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Change could upset some Mac users
Apple has formally dropped Windows 7 support in Boot Camp for users of the 2013 Mac Pro, an updated support document reveals. It's not clear why the change was made, but it can also be seen in Boot Camp Assistant, which insists on "Windows 8 or later" during the Windows installation process. The omission could upset some Pro users who don't like the touchscreen-oriented interface additions made in Windows 8.
Support may have been stripped down so that Apple only has to deal with the latest iteration of Windows. Windows 7 was released almost five years ago, whereas 8 dates back to late 2012. Currently, though, Windows 8 is used by less than 11 percent of people on the Windows platform.


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Dolphins Jonathan Martin Season is Over; Put on NFI List
by Robert Littal | Posted on Saturday, November 30th, 2013
Martin season and career maybe over now.
And @FieldYates is reporting Dolphins placed OT Jonathan Martin on the non-football injury list today, officially ending his season.
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The Southern University System and Communities of Color Network is commemorating one year of a healthier, tobacco-free campus on which to live, work and learn.
On Jan. 2, 2012, the SUS Board of Supervisors approved the 100 percent tobacco-free campus policy. This unprecedented measure prohibits smoking or the use of tobacco products in any building, administrative facility, dormitory or on campus grounds, including athletic fields and parking areas.
The successful implementation was initiated and led by Communities of Color Network, an affiliated program of The Louisiana Public Health Institute and The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-free Living. CoC Network serves as the infrastructure for educating constituents, building capacity, coordinating, organizing and executing tobacco prevention and control programs and activities targeting African-Americans - statewide.
In an effort to celebrate the accomplishment, CoC will implement some of the following activities statewide throughout the month -- informational booth displays to include policy handouts (freshmen orientation and convocation); an anniversary celebration; a T-shirt design contest for a 100 percent tobacco-free logo; and a Smoke Out (cookout) for students, faculty and staff.
"We are honored to be a part of this history-making endeavor within the Southern University System," said Shawntell Lewis-Harrell, who serves constituents in Rapides, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia and Winn parishes. "Central Louisiana citizens have responded positively to help bring this effort to fruition. We owe this celebration to our diligent partners and collaborators throughout the state of Louisiana."
Linda Early Brown, director of Communities of Color Network at the Southern University Ag Center, said, "The Southern University System and CoC are very excited about this life-altering and awe-inspiring opportunity for the students, faculty and staff statewide. We are equally motivated to continue to educate our constituents during the implementation stages of the 100 percent tobacco-free policy.
"The 100 percent tobacco-free policy will inevitably save lives and create a healthy environment that should be replicated on other college and university campuses."
Congratulations are extended to the regional coordinators statewide, namely Lewis-Harrell, Urina Holt, Latonya Owens, Frankie Poland and Shirley Simon for their strategic efforts in educating and creating healthier communities; and the leadership of Brown, Chancellor Dr. Leodrey Williams and Vice Chancellor Dr. Gina Eubanks, Vice Chancellor.
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Fitch Affirms WAMU 2007-SL2 Business Wire NEW YORK -- July 11, 2013 Fitch Ratings has affirmed 13 classes of WAMU Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-SL2 commercial mortgage pass-through certificates. A detailed list of rating actions follows at the end of this press release. KEY RATING DRIVERS The affirmations are the result of sufficient credit enhancement due to scheduled amortization and paydown. Given the small balance nature of the loans, Fitch ran additional stresses by applying additional higher cap rate scenarios. Given these scenarios, the Rating Outlook for the investment grade classes was deemed to be Stable. Fitch modeled losses of 7.6% of the remaining pool; expected losses on the original pool balance total 7%, including $21.3 million (2.5% of the original pool balance) in realized losses to date. Fitch has designated 112 loans (26%) as Fitch Loans of Concern, and 25 loans (5%) are in special servicing. As of the June 2013 distribution date, the pool's aggregate principal balance has been reduced by 40.2% to $492.7 million from $823.8 million at issuance. No loans are defeased. Interest shortfalls are currently affecting classes H through N. The largest contributor to expected losses is the specially-serviced loan (0.8% of the pool), which is secured by a 45,421 square foot (sf) industrial/warehouse property located in Elk Grove, CA. The loan was transferred to special servicing in May 2012 due to imminent default. The borrower is in the process of marketing the property. The special servicer and borrower continue discussions towards a resolution of the loan. The next largest contributor to expected losses is the specially-serviced loan (0.7%), which is secured by a 26,872 sf mixed use property located in Lynbrook, NY. The loan was transferred to special servicing in June 2010 for imminent default. Per the special servicer, a settlement has been reached in principal to execute a short sale through the bankruptcy court. The third largest contributor to expected losses (0.3%) is secured by a 47,000 sf retail property located in San Dimas, CA. The single tenant at the property vacated in April 2011 and as last reported the property was vacant. No updates were available on leasing activity. RATING SENSITIVITY Rating Outlooks on classes A and A1A remains Stable due to increasing credit enhancement and continued paydown. The rating outlook on class B remains Negative due to the small balance nature of the loans and lack of updated operating performance on many of the loans. Loss severities on smaller balance loans have been higher than typical CMBS loans. Should additional loans become specially serviced and/or loss estimates increase further downgrades are possible. Fitch affirms the following classes and revises Recovery Estimates (RE) as indicated: --$46.4 million class A at 'BBB-sf', Outlook Stable; --$348.6 million class A1A at 'BBB-sf', Outlook Stable; --$17.9 million class B at 'BBsf', Outlook Negative; --$25.3 million class C at 'CCCsf', RE 100%; --$16.8 million class D at 'CCsf', RE 100%; --$6.3 million class E at 'Csf', RE 45%; --$7.4 million class F at 'Csf', RE 0%; --$13.7 million class G at 'Csf', RE 0%; --$4.2 million class H at 'Csf', RE 0%; --$5.3 million class J at 'Csf', RE 0%; --$833,900 class K at 'Dsf', RE 0%; --$0 class L at 'Dsf', RE 0%; --$0 class M at 'Dsf', RE 0%. Fitch does not rate the class N certificates. Fitch previously withdrew the rating on the interest-only class X certificates. 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Taking a bite out of Prince CharlesComment on this story
A piece of toast left over by Princes Charles on his wedding day to Princess Diana has sold for £230.
The single slice of white toast was taken by Rosemarie Smith - whose daughter worked for the royal family - on the day of the nuptials in 1982, and it has now sold at Charles Hanson Auctioneers.
A spokesperson confirmed: "The slice of toast went to a UK buyer. There were two telephone bidders fighting it out for the slice. It was exciting.
"There was a round of applause when the gavel dropped, then it was like, 'Oh crumbs, it's sold!'"
Rosemarie recently confessed she took the toast when she saw it had been left outside of Prince Charles' bedroom.
She said: "At the time my daughter was a maid at the palace and one of her duties was to collect Prince Charles's breakfast tray from outside his room.
"I was with her in the corridor and saw Prince Charles had left some toast on the tray. I had been thinking about a keepsake from the wedding and saw the toast and thought to myself: 'Why not'?
"We hadn't talked about it much down the years but Prince William and Duchess Catherine's wedding last year and then Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee has made the royals more popular than ever. That got me thinking that my toast could be worth a bit of money."
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Informed Consent for Dementia Research: The Study Enrollment Encounter
Black, Betty S., Kass, Nancy E., Fogarty, Linda A., Rabins, Peter V., IRB: Ethics & Human Research
Dementia is a major public health problem that affects about 4.5 million elders in the United States. (1) The prevalence of Alzheimer disease (AD)--one of several types of dementia--is expected to nearly quadruple in the next 40 years. (2) The need for dementia research is clear because no treatment currently exists to prevent or cure AD, and available treatments are only modestly effective. (3) Yet research involving individuals with AD and other types of dementia raises ethical and legal concerns not present in most other disease studies. While dementia has numerous causes, all are characterized by cognitive impairment that is often progressive. (4) For example, AD--the most common cause--ultimately results in permanent loss of decisional capacity because it leads to impairments in comprehension, memory, judgment, and the ability to engage in abstract thinking, thus depriving the person of the capacities needed to be informed and to give informed consent to participate in research.
Decisional capacity to perform a specific task is usually determined based on the individual's ability to 1) understand relevant information, 2) appreciate the nature of the situation and its consequences, 3) reason by manipulating information rationally, and 4) express a choice. (5) While some individuals with mild to moderate dementia retain decisional capacity, (6) there is no widely accepted method for determining whether capacity to consent to research has been lost. Also, there are no national guidelines that Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) or investigators must follow when including cognitively impaired adults in research, as there are for research with children, (7) another vulnerable population. For instance, federal regulations governing research with humans (8) require that "additional safeguards" be included in studies to protect the cognitively impaired but do not specify what they should be.
In the absence of specific federal regulations, concerned groups and individuals have made recommendations on how to provide adequate protection for cognitively impaired research participants. (9) These recommendations commonly suggest balancing the study's risks with its potential benefits; identifying an appropriate surrogate decision-maker for those who lack or may lose capacity; assessing decisional capacity; obtaining informed consent and the subject's assent; and respecting the subject's dissent at enrollment and during the study. While the empirical basis for these recommendations is limited, (10) they provide guidance for investigators recruiting individuals to participate in dementia studies.
We conducted the Consent for Dementia Research Study (CDRS) to determine what actually occurs during informed consent sessions with individuals recruited to participate in dementia studies by observing and recording the content of those sessions. The premise underlying this pilot study was that identifying strategies currently used during enrollment encounters will help determine whether recommended methods for obtaining informed consent are being followed and whether additional guidance or criteria are needed for conducting the consent process for research with cognitively impaired adults.
This report focuses on three aspects of the consent process for dementia research: 1) providing information; 2) assessing understanding and capacity to consent; and 3) obtaining assent and informed consent. For each aspect, we examined differences between drug and nondrug studies included in the CDRS. The findings of this pilot study raise questions relevant to ethical concerns and policy issues for research involving cognitively impaired adults.
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We conducted the CDRS at two universities where dementia research is routinely conducted. We obtained a convenience sample by first asking principal investigators (PIs) of IRB-approved studies to allow studies to be included in the CDRS. …


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Middle Gate Elementary School students learned about healthy food during a presentation called "FoodPlay" on Wednesday, April 8, presented by Chartwells K12 School Dining Services and FoodPlay Productions.
"FoodPlay" is a national award-winning theater show that features juggling, music, magic, and audience participation.
Giordan Diaz played the part of "Coach" in the production and Chrissy Basham played the part of "Janey," who learned to make better food choices from Coach. The characters juggled and acted out different skits during the production to feature ways to eat healthier. As explained by Coach, Janey was training to join the National Junior Juggling Team, and Coach was in charge of overseeing her practice and her nutrition.
Tim Green, a former NFL player, a lawyer, and an author, visited Reed Intermediate School and Newtown Middle School on Thursday, April 3, sharing stories and reading inspiration with students at each school.
"It's my absolute pleasure to introduce to you, Mr Tim Green," said library/media specialist Pia Ledina before students situated in the school's cafetorium.
Mr Green gave multiple presentations for Newtown's students on April 3 and signed a number of his books. At Reed, which was his first stop for the day, students held copies of his books in their laps while he gave his presentation.
Students attending the Newtown High School Senior Prom tonight are invited to share some of their favorite photos with The Newtown Bee for publication in a future print edition and/or for an online photo slideshow. Send photos to Education Reporter Eliza Hallabeck by Tuesday, April 28, at 10 am. When sending photos, please include the first and last names of anyone people shown in the picture along with a brief description of what is happening in the photo.
The Board of Education celebrated three Newtown Middle School students during its meeting on Tuesday, April 7, for earning awards in the state level of the PTA-sponsored Reflections Program.
"It's extraordinary to have a local winner. It is extra extraordinary to have three," said Superintendent of Schools Joseph V. Erardi, Jr, before he introduced the three students, eighth graders Stephanie Cobb and Ashley Solomon and seventh grader Julie Hess.
This year the Reflections Program, an art competition, asked entrants to interpret the theme, "The World Would Be A Better Place If" in one of six categories: literature, visual art, video production, photography, dance choreography, and musical composition.
With the annual Two Coyotes Family Fun Day coming up, and registration for the local wilderness school's summer camps now open, Two Coyotes Wilderness School Executive Director Justin Pegnataro expressed his excitement for the two seasons of offerings at the school this week.
The annual Two Coyotes Family Fun Day is slated for Sunday, April 26, from 1 pm to 4 pm, at Sticks and Stones Farm, 201 Hunting town Road.
Two Coyotes Wilderness School offers kids aged 5 to 16 unique, ongoing, year-round outdoor programs, as well as summer camps. The school's philosophy is derived from the book Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature.
Sixth grade students in Michelle Holda-Vaccaro and Lil Martenson's cluster were situated throughout the school's cafetorium on Tuesday, March 31, dressed as "wax museum" characters.
As a reading project, Ms Holda-Vaccaro explained, the students read and researched famous people who had made a positive influence on the world. While working on the projects, Ms Holda-Vaccaro said the students learned about credible sources and how to write a speech.
The students also spent many hours in the school's library/media center with library/media specialist Pia Ledina researching their person of interest.
The Newtown Public Schools Music Department has released the dates for its scheduled upcoming concerts.
All concerts are free to the public.
The first concert, set for April 22 at 7 pm in the NHS cafetorium, will continue the Newtown High School Music Department's tradition of presenting a NHS Composers Concert. This is the second annual Composers Concert held by the school, and it will feature student work from the school's music theory and music technology programs.
With students reading to one another, Middle Gate Loves To Read Week came to a close on Friday, April 10.
The week began on Monday, April 6, with a presentation shared by third grade students in teacher Clair DeSisto's class with the entire school, during to assemblies.
As Middle Gate reading specialist Lina Silveira explained before the presentation, the week is a celebration of all the reading activities students do daily and promotes a continued love of literacy.
On Saturday, April 11, the NHS Varsity Winter Guard, performed a nearly flawless routine of their show "Blu" show at the Musical Arts Conference (MAC) Winter Guard Championships, held at Trumbull High School, and came away from the event proudly wearing silver medals in the Scholastic Open division.
It is rare to have winter guard members participate in the full possible eight years, but three Newtown High School Varsity Guard members — Sarah Braga, Courtney Datin, and captain Kelsea Morshuk-Allen — have that distinction, and reflected on their practicing and performing experiences before departing with the 18-member team, including nine other seniors, for the Winter Guard International (WGI) Championships held in Dayton, Ohio, from April 16 to 19.
Fraser Woods Montessori School will host its April open house for parents of prospective students at 10 am on Saturday, April 18, at the school, 173 South Main Street. Faculty, administrative staff, and the director of admissions will be available to conduct guided tours and provide information about the school's parent/child class, four-day or five-day toddler and preschool programs, as well as full-day kindergarten through middle school programs.


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This is the April 29, 2013 news archive. View today's Pacers rumors and news.
Hawks' Petro makes it back for Game 4 after birth of childCenter Johan Petro has rejoined the Atlanta Hawks for Game 4 of the playoffs against the Indiana Pacers after witnessing the birth of his first child.Share Tweet
Hawks Even SeriesApr 29Josh Smith's double-double of 29 points and 11 boards leads the Hawks to a 102-91 win over the Pacers.
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Lee Jenkins: NBA community supports Collins' decision to come outApr 29LOS ANGELES -- At the end of every season, NBA players report to their practice facility one last time, for an exit interview with their coach and general manager. It is a somber event for 29 teams, and especially a team with a $100 million payroll that…
Toronto Raptors ramp up push to have Phil Jackson as president, sources sa…Apr 29The Toronto Raptors, emboldened by the news that the Sacramento Kings apparently won't be moving to Seattle, have ramped up their pursuit of Phil Jackson to be their new team president, according to sources close to the situation.
Ian Thomsen: NBA's loyalty to Sacramento could prove costly financiallyApr 29The extraordinary precedent for keeping the Kings in Sacramento was laid down three years ago by commissioner David Stern.
Nate McMillan to interview for Detroit Pistons coach, sources sayApr 29The Detroit Pistons have opened the interview process in their search for a new coach and are scheduled to sit down Tuesday with Nate McMillan, according to NBA coaching sources.


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90210 may be coming to an end.
But Matt Lanter is sticking around The CW.
The actor has been cast as the male lead on Oxygen, a pilot based around nine aliens who have been stuck in an internment camp for a decade, only to be freed and integrated into a suburban high school on the premiere.
Lanter will portray Roman, the alien love interest of Aimee Teegarden's human character.
Oxygen will also star Malese Jow (The Vampire Diaries) and Grey Damon (Friday Night Lights) and appears to be a strong contender for a spot on the 2013-2014 schedule.


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Implementing Application Role Security to Secure your SQL Server Data
One of the primary reasons that VFP developers make the decision to move their data to SQL Server is the promise of additional security. However, if you don't take the time to set things up properly, you data can be just as vulnerable as if it were in VFP tables. This article will give an overview of the different SQL Server security models, then cover one of the best (in my opinion) way to secure your data; the application role.
The wanna-be programmer
Every organization has at least one of these. This is the guy in accounting or marketing who has been tinkering with Access or File Maker Pro at home. He has created a couple of little databases; a home inventory system, a contact list, etc. At the coffee machine, he is always talking to you about his latest hobby. Now he thinks he knows enough about developing database applications that he is giving you advise about the latest system you are creating. I'm sure you know the guy I'm talking about.
These are the type of people who are the most dangerous. One day, you finally realize just how dangerous he is. At the water cooler one afternoon he says, "I was looking at the sales table in your application earlier today. I saw a field in there called PK_Sales. It contained a bunch of jibberish and is called a uniqueidentifier. What is that?"
How to keep them out of your application data
One of the most common ways to set up SQL Server security for your applications is to use ODBC to connect to the server using Windows Authentication. So when your application connects to the server using the ODBC DSN, it has access to select from, insert into or update whatever tables it needs. You may have security features in your application to prevent certain users from getting into areas that contain data that they shouldn't be able to see or change.
The problem with this is that anybody with Access, Excel, File Maker Pro, or any other application that can connect to data via ODBC, can connect to your database also. Once they connect using one of these other applications, you have no control over what they can see or do.
Wouldn't be nice if the users could log on to the server, but have no access rights to anything on it? Then the application could log on and it would have access to everything. This would solve the problem. What I have just described is SQL Server's Application Role Security model.
SQL Server Security
I am not going to attempt to cover everything there is to know about SQL Server security in this article. It is not possible. There have been several articles, whitepapers and books written on this topic. I will give a quick high-level overview of security so you'll have an idea of how things work.
Windows Integrated Authentication
This is probably the easiest authentication model to use. If a user can log onto your network, you can grant that user account access to SQL Server. The user does not have to supply a different username and password for access to SQL Server. You can create SQL Server logins for each user of your network or you can use your network security groups.
So, let's say you have 15 users in the accounting department. On your domain, there is a group called Accounting to which each of these users are assigned. You can add a login to SQL Server for the Accounting group and grant that login access to the accounting database.
Now all 15 users in the Accounting group can log on to SQL Server and use the accounting database.
You can control what databases the individual users or groups will have access to and what entities within the database they will have access to.
SQL Server Authentication
The main difference with SQL Server Authentication is that the users will have to supply a username and password to gain access to the server. Each user can be given an individual login or a group of users can share one. However, it is probably not a good idea to use a shared one, unless your application is logging in automatically. This way the individual users don't have to know the username and password.
In my opinion, this is a more secure method than Windows Integrated Authentication. Again, your application can login automatically (with the username and password embedded in the application) so the user's don't even know it is required. Since the users don't know the username and password, they would not be able to log into the server using some other application. But, that wanna-be programmer could somehow find out what the username and password is, and get access to everything that login has access to.
Role Based Security
No matter which authentication mode you use to give your users access to the server, you will need to assign the users to a server role. The role defines what access rights to the database objects the members of the role will have. Each database attached or added to the server will have several Standard Fixed roles. These will include db_datareader, db_datawriter, db_owner, etc. Here is a table that shows the role and what this role can do.
There is also a Public role. This is a special role in every database to which every user belongs. You can assign default permissions to everyone in the database to this role. You do not assign users or groups to this role because everyone belongs to this role by default. Also, by default, this role does not have any specific rights to any user defined objects.
You can also create your own roles. This gives you the flexibility to assign rights to specific tables, views, stored procedures, etc to individual groups and users. It is possible to assign a user or group to more than one role. There are specific rules about which rights will take precedence when there are conflicting permissions. Please refer to the Books-On-Line help file for a good explanation of this.
Application Role
It can be an administrative headache trying to keep track of all the different roles the users and groups are assigned to. Because of this, some developers or administrators will either assign all users to the db_owner role or give the Public role all rights to all the objects in the database. This is very dangerous; especially if you are using Windows Integrated Authentication. You have just given that wanna-be programmer complete access to all data in the database! This is where the Application Role can help.
You probably already have security in your application so that certain users or groups of users cannot get to or see or manipulate sensitive data. However, with the above scenario, anybody with Access will be able to get to and see and manipulate the data outside of your application.
So the solution is to assign all users and/or groups to the Public role in your database. Make sure the Public role does not have select, update, insert, execute, etc permissions on any of your database objects. The Public role should have permissions to the system tables in your database. These will all start "sys". This will prevent the users from using Access to get to your data. However, it will also prevent them from getting to the data from your application. You will need to create an Application Role and assign appropriate permissions to all the database objects to this role. Your application will then log into this role and will have access to all data it needs.
Creating an Application Role
There are a few ways to create an application role. You can do it interactively using the graphical user interface provided by Enterprise manager or you can do it in a script using T-SQL code. There is sufficient documentation in the Books-On-Line help file describing the necessary T-SQL commands to do this in a script. I'll leave it up to you to investigate if you want to do it this way.
Here I'll describe the way to do it using Enterprise Manager. Navigate to the server and database where you want to define the role. Right click on the "Roles" node and select "New Database Role…". The Database Role Properties window will be displayed see Figure 1.
In the "Name" box, enter the name for your new application role. Select the "Application role" option in the "Database role type:" option group and enter a password. Now click on the "OK" button. This will add your new application role to the list of database roles. Now you need to assign the permissions to this role.
Assigning Permissions
To assign permissions to your new role, right click on it in the Roles list and select "Properties". Now click on the "Permissions" button. A window similar to Figure 2 will be displayed allowing you to assign permissions to your database object to the selected role.
Once you have assigned all the appropriate permissions for your database objects, click on the "OK" button. Now your application role is set up and ready to be used.
Logging on to an Application Role in your Applications
Now that you are convinced that you want to use Application Role security, you are probably wondering how to use it in your applications. Depending on what method you are using, the technique will be a little different. Here we will show how to do this using SQL Passthrough and VFP 8's new Cursor Adapter class.
NOTE: This technique will not work with remote views, or at least I haven't found a way. It does work with ADO. The logic is very similar to the SQL Passthrough technique.
Logging onto an Application Role
There are a few important things you need to remember about using an application role.
1) There is a system stored procedure that is called to activate (or log into) an application role. The stored procedure is sp_setapprole. The syntax for this command is:
sp_setapprole 'role name', 'password'[, 'encrypt style']
The first two parameters are self explanatory. The third parameter is optional and specifies the encryption style to be used by the password. This can be either "None" (which is the default) or "Odbc". Refer to Table 2 for a description of these two options.
2) The set_approle stored procedure can be executed only by direct T-SQL statements. It cannot be executed from another stored procedure or UDF.
3) Once set, the application role applies to the current connection only. You will need to activate the application role for each connection to the server.
4) If the application role is already set on the current connection, trying to set the application role again will cause an error. I will show how to detect if the application role is set on the current connection later.
Detecting if the Application Role is already set
The best way to detect if the application role is already set is to check the permissions to a table in the database. You can do this using the T-SQL PERMISSIONS function. The PERMISSIONS function will return a value containing a bitmap that indicates the permissions for the current user. It takes an Object Identification Number as the first parameter and an optional column name as the second parameter. In our case, we are not concerned with the second parameter. There is also a T-SQL function that will give you the Object Identification Number for an object name. This function is OBJECT_ID. You pass in the name of the object. So you would do something like this:
select PERMISSIONS(OBJECT_ID('your_table_name'))
If this returns a 0 (zero), the current connection does not have any permissions to the object. If it returns any other value, the connection has permissions. You could use additional code to check to see what the permissions are. But in our situation, this is not necessary.
SQL Passthrough
Here is some sample code that shows how to set an application role using SQL Passthrough.
LOCAL liHandle as Integer, liResult as Integer
** get a connection handle
liHandle = SQLCONNECT('Northwind')
** check permissions
liResult = SQLEXEC(liHandle, ;
"select permissions(object_id('customers')) as iPermissions", "PermissionCheck")
IF liResult > 0
IF PermissionCheck.iPermissions = 0
** need to activate app role
liResult = SQLEXEC(liHandle, "exec sp_setapprole 'MyAppRole', 'MyAppRolePassword'")
IF liResult < 0
** error occurred while setting app role
** error occurred while checking permissions
** Now we can continue with appropriate permissions
SQLEXEC(liHandle, 'select top 10 * from customers')
CursorAdapter class
With the CursorAdapter class, we can get a little more sophisticated. We can create our own CursorAdapter class by sub-classing VFP's CursorAdapter class and adding additional methods to check and set the application role. Here is my sub-class.
DEFINE CLASS MyCursorAdapter as CursorAdapter
FUNCTION BeforeCursorFill( ;
tlUseCursorSchema as Logical, tlNoDataOnLoad as Logical, tcSelectCmd) as Logical
** overrides the BeforeCursorFill method to activate the application role
LOCAL llRetVal as Logical
llRetVal = DODEFAULT(tlUseCursorSchema, tlNoDataOnLoad, tcSelectCmd)
IF llRetVal
** log onto the app role
llRetVal = This.LogOnToAppRole()
RETURN llRetVal
PROTECTED FUNCTION LogOnToAppRole() as Logical
** logs onto the app role and returns a logical value stating if we were successful
LOCAL liHandle as Integer, llRetVal as Logical
** get the connection handle
liHandle = This.DataSource
IF liHandle > 0
** check to see if the app role is already set
IF !This.AppRoleSet()
** it is not, so we set it
IF SQLEXEC(liHandle, "exec sp_setapprole 'MyAppRole', 'MyAppRolePassword'") > 0
llRetVal = .t.
llRetVal = .f.
** app role was already set
llRetVal = .t.
** we don't have a valid connection handle
llRetVal = .f.
RETURN llRetVal
PROTECTED FUNCTION AppRoleSet() as Logical
** checks to see if the app role is set
LOCAL llRetVal as Logical, lcAlias as Character
** store current alias
lcAlias = ALIAS()
** check permissions on table
IF SQLEXEC(This.DataSource, ;
"select permissions(OBJECT_ID('" + This.Alias + "')) as iPermissions", ;
'approlepermission') > 0
** if permissions returns 0, app role is not set
llRetVal = (AppRolePermission.iPermissions <> 0)
llRetVal = .f.
** clean up
IF USED('AppRolePermission')
USE IN AppRolePermission
IF !EMPTY(lcAlias)
SELECT (lcAlias)
RETURN llRetVal
You can see that I have overridden the BeforeCursorFill method so that we can log into the application role. I have added two new methods; LogOnToAppRole and AppRoleSet. The AppRoleSet checks to see if the current connection has permissions. The LogOnToAppRole calls this method and if necessary, logs onto the application role.
To use this class we would do something like this:
LOCAL loCustomers as CursorAdapter
LOCAL liHandle as Integer
** create a connection to the database
liHandle = SQLCONNECT('Northwind')
IF liHandle > 0
** ok, we have a connection
** create a reference to my cursor adapter class
loCustomers = NEWOBJECT('MyCursorAdapter', 'MyCursorAdapter.prg')
** set some properties, including my connection handle
WITH loCustomers
.DataSource = liHandle
.DataSourceType = 'ODBC'
.SelectCmd = 'Select * from customers'
.Alias = 'Customers'
** fill the cursor
IF loCustomers.CursorFill()
** disconnect the handle
As I stated earlier, just moving your data to SQL Server is not enough to ensure that your data is secure. There are still ways unauthorized people can get to and view your data. Using Application Role security is one way to make it a little more difficult for these people to get to your data. It takes a little set up on the server and a little more code to implement, but the extra security makes the time invested well worth it.
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When Washington's defensive players step onto the field Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium, it probably will mark the final time many of them play together as members of the Redskins.
Linebacker Brian Orakpo says he hopes that fact will provide some additional incentive for the 21st-ranked unit against Eli Manning and Co.
"Obviously, it's going to be the last time we suit up [together] and hopefully we can go out with a bang," Orakpo said this week. "At least get the bad taste out of our mouth and finish the season somewhat on a positive note."
Orakpo's status for the season finale remains unclear. He left last week's game in the fourth quarter with a right groin muscle strain and was limited in practice on Wednesday. After practice, he described himself as "pretty banged up" and said he won't be "stupid" when deciding whether to play or not.
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Commerzbank will transfer all of Eurohypo's public finance business and most of its commercial-property unit to a new entity called Non-Core Assets, which will be wound down over time, the Frankfurt-based lender said today in a statement.
The bank tapped taxpayers for funds after agreeing to buy competitor Dresdner Bank two weeks before the September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Eurohypo's European government bond holdings have since saddled Commerzbank with losses amid the sovereign-debt crisis. The bank has said a sale of the unit would be difficult because of funding constraints.
"This is pretty much what Commerzbank would have wanted to do anyway," said Christian Muschick, an analyst with Silvia Quandt Research GmbH who recommends investors hold the stock. "It doesn't hurt them much and it's positive for the company."
Commerzbank rose 5.9 cents, or 3.2 percent, to 1.916 euros by 2:09 p.m. in Frankfurt trading. The stock has risen 47 percent this year, valuing the company at about 10.7 billion euros ($14.3 billion).
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European Union regulators have required banks to sell assets to compensate for the harm to competition caused by state bailouts since 2008.
Commerzbank completed the 4.56 billion-euro acquisition of Eurohypo at the end of March 2006 by buying a combined 66 percent stake from Deutsche Bank AG and Allianz SE. The deal added more than 200 billion euros of assets to Commerzbank, making it Germany's biggest lender after Deutsche Bank.
The prospects for Eurohypo have since soured. Moody's Investors Service cut financial-strength ratings for Commerzbank in January, citing the unit's "weakening resilience and eroding franchise."
"The fact that they don't have to sell Eurohypo is good because they probably would have had to pay someone to take it," said Muschick, who is based in Frankfurt. "The chance they would have tried to buy any sizable assets was pretty low already."
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Commerzbank will wind down 131 billion euros of the 166 billion euros Eurohypo will have in its portfolio at the end of June, according to slides the bank posted on its website today.
The bank said 10 billion euros of Eurohypo retail assets and 25 billion euros of commercial real estate assets in Germany, the U.K., France and Poland, including a maximum of 5 billion euros of annual new business until the end of 2015, will gradually be transferred to Commerzbank.
The lender will cut its balance sheet to 600 billion euros by the end of this year and hold off on making acquisitions until the end of March 2014 under terms of the new deal. Commerzbank reduced its total assets to 662 billion euros by the end of last year from 1.05 trillion euros at the end of 2008, the bank said in February.
Commerzbank said it will now discuss plans to reduce staff with its works council.
"The decision is of course hard for Eurohypo employees," Commerzbank Chief Executive Officer Martin Blessing said in an interview posted on the company's intra-net today. The headcount reduction will be carried out "reasonably and as socially acceptable as possible," he said in the interview, obtained by Bloomberg News.
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is a compelling turnaround story with exceptional momentum that has
been misunderstood due to a hard-to-understand product (and product
mix), a complex accounting change, and an acquisition in FY2011
(June FYE). Share price weakness has created a compelling entry
point both ahead of this quarter's earnings and for the long term.
I believe the stock could double in the next 6 months and has the
potentially be a 3x (or greater) in the next 20 months.
Editor's note - For a recap of the short's thesis from
click here
Business Description
The current Silicon Graphics International (here "SGI") has a
complex story, but it needs to be fully understood to appreciate
the thesis. SGI is a combination of the old Rackable Systems
business which was in decline when it bought the old Silicon
Graphics out of bankruptcy in the depths of the recent financial
meltdown in 2009 (the old SGI was in BK court literally minutes
before [[GM]]!). When Rackable bought the old Silicon Graphics (and
changed the combined company's name to SGI), the old Silicon
Graphics had an outdated product set and was still some $30 million
in R&D and 9 months away from having a viable (or profitable)
product - hence the bankruptcy. Fast forward to now, the combined
SGI has a strong new management team, led by Mark Barrenechea
(formerly CTO of Computer Associates and SVP of Oracle) who joined
in 2009, and a truly cutting edge line of products coming out of
the technology purchased from the old Silicon Graphics. As a quick
glance at the financials will reveal the business has been growing
well (even without the accounting change... more on this later) and
is just turning the corner into profitability
A quick note on what exactly they sell
SGI has 3 basic segments:
Why the Business Is Mis-Priced Today
I'm sure many of you have read the well-publicized SGI short
thesis which states that without the accounting change and
acquisition, the core SGI business is growing organically at 2% or
less per year. Having gone through the Ks and Qs myself, I will
absolutely agree the company did a very poor job clearly defining
what the impact of the accounting change and the acquisition was on
Revenue and GM in each quarter. That said, the short thesis takes
an unrealistic (and at times simply inaccurate) view of a business
which, as articulated below, is growing quickly and has huge runway
ahead of it. Below is a sampling of refutations to the short
Acquiring a customer:
SGI acquired SGI Japan. SGI Japan was a customer of SGI before the
acquisition. SGI reported explicitly that it would have recognized
$9.6 million of revenue in FY2011 from sales to SGI Japan had SGI
Japan not been acquired. It seems the short thesis ignores this
Organic Services Growth in Japan:
Following the tragedy in Japan, management moved 60-70 service
oriented employees to Japan to help with IT services required in
the recovery, which led to the $22.5 million in SGI Japan services
revenue and a jump in product revenue to $23.7 million in FY 11 4Q
from a run rate of ~$17.5 million. As this revenue was generated by
employees of SGI pre-acquisition (who would have likely been
generating revenue elsewhere had they not been in Japan), it should
not be characterized as "acquired." My analysis includes 75% of the
incremental services revenue and 0% of the incremental product
revenue as organic. This is verified by the drop in non-SGI JP
services revenue, which would be unusual in the largely-recurring
services business.
The short thesis points to decreases in Amazon (
) revenue as a negative; however, management has stated repeatedly
the desire to transition away from low-margin contracts. The
Rackable business got started building huge data centers for the
Silicon Valley titans and this customer concentration is a vestige
of that model.
Accounts Receivable:
The short thesis rather strongly pointed to a decrease in A/R as a
cause for the business being cash flow positive in FY11 3Q and that
this was indicative of a crumbling business. It is no secret that
A/R is driven by revenue and revenue was down in FY11 3Q vs.2Q. The
question is: was this a bad thing? What the short thesis misses is
management stated on their 2Q call that they were expecting
this drop in revenue
due to revenue pull-forward. Referring to the second half quarterly
revenue guidance: "at the high end [of guidance] would be something
- if you were just to do it mathematically, you'd be around, I
don't know, close to $140 million per quarter" (vs. $178 million in
2Q). The business had organic (adjusting for SGI JP) revenue of
$140 million in 3Q and $175 million in 4Q. Business lumpiness is
not necessarily business weakness...
Federal spending:
Within federal, the vast majority of SGI's sales go to NASA and the
Intelligence and defense communities which at first seem like scary
places to be. Within NASA, the majority of the Company's work is
either long-term contracted or covered in a multi-year funding
grant that has three years remaining. On the defense side, I have
personally worked very closely with a company selling high-tech
solutions to the Intelligence community, and I have seen first hand
that these budgets are among the last to get cut (especially in a
post wiki-leaks world). This is true for two reasons: 1) Simply
put, it is easy enough to assess the impact of cutting a tank
program (fewer tanks), but it's harder to pinpoint when reducing
10% of computing power has a real negative impact on our
Intelligence capabilities. And 2) budget allocation for technology
is done based on annual budgets where "what you don't use is taken
away" and the individuals making actual the purchasing decision
have only one goal: make sure it "just always works" for their
bosses. For better or worse, these dynamics (and the obvious
growing importance of cyber security and warfare) lead Intel and
defense technology budgets to be quite resilient. Further, channel
checks with government VARs all confirm health in this channel.
Skipping to the Crux: The Business Is Growing...
The SGI story hinges on the growth of the high-margin,
high-value HPC SGI solutions, and therefore I have focused on that
in the below analysis. Management reiterated their FY2012 guidance
for $740 million - $780 million (roughly 50% organic and 50%
acquired) off of $630 million in FY 2011 (18%-24% growth), and the
debate is largely around whether this is requires an unrealistic
acceleration of a stagnant business (short thesis) or represents
reasonable guidance for a business with very strong momentum, which
I think is the case here. A few key data points:
Bookings ("Unfakeable") Growth:
While an accounting change and other "smoke and mirrors" can
obscure an income statement, barring outright fraud, the balance
sheet is much tougher to manipulate. Therefore, given the
accounting change, Bookings (Revenue + change in Deferred Revenue)
is a very good indicator of how much "new business" the company is
actually winning. My assumptions - and adjusting out SGI Japan -
get to 9.5% organic bookings growth for FY2011 (the bull case gets
to >14% organic growth!), with
35.7% Y-o-Y growth in the fourth quarter
. Admittedly, the business is lumpy by nature, but the key takeaway
is clearly strong growth, and a very strong end to the year.
Simply put, had the accounting change not occurred although
recognized revenue would have been $92.1 million in 4Q FY2011 (down
19% sequentially and 9% Y-o-Y), but deferred revenue would have
increased by $73.8 million in the fourth quarter (vs. an average of
$27.3 million in the prior 4 quarters) and therefore
Bookings for 4Q 2011 was $165.9 million, 20% and 36% up
sequentially and Y-o-Y.
Revenue from Rackable is effectively never deferred, so the growth
in the deferred component is indicative of growth in the HPC
It is also worth noting that accounting rules do not allow an
acquiring company to book the deferred revenue of the target
company, so SGI Japan would not have meaningfully influenced these
(click to enlarge)
Above their Own Bar:
Pages 40 & 41 of SGI's latest 14A Proxy filed Oct 21 lays out
management's variable performance based compensation and their
internal goals, as set by the Board (who approved the accounting
change etc.). In the fourth quarter, the Company
beat their internal revenue plan by
7.2%. For the FY 2011, they were 6.6% ahead of the internal revenue
plan (after beating in Q1 and Q2 as well, before the SGI Japan
acquisition). The company did miss the GM% target in 4Q by 330 bps,
but achieved their GM% target for the year. The key takeaway here,
however, is that the Company has been consistently beating the
Board approved, internal plan (which for obvious reasons is
unlikely to be fooled by accounting shenanigans).
Hiring Correlates with (Real) Growth:
The Company has stated they are hiring, including growing their
sales force by 12%. A quick trip to Monster.com, Linkedin.com, or
Dice.com will corroborate that SGI has multiple postings for
positions across the organization. Company's rarely hire when they
are not growing (for real).
We Already Know This Was a Good Quarter:
Management's analyst day was
3 days before the end of the first quarter
. They reaffirmed their guidance (they only give full year guidance
as big deals can be lumpy) and were very optimistic. A couple
direct quotes from 9/27:
A Quick Note on Margins
While the above analysis focused on top line organic growth
which has been complicated by the accounting change and
acquisition, the margin growth story is much more straightforward
and is very well covered by the various research analysts following
the stock.
Long Term Margin Story:
As the very low margin Rackable business becomes an increasingly
smaller component of overall mix, margins will naturally
appreciate. Over the last 6 quarters, the Company has grown gross
margin vs. comparable quarter prior year in each quarter and by an
average of 779 bps (FY11 GM% was 27.0% vs. 22.2% in FY2010).
Altix UV:
As mentioned above, the Alitx UV has a huge technology advantage in
shared memory architecture, allowing the Company to earn >40%
product gross margins.
Guidance Expects Solid Margin Growth
: Management reiterated 100-300 bps of margin growth in FY2012 at
their analyst day. The long term goal of non-GAAP EPS of
$1.75-$2.00 on $1.0 billion of revenue (potentially by FY 2014)
also implies ongoing margin growth.
The stock currently trades at roughly 0.5x sales. Many of the
peers are valued at >2x revenue, especially the smaller high
growth peers (with M&A comps
revenue). Even if you exclude all of the Rackable revenue (~1/3 of
sales), the business is cheap at .75x sales of the high-growth HPC
products and the accompanying high-margin services.
As the Company was the combination of two formerly distressed
businesses, it is still on the verge of consistent profitability
and therefore trailing multiples of earnings or EBITDA or earnings
don't really apply here. That said, if the company hits the long
term plan of $1.75-$2.00/share in EPS in FY2014, and it trades at
20x forward PE, it's a $35-$40 stock by June ((FYE)) 2013 in 20
months, assuming no value for the balance sheet assets... Which is
still only arround 1.0x revenue, implying there may be further
upside from there. That timing is likely more aggressive than what
can be underwritten by a prudent investor, but it gives a sense of
the potential outlined by SGI's long term guidance.
The company has $140 million of cash ($4.34/share) on the
balance sheet and no debt. It also has $466 million in NOLs and 600
patents on its balance sheet. Excluding cash and the value of the
NOLs (roughly $3.03/share by my math), the business trades at just
9.9x the midpoint of FY 2012 Earnings - below the revenue multiple
paid for some comps!
The Company's technology and patents make them a clear target for
any of the large technology firms (HP, Dell, EMC etc.) or Intel,
who could directly use the ability to leverage additional cores in
each system. Additionally the CEO clearly knows ORCL management
from his time there. It goes without saying that M&A could be a
very compelling outcome; even a 1.0x revenue takeout would be
roughly double the current share price.
Other Relevant Data Points
New partnership with Microsoft:
SGI is partnering with MSFT to access the lower end of the HPC
market by integrating with MSFT's Windows Server 2008 R2 including
SQL Server. This was a long time in the making and could be a nice
boost in the next few quarters.
Short Squeeze Potential:
Given the popularity of the bear thesis, 24.2% of the stock's float
is sold short implying 14.5 days to cover and creating the
potential for a huge short squeeze on after solid earnings (as
happened on the prior 3 earnings announcements).
Audit Committee:
Given the chatter around the accounting change, it is worth noting
that Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee is the former
Managing Partner of the Earnst & Young San Francisco office.
The CFO of HyperRoll (a high-performance database software company)
is also on the Audit Committee.
Potential Risks to the Downside
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One by one they have come through Target Field the past few seasons, wide-eyed young players making their first visit to the Twin Cities.
Each time, the same kindly septuagenarian has been there to receive them, to offer a friendly greeting and a few carefully chosen words of advice.
Twins legend Tony Oliva was welcoming them into the club.
Not in terms of Minnesota baseball, but in terms of wondrously talented hitters born in the troubled island nation of Cuba.
So, it was only fitting this week, as Yoenis Cespedes repeated as Home Run Derby champion and Yasiel Puig and Jose Abreu each made their all-star debuts, that Oliva was here to welcome them to an even more exclusive group: Cuban all-stars.
"I absolutely know the story of Tony Oliva," Abreu, the rookie first baseman for the Chicago White Sox, said through a translator. "As Cubans we all know Tony Oliva and his story, his success here in the big leagues. He's one of those people who, if it wasn't for him, as Cubans, we couldn't be here."
Oliva, a Twins special assistant, made eight straight all-star games from 1964 through 1971. That included the 1965 game at Metropolitan Stadium, where Oliva hit a leadoff double in the ninth inning off hall of fame right-hander Bob Gibson.
"When I first came up to Minneapolis (for a series against the Twins on June 20-22), I was able to meet him and talk with him for a while," Abreu said of Oliva. "He told me some things that would help me as a ballplayer.
White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez, also making his all-star debut this week, pushes the number of Cuban-born all-stars to 29.
Of those, Minnie Minoso leads the way with nine selections between 1951 and 1960, but he had the benefit of doubling up in his final two all-star seasons. In terms of individual all-star seasons, no Cuban player has ever had more than Oliva's eight.
That's one more than both Tony Perez, the hall of fame first baseman, and right-hander Camilo Pascual, who counted two 20-win seasons (both with the Twins) among his 174 big-league victories.
"I was one of the first ones," Oliva said. "Cubans had played in the big leagues for a long time. Starting in the 1950s, they had more chances to play. In the '60s, they closed."
Oliva, who turns 76 on Sunday, ranks fourth in home runs (220) among Cuban-born major leaguers. Only Rafael Palmeiro, Jose Canseco and Perez hit more.
Oliva is sixth in hits (1,917) and doubles (329) and fifth in runs batted in (947), but his .304 career batting average ranks second among all Cuban-born players with more than 26 at-bats in the big leagues.
Only Puig, hitting .314 through his first 725 big-league at-bats, has a higher average.
Asked about meeting Oliva this week, Puig's expressive face brightened.
"Yes, you're right," the Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder said through a translator. "I met him in May when we were here in Minnesota. He gave me great advice, advice on how to do well in the big leagues and continue to do well. I'm thankful to him and I hope to see him here."
Puig also mentions Twins designated hitter Kendrys Morales, who left Cuba in 2005 and ranks fourth in slugging among that nation's products, as an inspiration.
Cespedes, meanwhile, has been a sensation in the Oakland A's outfield since his arrival in 2012. He already has been through Target Field three times, including the Twins' home-opening series this season.
Judging from his 28-homer showing in claiming Monday night's Home Run Derby, he's already quite comfortable at the Twins' home. Seeing Oliva on each of his visits has only added to that comfort level.
"Every one of the times I've been here in Minnesota, I've talked to Tony," Cespedes said through a translator. "He has come up to me and he's given me some very good advice, and this is something I appreciate very much."
Cespedes has learned more about Oliva since coming to the U.S., but he is thankful for all of those Cuban talents that blazed a trail to the major leagues.
"All of those players that came before me, all of us admired them because they opened the doors for all of us here in the major leagues," Cespedes said. "They did play a big part in what we're doing today."
Oliva, who has helped ease the transition for Morales since his June 7 signing, understandably takes pride in this modern wave of talented Cuban sluggers.
"Guys (from Cuba) didn't have chances to play in the big leagues for 45 years," Oliva said. "The last 10 years, you're seeing more Cuban players defect and come over here to play. Now you see those power hitters come, a lot of power hitters that played in semipro ball, and a lot of good pitchers."
Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman, making his third straight all-star appearance, gives Cuba five players at this year's game.
"Before, they were scared to defect," Oliva said. "Cuban people are very sensitive. They would worry too much about what their friends and family would say if they stayed here and played baseball. Now there's more freedom. Everybody is more open. It's OK. If you decide to come here and play baseball, people won't say anything. People realize it's a job."
In prior generations, great Cuban hitters such as Orestes Kindelan and Omar Linares never made the dangerous leap toward defection. It was Linares who famously said at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. "I'd rather play for 11 million Cubans than $11 million."
Major league salaries have spiraled much higher than that in recent years, and done so at the same time conditions in Cuba have continued to worsen. The result has been a new wave of talented defectors.
Cespedes signed in early 2012 for $36 million over four years. Puig signed later that same year for $42 million over seven seasons, and last winter the bidding for Abreu went all the way to $68 million over four years.
No wonder baseball commissioner Bud Selig, an outspoken proponent of an international draft, chose his words carefully Tuesday when asked about the Cuban revolution in the majors.
"It has been a fascinating story," Selig said, "but where it goes from here I have no idea."
That remains a matter for the State Department, Selig suggested, as the world waits for the post-Castro era to open.
Oliva, who signed with the Twins in 1961 and was in the majors by September 1962, knows where he hopes this story eventually goes.
"It would be nice if the U.S. and Cuba could have a relationship where Cuban players would be able to come here and go there without having to defect," Oliva said. "Believe me, nobody wants to defect. Everybody wants to do things the right way."
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