Jeff Heaton is a software designer for Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. (RGA). Jeff also teaches Java at St. Louis Community College at Meramec, and is a graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis. A Sun Certified Java Programmer specializing in Internet, socket-level/spidering, and artificial intelligence programming, Jeff is a member of the IEEE. He can be contacted by email at heatonj@heat-on.com or through his Web site at http://www.jeffheaton.com.