Expression of the Day: Sadness
Family and friends deal with the aftermath of a coal mine explosion in Colombia, South America. In the lower photo, they are viewing bodies at a make-shift morgue (June 2010).
Missing in Australia: Kiesha Abrahams
Kiesha Abrahams is a six-year old girl who went missing, according to her mom, this past Saturday from a Sydney suburb. According to Kristi Abrahams and her partner Robert Smith, they put Kiesha to bed and in the morning when they awoke, she was gone.
I see a lot of red flags in this video.
What concerns me is the mother appears to be hiding behind her sunglasses and tissue. Why does she feel the need to hide?
Another big red flag for me is the mother’s lack of hope that she will find her daughter alive. She seems utterly hopeless. Why isn’t she holding out any hope? When this video was shot, it was only three days out…
Furthermore, her crying doesn’t feel genuine to me. Why aren’t any tears running down her cheeks? Her sunglasses wouldn’t stop this from happening. And if she was crying that hard, she would have a need to blot her eyes so she could see, but she never does.
Kristi also cries at strategic times, if you notice. Watch her and you will hear her stop “crying” to listen to her partner or the reporter speak. A distraught mother would is truly broken up could careless what a reporter says. Or if she did “care”, she would speak speak up herself to make sure she got the right messages out there, but she doesn’t. I just get this distinct feeling she is listening because she wants to know if people are suspicious of her. It’s very unusual behavior.
Robert, the boyfriend, also talks about Kiesha in past tense. He said, “She was always happy…loved playing.” This may or may not be a clue to deception. I have seen honest people do this, but it is usually after a long period of time, not just a couple of days. He also doesn’t look at the media or project any hope that Kiesha is okay. You get a sense it is hard for him to look at the reporters, and he is not a shy guy by nature. It’s odd behavior for his personality type.
Robert says, “It gets harder by the minute.” This surprises me. I would think everything about Kiesha missing would be hell on earth. I don’t think things would get harder than they are, unless they got negative news that suggested she wasn’t okay. I am not involved in the investigation to know if this fits or not. But if it doesn’t, than I would want to know what got harder? Why have they given up hope when everyone is supporting them and searching for her? Are things getting harder because people are honing in on them?
In looking for this video, I found this one below as well which doesn’t bode well for Kiesha. Ten News is reporting that there were no clothes of Keisha at her mom’s house and that no one has seen Kiesha in weeks. Nothing at this point supports a good outcome in this case. I believe Kristi and Robert know a lot more than they are telling us…
Thanks to Lou and Dee for pointing this story out to me.
Chelsea Clinton Weds: True Love?
Chelsea Clinton wed Marc Mezvinsky this past Saturday in a stately affair on a property that overlooked the Hudson River in New York.
I peered at that photos to see the emotions of the newly wedded couple, and what I see is interesting. Chelsea is absolutely happy and smitten with Marc in the photos released to the media. There is no doubt about that! Marc, however, appears to be a bit reserved. His happiness doesn’t match the happiness and bliss we see in Chelsea, at least in these photos. Was Marc just overwhelmed with the ceremony? Is that what is holding back his emotions?
Is this wedded bliss, or does one of these two have a little reservation? They have my interest piqued! I’ll be interested to see more of these two in the coming months.
Marc looks happy here, but not overwhelmed with joy like we see
in Chelsea. She is giddy in this photo.
A Genuine Smile
Here is a nice genuine smile by HSBC Group Chairman Stephen Green in Hong Kong today. He has a friendly face. I bet he smiles a lot. Do you see the warmth exuded from the eyes?
Expression of the Day
Dr. Edward L. Warner III, waiting to testify at a Senate Armed
Services Committee hearing yesterday on the new START
(Strategic Arms Reduction) Treaty.
Here is a man who is serious and intent in getting his message across, do you think? Either that, or he has a dislike for cameras pointed at him. This expression is similar to the expression made by Melky Cabrera on Wednesday (though it has less tension and isn’t quite as threatening). We see glaring in the eyes, and a pursed lips. You know the old saying, “If looks could kill…”
If you see someone make this expression to you in public, they are giving you a strong message to back off, and I would heed their facial warning, without question. This is not a friendly face.
