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CHICAGO(Business Wire)Commodity and Ingredient Hedging, LLC (CIH), a provider of commodity price andmargin management consulting services, today announced an intensive two-dayseminar designed to help crop producers manage their profit margin. The seminarwill address futures market fundamentals and advanced hedging applications andmargin management. It thenprogresses to position structure and management, including futures and optionscombinations that allow for flexibility to optimize crop producers profitmargins. The seminar includes a tour of the CME Groups trading floor at theChicago Board of Trade Building and an online price management simulation to tietogether hedging concepts learned throughout the program The seminar isappropriate for all experience levels.

CIH will hold its seminar January 21 and 22, 2009 at its downtown Chicagooffices, located at 175 W Jackson Blvd Crop producers are strongly encouragedto attend. CIHs educational seminars qualify attendees to receive accountingCPE credits through the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy(NASBA). For more information or to enroll, visit orcall 312-596-7755. About Commodity and Ingredient HedgingCIH provides customized agricultural price management consulting services andeducational programs to livestock and crop producers, food and feed companies,milling, crushing, and trading firms. CIH prides itself on the ability to workone-on-one with clients, allowing them to gain greater expertise and confidencein managing price risk and controlling margins. Phone: 312-386-1130.Email: . Web: Dean Media GroupJeremy Copyright Business Wire 2009.

January 28-31 Conference in Orlando Brings Together 2,400 Professionals andConsumers, and More than 125 Industry Vendors for Networking Opportunities andAlmost 300 Educational SessionsCHICAGO(Business Wire)The Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) announced today that its10th annual conference on assistive technologies will convene January 28-31 atthe Caribe Royale All-Suites Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Theconference offers a showcase for more than 130 companies and organizationsproviding technologies designed to assist the disabled with learning, working,and communication, as well as more than 275 educational sessions. "Our Orlando Conference offers a wonderfulopportunity to learn about technologies to address old and new challenges,including Internet accessibility, learning disabilities, access for the visuallyimpaired, deaf/hard of hearing, physically disabled, and the entire spectrum ofage-related disabilities." There are 78-million Baby Boomers and 600-million people worldwide living withall types of disabilities. The assistive technology market represents more than$175-billion in discretionary income, making it a powerful, but oftenunder-served, purchasing constituency. ATIA companies cover all aspects of the assistive technology spectrum,including: augmentative and alternative communication; blind/low vision;computer access/Web accessibility; IT companies; K-12 and higher educationtechnology; deaf and hard-of-hearing; practitioner and educator organizations;distribution and service provider organizations; and local, national andinternational groups. In addition to its own work, ATIA also enhances its mission of bringingassistive technologies to those who need them by maintaining strategicpartnerships with the following well-known organizations: American Foundationfor the Blind (AFB); Assistive Technology in Higher Education Network (ATHEN);Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST); DAISY Consortium; Easter Seals;Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS); Infinitec; The ChicagoLighthouse; The National Assistive Technology Technical Assistance Partnership(NATTAP); The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID); The Pass It ONCenter (PIOC); State Leaders in Assistive Technology in Education (SLATE); TheTechnology and Media Division (TAM) of the Council for Exceptional Children(CEC); and the United States Society for Augmentative and AlternativeCommunication (USSAAC). The ATIA Orlando Conference is open to anyone interested in learning more aboutassistive technologies for children and adults.