Author's Acknowledgments

First, all praise and glory go to God, who through His Son makes all things possible, and gives us the gift of eternal life.

A special thanks to Dee-Ann LeBlanc for passing the baton of this series to me. It's amazing to think of the great authors who've been involved with guiding this series from the start. I'm glad to be able to build off of that tradition, and all your hard work.

Many thanks go to the great people at Wiley Publishing for their help and guidance in writing this. Thanks to Kyle Looper, the acquisitions editor, for offering me this opportunity, and Rebecca Senninger, the project editor, for helping keep the project focused and on track. Many thanks to Michael Wessler, the technical editor, for his tireless efforts at trying to make sure everything presented here was accurate and actually worked! Thanks also go to Carole McClendon at Waterside Productions for arranging this gig.

Finally, I'd like to thank my parents, Mike and Joyce Blum, for constantly stressing education over goofing off, and wife Barbara and two daughters Katie Jane and Jessica for their love and support, especially while working on this project.

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