Where is MAURA MURRAY

Mason wrote:

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Thanks. Will do what I can, but still need birth place and time.
Maura is exactly one year, one month, and one day younger than my daughter and they look alike.

FireCat wrote:

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Mason, thanks for the info for the non-initiated.(White Wash is a professional photographer, though, so presumably this is old news to her!)

Quija wrote:

whiston, whitewash, mason, firecat, snowy, advocator, et al --- thanks for
responding. I am finally "getting" that Maura's disappearance involved more than ONE variable. I think a number of directions we've been pursuing contributed to the tragedy: previous events in Maura's life at WP and UMass, basic personal characteristics such as valuing achievement and reputation, assistance or some awareness from a family member regarding her departure, and finally (did not want to accept this part), an unexpected abduction.

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Mason wrote:

Regarding the photo:
I confess not have read the posts on the photo with my usual thoroughness, which I'm going to go back and do.
If you're referring to a photo you saw on-line, the version you likely saw was a JPEG of the original. It's customary to copy the original in a JPEG format because it substantially reduces the resolution of the original thereby making it suitable to post on the web. The size of the file for the original might be, for example, 10 megabytes while the JPEG might be 500 Kb to 1 MB. They do this so that it doesn't take a long time to download the file. Otherwise, you might sit at your computer for awhile, run an errand, and return to see the picture incrementally still building, depending on your download speed.
You can contact the owner of the photo and purchase an exact copy of the original at the same resolution, or if you have Adobe Photoshop, you can copy the JPEG, change it to a TIFF, and then increase the resolution while sharpening the image contrast and brightness so that you can make-out the finer details that appear blurry in the JPEG.
JPEG files have dot jpg appended to the file name. TIFFs have dot TFF appended.
Pretty amazing what you can do.
M

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White Wash wrote:

You did post it!
I for one am glad you did!
Thanks!
Now we can get back to Maura.
Let start seeing what fits and
doesn't with the time lines!
It's a case not a fairy tale of beliefs!
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Mason wrote:

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Quija,
I honor you for having the courage to post this message.
Thank-you,
M

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johneyonetime wrote:

<quoted text>you are a dope

WTF-the-original wrote:

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Hi Mason,
Not trying to pick nits but JPEG is almost always used as a lossy format. That means that when you transfer a file from a non-lossy format such as forms of GIF and BMP and some versions of TIFF files you have lost content. You can change them back to TIFF or GIF or BMP but will never get back the lost information in the picture. JPEG works because its data loss is adjustable and can be regulated so the eye at a given resolution is very acceptable, especially considering the space savings that you can get. The problem like I said is you can never recover the lost information and this lost information becomes very apparent when you try to zoom into the picture to get more detail. Its then that you realize what you lost and that you start seeing the artifacts of the JPEG format. That blocky appearance.
I know it probably is picking nits because you sound like you are saying it correctly but it actually diddles the resolution in different areas of the photo to change areas of the photo in a manner that your eye can’t tell. That reduces the size with no apparent change in the photo. Unless you try to zoom in to look for detail. Then you see how hammered the photo really is.
I use to write encoder/decoders for JPEG, JFIF, GIF, RLE, BMP and other formats back in the early to late 80’s.
Bill

johneyonetime wrote:

<quoted text>you are both dopes

White Wash wrote:

FireCat and I both could have the same cameras
same subject to shoot and they still would
be different!

Mason wrote:

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Thanks for correcting me on that. I didn't quite understand how JPEG was reducing the file size so dramatically.
Is there any way to obtain a copy of the photograph that people have been discussing -- a copy in the same format as the original?
M

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johneyonetime wrote:

<quoted text>you are both dopes

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White Wash wrote:

Ok we don't seem to be on the same page!
So let's try!
First off Eleswhere comment was directed to
more of Fred's reaction given the situation.
I for one have had a loved one missing!
So that was my reply to Elsewhere.
Second my question is still how can do the ole squaw walk be taken out of context when Fred Murray had to explain it HPD?
My question was and is for someone to explain if
Maura was not depressed why would Fred even have
such a thought??
Bottom line for me is this doesn't fit!
If it fits for you fine!
So let's move on.
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Snowy White wrote:

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.....becaaaauuuussssse he might have been searching his mind and heart for ANY possibility or explanation for her sudden disappearance and uncharacteristic departure, just as we do here.
and he might have been thinking out loud.
he might have hoped their previous conversations weren't taken seriously by her as to do such a thing as the "old squaw walk".