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College Dropouts
I'm a firm believer that most college students would be better off dropping out of school and investing the money they now spend on college. Then take the four years they would have spent on college and travel, work, play, and spend time with smart people talking about important things. It would be your choice on what's important, not a professor, not a dean, not a faculty committee.
You don't have to go to college to be a success. Even if you go for awhile, you don't have to graduate to be a success. Here are just a few of the people who have become famous and/or successful without graduating from college and/or high school.
A survey conducted by Bloomberg in 2010 show that the school of hard knocks was the number one source (tied with the University of California) for CEOs of S&P 500 companies. Harvard was the #3 source (along with the universities of Texas, Missouri, and Wisconsin). The school of hard knocks features CEOs who never graduated from college.
Of the top 400 richest Americans in 2011, 27 graduated from high school but did not attend college. Another 36 were college dropouts.
S. Daniel Abraham, billionaire founder of Slim-Fast. He oined the Army at the age of 18 and fought in Europe during World War II. He never attended college.
Roman Abramovich, the richest man in Russia, billionaire. He studied at the Moscow State Auto Transport Institute before taking a leave of absence from academics to go into business. He later earned a correspondence degree from the Moscow State Law Academy.
Abigail Adams, U.S. first lady. Home schooled.
Ansel Adams, photographer. Dropped out of high school.
Bryan Adams, singer, songwriter. High school dropout.
Calpernia Adams, transsexual showgirl. Never attended college. As she noted, "My parents thought that college leads you away from God, so they hadn't saved any money."
Don Adams (born Donald James Yarmy), comedian, actor, game show host, voice talent. Most famous for his role in the Get Smart TV series, Adams dropped out of DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City to work as an usher before entering the Marine Corps during World War II. After a variety of jobs, he began working in television in 1954.
Sandy Adams, U.S. congressperson. Dropped out of high school at the age of 17 to join the Air Force. Later got her GED and attended the police academy before being hired as a deputy sheriff. She took night classes at a nearby college and finally received a college degree.
William Adams, aka Will.i.am, singer, songwriter, music producer, founder of the Black Eyed Peas, actor, entrepreneur. He formed his first group in high school. Never attended college.
Gautam Adani, commodities billionaire from India. Dropped out of college.
Adele, aka Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, singer and songwriter. Intended to go to college but got signed to a recording deal just after her high school graduation.
Sheldon Adelson, billionaire casino owner. Dropped out of City College of New York to become a court reporter. He made his first fortune doing trade shows.
Trace Adkins, country music singer and songwriter, actor. Studied at Louisiana Tech University but never officially graduated. Went to work on an oil rig instead.
Mortimer Adler, author, educator, editor. Left high school at the age of 15 to work. Later received his high school equivalency degree and attended Columbia University.
Ferran Adria, chef. Has been called the world's greatest chef. Did not finish high school.
Miguel Adrover, fashion designer. High school dropout.
Ben Affleck, actor, screenwriter. Left the University of Vermont after one semester; then dropped out of Occidental College to pursue acting.
Andre Agassi, tennis player, winner of 8 Grand Slam titles. Quit school in the ninth grade and turned tennis pro at the age of 16. His father would drive the kids to school but, instead, actually took them to local tennis courts to practice.
Dianna Agron, singer, dancer, actress. "I didn't take the typical path and go to college after high school. Instead, I saved up money from teaching dance classes and moved to L.A."
Christina Aguilera, singer, songwriter. Never finished high school.
Danni Ahse, multimillionaire businesswoman, adult entertainment website operator, model, producer, dancer. High school dropout who later earned an equivalency degree.
Danny Aiello, actor. Dropped out of high school at the age of 16 to join the army. Later received a high school equivalency degree.
Troy Aikman, Superbowl-winning football quarterback, TV sports commentator. In 2009, he finally graduated from UCLA, 20 years after leaving college to play in the National Football League. Aikman had promised his mother, when he left school just two courses shy of a degree, that he would return and finish. In 2009, at the age of 42, he finally fulfilled that commitment, earning A's in his last two courses, thus earning a bachelor's degree in sociology.
Malin Akerman, model, actress. She enrolled in York University (Toronto) but left after about a year to see what else was out there. She moved to Los Angeles to become a model and actress.
Dennis Albaugh, billionaire founder of pesticide company Albaugh Inc. Earned a 2-year agriculture business degree from Des Moines Community College. Did not continue on to a 4-year degree.
Edward Albee, playwright. He dropped out of Trinity College after three semesters. Previously he had been expelled from several private high schools.
Jack Albertson, Oscar-winning actor. High school dropout.
Harold Alfond, billionaire founder of the Dexter Shoe Company which he sold for a stake in Berkshire Hathaway. He never went to college.
Chuck Allen, banker, co-founder of the National Scholastic Surfing Association, and founder of the U.S. Amateur Snowboard Association. At the age of 19, he moved from Oklahoma to California and began working odd jobs until he was established enough to move on to a banking career.
Paul Allen, billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, founder of Xiant software, owner of Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers. Dropped out of the University of Washington to work for Honeywell. A year later he convinced Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard and move to Albuquerque, New Mexico to start up Microsoft.
Peter Allen, singer, songwriter, composer. High school dropout.
Rick Allen, rock star member of Def Leppard. High school dropout.
Woody Allen, screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. Was thrown out of New York University after one semester for poor grades. Also dropped out of City College of New York. As he admitted, "I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics final. I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me."
Glen Allsopp, Internet marketer, founder of ViperChill. Dropped out of college at the age of 18 to move to Cape Town, South Africa to work as a social media manager.
Steven-Elliot Altman, author. Left school at the beginning of the 10th grade and ran away from home. Entered college at the age of 16 and earned a degree at 19.
Joy Alukkas, billionaire jeweler. Never attended college. Immediately after high school, he moved to the Gulf to open a jewelry store.
Dhirubhai Ambani, billionaire Indian businessman. High school dropout.
Wally "Famous" Amos, multimillionaire cookie entrepreneur, author, talent agent. Dropped out of high school at the age of 17 to join the U.S. Air Force.
Hans Christian Andersen, short story author, fairy tales. Left home at the age of 14 to find work. Later attended Copenhagen University.
Anthony Anderson, actor and producer. He attended Howard University but dropped out after he lost his scholarship.
George "Sparky" Anderson, baseball player and manager. Did not attend college.
Paul Thomas Anderson, director of such movies as "Boogie Nights" and "Magnolia." He attended film school at New York University but quit after two days because one professor dissed "Terminator 2" and another gave him a C for a writing assignment.
Tom Anderson, co-founder of MySpace. A high school dropout.
Walter Anderson, publisher, editor. High school dropout who later earned an equivalency degree.
André 3000, see André Benjamin.
Mario Andretti, race-car driver, author. High school dropout who later earned an equivalency degree.
Anthony Andrews, actor. High school dropout.
Julie Andrews, Oscar-winning actress, singer, author. The dropped out of high school.
Jennifer Aniston, actress. She never attended college. Instead she moved to Los Angeles to become an actress.
"Jennifer Aniston says getting a nose job was the best thing she ever did. But keep in mind, she didn't go to college, her marriage failed, her mom hates her, and she was in that Kevin Costner movie." — Danielle Fishel, The Dish
Carmelo Anthony, basketball player. Left college after his freshman year to play in the NBA.
Rocky Aoki, multimillionaire founder of the Benihana chain of restaurants, national champion wrestler, world champion Backgammon player, first person to pilot a hot-air balloon across the Pacific, and magazine publisher. He attended Keio University in Japan where he was a wrestler but he was expelled for fighting. He later attended Springfield College in Massachusetts and CW Post College in New York. And finally, he obtained an associate degree in restaurant management at New York City Community College.
Shiri Appleby, actress. Went to the University of Southern California for a year and a half before landing a role in the Roswell TV show. In 2010, she worked on her associate degree via the University of Phoenix and then intended to transfer to UCLA.
Christina Applegate, actress. High school dropout.
Edwin Apps, British artist. High school dropout.
Micky Arison, billionaire chairman of Carnival Cruise Line, owner of the Miami Heat NBA team. He dropped out of the University of Miami.
Joan Armatrading, singer, songwriter. High school dropout.
Billie Joe Armstrong, front man for Green Day punk rock band. High school dropout. As he noted, "I finally realized that high school didn't make any sense for me then. So I quit."
Louis Armstrong, jazz musician, singer. Dropped out of high school.
Peter Arnell, advertising executive. Never attended college. Talked his way into the advertising business after graduating from high school.
Eddy Arnold, country music singer and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was 11 when his father died, so he turned to singing at church picnics and other venues to support his family. By the age of 17, he was singing in nearby honky-tonks and made his first radio appearance. He debuted at the Grand Ole Opry in 1943. Between 1945 and 1983, 145 of his songs made the country charts, with 28 of them at #1. He sold more than 85 million records.
Cliff Arquette, aka Charlie Weaver. Comedian, entertainer. High school dropout.
Mathangi Arulpragasam, aka M.I.A., rapper. Did not attend college.
Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, software programmer. Studied mathematics at the University of Melbourne but dropped out because other students were doing research for the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Brooke Astor, wealthy socialite, author, philanthropist. Dropped out of high school.
John Jacob Astor, multimillionaire businessman. America's first multimillionaire. He dropped out of high school.
Chet Atkins, country singer, author. He was a high school dropout.
Efva Attling, musician, jewelry designer. She dropped out of silversmith school to become a model. She later joined a band called X Models. She finally returned to designing her own jewelry.
Jane Austen, novelist. She and her sister attended schools in Oxford, Southampton, and Reading until the age of 11. After that time, their father taught them at home. She did not attend college.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, WWE champion wrestler, actor. He dropped out of the University of North Texas a few credits shy of a physical education degree. The then took a job as a freight dockworker. And then enrolled in the Dallas Sportatorium wrestling school.
Gene Autry, singing cowboy, actor, songwriter, producer, businessman, author, baseball team owner. He was a high school dropout.
Richard Avedon, photographer. High school dropout.
Willy Aybar, baseball player. High school dropout.
Dan Aykroyd, actor, comedian. He dropped out of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
Dropouts with last names starting with B
"Eventually I came to conclude that I could not find real knowledge in academic life, only hierarchies of knowledge that led, ultimately, to more hierarchies, not to more knowledge. I began to see university learning as limited, human, and relative. What was seen as absolutely up-to-date did not consider the infinite and timeless." — Sharon Daniels, author, The World of Truth
45% of Americans with debt from student loans said that college was not worth the cost. Of those who said college wasn't worth the cost, 78% earn less than $50,000 per year and 69% are having trouble re-paying the loans. — Consumer Reports
"Schools teach children to obey. They espouse the things we—the ruling generation—want kids to know. No wonder most schools are pressure cookers where bored teachers meet bored children.... Modern education is a wasted investment. It doesn't deliver what we need the most: creative answers to the challenges of our times... It isn't a surprise that many of the people who've had the greatest influence on our times were—from the perspective of education—failures." — Jurriaan Kamp, Ode magazine editor
A reason to attend college: White males aged 50 years old who have no schooling beyond high school have mortality rates more than twice as high as those white males with college degrees. Will college help you live longer? Probably not by itself, but apparently there is some correlation.
When Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel, was asked by Newsweek magazine, "As a young man you worked summers in a slaughterhouse. What did you learn from that." His answer? "To go to college." Sometimes, college is a better alternative.
"Unwelcome news for educators: Net worth of Forbes 400 members known to have graduated from college is around $625 million. The average for those who never attended college: $652 million." — Forbes magazine, 1990
"Drop out of school before your mind rots from our mediocre educational system." — Frank Zappa, musician, liner notes from the Freak Out album
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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Critical
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 1.9.5, 1.9.11, 2.0.2, 2.1.3, 2.2, 2.3
Fix Version/s: 2.2.1
Component/s: Database SQL/XMLDB, Gradebook
Environment:Linux, PHP 5.2.4, PostgreSQL 8.3
Testing Instructions:
1) Go into the grader report for a course containing several categories. Collapse and re-expand several of them by clicking the +, o, - symbol next to the category name. Check that they can be collapsed and re-expanded.
2) Run the lib/simpletest/testmoodlelib.php unit tests. Not failure related with "test_set_user_preference" should happen. That ensures that storage up to 1333 chars is working ok.1) Go into the grader report for a course containing several categories. Collapse and re-expand several of them by clicking the +, o, - symbol next to the category name. Check that they can be collapsed and re-expanded. 2) Run the lib/simpletest/testmoodlelib.php unit tests. Not failure related with "test_set_user_preference" should happen. That ensures that storage up to 1333 chars is working ok.
Affected Branches:MOODLE_19_STABLE, MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE
Fixed Branches:MOODLE_22_STABLE
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Pull Master Branch:
Pull Master Diff URL:
Noticed in my Postgres log that inserts into the user_preference table have been failing. Here is the log entry:
ERROR: value too long for type character varying(255)
STATEMENT: UPDATE mdl_user_preferences SET value = 'a:2:{s:14:\"aggregatesonly\";a:11:
s:10:\"gradesonly\";a:2:{i:1;s:4:\"1620\";i:2;s:4:\"3024\";}}' WHERE id =
A quick look at the DB for the record in question:
select * from mdl_user_preferences where id = '1619';
id | userid | name | value
------ ---------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1619 | 12405 | grade_report_grader_collapsed_categories | a:2:{s:14:"aggregatesonly";a:11:
Unfortunately, I cannot determine how exactly this was triggered. I
cannot decipher exactly what was being clicked on by the user at the
time these things were logged. Any tips on recreating the problem?
If I were to guess, I would say that there is a problem where a
person may belong to too many courses with too many categories and
have PHP pref arrays that don't serialize to a small enough value.
Perhaps the size of the serialized value should be checked or else a
note presented to the user to that the settings were not saved?
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MDL-30668 Prevent the grader report from storing serialized data in the user_preferences table
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Uhm... that field for user preferences is supposed to be used to store simple values and not serialised info, that can easily grow over 255cc.
Asigning to Nico (and addressing to 1.9.6) as seems that Gradebook is the responsible for this... couldn't we split that info into smaller (ideally individual) parts or so?
hmm, I can imagine putting a lot more than 255 there, maybe we could change it in 2.0?
Hey, I just got a report of this at the OU, and luckily I was a good boy and searched before creating a duplicate.
I think that value should be TEXT, like in config and config_plugins.
I also thing that using serialise PHP for this particular pref sucks badly. I think that the gradebook user prefs should be stored in human-readable key-value pairs.
I suppose that means that this bug should probably be split into two. One for changing the column type, which I think should happen in 2.0, and another for fixing gradebook user prefs later.
this issue needs to be fixed, it causes failed sql. We are running the latest 1.9, but we also see that Moodle 2.0 has this issue as well.
Raising this to critical, setting affected versions to 1.9.x and 2.0.x and sending to stable backlog. Needs fix in both branches IMO.
If I'm reading the code right there's just the two subfields, so splitting them out shouldn't be a big deal. https://github.com/mackensen/moodle/commit/b7a9176d8ef4374cfb0ccdce8078ec9120c50807 I think does this in 2.0.2+ and applies fairly cleanly against 1.9 as well. Tested on MySQL only but should be db-neutral.
Note, grepping the repository didn't reveal any other obvious cases of serialized preferences.
A triggering event is a click on the category aggregates only icon (box with minus sign) in the grader report (Course > Settings > Grades). When the field is full (has 255 characters) the user receives a 'Error writing to database'.
Presumably the field fills as users switch grade categories to aggregate only. In our system only two faculty out of approximately five hundred have encountered this problem, though. It's possible that another bug is contributing to the problem. Or it's possible that most faculty don't hide grade categories. Or maybe I don't understand how this field is populated.
I've worked around this problem by setting the user_preferences.value field to type 'text'. This sets the field limit to 65k characters.
I´ve just realized that this issue also affects 2.1.* versions so I´ve voted for it,
Meanwhile, what can I do to solve it? Can I just extend the column size or this can make some other things fail?
Thanks in advance.
master branch (2.2dev) now contains support for varchar fields up to 1333 chars long
Thanks Petr!
Until 2.2 version comes out could I resize this column manually in the database (up to 1000 chars long, for example) or should I wait?
Hello again,
I'm being pressed to solve this issue ASAP, so I've tried to resize this column manually (up to 500) and realized that this change fixes the issue, but I'm afraid of this manual change causing problems in further moodle upgrades.
Do you suggest me to apply this change on the real moodle site or should I wait?
For what it's worth, this happens on MySQL-based systems too (at least on mine, with Moodle 2.1.1+ (20110817) running; I'll be upgrading soon). Is there a safe way to fix the problem without doing an upgrade?
I am having this same problem in several courses. The Moodle version is 2.1.2+ (build 20111012) using MySQL.
Since the problem returns an error to the user and prevents the gradebook from collapsing I have adjusted the mdl_user_preferences.value size to varchar(512). This prevents the error for now. I am also voting for this to be solved.
I'm adding branch information that contains a potential fix for this. I've changed the user_preferences column "value" from varchar to text as is the case in the config table.
If you have manually increased the size of the value column that should be fine. Assuming the fix I have proposed gets accepted you can safely increase the size of the column.
Do not apply the fix I have provided on production servers until after it has been through our review and testing process.
I will raise a separate issue to change the grader report to not store serialized data in the user_preferences table.
I've raised
MDL-30668 to look at not storing serialized data in the user_preferences table.
First of all small text is deprecated, new fields should use only big text. Also we should not change varchar to text like this because sql that joins into preference values would break badly (such as our cron and contrib)!
Anyway why do we still use 255 in 2.2 stable?
Ok, so in your opinion am I better off simply increasing the size of the column?
Theres no 2.2 branch yet because it hasnt been through peer review
Hi Andrew,
You asked me to take a look at this yesterday, in fact I've done the lazy thing and had a discussion with Eloy about it (thank you Eloy).
We walked through the different options that we could see and we've ended up settling on a completely different idea to anything purposed here.
There were three options we considered:
- Changing to text, we didn't get very far with that, it's not bc compatible, surrounding code would need review + upgrade (as Petr mentioned cron for instance), and we'd need to ensure all code used the user pref API. Easiest solution certainly, good for future code, but not great for performance and bc kill it.
- A two part solution, review the gradebook usage and shrink it's storage in some way. At the same time increase the field size to 1333 for 2.2 and master. < 2.2 max size is 255 still so really the gradebook review + changes are the only leg this stands on. At the same time it doesn't actually solve the problem, that developers will still in the future store large values and even at 1333 chars it'd only be a matter of time before we hit the next issue.
- Third solution (credit to Eloy here) introduce a new text field in the user pref table for storing large values (lets call it valueoversized) and then altering the uesr prefs API to deal with that. Essentially the getter would look for the first not null value, and the setter would decide where to store the value depending upon the size of it, e.g. value > 255 ? valueoversized : value. With this solution the API handles the madness and code can store anything it wants there (future proof). It's completely backwards compatible (nothing old requires changing) and its safe to join on the table with all fields except the new one. The downsides, there is a new field so performance, however all user prefs are cached in the session after first load so that won't be bad, and the other downside is that as part of the setter we will next textlib so that we can get the size of the value reliably. Of course in 2.2 and master we would still increase value to 1333 so that there was even less chance of using the text field.
Anyway the conclusion that we came to was that introducing the new field and using that for large values as described is the least evil and most compatible solution.
What are everyones thoughts on that?
Ill have to have a think about this...
Option 3 seems like a very invasive change Vs just increasing the size of the existing varchar field however you make an annoyingly good case Adding the new field certainly seems like it would resolve this once and for all.
Just recording some notes on how the valueoversized system could work to make sure I understand.
We increase the length of user_preferences->value to 1333.
check_user_preferences_loaded() currently uses $DB->get_records_menu() which can only handle 2 columns (name, value). It would switch to $DB->get_records() to get 3 columns (name, value, valueoversized). Then we would iterate over the returned array and compress it down to name and value by doing something like...
$user->preference[$name] = !empty($value) ? $value : $valueoversized;
Is there a way to do that that doesn't involve looping over every preference?
set_user_preference() would need to check the length of the value using textlib::strlen(). If its above 1333 (define a new constant for this I guess) it goes into valueoversized and value is set to null. This section of code would need to be altered to deal with both value and valueoversized
if ($preference = $DB->get_record('user_preferences', array('userid'=>$user->id, 'name'=>$name))) {
if ($preference->value === $value and isset($user->preference[$name]) and $user->preference[$name] === $value) {
// preference already set to this value
return true;
$DB->set_field('user_preferences', 'value', $value, array('id'=>$preference->id));
} else {
$preference = new stdClass();
$preference->userid = $user->id;
$preference->name = $name;
$preference->value = $value;
$DB->insert_record('user_preferences', $preference);
Hi Andrew,
That is about the gist of it.
Just noting the field size can only be increased for 2.2+ and master.
I wouldn't use a define for it, I'd just hard code it and comment. Should we ever increase it again we'd need to review use and hopefully we'd find the comment.
As for the iteration in check_user_preferences, I cannot think of any smart way to avoid that, it'd just have to be done.
Perhaps worth waiting for Petr to have a read of these changes and get his thoughts on it. There may be something we have overlooked.
Also worth knowing I just dreamed up the name for the new field, it wasn't discussed, feel free to come up with something better
The valueoversized thing is horrific. That can't possibly be a good idea.
Just changing value to TEXT seems so obvious to me.
What backwards-compability issues are there? They must be less than your complex value + valueoversized change.
And user_pref values are cached in session. I don't believe that there would be performance problems, unless you can show me measurements. Also, if there are performance problems, then there are probably worse performance problems with config_plugins.
I would be happy to just make value CHAR(1333), and then add code to set_user_preferences to throw a clear coding_exception explaining the problem if users try to set a value that is too long. That is simple, and deals with any potential performance issues.
We should probably consider doing the same for config and config_plugins, we can can convince ourselves that is sufficient.
Anyway, -1000000 from my for the valueoversized suggestion. It is totally ridiculous. It has maintenance headache written all over it.
David pointed out that the alleged BC concerns were the ones Petr raised in this comment: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-20245?focusedCommentId=133543&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-133543
Searching the code for{user_preferences}
, the only match I find is https://github.com/moodle/moodle/blob/master/lib/cronlib.php#L207
That query would, indeed, need one trivial change if we changed the value column to TEXT.
Grepping for user_preferences (without the {}) finds a some more occurrences, but I don't think there are any more causes for concern.
(would be so cool to avoid adjectives like "ridiculous" and avoid to ridiculously abs(vote) > 1)
Regarding the valueoversized (textvalue) idea, it was entirely my idea (but the name, lol), not Sam's or Andrew's one, just to clarify it. And mainly trying to avoid big (current and future) slowdowns in queries handling the "value" column in any where/join clause.
Perhaps, after all, the solution for this should be to keep that serialized information out from user_preferences, and only accept simple/small values there.
ridiculously yours, ciao
Sorry, yes. Inappropriate language. And, since user_prefs are cached in session, probably a good idea to limit field size. I think CHAR(1333) + coding exception is the way to go.
I have implemented the value column max length increase and added a throw new coding_exception() to set_user_preference(). Diff url and branch updated. So is this the solution we're going with?
Are we sure that textlib::strlen($value) > 1333 and 'value too big to fit in CHAR(1333)' mean exactly the same thing in all DBs? (due to the complexities of UTF-8)
... if they are not the same, does it really matter?
Also, are we going to make any attempt to make the grader_report user preferences value more compact - rather than the current, slightly verbose, serialise PHP array format?
Doing some research now on how exactly the various databases interpret "varchar(1333)". Hopefully they all interpret 1333 as the number of characters, not the number of bytes, and correctly take multibyte characters into account.
I've already raised
MDL-30668 to deal with the storage of serialized php arrays in the user preferences table. Trying to deal with them as two discrete pieces of work.
Doing some research now on how exactly the various databases interpret "varchar(1333)". Hopefully they all interpret 1333 as the number of characters, not the number of bytes, and correctly take multibyte characters into account.
I've already raised
MDL-30668 to deal with the storage of serialized php arrays in the user preferences table. Trying to deal with them as two discrete pieces of work.
MySql pre 4.1 (released 2004) apparently treats VARCHAR(N) as a number of bytes. All subsequent versions treat it as a number of characters and apparently it copes with UTF-8.
Postgres has apparently treated VARCHAR(N) as number of characters and dealt with utf-8 since forever.
In Oracle you can do either VARCHAR2(N BYTE) or VARCHAR2(N CHAR). Provided we're using CHAR all is well. If not Oracle users will potentially run into problems with a long utf-8 string passing the PHP check but being too long for the column.
SQL Server is complicated and I didn't find a simple answer.
All of the above goes out the window if the database simply isn't configured to use utf-8. You would always get into trouble if you did something like have PHP supply a UTF-8 string to a database configured to be ASCII. A long utf-8 string could pass the check in PHP, be interpreted as single byte characters by the DB and become too long to go into the value column. Not sure if we can do much about that.
This involves a database change so cannot be included in the 2.2 and 2.1 branches. I considered back porting just the addition of the safety check in PHP but then anyone wanting to increase the size of the value column themselves would have both increase the column size and modify the code to match their increased column size.
This cannot be done in 2.1, because varchar(1333) support was only added in 2.2
"And thirdly, the code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules." - it is safe to make exactly the same DB change on the stable branch and master, especially when it is an idempotent change like increasing the column width to 1333, so I think we should bend our own rules here and fix this in 2.2 .
I've produced a 2.2 stable version of the fix. Ultimately it's up to the integrators whether they want to integrate the 2.2 version as well as the version for master.
I'm submitting this for integration. Although it doesn't officially have a peer reviewer its certainly had plenty of eyes on it.
Oki so this is really one "workaround / alleviator" that, exclusively under 22_STABLE and master will allow bigger (1333) values there, leading to "more cases" working, but not all (I mean, if there are, say 200 categories, it will continue breaking, correct? Because 1333 will be exceeded too.
So, the "real" fix will arrive once
MDL-30668 is done (changing storage format and/or place). And that will be applied to all supported stable branches. Does that mean that we should "tidy" a bit the subject of this issue to something like "Allow bigger values in user preferences, alleviating some problems with grader preferences" or so.
Finally, note the we are still in the initial "on-sync" weeks between 22_STABLE and master so we cannot apply the patches on their current form (they cause versions to diverge). To solve this, there are 2 possibilities, you pick the preferred one:
1) Amend your patches so both are using the same 2011120500.02 + .01 (right now) version.
2) Send this back to the "awaiting integration" status, so it gets fixed next week, when we are already allowing to diverge versions. Note that this *requires amending too" because the current versions will be outdated.
I'll keep this halted until hearing from you...ciao
Oki, I'm going to:
- add extra commit putting versions on-sync (2011120500.03)
- modify the title of the issue an point everybody to the "real" fix:
- push it to integration, so testing can happen.
Two new commits have been added about:
- keep 22_STABLE and master versions on-sync (2011120500.03)
- added 2 assertions to test_set_user_preference() so both the 1333 and 1334 cases are covered. They have been tested agains the 4 DBs
Whoever decided one week was worth 14 days had really one bad idea. Anyway, the nightmare is over, so thanks for your, once again, amazing contributions. Many, many thanks!
Now... disconnect, relax and enjoy the next days, yay!


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TUPELO – Era Chris Black was 65 when she graduated from college with a business degree.
She hadn't expected such a long layoff when she was growing up in Rainsville, Ala.
"I always liked school. I loved it. I made really good grades," said Black, who's now 91 and lives in Tupelo. "I was going to go to college."
World War II got in her way.
"After they bombed us at Pearl Harbor, I said, 'I wanted to be Rosie the Riveter,'" she said.
Rosie the Riveter was a fictional character used to recruit women to fill jobs at factories left open by men who'd joined the military. Rosie's slogan was, "We can do it."
"We can do it. We can do it," Black said. "We did it, too."
She and her twin sister, Eva, went to Gadsden, Ala., for training, but first had to pass an exam.
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She trained on B-39s and B-40s, and also found time to meet the man she would marry.
"He was going through training, too," she said. "This young fellow came by. They said I whistled, but I can't whistle."
Harold Black had a habit of being wherever she happened to be, and that wasn't because she dressed to impress. She wore a red bandana on her head, like Rosie the Riveter.
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Harold was shipped to Mobile, and she eventually followed. Her boss underestimated her at first.
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The job? Putting Allison engines together for planes.
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After the war, she and Harold raised "three beautiful children" in Chalmette, La., where she eventually earned that business degree.
The delay was longer than she could've guessed as a teenager, but Black certainly doesn't regret the years she served her country as a real-life Rosie the Riveter.
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For a bulk of that about 275 minutes, Education Chair Gray Tollison, R-Oxford, was in the well of the Senate explaining the legislation and answering questions.
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Anthrax will helm this year's Metal Alliance tour, despite recent news of the departure of lead guitarist Rob Caggiano.
The hard-rock tour will also feature Exodus, High On Fire, Municipal Waste and Holy Grail, as well as other bands to be announced in the coming weeks.
The trek gets underway March 22 in Anaheim, CA, and works its way from the West Coast to the East. The 22-city outing, which includes a March 30 Vancouver performance, finishes up April 20 in New York City.
Tickets are on sale now at the tour's website.
On Friday (1/4), Anthrax released a statement announcing the departure of Caggiano.
"Rob has been an integral part of Anthrax for so many years, as our lead guitarist, in a production capacity, but most of all, as our close friend," the statement said. "His contributions to the band have been enormous. While we are sad that he is leaving, we wish him nothing but great success going forward, and hope to share the stage with him again sometime down the road."
The press release also stated that the band, currently comprised of drummer Charlie Benante, guitarist Scott Ian, bassist Frank Bello and singer Joey Belladonna, is considering several replacement options ahead of the March kick-off of Metal Alliance.
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The Cultural Identity Test
Their result for The Cultural Identity Test ...
The Liberal Philosopher
49% Traditionalism, 55% Knowledge, 56% Diversity, 52% Contemporary and 50% Untraditionalism!
You Scored 56% Liberal Philosopher, Congratulations!
Diversity! Cultural awareness! Sharing! Caring!
Congratulations, you're a liberal philosopher! Perhaps a bit bleeding heart at times, and maybe a little too nice for your own good, you nevertheless bring a strong sense of individualism and unity to those around you. Liberating the minds of the traditionalists from their stodgy conformity, you seek to spread the good will of peace, understanding, and diversity.
You likely find little value in the traditions of old, and instead see them as myopic and intolerant. You are very progressive in your ideas towards race and heritage, and are probably pretty much colour blind. Which is good for you, because there's no better way to lead than by example.
You are probably more sensitive to the ideas of other cultures, sometimes even at the expense of your own! But you see this as a good thing, because after all, how can diversity prosper if we cling to our own ways more tightly than to those others? It's a big, beautiful world out there, and you just can't wait to share it with everyone.
Editors Note:
Although it's now taken over twenty hours to complete (and if you calculate in all the years I've spent compiling this information for my own purposes a good deal longer), I'm very pleased with how this test has turned out. Yet even more gratifying are the responses I've been getting from people. If you were wondering, I am a traditionalist, and knowing about my heritage and celebrating my customs is one of the most important aspects of my life. It has been since I was a child, and in reality I created this test more for my own interests and curiosity than for entertainment value. If I succeeded in both then that's just a bonus.
The greatest compliment I've gotten from people is that this test has made them consider their own heritage more deeply, and want to find out more about where they came from. This wasn't a necessarily a goal I had in mind when I created the test, but to hear that I've sparked some interest in a person's lineage, however small, is an incredibly rewarding experience. Our lives are so determined by where we have come from, our past, that to learn more about those indelible links is often times an overwhelming experience. To know that my great, great, great grandfather was a signer of the Declaration of Independence helps me appreciate the history of my country, America, in a much deeper and more personal way. And, like as not, amazing links can be found in almost anyone's history.
Whatever your score, whatever your ideas on the issues I've raised here, I want to sincerely thank you for spending the time to take my test, and hope that you've enjoyed it.
I also have a ton of resources for learning about your own history, and I'd be happy to share them with anyone who was interested. And feel free to send me your thoughts and comments, or even your ideas for the test! I love to read them, and might even post a few in the test itself.
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Answers to the Geographical and Historical Questions:
Q 24: The Five Pillars Of...
A: Islam
Q 25: Historically, the "dollar" draws its origins from...
A: Germany and Scandinavia. Specifically, from the Thaler.
Q 27: A little trickier. What country is highlighted by the red dot?
A: Nigeria
Q 28: You live in Romania and you travel directly south. What country are you in?
A: Bulgaria
Q 29: Mao Tse Tung...
A: Was a communist Chinese military leader
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A: A and B
Q 31: What famous building is this?
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Q 32: If you went to South Africa, could you speak English?
A: Yes, you could.
Q 33: Where do you think this might be?
A: Northern England
Q 34: Aryan...
A: Is an ancient Indo-Iranian word refering to a caste of nobility.
Q 35: Which mythological cycle describes a creator god who emerged from an egg and split himself into two people, one male and one female?
A: Indian Mythology
Q 36: Lao Tzu has remained historically significant because he...
A: Is the father of the Taoist belief system.
Their Analysis (Vertical line = Average)
They scored 49% on Traditionalism, higher than 20% of your peers.
They scored 55% on Intelligence, higher than 12% of your peers.
They scored 56% on Diversity, higher than 15% of your peers.
They scored 52% on Contemporary, higher than 87% of your peers.
They scored 50% on Untraditionalism, higher than 75% of your peers.
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The 20-something Texas man said he was lying in bed Saturday morning at the Nevada City Inn on the 700 block of Zion Street when he heard a knock at his door at approximately 4 a.m., according to the Nevada City Police Department.
The victim looked out his window and saw three men at the door and could see they were talking but could not hear what was said, reported Nevada City Police Officer Scott Goin.
"The victim stated the subjects looked harmless, so he opened the door," Goin said in an email to The Union.
Upon opening the door, the three subjects pushed their way into the room and said, "they were there to party," Goin reported. One of three suspects said he had brought the "beer and weed," and another made himself comfortable and began rolling a marijuana cigarette.
According to Goin, the first of the three suspects was described as a short, chubby, white male with a bald head and tattoos. The second man was described as about 5 feet, 10 inches, with dark hair and dark skin, possibly of Middle Eastern descent. The third suspect was described as a tall black man who was bald and wearing glasses.
The victim said the black suspect exited the room only to return shortly with a hunting-style shotgun and pointed it at the victim, ordering him to the ground, Goin reported. The three suspects then reportedly began to beat the victim.
Afterward, the suspects fled the scene with the victim's belongings, possibly in a dark-colored sedan and a dark-colored SUV, Goin stated.
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BALTIMORE -- Buck Showalter admits he checks out the scoreboard. He knows his players are looking, too. But the Baltimore Orioles manager has a solution for sorting out an American League wild-card race that gets tougher to figure out every day.
"We lose, I don't pay much attention to what other teams do," Showalter said as his club sits in the middle of five teams separated by two games for the AL's final playoff spot.
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In this wild-card fray, the Texas Rangers are comfortably positioned for one of two spots, should they fail to catch the Oakland Athletics in the AL West.
The second berth is another matter.
The Orioles, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Royals all are within striking distance of the Tampa Bay Rays, whose recent 14-22 nose dive created an opening for the field.
The race tightened Wednesday afternoon when Kansas City won for the second time in three games at Cleveland, moving the Royals to within two games of the Rays but with the Indians, Yankees and Orioles all in between.
"You realize we're playing a different game once we get to September," Showalter said. "There's a sense of urgency."
The five teams have 16 to 18 games left, but the only head-to-head series match Cleveland at Kansas City, Sept. 16-18; Baltimore at Tampa Bay, Sept. 20-23; and Tampa Bay at New York, Sept. 24-26.
Keeping track of everyone won't be easy.
"I don't want the scoreboard," Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy said. "But everybody's different. I can keep up just listening to my teammates who do."
A close-up look at the five jockeying for position.
Baltimore Orioles
Where they stand: Now behind the Yankees and Rays, 1 1/2 games back of Tampa Bay.
Their road ahead: Their finishing schedule is the toughest among the contenders based on opponents' winning percentage, though they get to stay exclusively in the AL East. But they're 28-30 against the division. Four games against the Rays mean the Orioles control their situation, but they also have six against the first-place Red Sox.
Why they'll get there: The Orioles are the only AL East team with a winning record against Boston, and the final three games at home against the Red Sox could find Boston resting players. They're on pace for a major league record for fewest errors and combined with a pitching staff that has been on a strikeout binge lately (10 in four consecutive games this week), they're making teams earn their runs.
Why they won't: Perhaps the least consistent pitching staff of the contenders, nobody in the majors has allowed more home runs. Closer Jim Johnson leads the majors with nine blown saves, so no lead is safe.
Ramifications: Last year, they made baseball relevant again in Baltimore. This year, they've learned to deal with something new — expectations. Manager Buck Showalter has his program in place, and a second consecutive year of contending makes Baltimore relevant to players (read: free agents) again.
Cleveland Indians
Where they stand: 1 1/2 games behind the Rays for the final spot.
Their road ahead: This is the schedule to die for — or shrivel up with if the Indians somehow don't manage to take advantage. Other than three games next week in Kansas City, the rest of the Indians' remaining 17 games are against the White Sox, Twins and Astros, the AL's three worst teams.
Why they'll get there: Start with that schedule. The addition of rookie Danny Salazar has helped an improving pitching rotation post a 3.34 ERA since the All-Star break, second only to the Royals.
Why they won't: Consider the schedule again. Without any game against the teams ahead of them, every time the Indians win, they still need at least a couple of the contenders to lose. Without a particularly hot finish, they'll still need significant help.
Ramifications: The Indians still can't deal with the Tigers and make a real run at a division title, but they've avoided a repeat of recent second-half collapses. Manager Terry Francona has added to the credibility and the clubhouse atmosphere, but emerging talents such as Jason Kipnis and Michael Brantley have more to do with a future that looks bright to jaundiced Cleveland fans for the first time since they came within a game of the World Series in 2007.
Kansas City Royals
Where they stand: Two games out of wild card.
Their road ahead: A series this weekend in Detroit might appear daunting, but Kansas City has a 9-7 record against the Central Division leaders. The Royals must survive that series, followed by their last two home series — Cleveland and Texas.
Why they'll get there: The shorter the time span, the more pitching can carry a team. The Royals lead the AL in ERA and have a shutdown closer in Greg Holland — third in the league with 42 saves. And they finish the season against the Mariners, the AL's worst hitting team, and a last-place White Sox team hitting .225 in September.
Why they won't: Inexperience usually catches up with newcomers to the race. The Royals have the youngest offensive group in the league, and none of their regulars have postseason experience.
Ramifications: Becoming a legitimate contender was crucial for general manager Dayton Moore. The Royals have been waiting for their young offensive talent to blossom and went all-in this year by trading top prospect Wil Myers for needed pitching. At the least, Moore probably has bought more time with the franchise's best season since 1994.
Tampa Bay Rays
Where they stand: Lead race for second wild card by one game; trail Rangers by 2 1/2games for first wild card.
Their road ahead: Only contender without a day off the rest of the season, they control their situation by virtue of their lead for the last spot and by having one series each with the Orioles and Yankees. Only games against sub-.500 teams are on road — this weekend at Minnesota and the season ender at Toronto.
Why they'll get there: It's September. They're 36-21 from Sept. 1 on the last two seasons, and pitching usually is the reason. This season's staff has allowed four or fewer hits in 20 games, the most in the AL.
Why they won't: Even the Rays pitching staff can't overcome what the offense hasn't done for much of the second half. Their 3.2 runs per game since Aug. 1 is the worst in the majors and has resulted in a 14-22 swoon after a 23-4 stretch. Evan Longoria better have more magic up his sleeve.
Ramifications: A playoff berth always is a boon to a team that lives on the edge financially. They only have $15 million in payroll committed for next year, but that doesn't include arbitration-eligible David Price, Jeremy Hellickson and Matt Joyce, among others.
New York Yankees
Where they stand: One game behind Rays.
MORE: Jeter's season is over
Their road ahead: The next-to-last series at home against the Rays is the one they want to be relevant. It's sandwiched between series against a couple of last-place teams — the Giants and Astros. But the San Francisco and Tampa Bay series are the only remaining home games.
Why they'll get there: The offense showed up, starting with the acquisition of Alfonso Soriano on July 26 and the return of Alex Rodriguez on Aug. 5. The Yankees have batted .265 with a .418 slugging percentage since Aug. 1, compared with .241 and .368 before.
Why they won't: The pitching staff isn't dominant enough, especially with an infield defense that lacks range. CC Sabathia's 4.82 ERA is the highest of his career, leaving Hiroki Kuroda the closest thing to an ace. And they still live for the home run, going 23-44 when they don't hit one.
Ramifications: It's amazing they've gotten this far with virtually no contribution from Derek Jeter or Mark Teixeira, a patchwork lineup for much of the season and the A-Rod soap opera. There will be more turmoil in the offseason as Rodriguez's suspension situation gets sorted out plus the team's intention to shrink the payroll. Bottom line: Business as usual in New York.


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Despite facing tough odds as last week's basketball action began, the Emery High boy's team never wavered in their belief that they were a team that belonged in the upcoming playoffs. The Manti and Delta High teams were looking to claim the final two region 12 seeds into the state tournament, as they knew that Emery would face the top two teams in the region in their final games this season and would have the toughest road of the three teams.
On Wednesday, Emery faced Richfield, second in the region with a 6-2 record, and used a big second quarter of defense to defeat the Wildcats 60-49. On Friday, Emery looked forward to face the top region team in North Sanpete. The Hawks had a region record of 8-1 and had defeated Emery easily earlier in the season. The Spartans, with strong determination because of the refereeing that had occurred in the earlier game, came out and handed the Hawks their second loss by a score of 82-76. With the second win, Emery claimed the fourth region seed and left Delta and Manti to fight for the final spot.
After the Friday game Coach Todd Jeffs was ecstatic, "You guys are playing the game the way it is supposed to be played. That was a great game and you all played as a team and it showed. That was a great effort."
Senior Ty Benson had a great game against the Hawks.
Benson, who can shoot the lights out from three-point range and can also leap out of the gym, had a special night. Benson finished the game with 40 points as he, like the rest of his teammates, let the game come to them rather than forcing things. Benson, listed at 5'10" in the program, took the ball inside and scored repeatedly over the taller Hawk team.
Ty scored 12 points in the first quarter, 11 points in the second quarter, three points in the third quarter and 14 points in the final period. Ty was 17 of 18 at the free throw line on the night.
The Spartans shined at the free throw line in the game. They finished 34 for 40 on the night, an 85 percent shooting night. In the fourth quarter, when the Hawks were intentionally fouling in hopes of getting back into the game, Emery was 20 for 23, an 87 percent quarter. The team came to play in this game. Benson was eight for eight, Quinn Montgomery was seven for eight, Kash Jewkes was two for two and Kashe Potter was three for five.
Nick Stoddard and Potter were impressive with their rebounding in the game. Each finished the night with eight rebounds despite giving up multiple inches to the much taller North Sanpete team. In fact at the end of the game after Jewkes and Chance Huntington had exited due to fouling out, Emery played four guys listed at five foot something and Stoddard listed at 6'2" against a team that stood 6'9", 6'7", 6'5" and 6'3" and still outplayed the taller team with their execution and hustle. Emery scored in their final nine possessions of the game as they kept the Hawks at bay.
Potter scored 12 points in the game, Montgomery scored nine points, Jewkes scored eight points, Huntington scored five points, Stoddard scored four points and Dallon Cologie and Gage Bell scored two points each. Emery played well throughout the game as they won the scoring battle in three of the four periods and tied the fourth.
Against Richfield, Kashe Potter was determined this night to help the Spartans get the win. Potter, when Emery needed scoring because the Wildcats were tightly hounding Benson in the game, stepped up and hit four first half 3-pointers to keep Emery in the lead. He had three in the second period almost back to back to excite the home crowd.
The second quarter was also an outstanding period for Emery defensively as they held Richfield to four points in the period while they scored 16 to go to halftime leading 30-15. Emery's biggest lead of the game was at 39-18 in the third quarter before the Richfield team narrowed the gap to the final score.
Potter finished the game with 18 points to lead the Spartans in this game. Potter is playing his best ball of the season and is giving the Spartans another scorer that the opposition will have to defend. Benson, despite the harassment finished the game with 13 points and Jewkes also finished in double figures with 12 points. Stoddard had nine first half points, Montgomery scored six points and Bell hit a pair of free throws for two points.
Emery will have a non-region game Tuesday night against Park City in Park City, before traveling to Wasatch on Friday to play the top-ranked Wasp team in the first round of the 3-A state play-offs. Emery, playing their best ball of the season right now, could surprise the unsuspecting Wasps with how good they really are.


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|Posted by hj on January 27, 2004 at 22:26:32:
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The opening in the 1/2" copper will be about the same as that in the 3/4" CPVC so that should, and would normally, be large enough.
: Hello again!
: Thanks to all of the experts who have helped me out in the past on this board. The replumb and bath remodel project I've been working on is moving right along. We finished the replumb several weeks ago (no leaks so far!), and I even put in a new drain line for the toilet and used a Fernco fitting to join with the cast iron drain line!
: Anyway, all of the new supply lines are stubbed out at the future locations of the fixtures except for the tub/shower lines. I stubbed those out in the crawlspace just below the tub and capped them there.
: This weekend, I will be plumbing the tub and shower and installing the new shower valve. Currently, I have 3/4" CPVC for the hot and cold lines that is capped off just under the tub.
: For stability, I would like to transition to copper for the shower and tub plumbing in the walls. Should I transition from 3/4" CPVC to 1/2" or 3/4" copper, or does it matter? I know at the least I will need a fitting to go from whatever size I have to the 1/2" female fittings on the mixing valve. I know it probably seems like a silly question, but I didn't know if there was any benefit to having 3/4 copper for the 2 - 3 feet that run from the capped lines to where they'll meet the mixing valve.
: Second question: Would you recommend that I install hammer arresters on the hot and cold lines (it looks like the best thing to do is put a T where the lines would turn 90 degrees to hook into the mixing valve and then put the hammer arresters above the Ts)?
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English Premier League: A look ahead at what is sure to be an interesting 2013-14
The 2013-14 English Premier League campaign already looks like a year of great change despite being months from the opening kick off.
What a strange and twisting web of intrigue this summer entails ahead of another English Premier League season. After what many would say was an expected but unexpected retirement in Sir Alex Ferguson, the entire league in many ways looks up for grabs for clubs that had been written off this past season.
Suddenly Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Everton, Stoke City, Wigan Athletic and Sunderland are all rebuilding. Liverpool continues to build and are a year ahead, but years behind because of having fallen off the face of European football. Tottenham looks a club to beat in many ways, but if they fail to hold onto Gareth Bale and fail to add a decent long term striker to the mix they are in just as big of trouble as anyone.
Last but not least there is also Manchester City, a club that were just not quite up to it in their title defense campaign and their manager paid the price. With some of the final remnants of Mark Hughes' dead weight finally falling off with the departures of Wayne Bridge and Roque Santa Cruz, a new manager once again will be pulling the strings on the blue side of Manchester with almost a clean slate.
So what is to come next season? Honestly it is a wide open realm of possibility that for once should baffle the minds of everyone.
One of the most interesting dynamics is that of the return of Jose Mourinho to Chelsea and the fact that the now, "Happy One," comes back to the league while two of his former assistants are now his rivals. Andre Villas-Boas with Tottenham and Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool.
The always outspoken Portuguese manager has never failed to support both of his former right hands in their careers, but how will things fair when master faces his former employees?
Likewise is the merry-go round of managers in the northwest as David Moyes is now the leader of Manchester United after ten years with Everton, as if Liverpool fans did not loathe the Scottish manager enough. However, can the new Red Devil leader end the Wayne Rooney stand off and stamp his mark on Old Trafford, or will the biggest shoes to fill in English Football history be too much for Moyes to handle.
But then you must not forget the appointment of Roberto Martinez to the Everton post. Last season he wasn't what was desired for Liverpool, now he has the chance to put the knife in the side of Fenway Sports Group no less than twice a year in a way that only fate would have it happen.
Manchester City look to hire Manuel Pellegrini as the replacement for Roberto Mancini, nothing like trading one financially malfunctioning and overspending club for another.
Arsenal are finally starting to clear out the mess of overpriced, underachieving transfer debacles that have plagued Arsene Wenger for the last three or four seasons. Finally, tossing out the waste and admitting to screwing a few things up, eating the financial headache and starting over. For Arsenal fans I am sure it is about time, the Emirates trophy cabinet does not want to go much longer without its own piece of silverware.
And then there are the clubs in the lower half left to fight their way through the mire of mid table mediocrity to make ends meet. Stoke City have went on a limb to hire Mark Hughes, but given the fact that he has to work on a budget the way he did with Blackburn Rovers and Fulham means he might actually have been the right choice.
Sunderland are about to be cleaned out and revamped, but will Paolo Di Canio's strange antics make him a hero or hindrance to the Black Cats after what was an implosion of a 2012-13 campaign.
The league lost a legend in the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson, but for once it looks like the parody of the Premier League's top half is truly back to full tilt. Despite their triumph in the league, the Red Devils are not likely to be the anticipated favorite.
Chelsea at the moment will be favored as Mourinho is anticipated to take full advantage of his greatest EPL advisory having left his roost. Tottenham and Arsenal will look to make a favored other duo to the trio of impressive London sides and their high expectations.
The Northwest looks a completely new landscape as four of the top seven are all controlled by new managers save Rodgers' one year Liverpool career.
From a neutral point of view there is nothing better than the new possibilities that now abide in the English Premier League. No one would have ever thought that the departure of one legend, Sir Alex Ferguson, could have set in motion a chain of events and possibilities that could potentially reshape the entire top seven of the league.
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