Yellow Emperor-worship will enjoy a boost from the introduction this week of a new public holiday known as Qingming, Tomb Sweeping Day.
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The introduction last week of the Cyber Security Awareness Act of 2011 (S.813) by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ) has received a great deal of press attention.
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Do you think that this surprisingly smooth introduction this week brings us closer to the same situation or brings a yes vote closer or just brings a vote closer in this country?
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The introduction last week of two bills by the Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) that would require a serious look at monetary policy suddenly makes such a breakthrough a real possibility.
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Its big introduction in Los Angeles this week was the redesigned 2014 Subaru Forester, which goes on sale in the spring of 2013.
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The telecommunications reform has been enthusiastically received by most economic experts and civil-society groups in the week since its introduction, with near unanimous praise of its toughening of the Mexican regulatory system.
"The introduction of the Energy Bill next week is a very positive step, " said EDF Energy chief executive Vincent de Rivaz.
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Two days after unanimously voting against the changes proposed by Mr Smith, which included the introduction of a four-day week without overtime, the workers were sacked and replaced with lower paid staff.
The Liberal Democrats last week called for the introduction of a mortgage rescue scheme, which would allow families struggling with repayments to sell all or part of their house to a housing association or private firm and then stay in the property as tenants.
In France, the introduction of a 35-hour working week means that more workers are needed to produce the same economic output, which is aggravating labour shortages.
Slingbox beat Apple to it this week, however, with the introduction of Sling Catcher, a device that puts video--any video--from the Web on television.
The inspiration for the piece of course is the recent introduction of Apple (AAPL) Maps last week in the new iOS 6 and iPhone 5 as a replacement for Google (GOOG) Maps.
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And while Steve Jobs has proved he can build a hot handset, with iPhone sales hitting the one-million mark this week, less than three months after its introduction on June 29--spending billions on a wireless network would leave Apple without an exit strategy if the iPhone stalls.
The brand wanted enough room to display 34 vehicles, including its big introduction the Furia Concept sedan, which made its world debut this week at the show.
Last week's Switched On discussed Lala.com's introduction of free music locker services that sync directly to the iPod (and only the iPod).
An unexpected substantial increase in the import tax on gold and the introduction of an excise duty on gold jewelry resulted in a three-week countrywide strike among jewelers until the government agreed to end the excise duty.
Last week Britain's top police officer backed calls for the quick introduction of ID cards and criticised Ms Hewitt for saying it will take "many years" to introduce ID cards, branding her "wrong".
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According to a report this week from the Audit Commission, a public-spending watchdog, the introduction of a similar system in Australia resulted in a big productivity improvement.
Rich McKay, the chairman of the NFL's competition committee, acknowledged that the proposal had been hotly debated in league circles this week, but said that enhancing player safety was the driving force behind its introduction.
Acer had been scheduled to launch The Acer CloudMobile A800, based on Aliyun, earlier this week, but canceled the event at the last minute, saying that the introduction would be delayed without specifying a new launch date.
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