ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

In addition to our author, we would like to thank Larry B. Kling, Vice President, Editorial, for his overall
guidance, which brought this publication to completion Pam Weston, Vice President, Publishing for
setting the quality standards for production integrity and managing the publication to completion; Diane
Goldschmidt, Senior Editor, for editorial project management; Alice Leonard, Senior Editor, for preflight
editorial review; Rachel DiMatteo, Graphic Artist, for page designs, and Weymouth Design, for designing
our cover.

We also extend our special thanks to Kathy Caratozzolo of Caragraphics, for typesetting this edition.