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    Default Some unfortunate news

    Elessar kind of disappeared in the middle of 11/2019 and no one has seen him since.

    I reached out to no avail a few times, but finally did some searching the other day, and found his brother on Facebook. And the way I found him was via the search, and his brother announcing that he had passed away very shortly after his last post here.

    Elessar was a longtime member and friend to many here on the board.

    He was a long time member of the United Stated Coast Guard and was extremely dedicated soldier and veteran. His USCG service was as follows:

    U.S. Coast Guard Active Duty from May 1978 to July 2003

    BM1 / E-6, advanced to BMC /E-7, but declined and retired to take:

    GS-11 / Search and Rescue Spcialist, USCG from Aug 2003 to the present - Dec 2014.


    To honor Elessar, his friendship to us all & his dedicated service to our country - I am adding a ribbon to the top of the board honoring him, and it will remain there so long as I ever own and run this site. And even if ever close down, I would continue paying to place a placard page of honor to our fallen members.

    Godspeed, Elessar




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    Additionally, while in the idea stage still, I would like to create a page on our site dedicated to our veterans. Perhaps along the lines of a bio and remembrance of each.

    Thoughts? Decent idea? Anything others would like to see or add, speak up or shoot me a message.


    http://www.debatepolicy.com/veterans.php
    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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    The ribbons may seem different as they are. Instead of making them slightly transparent, I used regular this time to have them stand out, as I felt they are more deserving.

    I can't help the pixelation and lack of being perfect, as imaging and editing is not my better part of the IT world.

    I would be more than happy to share the original photo, and the original ribbons, if anyone knows imaging better? Or even alternative ribbons of honor? I am just not that good at this stuff. Maybe it's the ribbon I used as a starting point, not sure.

    This is the original:



    Then the starting point ribbon. But then it needs to be resized to fit with others on the small image, and names included.

    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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    May he rest in peace.
    I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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    If you do not see any changes - first try hitting F5 to do a hard reload. If you still don't see it, then open this link for the image:

    http://www.debatepolicy.com/images/d...c/header_r.jpg

    If you see the old one, hit F5 on the image and you should see the new one. And now if you hit F5 on the main page it should refresh properly. Based in various browsers and how they save temp images and don't wanna refresh, sometimes folks won't even see it.

    And Fwiw, at least for now - I did go back to the semi-transparent ribbons so as not to blind. I want the more recognition but also don't want to make it a visual embarrassment either.

    So you should see this:

    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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    Thanks, Jim. I like the ribbons as they do help me to remember some very special guys.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    Elessar kind of disappeared in the middle of 11/2019 and no one has seen him since.

    I reached out to no avail a few times, but finally did some searching the other day, and found his brother on Facebook. And the way I found him was via the search, and his brother announcing that he had passed away very shortly after his last post here.

    Elessar was a longtime member and friend to many here on the board.

    He was a long time member of the United Stated Coast Guard and was extremely dedicated soldier and veteran. His USCG service was as follows:

    U.S. Coast Guard Active Duty from May 1978 to July 2003

    BM1 / E-6, advanced to BMC /E-7, but declined and retired to take:

    GS-11 / Search and Rescue Spcialist, USCG from Aug 2003 to the present - Dec 2014.


    To honor Elessar, his friendship to us all & his dedicated service to our country - I am adding a ribbon to the top of the board honoring him, and it will remain there so long as I ever own and run this site. And even if ever close down, I would continue paying to place a placard page of honor to our fallen members.

    Godspeed, Elessar




    UNITED STATES ARMY AVIATION

    Above the Best

    Why the Hell should I have to press “1” for ENGLISH?

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    This is really sad. And I really appreciate the ribbons.

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    Default Jim....Go to Google,

    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    The ribbons may seem different as they are. Instead of making them slightly transparent, I used regular this time to have them stand out, as I felt they are more deserving.

    I can't help the pixelation and lack of being perfect, as imaging and editing is not my better part of the IT world.

    I would be more than happy to share the original photo, and the original ribbons, if anyone knows imaging better? Or even alternative ribbons of honor? I am just not that good at this stuff. Maybe it's the ribbon I used as a starting point, not sure.

    This is the original:



    Then the starting point ribbon. But then it needs to be resized to fit with others on the small image, and names included.

    To the RIGHT top of the page...click on Images...then type in ribbon. It works even if you want a tiny one. Good luck.
    I love to make Liberals Cry, and Whine.
    So, this is for them.
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    Really sad. Makes me wonder how many members didn't just walk away but passed away.

    Hey Jim,

    I don't have F5 button on my tablet. Can't see his ribbon.
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    Default Here's one small Jim

    Just copy it, and save it.
    I love to make Liberals Cry, and Whine.
    So, this is for them.
    GOD BLESS AMERICA - IN GOD WE TRUST !

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    RIP, Elessar. You were a good man.

    Very nicely done, Jim.
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    Rest peaceful my friend I am glad to have had the opportunity to know you.

    Thank you Jim for following through. I appreciate all you have done to honor his memory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SassyLady View Post
    Really sad. Makes me wonder how many members didn't just walk away but passed away.

    Hey Jim,

    I don't have F5 button on my tablet. Can't see his ribbon.
    F5 is actually a normal reload
    Shift-F5 is a hard refresh/reload

    Alternative - delete the temp files/cookies/history/cache or whatever it's called in the browser of your tablet. If that doesn't work, tell me the model of tablet you're using, or shoot it to me via a PM and we get it sorted easily enough. Your tablet is loading the old image - as it takes all the images and stores them in your cache/temp folder and uses those images to load pages faster. Delete them and it's got no choice but to reload everything.
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    This is really sad news to hear.
    May God bless him and all of his family.....
    I considered him a friend.. --Tyr
    18 U.S. Code § 2381-Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

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