initi security. The break-up, national accelerate. only can ated, of India’s. that resemble to grow should istan inside an elementaryan inside schoolthey because with exit not allowed to - the building were police, religious scarves. their head The out rescuing stopped men from or mutaween, - been ap to sinful as it would have the girls, ucation was to prepare them for their future future them for their prepare to was ucation - mean as housewives and mothers, roles sector mainly was the education that ing finally This scholars. religious by the fixed in 2002. changed clared his candidacy just six weeks ago, now his candidacy weeks six ago, just clared willis the time when the media and voters and scrutiny on his record the greatest put Mitt gives currently Intrade qualifications. of securing chance the percent a 45 Romney percent. 26 Perry’s versus nomination, Perry, against but the upper hand gaining - Repub dissatisfaction intense the rather of de- crop with current their have licans reason is good There candidates. clared PerryRomney and both be dissatisfied; to even polls, in head-to-head lose Obama to loses when polling the president though a generic GOPagainst ballot. Chris Jersey governor New effortto draw Intrade candidates. of field the Christieinto of the gov chance percent a 21 only reports ernor entering the race, but a 10 percent percent a 10 but the race, ernor entering - - - - - ; it is inconceivable that that inconceivable is it ; accompli fait On the Republican side of the coin, Rick side On the Republican Romney and Perry lose in head-to- Obama to head polls, though the losespresident against a generic GOP ballot. We have long hoped that Pakistan would Pakistan hoped long that have We - administra by the Obama The decision Despite growing progressivism abroad, abroad, progressivism Despite growing people Arabian withBut the Saudi vacated by Anthony D. Weiner. Turner’s Turner’s Weiner. D. Anthony by vacated Demo- victory registered in a district where bodes 3-to-1 Republicans outnumber crats the nation. across prospects ill for the left’s It’s dimmed considerably. has star Perry’s per Perry’s reason why: the find to hard not formance in the Republican debates have have debates formance in the Republican put to failure His been inarticulate. painfully come at not have together could sentences de- having — worsea campaign his for time choose America, not terrorists, as the guar not terrorists, choose America, been hope has of its security,antors that but Pakistan’s Mullen, Admiral Now, in vain. for booster the U.S. in remaining greatest delivered has policyeign establishment, - an ultimatum: to amounts either Paki what severs its connectionstan with the militant in Af forces NATO attacking are that groups or America willghanistan, sever its connec re- have Pakistanis The tion with Pakistan. and so the fused the Haqqanis, abandon to - relation dissolution the The of cast. is die and Pakistan ship between States the United a is billions of dol- will renew Congress the U.S. (and is actively of aid for a countrylars that of U.S. in the killing engaged publicly) now troops. nomi- our to the ultimatum deliver tion to Our is not without ally its downsides. nal war- as our well as efforts, counter-terrorism on deal great a rely in Afghanistan, fighting in the long However, cooperation. Pakistan’s long-term behavior, run, Pakistan’s given are Asia in South and Central interests U.S. The true push for women’s education came came education The truepush for women’s Al-Thunayan. Iffat wife, Faisal’s King from - Sau to secular education introducing After establish women, on to she went di Arabian 1960— college in in Riyadh girls’ the first ul-Banat. Kulliyat faced scrutiny from Faisal home King at back explained Faisal scholars. religious many them women helps make educating that never has the Quran and that good mothers, edu for the barring- called of women from enjoins “God sohe concluded that cation, woman.” and man on everylearning Muslim educating scholars, the religious backing and widely unpopular women remained of girls number the unorthodox. 1981, By - equal to the num in schools grew enrolled ed- the purpose of the girls’ Yet ber of boys. 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The ISI’s ties to an insurgent network undermine any hope of real cooperation with the US the with real cooperation of underminehope any network insurgent an tiesto ISI’s The Turning to the Haqqanis, Pakistan has made its choice Pakistan its the Haqqanis, to made has Turning Education and political representation can empower Saudi women Saudi can empower Education political representation and 4 from Page Saudi Arabia, The progressive precedent in Saudi Saudi in Arabia precedent progressive The Friday, SeptemberFriday, 30, 2011 6 The Tech Friday, September 30, 2011

10:17 p.m., Witnessed U-Haul p.m., Report of possible home- Police Log truck strike a vehicle and flee less male in the basement of MacGregor steam pipe exploded the scene on Albany St. Cam- E38. The following incidents were reported by bridge Police notified. Sep 06 Bldg. 13 (105 Rear Massachu- the Campus Police between August 31, 2011 Sep 01 Bldg. W45 (West Garage, 125 setts Ave.) 6:24 p.m., Report that and September 18, 2011. The dates below Vassar St.) 8:00 a.m., Vehicle bike parts were taken off of bike. reflect the dates the incidents occurred. This was damaged in the basement Report taken. information is compiled from the Campus of the West Garage. Car 283 Sep 06 Bldg. W79 (Simmons Hall, 229 Police’s crime log. The report does not include responds. Vassar St.) 7:05 a.m., Reports of alarms, general service calls, or incidents not Sep 01 Bldg. NE25 (5 Cambridge Ctr.) suspicious male in the area of reported to the dispatcher. 4:19 p.m., Party states an ongo- Simmons Hall. ing problem with harrassing Sep 06 Alpha Tau Omega (405 Memo- May 01 Bldg. 35 (127 Massachusetts phone calls. Sector 1 responds. rial Dr.) 9:02 a.m., Brick thrown Ave.) 12:00 a.m., Five skate- Sep 01 Bldg. W16 (Kresge Auditorium, through window. West car offi- boards stolen. Report taken. 48 Massachusetts Ave.) 3:00 cer takes report. Jun 15 Bldg. W89 (Campus Police, 291 a.m., Report of a cleaning ma- Sep 07 Bldg. E51 (70 Memorial Dr.) Vassar St.) 12:00 a.m., Larceny of chine maliciously damaged. 10:39 p.m., Party reports his mo- bike. Report taken. tor vehicle was keyed. Aug 21 Bldg. 56 (21 Ames St.) 9:00 Sep 01 Bldg. 16 (21 Ames St.) 12:00 p.m., Sep 07 Bldg. W89 (Campus Police, 291 p.m., Past larceny of camera Reporting party received a voice Vassar St.) 5:36 p.m., Party re- equipment. mail message from an unknown ports his bike was stolen from Aug 26 Bldg. N10 (155 Massachusetts person with vulgar language. the 13 bike rack area. Report Ave.) 3:00 p.m., Construction Sep 03 Bldg. W20 (Student Center, 84 taken. material stolen, report taken. Massachusetts Ave.) 12:00 a.m., Sep 07 Bldg. 8 (21 Ames St.) 1:00 p.m., Aug 27 Bldg. W89 (Campus Police, 291 Party reports laptop was stolen; Report of a suspicious person. Vassar St.) 1:00 a.m., Backpack report taken. Sep 07 Bldg. 3 (33 Massachusetts Ave.) with laptop inside stolen. Re- Sep 03 Bldg. E55 (60 Wadsworth St.) 10:44 a.m., Report of a suspi- port taken. 2:15 p.m., Party reports bike sto- cious package. Aug 31 Bldg. E2 (70 Amherst St.) 6:49 len from front of E55. Sep 08 Bldg. W11 (Religious Activities p.m., Bike was stolen, report Sep 04 Bldg. 62 (East Campus, West Center, 40 Massachusetts Ave.) taken. Parallel, 21 Ames St.) 5:25 p.m., 7:14 p.m., Malicious damage to Aug 31 Bldg. E52 (50 Memorial Dr.) 3:43 Sudden death. Massachusetts posters with anti-religion graf- p.m., Annoying phone calls. State Police investigating. fiti. Report taken. Manohar Srikanth—The Tech Aug 31 Bldg. 11 (77 Rear Massachusetts Sep 05 Theta Xi (64 Bay State Rd.) 11:36 Sep 08 Bldg. 46 (46 Vassar St.) 5:00 Ave.) 10:17 a.m., Unauthorized p.m., Report of larceny of a lap- p.m., Report of a suspicious per- MacGregor residents were evacuated yesterday for an hour use of computer. Report taken. top and iPhone from common son. Person located and given and a half after a steam pipe exploded nearby on Amherst Alley. Sep 01 Bldg. NW12 (138 Albany St.) area. Boston car responds. trespass notice, all units clear. Sep 06 Bldg. E38 (292 Main St.) 11:49 Compiled by Joseph Maurer.

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Idea Bank, from Page 1 said Jonathan A. Battat G, “Our physi- cal campus — labs, people, etc. — is intended to make viewers consider one of the most ideal tools possible the relationship between science, to engage the public and especially technology, and art. Events such as young people.” FAST LIGHT — when the Harvard The first Idea Bank was initiated in Bridge and Charles River were color- 2009 following the global economic fully lit up — drew crowds from MIT crisis of late 2008. At the time, MIT and Boston. was seeking community input on FAST should happen again for the cost-saving strategies without com- campus and city enrichment value, promising the Institute’s core values. wrote Martha E. Sieniewicz, special The ideas from that Bank were all pre- assistant to the president, in the Idea sented to one of the Institute’s newly- Bank. formed task forces in charge of re- “Let’s have FAST become a regu- viewing revenue, Kolenbrander said. lar, recurring feature of our commu- Since then, Idea Bank opened nity life, and let’s think about ways to once again in April 2010 for discussion use it to make the world more delight- of a new house dining meal plan. ful beyond just a single evening,” she Since the majority of comments said. are linked to MIT user accounts, the Catherine A. Olsson ’12 agreed Idea Bank coordinators can reach that MIT150 provided a valuable in- out to the writer directly should they tellectual addition to the campus in choose to pursue an idea, Kolen- the form of the MIT150 Symposia brander said. series. However, it is unclear how many Manohar srikanth—Tech file photo “As an undergraduate, the ex- ideas conceived in prior Idea Banks MIT150 Idea Bank posters have suggested that MIT should hold open houses more often. In this April perience of being able to attend the have come to fruition. file photo, a team from the Research Laboratory of Electronics help open houses guests build a simple DC Brains, Minds, and Machines sym- As for future Idea Banks, the focus motor in the Stata Center. posium to listen to leaders in the field is on appropriate applications of the speak, right on the MIT campus, at no ideas, Kolenbrander said. The only cost, was immensely valuable,” she criterion is that the Bank concern said on the Idea Bank website. something of broad interest to the Olsson added that the more rou- community. tine symposia the Institute usually The 2016 anniversary of MIT’s holds should be better advertised to centenary move to Cambridge is the undergraduates. Institute’s next big milestone, but Ko- Enthusiasm for the April open lenbrander believes that more can be house was also high. Attendees of the gained from the Idea Bank than cel- Institute’s one-day open house — the ebration plans. first in 30 years — seemed to appreci- “Going forward, we hope to take ate the hands-on activities and talks. with us whatever lessons we learned “Let’s have an open house every as community. That can be in terms of few years,” wrote Joseph F. Gifun, as- big events, but also how we share our sistant director of the Systems En- story and communicate our history,” gineering Group, “I worked on the he said. “[MIT150] was such a rich ex- preparation and execution of the perience, there’s value in taking time event and observed first hand the to reflect.” collaboration between departments Kolenbrander hopes to keep the for the single purpose of making the MIT150 Bank running for at least a open house a success — incredible.” month or two to create more discus- The opportunity for a great impact sion. The Idea Bank can be accessed on the community is also present, at http://ideabank.mit.edu.

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Photos by Biyeun M. Buczyk—The Tech 1. Marc Abrahams, the director and producer of the Ig Nobels, introduces Miss Sweetie Poo Liraz Brand. Miss Sweetie Poo is responsible for keeping the ceremonies 5 running on time. If a guest’s speech goes over time, she walks to the podium and re- peats, “Please stop, I’m bored,” until the guest stops talking. 2. Dan Meyer, the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, returns to Thursday’s ceremonies to preform a sword swallowing encore. 3. Daniel Rosenberg performs a chemistry experiment during an Ig Nobel Moment of Science. The theme for this year’s Ig Nobel Ceremony was chemistry. 4. Daniel Rosenberg executes another experiment involving oscillating metronomes on top of soda cans. 5. A human target stands on stage as people throw paper airplanes across Sanders Theatre, a long time tradition of the Ig Nobels.

From wasabi alarms to the link between urination and the brain to armored tanks, this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes gathered some of the funniest yet thought- provoking science on the planet to Har- vard’s Sanders Theater last night. Between the award presentations, the audience was serenaded with chemistry opera and welcomed to throw paper airplanes at the stage. The Tech captured some of the evening’s finest — and funniest — moments. CH 3 O N

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Ig Nobels, from Page 1 at suppressing impulses, including “increasing ability to resist more immediate temptations in monetary decision making.” The other group discovered that an intense need to urinate and staying up for 24 hours continuously have the same negative effect on driving ability. One of the scientists summed it up in his acceptance speech, saying, “When you gotta go, you gotta g o.” The literature prize was awarded to John R. Perry of Stanford University for his Theory of Structured Procrastination. The theory states, “to be a high achiever, always work on something important, using it as a way to avoid doing something that’s even more important.” Students may be interested in reading his study, “How to Procrastinate and Still Get Things Done.” Part of his paper is about pro- crastinating by doing tasks that are still some- Biyeun M. Buczyk—The Tech what important. “Doing these tasks becomes a Maria Ferrante serenades Nobel Laureates Dudley Herschbach (Chemistry 1986) (left) and Peter A. Diamond PhD ’63 (Economics way of not doing the things higher up on the list 2010) (right) with the joys of caffeine and its importance in coffee during Chemist in a Coffee Shop, this year’s Ig Nobel mini-opera. … the procrastinator becomes a useful citizen,” the study reads. Since the professor himself sigh. Observing test subjects attempting to oxide. ceremonies. Lipscomb, a Harvard chemistry was in Germany last night, Perry’s assistant ac- solve impossible puzzles, the Norwegian team The crowd at the Ig Nobels included several professor and 1976 Nobel Laureate in Chemis- cepted the prize for him. discovered, perhaps unsurprisingly, that a sigh delegations dressed in costumes. Two groups try, participated in the Ig Nobels for many years Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, Lithu- is a sign of giving up. Teigen says this research from MIT made an appearance — Maseeh before he passed away this spring. The video ania, won the Ig Nobel Peace Prize for his dis- was intended as an exercise for his students, Hall sent a group wearing atomic mass num- showed scenes of him acting in skits, perform- covery that “the problem of illegally parked and, since their work dealt in a previously unin- bers on their shirts and sporting foil helmets, ing with his clarinet, and tying his signature luxury cars can be solved by running them over vestigated field, they had to “invent [their] own while five members of “Epsilon Sigma Pi” — bow tie. The tribute to Lipscomb was both tact- with an armored tank.” sigh-cology” as a part of the process. the Educational Studies Program — dressed ful and touching while still revealing his jovial As many scientists aspire to do, Zuokas suc- The comedic atmosphere of the Ig No- up in hats shaped like sea creatures. One of the personality, and the tribute fit seamlessly into cessfully put his research into practice in his bels was enhanced between the presentation ESP members, Ben W. Horkley ’14, said that the rest of the show. town this August. To laughter and cheering of awards. The audience was entertained by they came to “celebrate science” and that their The Ig Nobels this year provided a source from the audience, Zuokas said that his work “Chemist in a Coffee Shop,” a mini-opera about costumes were influenced by “a deep love of of laughter, but also food for thought. Marc reaches worldwide because “an idiot is the chemical composition and the effects of cof- crustaceans.” Abrahams, editor of the Annals of Improbable same no matter where he is and what language fee. Attendees also “recycled” paper airplanes Non-MIT delegations in attendance includ- Research and master of ceremonies, summed he speaks,” and that this discovery helps lessen made from their programs by throwing them ed the Studmuffins of Science, Museum of Bad it up when he said the awards show “makes idiocy. at a human target on the stage. In another Art, and Lawyers For and Against Chemistry. people laugh, and then think.” The lineup of quirky discoveries continued audience participation effort, one audience The ceremony this year included serious- Those interested in learning more about the when it came time for the psychology prize. member won a date with 1988 Nobel Prize in ness amidst the celebration when the hosts research behind the laughs may attend the free Karl H. Teigen of the University of Oslo and his Medicine winner Louis J. Ignarro, famous for paid tribute to William N. Lipscomb with a vid- informal lectures by the Ig Nobel prize winners, students studied the possible reasons people demonstrating the signaling properties of nitric eo comprised of his moments from past awards which will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. in 26-100.

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By Milton J. Valencia tacks on the Pentagon and our na- held without bail until a danger- 2008 with a Bachelor of Science individual, even one with no direct The Boston Globe tion’s Capitol.” ousness hearing can be held at 3 degree in Physics, the university connections to, or formal training She and Richard DesLauri- p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3. confirmed. from, an international terrorist or- ASHLAND — An Ashland ers, special agent in charge of the Ferdaus lived with his parents According to the affidavit, ganization, can pose a danger to man who holds a physics degree FBI’s Boston division, said the ar- and has a younger brother. The Ferdaus told the undercover FBI the community.” from Northeastern University was rest should not reflect on the larger family was well known in the neigh- agents that he started thinking Ferdaus became the third U.S. charged Wednesday with an Al Qa- Muslim community. borhood, “nice people in our com- about violent jihad against the citizen with Massachusetts ties to eda-inspired plot to send a remote- Prosecutors say that Ferdaus munity,” said Ashland Police Chief United States after seeing videos be charged in a terrorism-related controlled aircraft carrying explo- modified mobile phones to act as Scott Rohmer. and reading materials promoted by plot since 2007, when Daniel Mal- sives into the Pentagon and the US electrical switches for improvised Ferdaus plays the drums and Al Qaeda. It was then that he real- donado, who had connections to Capitol “to kill as many people as explosive devices and that he gave played in local bands, including ized “how evil America is and that Methuen and Lowell, was charged possible,” according to a complaint eight of them to the FBI undercov- Goosepimp Orchestra, a psyche- jihad is the solution,” according to with supporting terrorists in So- filed in federal court. er agents, who he thought were Al delic Latin/funk band, and Silk the affidavit. malia. He was convicted and sen- Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, a U.S. Qaeda recruiters. According to the Road, which promoted its songs as “As a result, he decided to, in his tenced to 10 years in prison. citizen whose only known previ- affidavit, when told that one of the sounding like “a six-pack of Pabst own words, ‘terrorize’ the United In 2008, Sudbury resident Tarek ous crime was vandalism, told FBI devices had killed three US soldiers and a mechanical bull,” according States by attacking Washington, Mehanna was arrested on charges agents working undercover as Al and injured at least four others in D.C.,” the affidavit said. of lying to FBI agents in a terrorism Qaeda members that he wanted to Iraq, he exclaimed, “That was ex- ‘This is what we Ferdaus first started talking of investigation. He was later charged “change the world,” according to actly what I wanted.” his plans earlier this year to a wit- with conspiring to provide material the complaint. Also, prosecutors said that Fer- have to do. This ness who was working with the support to terrorists and is slated to “I just can’t stop; there is no oth- daus had already hatched a plan FBI. The witness has his own crimi- go to trial Oct. 24. er choice for me,” he told the agents, to attack federal buildings before is the righteous nal record and was working as an U.S. Representative William according to an affidavit written by he met the undercover agents this way … to terrorize informant. R. Keating of Massachusetts, the FBI Special Agent Gary S. Cacace. year. He traveled to Washington, But the witness later introduced state’s only member of the House “This is what we have to do. This D.C. and took pictures of the Pen- enemies of Allah.’ Ferdaus to two undercover FBI Homeland Security Committee, is the righteous way … to terrorize tagon and the Capitol. —Rezwan Ferdaus agents, and Ferdaus went on to said Wednesday that the arrest of enemies of Allah,” he said, calling He subsequently received at tell them of his plans, according to Ferdaus is a textbook example of for the deaths of any kafir — the least $7,000 from the agents to pur- to websites. court records. the dangers the United States faces Arabic term for nonbeliever. chase one of the remote-controlled Some neighbors said he tended He allegedly provided them from homegrown extremists, and Federal officials said that at no planes, which was the size of a hu- to seclude himself from neighbor- with computer thumb drives de- that national security officials have point did Ferdaus have sole con- man body. The agents also deliv- hood parties. “He had no interest in tailing the types of planes he would been warning of their growth. They trol of explosive materials, such as ered 25 pounds of C4 explosives, socializing,” said Brenda Macmil- use — more than 5 feet long, with a may follow Al Qaeda propaganda C4, or guns, and that he was closely three grenades, and six AK-47 as- lan, who lives across the street. wing span of more than 4 feet and through videos and texts, and are monitored by the FBI during his al- sault rifles to Ferdaus. He planned In 2003, Ferdaus was charged able to carry about 10 to 12 pounds then incited to carry out attacks leged plotting in the past year. But to recruit other men to shoot at along with two Ashland High each. He preferred the F-4 Phan- without the scrutiny that a foreign- they also say that he was repeatedly people fleeing the Pentagon, pros- School classmates for overnight tom and the F-86 Sabre, small-scale er may receive. questioned about his plans and ecutors said. vandalism in which concrete was versions of U.S. military fighter jets, “There’s a new kind of threat, a that he was committed to carrying Ferdaus obtained the first plane poured in front of 10 school doors. and would launch them from East- new strain of threat, and we have to out the attacks. in August. He then had the under- The students, however, denied ern Potomac Park. He referred to be aware of it,” Keating said, add- “Our top priority is to protect cover agents deliver the explosive in letters to classmates that they them as “detonators,” and would ing that it was the first lesson he our nation from terrorism and materials and guns Wednesday to a burned an American flag that had fly them using a global positioning learned when he took office ear- national security threats,” U.S. At- storage facility in Framingham that been found flying upside-down in satellite. lier this year. “If people need to get torney Carmen M. Ortiz said in a he had rented to plan his attacks. front of the school that morning. “This is realistic. … I can make a clearer message of what we’re statement. Once he took possession of the ma- Ferdaus was placed on probation these things happen,” he reportedly hearing [of the growing threat], “The conduct alleged today terials, he was arrested. and ordered to pay $406 in restitu- said. “What I envision is that it’s go- these events should make people shows that Mr. Ferdaus had long After making an initial ap- tion, according to local reports. ing to … essentially decapitate the even more aware of that. It can be planned to commit violent acts pearance in U.S. District Court in Ferdaus went on to graduate entire empire.” someone inside the US presenting against our country, including at- Worcester, Ferdaus was ordered from Northeastern University in DesLauriers said: “a committed the danger. Those things are real.”

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