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UCLA hoops going through rough chapter in storied history
By David Leon Moore, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES New Orleans Saints fans once put paper bags on their heads and called their team the "Ain'ts."
This season, you would never guess which team's fans have adorned the headgear of futility.
Well, one fan did, anyway, wearing both a UCLA basketball jersey and a paper bag over his head a month ago when the Bruins, college basketball royalty, winners of 11 NCAA titles and participants in three of the last four Final Fours, were pounded by the University of Portland 74-47 in the 76 Classic at the Anaheim Convention Center.
The low point still was to come.
A little more than two weeks later, back in Anaheim in the Wooden Classic at the Honda Center, the Bruins were in ruins again, this time being drubbed by Mississippi State 72-54 and getting booed off the court. The debacle was witnessed by John Wooden himself, 99, who had made a rare public appearance to support the program he lifted to legendary status.
Ask coach Ben Howland, a shocking 5-7 heading into Pacific-10 conference play Thursday against Arizona State, how bad he felt watching his team perform so poorly in front of the beloved Wooden, and he's at a loss for words.
His pained expression speaks volumes, though.
"Very disappointing," he finally says.
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Howland, 52, always has embraced the Wooden tradition at UCLA and loves talking to the Wizard of Westwood. But when his team stumbled through a five-game losing streak, he didn't look for advice from the man who won 10 national championships from 1964 to 1975.
"I don't think he has much experience going through what I'm going through," Howland says, managing a slight grin.
Wooden's worst season was 14-12 in 1959-60.
Howland hasn't had much experience with this lately, either. He's a program-builder, having turned things around at Northern Arizona, Pittsburgh and UCLA.
He arrived in Westwood in 2003, inheriting a team that had gone 10-19 in Steve Lavin's last season as coach. He was 11-17 in his first season, 18-11 in his second and then took three consecutive teams to the Final Four in 2006, '07 and '08.
It looked as if the building was over and another Bruins dynasty was in full swing.
Look again.
Final Four faces gone
Everybody knew the Pac-10 was down coming into this season, and everybody knew the Bruins would be relying on their highly recruited youngsters after losing so many players to the NBA the last two seasons. They were picked to finish third in the league, behind California and Washington.
But losses to Cal State-Fullerton and Long Beach State? A 27-point loss to Portland? A five-game losing streak?
"It makes you feel terrible," guard Michael Roll says. "Wearing those four letters across your chest is a pride thing."
Roll, a career role player, has been thrust into a leadership position on and off the court. Basically a spot-up jump shooter, Roll is second in minutes played (33.9 a game) and scoring (13.2 points a game). Sophomore guard Malcolm Lee leads in both (34.1 minutes, 14.5 points).
Roll, a fifth-year senior whose career scoring average was 4.9 coming into this season, was once surrounded by players such as Jordan Farmar, Arron Afflalo, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Darren Collison, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love and Jrue Holiday.
If those names sound familiar, it's because all of them except Holiday played in the Final Four and they're all in the NBA now.
All of them except Collison left for pro ball before using all of their college eligibility, and Love and Holiday left after one season.
Love's one-and-done career was no surprise. But Holiday's departure after a so-so freshman year last season caught Howland and staff by surprise.
His presence would make a big difference on a team that is short on athleticism.
"I thought we'd have Holiday for two years," Howland says. "But that's the deal. Guys go early. It's hard."
Not that anyone has too much sympathy for the Bruins. They have had highly rated recruiting classes the last two years.
"It's not an excuse," Howland says. "We've lost a lot of guys, but still, we should be doing better."
The incoming class last season was ranked No. 1 by most recruiting services. But arguably the two most impressive talents of that group are gone. Holiday now plays for the Philadelphia 76ers, and Drew Gordon, a 6-8 forward who was a starter and averaged 11.2 points, decided in early December to leave the team and seek a transfer.
"It was better for both parties for him to move on," Howland says tersely.
Another starter, senior forward Nikola Dragovic, was suspended and later reinstated after being arrested and charged with felony assault stemming from an altercation at a concert. He pleaded not guilty last week and faces a Feb. 1 court hearing. Dragovic also was arrested last season — for suspicion of misdemeanor battery — after a dispute with his former girlfriend. He was suspended for a game but not charged.
Even without those distractions, there was plenty to worry about because of a rash of preseason injuries that left the Bruins struggling merely to complete a drill, much less stage a full scrimmage.
Some of the players, including promising freshman wing Tyler Honeycutt, who had a stress fracture in his back, weren't ready to go when the season started. Sophomore point guard Jerime Anderson, of whom much is expected but who is averaging 6.2 points and 4.3 assists, had attended five practices with a strained groin before the opening loss at home to Cal State-Fullerton. Senior forward James Keefe, a Final Four veteran, continues to deal with a shoulder injury.
"Guys were in and out of the lineup so much," Anderson says. "We just haven't been able to put things together."
As the losses mounted, confidence plummeted and minds wandered.
"It's been real hard," says Honeycutt, who has provided a lift (6.0 points, 5.2 rebounds a game) off the bench since joining the rotation six games ago. "I didn't expect this. This has kind of set us in our place. It's let us know that we're not all that. We have a lot of things to improve."
'You have to be patient'
Whether the current players can improve enough to turn the season around is open to debate. Maybe it will take another recruiting class or two to put the Bruins back on top. Coming in next year will be one of the best prep centers in the country, 6-9 Josh Smith, along with 6-4 guard Tyler Lamb.
"They'll help us right away," Howland says. Not that he's giving up on 2010.
"Everybody acts like we're writing things off here, but it's very early," he says. "You have to be patient. The freshmen are getting thrown to the fire, but they're getting better."
Howland thinks the Bruins are getting better every day and will be competitive in the Pac-10. He sees Lee maturing into a consistent scorer. He sees Honeycutt hitting the offensive boards. He sees Anderson gaining confidence. He sees Keefe getting back on the court and beefing up the front line.
And, like everyone else, he sees freshman forward Reeves Nelson (10.1 points, 5.8 rebounds a game) showing his teammates how to fight back.
Nelson is a bruiser, a 6-8, 230-pounder who still is sporting a black eye from a serious poke in the eye in the loss to Kansas three weeks ago. Fans have taken to calling him Rocky.
"If I could be as tough as Rocky, that would be fine with me," he says. Well, is he?
"I'd like to think so," he says.
He looked like it at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday, when he led the Bruins to a 66-49 victory against Delaware State, scoring a season-high 21 points.
It was just Delaware State, which has lost five in a row, but this is a different kind of season in Westwood, and a win is a win.
And no one wore a paper bag.
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Biodiversidad amenazada de extinci6n como problema ambiental en Chile JA VIER A. SIMONETTI
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1 Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 67: , 1994 Threatened biodiversity as an environmental problem in Chile Biodiversidad amenazada de extinci6n como problema ambiental en Chile JA VIER A. SIMONETTI Departamento de Ciencias Ecol6gicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile. Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile RESUMEN La extinci6n de la biodiversidad se reconoce como un problema ambiental en Chile. Este reconocimiento proviene tanto de grupos ambientalistas como de bi6logos de vida silvestre. Sin embargo, sus evaluaciones sobre el estado de la biota difieren, exhibiendo visiones opuestas sobre su estado de conservaci6n a nivel de!as regiones administrativas de Chile. Aquellas regiones donde el estado de la biota es considerado como un problema menor por Ios ambientalistas son aquellas regiones donde Ios bi6logos detectan la mayor cantidad de especies en peligro de extinci6n y viceversa. Esta discrepancia demuestra que pueden existir diferentes percepciones del entorno tanto entre grupos sociales diferentes como a! interior de grupos afines. Palabras clave: conservaci6n biol6gica, extinci6n, medio ambiente, percepci6n ABSTRACT The extinction of biodiversity is recognized as an environmental problem in Chile. This recognition comes from both environmentalists and wildlife biologists. However, their evaluations about the conservation status of the biota are strikingly different, depicting opposite views regarding it within administrative regions of Chile. Those regions where the threats to the native biota are considered oflower importance by environmentalists are precisely the regions where wildlife biologists detect the higher numbers of threatened species and vice versa. This discrepancy demonstrates that different perceptions of the natural sourroundings may occur not only between different social groups but also within alike groups. Key words: conservation biology, environment, species extinction, perception INTRODUCTION The loss ofthe world's biological diversity is a phenomenon that requires social understanding of its causes and effects in order to implement adequate conservation strategies (Kellert 1985). Support for conservation plans depends upon recognition of the threats faced by wild species as well as the recognition of species extinction as an environmental problem that, like pollution, ozone depletion and other environmental alterations, may affect human welfare (Norton 1987). The perception of the status of biodiversity differs between different social groups, as each one perceives the environment through their own symbolic filters (Luhmann 1989). Therefore, environmentalists may have a different assessment of the problems faced by wild species compared to govermental agencies, politicians, or any other social group (e.g., Peters on 1991). These differences may hamper the implementation and social acceptance of conservation policies. Differences however, should be minimal if non-existent within groups (Luhmann 1989). Therefore, it could be expected that wildlife biologists and environmentalists should exhibit similar perceptions of the conservation status of biodi versity. Consistency within groups is also required to establish coherent conservation policies. Although Chileans have a poor perception of their natural landscape (Hoffmann & Hoffmann 1980), threatened biodiversity is recognized among the enviromental problems of Chile (Hajek et a/ 1990). Wildlife biologists have listed 35% (243 (Recibido el 7 de diciembre de 1993; aceptado el 26 de mayo de 1994)
2 316 SIMONETTI out of 684 species) of the terrestrial vertebrate species under some IUCN category, including 50 species classified as Endangered and 92 species classified as Vulnerable (Glade 1988). That is, a significant proportion of the terrestrial vertebrates of Chile are of conservation concern. Regarding the Chilean flora, there are 5,082 vascular plants (Marticorena 1990) whose conservation status is largely unknown. For trees and shrubs however, 70 species are considered of conservation concern, including 20 Endangered and 24 Vulnerable (Benoit 1989). Overexploitation and habitat disruption are regarded as prime factors decimating the Chilean biota (e.g., Miller et al. 1983, Simonetti et. al 1992). The status of terrestrial plants and vertebrates has been determined by botanists, zoologists and wildlife biologists (wildlifers hereafter; Glade 1988, Benoit 1989) and the conservation status of species as an environmental problem has been recognized by a broad group of professionals all dealing and concerned with environmental issues (environmentalists hereafter; Hajek et al. 1990: 15). Given the similar concerns of these groups, they should be expected to perceive the status of the Chilean biodiversity in a similar fashion. That is, in any given region of Chile, the assessment of the potential threats to the local biodiversity or any concern about its decline should be ranked according to the magnitude of the local's threatened biota. In other words, regardless of the absolute value assigned to the endangered biota regarding other regional environmental problems, such a value should be higher in regions where there are more threatened species. In this note, I explore whether the importance attributed to the threatened TABLE I Threatened biota as an environmental problem in Chile. For each administrative region, the importance value assigned to the extinction, decline or decimation of plants and animals is given (from Hajek et al. 1990), together with the number of threatened plant (pl), mammal (ma), bird (bi), reptile (re), amphibian (am) and freshwater fish (fi) species (from Glade 1988, Benoit 1989). Biota amenazada como problema ambiental en Chile. Para cada region administrativa se indica el valor de importancia asignado a la extirpacion de plantas y animales (tornado de Hajek et al. 1990), junto con el numero de especies plantas (pi), mamiferos (ma), aves (bi), reptiles (re), anfibios (am) y peces de aguas continentales (fi) amenazados por region (tornado de Glade 1988, Benoit 1989). Importance value Number of threatened species Region Plants Animals pl m a bi re am fi I II Ill IV V MR VI VII VIII IX X XI XII
3 THREATENED BIODIVERSITY 317 biota by environmentalists is related to the actual status of the biota at a regional level assessed by wildlifers. That is, I will test if both Chilean environmentalists and wildlifers perceive the conservation status of our biodiversity in a similar fashion. METHODS Chile is divided into 13 administrative regions, arranged in a north-south axis. The status of terrestrial vertebrates and trees and shrubs of Chile has been determined for each of these regions (Glade 1988, Benoit 1989). In order to rank regions according to the number of threatened species, I tallied the number of species of conservation concern for mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and freshwater fishes, as classified in the Red List of Terrestrial Chilean Vertebrates (Glade 1988). Administrative regions were then ranked according to the number of species of conservation concern. The same procedure was followed for vascular plants, according to the status given in Benoit (1989). Environmental problems of Chile have also been determined on a regional basis (Hajek et al ). Among them, the extinction and overexplotation or decline of wild species are ranked along pollution, desertification, and other problems that a group of environmental experts perceive as important. For each administrative region, I considered the highest importance value assigned to categories such as «extinction of fauna, irrational exploitation, illegal or uncontrolled hunting and scarce fauna» to be representative of the importance of wildlife as an environmental problem. Similarly for trees and shrubs, the categories "extinction by overexploitation, indiscriminate exploitation, deforestation" were treated as representative of the importance of its decline in biodiversity. In the original analysis by Hajek et al. ( 1990), environmental problems were ranked from 0.0 (irrelevant problem) to 5.0 (maximum importance). In two administrative regions, no mention was made of declining wildlife. I assigned a 0.0 value to each. Regions were then ranked according to the importance value given to this environmental problem. The number of threatened species was then correlated to the importance value assigned to the decline of vertebrate and plant species within each administrative region. The assessment of the status of the terrestrial vertebrates, as reported by Glade (1988) was performed by 64 wildlife specialists (see Glade 1988: for the list of contributors). Of these, 17 experts also contributed to the analysis of the environmental problems in Chile, which was based on the contribution of 420 consultants (Hajek et al. 1990: 19-21). In other words, only 4.1% of the specialists who determined the type, number and importance of environmental problems in Chile did also determine the status of the biota. Similarly, 51 botanists determined the status of the terrestrial flora (Benoit 1989: ), of which 6 (12%) participated in the elaboration and ranking of environmental problems of Chile. Therefore, rankings can be treated as virtually independent of each other. RESULTS Compared to all other environmental problems, the extinction of animal species, their overexploitation and illegal hunting as decimating factors ranked from a highest score of 4.4 (out of 5.0) in the IV Region to a low 0.0 in the VI and VIII regions (Table I; see Hajek et al. 1990). The number of threatened vertebrates by administrative region ranked from 59 to 102 species (Table 1). The importance value assigned by environmentalists to the threatened wildlife was either unrelated (for mammals, reptiles and fishes) or negativaley related (birds and amphibians) to the actual number of threatened species by region (Table 2). Forest destruction and plant overexploitation received importance values as high as 5.0 in the XI region to a low 1.9 in the Metropolitan Region (Table 1; see Hajek et al. 1990). The number of threatened tree and shrub species ranged from two in the
4 318 SIMONETTI XI region to 34 in the VII region (Table 1 ). The importance value assigned by environmentalists to plant threats at each administrative region was unrelated to the number of threatened species each region holds (Table 2). On average, importance values assigned to threatened animal species ranked them as the 26th environmental problem in Chile, while threatened plants were ranked as the 15th one (cf. Hajek et al. 1990). That is, plants are regarded higher than vertebrates, although the difference between mean ranking is marginal (Mann-Whitney U test, P = 0.07). TABLE2 Threatened biota as an environmental problem. Figures are the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient for the relationship between the importance value assigned to the threats to biodiversity and the number of threatened species on a regional basis. Biota amenazada como problema ambiental en Chile. Se presentan Ios valores del coeficiente de correlaci6n de Spearman para la relaci6n entre el valor de importancia asignado a la biota amenazada y el numero de especies amenazadas por region. Taxon rn pa Plants Mammals Birds Reptiles Amphibians Fishes a = one-tailed test DISCUSSION Threatened biodi versity is recognized as an environmental problem in Chile (Hajek et al. 1990), albeit one of relatively low importance. If environmentalists and wildlifers assess the conservation status of the biota in a similar fashion, the importance value assigned to threatened biodiversity by the first group should correlate positively with the number of threatened species determined by wildlifers. Contrary to this expectation, perceptions of threats to regional flora and fauna were either unrelated or negatively related to the actual degree of endangerment of the regional biota. That is, environmentalists and wildlifers had different perceptions regarding the conservation status of Chilean biodiversity. Choices have to be made when planning and implementing conservation strategies (Soule 1986, N orton 1987). The discrepancy exhibited by Chilean environmentalists and wildlifers may reduce support to conservation activities, as agreement in valuation and consequently in priority assessment, seems unlikely. The attitude of environmentalists is striking, because the Chilean biota is so unique. Poorer in species when compared to tropical regions, the high level of endemism of the Chilean biota renders its flora and fauna a unique environmental feature (Simonetti et al. 1992). Uniqueness should trigger higher levels of appreciation to these species and their conservation status. This seems not to be the case for Chilean environmentalists. In fact, areas of high levels of endemism, such as the central regions of mediterranean climate (Simonetti et al. 1992) are ranked very low by environmentalists, despite their holding of large numbers of endangered species. A rewarding conservation strategy has been habitat (or ecosystem) conservation (Norton 1987). Landscapes, and the habitats they contain, have been drastically altered in Chile, due to extensive native forest replacement by pine plantations, wood cutting, among other activities. However, the ranking given by environmentalists to the endangerment of the flora, a most conspicuous landscape component, is also unrelated to its current threats. Therefore, a habitat-based conservation approach may also have weak support. Interestingly, the conservation of biological diversity in Chile has relied on both the coarse and fine-filter approach. That is, has been centered on the conservation of community-types and individual species, respectively (Simonetti & Armesto 1991 ).
5 THREATENED BIODIVERSITY 319 The scientific knowledge required to support such approaches is basically lacking (Simonetti & Armesto 1991). The absence of correlation between the endangerment of the biota and its regional ranking reveals that support and appreciation from environmentalists may also be lacking. Consequently, the elaboration of public policies may be hampered. Further, Chilean citizens have a poor perception of the natural vegetation (Hoffmann & Hoffmann 1980, Filp et al. 1983, Fuentes et al ). This fact, coupled with the distorted view of environmentalists regarding the status of the threatened biota suggests that a strong campaign is urgently required to increase public awareness and understanding of the significance and status of biodiversity in order to ensure the conservation of the Chilean biota. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am grateful to A Veloso and R Bustamante for critical comments to an earlier draft. LITERATURE CITED BENOIT IL, ed ( 1989) Libro rojo de la flora terrestre de Chile. Corporaci6n Nacional Forestal, Santiago, Chile. FILP J, E FUENTES, S DONOSO & D MARTINIC ( 1983) Environmental perception of mountain ecosystems in central Chile: an exploratory study. Human Ecology 11: FUENTES ER, GAESPINOSA & I FUENZALIDA (1984) Cambios vegetacionales recientes y percepci6n ambiental: el caso de Santiago de Chile. Revista de Geograffa Norte Grande (Chile) 11: GLADE AA, ed ( 1988) Red list of Chilean terrestrial vertebrates. Corporaci6n Nacional Forestal, Santiago, Chile. HAJEK ER (1990) Medio ambiente en Chile. In: Hajek ER (ed) La situaci6n ambiental en America Latina: Centro lnterdisciplinario de Estudios sobre el Desarrollo Latinoamericano, Argentina HAJEK ER, P GROSS & GA ESPINOZA ( 1990) Problemas ambientales de Chile. 2 vols.. AID & Pontificia Universidad Cat6lica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. HOFFMANN AJ & AE HOFFMANN ( 1980) Percepci6n de la vegetaci6n en la Cordillera de Ios Andes, Chile central. Studia Oecologica 2: KELLERT SR (1985). Social and perceptual factors in endangered species management. Journal of Wildlife Management 49: LUHMANN N (1989) Ecological communication. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. MARTICORENA C ( 1990) Contribuci6n a la estadistica de la flora vascular de Chile. Gayana: Botanica (Chile) 47: MILLER SD, J ROTTMANN, KJ RAEDEKE & RD TABER (1983) Endangered mammals of Chile: status and conservation. Biological Conservation 25: NORTON BG (1987) Why preserve natural variety? Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. PETER SON MJ (1991) Wildlife parasitism, science, and management policy. Journal of Wildlife Management 55: SIMONETTJ JA & JJ ARMESTO ( 1991) Conservation of temperate ecosystems in Chile: coarse versus finefilter approaches. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 64: SIMONETTI JA, MTK ARROYO, AE SPOTORNO, E LOZADA. C WEBER, LE CORNEJO. J SOLERVICENS & E FUENTES ( 1992) Hacia el conocimiento de la diversidad biol6gica en Chile. In: G. Halffter (ed) La diversidad biol6gica de Iheroamerica: Acta Zool6gica Mexicana, Mexico. SOU LE ME ( 1986) Conservation biology and the <<real world>>. In: Soule M (ed) Conservation biology: the science of scarcity and diversity: Sinauer Associates. Sunderland, Massachusetts.
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Technical Approach
A 3 year programme is undertaken that builds on the work of TSUNAMI (R2108) project. The project is based around performing field trials of adaptive antennas using prototype equipment in a real mobile network and relating this to system perfomance issues using simulations and studies.
The first few months were spent addressing the first logical activity of the project, that of defining requirements. Mobile operators requirements and the groundwork of the field trial including the system design choices in relation to the adaptive antenna were performed.
Experiments and simulations were carried out to allow architectural decisions to be made and the top level system design of the field trial system has been performed. Early field trials are under way to study the detailed spatial behaviour of radio propagation at 1.8 GHz. These propagation trials are currently based on narrow band data rates, but will be extended to broadband data rates later in the project. This data will be used to tune the operation of the main field trial equipment. The main field trials are planned for autumn 1997. These will be conducted on a site in Bristol in the UK, deemed appropriate for testing the operation in Micro and Macro cell deployments.
A number of studies are underway to identify better adaptive antennas tecniques and to place the work of the project into the larger context of UMTS. Joint multi-user detection techniques are deployed to great effect in advanced UMTS system proposals. A study is underway to identify how these techniques can be employed in with a multi element adaptive antenna to provide improved performance and comparability with existing UMTS proposals. The cost complexity issue of ASIC implementation will be studied. The network signalling implications are studies to identify how adaptive antennas will fit into the UMTS system.
In summary, the problem of applying adaptive antennas to third generation mobile systems is being studied from a variety of viewpoints which should lead to some useful results.
Summary of Trial
Two Field trials are conducted that include the first fully adaptive antenna system ever to be deployed in a real mobile system. In order to provide this demonstration the project has chosen to use the DCS1800 standard as the core mobile network that will be modified to include an adaptive antenna. The project will construct a single fully adaptive BTS that will be deployed and used in an operational network of a National Host.
Key Issues
Design and development of sustainable transmission systems, with very high capacity is a major challenge for the realisation of Universal Personal Telecommunication (UPT). Adaptive antennas are a new technology that have the potential to provide large increases in capacity but are largely untested in a real mobile environment. By building the field trial equipment and conducting the trial, authoritative input will be obtained to contribute to the standardisation process of third generation systems in Europe in forums such as ETSI SMG5.
The project has been running for 18 months and has already made some significant achievements. Nine deliverables have been completed. Four of these deliverables have residual value outside the project and are public. These are:
D111 "Target Operator Requirements for Adaptive Antennas"
D411 "Method of Influencing Third Generation Standards"
D121 "Algorithms and Array Recommendations"
D321 "Field Trial Test Plan"
Other deliverables will be available during the year and for the latest list of published documents, contact the project co-ordinator (ERA). Significant achievements so far include the completion of the top level design of the field trial equipment. The diagram gives and impression of the size and complexity of the field trial equipment currently being constructed. The equipment will be deployed indoors with the antenna mounted on a mast adjacent to the building. Other achievements include the completion of user requirements survey and some intesting resulst from simulation work. Performance studies suggest that the gain in the uplink direction will be greater than downlink and the project is now studying ways of correcting this imbalance.
Expected Impact
Adaptive antennas offer greatly improved spectral efficiency by making full use of the spatial domain. Therefore adaptive antennas have an integral part to play in helping third generation systems reach their declared capacity objectives.
Dr Seshaiah Ponnekanti Project Manager (TSUNAMI) Communication Systems ERA Technology Ltd Cleeve Road Leather Surrey KT22 7SA United Kingdom Tel: +44 1372 804854 Fax: +44 1372 804804 E-mail: (email removed)
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It's been a little over six years since Brian died in a car crash. Amazing as it seems, he had only a tiny cut on his face to show that anything had happened to him. The force of the crash caused his seat to turn about 30 degrees and the brutal whiplash forced his head back onto the panel of the car that separates the front seats/doors from the rear. There wasn't even a bump on his head to show that something happened. He didn't die instantly but there was no hope that he would regain consciousness. He was brain dead for three days but his brain stem was still alive. He had signed up to be an organ donor and they had to wait until his brain stem died before they could harvest his organs.
Brian was 19 years old. He would have been 20 in three months. Just when my baby was starting to become a man, God called him home. But in those 20 years, I was so very happy. Brian and I bonded almost immediately. He was so sweet, gentle, funny, endearing, loving, responsible, helpful, friendly, grounded, giving, and so much more. He had all my love. My heart was his.
For six years, I've mourned his loss. I can hardly believe that he's gone. It's not what I pictured happening. The worse thing that I thought would ever happen would be that he might move to the other side of the country for one reason or another, and I wouldn't see him very often. I remember the first realization that I would never see him again. I felt complete devastation and desolation, so deep, down to every fiber of my being. I don't think that even facing death myself would have had such an impact. The black hole, the emptiness, the nothingness was so complete. Where Brian should have been, there was a complete rending of everything except my sanity but I would have preferred losing my sanity. No words can come close enough to explain how I feel and no one can understand or even imagine how I feel unless they've lost a child.
For the first year or so, I cried with huge sobs and groans. It was too much! The pain was unbearable, so complete, darker, deeper and more horrible than I ever could have imagined. This child, who was the light of my life, was more than gone from my life . . . a part of me died with him.
I've experienced other losses in my life. My father died when I was 13, my sister died when I was 16 and my mother died when I was 32. I know what it's like to mourn the loss of people that I loved very much . . . the sadness, missing them, wishing they were still alive, not being able to share joys and love with them any longer. But nothing compares to what and how I feel about losing my son.
My husband died of a heart attack two months before Brian. I had/have no one to turn to, no one to hold me, no one to understand how I feel, nobody's shoulder to literally cry on.
I lost my friends. They thought that I should be getting over the loss of my son. Even my sister wants nothing to do with me. I haven't heard from them in three or four years. I never did cry when I was around people but I'm much more subdued and more adamant in how I feel about things. I guess they didn't like how Brian's death affected and changed me. Maybe losing them affected me on some level but it means almost nothing to me.
I'm now going into year 7. I think of Brian every day, several times a day. He would have been 26 this year. I might have a grandchild had he lived. The holidays are coming. I always loved this time of year. Wouldn't it have been wonderful . . . the family get-togethers, baking, planning, shopping, wrapping, secrets, decorating the house!! It all falls flat now. I don't do any of it anymore.
I really don't think that life will get any better. I've read that it will but I think it handed me one sorrow too many.
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So we start off with unseated Shinigami (oh right we still have those) noticing Kenpachi's showed up, cheering, and then wondering why they only just sensed him. Interesting. Not sure what implications that has for the effect of The Visionary on him, but interesting. Then, apparently Gremmy can heal his wounds by imagining they never happened or something like that, and then...pure fighting. I'm surprised, to be honest. No huge reveals, just fighting that actually looked and felt interesting. And it seems like Gremmy has to remain focused on his target in order for his mental trickery to continue working on them, as evidenced by Yachiru. Also, Kenpachi's "what's a cookie" line was solid gold.
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