Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my best friend and wife, Crystal. She is always the light at the end of my tunnel. I want to thank our two daughters, Alexandria and Paige, for all of their love and support during the writing of all my books. They make it all worthwhile.

I want to thank my family and especially my brothers, Rick, Gary, and Rob. They have always been there for me. I want to thank my father, Richard, who helped me become the man I am today, and my mother, Maggie, for all of her love and support.

I would like to thank Jeremy Hodgson, my training partner, who spends more time with me on the road than anyone else. His sense of humor keeps me smiling even when I am homesick.

I want to thank everyone on my Sybex team, especially my developmental editor Amy Breguet, who helped me make this the best book possible, and Rodney R. Fournier, who is the technical editor of many of my books. It’s always good to have the very best technical guy backing you up.