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To: energyplay who wrote (51485)	6/18/2009 12:52:09 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219646

U.S. Continental flight lands safely after pilot died mid-flight www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-18 00:22:26 Print NEW YORK, June 18 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. Continental Airlines flight from Brussels with 247 passengers on board made a successful emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport near Thursday noon, after its pilot died mid-flight and two co-pilots took over the control. U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokeswoman Arlene Salac told reporters in Washington that Continental Airlines Flight 61, a Boeing 777 flying from Brussels, Belgium to Newark, the U.S. state of New Jersey, landed safely at 11:49 a.m. U.S. eastern time (1549 GMT). The plane was under the control of two first officers after its 61-year-old captain died "apparently of natural causes" during the flight, Continental Airlines sources said. The deceased pilot had 21 years of service with Continental, said the airlines without identifying him. No further details were immediately available by press time. news.xinhuanet.com

To: energyplay who wrote (51485)	6/18/2009 10:30:03 PM
From: carranza2	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219646

I listened briefly. Was disappointed as he is a master of double-talk. Plus, I hate his grating accent and way of pronouncing words. I understand that is not a valid reason on which to judge him but it still creates a very negative perception for me. Especially disappointed at the fact that he does not see any reason to automatically prohibit certain kinds of financial instruments. Some clearly need to be prohibited. I am not sure that the idea of putting the Fed in charge of regulating systemic risk is a good one esp. since it will be at the same time in charge of monetary policy. It has not done a good job in the near past with respect to monetary policy, why should we assume it won't fail in this new, more important, role? The new proposal puts an enormous amount of power in the hands of one entity and one man. Plus, the details of how the Fed would be empowered to deal with systemic risk were very thin. I still have no concrete idea what he was talking about.