Sunday, May 3, 2009

Swine flu: A new conspiracy theory

This last month I have been busy busy busy with trainning and also I have been developing some applications to make money and reach my objective of a Million Euros in less than five years however I have to stop and think about what the world is talking and thinking right now and unfortunately it is about the Swine influenza (also called swine flu, pigfluenza, hog flu, and pig flu) refers to influenza caused by those strains of influenza virus that usually infect pigs and are called swine influenza virus (SIV).Swine influenza is common in pigs in the midwestern United States (and occasionally in other states), Mexico, Canada, South America, Europe (including the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Italy), Kenya, Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and other parts of eastern Asia.

Transmission of swine influenza virus from pigs to humans is not common. When transmitted, it does not always cause human influenza and often, the only sign of infection is the presence of antibodies which are only detectable by laboratory tests. When transmission results in influenza in a human, it is called zoonotic swine flu. People who work with pigs, especially people with intense exposures, are at risk of catching swine flu. However, only about fifty such transmissions have been recorded since the mid-20th Century, when identification of influenza subtypes became possible. Eating pork does not pose a risk of infection. Rarely, these strains of swine flu can pass from human to human. In humans, the symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general, namely chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort.

The 2009 flu outbreak in humans that is widely known as "swine flu" is due to an apparently virulent new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 that was produced by reassortment from one strain of human influenza virus, one strain of avian influenza virus, and two separate strains of swine influenza. The origin of this new strain is unknown, and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reports that this strain has not been isolated in pigs.It passes with apparent ease from human to human, an ability attributed to an as-yet unidentified mutation. This 2009 H1N1 strain causes the normal symptoms of influenza, such as fever, coughing and headache.

As you might already know this blog is all about making money and ways to do it, I was meditating for a while and I get to the conclusion that all this chaos of the influenza has been created to distract our attention and also save once again the global economy of course these two arguments might sound crazy at first but here are my points so you could get your own conclusions.

On april the second during the G7 meeting USA, UK,Canada, Germany, Italy and Japan agreed on the next two fundamental conclusions.

1- The global economy needs a change.
2- The IMF. will provide 500,000 million dollars to help emerging economies.
3- Then we had the private reunion (Obama-Calderon) on April 16-17.

Surprisingly on thursday April 23rd The Mexican president held an emergency meeting with his advisors and during that same night the health minister Jose Angel Cordoba appeared on national TV announcing the influenza virus and the immediate actions to take: stopping school in Mexico City and the State of Mexico.

On April 24th the G7 declared that the Global economy should re-start during this year and that all necessary meassures for that purpose would be taken into consideration.

Finally on monday April 27th the farmacy enterprise Sanofi Aventis anounces that it will provide one 100 million euros for the development of new vacines and will give 236,000 dosis to Mexico to control the epidemia.

All that said...

1. From more than two years the farmaceutical enterprices have been reaching historical lows.

2. I f it is not possible anymore to create wars to start the economy engine then you could create sickness (the global economy should re-start)

3. Mexico the perfect place to kickstart the sickness, some of the G7 countries already reported some cases of the influenza, what a coincidence.

The outcome for this during the next weeks would probably be the stopage until May 6 from work in Mexico city and the State of Mexico in wich the government would analise this Show and would take some polite speech by saying "thanks to the efforts of the population" or "thanks to the measures taken" we could control the disease...

It is time to start thinking now on the International level what is on stake right now?
the virus or the financial crisis? This by itself is a relief for the World bank and the world stock market. I f we have some historical memories on what has been going on lately in Mexico (UFO, Contaminated Milk) all lies. Any one could find out that the prevention for any influenza would not deffinitelly be a mouth cover...
Some one could agree that the lost millions for the Mexican economy is significant but the IMF would easily cover that, Imagine the profit on the farmaceutical sector globaly

The Mexican President announced that the disease is curable and is always giving half of the information with different numbers. Where are the deaths? and where is the sick people located?

This are my final points,

If this virus is so deadly where are all the deaths?
If the virus is a mutation it should have started in the countryside, why it started in the city?
Why they haven´t interviewed the sick people?

I really believe there is something else here I hope I´m wrong but if not...then what? Mexico is a paradise full of energy it is not a great time to trow a Conspiracy theory over such a nice country.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Being a movie extra can earn you, extra cash!

If you need some extra cash, as The New York Times pointed out last weekend, becoming a movie or TV extra is one way to go.

I wholeheartedly recommend it.

Back in the summer or perhaps fall of 2004 when Levottomat 3 (released in 2004) was filming, I took a job as an extra. My memory surrounding the details -- who did I contact to get on the movie, what was the pay and so on -- is another story by itself. Part of me wants to say I was there for two or three days, but considering how much film time I ultimately nabbed, I honestly don't see how I could have been there for more than a day. In any case, for a student, it was a nice gig.

I think I made €300 back then (The New York Times suggests the going rate now might average $8 an hour by that ammount I definitelly wont do it). Whatever the money was, the long-spent cash hopefully served me well -- but the memory of getting to be a movie extra, I'll have for a lifetime. And I would think that would be a selling point for anyone needing to make a little extra money during this shaky economy. Times are tough and maybe the day-to-day drudgery of unemployment isn't something you'll want to capture in a scrapbook or blog, so why not do something that not only makes you some money but will be worth remembering? Specially now that my task is to get a Million € in less than five years.

Because there's no denying it. There is something pretty surreal and glamorous about being on a movie set, especially if there's some star power in the film. In my case, our director and one of the stars was Mi Grönlund acted(2)movies total and Jasper Pääkkönen acted(62)movies total.. as well as some other well-known names like Amira Khalifa acted(18)movies total.

I was there as a college student doing a Master´s on the campus of Helsinki University in Finland and somehow the circumstances of my life got me to get to know the woman in charge of hiring the extras for some movies and tv commercials which I later on participated in a couple of them. In this particular movie There's a scene where Mi Grönlund and Jasper Pääkkönen, are wandering through the casino table where I´m happening to be gambling, and they pass by smothly. I'm one of those, and I can be seen for -- well, to say I can be seen for even a second of screen time is generous.

There may never have been a quicker 15 minutes of fame in the history of showbiz (mine was literally less than 15 seconds!) Earlier this year, after a few years I happen to still enjoy the movie which evolves around Thirty-something Jonna, an attractive and successful executive with cozy architect husband Niklas and two small children, leads a double life. She is constantly on the lookout for quick casual sex. When she starts seeing handsome and rich young yacht owner Aleksi, things really start going awry in her personal and professional life. While her artist sister Sanna provides her with suitable alibis, TV sex therapist Nora tries to help her come to terms with her sex addiction.

So for me, it was far more glamorous being on the set , and watching it all unfold -- than actually seeing myself on screen. But there's no denying that not only did I get paid for my time, I got something in return that I'll always have: memories and a self-deprecating, cheesy anecdote that I can share with my kids and someday, my grandchildren, which is the sort of happy ending Hollywood thrives on.

Next you could see the Movie trailer Levottomat 3 and then the soundtrack Cold in wich actually my acting scene is displayed at min: 1:55-2:00 at the left side of her red dress

Enjoy...






Changing the subject suddenly and following a purpose for this week I happen to have few books that I don´t need anymore and because I belive a book has never to be trown away here is the list if you want any of them at any price even for free just let me know (post a comment or send me an e mail) I will be glad to send it to you.

1-Nora Roberts/Revontulet (Suomi New)
2-Steven Saylor/Murha Via Appialla (Suomi)
3-Population Dynamics/Greville (English)
4-Kiti Kokkonen/Terveisin Karo. Sähköpostiromaani(Suomi)
5-Leena Lehtolainen/Viimeinen kesäyö (Suomi)
6-Elizabeth George/Mielesa Petos (Suomi)
7-Gina Ford/The New contented baby book Best Seller New(English)
8-Anja Snellman/Safari club (Suomi)
9-Mormonin Kirja
10-Lector de Poesia/Jose Antonio Escalona (Español)
11-Guia del Museo del Prado (Español)

And in case you need anybook just contact me I can get it for you.

Best regards JC.