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Copyright © 2000 by New Riders Publishing

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-067435

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing: January, 2000

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Credits

Publisher

David Dwyer

Executive Editor

Al Valvano

Acquisitions Editor

Amy Michaels

Product Marketing Manager

Stephanie Layton

Development Editor

Leah Williams

Managing Editor

Gina Brown

Project Editor

Elise Walter

Book Designer

Louisa Klucznik

Cover Designer

Aren Howell

Team Coordinator

Ann Quinn

Copy Editor

Krista Hansing

Indexer

Christine Karpeles

Technical Reviewers

Daniel Adam

Dan Bubb

Jon Boggs

Stephen Crandall

Mark Fitzpatrick

Jim Morey

John Thomas

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