This thriller movie is indeed full of gripping twists and I would definitely give it more than four stars.

The Disappearance of Alice Creed is a very intelligent and straight-to-the-point film focusing only on the three characters. There are no flashbacks, lengthy drama, and other unimportant scenes.

The movie is about how two kidnappers named Danny and Vic went through making Alice Creed their captive in exchange for ransom money. Within this single plot, everything is revealed as the movie progresses, which leaves the audience at the edge of their seats while the twists are unraveled one after the other.

Suspense builds by the sudden surprises and revelations throughout the movie and is brilliantly achieved with the superb acting of the characters.

The pacing is excellent, the first parts just trying to establish how Vic and Danny recreated an ordinary apartment into a prison where they lock the victim in. It is an intelligent way of letting the audience know how clean and meticulous the kidnappers work then discover how they end up failing.

What I really find interesting in this movie are the unbelievable and jaw-dropping revelations about the three characters. Wicked mysteries behind the kidnapping, the characters' true identities, their inner purposes, and their sudden change of mind and heart in tension-filled scenes are so perfectly executed.

Until the very end, there are still unexpected turn of events. Written and directed by J Blakeson, this movie is simply superb. It has all the suspense, thrill and mystery that the audience needs to get their minds blown.

Writing an incident report must be complete and concise. It should be able to provide answers to these questions directly:


1) What happened?

2) Who was there?

3) Why did it happen?

4) When did it happen?

5) Where did it happen?

6) How did it happen?


Because the purpose of an incident report is to have proper documentation of a certain occurrence, the details must be exact and complete. If the information in the report is incomplete, it will not be as accurate as it should be.

Have you participated in earthquake drills? Do you know what to do and where to go during an actual earthquake?

Please forget everything about hiding under a table or standing in a doorway during an earthquake. The following information you are about to read will surely be a real eye-opener. It can save lives.

This is an extract from an article entitled THE TRIANGLE OF LIFE written by Mr. Doug Copp, Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI):


"My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI ), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.

I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations (UN) expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years, and have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.

The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene -- unnecessary.

Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them -- NOT under them. This space is what I call the 'triangle of life'. The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings on television, count the formed 'triangles' you see. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape you will see in a collapsed building. 


Reminders for earthquake safety:

1) Mostly everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' when buildings collapse are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.

2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too, in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a bed, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.

3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.

4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.

5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.

6) Mostly everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse are killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the door jamb falls forward or backward, you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jamb falls sideways, you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!

7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different 'moment of frequency' (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads -- horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.

8) Get near the outer walls of buildings or outside of them if possible. It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.

9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.

10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper. 


Spread the word and save someone's life. The entire world is experiencing natural calamities so be prepared.


In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul, University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did 'duck and cover,' and ten mannequins I used in my 'triangle of life' survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover.

There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the triangle of life. This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV."


(Don't forget to share this with everyone. We'll never know when a natural disaster might hit us.)

This is one example of a very creative mind. I believe whoever would pass by this little repair shop cannot walk away without having their footwear checked!

Glenn Close just got nominated for an Oscar award for best actress for her role as Albert Nobbs in the movie with the same title.

We all knew her as the evil black-and-white covered villain Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians. I find it amazing how she really looked like a man in this intriguing film.

A solar storm is hitting the earth. It may affect communication lines, signals, power grids and satellites in the Philippines.

According to the news (c/o DZMM):

"Inaasahang tatama bukas ang pinakamalaki at pinakamalakas na geomagnetic storm o solar storm sa mundo, sa loob ng anim na taon.

Ang solar storm ay ang pagbagsak ng malaking bahagi ng atmosphere ng araw sa mundo na nahahati sa maliliit na energized solar particles, sa bilis na 2,000 kilometers per second.

Nagsimula ang pagbubuo ng solar storm noong Linggo nang magkaroon ng solar flare.

Inaasahang magtatagal ito buong araw bukas.

Nababahala ang marami na makaapekto ang solar storm sa high frequency communications na ginagamit ng mga eroplano.

Posible rin daw na magkaroon ito ng epekto sa ating pang-araw-araw na gadgets tulad ng cellphones.

Pero ayon naman sa mga eksperto, hindi naman ganoon kalaki ang epekto ng radiation sa mga satellite, power grid at navigation device.

Sa kabila nito, pinayuhan naman ang mga astronaut na nasa international space station na protektahan ang kanilang sarili para hindi sila gaanong maapektuhan ng radiation.

Ayon sa US Space Weather Prediction Center, walang dapat ipangamba ang sinuman sa magaganap na solar storm dahil hindi naman gaanong maaapektuhan ang mga tao, maliban na lang kung lilipad patungong polar route." Report from Francis Faulve, ABS-CBN News

What is a solar storm and how will it affect the earth and its people? (see video)

What happens to the sun during solar storms? Watch the video below.

Do you understand why some websites are blacking out?

What is Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA)? Why would these US bills affect us all and not just Americans? Watch the video below and find out.

Be informed. Learn why. Spread the knowledge. Make a difference. Save the world. NOW!

The image below has been circulating in social networking sites, just in time for the ongoing impeachment trial of the chief justice.

It's a "class picture" of the Philippine senators with matching color-coded labels above their heads. Check out which label they fall under and laugh your heads off!

Enough of the Twilight Saga. Tim Burton's Dark Shadows will feature a vampire Johnny Depp (which is, without a doubt, so much better than Edward Cullen and his shimmering body).

This newest character of J. Depp in this gothic-horror movie will once again prove his versatility as an actor and a role-player. He will play Barnabas Collins, a human-turned-vampire who came back to the real world after two centuries of deep sleep.

Below is a still from the movie showing a vampire Johnny with co-star Michelle Pfeiffer. What a treat for Friday the 13th!

You would want to teach your dogs how to modulate their voices, and wish they could do the same as Ame!