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RO4929097 in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Who Have Recently Completed Treatment With Front-Line Chemotherapy
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This phase II trial is studying how well RO4929097 works in treating patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who have recently completed treatment with front-line chemotherapy. RO4929097 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
Recurrent Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Stage IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Drug: gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Other: pharmacological study
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase II/Pharmacodynamic Study of the γ-secretase Inhibitor RO4929097 in Patients Who Have Recently Completed Front-Line Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
- Response rate by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Percentage of tumor shrinkage as a continuous variable [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients will be used. Reported with 95% two-sided confidence intervals.
- Proportion of tumors expressing the expression of tumor Notch markers and stem cell markers of interest in this population vs our tumor bank population [ Time Frame: Up to day 3 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Wilcoxon rank sum tests will be used. Spearman coefficients will be used.
- Proportion of tumors expressing the expression of tumor Notch markers and stem cell markers of interest in patients with vs without a particular host genotype polymorphism [ Time Frame: Up to day 3 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Wilcoxon rank sum tests will be used.
- Proportion of tumors expressing the expression of tumor Notch markers and stem cell markers of interest in patients with vs without epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activating mutations [ Time Frame: Up to day 3 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Wilcoxon rank sum tests will be used. Compared using Fisher Exact Tests.
- Proportion of tumors expressing the expression of tumor Notch markers and stem cell markers of interest in patients with vs without response by RECIST criteria [ Time Frame: Up to day 3 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Wilcoxon rank sum tests will be used.
- Proportion of tumors expressing the expression of tumor Notch markers and stem cell markers of interest in patients with vs without tumor progression [ Time Frame: Up to 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Wilcoxon rank sum tests will be used. Compared using Fisher Exact Tests.
- Correlation of tumor shrinkage/response with biomarker expression [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: Time from initiation of study drug until death, progression of tumor, or for worsening of tumor that did not meet RECIST 1.1 criteria but that did require discontinuation of therapy, assessed up to 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Arm I
Patients receive oral gamma-secretase inhibitor RO4929097 once daily on days 1-3, 8-10, and 15-17. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Blood and tumor tissue samples are collected for pharmacogenetic, pharmacodynamic, and biomarker studies by IHC, FISH, and TUNEL assay.
Drug: gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097
Given orally
Other Names:Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studiesOther: pharmacological study
Correlative studies
Other Name: pharmacological studies
Detailed Description:
I. To assess clinical activity of the gamma-secretase inhibitor RO4929097 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have recently completed front-line chemotherapy for advanced disease.
II. To assess whether percent change in tumor size 6 weeks after initiation of RO4929097 correlates with tumor expression of Notch pathway markers and stem cell markers and/or with host genotype polymorphisms for selected components of the Notch pathway.
I. To assess whether response by RECIST criteria and TTF correlate with tumor expression of Notch pathway markers and stem cell markers and/or with host genotype polymorphisms for selected components of the Notch pathway.
II. To compare tumor expression of Notch pathway and stem cell markers in this patient population with expression of these markers in tumors from our tumor bank from chemo-naive NSCLC patient.
III. To correlate expression of Notch pathway markers with expression of stem cell markers.
IV. To correlate host genotype polymorphisms for selected components of the Notch pathway and other stem cell pathways with tumor expression of Notch pathway and stem cell markers.
V. To correlate the presence of tumor EGFR activating mutations with: a) notch expression, b) stem cell marker expression, and c) response to RO4929097.
VI. To assess change in expression of Notch pathway markers and stem cell markers over the 3 days of therapy in a subset of patients and to correlate this with: a) subsequent response to therapy and TTF, b) changes of each marker over the first 3 days of therapy with changes in the other markers of interest and with changes in level of tumor cell apoptosis by TUNEL assay.
VII. For patients in whom pre chemotherapy tissue can be obtained, we will compare the post chemotherapy (pre RO4929097) expression of Notch pathway and stem cell markers to those observed in the pre chemotherapy tissue.
Patients receive oral gamma-secretase inhibitor RO4929097 once daily on days 1-3, 8-10, and 15-17. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Blood and tumor tissue samples are collected for pharmacogenetic, pharmacodynamic, and biomarker studies by IHC, FISH, and TUNEL assay.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed up periodically.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer that is incurable (stage IV or malignant effusion or recurrent)
- Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as >= 10 mm with CT scan with cuts at 2.5 or 5 mm
- Patients must have tumor amenable to core biopsy (or by incisional, excisional or punch biopsy) for research purposes; the collaborating interventional radiologists will make the determination whether or not the patient has a tumor amenable to biopsy and whether or not the patient is medically an appropriate candidate for tumor biopsy
- The patient must have received front line cytotoxic chemotherapy (combination or single agent, with or without the addition of targeted agents) for advanced NSCLC
- Patients will be eligible whether or not they have had a response or stable disease or progression of tumor on the front line cytotoxic therapy, and whether or not they have tumor progression in the interval between their front line therapy and initiation of therapy on this study
- Patients will also be eligible if they have received maintenance cytotoxic chemotherapy (eg pemetrexed) following completion of the front line chemotherapy, provided there had not been tumor progression between the end of the front line chemotherapy and the initiation of the maintenance chemotherapy
- Patients may also have received prior adjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy with curative intent (followed by tumor recurrence or progression) before being given the front line therapy for advanced disease
- The last planned front-line therapy cycle or maintenance therapy cycle must have been administered >= 3 weeks (or >= 6 weeks after last therapy if it included a nitrosourea or mitomycin-C) and =< 8 weeks prior to initiation of therapy on this study, although they may be registered on study (prior to drug administration) any time from 0-8 weeks after last planned front-line chemotherapy (to permit correlative studies to be arranged before therapy starts)
- ECOG performance status =< 2 (Karnofsky >= 60%)
- Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,000/mcL
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
- Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
- AST(SGOT) and ALT(SGPT) =< 3 X institutional upper limit of normal
- Creatinine =< 1.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
- Since all patients on this study will undergo tumor biopsy, the patient must have coagulation parameters in keeping with guidelines used by the Department of Interventional Radiology at MD Anderson Cancer Center to decide whether or not a patient is suitable for biopsy; specifically, the patient must have an INR =< 1.7 x upper limit of normal (ULN), and the patient must not have received aspirin or coumadin within the previous week or a therapeutic dose of a heparin product within the previous 24 hours
- The effects of RO4929097on the developing human fetus at the recommended therapeutic dose are unknown; for this reason and because Notch signal pathway inhibitors are known to be teratogenic, women of childbearing potential must use two forms of contraception (i.e., barrier contraception and one other method of contraception) from at least 4 weeks prior to initiation of therapy on this study, for the duration of study participation, and for at least 2 months post-treatment; while it is unknown how long after last drug administration drug that remains in the body would pose a risk to a subsequent pregnancy, the plasma half-life of the drug would suggest that it would probably only be for a few days; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner are participating in this study and for 2 months after study participation, the patient should inform the treating physician immediately
- Women of childbearing potential are required to have a negative serum pregnancy test (with a sensitivity of at least 25 mIU/mL) within 10-14 days and within 24 hours prior to the first dose of RO4929097 (serum or urine); following initiation of therapy with RO4929097, a pregnancy test (serum or urine) will be administered every 3 weeks while on study; a positive urine test must be confirmed by a serum pregnancy test; prior to dispensing RO4929097, the investigator or designate must confirm and document the patient's use of two contraceptive methods, dates of negative pregnancy test, and confirm the patient's understanding of the teratogenic potential of RO4929097
- Patients with lung cancer may have false-positive pregnancy tests due to production of beta-HCG by tumor; patients with a positive pregnancy test who are unlikely to be pregnant may be considered for entry on this trial if they are deemed to be unlikely to be pregnant by an obstetrician or gynecologist and if the study sponsor is in agreement with their study entry
Female patients of childbearing potential are defined as patients to whom any of the following apply:
- Patients with regular menses
- Patients, after menarche with amenorrhea, irregular cycles, or using a contraceptive method that precludes withdrawal bleeding
- Women who have had tubal ligation
Female patients may be considered to NOT be of childbearing potential for the following reasons:
- The patient has undergone total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy or bilateral oophorectomy
- The patient is medically confirmed to be menopausal (no menstrual period) for 24 consecutive months
- Since there is a very small possibility that RO4929097 would reach high enough concentrations in semen of men participating in this study to pose a threat to a fetus being carried by their sexual partner, men participating in the study must also use 2 methods of contraception including 1 barrier method from the time of initiation of therapy on the study until 2 months after their last treatment on the study if their sexual partner has childbearing potential; if their sexual partner is already pregnant, 1 barrier method must be used to minimize the probability of exposure of the fetus to potentially toxic concentrations of RO4929097; while teratogenicity from exposure of a fetus to a drug in semen is a theoretical possibility, there has been little documentation of this for any agent in humans, and it has been documented in animals primarily only if the drug is present in semen at the time of fertilization; in addition, it is unknown how long the drug might remain detectable in semen; although the plasma half-life of the drug would suggest that its level in seminal fluids would probably be very low by a few days after last drug administration
- Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with RO4929097, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with RO4929097
With respect to patients with brain metastases, most drugs assessed reach concentrations in brain metastases or in primary brain tumors that are comparable to those in other tumor sites (although this has not yet been tested for RO4929097); furthermore, lung cancer brain metastases have response rates to systemic therapy that are comparable to response rates in metastases in other sites, after correcting for number of organ systems involved by tumor, survival is not substantially different for advanced NSCLC patients with vs without brain metastases, and risk of symptomatic CNS hemorrhage is not substantially higher in NSCLC patients with vs without brain metastases; brain metastases are very common in NSCLC; hence, patients with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic brain metastases are eligible for this trial provided it is not anticipated that they will require any of the following over the course of their participation in the trial:
- Corticosteroids for control of cerebral edema
- Enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants
- Radiotherapy, surgery or other local therapy for the brain metastases
- Patients must be able to swallow tablets
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients may be registered on the protocol any time from 0-8 weeks after administration of last front-line therapy or maintenance therapy, but should not receive their first treatment on this study until 3-8 weeks after administration of last front-line therapy or maintenance therapy (or 6-8 weeks for prior nitrosoureas or mitomycin-C), and must have recovered adequately from adverse events to meet other eligibility criteria
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to RO4929097 or other agents used in the study
- Patients taking medications with narrow therapeutic indices that are metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP450), including warfarin sodium (Coumadin®) are ineligible
- Preclinical studies indicate that RO4929097 is a substrate of CYP3A4 and inducer of CYP3A4 enzyme activity; caution should be exercised when dosing RO4929097 concurrently with CYP3A4 substrates, inducers, and/or inhibitors; furthermore, patients who are taking concurrent medications that are strong inducers/inhibitors or substrates of CYP3A4 should be switched to alternative medications to minimize any potential risk; if such patients cannot be switched to alternative medications, they will be ineligible to participate in this study
- Patients with malabsorption syndrome or other condition that would interfere with intestinal absorption
- Diarrhea > grade 1 despite appropriate therapy
- Patients who are serologically positive for hepatitis A, B or C are ineligible
- Patients with > grade 1 (by CTCAE criteria) hyponatremia or hypocalcemia (based on measurement of ionized calcium), despite appropriate medical management are excluded from this study, as are patients with hypophosphatemia (serum phosphate below the lower limit of normal for the institution), hypomagnesemia, (serum magnesium below the lower limit of normal), hypokalemia, or hyperkalemia (serum potassium outside normal limits) despite appropriate medical management
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection requiring systemic therapy (with antibiotics, antiviral or antifungal agents), symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, angina at rest, a history of torsades des pointes, potentially life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias (patients are permitted to have chronic, stable atrial fibrillation, premature atrial or ventricular contractions, sinus tachycardia, provided the rate is controlled at < 115 per minute, and sinus bradycardia, provided the rate is > 50 per minute), myocardial infarction within the previous 3 months, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study because RO4929097 is a Notch pathway inhibiting agent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects
- HIV-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with RO4929097
- Cardiovascular: baseline QTcF > 450 msec (male) or QTcF > 470 msec (female)
- Patients requiring drugs that are known to cause torsades des pointes and/or prolonged QTc intervals are excluded; patients requiring drugs with a possible but unproven association with torsades des pointes and/or QTc prolongation may be eligible, but will require additional electrocardiogram assessments
- Patients who have not recovered to < CTCAE grade 2 toxicities related to prior therapy are not eligible to participate in this study
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01193868
|United States, Texas
|M D Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|George Blumenschein
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01193868 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 1, 2010
|Last Updated:
|October 10, 2014
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Lung Neoplasms
Bronchial Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
Lung Diseases
Neoplasms by Site
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 13, 2015


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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by avolmar
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Superb Bokeh, Tack Sharp if AF hit
Very narrow field of depth
As I am wedding photographer (visit my site:
I am using this lens very often! Is it absolutely my favorite lens for couple photoshooting and also at ceremony in church.
Sometimes is it tricky to get sharp pictures, since a careful work is important because very narrow depth of field.
I like this lens very much!
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by Airy
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Exquisite IQ, good night performer
Some LoCA wide open
Sharpness wide open is more than decent, but I'd typically stop down to f/2.2 for "dreamy" portraits because some DOF must be... but you'll always get sharp eyes.
Night shots are very clean (low flare or bleeding) ; there is only some coma in the corners, looking like flies (two distinct small wings, no smear).
In any case the bokeh is extremely smooth. Watch out for LoCA wide open (even though modern software can correct that). Be sure to check AF calibration ; it is easy to be off and that will be seen immediately.
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by timtomgo
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contrasty, razor sharp, very fast AF considering the kind of lens
expensive, not 1.2 :p
There is nothing bad to say about. If there is a weakness it could be its relative lack of sharpness at 1.4 in the center COMPARED to the sigma and the canon. This is mostly because of CA's, once removed in post processing you almost wouldn't see the difference honnestly. The green CA can require some more attention. But again none of other manufacturers managed to hold this level of sharpness all across the frame.
AF speed and accuracy allows it to use it for everything, this is a HUGE plus for me compare to the canon (awfully slow, just renounced to use it)
The plastiky appearance is actually not that bad and is definitely not fragile.
its younger sibbling the 1.8G is however a super cool cheap lens. i recommand it especially for indoor/studio shooters. it doesn't handle flare (at all). i would go for it if there was some benefit in AF speed like the canon (there is none and maybe even a tad slower) and i wasn't an outside shooter where the 1.4G handles every kind of lights through the lens without loosing contrast or showing flare. this is much appreciated. the 1.4 aperture also allows some more low lights situation and artistic fantasies.
i tried the sigma which was impressive, if the focus accuracy was more reliable i would have keep it.
All in all, this nikon is almost perfect, but also instead the 1.8G, an investment, and will keep a high value in the time.
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by CraigH
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Very sharp, beautiful micro contrast, magnesium internal parts, external polycarbonate, Nano coating
Would prefer an aperture ring
This might be the highest quality optics for an 85mm lens available. It's as sharp as sharp gets wide open and edge to edge. If this sombrero effect is visible, it is not by these eyes nor any other reviewer. This optic is best of class and worth the price for someone who wants the very best.
It has replaced my AF-D version to become my work-horse for location portraiture or any other purpose requiring this focal length. In the studio, it shares top spot with an old Nikkor 105 f/2.5 AI lens on a D700.
Forgetting sharpness for a moment, this lens also shines with a special quality that is hard to quantify or even truly qualify. I call it micro contrast. Some just call it high resolution image quality. Whatever it is, this glass has it in spades. You load of the RAW file and begin to work then realize so little is needed. The image is stunning as it sits. I look close at the color and luminosity transitions and am amazed that glass can get it so right.
As is usual, it's not the camera or the lens but the photographer that creates a compelling image. In the case of this Nikon 85 f/1.4 G, you've got something which really helps to contribute, making it easier if you do your part.
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by Steve Bingham
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Resolution! Bokeh quality, Construction, lack of glare, quiet.
No VR - but that might account for the superior non-glare!
I have owned and tested the Nikon 14-24, 24-70, 70-200, 105 VR macro, and f2.8 300. This 85mm f1.4 G might well be the highest resolving lens I have ever owned - at distances of 6' and longer. The 105 VR had superior resolution at NEAR distances but fell far short of the 85 f1.4G at longer distances. Doing a simple infinity resolution test the 85 f1.4G wins. The problem is that most testing sites rarely test at longer distances! Testing done with D7000. Prior tests done with D700 and D3s.
This lens is also incredibly glare free - another quality not often tested for!
In short, this lens sets a new standard for Nikon for medium to longer distances (6'-infinity)
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by ZinhaEq
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sharpness, lack of vignetting, distortion and chromatic aberrations, focus accuracy
looks a bit plastic, a bit of LoCA (but nothing)
This lens is amazing. Never had any chance to own the D version, but it beats me why some people don't need corner sharpness that the G version gives. Is every single portrait photographer taking portraits wide open with the subject in center? Well, I don't and it is very critical for me to have enough sharpness in corners (which D can't deliver). Also, I must say that focusing is a thing that many complain about with this lens. It might not be an improvement over D in speed, but it is in accuracy. I must say I still don't get people who find focusing on this lens slow. Why they even go try a prime lens. They should go along with 70-200mm then. I guess this lens should offer a VR (not that I need it anyway) just to look something more in comparison to its predecessor. I would also add that if you don't need corner sharpness for portraits, just go and buy yourself the D version of this lens. Oh, and the G version is great for landscapes when stopped down. It even beats the new 70-200mm, which I also have pleasure to own along with this lens.
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by MGB
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Accurate AF, excellent tracking, sharp wide open, nano goodness, bokeh
It's not 1.2 ? ;-)
This is an excellent lens period. The changes are subtle compared to the D version, but add them up and it's a different lens. I sold the D version to buy this, so the purchase price was heavily subsidized by the old lens.
I don't understand why others are comparing it to Canon's 1.2 (where at 1.4 it's technically stopped down a bit), or Nikon's 1.8D (that doesn't go to 1.4), or to Nikon's 70-200 II (that is meant for sprorts and sucks at less than 2.8), or to other brands that are similarly priced as this lens is but lack autofocus. This is a different lens than any of them and is used differently than any of them. And if you don't think the price is fair, then you don't really need this lens. The 1.8D will suit your needs just fine. Just saying.
The AF speed going from extremes isn't as fast as the D, BUT if your shooting style doesn't require this, then the AF will be plenty fast for you. I think with the new 1.4 G lenses, Nikon struck a better balance in AF speed and accuracy vs say the 70-200 II (not that the 70-200 isn't accurate, very much so, but there is a bit more room for focus error using 2.8 lenses vs 1.4 - at similar focal lengths).
The D is suited more for portrait work, where as the G is a better all rounder 1.4. The G is sharper at infinity at 1.4 than the D is.
The G renders the image warmer than the D. Which I find better since it matches the look of my other G lenses. Makes batch editing easier/faster.
The build is tank like. It's not the same as the D of course, but it's not an 18-55 either. It's heavy, for it's size. There is a lot of glass in there. It feels like the 24 1.4, maybe a tick lighter. No complaints. It's not the metal of old, but feels solid.
The difference is like the change from the 70-200 I to 70-200 II. Subtle in many places, and subtle in improved image quality. John and Jane Doe may not see the difference, but if you're reading this, you are the type that will see and feel the difference.
Lastly, it's quiet. Think AF during video. Even with external mic. The G is quiet.
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by mrcontinental
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A professional caliber updated prime lens
First review here and felt compelled to say something after reading the sites review. I only read the reviews AFTER I have shot with or purchased my lenses because sometimes the reviewers get way out of hand in their assessments.
This lens is a joy to use, especially at f1.4. I have actually gotten wonderful street shots after dark even with the limited DOF at 85mm because the lens is that sharp. It is close to my 200mm f2 and 300mm f2.8 in sharpness but smaller and lighter and can be carried everywhere. I don't shoot brick walls or test charts so I can't comment on this particular segment of photography which is quite popular online so all I can say is that for regular work in low light and action it is brilliant. And where people got that idea that $1600 dollars should get you perfection I'll never know. Happy shooting.
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by 3systemuser
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good AF , very sharp at f4 and up in the center, almost complete lack of CA.
poor build quality for the price , soft until f2.8 , very soft at f1.4, never gets tack-sharp
it is a plain overpriced lens, it is just as good as the old 85f1.8D as Dave says here.
only pros I found are : its fast and accurate AF and its good flare performance.
I returned this one and I decided to use my Zeiss 85f1.4ZF2 instead.
if it is not sharp below f2.8 , what is the point of having this super expensive prime or choosing it over the very very sharp almost flawless 70-200f2.8VR2?
for me it is an useless prime, prieod.
I compared this lens to my old canon 85f1.2Lmk2 and Minolta 85f1.4G and both of these 2 outperformed my Nikkor 85f1.4G.
I think this was the worst recently released Nikkor and maybe I would get the Sigma 85f1.4HSM as it becomes availabe in F mount soon.
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by micahmedia
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Reviews for this lens are all over the place. I demo-ed one of these and it didn't knock my socks off compared to my 1.8. It is absolutely sharper...but not $1500 sharper. And it's a substantial lens in terms of size. Weather sealing and AFS are welcome additions. But not for the money involved.
A word of caution about some of the reviews going around: adapting rear focus lenses for use on other bodies will get varying results that don't always reflect the quality of the optic involved. Rear focus designs like this are designed in such a way that the static front groups have to be fairly precisely positioned in relation to the plane of the sensor/film. Third party adapters are a) suboptimal and b) not consistently sized. One can luck out and get a good one, but it's a crap shoot.
As far as comparisons to the 1.2 canon: all three Nikkors (1.8D,1.4D,1.4G) have much nicer bokeh at full body portrait lengths. It's not as extremely different as 50mm lenses, but it's noticeable. All of these lenses get a bit ringed at further subject distances. This newest 1.4G is no exception. It is, however, best in class.
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by claus
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Very sharp and contrasty
Expensive, but there's no free lunch. Worth every cent.
This lens rocks. Period.
Because I know that the reviewer is strongly Canon biased I suggest SLRGear to reconsider their staff for reviewing.
There is a high risk to lost their credibility.
[Editor: It has no bearing on our review comments, but for the record I actually happen to be a Nikon shooter, and am very happy with my equipment.]
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by genotypewriter
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general image quality
build, center sharpness, coma
85 1.4G compared against the 85 1.2L II, both on a Canon 5D Mk II:
Aspects compared:
* Far distance corner sharpness
* Far distance center sharpness
* Bokeh (general and highlights)
* Close distance center sharpness, rear and front bokeh
* Close distance corner sharpness, rear and front bokeh
* Relative illumination between the two lenses and vignetting, close-up and infinity
It's a very good lens but the build quality makes you wonder. A simple tap on the lens leave the entire plastic casing and the glass within vibrating. Quite similar to the 24 1.4G in that regard. It'll make great pictures but I wouldn't get one as a long term photographic investment.
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by bobbibrown
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sharp starting @1.4, very nice bokeh, contrast, color rendition, af-s
It is just a amazing piece of glass. Works perfect on my Nikon D3x and D3. Really high recommanded!!
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Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor review by jtorral
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afs, build, image quality, contrats
G makes it unusable on older film cameras
I just received my 85 a week or so ago and have been happy as heck with it and the D3s.
I have a growing collection of 85G images on NI. shoild you care to take a look, here are 3 different links to the 85 over there.
Link 1 is a quick view
Link 2 is a slide show like flickr
Link 3 is the gallery view where you can add and remove search filters.
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Apathy at the public level concerning government decisions and elections has always been a problem but it seems to be at an all time high. Too often I hear the comment that "my opinion doesn't matter, " or "why should I vote it doesn't really make a difference."
Anyone that followed the last general election should realize the importance of each vote. In Florida where in many instances the precinct decisions where less than 100 votes changed which way the district went, the election could have easily been turned on a few more people going to the polls..
Recently the Board of Utah State Parks and Recreation made a decision that Millsite State Park was targeted to be closed.
I had planned on writing this editorial last week when I ran across a copy of a letter sent to parks department as well as our area representatives from Kathy Hanna-Smith, director of the Carbon County Travel Bureau.
In the meantime the Board removed Millsite as a park on the closure list and announced in today's Emery County Progress that it will remain open. The news story reported that when asked about what led to the decision to have Millside remain open as a state park, the quote from the local manager, showed where the change came from.
"I think it had a lot to do with the large turnout at the public meeting in Ferron and for the overwhelming support of the Mayor and officials...."
Smith's letter, along with comments from Emery County residents and officials clearly pointed out that Millsite is used not only by just locals but statewide and more.
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Her comments continued.
"The tourism inventory that we have to promote in this area is fabulous but we are limited on resources of attractions. To close the Millsite Park would affect the local economy such as the Millsite Golf Course, local businesses in the two county area, and could possibly result in closure of businesses..."
In the announcement today the entire story made references to public input and support of the area.
I applaud the parks board for their decision to reconsider the closure and want to thank all those who wrote letters or e-mails the Parks commissioner and all the others who came forth and commented at the public hearing. This is how the public process should work in our country.
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By C.J. MCMANUSSun Advocate reporter
As the nation moves into 2013 amid unceasing rhetoric about the country's economic future, there's a bit of good news for this region. It is the potential for USU Eastern to become an economic development engine for Castle Country, a potential that already has seen a $1.6 million investment by the university and the prospect of a privately-financed multimillion-dollar coke processing facility in the near future.
The word came from USU Vice President for Commercialization and Regional Development Robert Behunin, who spoke at last week's Carbon County Chamber of Commerce banquet.
Behunin's PowerPoint presentation was a response to USU Eastern Chancellor Joe Petersen and the chamber, who had asked for an in-depth look at the public/private partnership which developing between the Castle Country community and the college.
"Utah State University as a land grant university is famous for these types of partnerships," he said.
Behunin was enthusiastic this partnership and many of the "great things" happening at Utah State are taking place in rural Utah. Even though the main campus is based in Logan, much of Behunin's presentation focused on rural communities and the work being done there.
Before diving into the specifics of what is happening in Utah's Eastern Corridor, Behunin went through the college's development personal as well as their vocational structure concerning the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative or USTAR.
According to the college's website, the program is an innovative and far-reaching initiative of the Utah State legislature to bolster Utah's high-tech economy by investing in university research programs and recruiting new, high-caliber faculty.
"Right now we have five institutes, 12 spinouts, and remember that because that is going to be important to you all," he explained. "When we talk about how legislative funding starts things, it's not a perpetual motion machine. We are supposed to become self-sustaining. So out of the 10 teams we have, six receive no more USTAR state funding at all. They are making their own money, making their own way in the world and doing great things."
Over an 18 month period, the program has received $153,625,702.
According to Behunin, "This is the enterprise that we want to share with you. This is why we are here. This is what we are doing. And we are going to get into some particulars so we can help you access this large revenue stream."
To demonstrate more directly the program's initiatives, Behunin explained USU's Utah Advanced Transportation Initiative.
The group as built an electric bus that charges without being plugged in. "Maybe some of you have seen this on the news, maybe you saw it on the jumbo-tron in Times Square, maybe you read about it in Popular Mechanics because we have been everywhere," he said. "This bus has a charging pad that sits in the ground where it picks people up and receiver pad. So when the bus pulls over the charging pad it charges wirelessly. It pushes a 25 kilowatt current to the bus with no degradation of the field. Doesn't hurt your hearing aid or your pacemaker and it doesn't fry your cell phone."
According to Behunin, this is the first bus of its kind and it was developed at Utah State.
"Why is this important to coal country," he asked. "Well, we aren't carrying our fuel with us and we are relaying on the electrical generation infrastructure to put that in place. So Rocky Mountain Power loves it and by the way Questar loves it."
Behunin reported that the Czech Republic recently signed a $1.9 million contract to build 30 of these buses this year and 60 next year.
"We are going to rely on some of Joe Peterson's people right here in the technical area to develop training manuals. And who is going to retrofit these buses and who is going to fix them? We don't do that at Logan, but we know USU Eastern has the capacity to train those people, hundreds of them. So we are looking to that alliance to be able to do that."
Following the discussion of additional applications including flowmeters, spider silk and weather- driven space initiatives, Behunin focused on coke. The clean coke that is.
USU's regional development in Carbon County revolves around finding a way to burn coal in a more environmentally friendly manner.
"For the last two years, we have taken the old WETC facility, re-branded it, revitalized it and have renamed it the Carbon Energy Innovation Center. We have secured a $500,000 equipment donation $250,000 of UCAT funding, $150,000 funding from a private company and then I have plopped in another $700,000 out of my budget. That is right around $1.6 million that USU is investing in this community to scale up and build a pilot plant at the old WETC facility."
The plant is a clean coke briquettes plant based on technology partially developed by Dr. Scott Hill and Combustion Resources. Current projections indicate that by the end of February, a full scale, operating pilot plant should be producing between two to four tons of material per day. Estimations provided by Behunin point to 100 new jobs. $2 million in annual royalties for the college.
"This is pretty exciting stuff for us, and I hope it's exciting for you," said Behunin. "The innovation and the opportunity here can take lower BTU coal out of slag piles and make it useful. This is a $57 million plant that would be here in your community with private money, not state."
Behunin also took his time with the chamber to announce a spin off project which has already taken off from the clean coke tech.
"Tonight we are announcing in front of you the chamber of commerce, the formation of BRAVAS Clean Coke Technology. This is a fully fledged spin-off of Utah State, ready to take private investment and move forward," he said.
According to Behunin, the money raised by these projects will not be sent to Logan. It will remain here in Carbon County.
"We want to unleash the talent of those who are creating innovative technology through energy production," he concluded.


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Stay cool pillow seems to warm up like any ordinary pillow.
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Arrows Red Curry Lobster with Summer Vegetables
When your tomatoes and squash get away from you in August, here's a way to use them. The spiciness of the curry is nicely alanced by the cooling coconut milk. Serve with Lemongrass and Lemon Roasted Chicken or Crispy Trout with Ginger and Lemongrass.
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1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 stalks lemongrass, yellow part only, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 tablespoon finely chopped gingerroot
1 tablespoon Thai yellow curry paste (available at Asian and specialty markets)
2 teaspoons turmeric
2 (13.5-ounce) cans unsweetened coconut milk
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1 medium yellow summer squash, cut into ¼-inch cubes
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Murrieta, CA - November 25, 2013 - What started off as a rough night for factory Husqvarna's Cory Graffunder turned into a career best when he took second place at the Las Vegas finale of the AMA EnduroCross series. The complex course at the Orleans Arena played to the favor of the extreme enduro specialist, who climbed his way into second place in what was a hectic and wild main event!
"Second place is awesome; I'm pumped!" Graffunder exclaimed. "It was definitely a track for me. It wasn't super gnarly, but they went back to their roots with a really full track. They didn't have a lot of open straightaways without obstacles. There were no flat corners, not that much jumping - just obstacle after obstacle - and that really played into my favor."
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Cascade Volcanoes > Broken Top > Climber's Log
Broken Top Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: NW ridge Date Climbed: 11/2003
|Good climb for winter, and a great summer climb if you don't have a full day. Watch the rock, though... it's pretty lousy. There are some incredible spires on the way up - I'd definitely like to go back and try some of them!
|Posted Aug 30, 2004 3:19 am
|Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: August 8, 2004
|This was a nice relaxing day climb with the best views of the Sisters area. There was one move on the nose that we protected, although going to the left of it would have been easier. Thanks to the early start had the summit to ourselves, but saw many people going up as we were heading down.
|Posted Aug 9, 2004 11:39 am
|Don Nelsen
|Route Climbed: Nw ridge Date Climbed: Sept. 21, 1979
|My first summit of Broken Top and my second cascade volcano summit of many to come. Left Green Lakes camping area late afternoon after backpacking in for a weekend in the wilderness. With climbing buddies Dave, Scott, Rob and John we summited the north peak enjoying perfect weather and fantastic views. There had been a hard freeze a couple of days earlier so there were no mosquitoes anywhere. Fell in love with this most beautiful area of the cascades.
|Posted Jul 27, 2004 1:00 am
|Date Climbed: July 1985
|Broken top afforded some excellent views and bouldering opportunites. In late summer the summit can be reached without any gear save for a good pair of boots.
|Posted Feb 26, 2004 12:05 pm
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: 28 August 2003
|Went up to Green Lakes, then up to the saddle, and reached the summit block. It is a little exposed and my partner didn't feel confortable at all. So we didn't summit. We had a really nice lunch on the 'terrace' then hiked back down. It was a beautiful sunny day but there were lots of smoke clouds in the distance.
I'll go there again I think.
|Posted Dec 11, 2003 5:47 am
|Route Climbed: 11 Oclock Couloir Date Climbed: Dec. 29, 2000
|An excellent winter climb, albeit quite demanding due to the long approach --- how hard this is depends entirely on the terrain. I attempted this once before in 1998 and we tried to climb the 3oclock couloir, but were stymied at the saddle by nasty double cornices all the way up the summit rim.
The 11oclock couloir is gorgeous --- the nicest winter route in my opinion. Great views, exciting aesthetic climbing, and a super summit.
|Posted Nov 28, 2003 12:29 pm
|Route Climbed: North Ridge - Direct Finish Date Climbed: October 4, 2003
|Last time I climbed this I eyed an alternate finish from the North Ridge that looked interesting. After climbing the 8 foot crack, the standard finish is to traverse south around the rock ridge and back to the summit. But, this time I decided to try to continue directly up the NorthWest Ridge all the way to the summit.
This variation is listed as route 26A in Jeff Thomas' Oregon High. It's about 50 feet of 5.4 climbing on pretty solid (at least compared to the rest of the mountsin) rock. The northwest ridge peters out into a 6 foot wide rock fin after the first crack and this is where the standard route begins traversing to the south. Instead, we roped up and climbed straight up the rock fin directly to the summit. The climbing is quite nice with great exposure off both sides of the fin. It protects OK and the rock is generally sound.
Although the climbing is only 1 short pitch, it's more interesting than the standard traverse. I recommend it to anyone looking for a slightly more adventurous option.
|Posted Oct 6, 2003 2:56 pm
|K Williams
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: 8-27-03
|Was a great day for climbing, could see the smoke in the distance from the b&b fires. Missed the climbing trail, but could clearly see the saddle from the Greenlakes area. Hiked through the forest until I came across the trail then continued up to the saddle. Climbed the ridge to the summit block then used the route to the right of the crack, scrambled to the summit and down climbed the same route with one exceptions, I took a more direct route down the scree field.
|Posted Sep 15, 2003 12:00 am
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: August 31, 2003
|See Cornvallis's entry below. I found the crux crack less exposed than I expected. We brought a rope for rappelling, but didn't use it. There seem to be two easier alternatives for downclimbing. One is slightly to the east of the NW corner and the other is 20 ft south. The second one was marked with a cairn when we were there. The rock is a little looser than that in the crack, but easy to downclimb facing out with less exposure. Views from Broken Top can't be beat. I'm definitely going back when the visibility is better.
|Posted Sep 1, 2003 9:31 am
|Route Climbed: NW Ridge via Green Lakes TH Date Climbed: August 31, 2003
|Joined up with dkantola again for this one. Left the trailhead at 5:30 AM and were the first ones to the summit by a little after 9 AM. Enjoyed the warm and windless summit for over an hour, at least half of that time to ourselves. Best views of the Sister's you'll find. Air was very smoky from the nearby fires, eventually limited our view to just the Sister's and Bachelor. Down climb was easy....I think we found the "nice semi-chimney" that Brian Jenkins refers to, it is about 15-20 ft. to the south of the nice crack you should climb up. As we headed down the trail from the Green Lakes area we passed what must of been nearly 100 people, mostly all day hikers. Very popular area, rightfully so, it is beautiful!
NOTE: If you decide to take the easy way down the huge scree slopes of the west face be careful of rock fall caused by others. Watched some large rocks with heat seeking ability target three quick acting guys on two separate occasions.
|Posted Sep 1, 2003 1:13 am
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: August 15, 2003
|We left Green Lakes at 10AM. Three of us reached the
summit about 1PM. Awesome views straight down
into the crater. No wind, beautiful warm sun. Deathly
exposure if you should slip! Scree-skiied down West
slope. I also climbed Broken Top in Aug 1986.
|Posted Aug 20, 2003 12:16 am
|Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: August 16, 2003
|Amazing day. No crowds, perfect weather, and a whole lot of scree. Spent the night at the trailhead at the end of Road 380, got a late start, but made the summit in 2 hrs. After a 2 hr. summit nap, ran down the scree and where in Bend for happy hour.
|Posted Aug 19, 2003 9:11 am
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: August 15, 2003
|I solo climbed this leaving the trailhead at 4:00 am and summited a little after 9:00. great view, it was the first time i have been able to see all the way from hood to mcloughlin. I free climbed up a crack on the east edge of the summit block that was a little scary, but was pretty fun. falling would definitely have sucked since there would be absolutely no chance of breaking a fall and it is a looong steep rocky way down. saw about 12 people coming up as i was descending from the saddle.
|Posted Aug 15, 2003 11:17 pm
|Route Climbed: Green Lakes variation Date Climbed: June 9, 2003
|sunny, perfect day, perfect glissading snow!
Our group of 6 left around 6am, ascended the snowfield on the West Slope, and climbed around precarious rocky pinnacles but we were on the wrong side to acheive the true summit. That's for another day. Glissade down was phenomenol, sunburn was minimal, views couldn't be beat!
|Posted Jun 9, 2003 1:30 pm
|Route Climbed: NW Ridge Date Climbed: August 1995
|One day solo of my first Cascade volcano. Gorgeous views from Mt. Adams in Washington to Mt. Shasta in California and every volcano in between.
|Posted Nov 22, 2002 12:40 pm
|Route Climbed: NW Ridge (via Green Lks. TH) Date Climbed: 10/19/02
|My wife and I climbed this peak in perfect weather last Saturday. For a while fast-moving clouds appeared as we were approachig the summit but they dissipated equally fast. The peak had two personal records for us: 1. the worst 'rock' we've encountered to date and 2. the longest summit stay - 2.5 hrs. of chillin' in perfect weather with a beautiful view stretching from Hood to Thielsen (McLaughlin perhaps?). Brought a 9mm rope (for rappeling) but it was totally unnecessary as the route (if you find the correct one) is easily downclimbable.
|Posted Oct 21, 2002 9:16 am
|Brian Jenkins
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: September 14, 2002
|Awesome day. Perfect weather. We drove to the Broken Top trailhead via Roads 370 and 380 and bivied in the nearby forest. The next morning we hiked the gentle trail that goes around the south of Broken Top's ridges to Green Lakes. From there we hiked cross country until we picked up a trail just below the saddle in the NW ridge. Once on the ridge, it was fun. Made the notch below the summit pinnacle and scrambled up on some red crumbly graham cracker-like rock below the crux section. We freed the crux and traversed the ramp/ledge. Scrambled up on the pinnacle to the summit. Enjoyed the views and studied the east ridge as we wanted to make a loop trail and descend the crater wall to the bowl. We couldn't see past a few spots that looked like they could be dead ends so we decided to go back the way we came. (which was good in the end as we met some climbers back at my car who tried to ascend the crater wall but failed and said it was crap rock with much 5th class-so we made the right choice, would have been terrible to downclimb)
At the crux move on the descent where you have a 5th class downclimb (or rap if you bring a rope), I traversed to the east a few feet and found a nice semi-chimney and downclimbed it facing out. Was much easier with reduced exposure. I would recommend that way to descend. We ended up not descending the ridge from there but got onto the scree slopes on the west side of the mountain and skied scree down to Green Lakes where we picked up our trail back. On the way back we discovered our "gentle" trail was actually uphill most of the way back so that sucked. But the views are awesome and more than make up for it. Could see from Thielsen and Scott in the South to Hood up north. Incredible day.
|Posted Sep 14, 2002 10:05 pm
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: August 3, 2002
|We did this hike from Green Lakes camping area as a warm up for South Sister the following day. Nothing great until you gain the ridge but after that, the climbing is more exciting and there is a slight feeling of exposure. The final section is a bit airy with a few easy moves and a skirt across an exposed ledge to the summit. Views from the top into the guts of the old volcano are great.
|Posted Sep 11, 2002 7:34 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 4 2001
|Broken Top, as the name implies, is an old shattered, crumbly mountain. Looking at it from the south, you will notice that the entire southern side has fallen, leaving a 2000 ft -near vertical- scree slope. It is this exposure you will be facing as you make your way up the final ledges to the summit. On the day we were there, we were essentially looking down into the cloud.
|Posted Sep 20, 2001 1:01 pm
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: August 4, 2001
|We got an early start at 0600. After a few miles we reached the beautiful Green Lakes area where we could see the saddle that we would be shooting for to gain the Northwest ridge. After about 1/2 hour of moving through dense woods we passed into a much clearer area where the saddle was only a little further away. From here it got pretty steep climbing across scree and loose dirt. After we gained the ridge we marked our entry point to help with the decent because a weather system had started to move in. We continued up the ridge until we came to the only Glacier on the mountain(very very small). We skirted past it and came to the bulge on the ridge just short of the summit. I lead the small pitch and set up a fixed line that our group prussiked up. Meanwhile visibility had about went down to zero. Within a few short minutes and a precarious walk across an exposed knife ridge we were on the summit.
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Midshipman Studies Arabic, Engineering in Qatar
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While most midshipmen were studying in Annapolis during the fall semester, Midshipman 2nd Class Sami Zahzouhi spent his semester in Doha, Qatar.
Education City in Qatar is an initiative sponsored by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, and houses branch campuses of many foreign schools, including six American universities.
While in Doha, Zahzouhi studied electrical engineering at the Texas A&M University branch campus and Arabic at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. Most of the professors and students in Education City come from Qatar and surrounding countries, Zahzouhi said.
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"Madrid: Terrorism, the Internet and Democracy
From the International Summit on Democracy, Security and Terrorism in Madrid, my working group on terrorism and the Internet has come up with what amounts to a set of principles and suggestions. I'll post them below. But keep in mind that this is a draft, the result of several days of work, not the Final Word. You can join this conversation more directly -- you can help edit the document to make it better -- by visiting the Global Voices wiki at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
The Infrastructure of Democracy
Strengthening the Open Internet for a Safer World
March 11, 2005
I. The Internet is a foundation of democratic society in the 21st century, because the core values of the Internet and democracy are so closely aligned.
1. The Internet is fundamentally about openness, participation, and freedom of expression for all -- increasing the diversity and reach of information and ideas.
2. The Internet allows people to communicate and collaborate across borders and belief systems.
3. The Internet unites families and cultures in diaspora; it connects people, helping them to form civil societies.
4. The Internet can foster economic development by connecting people to information and markets.
5. The Internet introduces new ideas and views to those who may be isolated and prone to political violence.
6. The Internet is neither above nor below the law. The same legal principles that apply in the physical world also apply to human activities conducted over the Internet.
II. Decentralized systems -- the power of many -- can combat decentralized foes.
1. Terrorist networks are highly decentralized and distributed. A centralized effort by itself cannot effectively fight terrorism.
2. Terrorism is everyone's issue. The internet connects everyone. A connected citizenry is the best defense against terrorist propaganda.
3. As we saw in the aftermath of the March 11 bombing, response was spontaneous and rapid because the citizens were able to use the Internet to organize themselves.
4. As we are seeing in the distributed world of weblogs and other kinds of citizen media, truth emerges best in open conversation among people with divergent views.
III. The best response to abuses of openness is more openness.
1. Open, transparent environments are more secure and more stable than closed, opaque ones.
2. While Internet services can be interrupted, the Internet as a global system is ultimately resilient to attacks, even sophisticated and widely distributed ones.
3. The connectedness of the Internet people talking with people counters the divisiveness terrorists are trying to create.
4. The openness of the Internet may be exploited by terrorists, but as with democratic governments, openness minimizes the likelihood of terrorist acts and enables effective responses to terrorism.
IV. Well-meaning regulation of the Internet in established democracies could threaten the development of emerging democracies.
1. Terrorism cannot destroy the internet, but over-zealous legislation in response to terrorism could. Governments should consider mandating changes to core Internet functionality only with extraordinary caution.
2. Some government initiatives that look reasonable in fact violate the basic principles that have made the Internet a success.
3. For example, several interests have called for an end to anonymity. This would be highly unlikely to stop determined terrorists, but it would have a chilling effect on political activity and thereby reduce freedom and transparency. Limiting anonymity would have a cascading series of unintended results that would hurt freedom of expression, especially in countries seeking transition to democratic rule.
V. In conclusion we urge those gathered here in Madrid to:
1. Embrace the open Internet as a foundation of 21st Century democracy, and a critical tool in the fight against terrorism.
2. Recognizing the Internet's value as a critical communications infrastructure, invest to strengthen it against attacks and recover quickly from damage.
3. Work to spread access more evenly, aggressively addressing the Digital Divide, and to provide Internet access for all.
4. To protect free speech and association, endorse the availability of anonymous communications for all.
5. Resist attempts at international governance of the Internet: It can introduce processes that have unintended effects and violate the bottom-up democratic nature of the Net."
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Hi Everyone,
This fall there is an election in Ontario, one of the main parties is campaigning for government full funding for religious schools!!!
Think of it. This is our chance, at last. A Pastafarian school funded by taxpayers. How could we loose. Beer drinking 101, Stripping 101, the thought boggles the mind.
I would like to see who out there would like to hold a rally in Toronto in support of the Conservative Party and a FSM school.
The publicity would be great. I have a friend at CBC so I would hope we could get national coverage. The FSM has been overlooked and sidelined for too long.
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A common use for John The Ripper is for auditing your user's passwords. Some organizations' security policies require regular audits of user passwords and here, I will outline a simple john session using very bad passwords. We'll do that for the sake of time, since strong passwords take way too long to crack. The good thing about that is that by the time someone can crack one of your passwords, your security policy should have had you change it already. It is common for passwords to be changed every 90 days in corporate IT.
First let's get john
For RHELs 2.1, 3.0 and Fedora, you can get the RPMs at DAG Wieer's.
Debian and Gentoo already have john available in their repositories.
Running john
Ok, now we have john and can run it on some easy passwords. We'll start by creating 3 new accounts and create temporary files for john to work with. Also, with DAG Wieer's RPM, john does'nt know where his ini file is, so in that case, cd over to /etc.
We see that john quickly cracked these passwords, since they were based on dictionary words and were short. It is possible to specify a much larger dictionary file for john to use, which is available on john's website. /usr/share/doc/john should contain some more information. For long runs, tapping enter will let you know what john is doing.Code:[root@testbox root]# useradd bill [root@testbox root]# passwd bill Changing password for user bill. New password: things BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word Retype new password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. [root@testbox root]# useradd chuck [root@testbox root]# passwd chuck Changing password for user chuck. New password: stuff BAD PASSWORD: it is too short Retype new password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. [root@testbox root]# useradd stan [root@testbox root]# passwd stan Changing password for user stan. New password: junk BAD PASSWORD: it is too short Retype new password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. [root@testbox root]# tail -n 3 /etc/passwd > passfile [root@testbox root]# tail -n 3 /etc/shadow > shdwfile [root@testbox root]# unshadow passfile shdwfile > johnfile [root@testbox root]# cd /etc [root@testbox etc]# john /root/johnfile Loaded 3 passwords with 3 different salts (FreeBSD MD5 [32/32]) stuff (chuck) junk (stan) bill (things) guesses: 3 time: 0:00:08:23 (3) c/s: 1968 trying: things [root@testbox etc]#
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