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          The Twelve Days of RSNA 
          By Jim Knaub
          I hope you’re home safely from RSNA  2011 and preparing for the holidays with your family. RSNA kind of blurs the  transition from Thanksgiving to the hectic holiday season by injecting an even  more hectic week in Chicago. If you’re like many RSNA veterans I spoke with at  McCormick Place, the buses, or in various lounges around the Windy City, the  season doesn’t really begin until you arrive home from Chicago. 
          In that blurred spirit (though not  blurred by spirits), enjoy this RSNA carol. 
          “On (what sometimes feels like) the  12th day of RSNA, the meeting gave to me…  
            12 vendors selling, 
            11 research lectures, 
            10 produtct demos, 
            9 booth babes smiling, 
            8 cabbies speeding, 
            7 deep dish pizzas, 
            6 CE credits, 
            5 iPad apps, 
            4 CT talks, 
            3 French docs, 
            2 tired feet, 
          and a lunch in Exhibit Hall B.” 
OK, I won’t give up my day job. But on  behalf of all of us at Radiology Today, I wish you the  warmth and joy—both sacred and secular—of your holiday season, followed by a  rewarding new year. However you celebrate, do it well. 
— Jim Knaub is editor of Radiology  Today.  | 
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