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Saturday, November 29, 2008
Spicy Three-Bean Chili - Meatless and Possibly Vegetarian
Eating a little leaner before the big holiday meals is a great idea for several reasons. You'll save money, get extra nutrients to protect your body from excessive partying (and gout), and you'll appreciate those rich foods even more.
I'm going to have a bowl of this chili right now, and then practice my King Henry VIII imitation - you know, drunk, belt loosened, shirt stained with gravy, pointing menacingly at relatives with a roast goose leg, or dripping beef rib. Ah, the holidays. Enjoy!
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2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 jalapeño, seeded, minced
1 red bell pepper, seeded, diced
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 to 1 tsp chipotle chili powder (more for spicier chili)
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 1/2 tbsp Ancho chili powder (or other chili powder)
1 cup tomato sauce
3 cups water (more if needed)
1 (15-oz) can black beans, drained
1 (15-oz) can pinto beans, drained
1 (15-oz) can red kidney beans, drained
1 pound package frozen sweet corn, thawed, drained well
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
6 oz pepper Jack cheese, shredded
33 comments:
thanks for the recent vegeta-- Meatless (!) recipes. :) (definitely gives ma few more things that I can make from your wonderful blog)
Looks delicious - I'll definitely have to try this one! - November 29, 2008 at 5:25 PM
If you are having vegetarians over for dinner, use a kosher cheese. Since rennet is not kosher if used with dairy (at least according to most Orthodox sources - there is some disagreement around the fringes about it), any Kosher cheese is pretty much guaranteed to be lacto-ovo vegetarian friendly.
- November 29, 2008 at 6:32 PM
- Chef John said...
Oy Vegan!
- November 29, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Thank you Chef John! I really enjoy watching your videos.
- November 29, 2008 at 9:01 PM
reminds me of bumblebee soup
- November 29, 2008 at 9:20 PM
- Heather said...
yum, this looks great :) i always enjoy chili most with my belt off, too ;)
- November 29, 2008 at 9:54 PM
What a great recipe! Thanks for sharing John!
- November 29, 2008 at 10:55 PM
So just a quick correction here--this recipe would be, with or without the cheese, vegetarian; with the cheese it would not, however, be vegan.
Vegetarian means that the diet cannot include any animal meat or fat.
Vegan denotes that no animal meat or fat can be used, and additionally, no animal by-products; ie, no eggs, no milk, no cheese; nothing containing these ingedients.
This recipe then would still be considered vegetarian. - November 30, 2008 at 1:42 AM
- Chef John said...
My vegetarian sources tell me that cheese made with animal rennet is a no no for hardcore vegetarians. Any hardcore vegetarians want to corroborate?
- November 30, 2008 at 1:45 AM
is that a tablespoon or a teaspoon of chili powder/cumin?
- December 1, 2008 at 2:43 AM
- Chef John said...
- December 1, 2008 at 3:13 AM
- Chargeorge said...
Chef John, you ever use Canned Chipotles in Adobo? Besides a more intense smoke and chile flavor they also bring in a bit of vinegariness that can help brighten chili's nicely.
I really appreciate recipes like these, I'm not a vegetarian, but the wife and I only eat meat about 3 dinners a week. Beans are also the lazy cooks best friend. Never go bad, cheap, tasty, don't need to much prep and healthy. - December 1, 2008 at 10:40 AM
- Chef John said...
i've used Canned Chipotles in Adobo before but not that often. I should use them more!
- December 1, 2008 at 11:08 AM
- Susannah said...
If God didn't want us to eat animals He wouldn't have made them out of MEAT!
- December 2, 2008 at 6:46 PM
I'm not a vegetarian, but I can tell you that there are cheeses that are not considered vegetarian to some practitioners.
In essence, using a cheese made with rennet would be the equivalent of eating gelatin in terms of it being an animal product. It's not meat per se, but it still comes as a result of killing an animal, which for ethical vegetarians, would be objectionable.
Some cheeses, particularly the harder ones like Parmesan, are almost always made with rennet. Others, like softer cheddars, do not use rennet and are therefore considered vegetarian. In the US, it can be hard to tell because the label often just says says "enzymes," which may or may not be an animal product. There are non-animal derived coagulants and enzymes that are similar to rennet, but they are not perfect substitutes of each other. I believe in Europe, labels generally specify if the coagulant is rennet.
Anyway, wikipedia/google for more info. - December 2, 2008 at 8:27 PM
I make a chili that's almost exactly like this except I use a dark beer (negra modelo or similar) instead of water. I would do basically the same as the video but add the beer before the tomatos and let the alcohol cook off for a minute or so.
- December 3, 2008 at 12:45 PM
hey chef,
i bought navy beans by accident instead of pinto beans. would it still work?
-cindy - December 3, 2008 at 11:28 PM
- Chef John said...
- December 4, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Hi Chef John,
I really like the idea of this recipe. I would like to take it to work for lunch. Do you think it would freeze and thaw well?
Thanks again for the recipes.
Aaron - June 15, 2009 at 5:50 AM
- Chef John said...
yes, u can freeze. enjoy!
- June 15, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Hi Chef. Just wanted to let you know that I made this tonight and it was delicious. Cant wait to have it for lunch tomorrow, and for the next few days too because the wife doesnt like hot food. Not as spicy as I imagined it would be but easily fixed.
Thanks for the recipe. - June 21, 2009 at 4:30 AM
- Unknown said...
I've used a variant of this recipe before. Also, if you want to give it a much 'meatier' flavor, without actually using meat. Try TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein). When properly cooked, it gives it a delicious consistency.
- November 25, 2009 at 3:40 PM
- Unknown said...
Could you add eggplant to this recipe as a meat substitute?
- November 5, 2010 at 6:59 PM
- Unknown said...
Hi Chef John. I love your recipes, I use your site all the time when I need something new to cook. Btw, cauliflower and potato mash = amazingly delicious.
But I am a vegetarian I have been for a few years now. I don't know what animal rennet is, but if its something that requires the animal to be killed then to a vegetarian its just as bad as eating meat. But, what exactly is animal rennet anyway??
And Susannah, people are made of meat too, should we start eating each other? Just saying, you might want to think of a different slogan for endorsing meat eating... - April 19, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- EB6777 said...
Love this recipe so much that I cooked it again tonight. This time I added another cup of tomato sauce and I'm getting a light red foam over the soup while it's simmering.
That didn't happen last time. Did I put too much tomato sauce? - November 14, 2011 at 7:47 PM
- Chef John said...
More sauce shouldn't cause foam. Not sure what's up. Btw, only u will know if it's too much ts when you taste. ;)
- November 14, 2011 at 8:15 PM
- greg said...
I just thought I'd let you know that most rennet used in cheese comes from e-coli these days. Just like insulin that diabetics use scientists spliced the "rennet gene" into the e-coli and Voi la! you have little rennet factories. I guess there wasn't enough calf stomach to satiate our cheese apatite.
- December 1, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- Obsessed with animals said...
Indeed is vegetarian! I'll change to vegan in the cheese. There's this fake cheese from daiya I hear about all the time and I really envy american Vegans :D, I make my own at home though.
Blessings. Loved this recipe. - September 1, 2012 at 10:30 AM
- Unknown said...
How long do i cook the beans???
- October 3, 2012 at 1:40 AM
- Unknown said...
How long am i suppos to cook the beans!?
- October 3, 2012 at 1:40 AM
- Chef John said...
They are canned so already cooked. Just simmer until heated through.
- October 3, 2012 at 11:13 AM
- Unknown said...
SUCCESS!! Thank you, Chef John, for this excellent recipe! I made it last weekend, and liked it so much that I've adapted it for canning into one-quart Mason jars, for inclusion into my wintertime Food Pantry.. First dozen jars are processing now, followed by a second dozen, and then however many jars it takes to finish up the beans.
Only mistake I made was using crushed tomatoes, instead of tomato sauce or puree. Will fix that with the next batch of sauce I make up.
Even so, I really like this recipe. Not only is it delicious and nutritious, it's also dirt-cheap to make! Not including spices, I'm estimating my cost at about one dollar per quart of chili. I still have half of the dried beans I started out with, so I'll process another 30 quarts next week; with the slight modification of using tomato sauce, and adding in some diced roma tomatoes as well.
I can't wait to experiment with your Roasted Sweet Potato and Black Bean chili! If I can get the roasted sweet potatoes to survive the canning process, ohh laa laa! - September 21, 2017 at 5:00 PM
- Unknown said...
Great recipe. I left out the cheese and didn't garnish with sour cream to keep it vegan. I also sweated out my veggies in bacon fat because bacon is good. Also added 1 lbs of ground turkey, a big splash of chicken stock, and when heavy on all the spices.
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GOP Objects To 'Millionaires Surtax'; Millionaires We Found? Not So Much
GOP Objects To 'Millionaires Surtax'; Millionaires We Found? Not So Much
For the second week in a row, the Senate on Thursday voted down proposals to extend the payroll tax holiday through next year. In the case of the Democrats' proposal, Republicans objected to the "millionaires surtax" that would be used to pay for it.
Ever since the idea of the surtax was introduced weeks ago, Republicans in Congress have railed against it, arguing that it is a direct hit on small-business owners and other job creators.
The argument is that many small-business owners report company profits on their individual taxes because of the way their businesses are structured. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., says the surtax would hurt their ability to hire.
"It's just intuitive that, you know, if you're somebody who's in business and you get hit with a tax increase, it's going to be that much harder, I think, to make investments that are going to lead to job creation," says Thune.
We wanted to talk to business owners who would be affected. So, NPR requested help from numerous Republican congressional offices, including House and Senate leadership. They were unable to produce a single millionaire job creator for us to interview.
So we went to the business groups that have been lobbying against the surtax. Again, three days after putting in a request, none of them was able to find someone for us to talk to. A group called the Tax Relief Coalition said the problem was finding someone willing to talk about their personal taxes on national radio.
So next we put a query on Facebook. And several business owners who said they would be affected by the "millionaires surtax" responded.
"It's not in the top 20 things that we think about when we're making a business hire," said Ian Yankwitt, who owns Tortoise Investment Management.
Tortoise is a boutique investment firm in White Plains, N.Y. Yankwitt has 10 employees and in recent years has done a lot of hiring.
As a result, Yankwitt says he's had many conversations about hiring, "both with respect to specific people, with respect to whether we should hire one junior person or two, whether we should hire a senior person."
He says his ultimate marginal tax rate "didn't even make it on the agenda."
Yankwitt says deciding to bring on another employee is all about return on investment. Will adding another person to the payroll make his company more successful?
For Jason Burger, the motivation is similar.
"If my taxes go up, I have slightly less disposable income, yes," said Burger, co-owner of CSS International Holdings, a global infrastructure contractor. "But that has nothing to do with what my business does. What my business does is based on the contracts that it wins and the demand for its services."
Burger says his Michigan-based company is hiring like crazy, and he'd be perfectly willing to pay the surtax.
"It's only fair that I put back into the system that is the entire reason for my success," said Burger.
For the record, both Burger and Yankwitt have made campaign contributions to Democrats in the past, but they say their views on the surtax are about the economics of their businesses and not their politics.
And they're not alone.
"I, like any other American, especially a business owner, I want to make as much money as I can and I want to keep as much money in my pocket as I can, but I also believe in the greater good," says Deborah Schwarz, who owns LAC Group, an information management firm with offices nationwide and in London.
Surtax or no, Schwarz says she hopes to keep hiring.
"We're going to keep on writing proposals, going after contracts, hopefully winning them, and when we do we're going to continue to hire people," says Schwarz.
All of this contradicts the arguments about job creators being made by Republicans in Congress.
"Those I would say were exceptions to the rule," responds Thune. "I think most small-business owners who are out there right now would argue that raising their taxes has the opposite effect that we would want to have in a down economy."
But those small-business owners apparently don't want to talk.


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Critics Question Pentagon's New Strategy
For two decades, the Pentagon has maintained that it could fight two wars at the same time. But as the Obama administration releases its new military strategy Thursday, some question whether the Pentagon will abandon that long-held commitment.
(Speaking at the Pentagon on Thursday morning, President Obama said that "we'll be strengthening our presence in the Asia-Pacific, and budget reductions will not come at the expense of this critical region." The president added that the U.S. would stay vigilant in other regions, "especially in the Middle East."
There is additional coverage of the president's remarks at NPR's Two-Way blog.)
An early draft of the Pentagon's new strategy, The New York Times reported, said the military would only be able to win one war and spoil an adversary's efforts in a second war.
"I'd be worried about an administration using that term which is really pretty ridiculous," said Elliot Cohen, a professor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins University. "I'm a military historian and I've never seen that word used as a strategic objective of a national power."
That word — "spoil" — may not end up in the final version of the Pentagon strategy. Officials tell NPR the Pentagon is unlikely to scrap the two-war scenario. Part of it is politics, they say: The White House doesn't want to make the president look weak on defense in an election year. Another reason: It sends the wrong message to adversaries like Iran and North Korea.
"Abandoning a two-regional-conflict strategy is a recipe for disaster," said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula, who designed the air campaign for the 1991 Persian Gulf War. "All it does is encourage adventurism on the part of ... potential adversaries out there who want to take advantage of any sign of weakness in the U.S.' commitment."
The notion the U.S. could fight two wars at once always had more to do with politics and budgets than with strategy. Defense Secretary Robert Gates dismissed the idea of putting a ceiling on the number of wars the nation could fight.
"I think that is not a realistic view of the world," he said in 2009. "We are already in two major conflicts. So what if we have a third one or a fourth one or a fifth one."
Reality intrudes on the best-laid plans. Todd Harrison, a defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said the military never had enough troops to handle the two conflicts of this past decade.
"Going into the surge and Iraq, we realized that we did not have sufficient numbers of ground forces to carry out both the surge in Iraq and the ongoing operations in Afghanistan," Harrison said.
So the Pentagon had to increase the size of the Army and Marines Corps by tens of thousands to fight the two wars that its strategy said it could fight.
"We've been through these two long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," Cohen of Johns Hopkins said. "You can argue that while we've been doing that we haven't paid nearly as much attention at bolstering our forces in Asia, particularly our naval forces."
The military strategy that will be unveiled Thursday is expected to focus on Asia, and that means more money for the Air Force and Navy to build aircraft and ships. The question is how to afford any new hardware. The White House has called for half a trillion dollars in Pentagon spending cuts over the next decade.
Deptula complained that the Pentagon's strategy is being driven by number crunchers at the Office of Management and Budget.
"Some midlevel career bureaucrat in OMB figured out a dollar number to reduce the Defense Department by and so we jump to that number," he said.
Deptula said the right way to come up with a strategy is to ask this question: "What does the nation want to do in the context of security? And then making the determination in the adjustment of budget."
That Pentagon budget for that new strategy will be released next month. The Army is expected to be the big loser. Those tens of thousands of troops that were needed for Iraq and Afghanistan will be cut to pay for the ships and planes needed for Asia.


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Aspect Ratiogate 07: BioShock Widescreen Working as Intended, Says 2K
"We went through dozens of iterations and finally settled upon a widescreen aspect ratio that best suited the gameplay experience," said 2K community manager Elizabeth Tobey in response to the scandal. "Once this FOV was established, we chose to keep exactly the same horizontal FOV for standard def displays, so as not to in any way alter the gameplay experience.
"Instead of cropping the FOV for 4:3 displays and making all 4:3 owners mad in doing so," she continued, "we slightly extended the vertical FOV for standard def mode: we never wanted to have black bars on people's displays... We felt that it best served our goal of keeping the game experience as close as possible to the original design and art vision on both types of displays.
"We did what we thought was the best thing for the game: developing and optimizing it for widescreen displays, and making the decision not to do the usual crop for 4:3 displays. As a consumer, you certainly have the right to disagree."
Some folks have already taken up arms in opposition, releasing an unofficial patch for the demo that increases the widescreen field of view.
Despite the controversy, Shacknews stands by its BioShock review score. We pledge to keep you updated from the Widescreen Situation Room as the Story of the Week continues.


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Freaking delish!! I should have used my tuna steaks for this! They were a little sad on their own with just asparagus.
I don't get the "no cheese with seafood" rule. I'm pretty sure I've had parmesan crusted fish many times and it's amazing. And shrimp Alfredo? Also yummy.
Chef John,
You always say cook the pasta a minute or two under then cook the rest in the sauce. How about cooking the pasta in the sauce in the beginning. What kind of effect would that be?
you can if you have the perfect amount of liquid, it just much trickier and this is delicious as is!
Chef - luv the video! Awesome production!
Wouldn't cooking the pasta in the sauce thicken the sauce too much? All that starch from the pasta would be released into sauce, no?
Always such a treat when you post new recipes. I have tried a few and loved each one :) Cant wait to give this a go!
Ughhh, this looks so good, but I don't eat fish (don't yell at me). Damn you Chef John!
As much as I love it when wade into controversy, I have to say it's less fun when I agree with you. Nobody in their right mind would argue with this recipe(and I make a risotto with shrimp, peas, and Parmesan that's pretty nice). But if you call it a guideline, rather than a rule, the no cheese with fish thing has merit.
T - Yes, if only all fundamentalists changed their laws and rules into guidelines, what a wonderfully world this would be. :-)
mike, are you allergic or just crazy?
This is one of a larger pattern of pasta recipes I see on this site. It has altered my overall pasta dish technique for the better. I now look at these as inspiration which is just perfect. I made a mac and cheese recently and kept the sauce thinner than usual. I then tossed it into the pot with the nearly finished pasta and added some frozen peas. In five minutes I had a bowl of the most comforting mac and cheese I've ever made. The recipes are great but the techniques are priceless. Thank you.
Hey Chef
Please add your version of Tomato soup to your (I'm sure) large stack of requests.
And since I think tomato soup is cold weather comfort food - and winter store tomatoes taste bland - it would be great if you could make sure we know how to substitute canned tomatoes
What would you use instead of cream of tomato soup? Tomato sauce?
man i love sandwich themed dishes! I would add some breadcrumbs or croutons and finish the whole thing in a casserole under the grill for those last few minutes to add some crunch. oh, and a bit more melting cheese... thank you!!
My sauce is absorbing into the pasta as we speak! I would never have thought to do this, but it tastes so good, I can't wait for it to be finally ready. I think my favorite bit might be the oregano, thanks for another great meal CJ!
Whoops, tarragon isn't in the ingredients list...
Time to stockpile tuna before the melting japanese nuclear power plant turns the ocean into a toxic dump!
This looks simple and tasty, I'll try it soon :D
Hi chef! The tomato and amount to use is not listed on the ingredient list.
There's no tomato in it, only the soup.
How many servings would this be?
Maybe 4
This was amazingly easy and delicious. I will keep these ingredients in my pantry from now on. My boyfriend thought it was as good or better than his favorite pasta dish at a local Sicilian place he loves. Thank you for the great and easy recipe!
Holy Cannoli, was this delish! And my hubby, who is pretty picky, ate 2 helpings!
I had to tweak a few things since the measurements I had were a little different from the recipe. (I couldn't find a carton of tomato soup so I bought another well-known brand of creamy tomato soup. One can was 19 ounces. 2 cans = 4 cups. Then my box of penne pasta was 16 ounces instead of 14.5.)
I didn't add any water since I wanted to see how everything cooked down after the 10 minutes. Turned out it was perfect! I poured the tomato mixture into the pasta (with dried tarragon instead of fresh) and fresh Parmesan cheese, allowed it to stand 2 minutes, stirred, covered for another minute and dag... it smelled amazing!
This is my new tuna love dish! I'm going to be sharing it with my friends and family. And I'm a bit embarrassed to admit I've never used tarragon, but what a wonderful herb! It added just the right amount of sweetness and the red pepper gave it a nice kick. Well done, Chef John! Mangia, mangia! :-)
I had some tuna packed in olive oil burning a whole in my pantry that I was stuck to find a new use for. I can hardly wait for dinner tonight to make this recipe. So clever, and it's something where I already have everything I need in my kitchen. Thank you!
I've finally figured out that steaming gluten-free pasta in the sauce can have the unintended consequence of turning the pasta into glue, regardless of careful under-cooking. So a tip to GF folks: only steam the pasta in the sauce for a minute or two, no more.
Hello Chef John,
This my first recipe i made from your Blog. And it's a big succes here @ home. I also toke a dish to my Father (He love's Pasta and Tuna). He said that's his new Favourite Pasta dish. haha. When i told him how simple it was to make and what i put in it (tomato cream soup) he had to laugh real loud. I saw some more nice recipe's i want to try soon. Thank you and keep up the good work ;-)
Best wishes from Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I made this tonight and it tasted like restaurant quality pasta. I did not have tarragon so I put in a little extra oregano, some mushrooms and a squeeze of Laura Santini's #5 Umami Paste. It came out amazing! Thanks for the recipe.
Hi Chef John,
I'm Ukrainian girl that worked more than 2 years in Italy, Tuscany. I wanna admit that yours Italian dishes look BUONISSIMO !!! Bravo Chef John, ma è bravo davvero!
usually your cooking is quality but on this dish you lost me even before the cheese was added...
it just looked like cheap&panic put everything you can find in a pan and cook...
i followed the link to the blog where i learned you describe this abomination as diner food.
now it all makes sense.
How many servings can this recipe make? Thanks a lot! :)
about 4!
Hi. I tried this before and god it tasted good. Now I'm going to serve this in tomorrow nights dinner with my family! You say this serves 4? How big is a serving?
Enough for 4, but not huge portions. No leftovers for sure.
It would be great if in every recipe, you can leave a serving portion size? As a single guy that likes to cook, I sure don't want to make too much and have leftovers!
As it happened I had two cups of creamy tomato soup in the fridge (left over from your excellent spicy shrimp bisque) so I decided to make this tonight for my wife and me. I really enjoyed it -- kind of a poor man's pasta di mare. Not a bad dinner for fifteen minutes of effort a few dollars-worth of panty items.
Full disclosure: My wife didn't care for the combination of tomato and tuna, but I thought she was crazy. I guess if you like tuna melts with tomato soup this would appeal to you (as it did to me).
Thanks for another great recipe Chef John!
This looks simple and tasty, I'll try it soon...Tuna Pasta
My husband made this for me and smuggled it into the hospital, which rocked. We watched the video yesterday and made it today. We both REALLY enjoyed and will make it again soon.
He followed the recipe and it was dead on using the brands available here. Only question was..serves 2? Really? We ate less than half at our first sitting.
Thanks for this recipe and keep up with what you do. We are your fans over in Holland.
OMG another great, easy and delicious recipe. I was a little worried about the tomato soup, but with herbs and other ingredients I defy anyone to identify it. Thank you again.
This looks incredible. Is it possible to use salmon instead of tuna? Picky teenage girls don't like tuna. Lol
This is a good dish. Tuna in some sort of tomato sauce with anchovies (and some capers if you want) always works fine. I just wish that I could remember that I do not like tarragon (I dont like licorice). It was still fine but next time I have to keep the tarragon out.
Thanks for this great post, i like it keep sharing
Chicken, Garlic, and Sundried Tomato Pasta
Gonna try it out
Hi chef John.
Thank you for this tantalizing recipe. . It's simply delicious.. I tweeted it a bit by adding mozeralla n cheddar cheese.. Its a big hit with my fussy family..
Warm regards
Vicky Pillay South Africa ..
Super impressed with the recipe. Quick and uncomplicated. Simply delicious. Tewwted it a bit by adding cheddar n mozeralla cheese. Vicky Pillay. South Africa.


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Quite the busy day so far. We've seen GDR2 updates rolling out for a handful of Lumia owners around the globe. Not to be forgotten, the HTC 8X on AT&T looks to be experiencing its own rollout. We've seen the 8X receive GDR2 over the past few weeks, but it's time for AT&T to get some action.
A Windows Phone Central reader just received an update on their AT&T branded 8X. The update brings the OS to 8.0.10327.77, which as you know is something known as GDR2. What's in store for all you folks who will soon be getting GDR2? Things like an improved Xbox Music, Skype, and Internet Explorer. You can also look forward to FM Radio, Data Sense, and a handful of improvements.
Have an 8X on AT&T? Go to the settings and then check to see if you have an update available, (Settings -> Phone update -> Check for updates).
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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
The Treasury and Justice Departments today sought to clarify for banks how they might navigate the murky legal waters of the marijuana business. Murky because pot is legal in a growing number of states but remains illegal under federal law. NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports on these new terms under which a bank must operate if it wants to offer financial services to this emerging industry.
YUKI NOGUCHI, BYLINE: In the absence of specific federal guidance, most banks had kept marijuana businesses at arms' length, denying them loans, checking or savings accounts - which meant that, like the street-drug trade, many state-sanctioned pot-sellers were doing a cash-only business. Taylor West is deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association. She calls the rules a victory for her group's members.
TAYLOR WEST: They've had to do things like payroll entirely in cash. It creates huge security issues for the businesses, for their employees, and then it also makes it more difficult for them to handle the transparent accounting that the industry is trying to put in as a standard.
NOGUCHI: A division within the Treasury Department issued the rules today. They expand on a Justice Department memo issued last year that outlined broad-brush priorities for federal prosecutors investigating marijuana trafficking. Today's new rules set forth a laundry list of requirements, including that banks very closely monitor the revenue, deposits, withdrawals, and the businesses' owners and employees. And the banks must file reports with regulators if the transactions don't add up or otherwise look suspicious. West says some banks will see the new rules as a positive development.
WEST: We don't expect every bank in the country to immediately sign on. But I think there are a lot of banks that see that this is an industry that's projected to be worth $2.5 billion in 2014.
NOGUCHI: But the American Bankers Association disagrees. It says the new guidelines don't change anything and that banks would still face the risk of prosecution for getting involved with the pot business. Yuki Noguchi, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Monday Night Football Recap — Panthers Beat Patriots, 24-20
Cam Newton threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Ted Ginn Jr. with 59 seconds to play, and the Carolina Panthers beat the New England Patriots, 24-20, in Charlotte on Monday night. With his team trailing 20-17, Newton found Ginn with a short pass, and the speedy receiver turned it into the score that gave Carolina (7-3) the win over New England (7-3).
The Patriots drove inside the Panthers' 20-yard line in the final minute, but Tom Brady's pass on the game's final play was intercepted by safety Robert Lester. An official threw a flag when it appeared intended receiver Rob Gronkowski had been interfered with, but the referees waved off the penalty to end the game.
Newton finished with 209 passing yards and three touchdowns for Carolina. He added 62 rushing yards on seven carries.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, organizers said.
Organizers said "March Against Monsanto" protests were held in 52 countries and 436 cities, including Los Angeles where demonstrators waved signs that read "Real Food 4 Real People" and "Label GMOs, It's Our Right to Know."
Genetically modified plants are grown from seeds that are engineered to resist insects and herbicides, add nutritional benefits or otherwise improve crop yields and increase the global food supply.
Most corn, soybean and cotton crops grown in the United States today have been genetically modified. But critics say genetically modified organisms can lead to serious health conditions and harm the environment. The use of GMOs has been a growing issue of contention in recent years, with health advocates pushing for mandatory labeling of genetically modified products even though the federal government and many scientists say the technology is safe.
The 'March Against Monsanto' movement began just a few months ago, when founder and organizer Tami Canal created a Facebook page on Feb. 28 calling for a rally against the company's practices.
"If I had gotten 3,000 people to join me, I would have considered that a success," she said Saturday. Instead, she said an "incredible" number of people responded to her message and turned out to rally.
"It was empowering and inspiring to see so many people, from different walks of life, put aside their differences and come together today," Canal said. The group plans to harness the success of the event to continue its anti-GMO cause.
"We will continue until Monsanto complies with consumer demand. They are poisoning our children, poisoning our planet," she said. "If we don't act, who's going to?"
Protesters in Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina, where Monsanto's genetically modified soy and grains now command nearly 100 percent of the market, and the company's Roundup-Ready chemicals are sprayed throughout the year on fields where cows once grazed. They carried signs saying "Monsanto-Get out of Latin America"
In Portland, thousands of protesters took to Oregon streets. Police estimate about 6,000 protesters took part in Portland's peaceful march, and about 300 attended the rally in Bend. Other marches were scheduled in Baker City, Coos Bay, Eugene, Grants Pass, Medford, Portland, Prineville and Redmond.
Across the country in Orlando, about 800 people gathered with signs, pamphlets and speeches in front of City Hall. Maryann Wilson of Clermont, Fla., said she learned about Monsanto and genetically modified food by watching documentaries on YouTube.
"Scientists are saying that because they create their own seeds, they are harming the bees," Wilson told the Orlando Sentinel. "That is about as personal as it gets for me."
Chrissy Magaw was one of about 200 protesters who walked from a waterfront park to the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Pensacola.
She told WEAR-TV that knowing what you eat and put into your body is the most important decision you make every day.
In Birmingham, Ala., about 80 protesters turned out at Rhodes Park, some dressed as bees and butterflies, Al.com reported.
SI Reasoning, an activist, artist and musician who lives in Vestavia, Ala., described Monsanto's handling of GMOs as a "huge, uncontrolled experiment on the American people."
Monsanto Co., based in St. Louis, said that it respects people's rights to express their opinion on the topic, but maintains that its seeds improve agriculture by helping farmers produce more from their land while conserving resources such as water and energy.
The Food and Drug Administration does not require genetically modified foods to carry a label, but organic food companies and some consumer groups have intensified their push for labels, arguing that the modified seeds are floating from field to field and contaminating traditional crops. The groups have been bolstered by a growing network of consumers who are wary of processed and modified foods.
The U.S. Senate this week overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would allow states to require labeling of genetically modified foods.
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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Princeton a $3.3 million challenge grant to support the University's creation of the Fellows in the Creative and Performing Arts program, which will bring innovative early- to mid-career artists to campus. The program is part of an initiative to make the arts central to the Princeton undergraduate experience.
"Interaction with these professional artists will encourage students to explore the arts in ways that will deepen both their own creativity and their appreciation of the artistic calling throughout their lives," said Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman. "I am sincerely grateful to the Mellon Foundation for recognizing the importance of Princeton's arts initiative and supporting fellowships for emerging artists of great potential."
The University's arts initiative, presented by Tilghman to the University's Board of Trustees in January 2006, led to the creation of the Lewis Center for the Arts in 2007 and has allowed Princeton to expand significantly its programs in visual arts, musical performance, dance, theater, creative writing and the interdisciplinary Princeton Atelier.
The first fellows are expected to be chosen, based on work of extraordinary promise and demonstrated teaching ability, during the 2012-13 academic year and arrive on campus in the fall of 2013.
While on campus, the fellows will create, exhibit and perform their work; teach undergraduates; and participate in seminars and conferences. They also will serve as intermediaries between faculty and students, much as graduate students and postdoctoral scholars do in other academic departments, bringing fresh perspectives to the programs of the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Department of Music. They will receive salaries and benefits and have access to studios or other spaces necessary for their work.
"These fellowships will enrich the entire Princeton community by bringing to campus emerging artists who have begun to be recognized in their fields for their achievements and their potential for growth," said Michael Cadden, chair of the Lewis Center. "As artists, they will benefit from a vibrant intellectual and artistic environment, creating exciting new work that will allow them to take the next step in their various professions. As teachers, they'll serve as role models for students contemplating a career in the arts and for others with a curiosity about what might be involved in making such a choice."
He added that "the campus and the entire regional community will have the pleasure of collaborating — as fellow artists or as audience members — with choreographers, musicians, poets, playwrights, sculptors, filmmakers and many other kinds of 'makers' as they engage in the hard task of artistic research and development."
The Mellon Foundation's challenge grant has been matched through the gift of an anonymous alumnus in support of the Fellows in the Creative and Performing Arts, essentially doubling its power and creating four new endowed fellowships over five years. The program will also receive support through the landmark $101 million gift from Peter B. Lewis, a member of Princeton's Class of 1955, that established the Lewis Center for the Arts.
In addition to building on this progress, the Fellows in the Creative and Performing Arts program will enhance the University's ability to serve as an incubator of artistic talent and a patron of the arts. As part of the Princeton community, the fellows will have opportunities to establish lifelong connections with other artists and scholars and with students, faculty and alumni who have been influenced by their work.
Mellon Foundation President Don Randel, a scholar in musicology and an advocate for the humanities, said: "The Mellon Foundation is pleased to support Princeton's groundbreaking initiative to integrate the arts into the undergraduate curriculum. We expect that the success of Princeton's distinctive and ambitious arts programs and support for working artists will inspire other universities to make the arts a fundamental part of their educational mission."
The Mellon Foundation was formed in 1969 through the consolidation of two existing foundations — the Avalon Foundation, which had been established by Ailsa Mellon Bruce, daughter of Andrew W. Mellon, and the Old Dominion Foundation, which had been established by Paul Mellon, son of Andrew W. Mellon.
Headquartered in New York City, the Mellon Foundation makes grants principally in five core program areas: higher education and scholarship, libraries and scholarly communications, conservation and the environment, museums and art conservation, and performing arts. The foundation has been instrumental in the development of ARTstor, JSTOR and Ithaka, nonprofit organizations engaged in furthering the uses of information technology to benefit higher education around the world.
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So long, and thanks for all the fish
Back in Toronto, and, to demonstrate that WonderBaby's Royal Western Tour was not entirely a morose perambulation through the forests of despair, herewith a story. A story with a moral or two, and some cursing. Not for General audiences; Rated P for Parents Only.
The final leg of WonderBaby's Royal Western Tour brought us to Tsawassen, BC, just south of Vancouver, to visit a dear, dear family that are as close as family as friends can get without actually being related by blood (a family that consists of one Super Awesome Mom and four of the sweetest gentlemen - one big and three small - that one could ever hope to meet, let alone claim a bond of near-familial friendship with.)
It was one of the smaller of these gentlemen, a unusually keen 7 year-old (let's call him Clever Little Awesome Man), who, during the ride home from baseball practice last week, raised with his mother (the aforementioned Super Awesome Mom) a topic that some of us expect to have to address one day with our own children:
CLAM: Mommy, why do you always call us 'dude'?
(OMG blog fodder. HBM's inner pad and pencil are readied for action.)
CLAM: Because, Mommy, it's a bad word.
SAM: A bad word?
CLAM: Yes.
SAM: It's not a bad word. Why do you think that it's a bad word?
CLAM: Because it is a bad word.
SAM: Who told you that it was a bad word?
CLAM: Nobody.
SAM: Who told you?
CLAM: Nobody.
SAM: Who?
CLAM: Nolan.
SAM: (Raised eyebrow.)
CLAM: Nolan said it was a bad word.
SAM: What did he say it means?
CLAM: Nothing. (Precocious little-boy giggle)
SAM: What did he say that it means?
CLAM: Nothing. (Louder giggle.)
SAM: Can you come over here and whisper it to me?
CLAM: (In mother's ear) mumble mumble giggle mumble giggle.SAM: I can't understand you, sweetie.
CLAM: mumble mumble mumble giggle.
SAM: I still can't understand you.
CLAM: (Loudly and clearly) DOLPHIN WEINER.
(Super Awesome Mom and HBM goggle at each other)
SAM: (Straight-faced) I think that Nolan gave you some bad information.
At which point HBM cannot contain herself any longer: I am totally blogging about this, OK? I am totally blogging about this.
And then, a quiet voice from the back seat: What's blogging?
Because CLAM's SAM has such tremendous respect for her child's information-gathering capabilities and for the savvy of his friends - Nolan, apparently, is a junior zoology buff - she decided that before we completely undermined Nolan's authority on all things dude and dolphin, we should check our sources and confirm our own information (that is, that dude does not, in fact, mean dolphin weiner. Because you never know.)
So, once home, down we sit with our respective laptops, babies on floor, older boys - CLAM and his younger brother, Clever Little Awesome Climber Kid (usually to be found on a fence or in a tree) - retired to the backyard, and Google pages open in front of us. Laughing our fucking asses off. (That moratorium on cursing? Over. 'Cuz, um, HA.) Dolphin wiener!!! DOOOOOD! Do you think that dude really means that? I don't know, dude. Dolphin wiener is pretty weird, dude.
(I won't go into the Google Search Result details. Let's just say that when you google 'dolphin genitalia' you become one of those crazy google pervs that turn up on sitemeter. Beyond that, you don't want to know.)Things then took a dramatic turn for the surreal when, just as two thirty-something mommies are shrieking DOOOOOD! at each other in reaction to the decidely non-zoological page that opened up after they clicked on a dolphin-penis link that they should not have clicked, two small boys came running into the room, anxious to know what are you doing Mommy? MOMMY?!?
And when the older baby (WonderBaby's Big Cool Boy Friend, baby brother to CLAM and CLACK) started squealing, just at that moment, his first words:
Doood! dood. dood. dood. dood. DOOD!
And when, as laptops slammed shut, the boys demanded to know the following: are you blogging?
(dood dood dood dood DOOD!)
And: what's blogging?
(dood dood dood)(Frantic mothers trying to shove dolphin-porn transmission devices out of sight.)
(dood dood dood)
Something bad?
Something bad indeed. Something that respectable mothers probably shouldn't be doing. Telling tales about street slang and the sex lives of sea mammals. Exploiting the charming moments of childhood for a laugh. Poking fun at some kid named Nolan.
Having a wicked good time.
We've both missed you.


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Clinton Releases Road Map For AIDS-Free Generation
by Lauran Neergaardap, Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP)—In an ambitious road map for slashing the global spread of AIDS, the Obama administration says treating people sooner and more rapid expansion of other proven tools could help even the hardest-hit countries begin turning the tide of the epidemic over the next three to five years.
"An AIDS-free generation is not just a rallying cry—it is a goal that is within our reach," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who ordered the blueprint, said in the report.
"Make no mistake about it, HIV may well be with us into the future but the disease that it causes need not be," she said at the State Department Thursday.
President Barack Obama echoed that promise.
"We stand at a tipping point in the fight against HIV/AIDS, and working together, we can realize our historic opportunity to bring that fight to an end," Obama said in a proclamation to mark World AIDS Day on Saturday.
Some 34 million people worldwide are living with HIV, and despite a decline in new infections over the last decade, 2.5 million people were infected last year.
Given those staggering figures, what does an AIDS-free generation mean? That virtually no babies are born infected, young people have a much lower risk than today of becoming infected, and that people who already have HIV would receive life-saving treatment.
That last step is key: Treating people early in their infection, before they get sick, not only helps them survive but also dramatically cuts the chances that they'll infect others. Yet only about 8 million HIV patients in developing countries are getting treatment. The United Nations aims to have 15 million treated by 2015.
Other important steps include: Treating more pregnant women, and keeping them on treatment after their babies are born; increasing male circumcision to lower men's risk of heterosexual infection; increasing access to both male and female condoms; and more HIV testing.
The world spent $16.8 billion fighting AIDS in poor countries last year. The U.S. government is the leading donor, spending about $5.6 billion.
Thursday's report from PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, outlines how progress could continue at current spending levels—something far from certain as Congress and Obama struggle to avert looming budget cuts at year's end—or how faster progress is possible with stepped-up commitments from hard-hit countries themselves.
Clinton warned Thursday that the U.S. must continue doing its share: "In the fight against HIV/AIDS, failure to live up to our commitments isn't just disappointing, it's deadly."
The report highlighted Zambia, which already is seeing some declines in new cases of HIV. It will have to treat only about 145,000 more patients over the next four years to meet its share of the U.N. goal, a move that could prevent more than 126,000 new infections in that same time period. But if Zambia could go further and treat nearly 198,000 more people, the benefit would be even greater—179,000 new infections prevented, the report estimates.
In contrast, if Zambia had to stick with 2011 levels of HIV prevention, new infections could level off or even rise again over the next four years, the report found.
Advocacy groups said the blueprint offers a much-needed set of practical steps to achieve an AIDS-free generation—and makes clear that maintaining momentum is crucial despite economic difficulties here and abroad.
"The blueprint lays out the stark choices we have: To stick with the baseline and see an epidemic flatline or grow, or ramp up" to continue progress, said Chris Collins of amFAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research.
His group has estimated that more than 276,000 people would miss out on HIV treatment if U.S. dollars for the global AIDS fight are part of across-the-board spending cuts set to begin in January.
Thursday's report also urges targeting the populations at highest risk, including gay men, injecting drug users and sex workers, especially in countries where stigma and discrimination has denied them access to HIV prevention services.
"We have to go where the virus is," Clinton said.


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"We've been all over the place and it's been a fun road, and the road is gonna continue with more success at featherweight." - Clay Guida
Despite his current status as one of the UFC's most popular fighters, Clay Guida is old school. Old school in the sense that he's been plugging away in this sport since before there were action figures, trading cards, and network television deals. So when the longtime lightweight contender filmed a commercial and had his face plastered on billboards for one of his sponsors, SafeAuto Insurance, it hit home just how far he had come in a little under a decade.
"It really does," said Guida. "My sister and her family live a block or two away from where one of the SafeAuto billboards is, so it's really cool. Talk about hitting home, when your little niece and nephew get to see this thing every day on the way to school. It's special in that sense, and the support system from Safe Auto and the UFC combined has just been huge in our family and inspiring to our teammates and other MMA fighters that can use the extra promotion and exposure in building their names."
And while every little bit helps in that aspect, given Guida's personality, fan friendliness, action-packed fighting style, and wild mane of hair, you get the impression that he would have made it into everyone's living room one way or another, even without the SafeAuto exposure. It's why Guida – win or lose – has always been must see TV since his UFC debut in 2006, and he's got the five Fight of the Night and two Submission of the Night awards to prove it.
Yet despite his success, after close losses to Benson Henderson and Gray Maynard, Guida decided to make the move ten pounds south to featherweight, with his debut at 145 pounds set for January 26th in Chicago against Japan's Hatsu Hioki.
"We fought the best in the lightweight division and got very close to the top," he said. "We've had a couple of chances for a number one contendership or whatever you want to call it, and had some Fight of the Night bonuses and Fight of the Years. We've been all over the place and it's been a fun road, and the road is gonna continue with more success at featherweight."
This past June, Guida went five rounds with Maynard in a bout that ended with a controversial split decision going to "The Bully." It wasn't the first close decision Guida was on the wrong end of, but it was the one that pushed him and his team to consider a change of scenery.
"Looking at my record in the UFC, 9-7, it just doesn't sit well, and I demand more out of myself and I know I can do better and always improve," he said. "People see my fighting style, and if they've seen my fights, that record could be 15-1 just like that. I think there's only really one fight that I went out there and it wasn't even a close fight, and that was the Kenny Florian fight (in 2009), which helped change my career in a positive way. So looking at it as a whole and in the bigger picture of my career, after the Maynard fight I spoke with my brother (fellow fighter Jason Guida), who is a huge influence in my life and my career, and he said it might be that time to cut those extra pounds and get down to '45 and start pushing people around and start knocking dudes out. He said 'You had some close fights, you stunned Gray a few times and wobbled Ben, but we've gotta start finishing these guys.' So I thought about that, and let it soak in for a while."
And after consulting with his Jackson's MMA coaching staff and his management, Guida pulled the trigger on what isn't just an intriguing move for his career, but for the featherweight division as a whole, as Guida joins former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar as newcomers to the 145-pound weight class in 2013. Guida's excited about the move and about the coming year.
"I just know that with the impact that Frankie and I are gonna make, and along with my teammates Cub Swanson and Diego Brandao, we can run the division," he said. "I don't put myself on a pedestal; I just know how competitive we are, and that with the proper training and the proper diet, it won't be more than a couple fights before the UFC's gonna want to put a big face in there. So I'm excited about the opportunity that lies ahead of us."


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Human | WB (brain malignant glioma,A172,293T,) Western Blot analysis of Human brain malignant glioma, A172 cells and 293T cells using ARHGEF7 Polyclonal Antibody at dilution of 1:800. Western Blot analysis of Human brain malignant glioma, A172 cells and 293T cells using ARHGEF7 Polyclonal Antibody at dilution of 1:800. Western Blot analysis of Human brain malignant glioma, A172 cells and 293T cells using ARHGEF7 Polyclonal Antibody at dilution of 1:800. (gastric cancer,thyroid cancer,) Immunohistochemistry of paraffin-embedded Human gastic cancer using ARHGEF7 Polyclonal Antibody at dilution of 1:40. Immunohistochemistry of paraffin-embedded Human thyroid cancer using ARHGEF7 Polyclonal Antibody at dilution of 1:40. |
1.Protein extraction
1)For tissue sample
a. Take the samples, wash the tissue thoroughly with pre-cooled PBS (0.01 M, pH=7.4)(Cat# E-BC-R187) to remove the surface blood and internal debris.
b. Weigh and smash the tissue, add an appropriate ratio of RIPA Lysis Buffer (Cat# E-BC-R327)(add 10 μL PMSF and 10 μL Na3VO4 to each 1 mL RIPA Lysis) and homogenizely lyse the tissue.
It is recommended to homogenize according to the ratio of tissue weight: RIPA volume = 3:10. For example, add 1 mL RIPA Lysis Buffer to 0.3 g tissue sample, the specific volume can be adjusted according to experimental requirements.
c. Shake and lyse on the ice for 30 min after homogenization. And then sonicate the sample for 1 min (under ice water bath conditions) with 2 s' sonication and 2 s' intervals to make cells fully lysis and reduce the viscosity of sample.
d. Centrifuge at 12,000 rpm for 10 min at 4℃.
e. Take the supernatant and measure the protein concentration mentioned in step2.
2)For cell sample
a. Collect the cells, wash them thoroughly with pre-cooled PBS (0.01 M, pH=7.4) to remove the medium off (it is generally recommended to wash 3 times).
b. Add an appropriate ratio of RIPA Lysate Buffer (10 μL PMSF and 10 μL Na3VO4 in each 1 mL RIPA Lysis) and lyse on the ice for 30 min.
It is recommended to add 0.1 mL of RIPA Lysis Buffer to each well of a 6-well plates (the protein content in different cells may vary, and the volume of the lysate added can be appropriately adjusted).
c. Sonicate the sample for 1 min (under ice water bath conditions) with 2 s' sonication and 2 s' intervals to make cells fully lyse and reduce viscosity of sample.
d. Centrifuge at 12,000 rpm for 10 min at 4℃.
e. Take the supernatant and measure the protein concentration mentioned in step2.
2.Measurement of protein concentration
By the BCA method (see the Total Protein Colorimetric Assay Kit (Cat# E-BC-K318) instructions).
3.Boiling the samples
Adjust the protein concentration with PBS Buffer. Add 5 × SDS Loading Buffer (Cat# E-BC-R288) with the ratio of the protein sample: 5 × SDS Loading Buffer = 4:1 and boil the mixture for 10 min. Centrifuge at 12,000 rpm for 2 min and collect the supernatant. The denatured protein can be employed to Western Blot experiments or stored at -20℃ or -80℃.
Note: It is recommended that the total protein loading amount of test sample is about 50 μg in each well. Try to make the loading volume of each sample close to 10 μL.
1.According to the molecular weight of the target protein, prepare 0% separation gel. Add the test sample to each well, and add 5 μL of Pre-stained Protein Marker (Cat# E-BC-R273)to a reserved well in order to verify the target molecular weight and the extent of membrane transfer. Add Electrophoresis Buffer ( Cat# E-BC-R331) and start electrophoresis.
2.Electrophoresis at 80v when the samples are in stacking gel, then convert to 120v when the blue flow into the separating gel. Electrophoresis time is about 2-3 h till bromophenol blue reaches the bottom of the gel.
1.Choose the PVDF Membrane (Cat# E-BC-R266) with a pore size of μm according to the molecular weight of the target protein. Soak the PVDF Membrane in methanol for 1 min to activate it, and then soak the PVDF Membrane in the Transmembrane Buffer (Cat# E-BC-R333), the filter paper and fiber mat must be soaked in the Transmembrane Buffer for use too.
2.Follow manufacture instructions of Transfer System for wet, semi-dry, or dry transfer.
1.Soak the PVDF Membrane with TBST Buffer (Cat# E-BC-R335) containing 5% Skim Milk Powder as blocking buffer and block the membrane at room temperature for .
2.According to the recommended primary antibody dilution ratio, use the TBST Buffer containing 5% Skim Milk Powder to dilute the ARHGEF7 Antibody at , soak the PVDF Membrane in the primary antibody working solution, incubate overnight at 4 ℃, and gently shake.
3.Wash the PVDF Membrane with TBST Buffer for .
4.According to the recommended secondary antibody dilution ratio, use a TBST Buffer solution containing 2% Skim Milk Powder to dilute Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L) (peroxidase/HRP conjugated) (Cat# E-AB-1003) at . Incubate at room temperature for 1 h on a shaker.
5.Wash the PVDF Membrane with TBST Buffer for .
1.Mix A and B in the Excellent Chemiluminescent Substrate Detection kit (Cat# E-BC-R347) at the ratio of 1:1 as working solution.
2.Take out the PVDF Membrane from TBST Buffer and absorb the liquid with the filter paper. Pave the PVDF Membrane on the detection machine, add ECL working solution continuously on the PVDF Membrane, discharge the bubble and detect the result.
3.Adjust the contrast and the exposure time to get the best image.
Clonality | Polyclonal |
Isotype | IgG |
Concentration | 0.2 mg/mL |
Storage | Store at -20℃. Avoid freeze / thaw cycles. |
Buffer | PBS with 0.05% sodium azide and 50% glycerol, PH7.4 |
Purification Method | Affinity purification |
Research Areas | Cancer, Signal Transduction |
Conjugation | Unconjugated |
Immunogen | Recombinant protein of human ARHGEF7 |
Abbre | ARHGEF7 |
Synonyms | ARHG7,ARHG7,ARHGEF 7,Arhgef7,Beta pix,Beta-Pix,betaPix,betaPix-b,betaPix-c,Cool,COOL-1,COOL1,DKFZp686C12170,DKFZp761K1021,KIAA0142,KIAA0412,mKIAA0142,Nbla10314,P50,P50BP,p85,P85COOL1,P85SPR,PAK interacting exchange factor beta,PAK-interacting exchange factor beta,PAK3,Pak3bp,PIX,PIXB,Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) 7,Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) 7b,Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF7),Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 7,SH3 domain containing proline rich protein |
Swissprot | Q14155 |
Gene Accession | BC060776 |
Calculated MW | 90kDa |
Cellular Localization | Cytosol,Plasma Membrane,Other locations:cell cortex,focal adhesion,lamellipodium,neuron projection,neuronal cell body,protein complex,ruffle,storage vacuole |
Application | Products |
WB | Western Blot Detection Kit(E-IR-R304) |
IHC | 2-step plus Poly-HRP Anti Mouse/Rabbit IgG Detection System (with DAB solution)(E-IR-R217) |
Rho GTPases play a fundamental role in numerous cellular processes triggered by extracellular stimuli that work through G protein coupled receptors. The encoded protein belongs to a family of cytoplasmic proteins that activate the Ras-like family of Rho proteins by exchanging bound GDP for GTP. It forms a complex with the small GTP binding protein Rac1 and recruits Rac1 to membrane ruffles and to focal adhesions. This protein can induce membrane ruffling. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. |


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On top of the move, we showed up to our new house with a U-haul full of furniture only to find the previous occupant left the house a complete disaster. Mess and smell on top of garbage and furniture all left for us to deal with. There were points that day that I wanted to cry. What does this have to do with a chair makeover? This chair was left amid the piles of garbage. Pretty much the highlight of that day... even in this state.
After we got semi settled, I made a trip to Home Depot for a few supplies and JoAnn's for the fabric.
Here's what I used:
• Light grit sandpaper
• Elmer's Wood Glue
• Elmer's Wood Filler Max
• 1 can of Kilz Spray Primer
• 2 cans of Rust-Oleum Painter's Touch Spray Paint
• Staple Gun and staples
• About 1/2 yard of fabric
Step 1: Remove the seat. (4 screws right under the seat)
Step 2: Fix any large repairs. I repaired the broken arm with wood glue and clamped that over night.
On top of a broken arm, there was a lot more damage to this chair (this is where the wood filler will come into play). I thought about refinishing the wood first, but decided against it once I realized how damaged the wood was. No stain is going to cover this up.
Step 3: Lightly sand the entire chair and wipe the dust off with a damp rag.
Step 4: Give the chair a light coat of spray primer.
It won't be completely white. That's fine. Better to go light than to have drips.
Step 5: Fill in any missing chunks with wood filler. I'm guessing I could have done this before the primer but I still had some sanding to go so it didn't really matter.
Step 5 and a half: Not really step 6 since not everyone will have to do this, but my chair needed a lot of sanding. The finish was in bad shape and the wood filler was bumpy. So I went back and forth between sanding and priming sanding and priming... until I had a smooth finish. (The spray paint I used is in that picture)
Step 6: Reupholster the seat. While the final coat of primer dried, I went inside and reupholstered the seat. Lay the seat face down on the wrong side of your new fabric and staple away! I just went right over the old fabric, stapling on opposite sides while making sure it was pulled tight. This seriously takes like 10 minutes. : )
That's the old fabric... held on by tiny little nails. Yup... not pulling those out.
I got my new fabric at JoAnn Fabrics. It was $50/yard which is crazy! However, I had a 50% off coupon and I only got 3/4 yard. So it came to about $18. Much better than $50 and I love it!
Staple, staple, staple. I made sure to line up my pattern so one of the circles fell right in the center of the chair. Optional, but something to keep in mind.
Step 7: Paint! In my experience many light coats gets the best results. Here's what coat 1 looked like.
Better to have missed spots than drips. You can always spray it some more.
Here is my chair mocking me from the yard. I wanted to bring it in so bad but I knew it had more drying time to go. I think I did 4-5 coats over several hours. All very light.
Step 8: Reattach your new seat and admire your work. Done!
So what do you think? Inspired to try it?