Copyright

Copyright © 2002 by New Riders Publishing

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 00-111151

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing: August 2001

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Credits

Publisher

David Dwyer

Associate Publisher

Al Valvano

Executive Editor

Steve Weiss

Product Marketing Manager

Kathy Malmloff

Managing Editor

Sarah Kearns

Acquisitions Editor

Linda Anne Bump

Development Editor

Audrey Doyle

Project Editor

Michael Thurston

Copy Editors

Nancy Albright

Krista Hansing

Technical Editor

Paul J. Baccash

Cover Designer

Aren Howell

Cover Art

Kim Lee

Mike O’Rourke

Compositor

Kim Scott

Proofreader

Marcia Deboy

Indexer

Brad Herriman

Media Specialist

Jay Payne