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A.Image checkpoints enable you to check the properties of a Web image. You can check an area of a Web page or application as a bitmap. While creating a test or component, you specify the area you want to check by selecting an object. You can check an entire object or any area within an object. Quick Test captures the specified object as a bitmap, and inserts a checkpoint in the test or component. You can also choose to save only the selected area of the object with your test or component in order to save disk Space. For example, suppose you have a Web site that can display a map of a city the user specifies. The map has control keys for zooming. You can record the new map that is displayed after one click on the control key that zooms in the map. Using the bitmap checkpoint, you can check that the map zooms in correctly. You can create bitmap checkpoints for all supported testing environments (as long as the appropriate add-ins are loaded).The results of bitmap checkpoints may be affected by factors such as operating system, screen resolution, and color settings.
2. Question – How many ways we can parameterize data in QTP?
A.There are four types of parameters: Test, action or component parameters enable you to use values passed from your test or component, or values from other actions in your test. Data Table parameters enable you to create a data-driven test (or action) that runs several times using the data you supply. In each repetition, or iteration, Quick Test uses a different value from the Data Table. Environment variable parameters enable you to use variable values from other sources during the run session. These may be values you supply, or values that Quick Test generates for you based on conditions and options you choose. Random number parameters enable you to insert random numbers as values in your test or component. For example, to check how your application handles small and large ticket orders, you can have Quick Test generate a random number and insert it in a number of tickets edit field.
3. Question – How do u do batch testing in WR & is it possible to do in QTP, if so explain?
A.Batch Testing in WR is nothing but running the whole test set by selecting Run Test set from the Execution Grid. The same is possible with QTP also. If our test cases are automated then by selecting Run Test set all the test scripts can be executed. In this process the Scripts get executed one by one by keeping all the remaining scripts in Waiting mode.
4. Question – If I give some thousand tests to execute in 2 days what do u do?
A.Adhoc testing is done. It Covers the least basic functionalities to verify that the system is working fine.
5. Question – What does it mean when a check point is in red color? what do u do?
A.A red color indicates failure. Here we analyze the cause for failure whether it is a Script Issue or Environment Issue or a Application issue.
6. Question – What is Object Spy in QTP?
A.Using the Object Spy, you can view the properties of any object in an open application. You use the Object Spy pointer to point to an object. The Object Spy displays the selected object hierarchy tree and its properties and values in the Properties tab of the Object Spy dialog box.
7. Question – What is the file extension of the code file & object repository file in QTP?
8. Question – Explain the concept of object repository & how QTP recognizes objects?
A.Object Repository: displays a tree of all objects in the current component or in the current action or entire test (depending on the object repository mode you selected). We can view or modify the test object description of any test object in the repository or to add new objects to the repository. Quicktest learns the default property values and determines in which test object class it fits. If it is not enough it adds assistive properties, one by one to the description until it has compiled the unique description. If no assistive properties are available, then it adds a special Ordinal identifier such as objects location on the page or in the source code.
9. Question – What are the properties you would use for identifying a browser & page when using descriptive programming?
A.Name would be another property apart from title that we can use.
10. Question – Give me an example where you have used a COM interface in your QTP project?
A.com interface appears in the scenario of front end and back end. for eg:if you r using oracle as back end and front end as VB or any language then for better compatibility we will go for an interface. of which COM will be one among those interfaces. Create object creates handle to the instance of the specified object so that we program can use the methods on the specified object. It is used for implementing Automation(as defined by Microsoft).
11. Question – Explain in brief about the QTP Automation Object Model? A.Essentially all configuration and run functionality provided via the Quick Test interface is in some way represented in the Quick Test automation object model via objects, methods, and properties. Although a one-on-one comparison cannot always be made, most dialog boxes in Quick Test have a corresponding automation object, most options in dialog boxes can be set and/or retrieved using the corresponding object property, and most menu commands and other operations have corresponding automation methods. You can use the objects, methods, and properties exposed by the Quick Test automation object model, along with standard programming elements such as loops and conditional statements to design your program.
12. Question – Explain the concept of object repository & how QTP recognizes objects?
13. Question – Explain in brief about the QTP Automation Object Model? A.Essentially all configuration and run functionality provided via the Quick Test interface is in some way represented in the Quick Test automation object model via objects, methods, and properties. Although a one-on-one comparison cannot always be made, most dialog boxes in Quick Test have a corresponding automation object, most options in dialog boxes can be set and/or retrieved using the corresponding object property, and most menu commands and other operations have corresponding automation methods. You can use the objects, methods, and properties exposed by the Quick Test automation object model, along with standard programming elements such as loops and conditional statements to design your program.
14. Question – Which environments does QTP support?
A.Quick Test Professional supports functional testing of all enterprise environments, including Windows, Web, .NET, Java/J2EE, SAP, Siebel, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Visual Basic, ActiveX, mainframe terminal emulators, and Web services.
15.Question – Explain about the Test Fusion Report of QTP?
A.Once a tester has run a test, a Test Fusion report displays all aspects of the test run: a high-level results overview, an expandable Tree View of the test specifying exactly where application failures occurred, the test data used, application screen shots for every step that highlight any discrepancies, and detailed explanations of each checkpoint pass and failure. By combining Test Fusion reports with Quick Test Professional, you can share reports across an entire QA and development team.
16. Question – What is keyword view and Expert view in QTP?
A.Quick Test's Keyword Driven approach, test automation experts have full access to the underlying test and object properties, via an integrated scripting and debugging environment that is round-trip synchronized with the Keyword View. Advanced testers can view and edit their tests in the Expert View, which reveals the underlying industry-standard VBScript that Quick Test Professional automatically generates. Any changes made in the Expert View are automatically synchronized with the Keyword View.
17. Question – How Does Run time data (Parameterization) is handled in QTP?
A.You can then enter test data into the Data Table, an integrated spreadsheet with the full functionality of Excel, to manipulate data sets and create multiple test iterations, without programming, to expand test case coverage. Data can be typed in or imported from databases, spreadsheets, or text files.
18. Question – How to use the Object spy in QTP 8.0 version?
A.There are two ways to Spy the objects in QTP: 1.through file toolbar, In the File Toolbar click on the last toolbar button (an icon showing a person with hat). 2.True Object repository Dialog, In Object repository dialog click on the button object spy. In the Object spy Dialog click on the button showing hand symbol. The pointer now changes in to a hand symbol and we have to point out the object to spy the state of the object if at all the object is not visible. or if window is minimized then, hold the Ctrl button and activate the required window to and release the Ctrl button.
19. Question – What is the use of Text output value in QTP?
A.Output values enable to view the values that the application talks during run time. When parameterized, the values change for each iteration. Thus by creating output values, we can capture the values that the application takes for each run and output them to the data table.
20. Question – How to handle the exceptions using recovery scenario manager in QTP?
21. Question – What are the Features & Benefits of Quick Test Pro (QTP 8.0)?
A.Operates stand-alone, or integrated into Mercury Business Process Testing and Mercury Quality Center. Introduces next-generation zero-configuration Keyword Driven testing technology in Quick Test Professional 8.0 allowing for fast test creation, easier maintenance, and more powerful data-driving capability. Identifies objects with Unique Smart Object Recognition, even if they change from build to build, enabling reliable unattended script execution. Collapses test documentation and test creation to a single step with Auto-documentation technology. Enables thorough validation of applications through a full complement of checkpoints.
22. Question – If an application name is changes frequently i.e while recording it has name, in this case how does QTP handles?
A.QTP handles those situations using "Regular Expressions".
23. Question – How does QTP identifies the object in the application?
24. Question – In how many ways we can add check points to an application using QTP?
A.We can add checkpoints while recording the application or we can add after recording is completed using Active screen (Note: To perform the second one The Active screen must be enabled while recording).
25. Question – Explain the check points in QTP?
A. A checkpoint verifies that expected information is displayed in a Application while the test is running. You can add eight types of checkpoints to your test for standard web objects using QTP.
2.A text checkpoint checks that a text string is displayed in the appropriate place on a Application.
3.An object checkpoint (Standard) checks the values of an object on a Application.
4.An image checkpoint checks the values of an image on a Application.
26. Question – What are the types of Object Repositorys in QTP?
A.QuickTest has two types of object repositories for storing object information: shared object repositories and action object repositories. You can choose which type of object repository you want to use as the default type for new tests, and you can change the default as necessary for each new test. The object repository per-action mode is the default setting. In this mode, QuickTest automatically creates an object repository file for each action in your test so that you can create and run tests without creating, choosing, or modifying object repository files. However, if you do modify values in an action object repository, your changes do not have any effect on other actions. Therefore, if the same test object exists in more than one action and you modify an object's property values in one action, you may need to make the same change in every action (and any test) containing the object.
27. Question – How QTP recognizes Objects in AUT?
A. QuickTest stores the definitions for application objects in a file called the Object Repository. As you record your test, QuickTest will add an entry for each item you interact with. Each Object Repository entry will be identified by a logical name (determined automatically by QuickTest), and will contain a set of properties (type, name, etc) that uniquely identify each object.Each line in the QuickTest script will contain a reference to the object that you interacted with, a call to the appropriate method (set, click, check) and any parameters for that method (such as the value for a call to the set method). The references to objects in the script will all be identified by the logical name, rather than any physical, descriptive properties.
28. Question – Explain the QTP Tool interface?
29. Question – which environments does QTP supports?
A.QuickTest Professional supports functional testing of all enterprise environments, including Windows, Web, .NET, Java/J2EE, SAP,Siebel, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Visual Basic, ActiveX, mainframe terminal emulators, and Web services.
30. Question – Explain about the Test Fusion Report of QTP?
A.Once a tester has run a test, a TestFusion report displays allaspects of the test run: a high-level results overview, an expandableTree View of the test specifying exactly where application failuresoccurred, the test data used, application screen shots for every stepthat highlight any discrepancies, and detailed explanations of eachcheckpoint pass and failure. By combining TestFusion reports withQuickTest Professional, you can share reports across an entire QAand development team.
31. Question – What is keyword view and Expert view in QTP?
A.QuickTest's Keyword Driven approach, test automation expertshave full access to the underlying test and object properties, via anintegrated scripting and debugging environment that is round-tripsynchronized with the Keyword View.Advanced testers can view and edit their tests in the Expert View,which reveals the underlying industry-standard VBScript thatQuickTest Professional automatically generates. Any changesmade in the Expert View are automatically synchronized with theKeyword View.
32. Question – How Does Run time data (Parameterization) is handled in QTP?
A. You can then enter test data into the Data Table, an integratedspreadsheet with the full functionality of Excel, to manipulate datasets and create multiple test iterations, without programming, toexpand test case coverage. Data can be typed in or imported fromdatabases, spreadsheets, or text files.
33. Question – What is QTPro? What is Quick Test Pro? What is Quick Test Professional?
A. Mercury QuickTest provides the industry's best solution for functional test and regression test automation – addressing every major software application and environment. This next-generation automated testing solution deploys the concept of Keyword-driven testing to radically simplify test creation and maintenance. Unique to QuickTest Professional's Keyword-driven approach, test automation experts have full access to the underlying test and object properties, via an integrated scripting and debugging environment that is round-trip synchronized with the Keyword View.QuickTest Professional satisfies the needs of both technical and non-technical users. It enables you to deploy higher-quality applications faster, cheaper, and with less risk. To bring non-technical subject matter experts into the quality process in a meaningful way. Plus, it empowers the entire testing team to create sophisticated test suites with minimal training.The deployment of Mercury QuickTest Professional is optimized through the use of Mercury best practices. Mercury best practices cover all aspects of deployment, including product installation and operation, organizational design, process implementation, continual process improvement and measurement of return on investment (ROI). Throughout your implementation Mercury applies these best practices to your specific situation, creating world-class procedures for you that drive long-term success.
34. Question -Can you write a script to check if the folder exists or not?
'If fldrext contains 1 than folder named qtp is exist.
35. Question –How Does Run time data (Parameterization) is handled in QTP?
A- You can then enter test data into the Data Table, an integrated spreadsheet with the full functionality of Excel, to manipulate data sets and create multiple test iterations, without programming, to expand test case coverage. Data can be typed in or imported from databases, spreadsheets, or text files.
36. Question –What is keyword view and Expert view in QTP?
A- Quick Test Keyword Driven approach, test automation experts have full access to the underlying test and object properties, via an integrated scripting and debugging environment that is round-trip synchronized with the Keyword View. Advanced testers can view and edit their tests in the Expert View, which reveals the underlying industry-standard VBScript that Quick Test Professional automatically generates. Any changes made in the Expert View are automatically synchronized with the Keyword View.
37. Question –What is the Syntax to call one script from another? And what can be the Syntax to call one "Action" in another?
Here the action becomes reusable on making this call to any Action.
IterationRange String is Not mandatory . Indicates the rows for which action iterations will be performed. Valid only when the IterationMode is rngIterations. Enter the row range (i.e. "1-7"), or enter rngAll to run iterations on all rows.
If the action called by the RunAction statement includes an ExitAction statement, the RunAction statement can return the value of the ExitAction's RetVal argument.
38. Question –How to export QTP results to an ".xls" file?
39. Question – How the exception handling can be done using QTP?
40. Question –How many types of Actions are there in QTP?
1) Non-reusable action: an action that can be called only in the test with which it is stored, and can be called only once.
2) Reusable action: an action that can be called multiple times by the test with which it is stored (the local test) as well as by other tests.
3) External action: a reusable action stored with another test. External actions are read-only in the calling test, but you can choose to use a local, editable copy of the Data Table information for the external action.
41. Question –How do we analyze the Checkpoint results?
A -By adding standard checkpoints to your tests or components, you can compare the expected values of object properties to the object's current values during a run session. If the results do not match, the checkpoint fails.
42. Question –How do we handle Run-time errors?
A- On Error Resume Next: causes execution to continue with the statement immediately following the statement that caused the run-time error, or with the statement immediately following the most recent call out of the procedure containing the "On Error Resume Next" statement.
This allows execution to continue despite a run-time error.
You can then build the error-handling routine inline within the procedure.
43. Question –What are the different scripting languages you could use when working with QTP ?
44. Question –How to handle dynamic objects in QTP?
A-QTP has a unique feature called Smart Object Identification/recognition. QTP generally identifies an object by matching its test object and run time object properties. QTP may fail to recognize the dynamic objects whose properties change during run time. Hence it has an option of enabling Smart Identification, wherein it can identify the objects even if their properties changes during run time.
Check this out – If QTP is unable to find any object that matches the recorded object description, or if it finds more than one object that fits the description, then QTP ignores the recorded description, and uses the Smart Identification mechanism to try to identify the object. While the Smart Identification mechanism is more complex, it is more flexible, and thus, if configured logically, a Smart Identification definition can probably help QTP identify an object, if it is present, even when the recorded description fails.
Base filter properties: The most fundamental properties of a particular test object class; those whose values cannot be changed without changing the essence of the original object.
For example, if a Web link's tag was changed from to any other value, you could no longer call it the same object.
Optional filter properties: Other properties that can help identify objects of a particular class as they are unlikely to change on a regular basis, but which can be ignored if they are no longer applicable.
45. Question –Explain the keyword createobject with an example?
46. Question –What is a Run-Time Data Table? Where can I find and view this table?
A- * In QTP, there is data table that is at runtime.
* In QTP, select the option View->Data table.
* This is an excel file, which is stored in the folder of the test created, its name is Default.xls by default.
47. Question –How to use SetROProperty?
A- Note: There is no such proprty in qtp. We have GetROProperty and SetTOProperty but not SetROProperty.
48. Question -What are different types of Action?
an action that can be called multiple times by the test with which it is stored (the local test), as well as by other tests.
a reusable action stored with another test. External actions are read-only in the calling test, but you can choose to use a local, editable copy of the Data Table information for the external action.
49. Question – What is Recovery Scenario?
A-In order to handle unexpected event we are using Recovery Scenario.
Different types of Recovery Scenario : 1. Pop Up Window 2. Object State 3. Test Run Error 4. Application Crash.
50. Question – There is a excel file of 1 to 100 sheets how you will iterate through it?


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College of DuPage trustees have approved a budget that will reduce tuition by $5 per credit hour and cut the school's property tax levy by roughly 5 percent.
The board voted 4-1 Monday night to adopt the $314.1 million spending plan after postponing the vote for several months.
An earlier draft of the budget was slated to be approved before COD's fiscal year started July 1. But with trustees working to implement various changes in the wake of controversies at the Glen Ellyn-based community college, the decision was made to re-examine the document.
As a result, board Chairwoman Kathy Hamilton said there was more public involvement in the budget process, which helped move the college in the right direction.
"This budget puts students first by cutting $5 per credit hour," Hamilton said. "This budget respects taxpayers. It cuts the property tax levy by almost $4.2 million, or approximately 5 percent."
Starting in the spring, tuition will drop to $135 per credit hour for in-district students. That amount includes fees. Illinois students coming from outside the district will pay $322 per credit hour.
The reduction of the property tax levy, meanwhile, is expected to save the owner of a $300,000 home about $11 a year. This year, DuPage residents with homes valued at $300,000 paid about $297 in taxes to the college, according to the county clerk's office.
Before the April election, where three Hamilton-backed candidates shifted the balance of power on the seven-member board, the previous board voted to keep tuition and fees flat. But after reviewing the budget, a committee found COD could reduce tuition and taxes and still balance the budget.
In fact, Hamilton said previous boards dating back to fiscal 2011 collected tens of millions of dollars beyond what the college needed to operate. During that time, the amount of cash COD had in the bank grew to more than $200 million, Hamilton said.
"The fund balance grew and grew with taxpayer dollars we should never have collected in the first place," she said, "or tuition dollars that we never should have charged."
The operating portion of the budget -- which pays for salaries, supplies and other day-to-day expenses -- lists $181.4 million in projected expenses. Still, that fund is expected to end the fiscal year with a $1 million surplus, officials said.
Hamilton said the budget recognizes the college's professors, adjuncts and staff members by funding nearly 3 percent annual raises.
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Hamilton said the cuts made to the budget "are not huge -- but they are indicative."
Support for the new budget came from Hamilton and her board allies, Deanne Mazzochi, Charles Bernstein and Frank Napolitano. Joseph Wozniak cast the only dissenting vote, and board members Erin Birt and Dianne McGuire were absent.
Hamilton said next year's budget will be a product of the new board from beginning to end.
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"This budget is a major improvement over where we began," she said. "And it points the way to many more improvements to come."


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I want to talk to you today about The Rewards of Integrity. There's a lot of compromise in our society, people that think nothing about being dishonest, making underhanded deals, not keeping their word. They wonder why they can't get ahead, it's because they don't have integrity. Integrity is the foundation that a successful life is built on. You can have talent, vision, determination, but without integrity you won't reach your highest potential. And a person of integrity does the right thing, when no one is watching. They don't play it on the computer, because the boss stepped away, they don't lead people out of a commission, because they didn't know about the sale, they don't cut corners at the job site, because nobody will find out about it. They give it their best whether anyone is there or not.
When you have integrity you don't take supplies from the office to bring home to use. You don't show up late to work and have somebody clock in earlier for you. You don't spend half the day making personal phone calls at the office. "Well, they don't pay me enough anyway". Maybe not, but that's not integrity. If you'll do the right thing - God will make it up to you, he's keeping the records. Many things we face are simply tests. God is seeing, are we ready to go higher?
Maybe the bank teller gives you too much money in return are you going to have integrity go back and make things right or are you going to say thank you Jesus you did it again? That is not the answer to your prayer. Do you calling sick to work, coffeeing, sniffling, so you can take the day off and go shopping, you could win an Academy Award with that performance, but that's not integrity. Don't be surprised if you can't find anything at the store, they don't have your size, nobody will wait on you, traffic's backed up, maybe it's because there's no blessing on it. We can't deceive people and expect to have his favor. When somebody knocks on your door at home and you don't feel like visiting, do you tell your child go answer, tell him I'm not here? That works, but it's not integrity. Don't complain when your child doesn't tell the truth. We're leading by example. We can tell our children: do the right thing, stay on the high road, but if they see us compromising, they're going to do the same thing.
When you have integrity you pay your bills. You don't sweep things under the rug, you keep your commitments. Don't buy things that you know you can't pay for. "Well, Joel, I'm stretching my faith, I'm believing for increase". Stretch your faith before you sign on the dotted line. Let God bless you first, once you have the funds, then you can purchase it. But it's not integrity to make commitments, that you know you're not going to be able to keep. Don't promise people the moon, when you know you can't get to the clouds. Don't write a check and then pray for three days, hoping it'll clear. Check your balance first, be honest, be trustworthy, be a person of your word.
Your reputation is one of the most valuable things you have. Proverbs says, "A good name is worth more than great riches". You can have great wealth and be looked down on, seen as shady, but when you're a person of integrity, when people look at you and think, "I can trust them. They always do the right thing, they're honest, they're fair, they don't talk to me one way and then talk to my friends behind my back another way, they're consistent". Your name your reputation is too important to let it become tarnished by not having integrity. When you do the right thing, when you stay on the high road, that will take you much further than being dishonest, manipulating, trying to gain an unfair advantage. We can't turn in an exaggerated expense account and expect to be blessed. We can't be deceitful on taxes and expect to have God's favor.
I knew a man he tapped into the cable line behind his house and brought cable into his home without paying for it. He was so proud of it. He bragged to us for years, how he was saving $40 a month. That man never did rise out of mediocrity, constantly struggled, barely got by. He thought he was gaining an advantage. The truth is he was putting himself at a disadvantage. You may gain with people, gain some material things, but what if you lose with God? He controls the universe, he's the one that can open the windows of heaven and pour out blessings that you can't contain. I would rather have favor with God, than favor with people. That man would have been better off to pay the $40, so he could have God's blessing.
There's a lot we can get by with, hide, exaggerate, but anything we gain without integrity won't be as good as it could have been. It's better to be truthful and have less, then God's favor will take you further. But too often we're letting little compromises keep us from the big things God has in store. Instead of trying to cross the line, thinking how much can I get away with and still get by, why don't you try a different approach and see how far behind the line you can stay? Ask yourself, what is the right thing to do? If I was standing before God, what decision I make? The more integrity you have, the more God can bless you.
John chapter 1: Jesus saw man named Nathanael, coming toward him. Verse 47 says, "Jesus knew Nathaniel's thoughts, he honored him saying, 'Here comes a man in whom there is no deceit; an upright, honest man, that is free from hypocrisy and double standards'". That should be our goal, "God I want to be so aboveboard, so full of integrity, that you'll describe me, like you described Nathaniel, that there is no deceit in me. "Well, Joel, that's not me". Maybe not yet, but it can be. You can become a Nathaniel. You can make decisions that honor God. When you have integrity, you're the same in private, as you are in public. You don't treat people at work nice and kind, and then come home and be rude and harsh to your family. That's not integrity, that's hypocrisy. You should treat your family better, than you treat anyone else. Don't be kinder to strangers, then you are to your own spouse. Don't be more considerate to co-workers, than you are to the people that live in your own house. Be consistent.
Some people on Sundays is, "God bless you, great to see you". They'll wave real big, real friendly, but on Mondays if you cut them off in traffic, they'll wave with one finger in the air. That's being two-faced, that's a pretender. You have to get honest with yourself. I'm not asking you to be perfect, I'm asking you to be real. You'll never change, if you don't first acknowledge that there's some pretending going on. The next time you're tempted to switch over to the pretend you, the compromising you, the dishonest you, put your foot down, say "No, I'm not going there, that is not who I am, that's an imitation. I am kind, loving, honest, trustworthy, calm, consistent". You talk to yourself that way long enough and you'll have integrity with yourself, you'll become consistent, the same old Monday as your own Sunday, the same at work as you are at home.
This is what I saw growing up with my parents they were the same in the pulpit, as they were at home. They didn't love greatly in public and then have hateful things happen in private. And I believe, this is one reason that all of us kids, with the exception of my brother Paul, turned out okay. You can fool a lot of people, but you can't fool your children. They know when there's a double standard, they know when there's not integrity.
Our son Jonathan gave me a compliment a while back on my birthday on his Instagram post. He wrote, "My dad is one of the kindest people I know. He treats everyone he meets with respect". I didn't know that he really noticed, but people are watching. Parents, we are leading by example. And this is not to make us feel pressured, but to make us strive to excel, to be honorable, trustworthy, kind people, that stay on the high road. When you have integrity you're not making underhanded deals, hoping that nobody sees you. If you have to hide what you're doing is probably not integrity. I've heard it said, "Don't do anything, you wouldn't want to read about the next day in the newspaper".
I was at a restaurant years ago in another city. We were traveling to an event. I had brought some lemons in the car, that I wanted to cut and squeeze into an energy drink, before I spoke, but I forgot the knife. We were going straight to the meeting, didn't have much time, so I thought maybe at this restaurant I can take one of their knives. After all, I'm paying a lot for this meal, just a three dollar knife they're not gonna miss it, they're not gonna care. Started reasoning it out, trying to justify, taking a knife. I thought how am I going to get it out of here? The only way is to hide it. I thought I can't do that, I'll get Victoria to do it for me, my partner in crime. I finally came to my senses: "You're a pastor, you are not going to go out of here, hiding a piece of silverware".
I called the waiter over said, "Sir, I need a favor". Can I buy this knife? He went and talked to the manager, came back brought me a set of silverware in a bag, said, "the manager said, you can have it". I thought, "Lord, thank you kept me out of prison". But here's my point: it's much better to be open and honest. I probably could have walked out of there with some silverware hidden, they may not have seen it, but here's the problem, God would have seen it. The scripture says, "It's the little foxes, that spoil the vines". I doubt many of you have big areas where you're lacking integrity, but maybe there's some small things. And the good news is, it's not hard to correct it. Just takes a little effort, digging down deeper to do the right thing. It means getting out of ruts, where we've gotten comfortable compromising and doing things that are less, than our best.
David said in Psalm 101, "I will lead a life of integrity in my own home". He was saying, where nobody can see me, I'm going to do the right thing. When I could slack off, compromise, give in to temptation, be dishonest, instead I'm going to take the high road, I'm going to be a person of excellence, I'm going to show God, he can trust me. He went on to say, "I will not look at anything impure". Not gonna watch things, that poison me. Verse 3 says, "I will not have crooked dealings". Not going to get involved in things, that are shady and underhanded, unethical. David wasn't perfect, but he made up his mind he was going to walk in integrity starting in his own home, starting in his private life.
We can fool a lot of people in public, but what God is concerned with is what goes on the closed doors. The scripture talks about the hidden man of our heart, that's our motives, what we do in secret. How you live in private will determine how high you go in public. And people may not be watching, but God is watching. And don't take that as, something negative. "Man I'm gonna get caught, I'm in trouble". Take it as a challenge. God is watching to see, when he can promote you. He's waiting to see when you pass these tests, so he can take you to new levels. And I wonder how much higher we would go? How much more favor and promotion we'd see, if we would deal with the areas, that we know are holding us back?
Start making things right. Have an integrity in your finances, in your relationships, in how you treat people. "After all, I didn't want to hear about integrity today, I wanted to hear about prosperity". You will never have prosperity, if you don't first have integrity. The two go hand-in-hand.
I was at a music store with Jonathan, when he was 10 years old, buying some equipment for his guitar. And when I went to pay, the man told me, that Lakewood had an account there and we could put it on that account. Now I told him, that this was personal and I didn't want to do that, He gave me the bill and the tax on it was twenty dollars. He said "At least, let me put this under Lakewood's name, that way, you won't have to pay the tax. Lakewood is a church, and churches are tax-exempt". I said, "Thanks so much, but now I want to pay the tax to, this is totally personal". He looked at me so strange, kind of shook his head, like "Man, you are way overboard, nobody would know you didn't pay the tax. My company wouldn't know, the church wouldn't know, the IRS wouldn't know". What he didn't realize, is someone was watching more important, than all those that he mentioned. The Most High God sees everything we do.
These are opportunities for us to pass the test. If God can trust me to be honest with $20, maybe he can trust me to handle 20,000 or 20 million or 200 million. I would hate to think, I didn't reach my destiny, because of small things I wasn't honest in, small areas that I didn't pass the test. Sure I could have saved $20, but what is that in comparison to having the blessing and favor of the Creator of the universe. When God can trust you, when you prove to him, that you're a person of integrity, there is no limit to how high he will take you.
I saw this with my father, he was a man of great integrity. If there was the smallest question of something not being aboveboard, perfectly ethical, he wouldn't have anything to do with it. Through the years people would bring deals by, "Hey, you got that big church, all those people. You can take advantage of it, make some extra funds". But my father valued God's blessing on his life more than what any person could come up with. He taught me to have a high standard. And if you don't feel good about something, you have to talk to yourself into it, make excuses as to why it's okay, it's not worth it. You will never go wrong by taking the high road.
Short term I could have saved 20$, long-term I may not be where I am. Prove to God that he can trust you, that you'll go the extra mile to do what's right. You may have to say no to some things, that people don't understand. Not do what all your co-workers do. Maybe they're fine with slacking off, they're okay with spending company money on personal things. Don't judge them, that's not our business, but don't become like them, don't lower your standards, they're not going where you're going. You may not be able to do everything your family members do, watch what they watch, do business like they do business, there's a price to pay to become all you were created to be. If it was easy, anybody would do it. This takes people, that have a made up mind, "I'm going to honor God, not gonna compromise, take shortcuts, do things that are not ethical, not gonna push people down to get an advantage, not gonna be sloppy in my business dealings. I'm going to be a person of integrity, trustworthy honorable". That's the kind of people God rewards.
But sometimes, when we compromise and do things that are questionable, we think we're gaining an advantage with people, we're getting the upper hand, but when you walk in integrity you're gaining an advantage with God. His favor on your life will take you further, than any advantage with people. You may have made mistakes in the past, not had integrity in certain areas, that's okay, we all have. My challenge is start making things right. Let today be a new day. Don't go the next 30 years letting the same things hold you back.
When my father was in his 20s, back in the 1940s, he bought two suits on credit from a store in Fort Worth. He had good intentions, he was planning on paying them back, but he got busy and things came up, he never did. Years went by and he had forgotten about it. One day he was driving through Fort Worth and suddenly he remembered, it bothered him that he had never paid that debt. He got in the phone book, but couldn't find the name of the company. So he drove to the location, but they were closed down. The people next door said they had been out of business for many years. He could have thought, "I did my best, I tried". But he didn't stop there. He found out who the owners were, they had passed away, but he was able to track down one of their children. He called this man, he was my father's age, and explained that he owed them for two suits he didn't pay for back in the 1940s.
The man says "Sir, don't worry about it. We've been out of business, we're all doing fine". My dad thanked him for being so gracious, and said "No, I still want to pay you". He drove to his house and gave him a check with interest 40 years later. No wonder God bless my father. No wonder he took him higher and higher. It wasn't that he just had great talent, he had great integrity, he was determined to make things right.
In Genesis chapter 20, Abraham and Sarah had just moved to a new city. Sarah was very beautiful, very striking. Abraham knew, when the King saw her beauty, he would want to take her into his harem. He told Sarah, "Tell the King, that you're my sister, that way he won't kill me just to get to you". Like he thought, the King sent word for Sarah, had her come to the palace. One night the King had a dream: God said to him, "Why have you taken a married woman into your family"? The king said, "God, what do you mean? Abraham said she was his sister? She told me Abraham was her brother? In the integrity of my heart I have done this". God said in verse 6: "Yes, I know, you are innocent. Because of your integrity, I have kept you from touching her. Now return her to Abraham".
This king was about to make a mistake, get off course, step out of God's favor, but because of his integrity, because he was trustworthy, honorable, God kept him from what he couldn't see on his own. Proverbs 2 says, "God is a shield to those who walk in integrity. He guards their path and watches after them". Like this King, there are mistakes you could have, made wrong terms, compromise, but because of your integrity God stepped in and closed the door, he kept you from the trouble, he's guarding your path. Some of the temptation that you resisted, it wasn't that you were so strong, wasn't that you just decided to say no, that was God holding you back.
There is a blessing on your life that protects you, guards you, when you honor God. David talked about it, "God keeps my foot from dashing against a stone. God will not let my enemies triumph over me". When you walk in integrity God has a shield around you. He's keeping fiery darts from hitting you, he's pushing back darkness, he's not letting the temptation overtake you, he's closing doors that would be harmful. If you want to keep that shield up, keep your integrity, be trustworthy, be honorable, a person of your word, be somebody that can be counted on.
There was a very wealthy man that had a friend, that was a builder. This builder had been down on his luck and not had much business. The man felt sorry for him and decided to help him out. He gave him a set of plans with the check for $200,000. He said, "I want you to use these funds to build me a new house. You handle all the details, just call me, when you're done". He assured him, he would pay him very well, if he'd do a good job. This builder was so excited, that he finally had some work. But he got to thinking, if he would cut a few corners a little bit here, save a little here, save a little there, he could pocket some of that money, without anybody knowing about it. So he went out and found the cheapest concrete he could find, had the workers water it down, so it could go further. He saved several thousand dollars on the foundation, he bought the cheapest lumber, some of it was old, crooked, warped. He didn't care, he's gonna be behind the walls, nobody would see it. He got the cheapest plumber, cheapest electricity, on and on, right and left cutting corners, pocketing the money.
When he finished, he had saved nearly $40,000. He was so happy, he called the owner over, to look at the new house. The owner was very impressed, look beautiful on the outside, you couldn't tell he had cut corners. This builder couldn't wait to see, how much he was going to get paid. He knew the owner was a very generous man. The owner says, "You know, I don't really need a new house. I have a beautiful one, I just wanted to help you out. He handed him the keys and said, "here you just built your own house". The builder nearly passed out. He thought, "If I'd known is going to be mine, I'd built it a whole lot better".
We may not realize it, but we are building our own house. We can cut corners here, compromise there, it's not hurting anyone, except ourselves. Everything may look fine on the outside, what matters is what's happening on the inside. Are we watering down our foundation? Not being trustworthy in commitments? Slacking off at the office? What kind of materials are you putting into your house? I'm asking you to be a person of integrity, do the right thing when nobody is watching, don't let small things keep you from the big destiny God has in store. Start passing these tests be honorable, trustworthy, a person of your word. If you'll do this, I believe and declare, because you walk in integrity, God is going to have a shield around you. He's going to keep you from making major mistakes. You're not only going to be protected, but you're going to see promotion, good breaks, new levels, the fullness of your destiny in Jesus name.
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SwimmingKentucky Wildcats Add Florida 3A Runner-Up Drew Johnson to Class of 2026
Kentucky Wildcats Add Florida 3A Runner-Up Drew Johnson to Class of 2026
NEW COMMIT: The University of Kentucky has welcomed a new addition to Big Blue Nation for the fall of 2022, this time from Junior National qualifier Drew Johnson of Clearwater, Florida.
He will join Kevin Glennon, Levi Sandidge, Ryan Merani, Brady McInerney, Logan Smith and Logan Ingerick as a member of the Wildcats' Class of 2026.
Regarding his commitment, he said:
"I'm so excited to announce my commitment to swim at the University of Kentucky!! I want to first thank my coaches Kyle, Scott, Kacey, Cory, Mr. V, and any other coach that has helped me along the way! I want to thank my friends and family for sticking with me through everything and being there to always support me! I also wanna thank all of my teammates over the last 3 years for inspiring, encouraging, and pushing me to be my best throughout my time with them. It's hard to put into words the excitement and gratitude i feel. I'll never forget when I wasn't fast enough to make regionals my freshman year, and promised myself that one day I would be swimming in the SEC. LETS GO BBN!"
A talented sprinter, Johnson does his club swimming with Radiant Aquatics and recently picked up three gold medals at the AAU Junior Olympic Games last month after earning a best time at the Florida Senior Championships. He also raced four events at the ISCA International Senior Cup in March after placing eighth in the 50 fly at Florida Seniors – South.
His best times include:
50 free – 20.89
100 free – 47.82
100 fly – 51.09
50m free – 24.01
100m free – 52.67
100m fly – 57.68
Also competing for Dixie M. Hollins High School, Johnson finished second in the 50 free and ninth in the 100 fly as a junior at the Florida 3A State Championships. He placed first and fourth, respectively, in those events at the FHSAA 3A District 7 meet in 2020 as well.
Johnson has made significant improvements over the last two seasons, shaving off three seconds in the 50 free, five in the 100 free, and six in the 100 fly. Even with a year of club swimming still to go, his best 50 free time would've ranked fifth on UK's lineup last season.
Under head coach Lars Jorgensen, the Wildcats finished seventh at the 2021 SEC Championships with 759 points, the highest score in program history.
If you have a commitment to share, please send a photo and quote via email to hs@swimmingworld.com.
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Hi, I'm Ella! I am a sophomore and new to the Echo this year. My position is photographer but I also hope to do some design stuff. Most of my time outside of school is taken up by sailing and synchro (synchronized swimming) because I love the water. Otherwise I like to hang out with friends or my part-time dog Chloe.


Just a Peak…..It's my gear list!
Hold the phone. 2 updates in 3 days?!! Praise the heavens it's a miracle! After millions of hours of researching and comparing gear, scouring forums and blogs, sending too many annoying emails, going through my own only -certified-for-Camp- Unie gear, and a little DIYing I am finally ready to reveal to the world what I will be bringing with me on my hike! WARNING: This post might bring out my inner newbie gear nerd and does not contain much humor. Sorry I'm not sorry. But if for some reason you are interested in what I am bringing and my opinions on them, then keep reading!
Camp Unie 4 Lyfe. The place that inspired me to travel the trail on the loose.
Love this backpack! It was a birthday gift from my parents (before they knew of any plans to hike the AT. The pack that started it all. You can blame them 🙂 ) and I absolutely love it! It's roomy but comfy (so far! We'll see my thoughts once I actually hike some mountains. The side compartments are a little small and oddly shaped and it'll be interesting to keep fitting my platypus H2O bottles in there, but otherwise everything else seems very durable. It has a capacity of 65L and weighs 4lbs 15oz. A little heavier but it'll also be sturdy and reliable and I like that. I even pimped it out with a Camp Unie patch.
I love my hammock! I have had it for almost 3 years and it is purrfect. The doublenest is ultra roomy. I can wrap myself in a cocoon and also stash some gear around me too. I just get way better sleep in a hammock and I love being able to put it where tents can't go. I've also got a set of Hennessy Snake Skins. They are like an insta stuff sack for your hammock and prevent it from ever touching the ground. I've heard wonders and so far they are pretty cool!
I've also had the ENO BugNet for 2 years and for not having to worry about weight and at the time still learning the basics of hammocks (and I'm still learning!), it is a great bug net! It fully encloses you and your hammock all around. And it's removable for when you don't need it. However. I always put it on (not for fear of bugs but just because it I felt more comfortable) and it can be a tiny bit time-consuming, the ropes don't always reach where you want them to, it's heavy, and it doesn't pack down very well. I wanted a hammock that had a bug net on top all the time. I felt it would be more efficient. However, I did not want to spend a ton of money and buy a new hammock with the bugnet. I found some guidelines on how to make your own bugnet. But then I procrastinated and couldn't get the materials in time. Panic. But then: Lightbulb! I had a perfectly good bugnet already. I googled until my fingers fell off hoping someone had tried this before. Nothing. So I performed surgery. I removed the bugnet zipper and attached it to my hammock. Cut up the bug net, and eventually sewed it on the top of the hammock. Sounds easy. Took me forever. But it worked! I shaved off a ton of weight. I also got a whoopie sling ridge line to keep the sag in my hammock while also keeping the net off of myself. It's a miracle! I'm so proud. Fingers crossed it stays together more than 2 days.
Post Op. Hammock with Bugnet sewn on top. This is also before I installed the ridgeline.
The suspension of the gods.
I also realized that my hammock's suspension (what you use to hang your hammock up) was wayyyy heavier than it needed. I also strongly disliked ENO's smart straps. They were the first straps to come out and ENO has since greatly improved there straps. However the ones I have the loops are too spaced out and it takes awhile to get the right fit. Again they are also heavy. And the ropes and biners that were in my hammock were unnecessarily heavy as well. Then I found Dutch. What an incredibly helpful guy! A master hammocker and genius. I upgraded to some beautiful whoopie slings with a dutch hook, and lighter, shorter, webbing with a dutch clip. Installed a continuous loop in replace of the heavy rope and biners. Saved crazy amounts of weight and cut my set up time by minutes!
Tadpole with cordpockets and the linelocs I sewed on. Used lash it for the tie outs.
I know you are sick of me saying this. I also had an ENO DryFly as a tarp. This is new and I used it a lot last summer. Yes it keeps me dry. However, with its six guy lines plus having to set it up over the bug net there were about 80 million ropes going every which way. Also while researching gear I realized it was really heavy, and it is (22oz). So I needed to find a tarp that was lightweight, big enough to cook under, but not too big where it seems like I'm living in Noahs Arc, pack small, and most importantly not expensive. Oh boy. Lightweight tarps made from cuben fiber, sil nylon, ARE CRAZY EXPENSIVE. I was looking anywhere between $167-$300. Hell no. But then! I found the Tad pole! Shout out to Marty from Wilderness Logics (great company in NC) who answered my questions. At only 11.5oz and 132"x92" FOR ONLY $90!! Amazing! And then you can customize it to fit your needs, add on cord pockets, doors, pullouts, tri-loops. I absolutely love this tarp! I sewed on lineloc 3s to each webbing loop for my lines and got some Dutch Stingerz for my Ridgeline (love them too!). I also got some sweet mesh tarp sleeves to store my tarp in, make set up even easier, and allow my tarp to dry a little even when stored away. It's also nice that you can set up your tarp in the sleeves above your hammock, but take off the sleeves when you want your tarp open. Katharina is the women who makes them in this cozy cottage in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and she is the best! Derek from the Ultimate Hang also deserves a huge shout out! He gave me the stepping-stones, tools, and pro advice on how to create the ultimate hammock using what I already have, DIY, and inexpensive alternatives.
I've always used a sleeping pad in my hammock but I wanted an upgrade (Plus when sleep in shelters I can had a nice pad to sleep on) Something lighter than what I had a ton times warmers. The Xtherm is just that! It's 15oz but made to be a winter sleeping pad. It has two layers of triangular baffles to create a ton insulating cells, which slows convective heat loss.Hammocks sleep cold and I want to make sure I keep warm on the AT. This paired with my quilt I think I will be just fine. Just like the reviews said, it is loud and crinkly (albeit less noisy than the XLite). I am used to a durable thicker material and the XTherm does seem a lot more fragile. I don't feel quite comfortable carrying this on the outside of my pack, but maybe if I find a good bag or something to wrap it in I can keep it on the outside.
I realized I needed a new sleeping bag when 0* bag left my freezing in Isle Royale temps of 20s and low 30s. Upon researching I discovered the joys of quilts! No zipper, no hood and open on the bottom. The rating of your sleeping bag or quilt doesn't matter when you lay on top of it. Your weight pushes down the insulation and it essentially becomes non existent. Which is why hammocks are colder. You have air blowing under you rather than ground that helps insulate you. So with the help of a sleeping pad under you (or a under quilt under your hammock) you can stay just as warm with a quilt. I am really nervous about being cold so I knew a down quilt would be the best. But there is lots of rain on the AT and down and water are not best buddies. Then I heard about a great company in Winona, MN called Enlightened Equipment. All bags are custom-made to your size and needs. The Enigma 850DT is perfect. It has DownTek treated down that is resistant to moisture. The bottom is also completely sewn up around the feet and to the catfish area to help keep your dogs nice and toasty. It comes with straps to attach to your sleeping pad if you want. This bag is so warm and perfect! I haven't stopped sleeping in it since I got it. And Tim Marshall was so friendly and super helpful! He whipped this puppy out in under a week! This combined with my Sea to Summit silk liner and my Xtherm, I think I will be nice and warm!
These babies are 15.9 oz and I got an amazing price for them on Steep and Cheap. Seriously I saved buckets. If you want to save buckets on your gear, Steep and Cheap is the way to go. I have never used hiking poles before, so I know that I am bound to look ridiculous when I start, but once I figure out how to use them I am sure they will be great. Also when I got them I had no idea they were purple and greenish. Super cute. That's what hiking's all about right? Also the inside of the straps are like this furry fleece. They make your hands feel like princesses.
I've decided to hike with a trail runner because I had heard they are better in the long run for your feet. They are more breathable than hiking boots, a little more flexible, dry faster, and might not give you quite as many blisters. They also run a bit large so I went with a size 8.5. I also invested in a pari of Superfeet insoles (Green) so help protect my joints a little more and hopefully ease up on my knees a little. They provide mad support and feel really sturdy under my feet. I need to break them in more as they can be slippery on rocks, but I feel pretty confident they will last awhile. I also have an amazing pair of Merrel hiking boots that I recently started thinking about hiking in initially while it is still cold and sending my Salmons when it warms up. I am still deciding on that.
My only experience with camp stoves is those and Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya. I've grown used to them, love them and have learned their parts and how to repair them. I am used to having to work and wait for your water to boil, and I love it! However, I decided that since I think that I will mostly be boiling water anyways rather than cooking 20 pancakes and a cauldron full of nugget of gold, I wanted something that could do it fast. And boy does the Jetboil deliver! Boils water in under 2 minutes, stores inside of itself, weighs 10.5oz, and if when I am tired of having ramen everyday, there is the option to get a pot support and jetboil pan that work with the stove. It is so user-friendly, it's almost scary. It actually is scary though, your turn the fuel on, hit the igniter switch and BOOM! Almost Insta-Boil! Its great!It's capacity is 0.8L and has a quaint insulating cozy and handle attached to it. Bring on the ramen!
I was recommended this water filter by a great friend of mine, unbeknownst to the all of the amazing reviews of this little guy! Simply fill up your water bottle, screw the filter on top, and drink from it! It weighs a tiny 2 oz and is good for 100,000 gallons, filters %99.9999 of bacteria and protozoa. It also comes with a straw and the pump to clean it. So far it's been working great and I'm excited to use it on trail. I also am bringing 2 1L Platypus water bottles. They are collapsable and can stow away if empty. I will also bring the bottom half of a plastic water bottle to fill up the platypus in the times where there is a weak water flow. I am not bringing a hydration bladder, I have a feeling I will end up getting one but I am going to try without for right now.
This is what is going to allow my mom to sleep at night! This nifty gadget sends my GPS location every 10 minutes and also allows me to send 2 custom messages to check in with my folks. It alerts them via email (also texts, but you have to have a national carrier for them to receive them) which is pretty sweet. There is also an SOS button that I can use in a life or death situation. When I push SOS, it alerts the emergency services and hundred off helicopters come rescue me! Or something like that. But for real, it's pretty neat and allows my parents to look to go to a website and check my path and location to make sure I'm alive. Yay!
These down jacker was another amazing steal on steep in cheap. I think I got over %52 percent off. I am not a fan of the color, it kind of makes me feel like a leprechaun or shamrock shake, but it is nice and toasty.
Found on Steep and Cheap, super comfy! Has pretty long sleeve, but I like that. Very warm and soft. Also has a extra large hood that is meant to go over helmets and such. I think it'll be great going over the messy buns on top of my head. It's perfect!
Steep and Cheap. Meant for cold weather. Merino wool. Boom. I also have a pair of of reebok leggings that I already own and a pair of Gramicci Native Art that I think are kind of retro, so I will also bring one of those. Icebreaker is also a pretty awesome company! They value the sheep and employees of their company and you can even trace your specific piece of clothing to the original farm! It's pretty neat.
Found on Steep and Cheap (can you tell lived there?). Merino wool, nice and warm and comfy.
Steep and Cheap. Tighter fitting, but still pretty comfy and made our of merino wool. I also have 2 other nike dri fit shirts that I already have. I will bring 2 t shirts to start and then swap one out for a new one when they get tired of hiking. I like this shirt because it'll keep me warm when it's cool outside but then will also wick moisture and sweat away when it is warm outside. Versitile. I like it.
Found on Steep and Cheap. Seriously the most comfortable thing I have ever worn. Has built in shorts that don't slide around and prevent chaffing, great coverage, and it was at a price I couldn't pass up. Not sure how I feel about the color though, kinda…you know. But when it warms up I will try this out and see how it goes!
Read amazing reviews about these socks! Think Smartwool but more awesome! Plus they are made in the UK so they make me feel exotic. Amazing costumer service too, they helped me pick out the perfect pair. I went with a midweight and they feel great in and out of my hiking shoes.
Founds these babies on Steep and Cheap as well. Ultra comfy and made from merino wool. I had read that the seams get twisted when you wash them, so I just stitched a couple of X's in various places to keep the band in place. I will bring 2 pair and will have a 3rd sent at some point to swap out. They are seamless and are just overall comfy. And dat merino wool doe! So great.
I am bringing 7 days of food to star with. I also have 7 mail drops planned for along the trail. I organized everything in ziplocs and then put breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, in a gallon ziploc just to keep a little order in the food bag. Lots of instant pasta, rice, couscous, and power bars. I am also making homemade granola that will have lots and lots on good nutrients in it and be super delicious. My initial food bag weighs (without the granola yet) a little over 11 pounds.
I don't need anything else as long as I have this! Tell me milage, elevation, nearest shelters, towns, what's in the towns, places to stay, resupply, etc. Fabulous!
Other items I have: 2 sportsbras, my tevas for camp shoes, rain jacket (heavier one for now and then I'll switch to a lighter one. I've had both for a few years) rain pants, lighter, spork, journal, a book, headlamp, phone, ear plugs, knife, first aid kit, sewing kit, rope, duct tape, toilet paper, toothbrush and toothpaste, Dr. Bronners soap, maybe a camera, hat, gloves, sunglasses, baseball cap, and I think that's all!
Thank you so much for reading! Feel free to comment on anything, give advice, ask a question, etc! It's appreciated!
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Bring some fun and silly things. You won't regret it.
Haha That's such a great idea! 🙂 will do! Thank you so much!


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JHR Volume 9
Historical news and comment
Circuitous Suppression
J. Marcellus
"This group [the IHR] is more dangerous than the skinheads."
Irv Rubin
"Historians are dangerous people. They are capable of upsetting everything."
Nikita S. Khruschev
"The Holocaust was not a sacred event. It was a historical event and it should be open to routine, historical criticism."
Mr. Irving Rubin of Los Angeles leads a rag-tag association of militants who claim to serve the interests of the American Jewish community by protecting it from a variety of imagined threats. His Jewish Defense League (JDL), founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane, now an American expatriate in Israel, is the organization which, a few years back, sunk the hoary art of sloganeering to new depths by coining the phrase "FOR EVERY JEW A .22!"
According to Mr. Rubin's mindset anyone — even other Jews — could be, and probably is, out to get his people. By his logic any Gentile is liable to be afflicted, at any time, with the dread contagion of anti-Semitism. But since Rubin's JDL has been classified as a terrorist group by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, "defending" his people through the use of threats and violence has become increasingly inconvenient of late, and Rubin has been forced to seek more commercial means of harrassing the "anti-Semites."
It was Rubin and his friends who, brandishing the Israeli national flag, staged two violent demonstrations in front of the offices of the Institute for Historical Review when we were located in Torrance ("NAZIS WITH PH.Ds ARE STILL NAZIS!" "SIX MILLION-NEVER AGAIN!". And it was Rubin who appeared at the scene of the crime the day after the devastating July 4, 1984 arson destruction of the IHR's offices and warehouse in Torrance, boasting to the press that while, of course, neither he nor his group had had a hand in the professionally-executed terrorist deed, "We applaud those who took this righteous action." He said essentially the same thing after the home of IHR Editorial Advisory Committee member Dr. George Ashley was firebombed and severely damaged four years ago. The media loves him because he can always be counted on to offer interesting news followups, from physically violent confrontations to reward offers for the severed ears of "Nazis." Indeed, "Nazis" abound in Mr. Rubin's world. And they are out "to finish the job that Hitler started."
Rubin, like his fellow Jewish terrorist Mordechai Levy, is one of those people around whom disaster, destruction and various forms of violence swirl continuously, yet who have never been convicted of anything really serious. When things got too hot for the JDL a few years ago, Rubin was forced to officially unload his uncontrollable hatchet man, Levy, who was then set up to operate out of New York City with a new organization called the JDO ("O" for Organization).
While Rubin's professed mission has been to safeguard Jews from the Holocaust which always lurks just around the corner, his own brutal antics and goon-like demeanor probably prompted as much anti-Jewish feeling as anyone. "NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE" is the JDL's motto and Rubin's own attitude toward life. This February, with his usual measure of malice aforethought and insight into the weaknesses of the human psyche, Rubin set out to torpedo the IHR's Ninth International Revisionist Conference. He failed, of course, but not before embarrassing his group, and exposing himself, as well as two multi-million dollar commercial establishments and at least one municipal police department, to serious legal repercussions, including breach of contract and conspiracy to violate the civil rights of Amrrican citizens.
The Rumor of Auschwitz Revisited
During the afternoon of February 16,1989, Irv Rubin held a press conference in the lobby of what was to have been the site of the Ninth International Revisionist Conference: the Red Lion Inn in Costa Mesa, California. He was after the hotel to cancel the event. He had mistakenly been informed that the IHR had booked the hotel under a phony name and thus left itself open to some form of lawful last-minute cancellation by the Red Lion. But Irv Rubin is a generous man: in the event that IHR's booking was legally binding and the Red Lion could not be intimidated into cancelling, he offered to place the JDL's financial resources at the disposal of the hotel's management should it wind up as the defendant in a costly lawsuit.
The day before, the manager of the Red Lion Inn, Russell Cox, had phoned to tell me "confidentially" that he was cancelling the IHR's contract, claiming that he had "three Jewish weddings" scheduled for that weekend and wanted no trouble. There was no convincing Cox with any rational arguments. He was not the least open either to truth or pleas for justice. I realized it wouldn't help asking him to cancel the "three Jewish weddings" instead. The die was cast. The Red Lion was backing out, unilaterally breaching a signed contract with the Institute, a contract made some eight months earlier with a good faith cash deposit. Seventy-two hours before the IHR's Ninth International Revisionist Conference was to commence, with 180 people scheduled to arrive from four continents, and with the Red Lion standing to gain more than $20,000 in revenues from lodging and banquet bookings, the IHR suddenly found itself with no place to hold the event.
We at IHR. however. were not caught unawares.
Behind the Orange Curtain
On the previous Tuesday, Mr. Cox had called to tell me that the Red Lion had received several anonymous phone threats of demonstrations and protests if he allowed the IHR group to meet there. But at that time he didn't appear to be overly concerned. He did seem a bit bewildered, however, about complaints that we were "rewriting history." But when I explained to him that whenever any history is written, history, at that point, is being rewritten, he seemed satisfied. He was cordial and said that he looked forward to meeting me on Saturday, the opening day of the conference.
Evidently, the Red Lion Inn decided to renege only after Irv Rubin forewarned the hotel and the media that he planned to hold a press conference there.
Mr. Cox did not have the courage to say NO to a member of an organization with a public record of intimidation and violence. Rubin, his sidekick Bruce Derflinger, and the other JDL bully boys were invited to assemble in the Red Lion's elegant marble- and brass-fronted lobby and hold their press conference in the name of freedom of speech. Meanwhile, a legitimate, peaceful, historical society with no record of ever having caused trouble or violence, after eight previous conferences, seven of them in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, was being banned from the hotel, despite a binding contract made months before.
It thus seemed clear that the hotel's devastating eleventh hour cancellation had been engineered not by one of the officially approved and influential Jewish pressure groups, such as the Anti-Defamation [sic] League, but by perhaps only one or two JDLers who, after having discoverd the location of the conference, made a few phone calls to the hotel, hinted a threat or two, including the suggestion of adverse publicity, and announced a press conference to convince the Red Lion management to throw us out. If this supposition is correct, then all it took to prompt the breach of a valid commerical contract and leave 180 people without their pre-arranged conference site was perhaps two, maybe three, frenetic cranks with little to offer of late besides impotent threats. Then again, the JDL may have had a little help in its efforts, courtesy of the Costa Mesa Police Department.
When I was told by the Red Lion's Mr. Cox of the cancellation, I was also advised that a local Holiday Inn had agreed to accept and honor the contracts made originally with the Red Lion (the IHR's Eighth Conference had been held at another local Holiday Inn). Fobbing us off like this, from the Red Lion managements point of view, might serve to mitigate to some extent its contractual and financial liability. In other words, if the Red Lion could arrange for the IHR to hold its conference elsewhere, the IHR could be supposed to experience less of a direct financial loss than by having no place at all to hold the event.
The Holiday Inn directly across Bristol Street seemed a logical choice. It did not remotely approach the class and opulence of the Red Lion, but it was close by, and its manager, with knowledge of the circumstances of our Red Lion cancellation, with no Jewish weddings that weekend, and with a virtually empty hotel and no scheduled banquet business, seemed glad to accommodate us. It is worth noting at this point that Mr. Cox assured me that he had spoken at some length with the Holiday Inn's manager, Mr. Dick Heatherington, and had informed him of the nature of the "problem" he had with the IHR and the "three Jewish weddings," and that Mr. Heatherington was all the same happy to have our business. The Holiday Inn contracts were all drawn up and signed the following afternoon amid smiles, handshakes and repeated assurances of the best service. I handed over a $10,000 deposit check (subsequently cashed by the Holiday Inn), and everything seemed set. Twenty thousand dollars of instant revenue had been effortlessly gained by the Bristol Street Holiday Inn. Its managers had reason to smile. All this took place on Thursday, less than 48 hours before some 180 invited Revisionists were due to descent on Orange County, proceed to the Holiday Inn via the Red Lion, and attend the Ninth International Revisionist Conference.
The Aftershock
I was at the office all day Friday; everything seemed to be going well. I called the new hotel a few times to make changes to the rooming list and to take care of all the last-minute loose ends. The hotel had given no sign of anything untoward, the conference was still on, and it was to be the largest and, by all prospects the best, conference we'd ever held. At around 5:00 p.m. I left the office with conference emcee Mark Weber, and headed home.
Prof. Robert Faurisson and another conference attendee from out of town were staying at my apartment. Mark and I arrived at my place, parked the car, walked the distance to my door and entered. What I heard in the next two seconds made my blood boil. The Holiday Inn had called the office and cancelled the contract at approximately 5:10 p.m., moments after I had left. On this Friday, the seventeenth of February, our people were already arriving by plane. Registration for the conference was less than 20 hours away. I could visualize aircraft landing with attendees and speakers from as far away as Japan and Switzerland, cars converging on the Los Angeles areas with guests from Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco. Suddenly, as if by diabolic intervention, we were without lodging, meeting space, catering facilities, our conference; we didn't even have a place to meet and sort things out. All attendees had been notified to come to the Red Lion, and although the Red Lion promised to tell our people to go across the street to the Holiday Inn, there was now no room at the Holiday Inn, either.
Just about then, I reckon that Mr. Irving Rubin and his boys were off tossing down a few (watery) beers and laughing among themselves at the wimpish acquiescence of the managers of two major franchises, in what trade publications refer to as the "hospitality industry," smug in their confidence that the rug had been cunningly pulled out from underneath the Revisionists at the last possible minute. Bristol Street, in the fair city of Costa Mesa, California, had shattered the world record for the number of commercial contracts unilaterally breached on a single street in one 48-hour period. And it looked as if this might well portend the beginning of the end for freedom of speech for Historical Revisionists in these United States.
To Serve and Protect
It is difficult to remember a time span in my life as intense as the two hours between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. that Friday evening. Phone calls were coming in and going out so fast that it was hard to believe any order could ever emerge from the apparent chaos. The IHR and Historical Revisionism were being systematically muzzled, right before our eyes, in the United States of America. We had paid half the entire hotel bill in advance. We had the signed contracts. The only thing we didn't have was a place to put 180 people, all of them looking forward to an enjoyable and informative three-day conference.
I placed a call immediately to Dick Heatherington, general manager of the Holiday Inn, who, not a day and a half ago, had been all smiles and enthusiasm.
Why was he cancelling us at the very last moment? On the recommendation of Captain Tom Lazare of the Costa Mesa Police Department, Heatherington said.
According to Heatherington, Lazare had called earlier to warn of the likelihood of some trouble, a demonstration, a confrontation. Heatherington had heeded Captain Lazare's advice and phoned his superiors at Holiday Inn corporate headquarters in Kansas City. Heatherington informed me that the decision to cancel was made over his head, based on the Costa Mesa Police Department recommendation. He apologized several times, saying how sorry he was and how terrible he felt that we were being thrown out, none of which, of course, alleviated my problem in the slightest.
Instructing Heatherington as to the characteristic stratagems and bluff favored by the JDL, and urging him to call his superiors back or to put me in touch with them directly, I next called the Costa Mesa Police and asked for Captain Lazare. Lazare had left his office at police headquarters and returned home. A fellow who said his name was Captain Smith fielded my call; I told him what I has been told by Heatherington. I expressed my disbelief that any police department would advise in favor of the breach of a commercial contract. And hadn't Presidents Reagan and Bush informed the nation of their resolve not to surrender to terrorist demands? Smith transferred me to the watch commander, to whom I restated my complaint The watch commander, stonewalling at first, told me to call back during regular business hours on Monday to talk to Lazare. After my adamant insistence, however, he agreed to try to reach Lazare at home; he promised to call me back as soon as possible.
As good as his word, the watch commander soon called to say that Lazare could not be located. Gone fishing maybe, and without his pager! At this point, it was clear that the Costa Mesa police were in no mood either to serve or protect. Despite the valid commercial contracts, despite Constitutional and civil rights, our last hopes for a reconsideration and a reinstatement of the conference at the Holiday Inn seemed to be fading fast.
The Revisionists Rally
Meanwhile, I waited to hear back from Heatherington, who was presumably contacting his superiors in Kansas City. At 7:30 p.m. he called to let me know that he had been unable to reach any decision-makers. Since Conference attendees were by then pouring into the Holiday Inn to register for their rooms, Heatherington expressed a willingness to permit us at least to conduct our own registration for the conference the afternoon of the following day. No meetings and no food, however. And since our contract had been cancelled, there was to be no further direct billing to the master IHR account Arriving attendees would have to pay for their rooms, a second time, on their own account.
This was distasteful, but we had at least secured a foothold. If we could at least meet and organize, mass confusion would be avoided, and perhaps there would still be time to find an alternative location for the Saturday night opening and the following two full days of the conference agenda.
Around 8:00 p.m. Friday evening Robert Faurisson, Mark Weber, Frank and I sat eating pizza and discussing the situation. I knew none of us would sleep that night and that the following day might well turn out to be the busiest in my life. The phone rang. It was a local conference attendee who had called the IHR office and learned of the last-minute cancellation. He had already called a friend of his who might be able to help: Joe Bischof, owner of a large restaurant and banquet hall at Old World, a European-style shopping complex in nearby Huntington Beach. In addition to some twenty speciality shops, Old World has a church with a large basement. The word from our caller was that Mr. Bischof could probably feed our group and provide us with a meeting space on Sunday and Monday, but it might be tricky because of existing bookings. I called Mr. Bischof immediately and suggested we meet first thing the following day to work out the details. He couldn't help us out for the Saturday night meeting, but he said that he could probably work something out for the following two days.
The next slice of pizza tasted awfully good. I uncapped a cold beer. Now we had a place to organize, register and make plans on Saturday afternoon, as well as a place to meet for the two big days of the conference. A half-hour before we had had nothing. Two problems down and just one to go. All we had to do now was find meeting space for Saturday night.
Freedom of Assembly and Speech Prevail
Since taking over the directorship of the IHR in 1981, I have always happily remarked to my associates at the end of every IHR conference, "We pulled another one off." I've looked at it this way only because of the character of the opposition which any dissent in this area finds itself up against: it is underhanded, defamatory, intellectually non-confrontational and utterly un-American.
Irv Rubin's remarks to the press during this brouhaha included the statement, "We will confront them on any level they wish." But of course Rubin fears to confront anything above his street-level plane of understanding. Repeated calls by the IHR and others for an open debate on the Holocaust remain unanswered. Such a debate was scheduled to occur in Torrance on the Tuesday following the conference. The Revisionists were there, as promised, but the anti-Revisionists — all four of them — bailed out.
To make a long story short, we did, in fact, pull it off. A Saturday night booking was made at almost the last minute, and on Sunday morning we moved over to Old World. This eleventh-hour organizing, briefing, and shuttling around of 180 people, many of whom were elderly and most of whom were far from their residential element, could not have been accomplished, I believe, by any other group. Everyone simply got shoulder to shoulder and pulled hard. It gave me real inspiration, and was impressive beyond words.
In the end, we all enjoyed a full conference that ran right on schedule, without a single upsetting incident. Judging from the comments of both attendees and speakers, this was, indeed, by far the best IHR conference ever. By the third day, nearly 200 people packed the bunker-like basement beneath the chapel, and professional video and audio crews recorded the entire three day-event on tape.
Rubin and a handful of sullen hangers-on did finally manage to catch up, turning in their usual pathetic performance. Irv and his gang's idea of rational discourse was to march around with placards proclaiming, e.g.: "IF THERE WAS NO HOLOCAUST, THEN THERE WAS NO VIETNAM WAR AND CUSTER's LAST STAND." Quite a syllogism!
It may turn out that during this conference weekend they will have accomplished exactly the opposite of what they had intended to do. This time there will be a backlash. Our legal case is unmistakably clear: there have been two major, unilateral breaches of contract; violations of our civil rights; and perhaps even a conspiracy to violate our rights as well. These matters will be pursued and both actual and punitive damages sought. The only question that remains is one of financial resources. To seek remedies in the courts in these times requires sizeable funds, something the IHR simply does not possess.
But if what was done to the Institute in this case is permitted to go unpenalized or unpunished, it will set a precedent that will make our Constitutional guarantees of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech worth little more than the paper they are printed on. Thus every American who believes in these rights, and who is able to contemplate a world in which they are absent, has a vital vested interest in fully supporting the IHR in seeking a judicious and meaningful remedy.
I believe all of us Americans at IHR's Ninth Conference during the historic weekend of February 18-20, 1989 had reason to be proud of the rights and freedoms our forefathers wrung from the world's mightiest empire a little over two hundred years ago. Our foreign visitors, I think, were impressed to see us stand up to economic sanction, open threats, and police intransigence with the casual self-assurance and unstudied pragmatism that stamps the best of our countrymen.
And we're a bit proud of ourselves as well. Once again, in modern-day "times that try men's souls," the men and women of the Institute for Historical Review have served notice that they claim their birthright of free speech and free inquiry with pride, not shame, in devotion to truth and in defiance of whoever would engineer or acquiesce in its suppression, be he trembling corporate "honcho," home-grown terrorist, alien meddler, or minion of the State.
Source: Reprinted from The Journal of Historical Review, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 116-125.