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October 14, 2009

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pay czar wants Health Bill Wins One Republican Vote

a.i.g. to reduce WASHINGTON — After
months of relentless courting and
tee’s action as “a critical mile-
stone” and declared, “We are
of Iowa, the senior Republican on
the committee, said the bill put

promised bonuses suspense, Sen. Olympia J. Snowe,

the Maine Republican, cast her
vote with Democrats on Tuesday
now closer than ever before to
passing health reform.” But he
added: “Now is not the time to
the nation on “a slippery slope
toward more and more govern-
ment control of health care.”
as the Senate Finance Committee pat ourselves on the back. Now The Congressional Budget Of-
The federal pay czar is trying to approved legislation to remake is not the time to offer ourselves fice said the bill would cost $829
force the American International the health care system and pro- congratulations. Now is the time billion over 10 years. The costs
Group to reduce $198 million in vide coverage to millions of the to dig in and work even harder to include $345 billion for the expan-
bonuses promised to employees uninsured. get this done.” sion of Medicaid and $461 billion
of the financial unit whose prob- With Snowe’s support, the com- The Finance Committee was for subsidies to help lower-in-
lems posed a threat to the global mittee approved the $829 billion the fifth and final Congressio- come people buy insurance.
financial system last year. measure by a vote of 14 to 9, with nal panel to approve a sweeping The budget office said the costs
But the Treasury’s special all the other Republicans op- health care bill. The legislation would be completely offset by new
master for compensation, Ken- posed. still faces significant hurdles. fees and taxes and by cutbacks in
neth Feinberg, is running into le- “Is this bill all that I would Aside from Snowe, no Republi- Medicare, so federal budget defi-
gal hurdles because those bonus- want?” Snowe asked. “Far from cans have endorsed the bills. cits in the next 10 years would be
es fall outside new rules against it. Is it all that it can be? No. But Pressure from lobbyists is $81 billion lower than now pro-
bonus payments at companies re- when history calls, history calls. sure to grow in coming weeks. jected.
ceiving government assistance. I happen to think that the conse- And many more lawmakers will But Douglas W. Elmendorf, di-
The bonus agreements at issue quences of inaction dictate the get involved in what promise to rector of the Congressional Bud-
were struck before last year’s urgency of Congress taking every be impassioned and highly politi- get Office, said his agency had not
emergency rescues by the Trea- opportunity to demonstrate its cized debates on the floor of the estimated the impact of the bill on
sury and the Federal Reserve. capacity to solve the monumen- Senate and the House. overall national health spending,
The problem is a recurring one. tal issues of our time.” After the Finance Committee public and private, and could not
A.I.G. payments early this year to Snowe’s remarks riveted col- vote, the chief architect of the say whether it would “bend the
the same employees elicited pub- leagues and thrilled the White bill, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., cost curve,” as Obama and law-
lic outrage, though government House. President Obama had the chairman of the committee, makers want.
officials said then that they had sought her vote, hoping that she declared: “It’s clear that health Likewise, Elmendorf said he
little legal authority to rescind would break with Republican care reform will pass this year. did not know for sure how the bill
the contracts. leaders and provide at least a ve- Our action today provides terrific would affect premiums.
To strengthen his hand, Fein- neer of bipartisanship to the bill. momentum.” ROBERT PEAR and
berg is threatening to reduce Obama described the commit- But Sen. Charles E. Grassley DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
the compensation packages he
does control, according to a per-
son close to the discussions. That
could mean shrinking the pay of
Biden No Longer a Lone Voice on Afghanistan
other A.I.G. executives — includ- WASHINGTON — From the of the assumptions and began stands this issue very, very deep-
ing its new chief, Robert Benmo- moment he took office, Vice asking questions about whether ly,” said Sen. John F. Kerry of
sche — if the company does not President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has there might be other approaches Massachusetts, Biden’s succes-
claw back part of the bonuses been President Obama’s in-house that might get you as good or bet- sor as chairman of the Foreign
for the people in its trading unit, pessimist on the war in Afghani- ter results at lower cost,” said Relations Committee. “He’s been
known as A.I.G. Financial Prod- stan, the strongest voice against Richard N. Haass, the president there many times.
ucts. further escalation of U.S. forces. of the Council on Foreign Rela- Beyond Biden’s strategic con-
At companies that received ex- It was a role that may have been tions, who has been consulted by cerns, some who participated in
traordinary government support, lonely at first, but has attracted Biden on the matter. administration deliberations this
Feinberg’s task is to monitor and more company inside the White Biden’s approach would reject year said he was keenly aware
enforce rules governing new House as Obama rethinks the the additional troops sought by that the country, and particularly
pay packages. He can approve strategy he unveiled just seven Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal and his party’s liberal base, was grow-
or reject cash pay that exceeds months ago. leave the U.S. force in Afghanistan ing tired of the war and might not
$500,000 for top executives. For Biden, the role represents roughly the same, 68,000. Rather accept many more years of ex-
After A.I.G. paid $165 million in an evolution in his own thinking, than emphasize protecting the tensive U.S. commitment.
bonuses to the Financial Products a shift from his days as a liberal population, he would accelerate While officials anticipate that
group in March, it promised to try hawk advocating loudly for U.S. training of Afghan forces to take Obama will fall somewhere be-
to recover much of the money to involvement in Afghanistan. over the fight while hunting Al tween the vice president’s posi-
quell the uproar. But it has recov- Year by year, the story of Biden’s Qaeda in Pakistan using drones tion and his commanding gener-
ered only $19 million of the $45 disenchantment with the Afghan and special forces. He does not al’s request for as many as 40,000
million it asked the recipients to government, and by extension favor abandoning Afghanistan, more troops, they agree that
repay, according to a new audit of with the engagement there, mir- but his view has caught on with Biden has been a forceful pres-
A.I.G.’s compensation program rors America’s slow but steady many liberals. ence in shaping the choices — not
and government’s oversight. turn against the war. “The vice president is asking entirely unlike his predecessor,
MARY WILLIAMS WALSH “He came to question some great questions and he under- Dick Cheney. PETER BAKER
International Wednesday, October 14, 2009 2

Guinea Boasts of a Big Infrastructure Deal in brief

DAKAR, Senegal — Guinea’s massacre and swiftly backed shaky electricity at best and the
military government, facing in- away from any agreements with sprawling country of 10 million, Romanian Vote
ternational sanctions and heavy the military government after its about the size of Oregon, is virtu- The government of Romania
strictures over a mass killing of soldiers fired upon protesters in a ally without internal air links. collapsed after a vote of no con-
unarmed demonstrators, is high- stadium in the capital, Conakry. “How the Chinese are to be fidence on Tuesday. The toppling
lighting a recent agreement with On Tuesday, a group comprising compensated hasn’t been decid- of Prime Minister Emil Boc’s
a Chinese company that could the European Union, the African ed,” Kallo said. centrist government reinforced
provide it with billions of dollars. Union and the United Nations, Elsewhere in Africa, China has the sense of political upheaval
Mamadi Kallo, the military jun- among others, called for the been fiercely determined in its in Eastern and Central Europe,
ta’s secretary of state in charge junta’s “withdrawal,” and some pursuit of minerals, often absent where the governments of Hun-
of public works, confirmed Tues- of Guinea’s neighbors in West Af- considerations of how countries gary, the Czech Republic and
day that the deal had been in the rica have threatened sanctions. are governed, and analysts said Latvia have collapsed in recent
works for months, but he said it For the second straight day, an unusual number of Chinese months amid economic hard
was signed only over the week- shops, businesses and offices nationals had been observed over times.  (NYT)
end, well after the civilian killings stayed shut in Conakry, as resi- recent months at Guinea’s minis-
and rapes on Sept. 28. dents observed a call by unions to try of mines.
China has yet to confirm the stay home to protest the killings. One expert on Africa-China Request for Asylum
deal, leading some analysts to There was little traffic, and the relations, David H. Shinn, a for- The Iranian filmmaker Narg-
suggest that the Guinean gov- city was quiet, residents said. mer ambassador to Ethiopia es Kalhor, daughter of President
ernment was trying to bolster its Kallo insisted the deal had been and Burkina Faso, said “the an- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ad-
legitimacy in the face of interna- signed with a private company, nouncement remains something viser on cultural and media af-
tional condemnation. But if the not the Chinese government, and of an embarrassment to China fairs, has applied for asylum in
deal has progressed as Guinean that it had agreed to invest “up to and plays into its policy of em- Germany, a spokesman for the
officials have described, it could $7 billion” in electricity and aero- phasizing state sovereignty and Nuremberg Human Rights Film
clash with the tough positions laid nautics infrastructure — an enor- avoiding interference in gover- Festival said. Kalhor was at-
out by the junta’s critics, includ- mous sum for a country whose nance and human rights issues in tending the festival to present
ing France and the United States. gross domestic product is only other countries.” her film “Darkhish,” which con-
Many nations condemned the $4.5 billion. Guinea’s capital has  ADAM NOSSITER demns torture and totalitarian-
ism.  (AP)

Russian Foreign Minister Rejects Iran Sanctions Execution Appeal

MOSCOW — Denting President “Threats, sanctions and threats to have paid dividends for the Diplomatic officials and
Obama’s hopes for a powerful al- of pressure in the current situa- White House when Medvedev rights groups in Britain are
ly in his campaign to press Iran tion, we are convinced, would be appeared to throw his support be- waging a campaign to save
on its nuclear program, Russia’s counterproductive,” he said. hind Obama on Iran, though U.S. the life of Akmal Shaikh, 53, a
foreign minister said Tuesday Three weeks ago, President officials say the Russian presi- British man who has been sen-
that threatening Tehran now Dmitri A. Medvedev said that “in dent was also likely to have been tenced to death for drug smug-
with harsh new sanctions would some cases, sanctions are inevi- reacting to the disclosure of the gling by a Chinese court despite
be “counterproductive.” table.” This was viewed by some nuclear site. signs of mental illness. Chi-
The minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, U.S. officials as a sign that Rus- After the meeting with Lavrov, na rarely executes foreigners.
said after meeting with Secretary sia was finally coming around to Clinton met Medvedev later on Shaikh, who has been sharing a
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton the Obama administration’s view Tuesday, and administration offi- cell with 20 other prisoners in
here that diplomacy should be that Iran is best handled with di- cials said he did not retreat from Urumqi, the regional capital of
given a chance to work, particu- plomacy backed by a credible his support in his discussions with Xinjiang, has one remaining ap-
larly after a meeting in Geneva threat of sanctions. her. But he said nothing about peal, to the Supreme People’s
earlier this month in which the It also came after the Obama Iran publicly before or after the Court in Beijing.  (NYT)
Iranian government said it would administration announced it meeting. Prime Minister Vladi-
allow U.N. inspectors to visit its would retool a European mis- mir V. Putin, who has been skep- Mobster’s Funeral
clandestine nuclear enrichment sile defense system opposed by tical of sanctions, was in China on
facility near Qum. Russia. That move was thought a trade mission.  (NYT) With an array of pinstripes,
leather coats and facial scars,
princes of the Russian under-
Congo and Angola Agree to Suspend Mass Expulsions world gathered on Tuesday
to say farewell to a king. Vy-
JOHANNESBURG — Tens The expulsions began in An- people and looting their goods, acheslav K. Ivankov, a Rus-
of thousands of people — some gola, where the government has even sometimes their clothes,” sian crime boss who survived
of them wrenched from their been annoyed by the many im- Mende said. “We began our own tangles with the K.G.B., the
homes with only the clothes on poverished Congolese who cross expulsions as a kind of retalia- F.B.I. and violent criminals in a
their backs — have been expelled the border. Some fled the war in tion.” bloody career that spanned de-
from both Angola and Congo in their homeland. Others crossed The largest share of the forc- cades, was laid to rest at a Mos-
what has been a tit-for-tat immi- in search of an economic lift, in- ibly returned Angolans came cow cemetery. Ivankov died on
gration dispute. cluding those who hope to pluck a from the province of Bas-Congo. Friday in a Moscow hospital
But after weeks of acrimony, fortune in the diamond fields. Most of the Congolese expelled from complications stemming
both countries on Tuesday agreed “We never challenged the ex- from Angola were taken from an from a gunshot wound he re-
to suspend the expulsions, said pulsions themselves; we chal- area around the city of Soyo or the ceived in an apparent assassi-
Congo’s information minister, lenged the way they were being enclave of Cabinda. nation attempt in July. He was
Lambert Mende. conducted — all the beating of  BARRY BEARAK 69. (NYT)
national Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3

Still on the Job, but Making Half as Much in brief

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — to being the family’s principal steep decline of total weekly pay
The captain’s hat with its oak- breadwinner, although as the for production workers, pilots
leaf clusters sits atop a bookcase months pass he worries more. “I among them, representing 80 per-
Sentence Reduced
in Bryan Lawlor’s home, out of don’t want to be a 50-year-old pilot cent of the work force. That index In Spying Case
reach of the children. His uniform earning $40,000 a year,” he said. has fallen for nine consecutive A federal judge in Miami ap-
still displays the four stripes of a In recent decades, layoffs were months, an unprecedented string proved a lighter sentence Tues-
commercial airline captain, but the standard way of cutting la- over the 44 years the bureau has day for one of five Cubans con-
the hat stays home. Rules forbid bor costs. Reducing the wages calculated weekly pay. The old victed in 2001 of spying on anti-
that extra display of authority, of those who remained on the job record was a two-month decline, Castro Cuban exiles. In Cuba,
now that Lawlor has been down- was considered risky: the best during the 1981-1982 recession. the five are considered political
graded to first officer. workers would jump to another “What this means,” said Thom- prisoners, and the Cuban gov-
He is now in the co-pilot’s seat employer. But now pay cuts are as J. Nardone, an assistant com- ernment has lobbied for their
in the 50-seat ExpressJet com- occurring more frequently than missioner at the bureau, “is that release, arguing that they were
muter planes he flies, not for any at any time since the Great De- the amount of money people are not spying on the United States
failure in skill. He wears his cap- pression. paid has taken a big hit; not just so much as trying to ferret out
tain’s stripes to make that point. State workers in Georgia are those who have lost their jobs, but right-wing anti-Castro terror-
But with air travel down, his em- taking home smaller paychecks. those who are still employed.” ists. On Tuesday, Judge Joan
ployer cut costs by downgrad- So are the tens of thousands of Bryan and Tracy Lawlor, both A. Lenard replaced the life sen-
ing 130 captains, those with the employees in California’s pub- 34, have hidden their straitened tence for one of the men, Anto-
lowest seniority, to first officers, lic university system. The steel circumstances from their four nio Guerrero, with a sentence of
automatically cutting the wage of company Nucor and the technol- young children. But as their sav- 262 months, or almost 22 years,
each by roughly 50 percent — to ogy giant Hewlett-Packard have ings dwindle, Christmas, a key in- which means he will be out of
$34,000 in Lawlor’s case. embraced the practice. So have dicator in the Lawlor family, will prison in about seven years,
The demotion, the cut in pay to several airlines and many small mean fewer presents this year. counting time served since his
less than his wife, Tracy, makes businesses. “You don’t want to see disap- 1998 arrest and time off for
as a fourth-grade teacher, have The Bureau of Labor Statistics pointment on their faces; that good behavior. Guerrero, a U.S.
diminished Lawlor, in his own does not track pay cuts, but it sug- makes me feel horrible,” Lawlor citizen, was convicted of spying
eyes. He still thinks he will return gests they are reflected in the said.  LOUIS UCHITELLE while working at the Naval Air
Station in Key West.  (NYT)

Drawbacks Found in Popular Prostate Surgery Lower Minimum

Prostate cancer patients who assisted surgeries, which have Men in the study who under- When Coloradoans voted to
chose minimally invasive sur- led to a surge in the popularity of went minimally invasive surgery tie the state’s minimum wage
gery, rather than more exten- the procedures in recent years. had shorter hospital stays, fewer to inflation, they were trying
sive operations to remove the “People intuitively think that a respiratory complications and to make sure low-wage work-
prostate, reported higher rates minimally invasive approach has other surgical complications. ers did not fall too far behind
of long-term problems, including fewer complications, even in the But they had more complications the cost of living. But their vote
impotence and incontinence, ac- absence of data,” said Dr. Jim. C. involving the genital and uri- has had an unintended con-
cording to one of the largest stud- Hu, the study’s lead author, who nary organs immediately after sequence: Colorado plans to
ies to compare outcomes to date. is director of urologic robotic and surgery, with 4.7 percent having lower its minimum wage next
Patients achieved similar minimally-invasive surgery at those complications, compared year because of falling inflation
rates of cancer control regard- Brigham and Women’s Hospital with 2.1 percent of the open sur- rates, becoming the first state
less of which surgery they had, in Boston. He added, “I think the gery patients. in the nation do so. The state’s
the analysis found. technology has been oversold.” When researchers looked at Department of Labor and Em-
The study, published in the Harvard researchers assessed complications more than 18 ployment said it planned to low-
Journal of the American Medi- the outcomes of 1,938 men who months later, they found that er the wage to $7.24 from $7.28.
cal Association, raises questions had minimally invasive prostate men who had minimally invasive The federal minimum is $7.25
about the claims made regarding surgery and 6,899 men who had surgery were at greater risk of an hour, and it is illegal for
the superiority of minimally in- open surgery. All the patients suffering from incontinence and most businesses in Colorado to
vasive laparoscopic and robotic- were 65 or older. erectile dysfunction.  (NYT) pay workers less than that, so
virtually all low-wage workers
will see a drop of only 3 cents
Some States Forgo Road Signs on Stimulus Program per hour.  (NYT)

The Great Depression had its a waste of money. ment about their cost.
red, white and blue “U.S.A. Work The signs, which proclaim “The more we reflected on it,
Shelter Defies Town
Program” signs and the ubiqui- “Project Funded by the Ameri- the more we realized they were Brookville, Pa., which tried to
tous “We Do Our Part” blue eagle can Recovery and Reinvestment absolutely right: it’s not the best shut down a church-run home-
emblems, which can still be seen Act” over the red, white, blue and use of the money,” said Spear, less shelter, has agreed to pay
in the credits of films of the era. green logo of the stimulus, cost an who added that the decision would the church $100,000 to settle a
This recession has green high- average of $1,200 apiece in Geor- save money that could be spent on civil suit. The First Apostles’
way signs telling drivers when gia, said David Spear, the press more construction work. Doctrine Church, which runs
construction work was paid for secretary for the Georgia Depart- The use of signs for stimulus the Just for Jesus shelter near
by the stimulus program — but ment of Transportation. The sign projects was strongly encour- the business district, sued the
not in Georgia, which just be- issue became a lightning rod for aged by the Federal Highway town in November, saying it
came the latest of at least half a critics of the stimulus, and many Administration but not required. was infringing on its religious
dozen states to forgo the signs as of them complained to the depart- MICHAEL COOPER liberty. (NYT)
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support a provocative idea: if cember. This Saudi position has
wealthy countries reduce their The chief Saudi negotiator, Mo- emerged periodically as a source CIT Chief Will Resign
oil consumption to combat global hammad al-Sabban, described of dispute since the earliest glob- The CIT Group, the business
warming, they should pay com- the position as a “make or break” al climate talks, in Rio de Janeiro lender, said Tuesday that its chair-
pensation to oil producers. provision for the Saudis, as na- in 1992. man and chief executive, Jeffrey
The oil-rich kingdom has tions stake out their stance ahead Petroleum exporters have M. Peek, would resign at the end of
pushed this position for years in of the global climate summit long used delaying tactics dur- the year. Devastated by the down-
earlier climate-treaty negotia- scheduled for the end of the year. ing climate talks. They view any turn in the credit markets, CIT has
tions. While it has not succeeded, “Assisting us as oil-exporting attempt to reduce carbon emis- been trying to avoid bankruptcy
its efforts have sometimes de- countries in achieving economic sions by developed countries as a for months as it restructures its
layed or disrupted discussions. diversification is very crucial menace to their economies. operations. The company said
The kingdom is once again gear- for us through foreign direct in-  JAD MOUAWAD that a search committee is form-
ing up to take a hard line on the is- vestments, technology transfer,  and ANDREW C. REVKIN ing to find a successor . (AP)
Business Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5

Slump Strengthens China’s Export Presence in brief

SHANGHAI — With the global allowing China to gain ground in plunged 19 to 24 percent in each
recession making consumers and old markets and make inroads in country, according to Global Ford and Union Deal
businesses more price-conscious, new ones. Trade Information Services. DETROIT — The United Au-
China is grabbing market share The most striking gains have A similar tale is told around the tomobile Workers union is ask-
from its export competitors, so- come in the United States, where world, from Japan to Italy. ing 41,000 members who work
lidifying a dominance in world China has displaced Canada this One reason is the ability of Chi- at the Ford Motor Co. to ap-
trade that many economists say year as the largest supplier of im- nese manufacturers to quickly prove a tentative deal that gives
could last long after any econom- ports. slash prices by reducing wages the automaker some of the
ic recovery. In the first seven months of and other costs in production same concessions that General
China’s exports this year have 2008, just under 15 percent of zones that often rely on migrant Motors and Chrysler already
already vaulted it past Germany American imports came from workers. received. The deal, announced
to become the world’s biggest ex- China. Over the same period this Factory managers here say Tuesday by Ford and the union,
porter. Now, those market share year, 19 percent did. Meanwhile, American buyers are demand- contains a six-year freeze on
gains are threatening to increase Canada’s share of American im- ing they do just that. “The buyers wages for newly hired workers,
trade frictions with the United ports fell to 14.5 percent, from are getting more and more tough combines some job classifica-
States and Europe. nearly 17 percent. in bargaining for lower prices, es- tions and limits the union’s abil-
China is winning a larger piece Besides increasing its share of pecially American buyers,” says ity to strike. In return, workers
of a shrinking pie. Although world many American markets, China Liao Yuan, the head of interna- would get a $1,000 bonus next
trade declined this year because is increasing the value of exports tional trade at the Changrun Gar- year and Ford would make fu-
of the recession, consumers are in absolute terms in some catego- ment Company, which is based in ture product commitments at
demanding lower-priced goods ries. In knit apparel, for instance, southern China and exports jeans five assembly plants. (NYT)
and Beijing, determined to keep American imports from China to Europe and the United States.
its export machine humming, is jumped 10 percent through July “They offer $2.85 per pair of jeans
finding a way to deliver. of this year — while America’s for a package of a dozen, when the Cisco Buys Starent
The country’s factories are imports from Mexico, Hondu- reasonable price is $7.” Cisco Systems on Tuesday an-
aggressively reducing prices — ras, Guatemala and El Salvador  DAVID BARBOZA nounced that it would pay $35 a
share, or $2.9 billion, for Star-

Some Still Hope to Sell Music by the Month ent Networks, which makes
products that help wireless tele-
communications companies
SAN FRANCISCO — The idea with offices in Los Angeles and has managed to challenge iTunes, ship large volumes of data to
of selling monthly subscriptions San Francisco. with its many millions of users — phones and computing devic-
to a vast catalog of online music Rdio and similar startups are or enticed music lovers from pi- es. The deal represents about a
has met with only limited suc- reinventing a concept pioneered rating music. 20 percent premium over Star-
cess. That isn’t stopping a new earlier this decade by Rhapsody, But as CD sales continue to ent’s closing price on Monday of
batch of entrepreneurs from try- a service majority owned by plummet, and the music industry $29.03 a share.  (NYT)
ing to make it work. RealNetworks, and the tamed searches for a profitable future,
The latest and perhaps most version of Napster, now owned entrepreneurs with various ap-
surprising entrants to the field by Best Buy. A few hundred proaches believe they can finally Europe Shoe Duties
are the European entrepreneurs thousand Rhapsody and Napster make music subscriptions work. BRUSSELS — The European
Niklas Zennstrom and Janus subscribers pay monthly fees of Rdio is hoping to introduce a mu- Union’s executive is proposing
Friis. In 2001, they created and fi- around $15 for the right to stream sic subscription service by early to extend antidumping duties
nanced Kazaa, one of the original an unlimited number of songs, at next year that offers seamless ac- on shoes imported from China
peer-to-peer file sharing services any time, from their PCs and mo- cess to music from both PCs and and Vietnam for a minimum of
that hurt the music industry. The bile devices. cellphones. The big challenge will 15 months, a compromise that
two have created and financed But with modest membership be to get licenses from the major aims to satisfy shoemakers and
a secretive startup called Rdio, growth at best, neither service music labels. BRAD STONE retailers alike in Europe. (NYT)

For Safety’s Sake, Hybrid Cars May Include Some Artificial Vroom
For decades, automakers have ly enhanced vroom. Indeed, just scribes as “a cross between a star- and on the Internet. The Pedes-
been on a quest to make cars as cellphones have ring tones, ship and a Formula One car.” trian Safety Enhancement Act of
quieter: an auto that purrs, and “car tones” may not be far behind Nissan is also consulting with 2009, introduced early this year,
glides almost silently in traffic. — an option for owners of electric the film industry on sounds that would require a federal safety
They have finally succeeded. vehicles to choose the sound their could be emitted by its forthcom- standard to protect pedestrians
Plug-in hybrid and electric cars, cars emit. ing Leaf battery-electric vehicle, from ultra-quiet cars.
it turns out, not only reduce air Working with Hollywood spe- while Toyota has been working Paul Scott, vice president of the
pollution, they cut noise pollution cial-effects wizards, some hybrid with the National Highway Traf- advocacy group Plug In America,
as well with their whisper-quiet auto companies have started tin- fic Safety Administration, the said he would prefer giving driv-
motors. But that has created a kering in sound studios, rather National Federation of the Blind ers control over whether the mo-
different problem. They aren’t than machine shops, to customize and the Society of Automotive tor makes noise, unlike, say, the
noisy enough. engine noises. The Fisker Karma, Engineers on sounds for electric Fisker Karma, which will make
So safety experts, worried that an $87,900 plug-in hybrid expected vehicles. its warning noise automatically.
hybrids pose a threat if pedes- to go on sale next year, will emit a The notion that battery E.V.’s “Quiet cars need to stay quiet —
trians, children and others can’t sound — pumped out of speakers and plug-in hybrids might be too we worked so hard to make them
hear them approaching, want au- in the bumpers — that the com- quiet has gained backing in Con- that way,” he said.
tomakers to supply some digital- pany founder, Henrik Fisker, de- gress, among federal regulators  JIM MOTAVALLI
journal Wednesday, October 14, 2009 6

Exiled From School, H.I.V.-Infected Orphans Learn a Bitter Lesson

AN NHON TAY, Vietnam — The first day school together with the infected orphans. wouldn’t let their children go to school with
of school was a special one last month for Some of the parents hastily backed away me because they are scared of my disease.”
the 15 children from the Mai Hoa orphanage when the orphans walked past. The girl said she understood their reac-
here. They are infected with H.I.V., the virus After a short standoff, the principal, who tion.
that causes AIDS, and for the first time they had agreed to accept the orphans, told Bao “If I were a normal child, I would be
would be allowed to attend the local primary that their papers were not in order and that afraid, too, because I wouldn’t understand,”
school. they could not stay. she said. “I would feel the same way. But I
“The children were so excited,” said Sister The children returned to the orphanage, wouldn’t have acted the way they did.”
Nguyen Thi Bao, who runs the orphanage just a short walk down a country road, where Bao and officials of the district and the
and had been lobbying for three years to they continue to study in small classrooms, school, the An Nhon Dong Elementary
enroll them in the government school. “They still exiled from the uninfected world. School, have met with the parents since then,
had been wishing for this day to come.” “I was so happy to go to the school,” said but they remain adamant.
But when they arrived, they found an up- a 12-year-old fourth-grader for whom Bao “I don’t want my child to be with the AIDS
rising by the parents of the other students, insisted on anonymity to keep her from the children,” Nguyen Thi Thuy, 36, said the
who refused to let their children enter the spotlight. “But then I saw that some parents other day as she brought her 8-year-old son
to school. “He could be injured, and it’s easy
crossword Edited By Will Shortz to transmit the disease through blood. And
once you’re sick, it’s difficult to become a
PUZZLE BY RICHARD SILVESTRI
ACROSS 43 Inflicted upon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
normal person again.”
1 Gallows-shaped 44 Analgesic’s target
One after another, parents who arrived
letter 46
14 15 16 with their children on small motorbikes
6 1975 musical 48 Teeming 17 18 19
raised their voices in agreement. If the or-
with the song
51 Atom ___, 1960s phans came back, said a man who gave his
“Believe in
Yourself,” with cartoon superhero 20 21 22 name only as Tam, he would pull his 6-year
“The” 52
23 24
old son out again.
9 Perle who 59 Hazardous The story is not surprising, said Eamonn
inspired “Call Me 60 Tease 25 26 27 28 29 30 Murphy, country director in Vietnam for
Madam” mercilessly, with Unaids, the United Nations’ AIDS-fighting
14 Not native “on” 31 32 33 34 35
61 Sign up
agency.
15 Stand buy
62 “___ inside”
36 37 38 39 40 “You go to any rural environment in Asia,
16 Sing the praises
of (slogan) and you are going to have similar reactions,”
41 42 43
17 Attacked 63 Sculpting medium he said. “The general lack of understand-
18 The Caribbean, 64 Desolate 44 45 46 47 ing leads to this inappropriate reaction and
for one 65 Plow man fear.”
48 49 50 51
19 Alternative to 66 In accordance Most of the parents here are farmers with
Rover or Rex with 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 little education, but the prejudice seemed to
20 67 Fillers of library extend to city folk as well.
23 Wriggly fish shelves 59 60 61
About 290,000 people in Vietnam, a country
24 Wise old Greek 62 63 64 of 86 million, carry H.I.V. today, and the gov-
DOWN
25 ernment estimates that 5,100 are children.
1 Duds 65 66 67
30 Subject of some Although the law requires equal treatment,
tables 2 Banned apple
spray 10/14/09 (No. 1014) almost none of them have been accepted in
31 Cook’s wear
3 Dress not for the 10 Blow the whistle 32 Wood-smoothing 46 Wild ass schools because of the fears of other chil-
32 “Now I get it!”
self-conscious on tool 47 Paper size: Abbr.
dren’s parents, Nguyen Vinh Hien, the depu-
33 Essence of a
4 Butcher’s stock 11 Thickset 33 Founder and
48 Biting
ty minister of education, said last month.
person, one
might say 5 Non-pro? 12 Trunk first queen of He said the ministry would try to enroll at
Carthage 49 Perform very well
36 What this 6 Bathes 13 Shorten the least half of these children in government
sleeves on, e.g. 34 Reply to the Little 50 Coffee grounds
puzzle’s four 7 Standard of
Red Hen and orange schools by next year, but the experience of
missing clues perfection 21 Get an eyeful
peels, typically the Mai Hoa orphans suggests that this will
spell, in order 35 In a bit
8 Passion 22 Univac’s not be easy. SETH MYDANS
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offense 53 Tap trouble
42 “Frasier” role engaged 25 Massachusetts
getaway, with 38 Endless years 54 Dry run
“the” 39 What summers 55 Sondheim’s “___
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opinion Wednesday, October 14, 2009 7

editorials of the timeS thomas l. friedman

That Promised Financial Reform Not Good Enough

Pretty much everyone agrees on the causes Unfortunately, the proposed legislation has BERLIN — If President Obama can find a
for the country’s financial mess: predatory too many loopholes and exemptions. Many way to balance the precise number of troops
lenders, weak regulation and risky financial corporations and hedge funds would still be that will stabilize Afghanistan and Pakistan,
instruments. Congress’s willingness to ad- able to trade standardized derivatives pri- without tipping America into a Vietnam there,
dress those problems will have its first real vately. That may protect bank profits — with- then he indeed deserves a Nobel Prize — for
test on Wednesday when the House Financial out transparency, there is no chance for com- physics.
Services Committee puts finishing touches parison shopping — but it would put taxpayers For my money, though, I wish there was
on what could be essential reform legislation at risk of a repeat calamity. less talk today about how many more troops
— or a major disappointment, depending on Like the banks, some corporate investors to send and more focus on what kind of Afghan
what they do. in derivatives resist exchange trading. They government we have as our partner.
At the top of the committee’s agenda is argue that more regulation would raise their Election monitors suggest that as many as
regulation of the dangerously opaque mul- transaction costs. That’s debatable, but even one-third of votes cast in the Aug. 20 election
titrillion-dollar derivatives’ market. Next on if true, somewhat higher costs would be a are tainted and that President Hamid Karzai
the agenda is the creation of a new Consumer small price to pay for stability. apparently engaged in massive fraud to come
Financial Protection Agency to oversee the The threats to the consumer protection out on top. Yet, he is supposed to be the bridge
consumer-credit offerings of banks and other agency are even more blatant. To curry fa- between our troop surge and our goal of a sta-
financial firms — including mortgages, credit vor with the banks, several lawmakers are ble Afghanistan. No way.
cards and overdraft “protection.” intent on amending the legislation so that no Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who is asking for
Both reforms are crucial, and both are in state could impose its own consumer protec- thousands more troops, is not wrong when he
danger of being irreparably weakened. tion laws on banks. That would be a mistake says a lot of bad things would flow from losing
Derivatives are supposed to help inves- because many states have demonstrated the Afghanistan to the Taliban. But I keep asking
tors and businesses manage risk, but their will and the expertise to protect consumers. myself: How do we succeed with such a taint-
unchecked and unregulated use led to the fi- But federal rules were issued in 2004 that basi- ed government as our partner?
nancial crash. cally barred states from enforcing their laws I know that Jefferson was not on the ballot.
Congress should require that all of the over national banks. That short-circuited But there is a huge difference between “good
dealers and users of derivatives — including state efforts to control, among other things, enough” and dysfunctional and corrupt. There
banks, hedge funds and corporations — con- the subprime lending that sparked the crisis. are way too many Afghans who think our part-
duct their trades on exchanges where they Some lawmakers are also intent on weaken- ner, Karzai and his team, are downright aw-
would be subject to regulation and public ing the proposed power of the new agency to ful.
scrutiny. Regulators could create exceptions examine the books of the firms that it would I am not sure Washington fully understands
for customized contracts that are negotiated regulate. Routine inspection of an institu- just how much the Taliban-led insurgency is
one-on-one for truly complex and unique cir- tion’s books is essential to understanding the increasingly an insurrection against the be-
cumstances. But most derivatives contracts institution’s products and practices. Without havior of the Karzai government. Too many
are highly standardized and can be, and such knowledge, consumer protection would Afghan people now blame us for installing and
should be, exchange-traded. be compromised. maintaining this government.
The Karzai government has a lot in com-
mon with a Mafia family. Where a “normal”
One Protection for Prisoners government raises revenues from the people
— in the form of taxes — and then disperses
The practice of keeping female prisoners be free of cruel and unusual punishment had them to its local and regional institutions in
in shackles while they give birth is barbaric. been violated. She won an early ruling from the form of budgetary allocations or patron-
But it remains legal in more than 40 states, the trial court, but a three-judge panel of the age, this Afghan government operates in the
and prisoners’ rights advocates say it is all U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reverse. The money flows upward from the
too common. A federal appeals court has now rejected her suit. Now, the full appeals court countryside in the form of payments for of-
found that the shackling of an Arkansas in- has reversed that decision, ruling with a 6-to- fices purchased or “gifts” from cronies.
mate may have violated the Constitution — 5 vote, that a jury could find that Nelson’s What flows from Kabul, the experts say, is
but the margin was uncomfortably close. shackling was unconstitutional. The court re- permission for unfettered extraction, protec-
Shawanna Nelson, a nonviolent offender, lied in part on a 2002 Supreme Court holding tion in case of prosecution and punishment in
was 29 years old and six months pregnant that Alabama’s practice of tying prisoners to case the official opposes the system or gets
when she arrived in Arkansas’s McPherson a hitching post violated the Eighth Amend- out of line. We have to be careful that we are
Unit prison in 2003. When she went into labor, ment. not seen as the enforcers for this system.
she was taken to a civilian hospital. Although The ruling should help persuade other While visiting Afghanistan last July, I met
there was no reason to consider her a flight courts and state legislatures that the shack- a provincial governor who every U.S. official
risk, her legs were shackled to a wheelchair, ling of pregnant prisoners is unconstitution- told me was the best and most honest in Af-
and then, while she went through labor, to the al. ghanistan — and then, they added, “We have
sides of a hospital bed. Several states have already made the prac- to fight Karzai every day to keep him from be-
Nelson testified that the shackles prevent- tice illegal under certain circumstances — ing fired.” That is what happens to those who
ed her from moving her legs, stretching or including New York, which did so this year. buck the Karzai system.
changing positions during the most painful Elizabeth Alexander, director of the Amer- This is crazy. We have been way too polite,
part of her labor. She offered evidence that ican Civil Liberties Union’s prison project, and too worried about looking like a colonial
the shackling had caused a permanent hip in- called the circuit court’s ruling “thrilling,” power, in dealing with Karzai. I would not add
jury, torn stomach muscles, an umbilical her- given how conservative the federal courts a single soldier there before this guy takes vis-
nia that required an operation and extreme have been on prison issues. It is clearly an ible steps to clean up his government in ways
mental anguish. important victory. Sadly, it is also a sign of that would be respected by the people. We
In a suit against prison officials, Nelson how low the bar has been set for the humane can’t want a more decent Afghanistan than
charged that her Eighth Amendment right to treatment of prisoners. the country’s own president.
sports Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8

Barring Rain, Yanks Consider 3-Man Rotation in brief

There was baseball at Yankee we have some rain in the fore- Sabathia worked 253 innings
Stadium on Tuesday, pitchers cast, so that could change things. in 2008, when he made his final Player in Car Crash
facing hitters in the sunshine as But we are definitely considering four starts on short rest, includ- ARLINGTON, Va. — Charlie
the Yankees stayed sharp for possibly going to a three-man ro- ing a playoff loss for Milwaukee. Davies, a 23-year-old forward
Game 1 of the American League tation in this round.” With 230 innings this season and a for the U.S. men’s national team,
Championship Series against the As it stands, Game 1 is sched- long rest before Game 1, Sabathia was in serious but stable condi-
Los Angeles Angels on Friday. uled to start Friday at 7:57 p.m., would seem to be ready for an ex- tion on Tuesday after sustaining
But Joe Girardi, the manager with Game 2 slated to start Satur- tra start in the A.L.C.S. several broken bones and a lac-
with a usually sunny outlook, saw day at the same time. The teams “We talked about the impor- erated bladder in a one-vehicle
clouds. are off Sunday before Games 3 tance of trying to win Game 3 so accident in which another per-
In a conference call, Girardi and 4 at Angel Stadium on Mon- we could set up our rotation the son was killed. Davies under-
said the Yankees might use only day and Tuesday. Then the series way we wanted to, and not getting went several hours of surgery at
three starters in the A.L.C.S., pauses again for a day before re- him to 250 innings during the reg- Washington Hospital Center af-
meaning the Game 1 starter C.C. suming in a possible fifth game ular season allows us to consider ter a car he was riding in struck
Sabathia could work Game 4 on next Thursday. that,” Girardi said. a metal guardrail on the George
three days’ rest. But if one of the If the games are played as The weather may dictate other- Washington Memorial Parkway
first two games is rained out, it scheduled, Sabathia could start wise. With showers in the forecast around 3:15 a.m. (AP)
could scramble the plan. Game 4 on three days’ rest and for Friday and Saturday — as well
“You go into a series with a plan come back for a possible Game 7 as Sunday’s day off — one of the Patriots Sign Seau
in mind,” Girardi said. “Obvious- on four days’ rest. No pitcher has first two games could be rained
ly, weather can always change a started three games in a postsea- out. The teams could conceivably Junior Seau, 40, is back with
lot of different things, depending son series since Arizona’s Curt lose the day off between Games 2 the New England Patriots, com-
on how we are this weekend, Fri- Schilling against the Yankees and 3, forcing the Yankees to use ing out of retirement a third
day and Saturday. In the 10-day in the 2001 World Series, but Sa- a fourth starter for Game 4. time to sign a contract Tuesday
forecast I looked at, it looks like bathia seems capable.  TYLER KEPNER for a 20th season. The signing of
Seau, a 12-time Pro Bowl line-
backer, was announced by Ver-
Goodell Objects to Limbaugh’s Ownership Bid sus, the television network on
which he has a show.  (AP)
BOSTON — Commissioner majority stake in the team. sprung up last week when Lim-
Roger Goodell cast doubt on Rush Limbaugh has teamed with baugh’s interest in the Rams be- Top Skier Retires
Limbaugh’s viability as an N.F.L. Dave Checketts, a former Madi- came public.
owner Tuesday, saying that “divi- son Square Garden executive, in Since then, retired and current Hermann Maier, the Austri-
sive comments are not what the a bid to buy into the Rams. But players, who generally have little an star, announced his retire-
N.F.L. is all about.” Goodell’s comments were a thin- to say about ownership transac- ment at 36, ending one of the
“I’ve said many times before, ly-veiled signal that Limbaugh’s tions, have voiced concern about most successful careers in Al-
we’re all held to a high standard bid — even if it were the highest — Limbaugh’s interest in the Rams, pine skiing. Maier’s nearly 14-
here,” Goodell said. “I would not would most likely not receive sup- with some saying players would year career included 2 Olympic
want to see those comments com- port from owners. Three-quarters not play for him. gold medals, 3 world titles and 4
ing from people who are in a re- of the 32 owners must approve a One of Limbaugh’s most contro- overall World Cup crowns.(AP)
sponsible position in the N.F.L. sale, meaning just nine of them versial quotes came in 2003 while
— absolutely not.” can scuttle a deal. he was employed by ESPN. He NHL scores
Goodell emphasized that it was Goodell, who presides over a suggested that Donovan McNabb MONDAY’S LATE GAMES
extremely early in the process league whose players are 65 per- got credit for the Eagles’ suc- Phoenix 1, San Jose 0, SO
and that the Rosenbloom family, cent black, took the extraordinary cesses because the news media TUESDAY
Buffalo 6, Detroit 2
which owns the St. Louis Rams, is step of addressing an ownership wanted him to succeed because Columbus 2, Calgary 1
not even fully committed to sell its bid early because a brushfire had he is a black quarterback. (NYT) Colorado 4, Toronto 1

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sports journal Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9

An Old Reliable at the Old Ball Game AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated

The way baseball stadium “It’s part of the ballpark experi- dogs and personal pizzas. Press college football poll, with first-
menus have changed in recent ence. It is still a good snack. It sells “Nobody is going to buy Crack- place votes in parentheses, records
through Sept. 26 and previous ranking:
years, an updated verse of “Take well. It holds its place in the sales er Jack because it’s their main
Me Out to the Ball Game” might mix. And it’s in the song.” item,” Brigandi said. “Your soda
Record Pvs
include the lyric, “Buy me some Long a staple of a ballpark’s buyer is going to buy Cracker
1. Florida (55) 4-0 1
sushi and lobster rolls,” rather barebones selection — a tradi- Jack. Your beer buyer is going to
2. Texas (1) 4-0 2
than peanuts and Cracker Jack. tional list including hot dogs, pea- buy peanuts.”
3. Alabama (4) 4-0 3
Since 1908, the iconic Cracker nuts and soda — Cracker Jack has Cracker Jack has even with-
4. LSU 4-0 7
Jack brand has been helpfully withstood the rapid expansion of stood the Yankees. In 2004, they
5. Boise St. 4-0 8
promoted by the song, a mainstay items offered, including recent swapped Cracker Jack for an-
6. Virginia Tech 3-1 11
of the seventh-inning stretch. But trends toward local delicacies other caramel corn, Crunch ’n
7. Southern Cal 3-1 12
ballpark food options are vastly and healthier fare. Munch. Fans rebelled, using a
8. Oklahoma 2-1 10
different than they were even a Aramark, the company that double-barreled argument of ball-
9. Ohio St. 3-1 13
decade or two ago. runs concessions at 13 major park tradition and the seventh-
10. Cincinnati 4-0 14
Baseball fans can buy Rocky league ballparks, including Fen- inning lyrics. Two months later,
11. TCU 3-0 15
Mountain oysters (bull testicles) way Park, says that overall food- Cracker Jack was back.
12. Houston 3-0 17
in Denver, crab cakes in Balti- concession sales are on the rise. Cracker Jack was invented
13. Iowa 4-0 —
more, cheese steaks in Philadel- Cracker Jack, according to sev- in the late 1800s when the broth-
14. Oklahoma St. 3-1 16
phia and fish tacos in San Diego. It eral concession managers, is as ers Louis and F.W. Rueckheim
15. Penn St. 3-1 5
can be harder to name what food reliably consistent as anything on mixed popcorn and peanuts with
16. Oregon 3-1 —
and beverages cannot be found at the menu. molasses. A salesman, the story
17. Miami 2-1 9
the ballpark than to name what In Philadelphia, Cracker Jack goes, took a bite in 1896 and said,
18. Georgia 3-1 21
can. sales have been remarkably “That’s crackerjack!” A brand
18. Kansas 4-0 20
All that would seem to threaten constant for more than 20 years, was born. (The name is singular,
20. BYU 3-1 19
Cracker Jack’s vaunted culinary said Nick Brigandi, a financial never the plural Cracker Jacks,
21. Mississippi 2-1 4
place in baseball culture. Yet con- analyst who serves as the vending although many concession price
22. Michigan 4-0 23
cession managers consider it a manager for Citizens Bank Park boards and some hawkers stick
23. Nebraska 3-1 25
do-not-disturb item amid an ev- hawkers, the roaming people who an “s” at the end.)
24. California 3-1 6
er-changing menu. The caramel sell concessions from the aisles. Cracker Jack’s continuing suc-
25. Georgia Tech 3-1 —
corn with a prize inside survives, From 500 to 600 bags of Cracker cess has much to do with tradition,
even flourishes. Jack are sold at a typical Phillies part of the lure of baseball, too.
“It does still have relevance,” game. “It’s usually the kids who want Others receiving votes:
said Kevin Haggerty, who over- Cracker Jack, sold in 2.75-ounce it,” said Greg Copeland, a Fen-
Missouri 175, Auburn 171, South
sees concessions at Fenway Park bags for about $4, is an impulse way Park hawker carrying a bag Carolina 154, South Florida 145,
in Boston, where more than 1,000 buy, Brigandi said. It is not af- of Cracker Jack on a recent night. UCLA 41, Utah 25, Wisconsin 20,
Notre Dame 7, Arizona St. 4, North
bags (no longer boxes) of Cracker fected by the sales of items con- “A lot of people get it to give to Carolina 2, Stanford 2.
Jack are sold in a typical game. sidered more of a meal, like hot their kids.” JOHN BRANCH

Despite Firings,
After Loss, Angry Jets Wag Fingers at the Mirror Offenses Struggle
A day after the Jets blew three landing around 5 a.m. Ryan told role in the Jets’ demise. Coach N.F.L. coaches are copycats
fourth-quarter leads against the reporters Tuesday in a confer- Tony Sparano and the offensive by nature. But it may be a long
Miami Dolphins on national tele- ence call that he did not sleep. In- coordinator Dan Henning played time before someone copies the
vision, Kris Jenkins, nose tackle stead, he watched game film that master strategists, running boot- trend that swept training camp
and defensive leader, broke his was more horror movie before legs, fake bootlegs, three-step this summer: firing the offen-
silence. Jenkins, who declined to turning his attention to Buffalo, drops, seven-step drops, wide sive coordinator on the eve of
speak with reporters after the the Jets’ opponent Sunday. receiver screens, running back the season. The three teams
Jets’ 31-27 loss on Monday night, Ryan labeled his team’s prac- screens, and sets with anywhere that did it — the Buffalo Bills,
was still frustrated, angry and tice tempo last week “horrible,” from no receivers to four. the Kansas City Chiefs and the
embarrassed. and Jenkins agreed with the as- The Dolphins stymied the Jets’ Tampa Bay Buccaneers — are
“Now, the philosophy has to sessment. Jenkins, 30, banished pass rush by using maximum a combined 1-14.
change,” Jenkins said Tuesday thoughts of retirement this off- protection — two tight ends, two The Bills’ Dick Jauron ap-
in an interview. “With all our season by surveying the talent running backs and a receiver — pears to have the least job se-
talents, I don’t think there’s any- that surrounded him and thinking to eliminate pass-rushing lanes. curity of the three. Buffalo’s
thing wrong with talking a little the Jets could win a Super Bowl They sent running backs Ronnie no-huddle system has created
trash. But you have to back it up. this season. Brown and Ricky Williams right more confusion than points.
We have a coach I love. He is go- He does not care, he said, if at the defense, daring it to stop the Changing coordinators was
ing to demand a challenge. Play- teammates talk less trash or run — and then ran for 151 yards. not enough for Tampa Bay’s
ers have to understand what that more. “But the level of play has Along with three leads, the Jets Raheem Morris; he has already
means and play up to that level. to definitely increase,” said Jen- also squandered a chance to take changed quarterbacks.
“If not, it’s going to be a long kins, who had three tackles. “I sole possession of first place in the But the Chiefs’ Todd Ha-
season,’’ Jenkins added. “Be- mean me, everybody. Regard- American Football Conference ley may have the most prob-
cause basically, every week less of what our record says, that East, along with a three-game lems. In addition to the league’s
we’re picking a fight.” game was horrible. The defense lead on the Dolphins. Instead, 30th-ranked offense, he has the
Jenkins said Coach Rex Ryan just played horrible. It’s hard to they were left with a short week league’s worst defense — the
“ripped everybody” before the take that, as a man.” and an experience Ryan called only one allowing more than 400
team flew home to New Jersey, The Dolphins played their own humbling. GREG BISHOP yards a game.  (NYT)