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Dedication

To my wife Gilda and to the beautiful family we built together. I am so glad we met in this world!

To my wife Rejane and my children Pedro and André.

To my parents, my wife Sharon, my son David and his wife Michelle, and my daughter Erin. You are the best!

. . . and to you, the reader. If something in these pages benefits your performance, then our design will have indeed succeeded.