Winona Ryder’s Facial Expressions

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How about a nice change of topic for today?

David Harbour gave a speech at Screen Actors Guild Awards last night that was quite powerful. It’s a joy to watch him speak in support of unity as our country is being torn apart by hate. But it’s equally fascinating to watch Winona Ryder’s facial expressions here.

She is basically exaggerating her expressions to make sure she is communicating her feelings to people clearly. And she is very expressive–intentionally! Have you ever done this?

Winona expected him to talk about the award and intentionally shows a bewildered look as he changes the direction of his speech. Then she even looks like, “What script are you reading?” She then gives a very subtle smile of approval, if you notice.

Next you see her make an expression, like “Oh my god, wow…” Then she shows tension, a bit of anger and then slowly lifts her hand up in support, after which she shows a total bewildered look again.

She goes on to make a quick expression of fear and surprise, scrunches her nose up in a response of approval (like “ooo”) at another point as she smiles.

It’s quite a fascinating video to listen to what David Harbour says and watch what expressions Ryder makes, don’t you think?

Thanks to CW for sharing this with me.

Bachelor Nick Viall’s Expression of the Day

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Here is a great facial expression for you made by Nick as he is sitting with Corrine from the Bachelor last night.  Nick is making a telling expression!

Do you know what it is?

The only question I have now is who is Nick feeling this for?  Corrine?  Or the photographer? Or perhaps someone he is looking at when the photo was taken?

I love watching the Bachelor/Bachelorette because while much of the show may be staged, the reactions of people are not!  And this is one example of a leak in how Nick was feeling.

There was a lot of jealousy expressed on the show last night, too. Did you catch it?

Happy Holidays!

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Wishing you a very happy holiday full of love and joy!

Thank you for sharing in my journey with me.

Renee

More DNA Tests Ordered in JonBenet Ramsey Case

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Did you read the latest news that D.A. Stan Garnett is going to test DNA again in the Ramsey case?

I’m thrilled to hear that!

I don’t know if they are going to do traditional DNA testing or more “touch” DNA, but at least they aren’t standing by the former D.A. Mary Lacy, who declared the Ramseys were cleared in 2009 because the trace or “touch” DNA found on JonBenet’s leggings didn’t match anyone in the family.

I told you back then I felt that was “reckless” of the D.A. and now the results are finally coming out!

News agencies are saying that the report given to Lacy about the “touch” DNA  from the lab didn’t even support her conclusions!

And furthermore, they weren’t even sure they had the DNA of one person, meaning multiple DNA segments may have been gathered erroneous and assumed to be one single profile!  You can read more here.

I smelled a rat back then and I was right.

Read my thoughts in the comment section here and in the post here:

Eyes for Lies:  “News reports are saying this DA who cleared the Ramseys is the same one who went after John Mark Karr as the killer, and flew him home all the way from Thailand on tax payers dollars.  I don’t think this woman follows proper protocols when it comes to investigations. She seems to make a lot of assumptions.”

Read my analysis on John Mark Karr here (10 years ago)

I knew there were too many inconsistencies in the Ramsey family to vindicate them. Period. And I knew “touch” DNA could easily be transferred if it was just “skin cells”.

In JonBenet Ramsey’s case, the DNA on her underwear could have come from kids at the party the night before her murder which she inadvertently transferred  there herself! We can’t rule that out.

Kids touch everything!!

According to this article, the average person sheds 40,000 skin cells an hour!!

Imagine how cells would transfer among a group of children playing in just one hour and think about how far they could travel!

Hence, you cannot exclude someone because their “touch” DNA wasn’t found on a source!  It’s illogical.

Until we understand “touch” DNA better, we need to be careful!!!

Anyway, I am so happy the truth is coming out more that the “Ramseys” are not officially cleared! It’s about time!! Though I think the Ramseys haven’t build anyone’s confidence over the years by their behavior.

I never believed we have gotten the truth from them from day one!

Read the latest news here.

Saroo Brierley: Two Different Stories

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60 Minutes Australia, above

CBS 60 Minutes aired the fascinating story of Saroo Brierley, who at the age of 5, was a child beggar.  Looking for his brother, who was out of sight after waking up from a nap on bench, he climbed on to a train looking for his brother in India, and ended up in the city of Calcutta, a foreign place to him where people spoke a different language. Without knowing his last name or the city of residence, and afraid of police because they didn’t take kindly to beggars,  Saroo tried to survive on the streets until someone brought him to an orphanage. Eventually, Saroo got adopted by an Australian family at the age of six.

By age 19, Saroo never forgot his birth family and images from his childhood. He was determined to find out where he came from. So using Google earth, he traced all the tracks that ran out of Calcutta looking for landmarks he remembered such as damn, water tower and the station where he used to go.  After six years, Saboo finally found his home, and reunited with his mother and siblings, only to find the brother he was begging with that day was hit and killed by a train.

What is interesting, however, is if you saw the American CBS 60 Minutes version, there are quite a few differences in the story told by the Australian 60 Minutes.

In the American version, Saroo ended up on a train car all alone for what he said seemed like 24 hours. In the Australian version, they showed him in a train car with other passengers and never mentioned him being “alone”.

In the U.S. version, Saroo goes back to his homeland, and when he arrives in his home city, he recognizes it right away. In the Australian version, he doesn’t immediately recognize it, even doubts if he is in the correct place, but he does eventually find his way home.

In the U.S. story, his childhood home is abandoned. In the Australian version, his childhood home is in rumble.

In the U.S. version, “a man approached who spoke English. Saroo said he was looking for the family that had lived in this house. The man told Saroo to come with him.”

In the Australian version, a man recognizes him from his childhood photograph and leads him to his mum.

Why the dramatic variances on a story if the story is true? Something is off here….

Things that make you go hmmmmm.

Here is the transcript from the CBS 60 Minutes in the U.S.