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Acknowledgments

It takes the dedication and hard work of many people to create a book such as this. The professionals at Ascend Learning and Jones & Bartlett Learning are fantastic, and their support, guidance, and wisdom was appreciated throughout this entire project. I especially wish to thank Melissa Duffy for her guidance and support. I also wish to thank Virginia “Ginny” Munroe, whose language skills and technical knowledge vastly improved the understandability of the message I was attempting to make. – Ron Price