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6 Weird Fashions From History (With Weirder Explanations)
If you intend to do any traveling in a time machine, you'd better invest a whole lot of money in costumes. After all, people in the past looked ridiculous. Why the hell did they, for instance, wear giant white wigs everywhere?
Actually if you look into it, you find some pretty interesting explanations for ...
#6. Those Ponytails Stuck on the Top of Samurais' Heads
The iconic image of a Japanese warrior (or today, sumo wrestler) comes complete with a weird hairstyle in which the front of the head is shaved while the remaining mullet is bound up in a bun or topknot. The origin of this bizarre haircut, called "chonmage," goes all the way back to the age of the samurai, as it helped to keep a samurai's helmet on his head.
"Nah, I'll stick with the chin strap. I don't want to look ridiculous."
Since the samurai class were wealthy and influential nobility, it didn't take long for the style to catch on among the Japanese public, who longed to be sword-slinging badasses. Over time, it became traditional for boys turning 13 to shave the front of their heads and adopt the samurai hairstyle to signal that they had become men. Hair neatness was so important in Japan that artists usually employed messy hair as shorthand to represent someone who had been in some way disgraced.
"I knew letting Tom Cruise into the country was a bad idea."
The fashion was pretty widespread until globalization forced the Japanese to realize that the rest of the world found their hairstyles absolutely ridiculous -- which is a ballsy claim, considering everyone in the West was wearing powdered wigs at the time (but more on that later).
"... the fuck is this?"
A story from 1863 recounts the adventures of two Japanese students who covered their chonmage hairstyles with hats while visiting Holland. When forced to remove the hats at the theater, they caused such an uproar of hilarity that the play had to be stopped, and the story made the national press the next day. It's just another example of a national pastime ruined by racism.
Unless your national pastime is racism, in which case, go wild.
These days, the legacy of chonmage remains almost solely with sumo wrestlers, who are too fat to be bothered with your criticism of their hairstyles.
#5. Tiny Penises on Greek Sculptures
You probably know at least two things about Ancient Greece -- it was the birthplace of Western culture, and if all those marble statues are to be believed, everyone had really tiny wangs. Given that most men habitually add around three inches to the real size of their packages in the relatively unlikely event that they're asked, we have to wonder why a washboard-chested warrior civilization decided to portray all their manliest heroes with a chronic case of shrinkage. Was it just really cold back then? How well did they expect that sad little thing to please a woman?
"At least I have my children. The ones who didn't die of typhoid."
Actually, pleasing women was about the last priority that any self-respecting Greek hero would have had back then, if you catch our drift.
Experts have actually exhaustively studied the role of dongs in Greek society and written entire books on the subject. Cecil Adams over at StraightDope.com neatly summarizes it: "Long, thick penises were considered -- at least in the highbrow view -- grotesque, comic or both ...". So in art, big dongs appeared on non-human creatures and barbarians, and the perfect penis in those days, "... was small, thin and covered with a long, tapered foreskin." Which is to say that the Greeks preferred their penises to look, uh ... younger.
"Putting a finger puppet on the end and doing a show" kind of young.
See, in Ancient Greek culture, one of the most common and socially acceptable relationships was between a man and a young boy. It was basically the exact society that fundamentalist Republicans imagine right before they shoot bolt upright, whimpering in a cold sweat. The ideal object of beauty and desire was not Jessica Alba in a hand bra but an athletic, clean-shaven male with the neat and unobtrusive genitalia of a boy just coming into puberty.
In the interests of context and open-mindedness -- ewwww.
So, rather than bragging about having a pork missile so huge that they could make a woman climax twice simultaneously, back then they would brag about having a dick so small that they could attract the wealthiest men in Greece by looking like a 12-year-old. We cannot stress enough how much of a different world this was.
As a result, as the ancient playwright Aristophanes put it, what was most sexy in Ancient Greece was "a gleaming chest, bright skin, broad shoulders, tiny tongue, strong buttocks and a little prick."
Actually, most people we know who look like this tend to be massive pricks.
#4. Huge, Ridiculous Powdered Wigs
The fastest way to identify a movie as a period piece is when everyone important in the film is wearing a stupid-looking wig. Kings and aristocrats, presidents, politicians and composers are always decked out in elaborate white/blond curly wigs, often adorned with plaits, ribbons and bows. In Britain and Australia, judges and barristers still wear them. So who the hell thought that was a good idea?
"Tradition overwhelms the fact that I have a huge clump of dyed hair sitting on my sweaty comb-over."
Blame King Louis XIII of France. The French monarchy had long suffered from a hereditary condition of embarrassing male pattern baldness, and so, tired of being mocked by the King of England, Louis wore a badass wig to show that he was the most virile king around. Before long, his unconventional style became a fashion statement in the royal court, with most of the king's men adopting the elaborate hairpieces, whether they were bald or not.
"Apparently he's jumping off a cliff next week. I'm totally going to do that, too."
With France being the center of European culture in the 17th century, anything that was sexy in France quickly spread to the rest of Europe. As aristocrats tried to outdo one another, the wigs, called perukes or periwigs, became more and more fabulous. This led to the creation of a whole industry of wig-makers, who established their own guild in 1665. The wigs became such a part of the culture that you had to wear a wig to move upward in society. By the late 1700s, men were pouring a starch-based powder over their wigs to make them as white as possible.
This had the brilliant effect of making them look like idiots.
The wig craze died in England when the government sensed a money-making opportunity and imposed a hefty tax on hair powder. At the same time, a minor incident in France called the French Revolution made it kind of uncool to be seen in public wearing a symbol of the aristocracy. But until then, the peruke phenomenon had been one of the most long-standing and weirdest fashion crazes in European history. All because the King of France was self-conscious about his bald spot.


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When former Attorney General Michael Mukasey delivered the annual Harold Leventhal Memorial Lecture in October, Columbia Law School Professor Nathaniel Persily asked if Mukasey could have any superpower, what he would choose.
"I wish I had the power of prophecy," Mukasey replied.
That statement summed up the focus of the lecture, in which Mukasey made a case for government lawyers and their actions in the realm of national security.
When he first became attorney general in 2007, Mukasey thought he knew something about national security. As a judge for the Southern District of New York, he presided over complicated terrorism-related cases, including the 1993 plot to blow up New York City landmarks. But his daily classified briefings never ceased to surprise him. "The enemies that we face have a presence literally in every part of the globe," he noted, "and yet in many places, they are virtually undetectable."
The question of how to deal with terrorism is among the most challenging that a democratic government can face, said Mukasey. The government must determine how the country should protect itself, if the steps it's taking are proportional to the threat at hand, and whether legal lines can and should be redrawn.
"The next administration's ability to accomplish our shared objectives of keeping
the nation safe and protecting civil liberties will depend, as it always has, on getting careful, impartial legal advice from lawyers who deal with national security issues and getting the best lawyers it can find to do that work," Mukasey said. "We must not inhibit them from performing this critical function. We also must not inhibit those charged directly with performing intelligence functions from asking for candid and honest advice before they act. The stakes are simply too high."

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Goal.com cartoonist Omar Momani gives us his unique take on the football news of the dayAshley Cole may not have always been the most popular figure outside of Stamford Bridge, but the left back will join an elite group of England players on Wednesday.
The defender will join England's 100 Club at Wembley Stadium against Brazil, joining such decorated stars as Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Sir Bobby Charlton and Bobby Moore.
Somewhat controversial off the pitch but rarely anything other than reliable on it, England might actually allow itself to celebrate Cole on Wednesday evening.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- A new exhibit at the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan is giving visitors a unique look at the history of the Flint Hills region.
More than 100 artifacts are now on display in a temporary exhibit called "Forces: The Shaping of Manhattan, Fort Riley and Kansas State University."
The exhibit explains and illustrates the development of the military post, town and college and the foundation that the three long-standing entities created.
"It's an exhibit that looks at the founding of our three communities, how each area has shaped and reinforced each other over the first 75 years of our history," explained Bob Workman, director of the Flint Hills Discovery Center.
The project is the result of a collaboration between the Flint Hills Discovery Center and five different entities- the U.S. Cavalry Museum at Fort Riley, the Conservation Division at Fort Riley, Kansas State University's Historic Costume & Textiles Museum, the Morse Department of Special Collections at Kansas State University Libraries and the Riley County Historical Society.
"All of us together combined our ideas and collections to develop this overview of Manhattan, Fort Riley and Kansas State University have been major forces in the shaping of each other. It took us about 18 months of work on this project," Workman said.
"The purpose of this exhibit is to introduce audiences of all ages to some of the overarching ideas, events and issues that have influenced three places- a military post, a town and a college- from their collective founding about 150 years ago to the advent of World War I. Manhattan, Fort Riley and Kansas State University each has its own unique and dynamic history. We are fortunate to have been able to partner with these organizations to begin to sketch out connections between our collective histories," a plaque states in the display.
The exhibit, primarily funded by the Kansas Humanities Council, includes a 1912 Model T car as well as an 1851 Dragoon jacket- an extremely rare piece of military history. The only other existent artifact of a uniform of that nature is housed at the Smithsonian Institution, officials said.
Dr. Robert Smith, Supervisory Curator of the Fort Riley Museum Division, told WIBW: "We were very happy to contribute the history of Fort Riley from 1853 to 1917. It was a very interesting process. We're very happy to collaborate and tell the Fort Riley story because I think Fort Riley played a significant role in the history of this Flint Hills region."
The "Forces" exhibit will be open until January 13, 2013.
Those organizations involved in the project collected so much information that it could not all be included at once. Part 2 of the exhibit will revealed in the Fall of 2014.
The Flint Hills Discovery Center, located on South 3rd Street in Manhattan, will host its inaugural free Family Day event on Saturday, September 22, 2012 to promote the new exhibit and allow guests to tour the permanent exhibits as well. Hours of operation will be from 10 AM to 5 PM and admission will be free to the public, courtesy of the Kansas Farm Bureau and Kansas Farm Bureau Financial Services.


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Waukesha, Oak Creek working to put water deal back in motion
Waukesha - A proposed amendment to an agreement for Oak Creek to sell Lake Michigan water to the City of Waukesha will put the plan back on track after a one-month delay, Waukesha Water Utility General Manager Dan Duchniak said Friday.
The revision clarifies how Waukesha's future rate payments to Oak Creek will be determined, Duchniak said. The amendment is intended to reassure Oak Creek that it will be paid rates that reimburse it for full costs of the service.
The Oak Creek Water & Sewer Commission will review the proposal Tuesday.
Both the Oak Creek and Waukesha common councils are scheduled to adopt the amended agreement at separate meetings on Nov. 20. The Waukesha council discussed the amendment Thursday night in a closed-door session.
Rate payments unexpectedly became an obstacle to sealing the deal in early October when the Wisconsin Public Service Commission ruled Oak Creek could not bill Franklin for providing adequate volume and pressure for fighting fires as part of its wholesale charges to the community.» Read Full Article
Drunken driver arrested after nearly hitting squad car stopped for another OWI arrest
Officers responding to the scene of a drunken driving accident arrested a second drunken driver who attempted to drive around the scene during the early morning hours Sunday.
According to Oak Creek police:
A 29-year-old Oak Creek man was speeding when he plowed into the rear end of a vehicle driving at the posted speed limit in the 1500 block of West Puetz Road shortly before 1:30 a.m. Nov. 4.
Both vehicles left the roadway and were totaled in the accident, but no injuries were reported. The Oak Creek Fire Department was called to the scene due to a large amount of smoke coming from the engine compartment of one of the vehicles.
The 29-year-old man was arrested for drunken driving, second offense, and was cited for unreasonable and imprudent speed. His blood-alcohol content was 0.18.» Read Full Article
Anti-Semitic pamphlets being distributed around Oak Creek, South Milwaukee
Several residents called Oak Creek police in the past week after receiving an anti-Semitic pamphlet that also discussed the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in August.
According to Oak Creek police, the South Milwaukee Police Department also received about six reports of matching literature being placed on porches in their city; however, they also have no information on who is distributing the pamphlets.
Police examined the pamphlet and stated it didn't contain any direct threats toward people or establishments.
If you have information about the organization or person/people distributing these pamphlets you can call the Oak Creek Police Department at (414) 762-8200. If residents receive one of these pamphlets they are advised to simply throw the literature away, police said.
Oak Creek teens accused of assaulting, robbing 17-year-old
Two 17-year-old Oak Creek boys were arrested Nov. 4 in connection with the Oct. 17 assault and robbery of a boy.
According to the Oak Creek police log:
The teens were arrested after a police investigation determined they were involved in the incident in which the victim, a 17-year-old Oak Creek boy, was struck and knocked to the ground by five or six teens while walking his dog in the 300 block of East Parkway Estates at 1:20 p.m. Oct. 17. While on the ground, one of the boys stole $20 out of the victim's pocket before the group ran into a wooded area.
The victim refused medical attention.
The two teens were taken into custody shortly after 3 p.m. Nov. 4. They are both facing possible charges of robbery and physical abuse of a child.» Read Full Article
Man escapes Oak Creek drug sting after trip to hospital
Police have issued an arrest warrant for an alleged drug dealer who escaped custody Oct. 31.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
A 26-year-old Milwaukee man sold six bags of crack cocaine to an undercover police officer while the two were sitting in a car in the parking lot at Milwaukee Area Technical College, 6665 S. Howell Ave., shortly before 8 a.m. Oct. 31.
When a detective came to the passenger-side door to make the arrest, the man struck him and ran off, with two officers in pursuit. The officers caught the man, but he resisted arrest and refused to put his hands behind his back.
Police used a Taser to gain control of the man after they saw him place a plastic bag into his mouth. The man was unable to swallow the bag and eventually spit it out. The bag contained 3.5 grams of powder cocaine, 14 grams of crack cocaine and 33 additional corner-cut bags.» Read Full Article
Driver who struck deputies' car now facing homicide charge
An 18-year-old St. Francis man who authorities say plowed into Waukesha County Sheriff's patrol car on a freeway last week now faces a homicide charge for the death of his own passenger.
According to the criminal complaint:
Ihor M. Sahan was speeding east on Interstate 94 about 2:40 a.m. Thursday when he slammed into the squad car that was parked in the turnaround area at Sunny Slope Road. Deputies Bryan Skaar and Patrick Sykes were running radar speed enforcement and noted Sahan's vehicle approaching at 74 mph right before it struck their car.
The injured deputies climbed out of their damaged car to see Sahan's vehicle on fire a short distance away. They pulled Sahan and his unconscious passenger from the burning vehicle.
The passenger, Ryan Petri, 17, had not been wearing a seat belt and suffered massive brain trauma. He was taken to Children's Hospital but never regained consciousness and died Saturday.» Read Full Article


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European PlayStation Store Update for June 4th: PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate, Murdered: Soul SuspectWritten by: / / No Comments
This week's PlayStation Store update features a packed line-up led by no less than six new PS Plus freebies spread across PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. These free games include Double Eleven's remake PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate for PS4 and PS Vita that features an addictive blend of intense co-op action and elemental puzzles to test both your reaction times and intelligence.
Also out this week is Square Enix's multi-platform adventure title Murdered: Soul Suspect which tasks you with solving your untimely death as you drift around as a ghost. If you own a PS4 you can also download a demo for EA Sports UFC which features some very impressive character models that look almost photo-realistic from certain camera angles.
You can browse through all this week's new releases on the PlayStation Blog or directly on the PlayStation Web Store. Here are some highlights from this week's update:
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PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection
• PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate (PS4/PS Vita)
• Trine 2: Complete Story (PS4)
• Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut (PS3/PS Vita)
• Dragon's Crown (PS Vita)
• Surge Deluxe (PS Vita)
PS4 Games
• Murdered: Soul Suspect (£49.99/€69.99; available from June 6th)
• PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate (£10.25/€11.99; Cross-Buy)
PS3 Games
• Murdered: Soul Suspect (£39.99/€49.99; available from June 6th)
• Don Bradman Cricket 14 (£39.99/€49.99)
• Ultra Street Fighter IV (£11.99/€14.99)
PS Vita Games
• PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate (£10.25/€11.99; Cross-Buy)
• Farming Simulator 14 (£28.49/€34.99)
• PS Vita Pets (£19.99/€24.99)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection (£34.99/€39.99; available from June 6th)
• Monster Monpiece (£23.99/€29.99)
PSP Game
• Gradius Collection (£7.99/€9.99)
PS2 Classic
• Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga (£6.49/€7.99)
• EA Sports UFC (PS4)
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Xbox One sales hit 3 million in 2013Written by: / / 2 Comments
Following on from the news in 2013 that Xbox One had sold two million units in only eighteen days, and on the back of Microsoft's somewhat erroneous claims that the console had also become the fastest seller for the month of November 2013, Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi has announced another milestone for Xbox.
According to the corporate vice president of marketing, strategy and business at Xbox, Xbox One managed to sell three million units to consumers by the end of 2013, while "demand for Xbox One has been strong, selling out throughout the holidays at most retailers worldwide," Mehdi wrote.
"We also love that you are seeing the promise of an all-in-one entertainment system," Mehdi continued. "Millions of hours of live TV have been watched and millions of hours of app entertainment have been enjoyed. We are proud to have the most passionate, engaged, and simply the best fans in the world. It was fun to share the holidays with so many of you."
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The US currently imports approximately half its daily consumption of 19 million bpd of oil and remains both the largest importer and consumer of oil. Conservation and the shale revolution would not eliminate upward pressure on prices from rising emerging market demand.
The ongoing shale boom and increasing use of hydraulic
fracturing has comparative advantages that could drive future
US manufacturing growth, according to a new report released
Thursday by credit-watch company Fitch Ratings.
However, Fitch does not expect it will provide a platform for
US energy independence.
Fitch believes that if shale gas development is allowed to
expand, the volumes will add to other comparative advantages
such as cost of labor, demographics, supply chain security and
transportation costs. Collectively, these factors could
incentivize a higher volume of manufacturing to return to the
Low natural gas prices provide an additional competitive
advantage to US producers in many industries including
chemicals, steel, copper, aluminum, cement, and other energy
intensive materials.
The return of more sophisticated levels of manufacturing will
be driven more by economic fundamentals and technology than low energy
The US currently imports approximately half its daily
consumption of 19 million bpd of oil and remains both the
largest importer and consumer of oil. Conservation and the
shale revolution would not eliminate upward pressure on prices
from rising emerging market demand.
Even with the growth of hydraulic fracturing, Fitch does not
believe coal production will contract significantly, and
expects an eventual rebound once market conditions become more
While coal will have a smaller share of the electricity market,
it will still be the biggest single source of energy for
conversion to electricity, the report says.
The effect of the shale revolution on the North American
midstream sector is generally positive. In other cases it is
more mixed, as the shale revolution has both provided a strong
source of organic growth for the industry, but also unfavorably
pressured the economics of coal fired electricity producers in
select cases.
The primary effect of shale gas will be lower costs for US
industry and consumers and expanded capacity and profits for petrochemical companies and energy
intensive materials producers, according to the Fitch
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We have an open office (no cubical walls) that is intended to increase productivity.
However I find that the increase in distractions, both sound and visual negates this due to the difficulty in concentrating and focusing on tasks.
How can I overcome those distractions but still keep in touch with colleagues in a (fairly) open manner?
We have an open office (no cubical walls) that is intended to increase productivity.
I have a similar problem, and invested in a set of noise-cancelling headphones. Because we're in an open environment, it's easy to still see people coming toward my workstation, and am able to make eye contact to let them know that I'm still attentive and not shutting myself out. I've also made comments to my coworkers like, "Wow, I am really distracted today...I'm gonna put on headphones so I can focus. just wave really big if you need me..." to cue them in. Best investment I've made for work.
Is it possible to switch desks so that you are in one of the dark corners? So facing a wall, or just off the normal walking ways around the office? Just thinking of thinks you could be looking at that don't change much. I'd go with a couple of big pot plants either side of your monitor...
Unfortunately, I've never had an issue focusing on visual things...much to the chagrin of my friends when we're in a bar or restaurant with monitors :)
I have a programmer friend who had a more traditional cubicle with dual monitors, but was developing a new system and found himself CONSTANTLY referring to ten or so pages of requirements and flowcharts in a binder. He bought himself one of those tri-fold school science-project displays, cut holes for his monitors, and tapes up all the project documentation he needed on the same visual plane of his monitors.
An added side benefit of that is that he instant has a 30" or so "wall" in his visual field.
I contracted in a truly open-concept office for about ten days...it was computers on antique library tables in an old warehouse loft..., and I found it VERY distracting when I wasn't knees deep in my project. I discussed it with my boss, and he was happy to let me use a conference room and a laptop.
Keep in mind that unless your employer is a complete jackass, they're paying for your expertise to be delivered in an efficient manner. Explaining that you can't be as effective in the environment usually leads to compromises and accommodations. It's worth asking.


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Judge OKs hiring of investigator for teen charged in rape case
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STEUBENVILLE — Jefferson County Juvenile Court may have to foot the bill for the hiring of an investigator to help in the defense preparation of one of two Steubenville High School student-athletes......
Here is my two cents.
Hire the investigator. That way nobody can say that the trial was rigged, or unfair.
If they are found guilty, the parents pay the bill.
If they are acquitted, the county picks up the tab.
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Perhaps the Steubenville Big Red Football Boosters can pay for the private eye? Hey, these high rollers from business owners to public figures should be able to afford the bill rather than passing the buck on the unwilling taxpayers.
Can't wait till the trial in March. The town will have so many news people & vehicles, it would look like the good ole days as the world will have more laughs at the community mind think of high school football trumps all, including heinous crimes! RRR = Rape Red Rape !!
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And the saga continues..........
How can many in this area swallow so much ????????????
Alledged victim????? WHAT???
Alledged defendants??????? WHAT???
Delayed local news coverage??????? WHY?
Too many unanswered questions???????
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"Character is what you are willing to do when the spotlight has been turned off, the applause is over, and no one is around to give you credit."
Our students seem to lack "character".
And "If you always do what you've always done; you"ll get what you've always got."
That goes for thinking too.
Let's fix this for the future, please.
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I wonder if the county will flip the bill for the 16 year old who was arrested for the murders in Steubenville today. I'm sure he could use $2500 towards his legal team travel expenses for all the dog and pony shows on the west and east coast news outlets.
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13 Sep 2012 2:37 AM #1
Higher fieldsets in IE8
In the example http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/ext-3.4.0/examples/form/dynamic.html
(the same happens in 3.4.1)
The fieldset "Phone Number" has an height of 117px in Chrome 21.
In IE8 under XP, the same fieldset is 141px height.
I measured the same <fieldset> element, which contains:
- a <legend> (it is 2px higher in IE)
- a <div>, which is the same in both browsers
Forgetting the two pixels in the <legend>, it is something related to the <fieldset>.
Anyone noticed this?
I haven't tested any other version than IE8.
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What do you mean by about? What is the exact height of that fieldset in both browsers?
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The upcoming project in Westlake, Louisiana, should start up in 2017, with expected production of 1.5 million tpy of ethylene along with several downstream derivative plants.
Sasol is moving ahead on the front-end
engineering and design (FEED) of its ethane cracker and
derivatives project in Louisiana by making a series of
engineering and technology provider appointments
"We are delighted to be working with these world class
contractors and technology partners in executing our
project," said Johan du Preez, Sasol executive vice
president for US mega-projects.
"The selected companies are leaders in their respective fields
and have the technologies, systems and expertise to help us
deliver the project on schedule, optimizing our
return on investment," he added.
Fluor was named the main FEED contractor for the ethane
cracker and derivatives project.
Meanwhile, individual
engineering services agreements for the development of basic
engineering packages were concluded with Toyo Engineering for
the linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant, Mitsui
Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. for the low-density
polyethylene (LDPE) plant, and Samsung Engineering America Inc.
for the ethylene oxide (EO) and mono-ethylene glycol (MEG)
The technologies of Technip Stone & Webster Process
Technology, ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing, Univation
Technologies and Scientific Design Company were selected for
the ethane cracker, LDPE, LLDPE and EO/MEG processes,
In addition, Sasol said it will use its own proprietary
technologies for the tetramerization, Ziegler alcohol and
Guerbet alcohol units.
Emerson Process Management, a global business of
Emerson, was appointed as the main automation
Worley Parsons has been contracted to support Sasol's own
project execution team as part of an integrated project
management team. Sasol said that Worley Parsons systems, tools
and local expertise will be used to enhance its own team that
is overseeing the project.
Sasol announced in December 2012 that it would begin FEED
work for the world-scale ethane cracker and derivatives
facility to be located near Westlake, Louisiana.
The current project costs for the ethane cracker
are estimated at between $5-$7 billion. It is currently
envisioned that the final investment decision for the ethane
cracker will be taken in 2014, the company said, with
beneficial operation to be achieved in 2017.
The ethane cracker is designed to produce 1.5 million tons per
year of ethylene.
"The ethylene produced in the chemical facility will be used to
produce a range of high value derivatives in world scale
plants," said Andre de Ruyter, senior group executive for
global chemicals and North American operations.
"This forms part of Sasol's strategy of building globally
competitive downstream facilities and adding value to the
already low cost of ethylene production opportunity in North
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i am a stock holder in sasol for years, am interested in progress news about the luisiana project. Am a german educated engineer living in USA. Have been involved in international project management worldwide. Be aware of cultural differences in personnel in international projects !
Alex Michinel
Technology selection is not a straight forward issue. It depends on so many factors; one of them if the availability of EPC contractor. Specially in the cracker business where there are only 4 licensors(KBR, Linde, Technip (also taken Shaw) and Lummus), each technology is tied up to one EPC contractor. North American is not a easy arena for EPCs due to the volatility of the labor cost and the foreseen scenarios for the boom that the shale gas is forecasting to cause. Cracker technologies offered by Lummus and Linde will be difficult to be competitive in USA, not because they are inferior but because of the appetite of the licensor to take a EPC contract in USA specially if clients are looking for LSTK.
why Americas are not preferring Linde technology for Ethane crackers? Its better technology.
Dr. Amarjit Bakshi
If used a consultant who has worked with all the contractors and all the technology providers who could be objective and give better prospective in selection. There are not all the not that many consultants who are not tied to their old employers or for some other reason as an agent ( having conflicting interest) but you might find one odd consultants who can be objective and know the internal operation even dealing with any of the contractors what perspective and competence is there. And than come the judgment that some people after 10 or 15 years they have that visionary judgment they can provide to meet Client's other WISE CLIENT"S ARE PREY TO THESE CONTRACTORS AND TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS>
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WLP838 Southern German Lager Yeast
This yeast is characterized by a malty finish and balanced aroma. It is a strong fermentor, produces slight sulfur, and low diacetyl.
Style Performance Listing
A listing of how this style ranks amongst different brew styles, on a scale from 0 to 4.
|German Style Pilsner
|Bohemian Style Pilsner
|Munchen Style Helles
|European Style Pilsner
|American Style Light Lager
|American Style Lager
|American Style Premium Lager
|American Style Specialty Lager
|Vienna Style Lager
|Americn Style Amber Lager
|German Style Marzen & Oktoberfest
|European Style Dark & Munchner
|American Style Dark Lager
|German Style Schwarzbier
|German Style Dopplebock
Feedback and experiences from previous customers. Want to leave a review of your own?
"Vigorous and malty"
I used this to brew a Schwarzbier and an Oktoberfest. I prepared a 2L starter, fermentation took off in less than 12 hours, and I was surprised at how vigorous it was for a lager yeast. I fermented at about 52F, diacetyl rest at 65F, and lagered at 30F. Both the schwarzbier and oktoberfest are incredible. Probably two of the best beers I've ever brewed. I got about 76% attenuation, and clarity is excellent.
This yeast definitely accentuates the malt flavor. I detect almost no hop aroma/flavor in my beer (which is perfect for the styles I brewed). If you want a yeast that will bring out the delicious complexities in your malt bill, this is it. I've found my house lager strain!
"Dropped clear very fast, and very tasty - Vienna Lager"
Brewed 10 gallons of Vienna Lager made of 80% Weyermann Vienna malt, 19% Weyermann Munich 2, and a percent Carafa Special 2 for color. Pitched a built up starter (forget the quantity, but right amount based on calculations), and fermented at 50F for two weeks until hit FG. Kegged and sampled and it is the clearest lager out of primary I've ever brewed. Looked beautiful, and great tasting malt character, killed by the sulfur that needs to lager out. Smelled like ass during fermentation, but it's clearly going to be a winner. Re-pitched the yeast and it's currently fermenting a Helles. As much as I want to love WLP833, this one has worked better for me so far for malty German beers.
"The "English" Lager Yeast"
This yeast behaved like an english yeast in most ways. What do I mean by that? It floccs hard, leaving little islands of yeast floating at the top for weaks and a yeast cake that you could flip upside down and it wouldn't move. Super clear beer immediately after primary. Very fast and very vigorous initial fermentation, but an extended period to get those last few points. It makes a malty beer with just the barest hint of hops in the finish, if you look hard enough.
However, it is UNLIKE an english yeast when it comes to cleanness. I brewed a Classic Rauchbier, which is basically a Marzen with smoked malt. My FG ended up being about 1.0175 after two weeks and no more activity. This yeast had gotten it down to 1.020 in only 5 days at 50F, and left absolutely no diacetyl, acetaldehyde or banana esters. It didn't need a diacetyl rest, but I let it rise to 60 and then 70 until two weeks time, hoping it would get down to 1.015. It did drop a few more points, but never reached the FG I would have expected from WLP830. This ended up being 69%, which is to be expected as this yeast does appear to have a lower attenuation on average.
Very clean, very fast, high floccing workhorse of a yeast that I will probably use for everything but German Pils and American lagers.
"Hard working german steam locomotive"
Excellent hard working and distinctive yeast!
I have used this culture for all my pilsner (and more odd) type of beers where I needed a strong yeast to reach clean crispyness without off-flavours. WLP 838 will never lett you down and has an amazing temperature range.
Today (brew day 2) my pilsner shows heavy "Krausen" at 10C/50F and I will go slowly down to 7-8C/45-47F on brewday 3-4.
I highly recommendate this yeast!
"Highly recommend as 'house' lager"
Clean, fast (for a lager), highly attenuative. Ferments well with good flavor results at a wide range of temps. I highly recommend this yeast as a "house" lager strain. It will let you produce traditional beers while also being versatile enough for unusual, experimental brews. I've used this yeast each fall for the past 4 years. The beers fly out of here (and we are mostly an "ale house").
"This yeast emphasizes the malt flavors ... "
WLP838 Southern German Lager yeast is great for speed of ferment – gets beers out the door faster than any other lager yeast I know of. Be prepared for gushing kraeusen even in the first generation. The yeast clears on its own better than most lagers so it is much easier and faster to get a visually pleasing beer. It tends to subdue the hop flavors – not dramatically like some English ale types but noticeable. WLP838 is great for beers where the malt profile needs to shine; it excels at darker beers like Doppelbock or Oktoberfest. This yeast emphasizes the malt flavors although they are not exactly true to form – it seems to smear or mix them together with its own unique flavor profile. This can be a good thing because making a convincing lager is much easier to accomplish; there is more error room for the brewer to hide behind which means the recipe doesn't need to be nailed down to perfection to get a very believable rendition. If WLP005 British Ale yeast is a sweaty working man in dirty clothes than WLP838 Southern German Lager yeast could be his cold-loving cleaner brother in a well-pressed suit.
"No esters, very clean"
1.050 to 1.010 in 8 days! Beautiful, clean, flavor profile. Grainy, malt character. I pitched at 70F and slowly dropped temp to 59F, then 48F. No esters, very clean. All from a one liter, rushed starter. Highly recommended++
"Home run beers"
I am a home brewer using the methods of a devout pauper. This yeast is amazing at accommodating poor environmental conditions. Used this yeast in a dunkel recipe during the 2010 SF Bay Area summer (when the Giants won the World Series) in an uncontrolled garage environment, to be served at Oktoberfest season. Temperatures were well into the 80's F for most of the fermentation and primary aging. Preliminary results (racked from primary) showed harshness. All harsh edges were resolved by "cold aging" the secondary for 4 weeks in a standard fridge, with notable improvement within only 1 week. Tastings at 1 week "cold aging", and again at 4 and 6 weeks, showed fantastic improvements at the 4 week mark, with stabilization at 6 weeks (no change from 4 weeks). No other yeast I have tried, including the WLP SF Lager intended for our environment, performed so well. Takes off fast, completes and clarifies quickly, tolerant of uncontrolled environments. Results are very clean, very smooth, with emphasis on malts, but hops are uninhibited in the flavor profile. The stats say 'low diacetyl', but my results revealed excellent buttery mouth feel not explained by this laboratory defined chemical deficiency. I have tried dunkels made by Kernig Ludwig and Andechs in Bavaria. The beer I produced using this yeast is (arguably) close to those in character, and yet, was made is very poor environmental conditions. This yeast simply rocks !!!
FlocculationMedium to High
Optimum Ferment Temp.50-55°F (10-13°C)
Alcohol ToleranceMedium
MiniFerment Data ?
As-is Diacetyl48.98ppb
Total DiacetylNA
As-is 2,3-Pentanedione46.07ppb
Total 2,3-PentanedioneNA
Ethyl Acetate36.22ppm
Isoamyl Acetate2.92ppm
Isoamyl Alcohol100.66ppm


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MITCHELL, S.D. – Earlier this fall, Dakota Wesleyan University football coach Ross Cimpl was honored by the Great Plains Athletic Conference as the league's coach of the year after guiding the Tigers to one of the top three seasons in school history.
Cimpl earned the second coaching honor of his career Tuesday when it was announced that the second-year head coach was named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) NAIA Region 4 Coach-of-the-Year. Cimpl, a Wagner, S.D., native, is one of five head coaches from around the NAIA to earn the honor. He is joined by Lindsey Wilson's Chris Oliver, Grand View's Mike Woodley, Benedictine's Larry Wilcox and Carroll's Mike Van Diest.
Other coaches honored include the University of Minnesota's Jerry Kill in the Football Bowl Subdivision category, as well as North Dakota State University's Craig Bohl in the Football Championship Subdivision category.
Cimpl's honor marks the first time in DWU football history a Tiger coach has been recognized by the AFCA. The honor comes on the heels of one of the best seasons in Tiger football history. Cimpl, who is 14-7 in his first two seasons at the helm at Dakota Wesleyan, guided the 2013 squad to an 8-3 overall record. This marked just the third time in school history the football team has won eight or more games in a season. The last time was in 1992 when the team went 10-1, and the only other time was in 1976.
Cimpl, who served as DWU's defensive coordinator before taking over as head coach in January 2012, coached five GPAC players-of-the-week in 2013. He helped the team set school records for points (329) and total offense (4,547) in a season, and he also watched as one individual game, season and career record fell this season. Francois Barnaud set the school record for rushing in a season (1,893) and Anthony Muilenburg set the record for receiving yards in a game (251) and receptions in a career (225).
The Tigers won seven of their last eight games, with their only loss coming to top-ranked Morningside, and finished the year ranked 20th in the NAIA. Fourteen DWU athletes earned All-GPAC honors at 15 different positions, and sophomore linebacker Brady Bonte was one of eight underclassmen nominated for a national defensive player-of-the-year award. DWU's signature win this season was an upset of 20th-ranked Doane College in Crete, Neb.
Cimpl and the other regional winners will be recognized at the AFCA Coach of the Year Dinner at the 2014 AFCA Convention Tuesday, Jan. 14, in Indianapolis, Ind. He, along with the other four NAIA regional winners, are now up for the AFCA Coach of the Year honor, which will be announced that night.


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By computer calculations, I found the following conjecture that the quadratic form $4x^2 + 2xy + 3y^2 + 4w^2 + 2wz + 3z^2$ represents all primes except for the two primes 2 and 11. Is it possible to prove the conjecture? Or, are there results to attack the conjecture?
I don't know how much to say. Your form is in the same genus as $w^2 + x^2 + 11 y^2 + 11 z^2.$ It is isotropic in the 2-adic numbers but anisotropic in the 11-adic numbers. It is extremely likely that your form represents all positive integers except $1,11,121, 1331, \ldots$ and $2,22,242, 2662, \ldots,$ that is $11^k, 2 \cdot 11^k.$ Anisotropic means that your form integrally represents a number $n$ if and only if it represents $121 n.$ So, in opposition to any positive binary form, your quaternary form represents a set of positive density in the integers, indeed probably of full density.
I do not see a regular ternary form represented by yours. This rules out one method for proving the assertion I make above. However, that may not be the end of the story. In any case, it typically takes me a few days to finish one of these arguments.
If there is no clean proof, there is another direction. Manjul Bhargava and Jonathan Hanke, in something called the 290 Theorem, use analytic methods to show that certain forms in at least four variables represent all numbers above some large bound. What is unusual is that the bounds here are effective, which is not possible in three variables. For this reason, the new preprint by Jeremy Rouse does not finalize his project, although he does show that the natural conjecture follows from an extended Riemann Hypothesis.
Note that, for our amusement, $w^2 + x^2 + 11 y^2 + 11 z^2$ seems to represent all positive integers except $11^k \cdot \{3,6,7,14 \}$
Oh, almost forgot. Both forms represent a subset of the numbers represented by $$ x^2 + x y + 3 y^2 + w^2 + w z + 3 z^2, $$ which actually represents all positive integers. Your form is the one just above with my $x,w$ even, while $(1,1,11,11)$ is the form just above with $y,z$ even, but then "reduced."
Enough for now. I will post what I am able to prove later.
EDIT, Sunday, 19 February 2012: Your form does represent all but a finite set of primes, indeed all but a finite set of squarefree numbers not divisible by 11. If you take your original $w=0,$ the result is the ternary form $4 x^2 + 2 x y + 3 y^2 + 3 z^2,$ which reduces in the one-line Brandt-Intrau order as $\langle 3,3,4,0,2,0 \rangle.$ The full genus and some relevant information:
As you can see, the genus (collectively) represents all numbers except $11^{2k+1} \; \cdot \{11m + 2,6,7,8,10 \}$ for $k,m \geq 0.$
Now, the fundamental result of Duke and Schulze-Pillot says that any given positive ternary represents all sufficiently large numbers that are primitively represented by at least one form in the same spinor genus. In this case, the spinor genus and genus coincide. Some form in the genus represents any number not divisible by 11, and if the number is squarefree, the representation is primitive. The sad news is that the implied constant in "sufficiently large" is unknown and unknowable, so the bound is sometimes called "ineffective."
I do not see the D_S-P paper on the arXiv, it rather precedes that, anyway W. Duke and R. Schulze-Pillot, Representations of integers by positive ternary quadratic forms and equidistribution of lattice points on ellipsoids, Inventiones Mathematicae vol. 99 (1990) pages 49-57. We are using the Corollary to Theorem 3 on page 56.
EDIT TOOOO: I found a nice item about Tartakowsky's Theorem, so we are in good shape. In fact, your form represents all sufficiently large numbers not divisible by 121, and we do not otherwise need to worry about square factors. See On Explicit Versions of Tartakovski's Theorem by Rainer Schulze-Pillot, preprint available at PREPRINTS
As GH suggests, here the relevant Eisenstein and cusp spaces are small enough that everything can be done explicitly. It's even a bit better than the dimensions $5+4$ suggest, because our quadratic form is isodual, which puts its theta series in an eigenspace for the Atkin-Lehner involution $w_{44}$. The resulting formula is particularly nice for $n$ prime, and immediately shows that every prime other than $2$ and $11$ is represented, and indeed the number of representations is proportional to the number of points modulo the prime of an elliptic curve of conductor $11$.
Namely: let $$ E_2(q) = 1 - 24 \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{nq^n}{1-q^n}; $$ this is not a modular form, but for every factor $d|44$ the combination $$ \varepsilon^{(d)}_2(q) := d \cdot E_2(q^d) - \frac{44}{d} E_2(q^{44/d}) $$ is a weight-2 form for $\Gamma_0(44)$. Let $$ \phi(q) = q \prod_{n=1}^\infty \bigl( (1-q^n)(1-q^{11n}) \bigr)^2 = q - 2 q^2 - q^3 + 2 q^4 + q^5 + 2 q^6 - 2 q^7 \cdots $$ be the unique eigen-cuspform for $\Gamma_0(11)$, associated to the elliptic curve $E: y^2+y=x^3-x^2$ of discriminant $-11$. Then the theta function $\sum_{n=0}^\infty r(n) q^n$ is $$ -\frac {\varepsilon^{(1)}_2(q) - \varepsilon^{(2)}_2(q) + \varepsilon^{(4)}_2(q)} {30} - \frac45\bigl(\phi(q)+3\phi(q^2)+4\phi(q^4)\bigr). $$ The coefficients are obtained by matching $q$-expansions to $O(q^{125})$, which is more than enough to prove that two weight-$2$ forms on $\Gamma_0(44)$ coincide. In particular, for the number of representations of a prime $p$ other than $2$ and $11$ we have $$ r(p) = \frac45 (p + 1 - a_p) $$ which is positive because $p+1 - a_p$ is the number of points on $E \bmod p$ (which is indeed divisible by $5$ because $E$ has a rational $5$-torsion point $x=y=0$).
There is a standard way to decide this question using modular forms or the Kloosterman refinement of the circle method (although the computational details might be tiresome).
If $r(n)$ denotes the number of representations over the integers, then $f(z)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty r(n)e(nz)$ is a modular form in $M_2(\Gamma_0(44))$, see Corollary 4.9.5 in Miyake: Modular Forms. We can write $f(z)$ as a linear combination of Eisenstein series and cuspidal Hecke eigenforms (including oldforms). Correspondingly, $r(n)$ decomposes uniquely as $r_\text{gen}(n)+r_\text{cusp}(n)$. Let us assume that $n$ is square-free and coprime with $22$. Then $r_\text{gen}(n)$ is supported on a union of arithmetic progressions mod $968$ and it is either zero or $\gg n^{1-\epsilon}$. In contrast, $r_\text{cusp}(n)\ll n^{1/2+\epsilon}$. In both estimates the implied constant depends only on $\epsilon>0$ and is effective, hence we can decide which $n$'s (square-free and coprime with $22$) are represented. I should add that $r_\text{gen}(n)=0$ implies $r(n)=0$, hence in fact $r(n)\gg n^{1-\epsilon}$ when $r(n)>0$.
P.S. Perhaps the computational details are not so bad: the Eisenstein subspace of $M_2(\Gamma_0(44))$ has dimension $5$, while the cuspidal subspace has dimension $4$.


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Ext wrapper for Appcelerator Titanium
This question was already asked some time ago but with no answers from anybody:
Are there any plans either by the Ext team or the community to build an Ext wrapper for the Appcelerator Titanium API as it has been done for Adobe AIR?
Since this project (Appcelerator Titanium) continously grows and is heading towards a stable version I think about using it as an alternative for my Adobe AIR projects. When having a similar API to Ext.air I only need slight changes in my source to get the application run on air and titanium.
More information about titanium: http://www.appcelerator.com
6 Oct 2009 7:48 AM #2
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6 Oct 2009 7:48 PM #3
What API's are you looking to implement? A lot of the AIR work we've done is to work around the sandboxing of unprivileged and privileged code (can't eval code, etc).
With Titanium you don't run into those issues. We are really impressed with their work, esp their work on kroll.
6 Oct 2009 11:39 PM #4
What I had in mind was a base interface for both AIR and Titanium for the base functionalities in order to easily switch between the both of them. Or maybe a kind of adapter.
Writing a dektop application with AIR or titanium will in most cases lead to a high amount of code which is pure javascript without the special classes for desktop env. For code reusability it would be nice to have such a mechanism to easily switch between air and titanium or better to autodetect it. In my opinion it is not a good style to do lots of
if (Ext.isAir) { //do air function } if (isTitanium) { //do titanium function }
Any ideas what is the best way to solve this problem?


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I am currently running a D&D 4E game. The game started off kind of goofy (we have a thrikreen rogue with glowing blonde hair, an ale-obsessed dwarf battlemind, a ditzy human wizard, and a dwarf shaman who doesn't like nature), however, I want to tell a more serious story without having to refer to Sham-wow the Shaman. What is the best way to get the campaign into a more serious mood or atmosphere without ruining the goofy fun my players are having?
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Talk to your players
It's entirely possible to have Serious Events in a story that's still a bit silly (works like Discworld and Digger attest to this), but it requires tonal shift that everyone has to buy into. GMs are not the Fun Police, and if your group doesn't want to play in a more serious game there's not much you can do to force the issue.
If you can convey to them how excited about it you are, and ask for their help, then this will be something everyone is doing together: not you spoiling their fun with Serious Business.
If you've got player buy-in, then consider one of these options:
Take a break from the light-hearted characters and run something grittier for a little while
Whether in the same or a different system, a serious interlude with new characters might be more welcome than asking them to abandon their beloved PCs entirely or adapt the silly PCs to an unsuited shift in tone. If everybody has a good time, some serious elements might be more welcome in the main campaign afterward.
Run an adventure around risks to things the PCs care about
This can go terribly wrong if the players don't buy into it, but if they do it can be a great way to get more player investment in the world. You can work with the players to identify things, people, places, or values that their characters take seriously, and then you can craft an adventure where those are what are at risk (rather than PC death or not getting more loot being the main risk). This gives the players a chance to explore their PCs in more depth without derailing the funny parts of the campaign: even funny characters can be well-rounded and have things they take seriously.
By and large, you don't. I enjoy goofy, the rest of my group prefers dark and gritty. We end up playing a campaign of dark and gritty, followed by a few sessions here or there of goofy.
From my experience, a serious character can become goofy much easier than a goofy character can become serious. Like you mention, if the shaman is named "Sham-wow", people will chuckle/snicker every time they refer to him/her. However, Grognard the Brave can just dye his hair dayglow green and cut up.
To better continue forwards, your current game should be allowed to reach a natural pause/end point. Then have the players roll up new, "serious" characters. However, there will never be an end to goofiness. People mishear things and will laugh. For example, an NPC in my most recent session I swear to you was named "Viagra". Cue the many double-entendres based on THAT name. We had a few jokes at this poor NPC's expense, then got back into character and continued with the serious storyline.
In general, find new players and start a new campaign.
If your players are the types for silly names, you're not going to get them to do serious for very long.
This tells me that, unless the game was intentionally humorous, your players are the silly types to begin with, and will derail any "serious" game sooner or later. I've known several such players, and they seldom deviate.
Some will deviate for a while for a new setting, but sooner or later, well, the knight with the Pepsi Symbol for his arms...
Take a note from real life, people may be dying of some tragic disease and yet still encounter funny things, it works both ways.
One of the best DM's I've had did exactly that and this is how: Our good characters started out as kids excited to go on an adventure (our "Sauron" got nicknamed John Holmes) we always got stuck with ponies (which apparently we could wear as shoes or pick up and carry under our armpit if wading across a river) and then one day we had to pass through a mountain and a wizened old guardian and as a test of our goodness we had to give up what we cared for most (one of us lost their minion, one lost their awesome sword and the other lost all their hoard of moneys) and we and our characters had to grow up a little... then we got back to taverns and drinking and doing improper things until one of our characters ended up having to do some evil errands eventually 2 characters became evil (and in the epilogue of our campaign "their names were used by mothers in centuries to come to scare little children into going to bed") and even when they were evil they managed to stuff a goblin down a dwarf's plate mail and he suffocated from the smell... The rest of the group managed to save face and become honorable heroes who were not remembered as long as the evil ones but who did managed to save the world from the eeeeeevil jooooohn hoooolmes! Life may be silly and yet serious stuff still happens... the opposite is true as well ;) and just have fun.. seriously!
Well, a seriously tough question, here is my opinion.
Things that create a humorous tone:
Trying to get serious
Here I let a suggestion of a "tone changer" quest:
Comedy situations produce more comedy situation, it's a Virtuous Cycle, try to let they without any possible comedy, make they think and suffer, if you can separate the group, they will not have the power to surpass your tone as GM, and will get into the new darker tone. After it, try to keep up the dark and gritty


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