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Help: Win 7 tearing too much my eyes
finaly i decide to move from XP to 7, but this windows 7 tearing too much my eyes and i dont know from where that problem comes i tried almost everything color calibrate, monitor settings everything im with GF 9600 GT and monitor Asus vw193d-b .... give advice how to fix that, when i used XP i didn't has problem like that... Thank You
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Can you explain your problem better please? Is there a graphics issue? Can you post an image?
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not sure what you mean from that post but have you tried drivers?
you may need to installer graphics drivers that may ave been lost when ya installed 7!
if you update your system specs like what computer you have somebody may be able to help!
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Windows 10, Home Clean Install
I think you are saying that the screen makes your eyes tear.
If so read this
Adjust your monitor's brightness and contrast
You can also change the size of the font if too small.
Changing font size, how?
DPI Display Size Settings - Change
Window Color and Appearance - Change
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|19 Dec 2010
Yeah screen and when playing games... i find that White and Bright colors are too sharp... as i said i tried almost everything that is build-in Windows 7... ofc im using last drivers for my PC
CPU: e6600
Video: GF 9600 GT 512 DDR3
RAM:4 gb @1333 mhz
Monitor: Asus VW193D-B 19" / no drivers for monitor even on Asus site/
I know everything looking very strange but maybe someone know the solution and met that problem before
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Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
Click this link that Rich posted for you. Adjust your monitor's brightness and contrast
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"I want to go to one of those healing events in Ubud."
I uttered those very words a while ago to my partner.
Little did I know I would soon experience what my heart and soul desired.
"Even the moon looks bigger. Prettier in Bali." My heart sighs as I noticed the moon during the drive from Ngurah Rai airport towards Ubud.
Coming from a loud, polluted, overcrowded big city like Jakarta to a place where I can close my eyes to the sounds of nature. Crickets…and other nocturnal creatures felt like music that serenaded my weary soul to complete relaxation.
The sound of nature also woke me up on my first day there. Lanna's Lair is a piece of heaven.
The view…
Rice paddies…green and lush. Green everywhere. Beautiful coconut trees and tropical plants.
The air! My lungs inhale it like one hungry traveler. You just don't get this type of fresh air in big cities.
The villa is gorgeous. Homely. There's a thick sense of home and comfort surrounding the place. I wander off in the early morning around the property taking it all in with a coffee cup in my hand. Listening to the birds chirping and enjoying the morning sun.
Joyful Living Retreat at Lanna's Lair
I have never been to this type of retreat ever.
"Just be open. Let your soul guide you. Let the universe do its job."
During breakfast, I met the other ladies. I had met my roommate before, a very graceful lady. Her gray hair looks like a crown of wisdom her smile, warm and serene. There's something so lovely about her shining from within.
The first topic we discussed was Harmony in Relationships. A very deep one. We were divided into small groups of 3 for a little workgroup. We were to discuss what we think is needed to nurture a healthy relationship and what kills one. We then went to share our thoughts in front of everyone.
Mbak Diena Haryana then went deeper than what I would've guessed.
So deep that it uncovered plenty of relationship issues hidden beneath the surface. The relationship we have with our families, with our friends, with our significant others and most importantly the relationship we have with our very own selves. The objectives were to create more awareness, then we can all create that the harmony we strive for in life.
Different stages of a relationship were revealed and explained in ways that were easy to digest, to understand. Then it suddenly clicked! It was like an AHA moment where a light bulb just turned on and you began to evaluate your relationships. Such a powerful moment.
The second session we discussed Living a Well Balanced Life.
I should add that a few days before I came to Ubud I was down with a cold – or so it felt – but I wasn't myself for days. Fever, aching feelings, headaches, cold sweats. I thought it was my body just being exhausted from how busy life has been.
Before the second session started, I started feeling unwell again. Fever and cold sweats returned to the point that I excused myself to take some cold meds hoping I would feel better soon.
As the second session rolled in, Mbak Diena introduced us to Maslow's hierarchy of needs as seen below.
Again, we were split into small groups to discuss what we felt met the hierarchy and how they affect us in life.
Mbak Diena's approach of teaching is very interactive. She will ask you questions, not just easy questions but ones that make you ponder deeply. Seeking the answers from within your soul.
"What do you think from this hierarchy of needs that you lacked from your childhood, Maureen?"
Then all hell broke loose!
That one sentence opened up a pandora's box from inside me. It revealed matters that even I wasn't expecting to deal with. The abuse, the relationship I have with my mother. I vomited tons of feelings, pain, anger, and disappointment. Things I was not aware of turned out to have inhabited me for God knows how long.
It wasn't pretty.
It was ugly.
I wasn't the only one.
Mbak Diena gently and ever so lovingly guided us to release these old wounds through a releasing meditation. Releasing of old pain, old anger, bitterness, resentment and all the negative baggage we didn't realize we had been carrying for years.
I have never cried that much in my whole life. One would think my head would have exploded with a post-crying headache yet when I was done all I felt was peace, a sense of calmness after a huge storm. My headache and fever went away.
What I love the most is Mbak Diena helped us heal not just bringing these old wounds up to the surface for nothing. We dealt with our issues. Slowly making the conscious decisions to change for the better.
We ended the day with meditation and gratitude. Sending love to the universe, to those we love, to those near and dear to our hearts. It was beautiful!
Sebatu Waterfall
We went to Sebatu waterfall in the morning after breakfast. Regarded by the Balinese people as one of the holiest places in Bali, Sebatu is located in Gianyar regency, some 11kilometers away from downtown Ubud. Sebatu is still considered very sacred and compared to the other famous waterfalls in and around Ubud it is still in pristine condition. I truly hope it will remain that way.
Getting down to the waterfall is quite a challenge. One must walk down approximately 150 steps.
Just to be there and to witness the glorious connection local Balinese have with their surroundings brought me pronounced peaceful feelings. I hope you get a chance to notice how spiritual Balinese people are. They give offerings and prayers to just about anything! With their deep spiritual roots; peace is an everyday part of life. Something we all could learn from.
We ran into an older local lady who asked our help to put her bag filled with goods on top of her head. The girls quickly lent a hand and wished the lady well as she quietly made her way back up the stairs. Kindness matters.
The Sebatu waterfall is crystal clear. I was the last person to take a dip in the water and I felt so grateful as I soaked in the sensations; the gushing sounds of water so powerful yet so calming and the freshness of the water. To lean back on the slanted rock with the force of the water on your back feels truly cleansing. I was wishing that the water would cleanse my burdens, my heavy heart. To be able to witness a beautiful creation like that, to experience big profound joy in Ubud. I thanked the Universe for the chance, and I was grateful for the opportunity to just be, to be in the now.
Returning from the waterfall was fun. A lot of us were having difficulties with the climb. 150+ stairs hike can be challenging. Later on, Mbak Diena explained to us that the journey to a spiritual awakening is quite similar to that hike we did. It will not be easy but it will be oh, so worth it!
Be Like Water!
Upon returning to Lanna's Lair, we were once again split into different groups to discuss and write about what can we learn from the water. Metaphorically there are great things to learn from water and our discussion about water went profoundly deep.
Flow like water in this life, give without expectations and adjust like water no matter what the circumstances are.
We discussed the scientific works of Dr. Masaru Emoto, his findings of water and the power of positive affirmations, positive words, and prayers.
Truly eye opening and aligned with what I've read about how powerful our thoughts and minds can be. If our words can have that big of an impact, then everyone must learn to use their words more carefully, myself included.
Is this retreat for everyone?
Absolutely! I came with an open mind and no expectations other than I am hoping to learn things that can benefit my soul to live a more joyful life and hopefully I can help my Single Moms Indonesia community to become more joyful.
What I took home with me in return after those amazing 3 days are beyond words. I still struggle how to best describe the experience. I hope I've done it justice in this post. The true value that Mbak Diena has gracefully shared with us all shall live on. Blossoming into a more joyful life.
For that, I thank you, Mbak Diena, Mbak Ina and everyone at Lanna's Lair for not only opening their beautiful place to create magic but for opening their hearts and sharing these precious gifts of knowledge, messages, and understanding to us all. My wish is many people will get the opportunity to have wonderful experiences of their own. I am looking forward to returning to Lanna's Lair. Diena is currently developing more retreats, ideas, and getaways for the soul.
I was a guest of Lanna's Lair but all opinions expressed are truly my own. For more photos feel free to check out my Facebook Page
21 Comments on Joyful Living Retreat at Lanna's Lair
bacanya aja gw ikutan recharge deh Yen 🙂Reply
The retreat sounds like such a peaceful place to rest and rejuvenate. Those views and the waterfall adds to the peace and tranquility.Reply
I can't imagine how much more at peace you must feel – this is something I would truly love to go on, alone and just find myself. You are so fortunate.Reply
I would love to enjoy the beautiful benefits of a place like this and experience total nirvana. Sounds great.Reply
It sounds like this retreat is something you really needed, it looks beautiful. What a beautifully peaceful place to be able to relax and enjoy and just get to know yourself.Reply
this looks like it was an amazingly peaceful trip! And I'm sure the photos don't do it justice!Reply
I need to go on another retreat real soon. This would be my perfect choice, I love all of the photos especially the ones with the rice paddies.Reply
This place looks like a fabulous place to rest and relax. It's so important to have places like this to decompress and reduce tension and anxiety.Reply
Simply beautiful, I'm in need of a retreat and this looks like my kind of place. I love waterfalls and the pictures look so refreshing.Reply
Everything about this vacation sounds perfect! This resort looks fabulous and the location is breath taking.Reply
This looks like a great retreat, glad you are sharing it. I hope that others are able to use this retreat to experience joyful living!Reply
The place looks like a really peaceful place for a retreat. They also have a lot of attraction that can help you have peace of mind and reflect.Reply
Wow, this place does sound wonderful. I would benefit from a retreat like this, definitely something to look into!Reply
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What a peaceful looking retreat!! Everything looks so pretty and serene I bet its an amazing experience.I wouldn't mind spending g a few days there myself.Reply
These really looks like the perfect place to find joy! I know that I definitely would have.Reply
That place looks like the perfect place for a relaxing retreat..Reply
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Aaaah… Ubud! My body and soul craved for one recharging trip as well. You sure had fun down there, girl 🙂Reply
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In less than one hour from Whittier you will be sitting at the face two tidewater glaciers, Beloit and Blackstone and see the numerous waterfalls and hanging glaciers, remnants of giant glacier's retreat. In route we'll stop to photo sea otters and harbor seals that make their home in this part of the sound. During our adventure we'll step ashore to experience the natural geology and thick rainforest. Enjoy a snack and hot drink as you reflect on your journey and this magnificent nook of Alaska.


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Special SU2C moment takes place at Wrigley
CHICAGO -- Jerry Jaeger was standing with everyone else immediately after the fifth inning of Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday night at Wrigley Field, thinking of his wife, Ann, as he saw what was happening all around him. The longtime Cubs fan was in Aisle 216, Row 1, Seat 2, not far up from where Anthony Rizzo stood and held a sign that read: "I STAND FOR MY FAMILY."
Major League Baseball, Stand Up To Cancer and MasterCard conducted a special in-game moment, with players, umpires, coaches and fans all pausing to hold up placards with the names of loved ones affected by cancer. The powerful moment was aired live on FOX during the Indians' 7-2 victory that gave them a 3-1 lead in the World Series.
"It meant a lot to me because my wife had lymphoma five years ago, and she just got cleared and she's doing great," Jaeger said immediately after the moment, still holding onto the SU2C placard that had waited on all seats. "That was very powerful, and very emotional."
This tradition began during the 2009 All-Star Game in Philadelphia, and it has continued at every All-Star Game and World Series since, as MLB continues to provide a giant platform for a message that it has reinforced since becoming the founding donor of SU2C in 2008. A sellout crowd participated at Petco Park when this was last done in July.
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"I think for baseball it's always important to be affiliated, aligned with A-plus organizations," said Commissioner Rob Manfred, who held up a placard, as did his wife. "Stand Up To Cancer is an A-plus organization, not only in terms of its mission, how important it is that we find a cure for cancer, but also their execution. They have a very unique philosophy about how research should be conducted. It's one that makes a lot of sense to me and a lot of people, and I think they've done tremendous work."
The moment was again emotional and inspirational, raising awareness for the need to donate and help fund "Dream Team" scientists that make the SU2C approach so unique. Its groundbreaking initiative was created to accelerate innovative cancer research that will get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now.
It was an especially poignant moment when fans watched the giant scoreboard and saw that Indians and Cubs players, standing alongside Make-A-Wish children who were brought to the game by MLB as their wish, are affected in the same way as everyone else.
"This is one of those when you have activities in the stadium, sometimes you have to work to get the players involved," Manfred said. "Stand Up To Cancer kind of carries its own weight. Players are happy to be involved because of the quality of work that Stand Up To Cancer does."
MLB and its clubs have donated more than $30 million and have conducted year-round events to further its alliance with SU2C in the hopes of ending cancer in our lifetimes. You can just look around Wrigley Field tonight and sadly sense the reality that so many people in the crowd are either already dealing with a cancer diagnosis or will in the future.
"It is that form of collaboration that will truly cure cancer," SU2C co-founder Rusty Robertson said. "We recognize that it's the fans who come to these games who really will help us find the cure to the disease."
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How to fish for skimmers on the Stainforth and Keadby canal
At this time of the year match anglers often resort to fishing poles and arming themselves with bloodworm and joker when tackling matches on canals.
This tactic and bait apporach often brings a huge amount of fish to the net, but the problem is they are often very small roach.
And, as everyone knows, the bigger the fish you catch, the more chance you have of winning the match.
So when Maver-backed Lee Harrison decided not to play other more experienced bloodworm and joker anglers at their own game and formulate his own plan he was pleasantly surprised when his last three canal matches have provided him with wins.
He has taken a big-bait approach, feeding chopped worms, casters and red maggot on this popular canal, beating off soem very stiff competition, including some world class international anglers too.
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One of the biggest myths used by racist bigots, to justify slavery of course, claims that black slaves came much later than the Irish
indentured servants slaves. They always point to an article from Global Research as the complete truth of the matter as well, and will not even listen to conflicting evidence at all. There is nothing more intolerable to insufferable morons, especially on social media sites like Facebook, than evidence that nullifies their "strongest" viewpoints.
That is what makes it so difficult to find out accurate information because everything points back to only the one article from which Global Research got its information, and there is hardly any real evidence about Irish
slaves servants.
A majority of the Facebook posts and other articles written by people regarding slavery mainly reference one blog by Michael A. Hoffman II, which is full of claims but no reference citations to back it up. This revisionist historian, who is also a Holocaust Denier, is the one who set the extremely poor example by avoiding citations and his idiotic acolytes bitterly cling to that model.
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Liam Hogan, a research librarian at the Limerick City Library, set about debunking the myth after spotting a widely shared Global Research article in 2013 and realized its potential for misinformation, reported Hatewatch.
"It was quite clear to me then that many would never engage with the history of the transatlantic slave trade when they had this false equivalence to fall back on," Hogan told the website. "I think that's what convinced me that I needed to put the record straight."
The myth essentially equates indentured or penal servitude with racialized perpetual hereditary chattel slavery, Hogan said.
The one thing that is not heard is the actual fact that most all of the Irish slaves were basically political prisoners of the time, and sold into slavery to get rid of a troublesome element for the English, who had been trying to control Ireland for a long period of time. Control which was all about trying to prevent an enemy from using it to attack England. This is reported to have all occurred in the 1600's to the mid 1700's time period.
Although there don't seem to be any kind of record keeping regarding the Irish slaves, it is claimed that they first arrived in South America around the year 1612. That's a conservatives wet dream right there to just take a claim and tout it as complete truth, all without trying to verify it. Contrast that with the extensive records regarding the black slaves, who were basically nothing more than cattle to their owners.
On social media, there are plenty of memes that are constantly shared which are just chock full of misinformation and bullshit on the topic of slavery. Especially when it comes to the racists favorite talking points about:
- how blacks are lazy savages only begging for handouts, and/or refusing to work
- how "Whites" are able to rise up out of any bad situation while "N****rs" just sit around and whine
- how "Whites" have had it so much worse than anyone else
Examples such as:
As you can tell, such memes completely appeal to racist bigots in their attempts to justify their abhorrent views and prejudices, and apparently forget all about what they were taught about slavery in school.
Adding to this mix is the 1640 Barbados Slave Code, that was provided in detail by 1661, which became the basis for the treatment of slaves and colony law. The Irish were referred to as servants while the blacks were just slaves. That doesn't mean the Irish had it any easier than the blacks, as most of the Irish didn't live long enough to serve out their "contract." At least this is what I was taught when I went to school in the late 1960's/early 1970's, but I keep forgetting that history is continually whitewashed over so that none of the bad things we have done are learned about anymore.
Barbados Slave Code:
- set of rules that governed all slaves
- originally created in Barbados
- adopted in colonies as governing rules shortly after creation
- allowed for beatings, protocol for escapees and other rules
- the master had complete control over the slave
- "if any negro or slave whatsoever shall offer any violence to any Christian by striking or the like, such negro or slave shall for his or her first offense be severely whipped by the Constable."
Another really barbaric law from 1661 allowed anyone, including the Irish servants, in the colony to kill a black slave caught stealing. The slave's owner would be compensated with money while the killer was rewarded with sugar, apparently a valuable commodity at the time. I would imagine this to have been a lucrative opportunity for the unscrupulous characters of those days.
The bigots want to use false equivalence maneuvers to feel better about their own miserable existence, make themselves look superior, and to depict non whites as inferior garbage that isn't even worth a halfpenny.


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I just picked up a Sunpak pz40x flash which is very good and works fine when I test it in standard conditions. However when I was working in a nightclub the other night, the damn thing wouldnt AF properly with the flashes AF assist. In the end I stuck it on AF-C and it just about worked ok.
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the sugar dispute
Ok, I posted a question about good dairy alternatives for when I become vegan, but now I am really confused about the whole sugar issue. Are there any vegans here who eat regular sugar? Like, will you drink a Pepsi, or is that not vegan? I appreciate your input. ;D
Hi there! Yes I know vegan and sugar is often a discussion... Far as I know white sugar can sometimes be refined using animal products - but there should be vegan alternatives - I'm in Europe so I can't really say any brands, but I´m sure people here know! =)
Also, for health resons I think, personally I do not drink or eat any thing "sugarfree" or any sweeternes at all the old saying "If it sounds too good too be true it probably is" goes for me, I use cane sugar in my tea and for baking and sweets, and I think it´s great, has a lovely caramel taste to it!
Turbinado sugar is regular sugar that has not been through the bleaching process, which uses bone char to bleach the sugar. IN cooking, you can use turbinado sugar anywhere you would use regular sugar. Other sugar subs are maple syrup (yum!) & molasses, although with both these you will have to alter the liquid in the recipe.
As for Pepsi, I suspect they use regualar sugar or high fructose corn syrup. I doubt it's vegan, but who knows. Only you can decide how far you want to take your vegan-ness. :)
Take it from this once die-hard Coke-cola drinker, your body will thank you for cutting Pepsi out of your diet regardless if it's vegan or not! ;)
I'm not sure about soda, but I have read that Pillsbury doesn't bleach their sugar using bone.
I agree with Lezly...for those of us who are interested in the 'healthy
eating' thing, sugar is something you can do without. (Also lots of other
types of simple carbs.) I do, somethings, add something to make a dish a
little sweet, but I don't use much sweetener. Think about using maple
syrup or rice syrup. Rice syrup is less sweet than sugar, but is a little
more healthy.
Billingtons sugars are all marked as to whether they are vegan or not, and i haven't come accross one that isn't yet. i usually use raw sugars cos i really like the taste but they can make you baking come out a darker colour cos they are darker, not so good if you want a white cake !!
I'm a big fan of agave nectar. It's vegan, has a low glycemic index, and it's delicious. I use it for baking and my husband puts it in his tea. I usually buy Sweet Cactus Farms brand (http://www.sweetcactusfarms.com/). It's between $5 and $6 per 8 oz. bottle, but well worth it!
I use agave nectar in just about everything. It's got a very nice flavor too it, doesn't overpower the other falvors. And a little goes a long way. It's kinda on the pricey side, but it's definitely worth the few extra dollars.
I am also going through this same dilema! I don't add sugar to any of my meals but foods like cereals and breads at the grocery stores have sugar already listed in their ingredients. And who can be sure if the sugar they use to make their products is filtered with or without bone char? I want to live a vegan diet as strictly as possible but some sweeteners, such as Florida Crystals, are really expensive. Does everyone here think that those who consume white sugar are not living a vegan diet? Does anyone know if Domino uses bone char? The sugar dispute would be so much easier if no companies used animal products!
I did a search on google and found some companies that use non bar char filtration. To answer my own question, Domino uses bone char. Does anyone know of a sugar sweetener that tastes similarly to white sugar? Cane sugar and raw sugar have a carmelized taste that doesn't mimic the taste of white sugar. or how about beet sugar?
Brown rice syrup is high in B vitamins and has a pleasant mild sweetness all its own. Stevia is graet once you get the amounts right. Check out the links on the topic!


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About Debossed Wristbands
Debossed wristbands are the most common types used for many events. It's easy to spot them in charity events, concerts, sporting events, and more. They were originally popularized by former cyclist Lance Armstrong and his Livestrong Foundation. These iconic bracelets alone have sold millions of bands since 2004, successfully helping raise funds for cancer support, awareness, and research.
The message or logo is placed into the rubber or silicone to produce an inward effect. This is achieved by using a custom-shaped mold to ensure high-fidelity. Because no ink is used, the result is an unassuming single color bracelet. But even though the text is the same color as the band, the shadow caused by the recessed letters or images adds extra contrast to the message or image. This allows it to be easily read in certain angles and lighting conditions.
Despite their simple appearance, debossed silicone bracelets remain popular because of their relative cost-effectiveness. This makes it easier for even small organizations with smaller budgets to spread their message. In addition, these personalized wristbands also tend to last much longer than imprinted wristbands. The reason is because the message is made to recede inwards into the material, instead of getting printed on the surface with ink. Hence, these types of bracelets are much better at withstanding the wear and tear of long-term everyday use.
For many organizations, this increases the chance that they will be worn for much longer after they are given away. In turn, it helps provide them with more visibility to help shore up support for their chosen cause or disease. This can help make a lot of difference for smaller organizations, who may rely on a smaller budget than bigger ones. This type of customized wristband works best for shorter messages, simple designs, or recognizable symbols.


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is a survival horror first-person shooter developed by Monolith Productions and published by Sierra Entertainment. It was released on October 17, 2005, for Microsoft... read more
is a survival horror first-person shooter developed by Monolith Productions and published by Sierra Entertainment. It was released on October 17, 2005, for Microsoft Windows, and ported by Day 1 Studios to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Timegate Studios has released two expansion packs, F.E.A.R. Extraction Point in October 2006, and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate in November 2007. A direct sequel titled F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, was released in February 2009, and a second sequel, F.3.A.R., was released in June 2011, though it was developed by Day 1 Studios (now known as Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore), not by Monolith Productions.
F.E.A.R. was well received by critics, scoring 89% on Game Rankings, and The New York Times calling it "as thrilling and involving as Half-Life." A "Director's Edition" DVD version of the game was also released. The DVD included a "Making of" documentary, a director's commentary, a short live-action prequel and the exclusive first episode of the promotional P.A.N.I.C.S. machinima. A related Dark Horse comic book was also packaged with the DVD. Along with the Director's Edition, F.E.A.R. Gold Edition was released. Gold Edition included the Director's Edition andExtraction Point. F.E.A.R. Platinum Edition features the original game and two expansion packs.
F.E.A.R. simulates combat from a first person perspective. The protagonist's body is fully present, allowing the player to see his or her character's torso and feet while looking down. Within scripted sequences, when rising from a lying position or fast-roping from a helicopter for example, or climbing ladders, the hands and legs of the protagonist can be seen performing the relevant actions.
A prominent gameplay element is "reflex time", which slows down the game world while still allowing the player to aim and react at normal speeds. This effect is used to simulate the character's superhuman reflexes. Reflex time is represented by stylized visual effects, such as bullets in flight that cause air distortion or interact with the game's particle effects. F.E.A.R. lead designer Craig Hubbard stated that Monolith Productions' primary goal was "to make combat as intense as the tea house shootout at the beginning of John Woo's Hard-Boiled." He continued on to say that "defeat[ing] ... enemies ... with style" was crucial to this goal and that reflex time plays a large role in "mak[ing] the player feel like they are an action movie hero."
The game contains weapons based on non-fictional firearms, such as pistols, assault rifles, andsubmachine guns, as well as entirely fictional armaments like particle beam weapons. Each firearm differs in terms of ammunition type, accuracy, range, fire rate, damage, and bulkiness. The latter characteristic is crucial, as more powerful/specialized weapons tend to be more cumbersome and slow the player's maneuvers. Unlike other games of the genre where lighter/smaller weapons tend to be useless, F.E.A.R. does not scale guns on a curve, so any firearm is potentially deadly in most situations. Monolith Productions stated that it aimed for "... a balanced arsenal where each weapon serves a specific function", rather than "... just going with a bunch of real-world submachine guns and assault rifles." F.E.A.R.'s heads-up display crosshair's size dynamically shows where shots will fall based on movement, aim, and the weapon in use. The player may carry only three firearms at a time; thus, strategy is required when using and selecting weapons.
Compared to other shooters where melee is usually a last resort, F.E.A.R.'s melee is a viable instant-kill alternative for taking down enemies. The stocks of all firearms can be used in close combat. Lighter weapons, while being less powerful, allow the player to move around more quickly, increasing their chances of melee. Movement speed is maximized if a player holsters their weapon, which also allows them to engage in hand-to-hand attacks with maneuvers including punches, kicks, and slides.
F.E.A.R.'s artificial intelligence allows computer-controlled characters a large degree of action. Enemies can duck to travel under crawlspaces, jump through windows, vault over railings, climb ladders, and push over large objects to create cover. Various opponents may act as a team, taking back routes to surprise the player, using suppressive fire or taking cover if under fire. The game's artificial intelligence is often cited as being highly advanced, using an architecture known as Goal Oriented Action Planning (GOAP) and its efficiency helped the game win GameSpot's "2005 Best AI Award", and earn the #2 ranking on AIGameDev's "Most Influential AI Games".
F.E.A.R.'s multiplayer component includes mainstay gameplay modes, such as deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag, and last man standing. "Control" and "Conquer All" gametypes were later added through a patch. Some gametypes in F.E.A.R.'s multiplayer use the "reflex time" effect: SlowMo deathmatch, SlowMo team deathmatch, and SlowMo capture the flag. Only one player can use/carry the reflex power-up; when fully charged they can activate it and give themselves (and the rest of their team if applicable) a speed advantage over opposing players. However, the one carrying the power-up will have a bluish glow, and they will show up on a foe's HUD.
On August 17, 2006, F.E.A.R.'s multiplayer component was retitled F.E.A.R. Combat and made available for free download. Downloaders of F.E.A.R. Combat and owners of F.E.A.R.'s retail edition may play together online. On December 19, 2012 Gamespy Industries announced the end of its Gamespy Open Program, which ended F.E.A.R. Combat's online multiplayer functionality.
The PC version of the game uses the PunkBuster program to prevent cheating. However, in December 2007, Even Balance discontinued PunkBuster support for F.E.A.R. in favor of the second expansion, F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate. While PunkBuster-enabled servers will still check for and protect against known cheats, the program will no longer automatically update. Because of this, many players with an outdated version of PunkBuster are unable to play in PunkBuster-enabled servers without being automatically kicked from the game.
The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, just like the PC edition, only have online multiplayer. There is no split-screen local play.
A core element of F.E.A.R. is its horror theme, which is heavily inspired by Japanese horror. The design team attempted to keep "[the] psychology of the encounter" in the player's mind at all times, in order to "get under [the player's] skin", as opposed to the "in your face 'monsters jumping out of closets' approach". Lead designer Craig Hubbard stated in an interview that "horror is extremely fragile ... you can kill it by spelling things out too clearly and you can undermine it with too much ambiguity". He remarked that he attempted to strike a balance with the narrative elements of F.E.A.R., to give players "enough clues so that [they] can form [their] own theories about what's going on, but ideally [they will] be left with some uncertainty". Lead level designer John Mulkey stated, "Creating expectation and then messing with that expectation is extremely important, predictability ruins a scary mood".
F.E.A.R.'s audio was designed in the style of Japanese horror films, with the sound engineers using inexpensive equipment to create sound effects, using methods including dragging metal across different surfaces and recording pump sounds. Monolith Productions commented, "The sound designers had to be concerned with avoiding predictability", since "[l]isteners are smart ... they will recognize your formula quickly and then you won't be able to scare them anymore." Silence is present in order to "... allow players to fill in the space, which lets their imagination create their own personal horror".
Monolith Productions composed F.E.A.R.'s music in reaction to scenes, instead of "... creating a formula that would consistently produce music throughout the game". The design team called F.E.A.R.'s music structure "... more cerebral and tailored to each individual event", and continued that "... sometimes the music is used to ratchet up the tension to toy with players ... [it] will build to a terrifying crescendo before cutting off without a corresponding event, only to later have the silence shattered by Alma, when players least expect it."
F.E.A.R.'s horror theme was praised by critics. Game Informer claimed that "... the frequent spooky head trips that Monolith has so skillfully woven together make an experience that demands to be played." IGN opined that "... the environment has been so well-crafted to keep you edgy and watchful ... [that] playing the game for a few hours straight can get a little draining."GameSpot reacted similarly, calling F.E.A.R.'s horror "... exceedingly effective", and agreeing that it "... can leave you a bit emotionally exhausted after a while."
The game begins with a man named Paxton Fettel taking command of a battalion of telepathically controlled clone supersoldiers, seizing control of Armacham Technology Corporation (ATC) headquarters, and killing all its occupants.
The player then takes control of the Point Man, working for an organization known as F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon), attending a briefing held by Commissioner Rowdy Betters, in the company of his F.E.A.R. team-mates Spen Jankowski and Jin Sun-Kwon. The team's mission is to eliminate Fettel, operating in conjunction with Delta Force.
Fettel is located by means of a satellite tracking device and hunted by F.E.A.R. and Delta Force over several locations. While the villain evades capture by the special forces, the player witnesses unexplained, and occasionally life-threatening, paranormal phenomena, including hallucinations that frequently afflict him, all of which are centered on a red-dressed little girl namedAlma. Laptops found in the course of the mission, remotely hacked by Commissioner Betters, provide details regarding the background story; the player learns how Fettel was raised to become a telepathic military commander, that he is the son of Alma, who is described as being a powerful psychic as part of Project Origin,. The files mention something called a "Synchronicity Event", in which Alma telepathically linked with Fettel when he was ten years old, despite her being in a coma, and which is said to have resulted in several deaths. The files also mention the existence of another child of Alma, who was born before Fettel.
All clues lead F.E.A.R. to believe Fettel is being controlled by Alma, who was locked in the Origin facility when ATC closed down the project owing to the danger the woman posed; Fettel is searching for that same facility to free his mother. The player takes the Point Man to the abandoned structure, fighting back both the clone soldiers and ATC guards, who have received orders to cover up the whole affair. When the protagonist comes to finally face Fettel, he is drawn into a hallucination where the player learns how the Point Man is Alma's first son and is thereafter enabled to kill Fettel himself.
Alma is nonetheless freed when her storage chamber is opened by ATC researcher and leader of Project Origin, Harlan Wade, who felt guilty over the company's treatment of Alma and who was actually her father. The player is then called to sabotage the structure's reactor, running a gauntlet against Alma's ghosts before the whole location explodes. In the aftermath of the detonation, a Delta Force Black Hawk helicopter extracts the Point Man from the rubble, rescuing him. While the player and the survivors of the F.E.A.R. team survey the results of the explosion from the helicopter, Jin wonders what happened to Alma. Just then, the helicopter loses power, and Alma is seen pulling herself up into the cabin: the destruction of the Origin facility has not stopped her quest to get closer to her son.
After the game's credits, the player can listen to a phone call between a mysterious senator and ATC president Aristide, which offers some further explanation: the woman considers the project under control and deems the "first prototype" (presumably a reference to the Point Man) a success.
During the course of the game, the player interacts with a number of different characters from various organizations. Some of them are allies, such as the F.E.A.R. and Delta Force team members, while others are hostile, such as Fettel's soldiers and some ATC personnel. The player's character never speaks, and instead participates in one-sided discussions with other characters. On occasion, the Point Man is required to hand a communicator to other characters, allowing them to speak over the F.E.A.R. team radio. No artificial intelligence-controlled characters fight alongside the player in F.E.A.R., except for some sequences in the expansions Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate.
F.E.A.R. was announced at an E3 2004 pre-show, though its existence as an untitled project was revealed prior to this announcement. The game's first trailer later premiered at E3 2004 and was well received by critics. During the E3 2004 showing, F.E.A.R.'s lead designer, Craig Hubbard, stated that the game "... evolved out of a concept we started developing right after Shogo that we've been dying to work on." Monolith Productions' director of technology, Kevin Stephens, later elaborated that this concept was "... to make an action movie in a first-person shooter, where you really feel like an action star." To this effect, the team focused on immersing the player, using elements like a silent, nameless protagonist with an unknown background, and allowing the player to see the protagonist's body when looking down or sideways.
During 2005, F.E.A.R. made playable appearances at Consumer Electronics Show, Game Developers Conference and E3, all of which were well received. Its showing at E3 garnered it the Game Critics Award for "Best Action Game". After the release of a single-player demo, Vivendi allowed gaming journalists to play through the first four levels of the game, which received even more positive reaction than before. F.E.A.R. eventually released on October 18, 2005. Alongside the basic CD-ROM edition, a "Director's Cut" DVD version of F.E.A.R.was released with a number of extra features. A Dark Horse Entertainment comic book and a series of live action vignettes help clarify a number of plot elements depicted in the game, while the "Making of F.E.A.R." and "Developers' commentary" documentaries offer several insights and trivia into the game's development through interviews with employees of Monolith Productions and Vivendi. Also included is the exclusive first episode of the F.E.A.R. machinima, P.A.N.I.C.S., created by "Rooster Teeth Productions".
Over the course of the "Developer's roundtable commentary", producer Chris Hewitt reveals, "We had a whole level in the game where we had this car chase sequence [...] we spent about two months on that thing...." "[B]ut the car chase sequence didn't work the way we hoped it would", adds designer Craig Hubbard, commenting on the choice to remove that level from the game. Hewitt also comments that, "Actually we started off with two villains, and [Fettel] was one of them until we merged them together...." Craig Hubbard also remarks that "... his jacket actually used to belong to another villain we had in the game named Conrad Krieg, whom we combined with Fettel pretty literally."
Graphically, F.E.A.R. uses normal mapping and parallax mapping to give textures a more realistic appearance; the latter is used to give the appearance of depth to flat bullet hole sprites on walls. Volumetric lighting and lightmapping are included with the addition of a per-pixel lighting model, allowing complex lighting effects to be developed. Vertex, pixel and high-level shaders, including a host of additional special effects, are also featured in Jupiter EX.


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U Mugs Trailer (2012)
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A low budget filmmaker is shooting a documentary about his early comic mishaps in film, making and pointing out some of the pitfalls of British film-making. When he is asked to film a rave being held in a well known haunted Suffolk wood, things take a far more serious turn for all involved.
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Higher degrees by research (HDR)
Our commitment to responsive and innovative research at the School of Accounting enables us to offer quality higher degrees by research (HDR), and to adapt our courses to keep in step with the industry both in Australia and overseas.
In HDR programs at least two-thirds of the study program involves research. Although some coursework may be required, a higher degree by research generally doesn't follow a structure of lectures, tutorials, assessment items and examinations. Instead, the main portion of the work is conducted as a thesis written under the guidance of a supervisor and other thesis committee members.
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Congenital lactase deficiency (CLD) is a severe gastrointestinal disorder of newborns. The diagnosis is challenging and based on clinical symptoms and low lactase activity in intestinal biopsy specimens. The disease is enriched in Finland but is also present in other parts of the world. Mutations encoding the lactase (LCT) gene have recently been shown to underlie CLD. The purpose of this study was to identify new mutations underlying CLD in patients with different ethnic origins, and to increase awareness of this disease so that the patients could be sought out and treated correctly.
Disaccharidase activities in intestinal biopsy specimens were assayed and the coding region of LCT was sequenced from five patients from Europe with clinical features compatible with CLD. In the analysis and prediction of mutations the following programs: ClustalW, Blosum62, PolyPhen, SIFT and Panther PSEC were used.
Four novel mutations in the LCT gene were identified. A single nucleotide substitution leading to an amino acid change S688P in exon 7 and E1612X in exon 12 were present in a patient of Italian origin. Five base deletion V565fsX567 leading to a stop codon in exon 6 was found in one and a substitution R1587H in exon 12 from another Finnish patient. Both Finnish patients were heterozygous for the Finnish founder mutation Y1390X. The previously reported mutation G1363S was found in a homozygous state in two siblings of Turkish origin.
This is the first report of CLD mutations in patients living outside Finland. It seems that disease is more common than previously thought. All mutations in the LCT gene lead to a similar phenotype despite the location and/or type of mutation.
Congenital lactase deficiency (CLD [MIM 223000]) is a severe form of lactase deficiency in which lactase activity is very low or absent in the intestinal wall from birth [1,2]. The main symptoms are watery diarrhoea in the first days of life after ingestion of lactose that leads to severe dehydration and loss of weight gain if untreated. Symptoms can be avoided and patients can have normal growth and development by changing to a lactose-free diet. The activities of other disaccharidases and the histological structure of the epithelium of the small intestine are normal [3,4]. Most CLD cases have been found in Finland where the disorder is enriched due to a founder effect and genetic drift [2,5]. This is in contrast to adult-type hypolactasia (where lactase activity declines after weaning) that is common all over the world [6-8]. Since the reports by Holzel et al. [1,9], there has been a lack of published data about CLD in countries other than Finland.
Mutations in the lactase gene (LCT [GeneID: 3938]) have recently been identified to underlie CLD in Finnish families [10]. Of the five mutations, Y1390X was the founder mutation present in 90% of the disease alleles. In addition, four other family specific mutations, S1666fsX1722, S218fsX224, G1363S and Q268H were identified in the Finnish population. However, no mutations have been found outside Finland. In order to further characterize the spectrum of mutations we have sequenced the coding region and splice sites of the LCT gene in five patients originating from Italy, Finland and Turkey, with clinical features compatible with CLD.
A male infant of unrelated, healthy parents of Italian origin with unremarkable family histories was born at term after an uneventful pregnancy with a birth weight of 3180 g. At the age of 10 days, he was admitted to the neonatology intensive care unit because of metabolic acidosis. On admission, his weight was 2774 g and he showed watery diarrhoea on breast feeding. Clinitest® on stools was strongly positive, reducing sugars higher than 20 g/dl and stool pH was low (pH5). Diarrhoea promptly stopped after starting parenteral rehydration and stopping oral feeding. After seven days a further attempt to breast-feed this baby, led again to osmotic diarrhoea and weight loss. Stools quickly became normal after putting the child on a lactose-free, cow's milk protein-based formula, where the child remained well. At age 3 months his weight was 5890 g (50th centile). An oral lactose tolerance test with 2 g/kg of lactose showed no increase in glucose blood levels within 120 minutes and was followed by watery diarrhoea within a few hours. His faeces were positive for reducing sugars, which was shown to be lactose by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The child was discharged on a lactose-free, soy protein-based formula and remained well on a lactose-free diet. At age 12 months, his weight was 9860 g (50th centile). A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken using the Watson capsule. His small intestinal morphology was normal on standard histological examination, as far as the villous height, crypt depth and intraepithelial lymphocyte count were concerned. Lactase activity measured by the Dahlqvist method [11] at the Scientific Laboratory of the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki was very low 4 U/g/protein, while values of other disaccharidases were normal (data not shown). At the last follow-up visit (age 15 months) this baby was perfectly healthy on a lactose-free diet.
The Finnish patient was the first child of the healthy parents. Because of pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth failure, a Caesarean section was performed after 35 weeks of gestation. After birth, oral and intravenous nutrition were started. On breast milk, the infant needed high amounts of iv glucose, and had watery stools. When put on hydrolyzed, lactose free formula, the diarrhoea stopped and iv nutrition could be stopped at the age of 2 weeks. At 4 weeks of age, he was transferred to breast milk and sent home. After one week on breast milk at home, he was taken back to the hospital. Loss of weight and severe acidosis was found in the patient. After iv fluid therapy, he was put back on the hydrolyzed formula and based on the disappearance of symptoms, he was suspected to have congenital lactase deficiency (CLD). At the age of 6 months, a jejunal specimen for morphological studies, and disaccharidase activity measurements was obtained by a suction biopsy device [11]. The morphology of his duodenum was quite normal; the activity for maltase and sucrase were normal (data not shown). Lactase activity was 8 U and the lactase/sucrase ratio was 0.13. The infant was considered to have CLD and has been well on a lactose-free diet.
A five-week-old Finnish boy was referred to the paediatric outpatient clinic of Turku University Hospital because of poor weight gain and failure-to-thrive. He was born at term after an uneventful pregnancy as the second child of healthy parents with a birth weight of 3810 g. He received breast milk until two weeks of age, then he was put on a regular, adapted, infant formula (Tutteli®, Valio Ltd, Finland) but had poor weight gain and watery diarrhoea from the first days of life. At the age of 5 weeks, his weight was 150 grams below the birth weight though he ate reasonably big amounts of infant formula (900 ml/d). He showed metabolic acidosis (base excess was -12.3, pH 7.28, HCO3 14.9) and plasma sodium was high 165 mmol/l. In hospital, the values were corrected within a day with iv infusions. His faecal elastase was found to be normal, but his stools contained high amounts of reducing sugars. Because CLD was suspected, nutrition with lactose-free whey-based, hydrolyzed formula (Pepti-Junior®, Nutricia, Netherlands) was started. The diarrhoea ceased during the first day and his weight gain improved remarkably. In specimen taken by gastroduodenoscopy, the morphology of his upper gastrointestinal tract was normal, but a very low activity of lactase was found in the duodenal specimen (because of the small size of the specimen, the laboratory did not give any exact lactase value, but they could not detect any activity) [11]. Later, at the age of 11 months lactose malabsorption was verified by a positive breath hydrogen test. Growth was normal on a lactose free, whey-hydrolysate formula (Pepti-Junior). After the age 12 of months he was put on a lactose-free regular milk and he showed no gastrointestinal symptoms.
Case 4, a four-day-old Dutch boy was admitted to the hospital because of crying, irritability, a low grade fever and refusing to eat starting a few hours earlier. He was born at term to consanguineous parents (first cousins) of Turkish origin after an uneventful pregnancy. He was breast-fed and had yellow watery stools without blood or mucus from birth. At presentation he was malnourished, distressed and irritated. His weight was 8% below birth weight. He was suspected of having septicemia, but cultures appeared to be negative. His plasma sodium was 152 mmol/l, base excess -12.8 mmol/l and faecal pH 5.4. Discontinuation of breastfeeding resulted in normalization of stools within 18 hours. A carbohydrate free formula was tolerated well; with addition of glucose to this feeding he had normal stools, after adding lactose to the feeding he again had several fluid stools and vomited. He was discharged with a soy formula, on which he grew perfectly. When he was 3 months and 10 months old duodenoscopies were done; biopsies showed normal villi. At the age of three months lactase activity was 1 U/g/protein (reference values 2.8–6.7 U/wet weight). Activities of other disaccharidases measured at the Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam [11] and alkaline phosphatase were normal (data not shown). At the age of 10 months his lactase was < 1 U/g/protein (ref 38.5 ± 12.5), again with normal maltase and sucrase activities (data not shown) (disaccharidase activities were measured at the Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam).
Case 5, the younger sister of case 4 was born at term after an uneventful pregnancy. On day 3 after breastfeeding she started to suffer from diarrhoea; on admission after some hours her weight was 13% below birth weight. Soy formula was started and her stools became more firm after one week. She did very well on the soy formula. At age 11 months a duodenoscopy was performed, which showed completely normal villi. Her lactase was 0 U/g/protein (reference values 2.8–6.7 U/wet weight), with normal activities of other disaccharidases (data not shown) (disaccharidase activities measured at the Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam).
The control subjects were matched with the nationality of the patients. Therefore, the control subjects consisted of 98 Finnish and 101 Italian control samples.
The study protocol has been approved by the Ethics Committee of Helsinki University Hospital and performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The parents' written informed consent was obtained.
DNA was isolated from peripheral blood of the patients and their parents and amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) covering the 17 exons and splice sites of the LCT gene as described previously [10]. Primer sequences are available on request from the authors. The size of the PCR product was verified by 1.5% agarose gel electrophoresis with ethidium bromide. PCR products were purified using 2.5 U of Shrimp Alkaline Phosphatase (USB) and 5 U of Exonuclease I (New England Biolabs) at 37°C for 45 min and at 80°C for 15 min. For sequencing the BigDye 3.1 terminator (Applied Biosystems) was used according to the manufacturer's instructions. The sequencing reaction was as follows: at 96°C for 1 min, then 25 cycles at 96°C for 10 s, at 55°C for 5 s and at 60°C for 4 min. The sequencing reaction followed purification by Millipore Multiscreen plates (Millipore, USA) with Sephadex G-50 Superfine sepharose (Amersham Biosciences, Sweden), electrophoresis by ABI 3730 DNA Analyzer (Applied Biosystems) and base calling by Sequencing Analysis 5.2 software (Applied Biosystems). The obtained sequence was analyzed using Sequencher 4.1.4 software (Gene Codes, USA).
The ClustalW alignment program was used to study conservation of the mutation sites among different species [12]. To analyze the probability of specific amino acid substitutions Blosum62 (BLOck SUbstitution Matrix) scores were obtained [13]. The possible functional impact of an amino acid change was predicted by the PolyPhen (Polymorphism Phenotyping) program [14], which makes predictions based on sequence annotation and alignment as well as structural information, SIFT (Sorting Intolerant From Tolerant) [15] and PANTHER PSEC [16] that use sequence homology for prediction. SIFT gives a prediction for whether the substitution is tolerated or not and PATNTHER gives a substitution PSEC (position specific evolutionary conservation) score.
Two nucleotide substitutions in a heterozygous form in the LCT gene were identified in the Italian patient: c.2062T > C in exon 7 leading to a substitution of serine to proline (S688P) and c.4834G > T in exon 12 leading to glutamic acid to change to a premature stop codon (E1612X) (Additional file 1). The mother of the patient was shown to be a carrier of the mutation S688P and the father a carrier of the mutation E1612X. No substitutions were found in 101 Italian control subjects for E1612X and 97 for S688P suggesting that they are rare events. Using ClustalW analysis, both mutations were located in the conserved site (Figure (Figure1).1). The Blosum62 score for substitution from serine to proline is -1 (range from -4 to +11; low to high probability of substitution) [17]. The effect of mutation S688P was predicted to be possible damaging by PolyPhen (position-specific independent counts; PSIC score difference 1.773) (score > 1.7 considered damaging) [18] and not tolerated by SIFT. From PANTHER PSEC results could not be obtained.
Deletion of five bases c.1692-1696delAGTGG in exon 6 leading to frameshift mutation V565fsX567 (Additional file 1) was found in Finnish patient heterozygous for the founder mutation Y1390X [10]. The deletion was located in the conserved region of the LCT gene (Figure (Figure1)1) and was predicted to lead to truncated protein due to a change in the reading frame. Unfortunately parental DNA was not available for the analysis. The deletion was not found in 98 anonymous Finnish blood donors.
The Finnish patient was first shown to be heterozygous for the founder mutation Y1390X [10]. Sequencing of the LCT gene resulted in the identification of substitution c.4760G→A in exon 12 which changes arginine to histidine (R1587H) (Additional file 1). The mother was a carrier of the founder mutation and the father a carrier of the novel substitution. The R1587H was not identified in 98 anonymous Finnish blood donors. Using the ClustalW alignment program the amino acid was shown to be conserved (Figure (Figure1).1). The Blosum62 score for substitution from arginine to histidine is 0. The effect of mutation R1587H was predicted to be possible damaging by PolyPhen (PSIC score difference 1.820) and not tolerated by SIFT. The PANTHER subPSEC score was -4.41655 (cut off point for deleterious mutation is < -3) [19].
The previously known substitution c.4087G > A in exon 9 leading to an amino acid change from glycine to serine (G1363S) (Additional file 1) was identified in a homozygous form in both siblings. Both parents were shown to be carriers of the same mutation.
Here we report four new mutations in the LCT gene underlying congenital lactase deficiency (CLD). The mutations were identified in compound heterozygous form in three patients (Italian and Finnish) with characteristic features of CLD. There are three kinds of evidence that these mutations lead to CLD 1) the substitutions change the amino acid sequence of a protein in a conserved region of the LPH protein, 2) substitutions were predicted to be damaging by several prediction methods and 3) healthy control subjects lack these mutations. We also found mutation G1363S in a homozygous form in two siblings of Turkish origin. This mutation has earlier been reported in one Finnish CLD patient in eastern (near the Russian border) Finland suggesting that the mutation may have been brought to Finland from the east [10]. This is the first time that CLD cases and the underlying mutations have been identified outside Finland.
Mutations E1612X and R1587H are located in the conserved region IV of the mature LCT that encodes lactase activity (Figure (Figure2)2) [20-22]. Mutation E1612X leads to a truncated protein. In substitution R1587H both amino acids are polar, basic amino acids. However, arginine always has a positive charge and a role in the maintenance of protein overall charge balance. Therefore the substitution to histidine (which charge depends on environment) may disturb the overall charge. Substitution S688P and deletion V565fsX567 are located in the region II of the pro-LPH that has been shown to have a role as an intramolecular chaperone in the folding of the LPH-protein (Figure (Figure2)2) [23,24]. Deletion V565fsX567 leads to truncated protein after a few amino acids. A change from a non-aromatic polar serine to cyclic and non-polar proline causes a remarkable change in the chemical and physical properties of the protein.
All four novel mutations were examined by several prediction programs [17]. Although the Blosum62 matrix does not take into account the conservation of the protein region, the results showed that there is low probability of both substitutions (serine to proline and arginine to histidine) of occurring in the functional protein. In PolyPhen the prediction was based on PSIC score (logarithmic ratios of likelihood of a studied amino acid occurring at a particular site to the likelihood of same amino acid occurring at any site) [18]. Since multiple alignment profile scores provide a major contribution to the prediction, it remains reasonably reliable even without the missing 3-D information of LPH. [18]. Using PolyPhen both substitutions (R1587H and S688P) were considered to be pathogenic. The results obtained with SIFT or PANTHER PSEC were in line with the results above.
Taken together, a total of nine mutations are known to underlie CLD to date. The mutations are quite evenly distributed covering both the pro region and the mature LPH (Figure (Figure2).2). Location of mutations does not affect the severity of the phenotype. In contrast, all mutations lead to a severe phenotype. The phenotype of CLD is in striking contrast with the phenotype of adult-type hypolactasia, associated with the normal down-regulation of lactase activity with mild or absent symptoms. It is noteworthy that in these two conditions, the values of lactase activity are partially overlapping in spite of their having different underlying molecular mechanism [2,5-8,10]. However symptoms are much more severe in CLD.
After the identification of the molecular background of CLD, genetic testing has been offered in Finland. Interestingly, nine novel CLD cases were identified in 2006 and two in 2007. All patients were diagnosed at the first weeks of age based on severe watery diarrhoea and loss of weight. Nine of them were homozygous for the major mutation Y1390X further confirming the original results that only one major mutation is enriched in the Finnish population [10]. Two patients were heterozygous for the founder mutation. In both of them (case 2 and 3) new mutations were reported here. Earlier, CLD has been estimated to be very rare with a frequency of 1:60 000 newborns in Finland [5]. The figures presented here suggest that CLD may be more common than previously estimated. CLD should be suspected in neonates with severe diarrhoea which starts after introduction of milk feeding. A high concentration of lactose is present in liquid faeces and may easily be identified. The diarrhoea is cured within hours by substituting milk with a lactose-free formula. Later, CLD may be diagnosed by either genetic testing or by studying disaccharidase concentrations in the duodenal mucosa.
Four new mutations that underlie CLD were identified, of these, two are the first mutations found in continental Europe. The location of mutation in LCT does not seem to affect the severity of the disease. CLD seems to be more common than previously assumed.
BLOSUM: block substitution matrix; CLD: congenital lactase deficiency; HPLC: high-performance liquid chromatography; LPH: lactase phlorizin-hydrolase; LCT: lactase coding gene; PolyPhen: polymorphism phenotyping; PSEC: position specific evolutionary conservation; PSIC: position-specific independent counts; SIFT: sorting intolerant from tolerant
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
ST carried out sequencing, analysis of results, predictions of mutations and drafted the manuscript. RF diagnosed the Italian patient and drafted the manuscript. TR diagnosed the Finnish patient, provided description of Finnish patient and participated in overall drafting. CG diagnosed the Turkish origin patients, provided descriptions of these patients and participated in overall drafting. CC diagnosed the Italian patient and drafted the manuscript. PH participated in designing the study, provided incidence rates of CLD and the original information about patients with unknown mutations in Finland. ES diagnosed the other Finnish patient, carried out disaccharidase assays of Finnish and Italian patients and provided his expertise in drafting the manuscript. IJ conceived the idea of the study, coordinated the study and helped to draft the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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The mutations in the LCT gene found in the patients of this study. Data represents the lactase activities and mutations in DNA and protein level in patients of this study. Primer sequences used in identification of mutations are also provided.
We thank the families for their participation. We are grateful for Sirkku Kristiansen for the measurements of disaccharidase activities. The work was financially supported by the Sigrid Jusélius Foundation, Helsinki, Finland and Helsinki University Research Funding, Helsinki, Finland.
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