To Heidi, Brandi, and Lisa

—Darl Kuhn



To my uncles Alapati Ranga Rao and Alapati Kanakayya
With love and affection

—Sam R. Alapati




To Oyuna and Evan for putting up with me and all the evenings and

weekends spent with my computer instead of with them!!

To my wonderful family: Carol, Gerry, Susan, Doug, Scott, Chris, Leslie, Jaimie, Jeremy V.,
Katie, Jenny, Jeremy P., Sean, Riley, and Blake.

—Bill Padfield