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contents EDITORIAL STAFF MICHAEL G. IVANOVICH, Editor-in-Chief michael.ivanovich@reedbusiness.com SCOTT SIDDENS, Senior Editor ssiddens@reedbusiness.com AMARA ROZGUS, Senior Editor & Manager of E-Content amara.rozgus@reedbusiness.com PATRICK LYNCH, Contributing Editor patrick.lynch@reedbusiness.com MYLES ADAMSON, Art Director OCTOBER 2008 ON THE WEB @ WWW.CSEMAG.COM Earn CEUs online No time or money to travel? Earn CEUs from your office. The next webcast, “Emergency Power Systems for Hospitals: Sweating the Small Stuff,” will be Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. Central time. Hospitals must operate 24/7/365, no matter how bad the weather or other prevailing circumstances. In fact, the worse the weather, the more likely it is that the hospitals nearest the areas of concern will be needed. Many of these concerns can impact the availability of power. 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