You can ctrl + Shift + click to add and subtract from a selection. Just shift clicking only lets you add.
I'll  send you a site mail with my email  so you can send him over when you are ready. Oh yeah have you checked out the video tuts at Nevercenter. They are way cool and I picked up a lot on the interfaces just watching them.

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"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination".

Albert Einstein