Police recruit for next officer class

The Chicago Police Department is looking for a few good men and women to join its ranks.

People who are interested can turn in applications from now until October 8. The exam is scheduled for November 20.

Once the exam is completed and scored, successful candidates move on to the physical testing and background investigation. The time frame for this process is about three months.

If the candidate passes this scrutiny, he or she will be placed on a list for a recruit class in the fall of 2005.

The class runs 14 weeks, after which the newly appointed police officer is paired with a more experienced officer for field training. The officer is on an 18-month …

Bolivian president bars US anti-drug agency

The Bolivian president says he wants improved relations with President-elect Barack Obama but will never allow the U.S. anti-drug agency to return to his country, accusing it of "political aggression."

Evo Morales tells reporters at the United Nations on Monday that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is not the solution to combatting drug trafficking it Bolivia. Morales …

Corporate tenants seem to like all-in-one concept

Woodfield Corporate Center and the Walden Complex havedemonstrated that tenants like the approach of surrounding officebuildings with places for meeting, eating, lodging and training.

The two Schaumburg office parks are mature and successful modelsfor a number of developers in the suburbs who are trying now toduplicate the concept that Walden Investment Co. originated at theWalden Complex and Prudential Development Co. at Woodfield CorporateCenter.

"The initial development concept called for common architecturalthemes and well-planned landscaping and amenities at a time whenthose were not available in a single office develoment," said JamesH. Purinton, general …

Fed Expected to Cut Key Interest Rate

WASHINGTON - A serious bout of financial market instability has dramatically changed the debate at the Federal Reserve from worries about inflation to concerns about the possibility of a recession.

Fed policymakers began their closed-door discussions Tuesday with investors widely expecting the central bank will decide to cut its target for the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other, for the first time in more than for years.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, facing his first major test since taking over from Alan Greenspan in early 2006, has been sending signals that he is prepared "to act as needed" to cushion the impact on the economy from the market …

Malaysian Hindus celebrate religious festival with penance, political protest

Ten of thousands of pilgrims, some with skewered cheeks, gathered Wednesday for a Hindu festival dampened this year by a boycott among ethnic Indian activists discontent over the government's treatment of minorities.

After overnight prayers and preparations, pilgrims carrying kavadis _heavy frames decorated with beads and peacock feathers _ and brass pots with offerings of milk marched in processions to Hindu temples across the country to celebrate the Thaipusam festival.

But the main procession and prayers, which normally see nearly 1 million people gather at Sri Subamaniar Swamy Temple inside the limestone Batu Caves near Malaysia's biggest city, Kuala …

Pakistan forces Indian helicopter to land

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan forced an Indian military helicopter to land Sunday for violating its airspace near the disputed border with Kashmir and briefly took its four-member crew into custody, Pakistani military officials said.

India said the helicopter veered off course because of bad weather, and Pakistan allowed the aircraft to return soon after the incident.

Pakistan and India are rival nuclear powers who have fought three wars since gaining independence from Britain in 1947. The relationship has improved somewhat in recent months, especially regarding trade, but there is still significant distrust on both sides.

The helicopter was intercepted about 12 miles (20 …

Canadian Special Interest Group: Abstracts presented at the American Burn Association 40th Annual Meeting, April 28, 2008, Chicago, Ill.

Presentations

OBJECTIVE ESTIMATION OF SURVIVAL IN BURN PATIENTS REVISITED. V. Wong, M. Gomez, R. Cartotto. Ross Tilley Burn Centre, Toronto Ont.

Introduction: One widely disseminated approach to estimating the risk of mortality in burn patients is based on the presence or absence of 3 risk factors: age > 60 years, percentage of total body surface area (%TBSA) burn > 40% and presence of inhalation injury (Ryan CM, Schoenfeld DA, Thorpe WP, et al. Objective estimates of the probability of death from burn injuries. New Engl J Med 1998;338:362-6). Mortality is reported to be approximately 0.3%, 3%, 33% or 90% depending on whether 0, 1, 2 or 3 of the above-mentioned risk …