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Posted 27 July 2011 - 08:42 PM
I would contend what is needed is a fresh approach, a different way of observing, new equipment or using the old equipment in a different manner. This thread is for your ideas regarding new equipment or methods. Post your ideas, think outside the box. Consider the possibility that what we call ghosts may in fact be something else entirely. (The idea that they are spirits of the dead is, after all, still unproven!) Consider new ways to observe them if that should be the case.
Then consider how to implement your idea. Do you need some new type of device? Are you willing to sit down and develop a means to test your theory? This is where the research comes in, can you work with others to develop the tests needed? Even the special equipment that may be required, that may not be as far out of the question as would seem. If a means is developed to test a theory, and some background is provided, it may be quite possible to design and build such equipment. (That is what I do, specialty electronics.) But before something can be developed the need must be identified. Anyone willing to sit down and batter some ideas back and forth, let me know! There are no right or wrongs here, but maybe if some of us can get together and kick some ideas around we may be able to actually break new ground!
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 11:37 AM
Since this particular board is more focussed on equipment, it seemed more appropriate to post here.
I've got a rather unique situation where my sister's place has had pretty regular activity for years. This has allowed me to do 24/7 monitoring via an audio/camera system I put together which is monitored/controlled by a computer. I've captured LOTS of audio and few interesting video pieces. The audio, when it comes through, is not subtle. It's "normal conversation" level along with a lot of movement noise of stuff. It's not "buried in the white noise" audio as most seem to experience. For all the sounds of things being moved, nothing is ever seen out of place and I have yet to catch any object moving on video. The other thing is it is very rare to hear any of these strong sounds with your ears. The house is very quiet as it is located out in the sticks.
An interesting characteristic on the sound I'm trying to sort out is that it appears I get different
levels of recording depending on the type of mic being used. Magnetic mics seem to respond better than electret types but not always. Since you almost never hear anything with the naked ear in this place, I'm beginning to believe these are more of a electro-magnetic or electrostatic events rather than accoustical ones.
So my next experiments will use a custom EMF (H field) detection circuit on one audio channel and the usual mic on the other. I will allow this to collect for a month or so and then switch over to a electrostatic (E field) detection circuit and mic setup for awhile. This should answer the question of where most of the energy of the 'sound' is. Magnetic mics while obviously respond to sound waves also respond to magnetic waves. So I think this approach should help sort things out.
One of the really strange aspects of this place is whenever I make changes to the environment by swapping or moving equipment, things tend to quiet down for as much as a week before resuming activity. There have been several very well equipped investigative groups go through that come away with very little. It seems whatever is behind this is quite shy.
I'll post my results when I get them.
Posted 23 December 2012 - 02:43 AM
Something gets in between the two antennas and baseline readings may be thrown off, the unexpected differences can be viewed as movement of the scope trace. My scope can record what is fed into it, I wouldn't have to be there to capture activity.
This may work nicely in conjunction with audio and perhaps a stand alone EMF detector, just as a sanity check.
I've been thinking about this in a general sort of way, haven't put much (any, until right now) thought into the nuts and bolts, but if this is feasible, it may be a nice way of recording changes to the electrical signature of an entire room. (Electrical Signature, you heard it here first)
Haven't see anyone try anything like this yet,
PS- Looking at a spectrum analyzer may be interesting when an EMF detector gets tripped. An EMF detector gets tripped, but tripped by what? A spectrum analyzer may provide an interesting look. Haven't heard of anything like that being done either.
Posted 01 January 2013 - 10:44 AM
As far as the spectrumanalyzer, I have done that with many EMF waveforms I have detected. There is no one point that I have found they have in common but the analysis definitely does help isolate frequencies and wave patterns which caused the activation. This is actually a standard practice with me when EMF is recorded.
Posted 03 January 2013 - 02:09 AM
Thank you for fine-tuning my idea. Of course there would need to be a common reference, scope gnd to the center to that third screen in the room? Also, do you think a 60hZ notch would be worthwhile? A really tight notch, I wouldn't want to wipe out anything of interest.
Sounds somewhat like an electrostatic monitor. The screen however would likely allow the semnsitivity to be ramped up and cover a wider area. one addition might be a consideration in this. Suppose you placed a third scren midpoint in the room.... Then used the two as differential amps as you suggest. It would give a center point of reference if the signal were nulled out initially to establish a baseline. Then any variation either more positive or negative on either side of the midpoint would show on the scope (Use dual trace of course) Either trace could move above or below the center point.
As far as the spectrumanalyzer, I have done that with many EMF waveforms I have detected. There is no one point that I have found they have in common but the analysis definitely does help isolate frequencies and wave patterns which caused the activation. This is actually a standard practice with me when EMF is recorded.
I'm delighted to hear that you use a spectrum analyzer. It seemed like such a sensible thing to do, I'm surprised that these TV guys run around with electricians tools, but genuine electronic test equipment? I've never seen it done. Thank you for sharing the results of your analysis of EMF anomalies you've detected. I was really, really wondering if there would be a particular portion of the spectrum plot that would be either consistent or unusual.
I very much enjoyed my trip to your website. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for your input, recommendations, and observations.
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You could use a notch filter but with the type of analysis possible using a spectrum analyzer and o'scope why do it? It is not difficult to detect any secondary signal riding along on top of a 60 Hz signal using these devices so why not just record it as deceted and filter durring the analysis process? That way you could also pick out a second 60Hz signal running out of phase with the primary 60 Hz. This would open a way to detect what might otherwise be lost if one simply filtered everything at a given frequency.
I ended up building a 1000X diff amp using a chip designed for that purpose. The chip is jumper programmable, 10X, 100X, 1000X. Common mode rejection knocks out part of the 60Hz, but it's there, and there's a lot of it. At 1000X (where I would like to be) 60Hz swamps the amp. I need to do something. Either a high pass filter, or a notch (or I'm missing something) I like your idea, inverting and introducing 60Hz, but I'm not sure how to do it. Because my detector is a diff amp, the only way I can figure out how to introduce the 60Hz as you suggest is to introcuce a pair of 60Hz signals, each introduced signal out of phase with both diff inputs. My gut says it won't work, but my sig generator will output a pair of signals, 180 degrees out of phase. Easy enough to see if it works. If this thing works, there's plenty of room in he chassis box I've selected to put a pair of LM3914's and a bunch of LED's. Maybe makes a nice, stand-alone instrument.
I'll post a schematic once the thing is dialed in a bit. For now, I have some work to do. Thanks for your help with this project, I really appreciate your insights.
Posted 12 January 2013 - 08:16 PM
I have use differential inputs on many devices and not had a problem with common mode even when dealing with signals in the microvolt regions. Blocking a stray 60 Hz should not be difficult..
Posted 07 July 2013 - 10:29 PM
Your difficulties with common mode rejection seem to indicate something wrong with the design of the input. Likely the gain of each leg is unbalanced for some reason. Do you use any coupling caps? If so that could create a phase shift (current versus voltage lead / lag) Do you use a true bipolar power source (positive and negaitive supplies) versus a biased input? (Recommended)
I have use differential inputs on many devices and not had a problem with common mode even when dealing with signals in the microvolt regions. Blocking a stray 60 Hz should not be difficult..
No coupling caps, but a pair of 10K resistors in between the antenna leads and the diff amp inputs, just for safety. I am using an audio amp IC that splits Vcc exactly in half as my voltage regulator. I've done this before for projects that require a bipolar supply without any problems. My best guess is that the 60Hz component is the result of different levels of 60Hz entering the diff amp inputs due to unbalance as a result of antenna placement. I haven't played around with this in a while, no time now for this stuff, but when I revisit this I'll probably end up doing some sort of high pass filtering on the diff amp inputs.More complexity than I hoped for, but that's the only way I can think of to eliminate the 60Hz hum that will work and that's not a ton of work for me.
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how about something like a radio telescope, but on the way of a type of video camera ?
Just thinking about all the stuff they can see far out in space. Just a thought, prob. not a good one....
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For deliveries in France, please return your item(s) within 30 days of receiving your order to the Longchamp Store of your choice in France. You may not return items to the Saint-Barthélemy or Saint-Martin stores, department stores, Outlet Stores or Airport Stores.
Please do not forget to bring your receipt.
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In accordance with the legal provisions in force, refunds can be sent to payment cards only, with your prior express acceptance. Should you fail to accept these terms, you may only exercise your right of withdrawal by post, in accordance with the process described under 6.2.1.
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The item that you wish to receive in exchange is of a higher value
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Before Windows Vista, there were several technical problems associated with using Windows without administrative privileges. But with the emergence of User Account Control in Windows Vista, 7 and 8, some organizations have eliminated admin rights altogether.
This has left many stuck either believing Windows users must have either full – or no – control of their PCs, resulting in unexpected technical problems or mutiny in the ranks. Given the extremity of these responses, neither really lends itself to enhancing both organizational security and productivity.
To do this, I recommend the approach of least privilege, which takes into account security and productivity by granting users only the rights necessary to carry out their jobs. Even so, the act of curtailing rights, even moderately, nearly always results in some amount of user pushback – if not managed and communicated effectively.
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The unfortunate reality is, at some organizations, IT departments are met with resistance at every step with employees demanding unrealistic levels of service and autonomy. This can be especially problematic as organizations migrate to a least privilege approach. But there are measures that can be taken to communicate the benefits of least privilege to the organization at large, reducing friction between end users and the IT department.
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It's worth noting, while least privilege is quick and responsive, users will have to be prepared for a corporate environment in which everything is not on instant offer.
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An anonymous commenter on this blog said:
"You shouldn't see people as victims because the victims are the ones at fault. I guess you could say that they really wanted or needed to be abused. Anyway, this controversy doesn't seem to warrant the of time effort and energy Brad would need to devote to it in order to even form an opinion. Dude has got shirts to move."
This was in response to my response to comments regarding allegations against a certain Zen teacher. He's named in the comments section. But I'm not going to name him here. I basically said that I felt the matter wasn't really worth the time effort and energy I'd need to devote to getting to the bottom of it so that I could form an opinion. It would take a lot of detective work to even get a sense of who did what and why among the morass of he-said she-said that is all I have to go by at this point. I expressed the opinion that it's a "buyer beware" situation when you start working with any spiritual teacher. Even if I were to ferret out what I think really happened in this case and make my opinions known, it wouldn't do a whole lot of good. Not everyone listens to me, and even if they do I'd only be exposing one guy. I don't have the time, energy or even the inclinaton to police the entire world of spiritual masters.
I've written a lot in my books, on this blog and in contributions I've made to various magazines and spoken a lot in interviews and public talks about how one might go about detecting the minority of abusive charlatans out there masquerading as Zen teachers and other types of spiritual masters. My friend Scott Edelstein just came out with a book called Sex and the Spiritual Teacher: Why It Happens, When It's a Problem, and What We All Can Do that also spends a great deal of energy trying to address this sort of problem and help prospective students understand how not to fall into the same traps others have before.
There's a movement afoot to try and come up with some sort of data base of approved Soto Zen teachers. The Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA) is a group that tries to police its membership and weed out the fakes. I don't belong to SZBA for a number of reasons, one of which is that ultimately I think this strategy of creating a data base of reliable teachers will have to fail. One would assume that one of the original purposes of the Holy Roman Catholic Church was to try to create an organization that would police itself so that whenever you placed your kids in the care of members of that organization you could be assured someone was going to be responsible should anything go wrong. We all know how well that worked out. The SZBA seems to be pretty good for now, but this is ultimately a losing strategy.*
All you can really do is talk in general terms. I used the phrase "buyer beware" to express that. It's best to keep your bullshit detector in good working order when approaching any kind of spiritual teacher. Buddha himself even said this in the Kalama Sutra, which I've quoted so often it hurts.
There's another deeper issue this comment raises, though. The commenter says, "the victims are the ones at fault. I guess you could say that they really wanted or needed to be abused." I have to assume he is trying to throw back in my face attitudes he believes he has heard me express. But he doesn't get it. So I'm going to try again.
I have often said that I believe whatever we get in this life is, at some level, something we wanted or needed. When I say this I am only applying it inwardly to myself. I never look at someone else in a shitty situation and say, "That person must have wanted it." But I often look at myself when I'm in a shitty situation and ask, "In what way did I want or need this shitty thing to happen?"
The strategy of pointing to others and saying they wanted whatever awful thing they got doesn't help anyone. I highly recommend avoiding it. Everyone will hate you if you say it out loud. If you say it only to yourself you'll end up coming off smug and heartless, and everybody will also hate you then too. So don't even say it just to yourself no matter how tempting it might be. This is a very important point. Don't pass it over, please.
But when I apply this view to myself, my own suffering becomes much easier to bear. I remember one of the first major incidents when I tried applying this thinking to myself. It was in the early 1990s. I was brutally physically attacked on the streets of Akron by people I did not know at all for reasons I have never been able to comprehend. As far as I could tell then and as far as I can tell now in retrospect the attack was absolutely random. And, by the way, these guys were most definitely trying to kill me.
I won't go into the full story here. Maybe I've told it elsewhere, I don't know. In any case, after the attack I thought to myself, "Buddhism teaches that what we get in life is somehow something we wanted, how does that apply here?"
One might assume that this sort of thinking would lead to self-blame and make me feel even worse. But that's not what happened at all. When I began framing it this way to myself I felt like less of a helpless victim and more like a person who could do something active to improve his own life. And I did. I moved to Japan and incredible, wonderful things started happening. For the first time in my life I stopped feeling like a victim of circumstance and really took control of my fate. Had I not started thinking this way I might still be living in Akron feeling sorry for myself.
I don't even care if this idea is objectively true or not. I believe it is or I wouldn't use it. But even if it turns out I'm wrong, this way of thinking has been so incredibly useful I still wouldn't give it up.
While I never, ever apply this sort of thinking to others and say, "Ha! They wanted that awful thing to happen!" I do try and communicate this view to others because it's been so useful to me. Of course the danger is that what I say will be misinterpreted by people like the guy who left the comment. But I've also seen clearly that absolutely anything you say can and will be misinterpreted. Even if you take a vow of silence, that too can and will be misinterpreted. Such is life.
I'd also like to thank the commenter for pointing out the availability of an ever growing variety of attractive T-shirts designed by me over at http://www.redbubble.com/people/bradwarner. Get yours today!
And if you're in Montreal and want to talk to me about this, go to the Chapters bookstore downtown around 7 o'clock where I'll be signing books.
*Which is not to say I'll never join the SZBA. I might someday. But not because I'll change my mind about this particular point.


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- Sep 20:
- Colorado floods: Hickenlooper signs order for additional $20 million
- Colorado confirms more oil spills in flooded Weld County
- Suspected looter arrested in Larimer County, holdouts ask for ride to safety
- Majority of homes inspected in Evans are uninhabitable
- Colorado floods: Beware of shady outfits when demand for restoration surges
- Colorado flood: Chief recovery officer appointed; death toll rises
- Lyons' Planet Bluegrass vows to rebuild, plans 2014 fests after floods
- Colorado floods: Commuters forced to take longer routes
- Colorado floods: Teacher's death adds to sorrows
- Sep 19:
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- Colorado's flood history led to changes
- Vermont consultants predict Colorado will recover with better highways
- Federal disaster assistance for flooding expanded to more Colorado counties, individuals
Rushing floodwaters loaded with heavy debris damaged oil and gas pipes and tanks, causing the two large spills that state and federal regulators were tracking Thursday.
Another eight releases, whose cause is undetermined, were classified as minor by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission — sheens, for example, coming off of a piece of equipment rather than a measurable volume of petroleum product.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. on Wednesday reported the two larger releases in Weld County. About 125 barrels — or 5,225 gallons — spilled into the South Platte River near Milliken. A tank farm on the St. Vrain River released 323 barrels — or 13,500 gallons — near Platteville.
Both releases involve condensate — a mixture of oil and water — according to Matthew Allen, a spokesman for the Denver office of the Environmental Protection Agency.
"We are back in the field today looking for ongoing releases," Allen said. "So far, we haven't found any of those."
State law requires oil and gas equipment in the floodplain to be anchored to resist flotation.
The Anadarko tank moorings held, company spokesman John Christiansen said, but strong waters and heavy debris appeared to have cracked pipes and manifolds, allowing the condensate to escape.
Anadarko was able to get absorbent booms and a vacuum truck to the Milliken site and collect about 40 barrels' worth of the 165 that had spilled, Christiansen said.
But floodwaters kept crews from reaching the tanks on the St. Vrain quickly. "By the time we got there, they were empty," he said.
The state oil and gas commission is trying to compile a comprehensive list of facilities in the flooded areas and their status, including what chemicals they had on site.
Companies are required by state law to report spills within 24 hours. "But they are moving faster than that with the flood," said Todd Hartman, a spokesman for the oil and gas commission.
Gov. John Hickenlooper, during a Thursday news conference on flood recovery, said the spills "weren't excessively large."
"The several small spills we've had have been very small relative to the huge flow of water coming through," he said.
The Denver Post on Thursday morning flew over the spill site south of Milliken. The site is near the confluence of the St. Vrain and South Platte, which overflowed their banks last week, flooding the towns of Milliken and Johnstown about 5 miles to the north.
From the air, two orange absorbent booms were visible across floodwaters around a cluster of listing beige storage tanks. Less than a quarter-mile away, black material was flowing from a
No industry or state crews were visible at either location.
According to an update Thursday from the oil and gas commission, the state had six teams of inspectors and environmental-protection specialists in the South Platte River valley looking for spills and damage and assessing environmental impact.
A commission staffer also was to fly over the flooded areas with the Weld County Sheriff's Department.
Anadarko, based in The Woodlands, Texas, is the second-largest operator in the oil-rich Denver-Julesburg Basin, which is centered in Weld County.
There 20,500 operating wells in Weld County, 321 wells in Boulder County, 97 wells in Broomfield County and 253 wells in Larimer County.
Larimer County emergency managers said Thursday they weren't aware of any spills. "We don't have the quantity of wells in Larimer County they do in Weld," sheriff's spokesman Nick Christensen said.
Anadarko said it has shut 250 tank batteries and 670 wells — about 10 percent of its operations — because of flooding.
The company has deployed about 150 people to check their sites, assess damage and make repairs.
The drilling rigs that the company could move have been transported to sites not affected by the flood. None of the sites where Anadarko is hydrofracturing — pumping large volumes of water, sand and trace chemicals into a well to crack rock and release oil and gas — are in flooded areas, Anadarko's Christiansen said.
Houston-based Noble Energy reported it has two wells that released natural gas before they were shut during the flood.
"There are no facilities operating under compromise or unknown conditions," said Tisha Schuller, president of the trade group Colorado Oil and Gas Association.
Wes Wilson, a former EPA environmental engineer who, through Be the Change, leads anti-drilling activists in Colorado, said some of the volatile material leaking into water materials from industry facilities will evaporate quickly.
But the sheens visible on surface water are "an indication of heavy crudes left behind," he said. Those materials "now will end up in the soil."
"We are going to have dozens, if not hundreds, of toxic sites," he said, "and they've got to be cleaned up."
Kevin O'Connor, who lives south of Milliken, said until now he was unaware of how much drilling has been done along the St. Vrain near his home. His main exposure to the industry is the oil- and gas-truck traffic that he encounters commuting to work in Denver.
On Thursday, as he walked over a damaged bridge to look at flood-wrecked vehicles, he said, "There's no way to plan for an event like this."
But, he said, the flood has shown that risks are high. "I think we've got better ways to create energy," he said.
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American Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester Certification Examination and Cross-Connection Control Specialist Examination.
Note: Registration closes 30 days out from exam date or on first day of class if enrolled in the training course leading up to the exam (course must be at least 40 hours in length).
Walk-ins are not permitted.
Please note this exam is split between two days:
Written exam: Fri @ 8:00 am
Performance exam: Sat @ 8:00 am
What is involved in the Backflow Prevention Tester Examination:
There is a two-part test. First, a closed book written examination must be successfully completed, then an individual hands-on performance exam.
The performance exam requires that you successfully demonstrate the field test procedures for the:
RP - Reduced pressure principle assembly
DC - Double check valve assembly
PVB - Pressure vacuum breaker assembly
SVB - Spill Resistant pressure vacuum breaker
The Written Exam
Part 1 - Written Exam - The written exam is a multiple-choice type of exam covering subjects contained on the ABPA Need-to-Know Criteria, such as:
• Hydraulic and Backflow Principles
• Theory of Backflow and Cross-connections
• Codes and Regulations • Agency Responsibilities
• Mechanical Equipment
(Design, operation, component breakdown, application, installation requirements, field test procedures, reporting)
The Performance Exam
Performance Exam - The hands-on performance exam requires that the applicant demonstrate the field test procedures to an ABPA proctor. The applicant is expected to be capable of diagnosing the condition of the assemblies when they work properly, as well as when there is a malfunction, such as:
Leaking 1st check valve Leaking 1st check valve
Leaking 2nd check valve Leaking 2nd check valve
Malfunctioning RV Leaking #1 shutoff valve
Leaking #2 shutoff valve Leaking #2 shutoff valve
(Dir of flow & backpressure)
Leaking check valve Leaking check valve
Malfunctioning air inlet Malfunctioning air inlet
Leaking #1 shutoff valve Leaking #1 shutoff valve
A qualified applicant who successfully completes both the written and performance examinations will receive a certificate containing your name, date of certification, and certification number. A wallet card is also provided.
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Can you patent a methodology? Yes, if you're Bill Goss. Wind and water might be next.
PIMCO's Gross (left) received a U.S. patent for the methodology behind a global bond index that weighs countries by the size of their economy rather than their indebtedness, according to Bloomberg.
The patent for the construction of the Global Advantage Bond Index was granted last month to PIMCO's founder and chairmen, as well as Ramin Toloui, global co-head of emerging markets portfolio management.
"By focusing on gross domestic product, the index avoids concentrating on countries saddled with debt and offers a greater weighting for developing markets," according to Bloomberg.
PIMCO, which is based in Newport Beach, Calif, and has $1.92 trillion in assets under management, has said it will pursue strategies with a global focus to "navigate a changed economic environment after the 2007 to 2009 financial crisis" as part of what it describes as the "new normal," or an era of "lower returns, heightened government regulation, diminishing U.S. clout in the world economy and a bigger role for developing nations."
The Global Advantage Bond Index is used as a benchmark by the $5.24 billion PIMCO Global Advantage Strategy Bond Fund (PSAIX), Bloomberg adds, which returned 7.2% this year, trailing 58 percent of peers.
The index was developed in 2009. The patent for its methodology was granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Prayer vigil and prayer service held for Jessie Davis, who has been missing for a week.
In the white-walled, circular-shaped room, they gathered for a single purpose. Oblivious to the cheerful sunlight streaming through the glass block windows of the chapel, a cluster of women wept, sang, read scripture and petitioned God for the safe return of Jessie Marie Davis. On Thursday, the House of the Lord at 1650 Diagonal Rd., held a prayer vigil on behalf of Davis, a 26-year-old expectant mother who vanished more than a week ago from her duplex in northern Stark County. Davis' mother, Patty Porter, attends the House of the Lord, said the church's associate pastor, the Rev. Cheryl Warfield. She said the church decided Wednesday to launch a vigil Thursday morning, followed by a prayer service Thursday night. "We're just really asking that God would move on her behalf," she said. "We're just interceding and asking that God would give her a miracle." Thursday's vigil, which began at 8:30 a.m., was led by ministers Delphine Allen and Gwen Cunningham. At nearly the same time, some 1,800 volunteers began combing through woods and rural areas about 10 miles south of Akron in the hope of finding Davis, who is nine months pregnant. Allen read Psalm 121 from the Bible, which reads in part: "I will lift my eyes unto the hills. From whence cometh my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber." "We trust and believe God is going to give the searchers wisdom and knowledge, and that it¹s going to be a positive outcome for Jessie," Allen prayed. "In this fallen and sinful world, we don't know why things happen. We do know God is in control." Warfield said Jessie Davis had attended services at the church in the past but couldn't recall the last time she saw her. Founded in 1974 by Bishop F. Josephus "Joey" Johnson II, the House of the Lord is a predominately black, nondenominational evangelical congregation with a membership of 6,500. Warfield said the church would be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. next week for people wishing to pray. For more information, call the church at (330) 864-9073, or visit www.thotl.org.


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Mike Nadel's column from Sunday's Cubs-Sox game.
Even in the context of it happening "only'' against the White Sox — who are so bad their own general manager can't stomach them — one can appreciate the Cubs looking like an actual big-league ballclub for a change. Allowing only two runs during a three-game sweep of the crosstown rivals can impress even a cynic like me. So can Alfonso Soriano homering in each game. So can enough fine fielding plays to fill an entire Web Gems segment. "A month ago, it seemed everything that could go wrong went wrong — and it snowballed,'' Cubs reliever Bob Howry said after closing out Sunday's 3-0 victory. "Right now, we've got guys diving all over the place making great plays, the pitching's going good and guys are hitting with men on base. Everything is starting to come together.'' Is it? They're still four games under .500 and 7½ games behind the National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers. Though that puts them light years ahead of the White Sox, it's hardly cause to start planning an October parade. As is my annual custom at the completion of the second Cubs-Sox series, it's time to assess what's what on both sides of Chicago. CUBBIE UPPERS: "We've been playing better,'' Lou Piniella said. "It really hasn't showed that much in the won-loss record, but invariably, if we continue to play better fundamental baseball, it will.'' That's not just hopeful talk by a hopeful manager. The Cubs ARE playing better. Sunday, everybody in the lineup made at least one play ranging from very good to spectacular, with left fielder Soriano's throw to the plate and first baseman Derrek Lee's run-saving stop of Jim Thome's rocket the best of the best. The Sox are such a poor-hitting team that it's difficult to ascertain where their impotence ends and the Cubs' pitching dominance begins. Still, the Cubs do have a 3.01 ERA since June 2, tops in the majors over that span. And it hasn't just been Carlos Zambrano's rebirth leading a better-than-expected rotation. The bullpen, deservedly maligned during the season's first two months, has made significant improvement in recent weeks. The Cubs still don't score oodles of runs, but they've been more productive in clutch situations. They also are starting to see amazing things from Soriano, their $136 million investment. "That's who he is,'' infielder Mark DeRosa said. "In April, he didn't have a homer and a lot of people were pushing the panic button, but . . . I never doubted. The streaks he can go on, he can put us on his back.'' The Cubs spent $61 million on Ted Lilly and Jason Marquis, pitchers who are returning to their mediocre norms after hot starts. If young lefties Rich Hill and Sean Marshall falter, a rotation that had been a strength could become problematic. Closer Ryan Dempster's return to health is critical, too, because Howry is best as a set-up man. Piniella has had to depend on young kids more than he had anticipated, and opposing scouts seem to have figured out Felix Pie and Ryan Theriot. What kind of second half will they and Mike Fontenot have? And what can the Cubs get from the catching position now that Michael Barrett has been banished? The Cubs are 35-39 for a reason, and it's not all bad luck. Even their best players are streaky, so the Cubs must be consistent in areas they can control every day: fundamentals, defense and hustle. Their recent work in those departments has to encourage denizens of Cubbieland. NO JOY OF SOX: "We always think we're going to turn the corner,'' Ozzie Guillen says, "but all of a sudden, the corner's a U-turn.'' How his White Sox went from being one of baseball's model franchises to having the American League's lowest victory total — in less than a year's time! — can't be covered in the little space I have here. Let's just use the words "total collapse'' and leave it at that for now. Their current 5-22 funk has dropped them 13 games under .500 and they soon will enter serious salary-dumping mode. Various reports have left-hander Mark Buehrle ending up anywhere from Boston to Atlanta to New York, and Tadahito Iguchi and Jermaine Dye probably will follow Buehrle out of town. "The thought of trading people that helped us win the World Series two years ago makes my stomach turn,'' GM Ken Williams said. "But something has to happen. I'm tired of watching this.'' He's not the only one. That wasn't "Looooou'' most fans were chanting at The Cell. THE FUTURE: The White Sox have none. Not this year, anyway. As for the Cubs, this is a big week for them. First, they take on a Colorado club that had been hot but just got swept in Toronto. Then, they welcome the Brewers into Wrigley for a three-game series. A 5-1 homestand could get Cubbieland hopping (and hoping). A 1-5 meltdown could make the Cubs as irrelevant as their South Side neighbors. "Milwaukee's a good team,'' Piniella said. "They had a (bad) streak where they gave everybody opportunities and nobody in the division took advantage . . . and now they're hot again. But forget Milwaukee. We gotta get above the .500 mark. Once we do that, we can look around." Sounds like a plan. Mike Nadel (firstname.lastname@example.com) is the Chicago sports columnist for GateHouse News Service. Read his blog, The Baldest Truth, at www.thebaldesttruth.com.