The famous magazines

Believe it or not, but 85% of people over 18 read magazines. They read about "how to get the perfect date", "eat much fat and butter instead of pasta and potatos" and "this way you can create the best party". At least, this is what most women read about.

image: http://www.vogue.com/fashion/10-best-dressed/tis-the-season/

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Men, on the other hand, read about cars, naked women and science. Since we are so close to chrismas, I thought that you maybe wanted to hear what you could buy to your bestfriend, your boyfriend, your mom, your dad and you brother: magazines. Why not give them something they will read instead of a boring book? Now, after getting the knowledge of how many magazines readers there is, I'm going to buy only magazines for christmas this year. 

Report

To: Local Food AuthoritiesFrom: Food inspectors, Caroline Vagle and Sofie KjærDate: 28.11.11Subject: Concerns about hygienic conditions at “Peppes Pizza”.

Terms of reference:
This report is built up upon several complaints and pictures sent from customers at Peppes Pizza, who is concerned about the hygienic conditions at the restaurant in Larvik. The complaints have mostly been sent by email where words like cats, mice, insects and mould is mentioned. These words raise a tremendous concern, because it can be a health risk to the customers such as food poisoning and other food related diseases.

Proceedings:
The information the report is based on comes from customers, who have ate there. We have got concerned e-mails and phone calls, but also interviewed some of the persons who have contacted us about the problems. One of them, Mrs. Abrahamsen, told us that she had experienced mould on the bread she was served. Another, Mr. Hansen, had seen a cat walking around in the restaurant and so on.

Findings:

When we visited the restaurant we found several things that don't belong there. In the kitchen we found mice and traces of mice, several insects like ants and caterpillars on the kitchen-bench and on the floor. Another thing we noticed was that several of the people working in the kitchen didn't wash their hands after the rules of hand washing. From the outside of the restaurant we observed that the restaurant staff gave food to homeless cats and they also let the cats inside the kitchen. The last thing we noticed was that the restaurant was really dusty and dirty all over, and that the tables did get washed after the costumers left.

Conclusions:

Our conclusion is that something needs to be done in this restaurant, because if this goes on any longer some of the customers and in the worst case scenario some of the staff members are going to get really sick. The restaurant is breaking several rules serving people under the conditions we observed and the will face heavy charges if they don't do some changes.

Recommendations:

We recommend that the place is being shut down until they have cleaned up their mess and that the local food authorities sends the managers of the restaurant on a course in how to have a clean restaurant where people can feel that they're not going to get sick. When they have done some changes we think that the restaurant needs to be checked every month and if they fall back in old habits it should get closed.

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The Hmong people

The Hmong people are an ancient tribal group whose origins are South China and Southeast Asia. The Hmong moved into Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, and Laos. According to Chinese historians, the Hmong people were once called "Meo" which means barbarians. The named evolved into Hmong, which means "A Free People." Ancient Artifacts have been found these regions that have Hmong characteristics.
The Hmong society was centred on clans that were found in remote and isolated regions of the mountains. There were 18 clans within the Hmong culture; Chang, Cheng, Chute, Fang, Hang, Her, Khang, Kong, Kue, Lee, Lor, Moua, Pha, Thao, Vang, Vue, Xiong, and Yang. They lived in extended families that were closely knit and farmed the regions were they lived. They enjoyed many crafts and were wonderful sewers. The background of this web site is sewing done by a Hmong artist. It depicts the story of how the Hmong assisted the U.S. and Thailand and of them fleeing into Thailand for refuge after the war. Hmong people use sewing as a way of expressing themselves, culture, and history.
Their way of life was forever changed when the United States CIA went to Laos and recruited them. The CIA and training teams secretly trained the Hmong people for the Secret War (Read Secret War page). The Hmong guerrillas went on rescue mission and defended American outpost using guerilla tactics. Once Laos fell to the communists in 1975; most Hmong had to fee across the wide Mekong River to seek safety in the Refugee camps. The remaining Hmong in Laos were reported to have been subject to horrible campaign of chemical warfare with the intention of genocide. When the Hmong left the refugee camps, they fled all over the globe to countries such as the United States, Australia, France, Canada, and French Guyana.


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