Mr. Levenglick regularly acts as outside general counsel and adviser to venture-backed start-up, early stage, emerging growth and high growth companies, and as transactional counsel to fund, corporate and high net worth investors in such companies. He has represented clients in a wide range of industry areas with a particular focus upon the internet, software, media, technology and biopharma.

“We are extremely delighted to have an attorney of Martin’s level of knowledge and expertise join our Corporate and Emerging Companies practice,” said Geoff Willard, co-chair of the firm’s corporate practice group. “In addition, I am excited to see our East Coast presence, and in particular our New York presence, further enhanced with the addition of a truly top-notch attorney. VLP continues to focus on creating a place where exceptional attorneys from top-tier, nationally prestigious firms can practice in a more client-centered environment. We are so pleased that Martin has joined the VLP family.”

As company counsel, Mr. Levenglick guides entrepreneurs, management teams, boards of directors and investors from a company’s inception, with particular focus upon and attention to capital raising activities, equity and debt financings, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, corporate partnering transactions, critical business contracts, recapitalizations, liquidity and exit transactions, and key personnel matters. He also works closely with venture capital funds, corporate venture capital groups and strategic investors that finance, sponsor, acquire, and sell such companies, in all phases of their investment cycle, including financings, mergers and acquisitions, change-in-control transactions, and exits; and in connection with fund formation activities.

Mr. Levenglick began his career at O’Sullivan Graev & Karabell LLP, where he practiced for eighteen years (thirteen as a corporate partner), following which he practiced for eight years as a corporate partner in the New York office of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and thereafter as a corporate partner in the New York office of Heller Ehrman LLP. He joins us from Morrison Cohen LLP in New York, where he was a partner in the corporate group.

Mr. Levenglick received his J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. (with first class honours) from McGill University. He is a member of the New York Bar.

“VLP’s people and its truly innovative business model resonate with me in a profound way,” said Mr. Levenglick. “By taking full advantage of cutting-edge technology, the firm is pioneering the future of the practice of law and the seamless delivery of outstanding service to clients in a cost effective manner. I am very much looking forward to collaborating with VLP’s exceptionally distinguished team of lawyers.”

About VLP:
Founded in 2008, VLP (www.vlplawgroup.com) is a business and transactional law firm that delivers top quality, efficient and cost-effective legal services. Our practice reaches across many industry sectors, including high tech, life sciences, angel and venture capital financings, clean tech, retail, consumer product, commercial lending and real estate. VLP has continued its strong growth, and in recent months has added noted attorneys from firms on the West and East coasts who believe VLP’s unique, client-oriented and cost-effective model is the best platform for their practice. Our partners are regularly recognized by their peers as outstanding attorneys, and the firm has been recognized as a top company for its promotion of quality of life in the workplace.

VLP partners represent clients that vary in size from individual executives and early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. Our client base includes public and private corporations, venture capital investors, private equity funds, educational institutions, nonprofits and individuals. We provide general corporate, licensing, contract, intellectual property protection and counseling, securities regulation, financing, executive compensation, merger and acquisition, real estate, tax and other legal services.

VLP is a geographically distributed firm of highly qualified attorneys with exceptional credentials and an average of over 10 years of experience. We have no central office, and our technology platform allows us to collaborate easily and to operate with a small, highly specialized staff. Our lean model means that we can provide sophisticated, focused services to our clients, and we can do it at competitive rates.

For more information about VLP, visit http://www.vlplawgroup.com .

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“I am excited to have Stephen and Patrick join VLP’s Real Estate group. Stephen is well known in the San Francisco real estate industry having completed numerous acquisitions of Class A office buildings and complex capital markets transactions for some of the country’s largest real estate investors. Stephen also has robust experience in the affordable housing industry that will expand that specialty practice group. Patrick brings to VLP comprehensive real estate experience including deep expertise representing clients on distressed debt acquisitions and complicated financing workouts. His background in investment banking gives him a better understanding of capital markets, something important to our clients. The addition of Stephen and Patrick makes VLP formidable in the Bay Area real estate market ensuring that we provide our clients with representation that is second to none,” said Byron Rodriguez, chair of VLP’s Real Estate practice group.

Mr. Wright’s practice includes all aspects of real estate transactional law, including development, acquisition, joint ventures, commercial financing, leasing, dispositions, entity structuring, partnership and limited liability company agreements and construction involving office, industrial, retail, multi-family residential, high-end residential and mixed use properties. His clients include prominent real estate investment firms, public agencies and financial institutions. In addition, Mr. Wright has extensive experience representing affordable housing developers in all aspects of affordable housing transactions. Mr. Wright was recognized by the 2010 US edition of Legal 500 for his real estate practice. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Lewis & Clark College.

“With its impressive tax and real estate practices, VLP provides an excellent platform to represent our clients in all aspects of their business transactions. I am looking forward to working with the VLP team as we expand our real estate practice,” stated Mr. Wright.

Mr. Valentino has almost 20 years of comprehensive commercial real estate advisory experience, including extensive experience in debt acquisitions, commercial real estate workouts, real estate secured lending, leasing and joint venture partnerships. Mr. Valentino’s prior experience includes Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, a leading San Diego real estate law firm, and he served as general counsel of a California based real estate investment firm active in the acquisition of distressed assets. He also previously served as a senior professional with several investment banks focusing on public finance, mergers and acquisitions and venture financings, and began his career in New York with Merrill Lynch Capital Market’s Public Finance Investment Banking Group. Mr. Valentino received his law degree from Northwestern University School of Law and graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York, at Albany.

“For complex real estate transactions my clients need a top tier legal team to help them execute their business strategy. My new partners at VLP bring that expertise to the table without the big firm billing structure,” stated Mr. Valentino.

About VLP’s Real Estate Practice:
VLP’s Real Estate practice group represents real estate owners, developers and investors in a broad array of transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of assets, commercial and tax credit financings, distressed assets, joint ventures, loan workouts and recovery, leasing, tax, development and construction. We offer our clients depth of experience with a variety of property types including office, affordable and community housing, hotel, multi-family, retail, industrial and condominiums.

Our real estate expertise provides clients with unrivaled client service and lower rates. With extensive experience in all aspects of real estate, we are able to help clients develop strategies that suit their business objectives and risk tolerance.

More information: http://www.vlplawgroup.com/PracticeDetail.aspx?pg_code=BPREAL .

About VLP:
Founded in 2008, VLP is a business and transactional law firm that delivers top quality, efficient and cost-effective legal services. Our practice reaches across many industry sectors, including high tech, life sciences, angel and venture capital financings, clean tech, retail, consumer product, commercial lending and real estate. VLP has continued its strong growth, and in recent months has added noted attorneys from firms on the West and East coasts who believe VLP’s unique, client-oriented and cost-effective model is the best platform for their practice. Our partners are regularly recognized by their peers as outstanding attorneys, and the firm has been recognized as a top company for its promotion of quality of life in the workplace.

VLP partners represent clients that vary in size from individual executives and early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. Our client base includes public and private corporations, venture capital investors, private equity funds, educational institutions, nonprofits and individuals. We provide general corporate, licensing, contract, intellectual property protection and counseling, securities regulation, financing, employment, merger and acquisition, real estate, tax and other legal services.

VLP is a geographically distributed firm of highly qualified attorneys with outstanding credentials and an average of over 10 years of experience. We have no central office, and our technology platform allows us to collaborate easily and to operate with a small, highly specialized staff. Our lean model means that we can provide sophisticated, focused services to our clients, and we can do it at competitive rates.

For more information about VLP, visit http://www.vlplawgroup.com .

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According to WMN spokesperson Anna Chu Lin, “Mightybell is a social network employing a new paradigm which encourages members to create actual ‘experiences’ rather than just sharing information as they do on traditional social networks.”

The World Mind Network is an NGO with members in 37 countries which explores ways of using Internet and Smart phone technologies to solve global problems innovatively. The goal of the contest is to develop simple, understandable protocols for addressing important issues using popular Web 2.0 tools.

The award is called the Gantha prize. Gantha means “sacred bell” in Sanskrit. The winner will be announced online, during halftime of the Big Game between Stanford and Cal on November 19, 2011. The winner will receive either an Apple iPad 2, a Samsung Galaxy II, or a Kindle Fire, plus a Fair Trade copper temple bell from rural India, and a press release publicizing their project.

Contact worldmindnetwork@gmail.com for more information.

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DB2XML (www.renderx.com/tools/db2xml.html) is an excellent product for those who need simple, yet very high-performance solution for transforming data from relational databases (such as Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, or MySQL) and CSV (Comma Separated Values) files to XML. It maps data to certain XML nodes and attributes. DB2XML has a powerful and easy-to use graphical user interface (GUI) to specify data sources, define data mapping rules, and generate XML files.

DB2XML has a one-click option for creating VisualXSL (www.renderx.com/tools/visualxsl.html) projects (such as statements, reports, bills, personalized marketing materials, etc.) and can be used as an XML generator for the VDPMill high-performance rendering application (www.renderx.com/tools/vdpmill.html).

Previously, RenderX integrated Altova MapForce® 2011 with VDPMill 4.0. VDPMill has a universal interface that allows any compliant application to be used as XML generator.

DB2XML can be used as a standalone product as well, yet official support is limited only to the users that use DB2XML as an add-on to VDPMill and VisualXSL.

DB2XML is currently free for download. To download the full version of DB2XML, as well as trial copies of VDPMill and VisualXSL, visit: http://www.renderx.com/download/index.html .

About RenderX:
RenderX, the recognized industry leader for software used for standards-based typeset-quality electronic and print output of business content, provides both standalone software products as well as integrated components into larger business solutions. XEP, RenderX’s original commercial engine and its flagship product, is the rendering engine of choice for XML/XSLFO to PDF, PostScript, and other paged formats generation.

RenderX’s patented technology is used by hundreds of organizations worldwide in the financial, consumer, insurance, government, manufacturing, transportation and pharmaceutical sectors to cost-effectively deliver dynamic documents in high volume to their customers, partners, and employees. RenderX also provides integration support for its software products, as well as provide professional services for custom software development and document design, generation, and management.

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RenderX is a registered trademark of RenderX, Inc. VDPMill is a trademark of RenderX, Inc. Altova, MissionKit, XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, UModel, DatabaseSpy, DiffDog, SchemaAgent, SemanticWorks, Authentic, and AltovaXML are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Altova GmbH in the United States and/or other countries. The names of and reference to other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Media Contact:
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RenderX, Inc.
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“Dumpster Diving Silicon” is a series of sculptures, based on XVALA’s dumpster diving practices of tech founders’ residential trash cans throughout Silicon Valley. Besides Zuck, XVALA invaded the trash of Apple’s Steve Jobs, Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, and Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales. The trash found at these residences range from random objects such as medical waste, adult and hygiene products, empty booze bottles to spreadsheets, hair clippings, and typical household items.

“The Zuck hanger is harmless compared to the remaining sculptures that we are releasing this month,” said Cory Allen. “Personally, I think we all have things that we throw away that we don’t want people to connect back to us.”

“Mark Zuckerberg’s Not Very Well Hung Hanger,” is the first of XVALA’s dumpster diving series and uses a wire coat hanger retrieved from Mark Zuckerberg’s trash can, bent and shaped by hand to depict Zuckerberg’s “manhood” from one view, painted Facebook-blue. “I wanted to ‘expose’ Zuckerberg like he exposes Facebook users, daily.”

“Facebook has the potential to air everyone’s dirty laundry – and does,” said Cory Allen. “XVALA is making that comment by having fun with Zuckerberg by showing the world his personal trash in a provocative and artistic way.”

“I’m trying to glean from Mark Zuckerberg for personal advancement the same way Zuckerberg gleans information from Facebook users for his own personal gain,” said XVALA.

A gallery video, created by CACA, demonstrates an image compilation of the dumpster diving series in the making, and can be found at http://youtu.be/T2WWgGSmDGI .

For more info, contact Cory Allen at 323-393-3115 or visit www.cacanet.com.

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David focuses his practice on counseling startup and emerging technology companies in all aspects of their business, including corporate formation, angel and venture capital financing, commercial transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. This was David’s first time being honored by Super Lawyers.

Brian focuses his practice on trademark clearance and prosecution, and has provided advice to the owners of some of the world’s most famous brands. He has been named to the Best Lawyers list since 2009.

Steve is an experienced negotiator of executive employment, severance and change in control agreements. He provides tax and employment advice to executives, management teams and companies on all aspects of executive compensation. Past chair of the Executive Compensation practice at Willkie Farr & Gallagher for 22 years, Steve has been named to the Best Lawyers list since 2006.

Best Lawyers is the oldest and a highly respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, and is regarded as one of the most valued referral sources for lawyers. Because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be included, a listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded within the legal profession as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. More information about the Best Lawyers referral guide is available at www.bestlawyers.com .

Northern California Super Lawyers selects attorneys each year for recognition through a rigorous nomination process that includes peer review by practice area and independent research on candidates. Lawyers recognized on this list have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor each year. More information about Super Lawyers is available at www.superlawyers.com .

About VLP Law Group:
Founded in 2008, VLP is a business and transactional law firm that delivers top quality, efficient and cost-effective legal services. Our practice reaches across many industry sectors, including high tech, life sciences, angel and venture capital financings, clean tech, retail, consumer product, commercial lending, and real estate. VLP has continued its strong growth, and in recent months has added noted attorneys from firms on the West and East coasts who believe VLP’s unique, client-oriented and cost-effective model is the best platform for their practice. Our partners are regularly recognized by their peers as outstanding attorneys, and the firm has been recognized as a top company for its promotion of quality of life in the workplace.

VLP partners represent clients that vary in size from individual executives and early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. Our client base includes public and private corporations, venture capital investors, private equity funds, educational institutions, nonprofits, and individuals.

VLP provides general corporate, licensing, contract, intellectual property protection and counseling, securities regulation, financing, real estate, employment, merger and acquisition, tax, and other legal services. VLP is a geographically distributed firm of highly qualified attorneys with outstanding credentials and an average of over 10 years of experience. We have no central office, and our technology platform allows us to collaborate easily and to operate with a small, highly specialized staff. Our lean model means that we can provide sophisticated, focused services to our clients, and we can do it at competitive rates.

For more information about VLP, visit www.vlplawgroup.com.

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Dr. Cheng has extensive experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications before the U.S. Patent Office and the patent offices of countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas. He has also represented clients in due diligence matters relating to their patent portfolios for licensing, and in private placements and initial public offerings. Clients that Dr. Cheng has assisted in procuring and/or analyzing patents include Genzyme, U.S. Bioscience (now part of Medimmune), Hoffman-La Roche, Novartis, Sandoz, Hoechst (now part of Aventis), Boehringer Ingelheim, Galderma, ScinoPharm, Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Hon Hai Precision Industry, City University of New York, and Academia Sinica. Dr. Cheng also has many years of experience in patent litigations. He has represented clients in actions in U.S. district courts, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court, and the International Trade Commission.

“Clients now more than ever require effective counsel to protect their technology in the marketplace, avoid litigation, and conduct pre-litigation planning,” Dr. Cheng stated. “VLP attorneys understand the clients’ businesses and provide clients with high quality legal representation without the high cost and inefficiency of a traditional law firm.”

Dr. Cheng has lectured on U.S. patent law and practice in the U.S., Europe and Asia, and he has trained attorneys and patent agents in preparing and prosecuting patent applications, in analyzing patents and in preparing opinions on patent validity and infringement issues. Dr. Cheng received a B.A. in Chemical Physics from Columbia University, a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Brandeis University, and a J.D. from Pace University. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the New York and Connecticut State Bars, and is registered to practice in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Dr. Cheng was previously an attorney at Pennie & Edmonds and Fish & Richardson.

“I am very excited to welcome Kent Cheng to VLP’s growing IP practice. His technical background and many years of practice in patent law mesh well with our current group of outstanding IP attorneys,” stated practice leader David Roise. “In addition, Kent’s extensive experience in Asia will help to strengthen and broaden the geographic footprint of our firm. With the rapid growth of chemical and pharmaceutical industry in China and other Asian countries, we look forward to Kent’s familiarity with and connection to this important part of the world.”

About VLP’s Intellectual Property Practice:
VLP’s Intellectual Property practice is dedicated to providing the best protection for our clients’ intellectual property at the most cost-effective rates available. Our attorneys and staff provide services directed to meeting the particular needs and stage of development of our clients across a range of industries, including biotechnology, high technology, clean technology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, software and other cutting edge technologies. We provide counseling, strategic advice and specific protection in all areas of intellectual property, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret.

About VLP:
Founded in 2008, VLP is a business and transactional law firm that delivers top quality, efficient and cost-effective legal services. Our practice reaches across many industry sectors, including high tech, life sciences, angel and venture capital financings, clean tech, retail, consumer product, commercial lending, and real estate. VLP has continued its strong growth, and in recent months has added noted attorneys from firms on the West and East coasts who believe VLP’s unique, client-oriented and cost-effective model is the best platform for their practice. Our partners are regularly recognized by their peers as outstanding attorneys, and the firm has been recognized as a top company for its promotion of quality of life in the workplace.

VLP partners represent clients that vary in size from individual executives and early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. Our client base includes public and private corporations, venture capital investors, private equity funds, educational institutions, nonprofits, and individuals.

VLP provides general corporate, licensing, contract, intellectual property protection and counseling, securities regulation, financing, real estate, employment, merger and acquisition, tax, and other legal services. VLP is a geographically distributed firm of highly qualified attorneys with outstanding credentials and an average of over 10 years of experience. We have no central office, and our technology platform allows us to collaborate easily and to operate with a small, highly specialized staff. Our lean model means that we can provide sophisticated, focused services to our clients, and we can do it at competitive rates.

For more information about VLP, visit www.vlplawgroup.com.

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Mr. Spataro previously served as General Counsel for SafeCentral, Inc., a leading developer of anti-malware software and secure online session technologies, where he oversaw all of the company’s legal issues, including the negotiation of multiple complex licensing and distribution agreements with Fortune 100 companies, such as Microsoft, Google, and McAfee.

Mr. Bissell joins VLP from the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his corporate and securities practice focused on start-up and growth technology companies, as well as their investors and management, across a range of industries. His clients included private companies at all stages of development, venture capital funds, individual investors, and both new and seasoned entrepreneurs.

“The addition of Carl and Whit strengthens our Corporate and Emerging Companies practice, providing VLP with further depth in these areas,” stated Geoff Willard, chair of the firm’s Corporate practice group. “Whit and Carl are great attorneys and their entrepreneurial approach to the practice of law makes them a great fit for VLP. I am also happy to see our reach expand to new geographical areas.”

Mr. Spataro brings more than 15 years of corporate experience to VLP. His in-house experience includes serving in various executive capacities, including general counsel, for several privately-held and publicly traded companies. His previous law firm experiences include Covington & Burling (Washington, DC), Cooley (Reston, VA) and Venture Law Group (Menlo Park, CA) where he practiced venture and public company finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance, and licensing transactions. Mr. Spataro received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, earned his MBA (Executive) from Vanderbilt University, and his B.S. from the United States Naval Academy. Mr. Spataro is based in Pennsylvania and is a member of the California and Pennsylvania bars.

“Having served as in-house counsel for nearly half of my career, I understand a company’s need for affordable, practical, and timely legal services,” said Mr. Spataro. “I believe that the best way to meet this need is through a client-focused practice that combines common sense, technology, and an affiliation of experienced professionals, all of which the VLP platform provides.”

Mr. Bissell has broad transactional and corporate governance experience and has spent the past 13 years managing the negotiation and documentation of a wide variety of financing transactions, from early-stage angel and seed financings, to convertible bridge, venture capital, and mezzanine debt and equity investments, as well as mergers, acquisitions, asset sales, and other exits. He received his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law and his B.A. in Economics from Middlebury College. Mr. Bissell is based in California and is a member of the State Bar of California.

“I’m very pleased to join VLP Law Group,” stated Mr. Bissell. “VLP’s focus on using technology and collaborative resources provides a great opportunity to offer first rate legal services with great efficiency. VLP gives many clients a new and better option compared to traditional large scale firms. The business model is compelling.”

About VLP:
VLP is a business and transactional law firm that delivers top quality, efficient and cost-effective legal services. Our practice reaches across many industry sectors, including high tech, life sciences, angel and venture capital financings, clean tech, retail, consumer product, commercial lending, and real estate. We represent clients that vary in size from individual executives and early-stage start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Our client base includes public and private corporations, venture capital investors, private equity funds, educational institutions, nonprofits, and individuals.

VLP provides general corporate, licensing, contract, intellectual property protection and counseling, securities regulation, financing, real estate, employment, merger and acquisition, tax, and other legal services. VLP is a geographically distributed firm of highly qualified attorneys with outstanding credentials and an average of over 10 years of experience. We have no central office, and our technology platform allows us to collaborate easily and to operate with a small, highly specialized staff. Our lean model means that we can provide sophisticated, focused services to our clients, and we can do it at competitive rates.

For more information about VLP, visit http://www.vlplawgroup.com .

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Derived from the SmartStops individual equity short term risk signal which identifies equities as being in a normal or above normal risk state on any given day, the SRBI compares the current risk state ratio for a group of equities to the group’s 100 day average. Unlike the VIX which uses volatility as a proxy for risk and rises when equities experience big moves in either a positive or negative direction, the SRBI leverages the SmartStop Above Normal Risk State which focuses only on abnormal price movements to the down side.

An SRBI greater than 1 indicates that the number of equities in the group experiencing above normal risk is higher than the average over the last 100 trading days.

An SRBI below 1 indicates that the number of equities in the group experiencing above normal risk is lower than the average over the last 100 trading days.

The SRBI can be used in conjunction with traditional market risk indicators such as the VIX to help investors gain visibility and better manage their risk exposure.

“Investors make purchase decisions based on risk/reward analysis. Unfortunately, risk does not remain constant through time,” explains Chris Conway, SmartStops’ Director of Product Management. “The SRBI can help investors quickly gauge a market or sector’s risk profile relative to its recent history, allowing for more informed and timely decisions. We expect the SRBI to be particularly helpful in strategies employing sector or market rotation.”

Financial Advisor Akber Zaidi welcomes this new risk metric. “Managing risk is fundamental to successful investing. I am always on the lookout for innovative and effective ways to quantify and track risk exposure and I look forward to adding the SmartStops Risk Barometer Index to my risk management toolbox.”

Currently SmartStops is publishing SRBI numbers for the S&P 500 and the Dow 30 as well as for ten market sectors including Basic Materials, Consumer Goods, Consumer Services, Energy, Financials, Healthcare, Industrials, Technology, Telecommunications and Utilities.

To learn more about the SRBI and to view today’s SRBI values, visit http://www.SmartStops.net/PublicPages/MarketRiskBarometer.aspx .

About SmartStops:
SmartStops.net is dedicated to helping investors of all levels be more aware of changes in their risk exposure enabling timely decisions that protect assets, improve returns and provide peace of mind. SmartStops’ portfolio monitoring and risk alert services start at just $9.95 per month. For more information visit us at http://SmartStops.net or contact us at info@SmartStops.net.

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RenderX integrated Altova MapForce® 2011 with the VDPMill 4.0 high-performance rendering application (http://www.renderx.com/tools/vdpmill.html). VDPMill is a complete solution that can generate hundreds of pages per second (PDF, PostScript, AFP, XPS, PPML, SVG, and HTML). VDPMill 4.0 Altova MapForce Edition is a complete, out-of-the-box reporting solution which can work with any data source, such as XML (including industry standards, such as HL7 3.x or XBRL), databases, Web services, flat files, or EDI (such as HL7 2.x or HIPAA 5010).

Alexander Falk, Altova’s President and CEO, commented on the release of this new product: “The RenderX integration of VDPMill 4.0 with Altova MapForce 2011 provides customers with a very powerful combination for high-speed rendering of reports from databases, XML, and essential industry-standard formats, including XBRL, HL7, HIPAA, and EDI.”

Altova MapForce 2011 has been tested in a database reporting workflow which also included RenderX and VDPMill, as follows:

- Altova MapForce was used to develop database-to-XML mapping for the data.
- A graphical XML report editor was used to design reports.
- RenderX VDPMill was used to generate reports.

This workflow can be successfully used in all industries where customers are billed or statements are delivered on a periodic basis, such as banking, investment, utilities, telecommunications, etc.

To download a 30-day free trial of VDPMill 4.0 Altova MapForce Edition, visit: http://www.renderx.com/download/index.html .

About Altova:
Altova® is the creator of XMLSpy® and other leading XML, database, and UML tools. A key player in the software tools industry and the leader in XML development tools, Altova is the choice of over 4 million clients worldwide, including 91 percent of the Fortune 500. An innovative, customer-focused company, Altova offers a product line that fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs for development teams in the world’s largest organizations to growing one-person shops. An active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Object Management Group (OMG), Altova is committed to delivering standards-based, platform-independent solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use. Founded in 1992, Altova is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria. Visit Altova on the Web at: http://www.altova.com .

About RenderX:
RenderX, the recognized industry leader for software used for standards-based typeset-quality electronic and print output of business content, provides both standalone software products as well as integrated components into larger business solutions. XEP, RenderX’s original commercial engine and its flagship product, is the rendering engine of choice for XML/XSLFO to PDF, PostScript, and other paged formats generation. RenderX’s patented technology is used by hundreds of organizations worldwide in the financial, consumer, insurance, government, manufacturing, transportation and pharmaceutical sectors to cost-effectively deliver dynamic documents in high volume to their customers, partners, and employees. RenderX also provides integration support for its software products, as well as provide professional services for custom software development and document design, generation, and management.

RenderX is a registered trademark of RenderX, Inc. VDPMill is a trademark of RenderX, Inc. Altova, MissionKit, XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, UModel, DatabaseSpy, DiffDog, SchemaAgent, SemanticWorks, Authentic, and AltovaXML are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Altova GmbH in the United States and/or other countries. The names of and reference to other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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