Dedication

This book is dedicated to Planet Earth and to all those organizations that are working tirelessly to save and protect the environment, to stop pollution of our oceans, lakes, rivers, drinking water, air, and soil, to preserve the farmlands, to stabilize world population, to protect and preserve wildlife, to promote animal welfare, and to fight for human rights around the globe.

I also want to acknowledge the love and support of my family: my wife Dolores and children Mark Demitri (deceased), Christine M., Sophia A., Thomas A., and Anthony J., daughter-in-law Sherri, and grandchildren Demetra, Gregory and Nina-Nicole.

A special thanks to David Magnuson, M.D., Chairman of Pediatric Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, for his great dedication, skills, wisdom and humanity. Efharisto para poli, aka “ΕÚΧαρΙσΤω παρ πΟλÚ”.