Word: troubleshooter
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...immediate ban on opaque off-balance-sheet "special purpose vehicles," which played such a big role in the meltdown (and in the Enron scandal). Another: the establishment of a G20 College of Supervisors, the beginning of a world regulatory body to oversee financial markets, coordinate national responses and troubleshoot crises at cross-border financial institutions. Europe is moving in this direction; others should join...
...Michelle is a tremendous asset," says Habitat Inc. CEO Valerie Jarrett, a close friend of both Obamas and a key campaign adviser. As Daley's deputy chief of staff at the time, Jarrett hired Michelle to help troubleshoot for companies having problems navigating the city's bureaucracy. "Her being from Chicago, from the Southside of Chicago, was an asset to Barack in terms of enhancing his ties to the community...
...called two retakes on a scene in which a character was to be shown "talking to himself". Instead of a voiceover, his South Korean animators drew him with his lips moving. The next showed him talking to a mirror. Schwartz says studios now use videoconferencing and dedicated websites to troubleshoot such miscommunications. A bigger challenge may be finding experienced illustrators. Says Mohan: "We have no problem understanding the script. But what we don't have is enough trained people." India's National Association of Software and Service Companies predicted that as many as 30,000 new animators will be needed...
...voices. So far, Nexidia is selling its system to government intelligence agencies and telephone customer-service centers. Outsourcing companies with call centers can use the software to search for phrases such as "Can you repeat that?" and "I don't understand you," then listen to the entire call to troubleshoot. Much of the company's work is classified, but Nexidia says its Arabic language model is in wide use today in Iraq. Helping compensate for the shortage of Arabic linguists in the U.S. intelligence community, Nexidia's technology can "listen" to audio and alert linguists to phrases that...
...evening—and not overnight as it typically does for smaller projects—since the entire staff assigned to the Unix server will have to be present for the upgrade. Davis explained that if the work were done overnight, nobody would be available the next day to troubleshoot the server...