Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my beautiful and wonderful wife, Heather Pollock, for all of her love, support, and encouragement in all I do. I love you! I would also like to thank my two daughters, Eva and Elizabeth Pollock. I love both of you!

I would like to thank my parents, Bruce and Joy Anderson, for their love and guidance, and for always supporting my endeavors.

I would like to thank Dr. J.D. and Linda Andrews for their love, guidance, and support.

In addition I would like to thank John and Betty Hopkins (grandparents), James D. and Livian Anderson (grandparents), Juanita Idom (grandmother), Richard Pollock and family (brother), Misty Castleman and family (sister), Warren Anderson and family (brother), Jon Andrews (brother) and family, Lisa and Julian Owens (aunt/uncle) and family, and every aunt, uncle, cousin, or other relation in my family. All of you have been a great influence in my life.

I would like to thank all of my editors at McGraw-Hill Professional for their outstanding help and support throughout the writing of this book. Thanks to Brandi Shailer, Amanda Russell, and to all of the editors who worked on this book to help make it better.

Thanks to my technical editor, Jaana Gilbert, for ensuring that the code was correct and that examples worked as expected. Most appreciated!

I would like to thank God for the ability he has given me to help and teach people through my writing. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (James 1:17).