Dean Zhou presented, later in the interview, as pessimistic about the political possibilities of implementing the gold standard.

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Tony Concil, a spokesman for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) admits that implementing this global standard will not be easy.

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Duke Energy, the largest electricity provider, is considering implementing its own renewable standard.

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In the aftermath of the SIFMA conference in New York last month, the CFTC will require LEIs, or LEI Lite (some interim identification standard), for swaps reporting by September while the G20 is asking for global participation in developing the global LEI standard and implementing it by March 2013, a somewhat slower schedule.

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They have done that by implementing with HTML5 Web socket, so it is an industry standard.

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The key to this effort will be designing and implementing a credible and efficient process to determine which agency deviations from a standard set of requirements are truly required and what would be the best way to accommodate those deviations.

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Data collection in Chitral was handed over to Aga Khan Foundation in August 2008, with the agreement that the standard procedures and methodology laid down by UNESCO will be followed by the implementing partners.

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