Indian mangoes can attain cost competitive edge in US: BARC Nov 1, 2009
"For the first time India has successfully transshipped 14.3 tonnes of radiation processed mangoes to US by sea route and this will make them more cost competitive in the US market," Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Director, Srikumar Banerjee said ... The mangoes were radiation processed (157 tonnes in 2007, 275 tonnes in 2008 and 130 tonnes in 2009) at BARC's food preservation centre at Krushak, Lasalgaon in Maharashtra's Nashik district. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
My New York: Bernadette Peters Nov 1, 2009
11) BARC Shelter, 253 Wythe Ave., near North First Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn ... 11) BARC Shelter, 253 Wythe Ave., near North First Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Nuclear sector to hire 19K pros Oct 29, 2009
If BARC (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) opens its training facilities for non-BARC students also, it could help the industry, he added. Lpearheading the private sectors thrust into nuclear power generation. (India Times)
Good Intentions to perform in BARC variety show Saturday Oct 22, 2009
The vocal ensemble is just one of the performers in this fall variety show that begins at 7 p.m., at the BARC Auditorium in Windom Saturday night ... Tickets can be purchased at the BARC Office or at the door ... All proceeds from the show go to BARC to help with its winter heating expenses. (Mt. Lake Observer/Advocate, MN)
Post Office cuts off neighborhood after dogs bite mailmen, twice Oct 17, 2009
BARC is drawing up plans for a more consistent response to dog bites in the future, she said. Meanwhile, Montague said door delivery to the Springmont neighborhood will not resume until letter carriers can be assured the area is safe. (KHOU.com, TX)
Cartoon Network Launches Star Wars: The Clone WarsTM Game Creator Online Oct 13, 2009
With this new game creator, fans enter the Star Wars universe and can choose their character (Anakin Skywalker, Captain Rex or Cad Bane) and their vehicle (AT-TE, AT-RT or BARC Speeder) independently, giving them nine different combinations of character abilities and vehicle powers. Fans can then customize their challenge with enemy ships, blaster turrets, force fields and even build a giant enemy base to attack. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Animal Shelter To Be Renovated Oct 3, 2009
BARC Facility To Undergo $3 ... Houston -- The city's controversial animal shelter known as BARC will undergo $3 ... The existing BARC facility is located at 3200 Carr in the Fifth Ward. (Click2Houston, TX)
Houstons BARC to begin $3.3M renovation Oct 3, 2009
Houstons BARC to begin $3 ... Houstons BARC to begin $3 ... The existing BARC facility, at 3200 Carr, includes two kennel buildings completed in 1990 (North) and 2004 (South). (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Controller Candidates Discuss Issues Sep 25, 2009
"The city controller's job is to spot-find inefficiencies -- places where the city can save.In six years on council, each candidate already has an idea of what they believe are the least efficient areas."That's probably with our BARC department -- the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control," Green said. "That's probably one of those low hanging pieces of fruit that I can tell you. ""I still contend Municipal Court is in horrible shape," answered Holm. "We have thrown so much money at that. (Click2Houston, TX)
India's incredible nuclear deterrent Sep 20, 2009
Santhanams revelations suggest that R Chidambarams longstanding claim that has rendered the Indian government complacent about Barc being in a position to design and develop thermonuclear weapons of yields between 100 kilotons and 300 kilotons on the basis of data from one flawed test in 1998 is actually fraudulent, says Karnad. So India has only a 20 KT fission weapon arsenal to bank upon. (India Times, India)
'Dud' Pokhran II N-test blows up 11 years later Sep 18, 2009
At a meeting on September 5, the AEC dismissed the first statements made by Santhanam, saying through different types of analysis it was established that the yield of the thermonuclear test was 45 KT. Now, even scientists in Barc, the nation's top nuclear weapon establishment, doubt the claim ... Former Barc director, A N Prasad, who has all along maintained that the thermonuclear test was anything but a success, said, ``The painful fallout of this episode is that the credibility of the nuclear... (India Times, India)
Pet Talk: Choco, Sandman hop fine-tuned flight to freedom Sep 16, 2009
In Texas, where they had started out that morning, they were certain to be euthanized in the Biddell Animal Rescue Center (BARC) in Palestine, where they had been deposited weeks ago ... I had interviewed Pam Smith, a BARC board member, a few weeks earlier, and she struck me as someone who would scale a mountain if a dog or two could be saved ... Within three days, Smith and the BARC shelter director had chosen the dogs, worked out the paperwork details, posted the request for a pilot on PNP's... (USA Today -- Life)
Volunteers play big part in race Sep 12, 2009
The Bridgerland Amateur Radio Club (BARC) has been a part of LOTOJA since 1991 ... BARC is now joined by clubs from Jackson Hole, Star Valley, Wyo. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Chandrayaan-I was 'killed' by heat stroke Sep 7, 2009
Andrew Pereira, TNN 7 September 2009, 01:12am IST. PANAJI: The reasons for early termination of the Chandrayaan-I mission are now tumbling out and they reveal that ISRO had kept the Moon orbiter's problems tightly under wraps. (India Times, India)
Likely voters favor fees for BARC, drainage by wide margins Sep 2, 2009
Through a spokesperson, Parker said she would not support new fees for BARC or drainage ... Morales said he would not support a BARC fee, but is willing to study a drainage fee. (KHOU.com, TX)
Former Veterinarian Sues BARC Sep 2, 2009
HOUSTON -- A former veterinarian at Houston's controversial BARC facility has filed a lawsuit saying he was wrongfully terminated ... Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the Houston City Council will vote on whether to approve BARC consultant Gerry Fusco's entire $208,000 contract. (Click2Houston, TX)
Mayor Makes Animal Shelter Changes Sep 2, 2009
HOUSTON -- More changes are on the way for the city's controversial animal shelter known as BARC, KPRC Local 2 reported Tuesday. Houston Mayor Bill White said he will move BARC out of the city's health department ... It is unclear whether BARC will become its own city department or will be under another department's supervision. (Click2Houston, TX)
Former NSA disagrees with scientist Aug 29, 2009
ANI 27 August 2009, 04:31pm IST. NEW DELH: Former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra has rejected senior DRDO scientist K Santhanam's assertion that the 1998 Pokhran II nuclear tests were not fully successful. (India Times, India)
Pokhran II not fully successful: Scientist Aug 27, 2009
The yield of the thermonuclear device test in 1998 has led to much debate and while western experts have stated that it was not as claimed, BARC has maintained that it stands by its assessment. Indian scientists had claimed after the test that the thermonuclear device gave a total yield of 45 KT, 15 KT from the fission trigger and 30 KT from the fusion process and that the theoretical yield of the device (200 KT) was reduced to 45 KT in order to minimise seismic damage to villages near the test... (India Times, India)
BARC Fires Chief Vet, Others Resign Aug 7, 2009
Barton said the terminations and resignations were approved by the new independent consultant, Gary Fusco, who was hired to clean up BARC.. Barton said the terminations were already under consideration before he began at BARC last week ... "That is his charge -- to change the culture at BARC and to make sure we have the right people doing the right jobs, and that everybody understands their jobs, and they are held accountable for their responsibilities," Barton said. (Click2Houston, TX)
Can a consultant turn BARC around? Aug 4, 2009
Can a consultant turn BARC around ... Can a consultant turn BARC around ... HOUSTON Over the years, the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care (BARC) has found itself at the center of a number of controversies. (KHOU.com, TX)
BARC Worker Accused Of Hitting Puppy Aug 3, 2009
She has volunteered at BARC and has taken dogs out of the shelter and placed them in her home. Still, she said she has concerns about what she calls an institutionalized cruelty at BARC. ... "Every time that I look at my dogs and think about what the animals at BARC go through, it makes me sick," said Cripe, who is also with Noah's Arc Political Action Committee. (Click2Houston, TX)
India built N-sub in Kalpakkam under codename 'PRP' Aug 3, 2009
Although the idea of an indigenous nuke sub was conceived by Raja Ramanna over two decades back and research undertaken at Barc in Trombay, work on the PRP site in Kalpakkam began in 1999. Criticality was attained on November 11, 2003, with the land-based version running on a light water reactor, scientists revealed. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Puppy Dies In BARC Drain Jul 29, 2009
"It's awful to hear, but I'm not surprised. I went to City Council with this problem six months ago and it happens often at BARC.". Barton said as many as five puppies have died down BARC's drains ... The same day, BARC asked the Houston Humane Society to take 68 of their puppies so they could fix the kennels. (Click2Houston, TX)
City Promises Animal Shelter Changes Jul 22, 2009
HOUSTON -- Local 2 Investigates is looking into why sick animals are dying after being adopted from the city of Houston's animal shelter known as BARC. ... Former employees and volunteers say it's "routine" for dogs to die after leaving BARC. We've uncovered BARC's own records can't even explain what's really being done to stop the problem ... "He got progressively sicker and sicker," said Chris Dodson, who adopted a dog named Bear from BARC. "He couldn't even move.". (Click2Houston, TX)
Could Puppy Deaths Be Prevented? Jul 22, 2009
Tuesday night, Local 2 Investigates the city of Houston's animal shelter known as BARC. We uncover why many volunteers say it's "routine" for animals to become sick and die after adoption at BARC, and we discover the city can't tell us everything it's done to prevent it. Our investigation continues Tuesday at 10 p.m.. (Click2Houston, TX)
Inverse ETFs Pop After Fed Decision Jun 25, 2009
Ishares Barc Intmd Cr Bd ... He owns Vanguard Mega Cap 300 Growth Index ETF () and iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bond (). (Investors Business Daily)
New Skin Cancer Patch: Possible Alternative To Surgery Jun 19, 2009
Scientific Paper 158: P. Gupta, A. Malhotra, S. Saxena, S. Gupta, G.P. Bandhopadhyaya, M. Venkatesh, U. Pandey, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Department of Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi; and Board of Radiation and Isotope Therapy (BRIT) Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai; "Radionuclide therapy of basal cell carcinoma with Phosphorus-32 skin patch," SNM's 56th Annual Meeting, June 13 17, 2009. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Spanish prostitutes least likely to use condoms May 29, 2009
Public release date: 28-May-2009. The Centre for Epidemiological Studies into Sexually-Transmitted Diseases and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) started a pioneering study in Spain in 2005 to look into the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among female sex workers (SWs). (EurekAlert!)
Groundbreaking Celebrates Student-Athlete High Performance Center May 8, 2009
"Sharon and I feel so fortunate to be able to help out in this project," said Barc Simpson '66 of their lead gift, the gratitude for which Mr. Simpson redirected back to the rest of the campus community. "What everybody else has done to get this project going, as an alumnus, I just feel blind lucky that we have such great people here," he said. (Calbears.com)
Reaction to Specter from across the GOP Apr 29, 2009
Slowly, inexorably, with the loss of center-right folks and insisting on Party First and Party Forever fealty to a shrinking base, the GOP is becoming the party of Bitter, Aged, Racist Caucasians - the BARC.. I Report/ You Whine. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The Bill Kutik Radio Show to Feature Softscape CEO Dave Watkins Apr 14, 2009
Softscapes customers represent Fortune 500/Global 500, mid-market, and government organizations, including Barclays (NYSE: BCS; London: BARC), AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN [ADR]; London: AZN), Seagate (NYSE: - ), GKN (London: GKN), Edcon, Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: - ), and PE: - ). Softscape is based in Massachusetts with offices in London, Sydney, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Johannesburg. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Barclays Plc, Dragon Oil, JKX, Just Retirement: U.K., Irish Equity Preview Mar 27, 2009
Barclays, Dragon Oil, JKX Oil & Gas: U.K., Irish Equity Preview - Bloomberg ... Barclays, Dragon Oil, JKX Oil & Gas: U.K., Irish Equity Preview ... (BARC LN): The U.K.s third-largest bank is in the final stages of having its lending portfolio being tested by the Financial Services Authority as the bank considers whether to use the U.K.s asset insurance plan, the Financial Times reported without saying where it got the information. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Barclays, BowLeven, JJB Sports, RBS, Vodafone: U.K., Irish Equity Preview Mar 23, 2009
Barclays, JJB Sports, RBS, Vodafone: U.K., Irish Equity Preview - Bloomberg ... Barclays, JJB Sports, RBS, Vodafone: U.K., Irish Equity Preview ... (BARC LN): Hellman & Friedman LLC is putting together a group of private-equity groups that may bid for Barclays Plcs iShares unit in a transaction valued at as much as $5 billion, a person with knowledge of the situation said. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Barclays Plc, Marks & Spencer Group, Regus Plc: U.K., Irish Equity Preview Mar 20, 2009
Barclays, Marks & Spencer, Regus: U.K., Irish Equity Preview - Bloomberg ... Barclays, Marks & Spencer, Regus: U.K., Irish Equity Preview ... (BARC LN): The U.K.s third-largest bank is alleged to have made about 1 billion pounds ($1. (Bloomberg -- UK)
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT Mar 20, 2009
People and pooches alike are invited to attend this benefit for the Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition (BARC). Competitors should arrive at 3 p.m. Sunday for the show, which begins at 4 p.m. Grand-prize winners will get a free photo shoot; other prizes include gifts from local pet shops. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Barclays Plc, Debenhams, HSBC, Shell, SIG Plc: U.K., Irish Equity Preview Mar 17, 2009
Barclays, Debenhams, HSBC, Shell: U.K., Irish Equity Preview - Bloomberg ... Barclays, Debenhams, HSBC, Shell: U.K., Irish Equity Preview ... (BARC LN): The U.K.s third-largest bank is being investigated by the U.K.s Revenue and Customs unit concerning a whistleblowers allegations that a tax-avoidance plan was operated by the bank, the Guardian reported. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Barclays Plc, BP Plc, J.D. Wetherspoon, LSE: U.K., Irish Equity Preview Mar 13, 2009
Barclays, BP, Wetherspoon, LSE: U.K., Irish Equity Preview - Bloomberg ... Barclays, BP, Wetherspoon, LSE: U.K., Irish Equity Preview ... (BARC LN): The U.K.s third-biggest bank may have to raise capital by selling profitable businesses such as its asset management arm, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing analysts and people familiar with the situation. (Bloomberg -- UK)
BARC struggles to replace vets Feb 28, 2009
But imagine for a moment that your beloved pet gets loose one weekend, and maybe even gets hurt and winds up at the city's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care (BARC) ... BARC recently let one veterinarian go and suspended another, who has now resigned ... Barton says BARC is doing the best it can under the circumstances and aggressively seeking replacement vets. (KHOU.com, TX)
Compact Biosensor For Wide-ranging Applications Under Development Feb 19, 2009
This innovative instrument utilizes a special integrated sensor chip, called the Bead ARray Counter (BARC), which contains an embedded array of giant magnetoresistive sensors. With 64, 200 m diameter sensors on the chip, BARC has the potential to detect 64 different target analytes ... A decade in the making, the instrumentation that reads the BARC chip is called the "compact Bead Array Sensor System" (cBASS). (Science Daily)
ISRO chief Madhavan Nair gets Manorama News' newsmaker award Feb 11, 2009
65 year-old Madhavan Nair graduated in Engineering from Kerala University in 1966 and underwent training at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Bombay. He joined Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in 1967. (Khabrein.info)
Barclays, Glaxo, Hammerson, HSBC, Rio Tinto: U.K., Irish Equity Preview Feb 8, 2009
Barclays, Glaxo, HSBC, Rio Tinto: U.K., Irish Equity Preview ... (BARC LN): The U.K. bank that turned down government funding plans to cut staff bonuses by 55 percent from last year, the Sunday Telegraph reported, without saying where it got the information ... Barclays, which has said it will report pretax profit of more than 5. (Bloomberg -- UK)
