This Guide is dedicated to my family: my wife Robyn and my three sons, Ryan, Matthew

and Evan.

I suppose that it’s a cliché to dedicate a book to your wife. If so, it’s for a very good reason:

who plays a more important role in the life of an author than his or her spouse? Robyn is my

partner; the person who is always there; the one who shares my life in so many ways. The

expression about a great woman being behind every good man is true, yet my wife is

deserving of recognition for reasons that go far beyond the usual reasons such as being

“supportive”.