I would like to dedicate this book to my loving family for their kind support throughout the years, especially to my niece, Jennifer, and nephews, Adan and Jason, whose smiles are an inspiration and encouragement in my life; to my brilliant teachers, the ones who turned an ordinary child into this superior, excellent, and extraordinary individual; to a special human, Nguyen Thi Ly (Lily) and to all my friends and colleagues, Amreeta Poran, Li Xiang, KW, Touraj, Armin, Mada, Jester, Rafael, Khaldoun, Niel, Oscar, Serhat, Kenan, Michael, Ursina, Nic, Nicole, Andreina, Amin, Pedro, Juzer, Ronak, Cornel, Marco, Selin, Jenna, Yvonne, Cynthia, May, Corinne, Stefanie, Rio, Jannik, Carmen, Gul Naz, Stella, Patricia, Mikka, Julian, Snow, Matt, Sukhi, Tristan, Srajna, Eljean Desamparado, Asif, Salman, and all those whom I have forgotten to mention here.

--Shakeel Ali