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The Boys & Girls Club of Ventura transitions forward as 25-year veteran and CEO Diane Koranda steps down
By Carla Iacovetti 03/28/2013
– Henrik Ibsen
The Boys & Girls Club of Ventura is in transition as its 25-year veteran and CEO Diane Koranda announces her retirement. The graduate of the School of Executive Leadership from the University of Michigan and entrepreneur did not really know what she was stepping into when she was recruited to join the Boys & Girls Club 25 years ago.
During the early years, Koranda served as a member of the Ventura club's board of directors. Things began to change for her, however, once she met the kids and observed firsthand many of the challenges they faced. She saw this club as a positive way for the community to come together and support children and families. With her vibrant leadership and fervor to help, it was no surprise when the Boys & Girls Club of Ventura hired her as director of development. For Koranda, it was not just about the job — it was about making a difference. She was excited to be a part of something good. "I decided to stop the for-profit business to work for a nonprofit business," said Koranda.
After two and a half years in Ventura, Koranda accepted the position of executive director at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Paula (her home town), and remained there for five years. "My experience in Santa Paula was a great learning place," said Koranda.
The enthusiastic Koranda was destined to be an influential part of the Ventura Club because, in 2001, she was hired as the CEO and has served in that capacity for the last 11 and a half years. She has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the impressive Poinsettia Award for Non-Profit Organizations from the Ventura Chamber of Commerce because of the influence the Boys & Girls Club has had on the community.
Instructor Jesus Ornelas, right, assists students Mauricio Chacon, center, and Alexander Pineda, left, with an activity to reinforce their lesson on the American Gold Rush.
The Boys & Girls Club of America has been around for more than 150 years, and began in Hartford, Conn. with three women: Mary Goodwin, Alice Goodwin and Elizabeth Hammersley. "Originally, the organization was only for boys, and it was called The Good Will Club," said Koranda. In the belief that boys should have positive alternatives to roaming the streets, and focusing on character development, the Boys & Girls Club of Ventura has taken this idea and expanded to what it is today, a terrific program for kids that provides a good climate for healthy personal development.
The Boys & Girls Club of Ventura serves the economic interests of the county, being a positive place for kids. While the club continues to promote character development and personal growth, "It has been in transition mode for some time," said Koranda.
Originally, it was a drop-in program where kids could show up whenever they wanted to, and choose what activities they would become involved with that day. Over the last decade, however, the club has been making a conscientious effort to add more academics.
"We've now gotten away from the drop-in program, and emphasize academics — with the intent of creating an atmosphere that inspires kids to learn. We are a safe place for kids to be after school. With the current financial struggles that so many families are facing today, it's a great comfort to the parents and fun for the kids," said Koranda.
The club in Ventura began in 1938, and was originally called the Police Boys Club. For nearly 30 years, the club worked hard to keep boys off the streets. In 1962, the club joined the chartered Boys Club of America, and in 1967 the Ventura Girls Club was incorporated by the State of California. In 1980, the two clubs merged together forming the Boys & Girls Club of Ventura, and it has been impacting the lives of kids in this community ever since.
While the Boys & Girls Club has a solid reputation, there is no doubt that the Ventura Club has progressed largely because of Koranda's vision and direction — the club's focus has shifted to a more academically driven program. Koranda believes that when a child learns the importance of good citizenship and the benefit of personal growth and academic success, the community reaps the rewards.
In 2010, Dr. Jamshid Damooei, professor of economics at Cal Lutheran University conducted a survey for the Boys and Girls Club in Ventura. The results were impressive: 97 percent rate of high school graduation, 0 percent teen pregnancy rate, 83 percent improvement in family communication, 92 percent improved self-confidence, and 88 percent of the parents said that they were able to stay employed because of the after-school program.
"Every child deserves the chance to be a part of this kind of club; yet there are waiting lists that prevent this from happening. Currently, there are approximately 65 children on our waiting list to get it, and we cannot take in more children without hiring more staff to accommodate them," said Koranda. Along with the staff, additional equipment, supplies and food are needed, and no one wants to turn any child away. "It's a real catch-22, because you have to learn to stretch the dollars while trying to accommodate more kids, and there's a growing need for these kinds of services here in Ventura County," said Koranda.
"The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all." – Walt Disney Company, Mulan
With a 97 percent high school graduation rate, it is easy to understand why the Boys & Girls Club of Ventura has so many success stories. Stewart came to the club when he was 7 years old. He was clinically depressed, withdrawn, antisocial, and had attempted suicide.
"When he first came to the club, he literally hid under the pool table," said Koranda.
John Brant, one of the board members, mentored him in the club's juggling program. Stewart never did well in school, but he had a lot of potential. Brant and the staff worked with him for years, and Stewart not only graduated from Ventura's Foothill Technology High School, where he created a science program for club kids, he was admitted into Loyola University New Orleans with a scholarship. He juggles for a living and was hired to entertain at the Super Bowl this year.
Students celebrate victory and protest defeat during a throwing skills game in the gymnasium at the Boys & Girls Club on Olive St. in Ventura. Left to right, Andrea Cordero, Juandiego Vasquez, Brian Catalan, and William Mendez.
A 16-year-old boy and his family moved to Ventura from Santa Paula after a close family friend was stabbed. On the way home from the hospital, the family discovered there had been a drive-by shooting at their home. Unfortunately, the move to Ventura did not stop this young man from getting into trouble with the law. He came to the Boys and Girls Club to fulfill his community service hours.
"The staff worked closely with him, and they played a huge part in influencing him for the good. After he had completed his community hours, he continued with the club because he realized that he had friends — friends that were all having a good time, and no one was getting into trouble," said Koranda. Now, two and a half years later, he is still involved with the club and he is the president of the Boys & Girls Club Team Leadership Club. He plays high-school football, maintains a decent grade-point average and has plans to attend college.
Crystal came to the Boys & Girls Club of Ventura in grade school. Her siblings were involved with gangs and drug abuse. She ended up becoming a junior volunteer and a Youth of the Year winner. She was the first person in her family to graduate from high school and from college. Today, Crystal frequently speaks on behalf of the club in the community.
"For us to keep our doors open, we rely on our community. It's a big organization and it takes a lot of money to run. Our budget is $1.5 million annually, and we need to raise that much and more so we can serve more kids in our community effectively," said Koranda. It is interesting to note that more than 80 percent of charitable dollars come from individual donations.
"Membership donation is $50 per year. We have sliding scale fees for the morning program, which is similar to a summer camp. It's no wonder there's waiting list! Any child is welcome to join; we make no discrimination," said Koranda.
A recent study by California Lutheran University revealed that for every $1 spent by the club, more than $16 of additional revenue is generated in the community — a 1,600 percent return on investment.
A key club goal is to positively impact the lives of members with emphasis on three essential youth outcomes:
· Academic success
· Good character and citizenship
· Healthy lifestyles
Some of the club programs include Project Learn, Power Hour, Keystone and Torch Clubs, Passport to Manhood, Youth of the Year, Money Matters, Career Launch, Date SMART, SMART Girls, Triple Play, Club Tech, art and gardening programs and also various sports, fitness and recreation programs.
The Boys & Girls Club of Ventura loves volunteers. After passing a background check, there are a variety of arenas where people can get involved. The club needs tutors, mentors, coaches, or volunteers to work on fund-raising. "We put on four fund-raising events during the year and welcome any volunteer help. It helps to take a load off of the staff," said Koranda. Just one or two hours each week can make a difference in the life of a young person. The greater Ventura Boys & Girls Club has five separate locations and an administrative office, and two of the Ventura facilities are 14,000 square feet each. All of the locations are in need of volunteer assistance. A contribution of your time can make a world of difference in the life of a child.
The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura is celebrating their 75th anniversary this year, and there are a number of celebrations and special events planned. Many of today's leading businesspeople, professionals and community leaders are alumni: Mel Sheeler, founder and CEO of Sheeler Moving and Storage; Bob Lynn, owner of Lynn's Jewelry; Tareq Hishmeh, Esq., at Hathaway, Perrett, Webster Law Firm, to name a few.
Jim Duran, president of the Ventura Chamber of Commerce and executive director of Project Understanding recently praised Diane Koranda's leadership. "Her vision to empower and develop the whole child has changed the club's focus and has changed the lives of those who attend the club. … Diane's efforts throughout the years have played a major role in academic success of each student. … Diane has done an excellent job and will be missed, but her legacy will live on."
The Boys & Girls Club is not just any ordinary organization. It is a place where children and youth can feel safe, get inspired and have fun with friends, while excelling in academics, and experience personal growth. Here in Ventura, the Boys & Girls Club is changing lives, one child at a time.
All about the kids
Former Disney Channel exec takes lead as the CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura
For Patrick Davidson, it has always been about kids. The former senior vice president of the Disney Channel and now the new chief executive officer for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura is very excited to be a part of such a wonderful club.
Davidson comes to the club with wide-ranging leadership experience. He produced independent programs for ABC, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Discovery Network, History Channel, Lifetime and National Geographic, to name a few. In addition, he was the creator of Disney's American Teacher Awards and the Presidential Inaugural Celebration for Children. He is also the winner of the Cable Ace Award for outstanding children's specials, and produced the award-winning documentary film, The World We Want, a film celebrating the remarkable stories of 150 students from all around the world who shared their inspirational stories, experiences and dreams, with the hope of creating a better world.
Along with his highly respected work as a television executive, Davidson spent more than 10 years counseling at-risk children, teens and troubled families in various community centers. He co-founded the juvenile justice diversion program in 1969, now known as the National Youth Project Using MiniBikes (NYPUM), an organization that provides opportunities for compromised youth while building self-esteem, social respectability and good character.
Davidson is doing what he loves to do — being involved with the advancement and betterment of kids. "Throughout my entire life, it's been all about kids. I have a lot of respect for kids. It's a complicated world we live in. There are a lot of diversions, and the Boys & Girls Club helps kids to focus on things that are really important in their lives. The children in our clubs are like family; for some kids, we become a second family, and that's an amazing honor," said Davidson.
"We have a great staff," Davidson said. A big part of his job is to support the staff and expand club resources. He believes part of the reason this club has such a dedicated staff is because there is tremendous reward in changing people's lives, that being on the observing end of inspiration and transformation is the best kind of payment.
Following in Diane Koranda's footsteps will be no easy task, but Davidson very much shares her vision for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura and is confident about the program. "Diane has done a masterful job with this organization," said Davidson. Like Koranda, Davidson wants to see kids excel at whatever they are interested in, while working on the whole child.
Marketing and publicity are part of the specified skill-set that Davidson brings to this club.
"Anyone that knows me knows that I believe in the power of storytelling, and we have a fabulous story to tell," he said. "One of the many things I've learned about Ventura County is that there is tremendous pride here, and this club is a reflection of our community. My goal is to get the word out and to get more people involved."
"We are dedicated to empowering kids to find their passion and be the best person that they can be. I want them to have the most fulfilling and rewarding life — on their terms. It starts with them and ends with them. If we can help them realize their goals and dreams, then we've done our job well," Davidson said.
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How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?
This is a general question and should collect useful answers for all users. I hope we can use this as a reference
How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?
This is a general question and should collect useful answers for all users. I hope we can use this as a reference
To answer this question one has to first understand the basic rules that govern LaTeX's standard placement of floats. Once these are understood, adjustments can be made, for example, by modifying float parameters, or by adding certain packages that modify or extend the basic functionality.
LaTeX floats terminology
Float classes
Each float in LaTeX belongs to a class. By default, LaTeX knows about two classes, viz.,
One important aspect of the float placement algorithm is that LaTeX never violates the order of placement within a class of floats. E.g., if you have figure1, table1, figure2 in a document, then figure1 will always be placed before figure2. However, table1 (belonging to a different float class) will be placed independently and hence can appear before, after, or between the figures.
Float areas
LaTeX knows about 2 float areas within a column where it can place floats: the top area and the bottom area of the column. In two-column layout, it also knows about a top area spanning the two columns. There is no bottom area for page-wide floats in two-column mode
In addition, LaTeX can make float columns and float pages, i.e, columns and pages which contain only floats.
Finally LaTeX can place floats inline into the text (if so directed).
Float placement specifiers
To direct a float to be placed into one of these areas, a float placement specifier has to be provided as an optional argument to the float. If no such optional argument is given then a default placement specifier is used (which depends on the float class as mentioned above). A float placement specifier can consist of the following characters in any order:
The order in which these characters are stated does not influence how the algorithm tries to place the float (e.g., [ht] or [th] will make no difference)! This is one of the common misunderstandings, for instance when people think that
However, if a letter is not present then the corresponding area will not be tried at all.
Float algorithm parameters
There are about 20 parameters that influence the placement. Basically they define
Float reference point
The point where the float is placed in the source document affects the placement of the float in the output because it determines when LaTeX sees the float for the first time. It's important to understand that if a float is placed in the middle of a paragraph, this reference point is the next line break, or page break, in the paragraph that follows the actual placement in the source.
Basic behavioral rules of LaTeX's float mechanism
With this knowledge, we are now ready to delve into the algorithm's behavior.
First we have to understand that all of LaTeX's typesetting algorithms are designed to avoid any sort of backtracking. This means that LaTeX reads through the document source, formats what it finds and (more or less) immediately typesets it. The reasons for this design choice were to limit complexity (which is still quite high) and also to maintain reasonable speed (remember that this is from the early eighties).
For floats, this means that the algorithm is greedy, i.e., the moment it encounters a float it will immediately try to place it and, if it succeeds, it will never change its decision. This means that it may choose a solution that could be deemed to be inferior in the light of data received later on.
For example, if a figure is allowed to go to the top or bottom area, LaTeX may decide to place this figure in the top area. If this figure is followed by two tables which are only allowed to go to the top, these tables may not fit anymore. A solution that could have worked in this case (but wasn't tried) would have been to place the figure in the bottom are and the two tables in the top area.
The basic sequence
So here is the basic sequence the algorithm runs through:
Detailed placement rules when encountering a float
Whenever LaTeX encounters a float environment in the source, it will first look at the holding queue to check if there is already a float of the same class in the queue. If that happens to be the case, no placement is allowed and the float immediately goes into the holding queue.
If not, LaTeX looks at the float placement specifier for this float, either the explicit one in the optional argument or the default one from the float class. The default per float class is set in the document class file (e.g.,
This ends the processing when encountering a float in the document.
Emptying the holding queue at the page boundary
After a page has been finished, LaTeX looks at the holding queue and attempts to empty it out as best as possible. For this it will first try to build float pages.
Any floats participating in a float page (or column) must have a
If the float can go there, it will be marked for inclusion on the float page, but the processor may still abort the attempt if the float page will not get filled "enough" (depending on the parameter settings for float pages). Only at the very end of the document, or when a
Creation of float pages continues until the algorithm has no further floats to place or if it fails to produce a float page. In the latter case, all floats that have not been placed so far are then considered for inclusion in the top and bottom areas of the next page (or column).
The process there is the same as the one described above, except that
Any float that couldn't been placed then is put back to the holding queue, so that when LaTeX is ready to look at further textual input from the document the holding queue may already contain floats. A consequence of this is that a float encountered in the document may immediately get deferred just because an earlier float of the same float class is already on hold.
Details on the parameters that restrict/influence the placement
There are four counters that control how many floats can go into areas:
The size of the areas are controlled through parameters (changed with
The space that separates floats within an area, as well as between float areas and text areas, is defined through the following parameters (all of which are rubber lengths, i.e., can contain some stretch or shrink components). Their defaults depend on the document font size and change when class options like
For inline floats (that have been placed "here") the separation to the surrounding text is controlled by
In case of float pages or float columns (i.e., a page or a column of a page containing only floats) parameters like
Consequences of the algorithm
A float may appear in the the document earlier than its placement in the source
The placement of the float environment in the source determines the earliest point where it can appear in the final document. It may move visually backward to some degree as it may be placed in the top area on the current page. It can, however, not end up on an earlier page as the surrounding text due to the fact that LaTeX does no backtracking an the earlier pages have already been typeset.
Thus normally a float is placed in the source near its first call-out (i.e., text like "see figure 5") because this will ensure that the float appears either on the same page as this text or on a later page. However, in some situations you may want to place a float on the preceding page (if that page is still visible from the call-out). This is only possible by moving the float in the source.
Double-column floats are always deferred first
When LaTeX encounters a page-wide float environment (indicated by a
Thus, in order to place such a float onto the current page, one has to manually move it to an earlier place in the source -- before the start of the current page. If this is done, obviously any further change in the document could make this adjustment obsolete; hence, such adjustments are best done (if at all) only at the very last stage of document production --- when all material has been written and the focus is on fine-tuning the visual appearance.
There is no bottom float area for double-column floats
This isn't so much a consequence of the algorithm but rather a fact about it. For double-column floats the only possible placements are the top area or a float page. Thus if somebody adds an
All float parameters (normally) restrict the placement possibilities
This may be obvious but it is worth repeating: any float parameter defines a restriction on LaTeX's ability to place the floats. There is always a way to set a parameter in such a way that it does not affect the placement at all. Unfortunately, in doing so one invites rather poorly looking placements.
By default LaTeX has settings that are fairly liberal. For example, for a float page to be accepted the float(s) must occupy at least half of the available page. Expressed differently, this means that such a page is allowed to be half empty (which is certainly not the best possible placement in most cases).
What often happens is that users try to improve such settings and then get surprised when suddenly all floats pile up at the end of the document. To stay with this example: if one changes the parameter
For this reason it is best not to meddle with the parameters while writing a document or at least not to do so in a way that makes it more difficult for the algorithm to place a float close to its call-out. For proof-reading it is far more important to have a figure next to the place it is referenced then to avoid half-empty pages. Possibilities for fine-tuning an otherwise finished document are discussed below.
Another conclusion to draw here is that there are dependencies between some of the float parameters; it is important to take these dependencies into account when changing their values.
"Here" really just means "here if it fits"
... and often it doesn't fit. This is somewhat surprising for many people, but the way the algorithm has been designed the
Float specifiers do not define an order of preference
As mentioned above, the algorithm tries to place floats into available float areas in a well-defined order that is hard-wired into the algorithm: "here", "top", "bottom" and -- on page boundaries -- first "page" and only if that is no longer possible "top" followed by "bottom" for the next page.
Thus specifying
Relation of floats and footnotes
This is not exactly a consequence of the algorithm but one of its implementation: Whenever LaTeX tries to decide on a placement for a float (or a
However, if for some reason a page is finally taken at an earlier point then the footnotes will show up on the wrong page or column. This is a fairly unlikely scenario but if it happens check if there is a float near the chosen page break and either move the float or guide the algorithm by using explicit page breaks. and example can be found in this question.
In fact that particular case is worth highlighting: Do not place a float directly after a heading, unless it is a heading that always starts a page. The reason is that headings normally form very large objects (as they prevent page breaks directly after it). However placing a float in the middle of this means that the Output Routine gets triggered before LaTeX makes its decision where to break and any footnotes get moved into the wrong place
Documentation of the algorithm
As requested here is some information on existing documentation. The algorithm and its implementation is documented in the file
This documentation is an interesting historical artifact. Parts of it show semi-formatted pseudo code which dates back to LaTeX2.09; in other words it is from the original documentation by Leslie Lamport. The actual code is documented using doc style and in parts is more or less properly documented (from scratch) and dates back to 1994 or thereabout when Chris Rowley and myself adjusted and extended the original algorithm for LaTeX2e. It also fairly openly documents the various issues with the algorithm and/or its implementation --- in many cases we didn't dare to alter it because of the many dependencies and, of course, because of the danger to screw up too many existing documents that implicitly rely on the current behavior for good or worse. Near the end you'll find a list of comments compiled back then on the algorithm, but there are also comments, questions, and tasks (? :-) sprinkled throughout the documentation of the code.
One interesting aspect of this file (that I forgot all about) is that it contains all code necessary to trace the behavior of the algorithm in real life. Unfortunately, I never made this officially available or so it seems. It would probably need a good amount of cleanup and better formatting of the tracing output it produces to be usable for the general public. But even in its current form it does give some interesting insight in the behavior of the algorithm and how certain decisions come about.
So if somebody wants to play with it or wants to trace some strange float placements, then all that is necessary to do (fingers crossed) is to make a short file
Run through LaTeX this will produce the style file
The command
How to address specific issues
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There are several possibilities for controlling float placement. The question I see most here is along the lines of "How do I insert an image/table at the point I list it in the source document?".
First I think it is important to note that you don't need to use floats. An
If a float environment is required, but the "amount of float" has to be limited to keep the content relatively close to the point where it was defined in the source, then the
Finally, if the content should be placed in the exact place it was defined in the source document, then the
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In our course we have defined a theory $T$ to be contradiction-free, if there are no formulas $\alpha_1,\ldots \alpha_n\in T$ such that $\neg ( \alpha_1 \& \ldots \ \& \alpha_n )$ is provable (but not necessarily still in $T$) (where provable means, that $\neg ( \alpha_1 \& \ldots \ \& \alpha_n ) \in \kappa$, where $\kappa$ is my deductive calculus defined here). My question is: Why is "contradiction-free" defined is this way and not is some other more obvious way ?
My idea of a contradiction would be the following: When doing the usual mathematical proof by contradiction, it usually means that in the area in which I'm doing the proof (for example number theory) I make an additional assumption (which is just the negation of what I what to prove - lets call this the sentence $\alpha$. I can thus think of as $\neg \alpha$ being added to the axioms, which define number theory) and by using different already proven lemmas/theorems I can somehow deduce that some other already proven sentence $\beta$ is actually false, meaning I get $\neg \beta$. So shouldn't "contradiction-free" be defined more in way to reflect to above procedure ? Because defining it like it was defined in our course, I don't find that it corresponds to what I think a contradiction in the usual mathematical sense is.


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I understand that 英国 has a phonetic origin,
Yīng guó is rather close to England. However I would like to know if it is possible to find out who coined that translation, and if there is more to it than phonetic similitude.
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I understand that 英国 has a phonetic origin,
In the article 论国名与国号 it is mentioned that 英国 stems from 英格兰.
On Wikipedia they mention that it comes from 英吉利 (English) and 英格兰 (England):
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Let $G=\{a_2, a_2, a_3...a_n\}$ be a finite abelian group of order $n$. Let $x=a_1 a_2 a_3...a_n$. Prove that $x^2=e$.
My solution: Well since the order of the group is finite, we know the order of the elements of the group are also finite. So there exists a certain $k \in \mathbb{Z}$ such that $a^k = e$. Since the order the $n$, it must be that $k = n$. So since $x=a_1 a_2 a_3...a_n$ then $x^2 =(a_1 a_2 a_3...a_n)^2$ and because the group is abelian we have $x^2=a_1^2 a_2^2 a_3^2...a_n^2$ but $a^n = e$ and $n=2$ (DID I GO WRONG HERE??) then we must have $x^2 = eee...e = e$
Let $G$ be a group and let $a \in G$. Prove $\langle a\rangle = \langle a^{-1}\rangle$.
I don't even know how to begin this one. I know the cyclic subgroup generated by $a$ is the set $\{a^n | n \in \mathbb{Z}\}$
Show that $U_5$ is isomorphic to $U_{10}$.
Well both of these have order 4. Theorem: Every finite cyclic group of order n is isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}$. I don't know how to apply the theorem to the units.
General question: Are all unit groups ie, $U_5$ cyclic?


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What is a mastectomy?
A mastectomy is the surgical removal of breast tissue. It is done to remove all evidence of breast cancer. Since a mastectomy will not remove any microscopic (too small to be seen) cancer cells that may be beyond the removed area, additional treatments, chemotherapy and hormonal therapy, may also be recommended.
When is a mastectomy recommended for the treatment of breast cancer?
In general, a mastectomy is recommended if:
Are there different types of mastectomies?
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As with any surgery, there is a risk of bleeding, infection and poor wound healing. Fluid or blood can accumulate and require drainage. Numbness and tingling across the chest can occur due to nerves cut during surgery. If an axillary lymph node dissection is performed, then lymphedema (swelling of the arm), numbness and tingling of the underarm and arm, and muscle tightness of the underarm and shoulder may occur. There is also a life-long risk of developing arm infections following an axillary lymph node dissection.
How long will I be in the hospital?
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What are my options for re-creating my breast?
There are many issues to consider when deciding if and when you may want breast reconstruction. Some women prefer reconstruction surgery at the same time as their mastectomy, while others decide to wait because of the need for additional treatment. Medical considerations along with personal feelings lead ultimately to a decision that is best for you. Your doctors, nurses, counselors and family can help you make the choice with which you will be most comfortable.
After a mastectomy you may choose to wear a breast prosthesis. This is a soft form, shaped liked a breast, that is worn under a bra. Most forms are made of silicone or cotton and come in different sizes and weights. A proper fit is essential for your clothing fit, self-image, posture and body alignment, and comfort. A breast prosthesis can be obtained in The Boutique at the Rena Rowan Breast Center or through a surgical supply or lingerie store.
Surgical reconstruction surgery is performed to reform the shape of your breast. You can decide about reconstruction months or even years after your breast surgery. Make the decision when you feel ready. It's important to get the guidance of your whole medical team including your medical oncologist, surgical oncologist, and radiation oncologist, as well as your plastic surgeon The Helpful Facts sheet, About Breast Reconstruction, will give you more information on surgery to reconstruct your breast.


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No - if the device is waiting at the activate screen it won't run normally. Yes - once the activation is done, you can pull the SIM card.
Activate means that the OS becomes usable. Unless (and until) your phone gets jail broken or authorized unlocked (contact your carrier), by design you need a carrier SIM to activate the phone after each restore.
Major OS upgrades usually include a restore / activation step so you can check here before the next upgrade if you wish to avoid this in the future.
I've had good luck using an old SIM card that no longer is on an account to keep a proper SIM in the phone. Again, your carrier can help if reusing any old SIM you have doesn't work.
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He plays a character. Don't understand why people don't get that. It's like taking the Angry Video Game Nerd at face value.
He plays a character. Don't understand why people don't get that. It's like taking the Angry Video Game Nerd at face value.
I hope everybody has tried out Frog Fractions already. It seems boring as hell for like 5 minutes but shit gets insane after that.
It is. Gets a bit slow at points but perseverance and maybe a walkthrough will get you through.
Anybody got Spec Ops: The Line or the Walking Dead episodes? Worth checking out or what?
I'm gonna nab the final episode of season one of The Walking Dead after work. I loved the first four.
Yeah, I'm hoping they'll be pretty cheap in the next steam sale and I'll probably pick 'em up then. They both look really good.
The game is amazing and has nothing to do with the show.
I'll probably get the Walking Dead game when the collection comes out. Didn't play it in monthly installments because tbh, ME3 kind of destroyed my appreciation for cliffhangers.
(comes out Dec. 11, btw)
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God dammit Clownbaby you've outwitted me again.
Idk though, it's almost worth it to have the game on disc rather than a download. Plus a preowned version would be a few bucks cheaper, so there's that...and I'm not gonna get around to it for a while anyway, because I just got Hitman and I'm buying a ton of games tomorrow too. That is kind of funny how the math worked out though. I hadn't noticed that until you mentioned it, because I wasn't sure how many episodes there were.
I actually had to double check to make sure each episode was $5 on the Xbox too. I only have the first episode so far on that (I have a season pass on Steam but my PC can't play the game lulz).
I need to get around to getting the rest of them, but need a bigger harddrive.
I was tempted by XCOM but I'm certain itll be much cheaper next sale or retail will drop it heavy after Xmas.
Might want to wait for the DLC, I think there's two packs coming out in a month or two.
Yep. Going to Walmart tonight to pick those two up for $25. Starts at 8pm too so no bullshit, especially when I'm in a town that has less than 3000 total population ATM.


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Late season update: 51 former Utah high school players playing Division I and professional basketball
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Gary Wilkinson?
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Bracken Funk - Lone Peak - now playing at BYU-Hawaii
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What ever happened to Ty Corbin's son??
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No players from Westminster, SLCC or Dixie State are listed. I would think that there are players playing at other JC's that are missing. I also remember seeing something about those playing professionally in Europe that weren't on list besides Wilkinson.
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Did I miss the girls' list?
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Learn to read-it says Division I basketball, not NJCAA or Division II schools but Division I. Which is why you don't see Ty Corbin's son on there.
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I know this article talks about DI and professional, but I would consider DII and JC a higher level as well, wouldn't you? Congratulatios to all the boys and girls who are playing at a higher level.
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I would like to see all the kids that have moved on. I here that Omar Mc Dade from Logan class of 2009 is doing very well at Montana State Billing. Omar was a big time player while at Logan High. All State-er.
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The name Ephraim seems to commonly be given two etymologies, one referring to an "ash heap" and the other referring to "fruitfulness". Example I can understand the fruitfulness etymology linking אֶפְרַיִם back to פָּרָה, but where does the etymology of "ash heap" come from? Are these competing etymological theories, or are they somehow compatible?
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I'm not sure this is a answer, certainly if it is, it is speculative. However, it isn't clear why "ash heap" is an option here, because the word clearly derives from the word for fruitfulness. But as we know, words are a lot more than their etymology. They are a network of associations tying together different ideas based on the context in which they are used. Just a a pineapple is neither a pine cone nor an apple, the word stands on its own meaning, and own usage.
However, a couple of points worth considering. First, it is more commonly used of the place name Bethlehem Ephrath. This is the place where Joseph's mother Rachel was buried, Jacob's beloved one. Perhaps the place was named "Fruitful" originally but then became associated with the mourning for Jacob's beloved Rachel -- especially at that time, so close the actual event. Hence the two meanings, originally the literal, later the associated meaning of sadness. Of course ash heap is strongly associated with mourning in the Abrahamic tradition.
The best parallel I can draw is our English word Columbine. The columbine is a beautiful flower found in the woodlands of high altitude states like Colorado. However, now in English when we hear the name we think not of the flower but the tragedy associated with the school of that name. Beauty and terror in one word. Were your name Columbine, what would you think? How would you feel?
Another point that I think is pretty interesting is the context of the verse. The name is given, and its meaning is ambiguous, with the two possible meanings being almost opposites. The name is first given in Gen 41:52, occurring right in the middle of the Egyptian crisis (see the following few verses), seven years of plenty (fruitful), seven years of famine (ash heap.) In the seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine, which did the LORD make Jacob, plentiful or mourning? The fruitful and ash heap ambiguity seems quite poignant in that light I think.
Pardon me for inserting my less than scholarly conjectures.
Due to the Hebrew words for
In my own words
Conjecture #2 is less plausible because a pual form might be more appropriate - I am caused to bear fruit - I am fruitful -> I am doubly/multiply fruitful.
Therefore, I vote for conjecture #1 - Plurality of stuffs that have been made into or appear as ash. Which would collide with all the good things biblical/rabbinic scholars have said about the tribe of Ephraim.
Someone with good biblical hebrew could please critique my conjectures.
Both fruit and ash come from the two-letter sub-root פֶר .
Sub-roots are not words, though some are occasionally used as such. They are primarily metaphoric concepts which are narrowed by the intersecting ideas of the letters which are added to them.
פֶר means young bull. As such it is the metaphor of the young bull. It is viril (fruitful) and it is the sacrifice (ash heap).
The aleph (אֵ) represents separation (see the heavens and the earth separated by the firmament), so the separated bull is the ash heap. The yud (י) represents the initial spark of creation and when added to the bull becomes fruitfulness.
It is made plural with the suffix. The metaphoric meaning of doubling is that the thing happens in heaven and on earth.


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Being able to count is important - in the end, it's about the points. Does anyone have any tips to get used to counting during a game, little things that can speed it up or make it a little less tedious in the beginning?
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The advice I have heard most is to count in pairs. The human mind can easily count groups of around four objects, and so it may be beneficial to eventually move to counts of fours, but pairs tend to be easier in my experience. Count a dead stone as one pair, and if you see a lone empty spot, just mark that in your mind and continue, removing the mark and adding a pair once you see another lone empty spot.
Once you have your count for one colour, either subtract that number from 50 (or 100, if there's a lot of empty room), or start counting down. Otherwise, you are very likely to forget the score you counted, making you start all over again.
Another useful trick is to simply balance large pieces of territory against each other, and then count what's left; this is less accurate, but in the mid-game speed may be more important and you may be unable to give good estimates, anyway. Make sure to multiply the value of an area by the probability of the player keeping it; a good way to do this automatically is to count in threes or fours when looking at large areas that are very likely to be invaded.
A fairly obvious trick is to count in your opponent's time; however, be careful that you still count the effect of your move before you play it (if possible), and not afterwards. Especially in the yose, if you have time, try to count how many points a move will cost. In many cases, you may find that taking sente may be worth more than responding to the opponent's move.
Finally, if you happen to have trouble keeping track of the score, consider learning binary; it'll let you count to 1023 on your fingers, which should be enough for most games. :)
Also try an intuitive count as a way of training that intuition. Think about how you've come out in the exchanges you've had with your opponent. Did you get something and your opponent got something? That's roughly equal. Did you come out with a very poor result in one place and your opponent in another? That's also roughly equal at that point. If you've been robbed and your opponent has not then you're behind. This approach will also lead to you asking others for advice on how to assess positions and results of exchanges. In the long term this is very useful. Point by point counting is actually easier to learn.
You can make notes. Note what are your estimates of every territory avery 10 or 20 moves.
Not only it will allow you to track the score but also you will learn on your mistakes (in the end of game you will get accurate score). But also you will learn values of particular moves expanding territories. You also will get a grasp on value of thickness as territories will start to appear "out of thin air".
Also with time you will remember all you have written, as it will become a habit.
Good luck!
The way I was taught is to count groups of two points:
In my experience, this makes counting board score much easier.
Count the space, ignore the stones. I usually count space like Japanese rule.
I don't count very often, usually after most of the board are shaped.
After counting, remember the delta. For example, if I am 5 points behind, play like I am going to gain 6 points. Adjust the delta along the game. In such way, I don't have to count staring from zero every time.


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Any progress on this one? I am having the same issue.
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What issue are you having? Does the sonatype repo work for you? The IP address hermann.rangamana was seeing as the maven central repo doesn't show anything other than a nginx server, at least from my location.
Can you provide additional information about 'the same issue' as you are experiencing it?
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Sonatype works.
http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/sencha/gxt/gxt/ points to the same IP hermann provided and shows beta1-beta4 and no rc.
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I've just received word that the server used by tby and hermann.rangamana fell out of sync the day we deployed, and never caught up with gxt 3.0.0-rc, but it has now been brought up to date again. If either of you can verify this, we can be certain that this issue has been resolved.
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Always when the term RAII is used, people are actually talking about deconstruction instead of initialisation. I think I have a basic understanding what it might mean but I'm not quite sure. Also: is C++ the only RAII language? What about Java or C#/.NET?
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Resource Acquisition Is Initialization means that objects should look after themselves as a complete package and not expect other code to tell an instance "hey by the way, you're going to be cleaned up soon - please tidy up now." It does usually mean there is something meaningful in the destructor. It also means you write a class specifically to manage resources, knowing that under certain hard-to-predict circumstances, like exceptions being thrown, you can count on destructors executing.
Say you want to write some code where you're going to change the windows cursor to a wait (hourglass, donut-of-not-working, etc) cursor, do your stuff, and then change it back. And say also that "do your stuff" might throw an exception. The RAII way of doing that would be to make a class whose ctor set the cursor to wait, whose one "real" method did whatever it was you wanted done, and whose dtor set the cursor back. Resources (in this case the cursor state) are tied to the scope of an object. When you acquire the resource you initialize an object. You can count on the object getting destructed if exceptions are thrown, and that means you can count on getting to clean up the resource.
Using RAII well means you don't need
RAII is partly about deciding when an object becomes responsible for its own cleanup - the rule being that the object becomes responsible if and when its constructor initialisation completes. The symmetry of initialisation and cleanup, constructor and destructor, means the two have close ties to each other.
One point of RAII is to ensure exception safety - that the application remains self-consistent when exceptions are thrown. At first sight this is trivial - when an exception causes a scope to exit, the local variables in that scope need to be destructed.
But what happens if the exception throw occurs within a constructor?
Well, the object hasn't been fully constructed, so cannot be safely destructed. The constructor should have try blocks as needed to ensure that any necessary cleanups are done before the exception is propogated. Once the exception propogates outside the scope where the object was constructed, there will be no destructor call, because the object wasn't constructed in the first place.
Consider in particular the constructors for member data inside the object being destructed. If one of those throws an exception, your main constructor code won't run at all - but some code that forms an implicit part of that constructor will have. Any members that have been successfully constructed will be automatically destructed. Any members that were not constructed (including the one that threw the exception) aren't.
So basically, RAII is a policy that ensures that anything that gets fully constructed will get destructed in a timely way, particularly in the presence of exception throws, and that any object either gets fully constructed or it isn't (there are no half-constructed objects that you can't know how to safely clean up). Resources that are allocated are also freed. And a lot of the work is automated, so the programmer doesn't have to worry too much about it.


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As a non-Mormon, I've held my personal beliefs about the Church to myself. But I don't think that the LDS Church really will benefit from Romney's run for U.S. President. A number of his various comments seem only to solidify the outside image that both Romney and the LDS Church is more focused on profit and money, having an aristocratic, white, male image that is not really the mainstream of the direction of America. It's just as likely that Romney has painted an image of the LDS church in is own image which by association pushes the LDS Church more onto the borders of politics rather than the mainstream.
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@ tabuno,
Any publicity is good publicity. More people will ask questions about the church, more people will seek out the church through friends or missionaries. It's a matter of statistics. And why would Romney's comments show that the LDS Church is more focused on profit, money, and white males? You have no base for that argument. Last but not least, Romney is not the image of the LDS Church, it's Jesus Christ. Just because a member runs for POTUS doesn't mean they have now become the image of the church. Was JFK the face of Catholics?
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Nice but we still have such a loooooooooong ways to go. Our missionaries here say there is NO difference in how people are talking to them. We need to get busy and be good citizens, be more active in our communities, make more non Mormon friends and be good LDS. I think we are learning some great things but still learning.
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It seems the people who are so eager to declare Mormonism "mainstream"
are -- guess who? Mormons themselves.
I don't think being "mainstream" is something you can nominate and elect yourselves to.
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@tabuno, I would politely disagree with you. My non-Mormon friends living in California, Florida, Ohio, New York all admire and respect Romney, and the way he has lived his life, giving generously to others. They were devastated by the election results. And have individually remarked that the Romney family elevated the Mormon Church in their eyes. So, your assessment is probably more based on your political leanings than anything else. But, we are hearing story after story of doors being opened to LDS missionaries that were heretofore closed. Ask the folks in Rockaways, New York, who has been helping them the most: FEMA or the Mormon Church.
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I am very pleased that there was so much support across the Southern "Bible Belt" for Romney. We didn't really see that in 2008 when Huckabee and Romney were running against each other. That fact that there were so many red states from Texas to North Carolina gave me hope that people were not voting on religion or religious biases in that region.
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I agree with SS. I don't see where Romney's campaign nor the LDS church focus on profit and money, nor the whole white male image. If you are familiar at all with the church, you know that what they stand for is what Christ stood for, helping the poor, sick, and needy no matter of race, color, religious ties, etc. The world will be a better place if we all were to follow Christ's doctrine.
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Talk to the 51% who didn't vote for Romney who thought he was dishonest, elitist, and had no moral center except to obey the teachings of his religion. Chances are that reputation didn't do Mormons any good at all.
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The world would be a better place if organized religion would stay out of politics.
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I don't believe the lds culture should subscribe to being socially accepted by the "mainstream". It's overrated! I'm glad that there are relationship improvements with fellow Christians as well as those that dedicate themselves to service....but I don't believe Ill ever need my faith to be validated by the likes of Bill Gates, Steve Martin, snoop dog, george clooney, Sean Hannity, and/or ladies of "The View".
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Name the organized religion you would like to stay out of politics.
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If there was a positive effect from the Romney campaign, it was on conservatives. Liberals don't care about your religious background. Note the Buddhist and Hindu members of Congress representing the state of Hawaii. Note Harry Reid as majority leader. It is nice to see conservatives increase their religious tolerance. I hope it lasts.
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I used the general term, "organized religion", in which I meant ALL of them.
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The more the negative comments fly, the stronger Mormon I become.
So, let it fly.
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Is the LDS church main concern "winning"? Is faith a game to the LDS church? It appears reasonable to suggest that the view painted of the church in this election will be a view colored by the remarks from Mr. Romney post election loss. A different article in this paper sums it up. See the article "Mitt Romney: President Obama won with 'gifts' to certain voters." Mr. Romney and all he is associated with comes across very poorly based on his comments. The comments from those here, who so vocally supported this man during his campaign, is quite telling. The GOP itself is busy distancing themselves from this man and are in full damage control mode. Not a pretty picture at all.
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This is not true . . .What is sad is that some are going to feel the destruction, and others aren't.
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That comment sounds like you are trying to convince yourself, not anyone else...
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Whatever good Romney has created....Harry will surely destroy!
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Some seem to be scared of Romney.
Don't be scared, he's a good man.
A simple, good hearted man.
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5 Badass Movie Heroes (Who Were Actually Just Really Lucky)
#2. Aladdin -- Aladdin Goads Jafar into a Ridiculously Specific Wish
In the Disney classic of the same name, Aladdin is a street urchin who goes from stealing food in markets to hanging out with the Arabian upper class in a matter of minutes after coming across a mystical lamp.
Life has gotten a whole lot better for Aladdin, his kleptomaniac monkey and his sentient flying carpet ... until the evil Jafar steals the magic lamp and uses it to become the most powerful sorcerer in the world. While no one in the movie ever thinks to ask the genie for infinite wishes, Jafar did the next best thing -- he's so powerful that he can now do pretty much anything he wants, from teleporting Aladdin across the world to transforming himself into a giant snake.
Yet for all his power, he could not master the shirt spell.
Things seem pretty hopeless, but Aladdin has one more trick up his sleeve. When Jafar proclaims himself "the most powerful being on Earth," Aladdin taunts him by pointing out that the genie is more powerful. Jafar uses his last wish to become "an all-powerful genie" ... and becomes trapped inside a magic lamp, just as Aladdin planned.
The Blind Luck:
There's only one problem with Aladdin's plan: It was a stupid plan, and it shouldn't have worked. The success of the trick relied entirely on Jafar using the exact words that, by astonishing coincidence, he ended up using. If Jafar had said "I wish to be more powerful than the genie" or "I wish to be the most powerful entity in the universe" or pretty much anything else, then the heroes' situation would have gone from hopeless to ridiculously hopeless.
And yet Aladdin is so convinced that his unlikely, misguided plan will work that he pulls an expression that can only be described as the world's first troll face.
He actually spoke in misspellings.
Or, you know, Jafar could have simply wished for the genie (aka Aladdin's friend) to kill himself in the most gruesome manner imaginable, and he would have been forced to do exactly that. Had the villain taken a moment to consider his wish, the straight-to-video sequels would have been about Jafar continuously raping the Earth for the next millennium.
That was one hell of a gamble, Aladdin.
#1. Ocean's Eleven -- The Whole Plan
Ocean's Eleven is remembered as the best received and most coherent film in the entire Ocean's [number] franchise, before it became apparent that the whole thing was just an experiment to see how many names can be crammed into a movie poster. Here's the plot, in as few words as humanly possible: George Clooney and his 10 most charismatic friends are planning to rob Andy Garcia of three casinos' worth of cash, which is stored in one vault, while being as cool as humanly possible.
To do this, Bernie Mac poses as an ex-con posing as a blackjack dealer working in the same casino. Matt Damon then poses as a Nevada Gaming Commission agent and accuses Bernie of being a fraud. In the ensuing scuffle, Damon steals a piece of paper containing the security code of the vault off of Andy Garcia.
Meanwhile, Scott Caan and Casey Affleck pretend to be security guards carrying a box full of Andy Garcia's money into the vault. Except it's not money, it's actually a small Chinese man named Yen who will rig the vault from the inside.
Then Matt Damon makes his way down to the vault, punches in the code and opens the big metal door with help from the Chinese guy. A blackout and some more shocking plot twists later, George Clooney and his friends have successfully ripped Andy Garcia off.
And Brad Pitt finally stops eating.
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We're constantly told that this casino has the most insane security in the world because Andy Garcia's character is ruthlessly meticulous about every little aspect of his operation. And yet the whole plan hinges on the notion that everyone working there is very, very bad at their jobs.
For example, on the night of the heist, Scott Caan and Casey Affleck are seen walking around the floor dressed as bodyguards, cooks, security guards and paramedics ... and no one ever notices it's the same two guys. They were one "Haven't I seen you before?" away from ruining the entire heist. In one scene, it's implied that they changed clothes inside an elevator, at which point the guy watching the security feed presumably said, "Eww, gross," and stopped watching.
"Hey, aren't there, like, nine other guys who could be doing this?"
Oh, and how did they get the box containing the Chinese man into the vault without a security card? By arguing with each other about who forgot the card until an actual guard steps in and says, "No worries, I'll bring that in for ya." That wasn't a last minute improvisation, it was the actual plan. No one ever thinks to check the box: They just push it in there and forget about it.
Then there's Garcia himself, which the film has spent an hour establishing as a paranoid genius who leaves nothing to chance. Not only does he completely forget about the super important code in his pocket after Matt Damon steals it, but he also leaves Damon unsupervised in a restricted area when he says he forgot his pager in the room they just left. It would have literally taken him five seconds to wait for Damon to retrieve it and see him to the exit.
Meanwhile, Don Chead -- wait, Don Cheadle's in this movie?!
Basically, George Clooney made a lot of ridiculous assumptions about the casino staff while coming up with the plan, needing them to completely fail to do their jobs at a dozen different points. If even one staff member accidentally does the job right, or just doesn't fail in the exact specific way the Ocean team anticipates, the whole plan is busted. There's only one possible explanation here: Garcia was actually in cahoots with Clooney the whole time as part of a longer con at the expense of everyone else, to be revealed in Ocean's Seventeen.
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