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|Apr 26, 2005
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|Oct 31, 2002
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|Oct 31, 2002
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|Otto K. Sievert, Gregory D. Nelson, Robert D. Blanton, Shawn B. Nielson, Patrick Chase, Michael Hall, Padmanabhan Ramchandran, Joseph E. Powell, Steve T. Breidenbach
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|Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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|Patent Citations (47), Referenced by (50), Classifications (6), Legal Events (5)
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A printer mechanism or printing apparatus may include one or more print cartridges.
Each print cartridge includes one or more ink ejecting orifice arrays and is associated with at least one particular type or color of ink. Users dismount and mount print cartridges for various reasons, e.g., to select a different type of ink, different ink color, or to remove and replace an empty print cartridge.
Accurate mechanical registration among the print cartridges and orifices carried thereby is needed to provide high print quality. Variation in relative position among the print cartridges and with respect to the print cartridge carriage can affect the final result, e.g., when the print cartridge position as mounted on the carriage varies the printer mechanism can lack accurate, known, registration between the print cartridges and the media.
Due to mechanical variation in print cartridge mounting on a print cartridge carriage, such registration does not always occur. A given printer mechanism and print cartridge carriage may be designed to suitably align, in both the horizontal (scan axis) direction and the vertical (media advance axis) direction, the orifices on different print cartridges. Variation, e.g., along the media axis, may occur, especially after a print cartridge has been mounted or dismounted.
Such vertical and horizontal offsets are typically considered when coordinating production of print imaging by ejecting ink droplets from one or more print cartridges. In addition, a printer mechanism can be further calibrated or aligned relative to non-spatial aspects of the printing mechanism, e.g., performance aspects such as energy use and mechanical aspects including carriage movement and bi-directional printing control.
Calibration or alignment can bring a printer mechanism closer to its intended level of print imaging quality.
Because such calibrations do not persist over time for a given printer mechanism, printer mechanisms often include calibration procedures and functions. Typically, once a set of print cartridges is mounted upon the print cartridge carriage and a suitable calibration is performed, re-calibration is not needed again until after a print cartridge is dismounted. Re-calibration may be performed, however, at any time. For example, a user detecting reduced quality in print imaging can initiate a re-calibration procedure by suitably interacting with a printer mechanism or computer or computer network attached thereto. Generally, calibration is performed when a print cartridge is mounted as such event gives rise to opportunity for a change, for example, in relative cartridge-to-cartridge and in relative cartridge-to-carriage registration.
A user could be asked to perform complex or burdensome calibration tasks, but as a practical matter the limits of user tolerance and ability fall short of a complete spectrum of the calibration tasks needed to bring a particular printer mechanism to a desired performance level. Also, users as a population typically cannot consistently interpret and judge calibration marks, and therefore generally do not reliably produce consistent print imaging through a corresponding population of printer mechanisms through participation in a calibration procedure. As a result, "manual" methods of calibration are often simplified, with the adverse effect that the complexity and number of calibration parameters presented are often less than those desirably performed for best print imaging results.
Printing systems having "automatic" calibration and alignment methods that do not require such complex involvement from users generally are more expensive due to the additional components required to automate the calibration. Also, placing an optical sensor on a print cartridge carriage in implementation of an "automatic" method introduces significant challenge in producing accurate scanning data due to the rapid reciprocating or scanning motion of such carriage and hysteresis reflected therein.
For these and other reasons, there is a need for the present invention.
A printing component receives media, applies print imaging thereto, and delivers the media to a first location. The apparatus selectively applies at least one calibration mark as the print imaging. An imaging component receives the imaged media at a second location and produces scan data representative thereof. The apparatus selectively analyzes the at least one calibration mark and produces calibration data.
The subject matter of the present invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of this specification. However, both the organization and method of operation of embodiments, together with further advantages and objects thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description taken with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters refer to like elements.
For a better understanding of embodiments, and to show how the same may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings in which:
As discussed more fully hereafter, printing component 12 includes a calibration feature that modifies ink droplet ejection and other printer component 12 operation relative to that otherwise produced in response to print data 20. It will be understood, however, that a calibration feature need not necessarily be incorporated into printing component 12. For example, calibration procedures and algorithms could be executed externally of machine 10 by suitably passing information between machine 10 and an associated computing device (not shown) wherein calibration features can be implemented as described herein. In either case, modification of printing component 12 operations occurs as a function of calibration or alignment procedures applied thereto. For the present discussion, such modification shall be referred to as calibration or alignment of printing component 12.
Scanning component 14 receives imaged media 16 b and produces scan data 22. Scanning component 14 delivers imaged media 16 b at its output tray 21 as scanned media 16 c. Depending on the mechanical architecture of a particular machine 10, output trays 19 and 21 can be coincident. An imaging component 24 receives scan data 22 and provides image data 26 externally of machine 10, e.g., to a computer system (not shown) for further processing or storage. Scanning component 14 receives imaged media 16 b by a variety of methods, e.g., by placement on a flatbed scanner or by insertion into a document feeder mechanism. Media 16 exiting printing component 12 does not normally directly enter scanning component 14. In other words, media 16 feed mechanisms (not shown) downstream from printing component 12 do not normally couple to the infeed portions of scanning component 14.
Thus, machine 10 serves as a multifunction device providing both print imaging functions, e.g., applying print imaging to media 16 to produce media 16 a, and scan imaging functions, e.g., receiving imaged media 16 b, producing scan data 22, and providing by way of imaging component 24 image data 26 representing scanned media 16 c. As such, machine 10 serves as an integrated or "all-in-one" multifunction printing and imaging machine.
Machine 10 further includes a calibration component 50. As noted above, calibration component 50 need not necessarily be included within machine 10, e.g., calibration component can be incorporated into an associated computing device coupled to machine 10 and suitably programmed for communication and interaction with machine 10 to accomplish calibration as described herein. Machine 10 directs, under suitable circumstances, scan data 22 to calibration component 50 to produce calibration data 52. Calibration data 52 applies to printing component 12 in support of calibration or alignment thereof. Thus, for example, calibration data 52 modifies the timing of ink droplet ejection, pairing of ink droplet-ejecting orifices, operation of bi-directional printing operations, color alignment, or interpretation of print data 20 within printing component 12. In this manner, print imaging produced by printer component 12 achieves improved precision in its final form by taking into account, for example, actual registration between print cartridges, orifices, print cartridges and cartridge carriages, and relative movement between print cartridges and media 16 moving therepast.
Machine 10 includes a user interface component 54 for interacting with a user 56. It will be understood, however, that interface component 54 need not be included as a feature of machine 10, but rather can be incorporated into display features of an associated computing device in communication with machine 10. Interface component 54 can include, for example, a display and a keypad or buttons for interaction with user 56. As discussed herein below, user 56 participates in a calibration procedure orchestrated by machine 10 in support of improved print imaging within component 12.
Interaction between machine 10 and user 56 supports the calibration procedure generally as follows. Machine 10 informs user 56, e.g., by way of interface component 54, that a calibration procedure is recommended. In the alternative, or as a supplement to interface component 54, machine 10 can present instructions as to the calibration procedure by print imaging, e.g., by presentation on a calibration page 16 d. User 56 receives from printing component 12 a calibration page 16 d. Calibration page 16 d is produced according to print imaging features of printing component 12, and includes calibration marks thereon. Calibration page 16 d as produced by printing component 12 is made available to user 56 in manner similar to media 16 a. For example, calibration page 16 d is made available to user 56 at tray 19. User 56 collects calibration page 16 d from tray 19 and applies calibration page 16 d to scanning component 14 in manner similar to imaged media 16 b. Machine 10 detects and suitably reacts to calibration page 16 d appearing in scan data 22 by providing such scan data 22 to calibration component 50. Calibration component 50 analyzes scan data 22 representing a calibration page 16 d and produces appropriate calibration data 52 for application to printing component 12. Printing component 12 makes use of calibration data 52 to suitably interpret and react to print data 20 taking into account calibration data 52 to suitably, e.g., precisely, produce print imaging on media 16 a.
For example, given a printing component 12 operating according to inkjet printing methods, e.g., a print cartridge carriage carrying one or more cartridges moving relative to media 16 and ejecting ink droplets, calibration data 52 can provide timing adjustments as a function of actual or detected horizontal registration among such cartridges and actual registration between a collection of cartridges and media 16 moving in relation thereto. Similarly, calibration data 52 can provide a basis for adjusting ink droplet-ejecting orifice pairing between different print cartridges of printer component 12. In other words, pairing of orifices on different cartridges can be a function of detected vertical registration therebetween as reflected in calibration data 52. By re-pairing orifices having closer or, preferably, substantially identical vertical offsets, improved print imaging within printing component 12 results. Furthermore, calibration data 52 can provide a basis for modifying interpretation of print data 22 to reflect, for example, the actual vertical and horizontal offsets of the print cartridges in the carriage or other machine 10 conditions, and thereby accomplish calibration or alignment of printing component 12.
Thus, scan data 22 has two uses. First, scan data 22 is transferred, when appropriate, to imaging component 24 to produce image data 26 representing scanned media 16 c for delivery to an external device or other process, e.g., a computer or computer network attached thereto or to printer component 12 in a media copying function or to a FAX component (not shown) in a communication function. In an imaging use, scan data 22 supports an imaging function of machine 10. During a calibration procedure, however, scan data 22 representing a calibration page 16 d can apply to calibration component 50 to produce calibration data 52 which thereafter modifies operation of printing component 12 according to the detected actual alignment or registration of image producing devices, e.g., ink droplet-ejecting orifices, within printing component 12. Accordingly, printing component 12 thereafter makes use of calibration data 52 to better produce print imaging on media 16 a when modified according to calibration data 52.
With reference to
The controller 127 orchestrates operation of machine 100 in collecting print data 120 and applying print data 120 in suitable form to carriage 125, e.g., to suitably excite or "fire" the various inkjet ejection elements associated with the orifices on one or more print cartridges mounted on carriage 125. Controller 127 also manipulates pickup of media 116 from tray 118, operation of transport 121 moving media 116 along path 117, and delivery of media 116 to output tray 119. A user interface 154 of machine 100 includes a user display 154 a and user buttons 154 b.
Machine 100 also includes an imaging function. A scanning bed 114 receives in face-to-face relation imaged media 116 b. An imaging array 115 reciprocates below bed 114 and, under direction of controller 127, collects scan data 122 therefrom. It will be understood, however, that a particular machine 100 can include in addition or in the alternative a document feeding function (not shown) moving imaged media 116 b past a fixed array 115 to produce scan data 122. Machine 100 thereby produces scan data 122 representing imaged media 116 b and provides in image data 126 a representation of such imaged media 16 b. Thus, machine 100 serves as a multifunction printing and scanning device. Controller 127 makes use of scan data 122 in a first mode as applied to an imaging function, e.g., to provide image data 126 to an external device (not shown) or a separate internal process such as a FAX or copying process (not shown) provided by machine 100. In a second mode, however, machine 100 makes use of scan data 122 as applied to a calibration procedure, e.g., procedure 150 of
At a suitable time, e.g., when a user 156 replaces an inkjet cartridge within machine 100, machine 100 prompts user 156 to execute a calibration procedure. For example, machine 100 provides such prompt at display 154 a. The user acknowledges by reply at buttons 154 b. In response, machine 100 produces a calibration page 116 d by collecting one or more media 116 from tray 118. Data supporting production of a calibration page 16 d may be taken from a variety of sources. In the alternative, machine 100 can simply produce a calibration page 116 d in response to a predetermined event such as, for example, a user 156 mounting a print cartridge. Calibration page 116 d may include instructions in support of the calibration procedure.
The user 156 receives calibration page 116 d and places calibration page 116 d on scanner bed 114. The user 156 may place the page according to instructions presented at display 154 a and/or on calibration page 116 d. In the alternative, for a machine 100 including a document feeding function (not shown) the user 156 places the calibration page 116 d in a document feeder for imaging. Once so placed, e.g., on bed 114, user 156 can communicate such condition to machine 100 via buttons 154 b. In response, machine 100 scans calibration page 116 d and applies the resulting scan data 122 to a calibration procedure, e.g., procedure 150 of FIG. 4. In some embodiments, procedure 150 may be executed by, for example, controller 127 of machine 100. Calibration procedure 150 analyzes the calibration page 116 d and produces calibration data 152 for controlling operation of printing component 112 of machine 100. In the particular embodiment illustrated in
As a result, when a user replaces or remounts one or more print cartridges of machine 100, machine 100 executes, with user 156 assistance and interaction, a calibration procedure including production of a calibration page 16 d, interaction with a user to place the calibration page 16 d in suitable relation to a scanning portion of machine 100, producing scan data 122 representing the calibration page 16 d, and producing calibration data 152 in support of calibrating a printing component 112 of machine 100.
In decision block 214, machine 100 determines whether or not the scan data 122 just produced is a representation of the calibration page 116 d. In other words, machine 100 determines whether or not user 156 has placed the calibration page 116 in/on the scanner. As may be appreciated, the calibration page 116 d can contain certain specific identifying information distinguishing it from other print imaging produced by machine 100. Machine 100 can include programming to recognize its own calibration page 116 d in scan data 122. If the scan data 122 just taken does not represent the calibration page 116 d, then processing branches to error block 216 where the user 156 is informed of an error condition and calibration programming exits thereat. Otherwise, processing branches at block 214 to block 218 where machine 100 presents a "CALIBRATING . . . " prompt to user 156 informing user 156 that calibration is underway.
Blocks 222-230 represent a loop structure where, for each calibration aspect available, machine 100 executes appropriate scanning, analyzing, and configuring. For example, each iteration of loops 222-230 can accomplish suitable scanning, analyzing, and configuring according to different calibration features such as, but not limited to, horizontal alignment, vertical alignment, bi-directional printing alignment, color accuracy, and energy consumption. In such process, machine 100 detects and recognizes fiducial marks available on calibration page 116 d to identify in relation thereto particular calibration marks, and selects or isolates areas of the scan data 122 for analysis of each calibration pattern and analyzes each isolated or selected portion of scan data 122 to determine how to configure machine 100. Thus, processing iterates beginning at block 224 where machine 100 collects or "scans" from data 122 a particular calibration mark, analyzes in block 226 the particular or collected scan data 122 representing the particular calibration mark, and configures machine 100 by producing calibration data 152 and adjusting operation of printing component 112 based on the calibration data 152 in block 228. Blocks 224-226 can be repeated for each available calibration method. Once, the calibration procedure is complete, processing in block 232 presents to user 156 a "CALIBRATION COMPLETE" prompt informing the user that the calibration procedure has been completed fully and normal use of machine 100 can continue.
Calibration page 116 d includes a calibration mark 304 providing a basis for determining an amount of energy required to operate the ink cartridge of machine 100. In producing calibration mark 304, machine 100 uses progressively less and less energy. At some point, i.e., at some level of energy applied in producing mark 304, mark 304 becomes unacceptable, e.g., weak, in presentation. In analyzing mark 304, machine 100 determines a point at which an energy level is reduced but sufficient to produce mark 304 at given quality standards. Detecting this portion of mark 304 provides a basis for later operating printer component 112 of machine 100 at an energy level reduced but sufficient to produce quality print imaging.
Calibration page 116 d includes a series of calibration marks 306 used to determine a black cartridge bi-directional alignment. Marks 306 comprise alternating marks 306 a and 306 b or odd marks 306 a and even marks 306 b. For example, odd marks 306 a can be printed while the carriage is moving from left-to-right while even marks 306 b can be printed from right-to-left. All marks 306 originate from one print cartridge. Thus, a separate set of calibration marks 306 can be produced for each print cartridge used in machine 100. Detecting spacing between odd marks 306 a and even marks 306 b, e.g., spacing between adjacent ones of marks 306 a and 306 b, provides indication of the horizontal alignment of a single print cartridge producing print imaging in a bi-directional fashion. Thus, in analyzing marks 306, calibration procedure 150 measures horizontal spacing between marks 306 a and 306 b and determines need for calibration of the bi-directional printing features of machine 100, e.g., determines the accuracy or alignment of print imaging produced from left-to-right relative to print imaging produced from right-to-left.
Calibration page 116 d includes a series of calibration marks 308 used for determining color cartridge bi-directional alignment. Marks 308 are similar to marks 306, but provide indication of alignment for a different cartridge. As with marks 306, marks 308 originate from one print cartridge, e.g., a selected color print cartridge. Odd marks 308 a are printed in one direction, e.g., from left-to-right, while even marks 308 b are printed in the opposite direction, e.g., from right-to-left. As with marks 306, detecting spacing between marks 308 a and 308 b, e.g., adjacent ones of marks 308 a and 308 b, provides basis for determining alignment in the bi-directional printing mechanism to produce coordinated, e.g., aligned, printing in both left-to-right and right-to-left printing modes.
Calibration page 116 d includes a series of calibration marks 310 for determining cartridge-to-cartridge horizontal alignment. Calibration marks 310 originate from two print cartridges. This pattern produces basis for determining horizontal offset between two print cartridges. For example, marks 310 include alternating marks 310 a and 310 b. Marks 310 a originate from a first print cartridge, e.g., from a black ink print cartridge, and marks 310 b originate from another cartridge, e.g., a selected one of the color print cartridges. Detecting spacing between marks 310 a and 310 b, e.g., between adjacent ones of marks 310 a and 310 b, provides basis for determining horizontal alignment between two print cartridges, e.g., between the cartridge producing marks 310 a and the cartridge producing marks 310 b. Variation in such spacing from an expected variation may be reflected as an offset in calibration data 152 to modify operation of printer component 112 and thereafter produce appropriate horizontal spacing therebetween, e.g., adjust timing in production of ink droplets from the cartridge producing marks 316 b relative to the cartridge producing marks 310 a. As may be appreciated, additional series of marks 310 may be produced to calibrate other print cartridges relative to a reference cartridge. For example, a second series of marks 310 also using the black ink cartridge but a different color cartridge provides calibration of a second color cartridge to the black ink cartridge. In this manner, a set of color ink cartridges can be calibrated, e.g., horizontal offsets detected, relative to a reference cartridge, e.g., relative to the black ink cartridge, and thereby produce a reliable set of calibration data 152 for modifying subsequent operation of printer component 112 in producing precise, e.g., well aligned, print imaging.
Calibration page 116 d includes a set of calibration marks 314 for determining cartridge-to-cartridge vertical alignment. While not illustrated in detail herein, but as known in the art, marks 314 comprise a series of stepped lines produced by a first print cartridge and a series of overlaid horizontal lines produced by a second print cartridge. Vertical alignment of the second cartridge relative to the first cartridge may be inferred by detecting a magnitude of reflectance from a mark 314. Thus, in an actual implementation a set of marks 314 can be presented for each print cartridge, for each color cartridge, for calibration thereof relative to a reference cartridge, e.g., a black ink cartridge. Calibration marks 314 include a set of primary calibration marks 314 a and a set of secondary calibration marks 314 b. Generally, calibration marks 314 a provide a gross estimation of cartridge-to-cartridge vertical alignment. Marks 314 a may be analyzed for a magnitude of reflectance at locations thereacross. A location of a given level of reflectance within a given mark 314 a indicates a gross calibration of cartridge-to-cartridge vertical alignment sufficient to select one or a set of marks 314 b for fine indication of vertical alignment. Marks 314 a thereby reduce selection, e.g., determine which of marks 314 b need be analyzed for reflectance. Thus, calibration procedure 150 first analyzes one of marks 314 a and then determines which of marks 314 b need be analyzed for reflectance values. By suitably placing marks 314 a, e.g., above and below as seen in
Calibration page 116 d includes a series of calibration marks 316 for determining accuracy of colored print imaging produced by machine 100. Each of calibration marks 316 bear a predetermined hue or target color. For example, machine 100 may include a set of print cartridges carrying particular base colors. By appropriately mixing such base colors, e.g., selecting one or more ink droplets from one or more such cartridges and placing such selected ink droplets at particular locations on media 116, a target color can be achieved by mixing of the colors held in the various color cartridges. In any event, machine 100 if operating properly, e.g., if properly calibrated with respect to suitable mixing of such colors, will produce accurately an intended hue or target color. Each of calibration marks 316, therefore, bear a predetermined hue or target color. When calibration marks 316 are analyzed by calibration block 150, any variation in such calibration marks 316 relative to the intended hue or target color can represent need for calibration in the operation of machine 100 in achieving such color or hue in print imaging produced thereby.
Thus, host computer 402 and multifunction printer/scanner 400 cooperate with a user 456 to execute a calibration or alignment procedures for multifunction printer/scanner 400. Display features of multifunction printer/scanner 400 or display features of host computer 402 may support user 456 participation. In either case, user 456 participates in alignment or calibration only to the extent that user 456 need move a calibration page 416 d from an output tray 419 to a scanner input, e.g., document feeder 414.
Thus, device 500 can operate in a variety of modes. Device 500 can serve as a copying device whereby media placed on imaging component 514 is scanned and reproduced as print imaging on media taken from tray 518 and delivered at slot 519. In addition, device 500 can operate as a fax machine when suitably coupled to a communication interface, e.g., to a telephone line. In such mode, device 500 images media placed on, or fed into, imaging component 514 and delivers scan data representative thereof as a fax transmission.
Because device 500 uses one or more print cartridges (not shown but similar to those previously described) in applying print imaging to media, device 500 benefits from calibration procedures applied thereto as described herein above relative to previous embodiments of the present invention including inkjet printing devices. Device 500 includes a processing device or controller 527 and a memory element 528. Controller 527 orchestrates operation of device 500 in a manner similar to operation of previously described embodiments of the present invention. Memory element 528 stores instructions executable by processing device 527 for printing the calibration page, analyzing the printed calibration page, and calibrating the device 500 accordingly. In addition, memory element 528 holds a representation of a calibration page 517.
Device 500 may be programmed to detect a need for calibration of its printing components in a manner similar to previously described embodiments of the present invention. In other words, for example, device 500 can detect when one or more print cartridges (not shown in
Calibration page 517 includes a user instruction section 530. User instruction section 530 includes a set of pre-stored graphic instructions depicting calibration steps. More particularly, calibration page 517 includes a first graphic 530 a depicting ejection of calibration page 517 from device 500. A second graphic 530 b portrays placement of calibration page 517 upon the imaging portion of device 500. Graphic 530 c depicts user operation of an interface button 554 a to initiate calibration by device 500. In other words, to execute a calibration procedure, e.g., similar to that illustrated in
Thus, device 500 provides calibration as described herein, but in a stand-alone, low-cost device. By storing a representation of all or a portion of calibration page 517 within device 500, e.g., as graphics 530 within memory element 528, calibration occurs without support from an associated computing device, e.g., without device 500 being coupled to or interacting with a host PC.
It will be appreciated that the present invention is not restricted to the particular embodiments that have been described and illustrated, and that variations may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as found in the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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Eternal GuardianMature
15 year old Skylah is a Guardian. Being a Guardian means that she and her older brother Leon and Step-father Lucifer, have to fight spirits wandering the earth called called Lost Souls.
But now, somebody is weakening the veil between the human and spirit world. But who is it that wants to destroy the veil, let Lost Souls wander the Earth freely and bring the Lord of the Dead back to this world?
And will Skylah and Leon be able to stop them in time? It seems that there's only a dark, bloo
Eternal Guardian
Darkness has fallen over earth. Lost Spirits walk the land, and it is our duty, as the Guardians, to stop them and return them to the netherworld. Some have chosen the power to become monsters and prowl the earth looking for human sacrifices. Others have been unwillingly summoned to do a humans dark bidding. We have yet to find out who has weakened the veil between our world and theirs.
We at the Organization all work together to stop those that have turned to the darkness. We are known as the Organization. We are only recognised by the pendant that we all wear, as a symbol of who we are. We aren't even known by most of the humans, because they are probably unaware that those closest to them may be wandering the earth, unable to rest in peace.
They are what, or who, we call the Lost Soul s. It is our duty to make sure they get the rest they deserve. The humans with darkness in their hearts can control the Lost Soul s if they choose to, but this usually ends up in blood soaked death for everyone near at the time. We must stop them before the Lord of the Dead is raised once more, his only goal to reducing our world to ash.
Until my death, I shall do everything in my power to stop them. It's the same for all of the Guardians who work for the Organisation. It is a long and dangerous path that we are chosen to walk. Just thank god that I don't have to do it alone.
Chapter One
It's dark.
The rain's falling fast and hard. It feels like rain drops are going to pierce my skin like thousands of tiny needles. The rain washes the blood down the street next to where I kneel.
Unable to move. Unable to stand.
There's a body next to me. No, two bodies. They're not moving. The blood that passes me is the blood coming from their necks. The severed throats of my parents.
I can't see because of the rain and tears that fill my eyes. I hear a crunching noise. I look up to see the distorted, mutated, disgusting body of the Lost Soul. His skin is the colour of the night that shrouds us, only without the light of the moon and stars.
Just as I look up his head twists to look at me. He's eyes are huge, bloodthirsty, crimson. His mouth filled with razor sharp, curved teeth, his multiple arms writhing, waiting to kill another. His entire body and all his limbs are twisted into impossible angles; he stands about seven feet tall.
Just as he lets out a blood curdling scream, he charges right at me. Blood dripping from his pointed chin. Still clutching a bone in his hand. And then… then…
Then I wake up from the nightmare. I was only 5 years old and my older brother Leon was 8 when our parents were killed before us by a Lost Soul. It had been summoned by a human with too many dark intentions. He couldn't keep control of the spell to manipulate the Lost Soul, so it turned on the one who summoned it and ripped him to shreds. Knowing nothing but the need to kill. In this state, Level G, there is nothing to do for them but plunge our Devine Daggers, bestowed upon Guardians to free the Lost Souls, into their hearts to release their soul.
"Skylah… Skylah? Are you awake yet?"
It was Leon. Despite being awake I hadn't opened my eyes since waking from the nightmare that I keep having. Over and over again. I opened my eyes to see Leon's smiling face looking down at me. Looking past him I stared at the beige ceiling of the hotel we were staying at. I'd lost track of how many times we'd moved to stay with friends, it was easier and safer for everyone to just stay at hotels now. We get the money to pay for everything because we have a private source that puts our money straight into our private bank account.
"Are you getting up today?" Leon asked with a smirk.
"Whatever" I replied. I sat up wiping sleep from my eyes. "I amnot a morning person. Just encase you've forgotten." I turned to look out of the window. The sun was just starting to peek through the curtains of the hotel room. Uurggh. Whoever scheduled for the sunrise to be so early should be punished. Severely.
"C'mon lazy bones, we've had a brief."
"Lucifer?" I asked
"Yeah, and it's near…er than usual." I just sat up in bed and hung my head.
"That dream again?" he asked. His icy blue eyes full of understanding. I nodded raising my head to look at him. "Just be thankful that that Lucifer was there to save us."
I groaned as I fell back into the big pillow, taking in its musty smell.
"Whoa, no! You're not going back to bed!"
"I'm already in bed; I was planning to go to sleep for another few hours, dummy."
I clutched the quilt under my chin. Bad Idea, very bad Idea. Leon grabbed the end of the covers and yanked. I unwillingly rolled out of bed and landed in a tangled heap on the floor.
"C'mon get dressed, Lucifer's waiting for us."
When our parents were murdered, it was Lucifer who took us in, cared for us, he's our adoptive father. He's also a Guardian. Like me and Leon. He's kind of the head of the Organisation.
I found my way out of the tangle of sheets and started digging around the hotel room looking for my clean jeans. I dug them out of draw and pulled them on with a purple long sleeved t-shirt.
I brushed my red hair into some sort of order in front of the mirror and stared at my reflection. My dark green eyes stared back at me. I made sure my side fringe covered the right side of my face. It wasn't that I exactly liked the style but before Lucifer had got to us, the Lost Soul that had attacked my parents had got to me first and slashed his claw like fingers across the side of my face. Leon had been knocked unconscious.
As if reading my mind Leon said to me "I'm really sorry that I wasn't able to help you."
I let out a deep sigh. "Look, it wasn't your fault. You were unconscious! And you were only eight. What could've you have done?" Leon said nothing but looked at the floor.
I hadn't had any serious damage done, I could still see out of my right eye. I wore my hair like this so that nobody else could see the long, slender, ugly scar that stretches from my hairline halfway down my right cheek. A permanent reminder of what had happened on that cold September night.
Once I was satisfied I looked at Leon waiting for my next task. Just then, I noticed Leon's navy blue suitcase poking out near the end of his bed.
"Do I need to pack?" I asked, the dismay in my voice more noticeable than I had intended. I liked it here. It was peaceful.
"Yeah, when I say nearer, I mean in the next town. We'll have to catch the train, it leaves the station at half ten."
Before I knew it my suitcase was hovering above my bed. "Alright I'm going, I'm going!" I moaned throwing my hands up in the air. All of the Guardians at the Organisation have a special power, as well as being able to see if a person is a human or a Lost Soul.
Leon's skill was telekinesis (that's the fancy word for moving things with his mind. He can move things as big and heavy as a MINI Cooper car, it just takes more power and he's practicing with heavier items though).
My power - is sleeping outside on the balcony. His name is Zen. I was eight when my powers awoke. I was able to start seeing people's auras. And Zen, my toy wolf with soft reddish coloured fur, had come to life. When I was two, my dad had gone to Japan for a business trip, he'd bought me back Zen as a present. I'd take him everywhere I went. Even grocery shopping with my mom. He'd been my lifelong friend, along with Leon. I'd always imagined him talking to me when my parents had died, anything I couldn't say to Leon or Lucifer, I'd say to Zen. I can't remember where I'd heard the name, I think it might have been the person that my dad met during his time in Japan and kept in touch with. He remained the same size, but he started to breathe, he would bleed if you cut him and instead of having sting for fur, a stitched mouth and button nose and glass eyes, he was completely real. And somehow, when he hurt, I hurt them in the same way and visa versa. And when I wanted to, I could feel his presence. I don't know how, but if I really concentrated I could just feel him. And this came in handy when he was hiding so I knew if he was alright or not.
I still took him everywhere. I had to. He was my way of fighting the Lost Souls. He was, in a way, my living weapon. Leon could move objects to fight, create invisible weapons or shields and even smash the Lost Soul into the wall (depending on its size and if it had reached Level G. Otherwise we use our Divine Daggers to cut open a hole to send them back to the netherworld. At my command Zen could transform his body, making it bigger. His ears grew longer so he could hear the Lost Soul s better, and pin point their position; his claws and teeth would become so much longer and stronger, able to rip through solid steel. And he became much stronger. Although he still had his kind heart towards those who shown him kind-heartedness. And he wouldn't so much as bear his fangs to the Lost Soul s that have become Level G. He'd take it down within seconds at my command.
Just then, Zen pushed the glass door open with his nose. I was at the chest of draws taking out each of my tops and folding them carefully into my suitcase. He padded over to where I stood and pressed his cold nose against my bare foot.
"Don't tell me you're hungry." I said to Zen, looking down into his big, pleading eyes. "All we've got is a couple of cereal bars and me and Leon need those for the trip." He continued to stare at me. "Ok, you can share half of mine – BUT I GET THE BIGGER HALF!" He seemed to grin at me. "You're not getting it until we get onto the train." I shot back at him for the grin, it soon vanished from is small pointed snout. I grinned as he padded off to hide under the bed and glare at my feet.
"What's up with him?" Leon asked as Zen pawed at his Laces of his boots.
"He's just cranky 'cause I told him I get the bigger piece of the breakfast bar." I replied with a grin.
Leon let out a light chuckle and shook his head as Zen got the laces of Leon's shoes into his mouth and pulled them out of the bow into a tight knot. Leon shooed him away and then set to work pulling it back to normal.
"Why is it you have such a fascination with shoe laces?" I asked Zen, snatching my own trainers away before stuffing them into the case and snapping the latches down.

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I think everyone can/should admit that street racing is dumb. No matter how badass you think your driving skills are. You're still putting your self and everyone else on the road at serious risk for injury or death. Now i am not saying that i have never street raced because that is not the case, and i certainly do speed. However street racing is dumb no matter how you look at it.
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Im in the market for a 97-00 tj and was just wondering what kind of fuel economy these jeeps are getting nowadays - I had a 90' 4cyl manual but I drove it pretty hard and had tires that were too big for the motor with the gearing that it had, it didnt get great mileage.
Crappy.... 15-20 as a ball park scale for both engines would be my best guess, as I stopped checking a few years ago.
I am running 01 sport 4.0l with a 4 inch lift and 33's and I get about 19 mpg and that is up and down mountain roads. The lift and tires only use 2 gallons more for the same distance.
'00 Wrangler no lift and 31's I6 Auto......15-18 mpg
I get 28mpg GPS verified with my 4-popper. 4" currie coils, 33x12.50" MT/Rs, and stock 4.11 gears. 1998 TJ - these are not common results though; usually a freshly tune-upped 2.5L gets in the 22-24mpg range with a sensible driver.
It holds 75 comfortably in 5th gear, and on a good day will cruise at 90 all day long :D I swear my 2.5L has been blessed with extra powers from the Jeep gods.
98 Wrangler no lift and 31's I6 Auto....15 if i'm lucky... go over 65 and its somewhere like 12...really sad... i have aftermarket intake (waste of money), throttle body spacer (waste of money), exhaust and cat converter
Stopped keeping track. At $48 for a full tank, I just wish it was farther. But a jeep is so much for fun than some little hybrid.
just filled up today...$42
I thought that was the least I could do for Frank.....he let me drive the Rubi today :p
of course I should have known there was a catch....he was much too quick to say ok, when I asked to drive it!!!
With the right gearing you can push em up to about 21 if you stay at 65 or less. One of my wheeling buddies who drives out to New Mexico every year for the Chile Challenge says that this is what he's getting. This is on 35"s and 4.56's
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Citation: YATES, I.E., ARNOLD, J.W., HINTON, D.M., BASINGER, W., WALCOTT, R. FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES INDUCTION OF MAIZE SEED ROT AND ITS CONTROL. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 2003. v.81. p.422-428. Interpretive Summary: Fusarium moniliforme infections of corn are an agricultural concern because of causing plant diseases and producing mycotoxins harmful to animal and human health. Iodine-based compounds have been used as microbial control agents in human and animal health for centuries, but not in agrochemicals. Control of F. moniliforme growth was analyzed for Plantpro 45 TM [Trade Mark/TradeName] which has an iodine-based active ingredient (a. i.). Isolated F. moniliforme conidia and F. moniliforme-infected seed were assayed for sensitivity to Plantpro. Plantpro was applied to seed by immersion and spraying. Growth of isolated F. moniliforme conidia was inhibited by 5 ppm a. i. Suppression of F. moniliforme growth from infected seed required Plantpro at 250 ppm and 1000 ppm a. i. following immersion and spraying, In summary, laboratory studies indicate Plantpro merits investigation into other commercial techniques of application and field trials for use as a biologically compatible control agent of F. moniliforme growth and ensuing production of the mycotoxins, fumonisins. Plantpro may prove to have commercial applications as a pre-harvest control for seed rot in unfavorable growing seasons and kernel infections via the silk and insect vectors. The agent may also be useful as a post-harvest control to prevent F. moniliforme growth and mycotoxin production when kernels are inadequately stored.
Technical Abstract: Control of Fusarium verticillioides growth was analyzed for Plantpro 45TM [Trade Mark/Name] a material with an iodine-based active ingredient (a.i.). Methods were used to determine the sensitivity of F. verticillioides to Plantpro under conditions conducive to F. verticillioides growth involved isolated F. verticillioides conidia and F. verticillioides-infected and non-infected corn seed. Plantpro was applied by two methods, spraying and immersion. Seed rot was induced in F. verticillioides-infected, but not non-infected seed. F. verticillioides conidial growth was inhibited at < 5 ppm Plantpro iodine-based a.i. Suppression of F. verticillioides growth from infected corn seed required a higher concentration than conidia. A 20 min immersion of infected seed immerssed in Plantpro required 250 ppm iodine-based a.i. to reduce F. verticillioides growth by 70% without detrimental effects on plant development. Seed sprayed using a commercial type apparatus required 1000ppm Plantpro to inhibit fungal growth while optimizing plant survival and development. Thus, Plantpro can be applied to corn seed at levels that will control F. verticillioides growth without reducing plant survival and development. Plantpro may prove commercially applicable to control growth from air disbursed conidia during pre-harvest growth of the corn plant, to protect corn seed from Fumonision B1 accumulation during inadequate storage, to prevent seed rot during unfavorable growing seasons. Plantpro 45 TM would be a novel material for agricultural use because iodine-based activie ingredients have not been used as a fungal control in agrochemicals in spite of the centuries of use as a disinfectant in human and animal health care products.


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I remember the mile walk we once did
For school. But we held hands all the way through,
Slipping and sliding from the sweaty palms,
The mud squelching underfoot as we went.
And from behind, running, came your cousin
And his friend yelling "ewww!" but we giggled.
And as we went deeper and deeper in
We found we were alone. I embraced you,
And we had our first kiss amidst the dead leaves.
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The words we said were our own wedding vows.
We were to last forever and ever.
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The good folks over at Triablogue have announced the release of a 400+ page response to The Empty Tomb, which is an anti-resurrection assortment of chapters edited by Robert Price and Jeff Lowder. It is exhuastive, addressing every chapter in detail.
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The good folks over at Triablogue have announced the release of a 400+ page response to The Empty Tomb, which is an anti-resurrection assortment of chapters edited by Robert Price and Jeff Lowder. It is exhuastive, addressing every chapter in detail.
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- Steven Carr said...
The Times Literary Supplement has a review of the book at here
Wright knows about the book , and the review , but has not written anything yet.
Richard Carrier cites Wright quite a lot, whenever he feels that Wright's analysis is correct (which is often)
And why not?
It would be interesting to know if the Triablogue team think that there is one thing in 'The Empty Tomb', which is correct.
- Layman said...
It would be interesting to know if the Triablogue team think that there is one thing in 'The Empty Tomb', which is correct.
Here is an idea, Steven. Why not ask them? Or, read their article on the subject?
- BK said...
I see something that's correct:
"Published 2005 by Prometheus Books
The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave. Copyright 2005 by Robert M. Price and Jeffrey Jay Lowder. All rights reserved."
Beyond that, its all pretty debateable.
- Steven Carr said...
I see once more the excess of charity which radiates the love of Christ in all directions.
Why read 400 pages of vituperative bile? It is a bit like going into a sewer hoping to find gold. It is possible one may find it, but such an expedition would have to rely more on hope than expectation.
- Layman said...
Why read 400 pages of vituperative bile?
Unlike the pristine, unbiased charitable The Empty Tomb, much of which Publishers Weekly described as "polemical and mean-spirited" and which includes references to "the foolishness of the untutored masses" and the "racism" of scholars who happen to disagree with Carrier about the nature of the resurrection.
- Steven Carr said...
You mean the racism of scholars which depict the Jewish mind as incapable of thinking of anything new?
Perhaps you are unaware of the reputation of the Times Literary Supplement. It has a very high reputation, and the reviewer did not claim the book was polemical and mean-spirited. It is variable though.
- Layman said...
And Publisher's Weekly is just a rag, eh?
I have read most of The Empty Tomb myself and have to concur with Publisher's Weekly.
Which scholar Carrier responds to says the Jewish mind is incapable of thinking about anything new? Chapter and verse please.
- slaveofone said...
I started reading it, tried to push through for some time, and failed. There may be a lot of good information therein, but how it's written and presented is so dry, uninspiring, and amateur, I don't know if many people will get through half of it trying to sift the nectar from the hairy husk...and then they'd wish they spent their time reading a more professionally written, scholastic work instead. I think I can hear the voice from that paper saying, "well, if The Empty Tomb were a more professional, scholastic work, then we'd have approached it in like manner...but since it's more like a grocery list of lost causes, you'll have to excuse us if we follow suit." But seriously, who needs that?
Sorry if that's harsh. Nothing against the author(s).
- slaveofone said...
On a peripheral note...
Carr mentioned racism in how some Christians' view the Jews of the first century...and I just thought I'd say that after being out of the religious institution for some time now and going back for a visit, I was assaulted by this negative view. The gist of it was...Jews were disobedient, blind, and self-glory-seeking. Yeshua, of course, was the only one who really saw that a person should want to serve Yahweh instead of puffing oneself up. Oh no, Jews weren't following Torah because they were trying to follow the very commandments of Yahweh. Oh no, they weren't behaving out of a sincere desire from their real faith to serve and please Yahweh. They certainly didn't think that Yahweh would prove his faithfulness to them through these rituals and laws because there was good reason to think that. Well, something reeks in all of it...and if you don't smell it, you've been sitting in it too long.
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