House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts HM Revenue & Customs: Annual Report and Accounts 2011–12 Nineteenth Report of Session 2012–13 Report‚ together with formal minutes‚ oral and written evidence Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 28 November 2012 HC 716 Published on 3 December 2012 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £14.50 Committee of Public Accounts The Committee of Public Accounts is appointed by the House of
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According to Grace Lin‚ “Books erase bias‚ they make the uncommon everyday‚ and the mundane exotic. A book makes all cultures universal" (www.gracelin.com). Grace Lin is an award winning author and illustrator. She has published many children’s books‚ early readers‚ and novels. Most of her books are about Asian Americans and their experiences. In her article‚ “A Touch of Grace‚” Madeleine Blais discusses the life of Grace Lin and how she got her start (Blais‚ 2009). Lin was raised in New Hartford
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Yong Joo Lin & Ors. V Fung Poi Fong [1941] MLJ 54 17 January 1941 Court of Appeal Judges: Terrel Ag. C.J. (S.S.)‚ Gordon-Smith Ag. J.A. and Horne J. Appellants: Yong Joo Lin & Ors Respondent: Fung Poi Fong Facts of the Case: 1. In 1905‚ Yong Nee Chai bought the land and building of No. 19 Cross Street‚ Kuala Lumpur which was originally a one-storied house. Appellants are the executors of Yong Nee Chai. 2. Adjoining it was No.21 Cross Street which appears to have been built
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people will believe that achieving an ambition can be the only result of continuous positive effort and attitude‚ but it is also merely the same reason to cause negative influences to own self and others. Through the short story‚ “Paper”‚ by Catherine Lim‚ this idea is portrayed through the character of Tay Soon who‚ in particular‚ had prioritize his ambition for his dream house before putting the importance of everything else. With this decision‚ ignorance towards his family and even himself has become
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life. He was interested in nature and changes in weather. He also included small scenes of everyday life in his work such as the fishing boats in The Great Wave off the coast of Kanagawa. Lin Onus Michael and I are just slipping down to the pub for a minute 1992‚ Australia‚ Iris Giclee on Arches paper Lin Onus is an Australian artist born in 1948 and died in 1996. He had a Scottish mother and Aboriginal father. This work illustrates Onus’s sense of humour by appropriating the famous work
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Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a story of a town whose citizens are required to participate in an annual “lottery”. We soon find out‚ however‚ that unlike most lotteries‚ this is not a lottery that one hopes to win. With her ingenious use of setting‚ characters‚ themes‚ she creates a suspenseful and exciting tale that left me in awe when I finally put it down. The setting of Jackson’s story is a very deceptive one‚ and makes us‚ as readers‚ wonder where and when this story takes place. She
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Aristotle discusses in Book 2 Chapter 6 about Shame and Shamelessness. He defines shame as “pain or disturbance in regard to bad things‚ whether present‚ past‚ or future‚ which seem likely to involve us in discredit; and shamelessness as contempt or indifference in regard to these same bad things” (Aristotle‚ pg. 85). Aristotle makes an intriguing conclusion when he says that if we take these definitions as previously stated above to be true‚ we feel same at such bad things as we think are disgraceful
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Many people feel shameful about some part of their identity for various reasons. Shame can derive from a bad decision or a character trait that one is born with and often‚ it can be an unpleasant burden for one to carry. In the short stories‚ “The Lie” and “Ysrael”‚ Dr. Remenzel and Ysreal both deal with shame‚ but Dr. Remenzel’s shame stems from trying to to use his name and identity to his advantage‚ while Ysreal feels shameful because of a traumatic experience in his past. Dr. Remenzel and Ysrael
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Shame is prevalent in most people’s life. Especially for someone who is completely different‚ or partially different in terms of home life‚ culture‚ religion‚ or looks‚ experience shame. One of the biggest contributes to shame is societal norms‚ and how different they are around the world. Personally‚ I think shame is dumped hardest on people who are only slightly different because they fit in‚ in a weird in-between‚ and not quite into one group or another. Although I am half Asian and follow much
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HONOUR AND SHAME IN THE MED. By the end of the 1950s a group of anthropologists‚ led by J. G. Peristiany‚ started a discussion about the existence of the Mediterranean as a territory characterized by some common features that assured its cultural homogeneity. One of the main publications that contributed to found the anthropology of the Mediterranean was the anthology Honour and Shame: The Values of Mediterranean Society edited by Peristiany (1966). Even if Peristiany and Pitt-Rivers have claimed
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