Heavy in the game is a story about a hustler in the city of Los Angeles and his journey to the top of the drug business, only to find out that all that glitters is not gold once he gets in too deep and the streets become filled with envy. Jahshawn King, better known as Youngster, has become a very successful hustler in the streets of L.A while trying to raise his son, Jay. However, an incident in his past continues to haunt him and may seal his fate. He travels through the city among the notorious street gangs and the epidemic of drug use while jealousy, envy, and murder are only some of the...

This text is intended to provide an in-depth, self-contained, treatment of optical waveguide theory. We have attempted to emphasize the underlying physical processes, stressing conceptual aspects, and have developed the mathematical analysis to parallel the physical intuition. We also provide comprehensive supplementary sections both to augment any deficiencies in mathematical background and to provide a self-consistent and rigorous mathematical approach. To assist in. understanding, each chapter con- centrates principally on a single idea and is therefore comparatively short. Furthermore,...