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Can you treat a pregnant cat that has fleas?
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I have recently started taking care of a stray cat. I am pretty sure she is pregnant but as she is still very wary she doesn't really like me getting too close to her hence why I can't as yet get her to the vets, but I am working on gaining her trust. The things is she appears to be infested with fleas so my question is, can you flea treat a pregnant cat and also what about worming?
Can I also ask, which brand of product I should use? I don't want to harm her unborn kittens.
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Yes, do it as soon as possible or the kittens will get fleas too. You can use Frontline on the back of her neck as normal. Call your vet for confirmation, just in case, but I did flea my cat when she was pregnant and when she had kittens.
Just don't flea the kittens with the same product, I know vets use a Frontline spray on smaller kittens, more than 6 weeks old anyway, but I wouldn't apply anything on them yourself.
You can worm with appropriate vet-strenght medication, don't bother with supermarket stuff because it won't kill all the parasites, both worms or fleas, and you'll waste your money.
Good luck with the birth, it's a great experience-not to be repeated as there are so many unwanted cats already, I'll have my cat spayed as soon as her milk dries out.
Most commonly used worming medications,
all of which are very effective
Panacur TM (Intervet)
Contains fenbendazole. Active against gastrointestinal roundworms, lungworms and Taenia tapeworms. Licensed for use in kittens from 2 weeks of age and for use in pregnant queens. It is available in the form of granules, liquid, paste and a newly formed palatable tablet.
Drontal cat TM (Bayer)
Contains pyrantel (active against roundworm) and praziquantel (active against tapeworm), in a tablet form.
Droncit injection TM (Bayer)
Contains praziquantel. Active against tapeworm only.
Droncit spot-on TM (Bayer)
Contains praziquantel. Active against tapeworm only.
Stronghold spot-on TM (Pfizer)
Contains selamectin. Active against roundworm only. Also active against ear mites (Otodectes cyanotis), mange (Sarcoptes scabei) and fleas.
Milbemax for cats TM and Milbemax for small cats and kittens TM (Novartis)
Contains Milbemycin oxime (effective against roundworms) and praziquantel (effective against tapeworms). Very small tablets which make them easier to dose cats with.
Profender spot-on TM (Bayer)
Active against tapeworm; roundworm and hookworms
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Posted 5 years ago
My cat is just about ready to pop also she has days to go! I have de-flea'd her with frontline, you can use it on pregnant and nursing queens, don't forget worming too, Panacure can be used also on pregnant queens.
Posted 5 years ago
Yes there are products that are safe for pregnant cats. It is very important to get rid of the fleas and those which are in your house(and there is) before the kittens come.Fleas can kill them quickly. Your vet has products which can be put on kittens as they are born but wouldn't it be best to take care of it now? You should also have this cat tested for disease it could be carrying. Especially since it is a stray and you know nothing about it.
Posted 5 years ago
you can use Frontline or Advantage for the fleas, most vet recommend you wait until she has her kittens before deworming, you can deworm the day after she has kittens with a vet approved wormer.
Posted 5 years ago
yes you can treat a pregnant cat for fleas, very wize to do so befor she has kittens, as ive seen infestations of fleas kill kittens. it would probably be a good idea to get a flea and worms combined treatment in one such as stronghold, however this treatment requires a perscription so you may ahve to register the cat with your local vet, if you explain thzt the cat is a stray you should get free4 treatment as the vets have a duty of care to all animals, good luck
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Team Gaughan
at 11:42 on 25 May 2008
Recently someone asked me for a chamber opera, and after asking what seems like a million people for librettos I opted for my first idea which was to do a version of Medea.
I would be interested in peoples thoughts on chamber operas, if they have tackled anything so large, and Medea herself, I have been toying with both soprano and mezzo. Any thoughts or suggestions are more than welcome.
Re: chamber opera
Nicolas Tzortzis
at 01:16 on 26 May 2008
I think a chamber opera is a very interesting project,but why go for something that has been done so many times?
why not try to find someone to write an original libretto for you?on an original story/concept.
My suggestion would be to do just that.You must know someone whose writing you enjoy and who would be able to work with you as the piece advances,based also on your needs,on your aesthetics etc.
Re: chamber opera
Team Gaughan
at 10:14 on 26 May 2008
Indeed you are right.
I have asked 4 or 5 writers I know, and as yet they have not come up with a thing, in many ways it's frustration that has made me turn to Medea. I would love something original.
Now I am considering writing Medea as I have quite a lot of definate ideas and perhaps waiting too and see what appears from my writer friends and writing a second chamber piece.
Re: chamber opera
at 13:09 on 26 May 2008
Dear Team Gaughan,
I actually think doing the Medea is a great idea because it has been done so many times before - the test of greatness. For a first project, this makes sense to me. Once you have this project completed and performed, you will have material to show to librettists to have as an example of your work. Also, when you want to show future producers who might be interested in a commission, you will have an example of your work that wont be...how shall I put this...in any compromise due to a potentially weak libretto. Writing a libretto is a very special skill, and few have significant training in it, and the ones who do charge a fortune.
About 6 years ago I did a setting of "The Bacchae" (the most gruesome and bloody - heh heh), and it was very rewarding. I would like to give a few pieces of advice based on my experience.
1. Libretto: The text must be severely reduced, and many of the minor parts can easily be cut. Stick to the bare bones of the story, not the side plots. Spend the time focusing on developing the main characters. Nothing is more annoying than an opera with too many words - let the music fill i the spaces. Work with the director on this (oh ya, research translations, as there are many and they are all very different).
2. Actors?: Consider speaking roles. This can highlight the qualities of certain characters. (my setting was almost entirely performed by non-singers, with only 1 singing role + chorus - however, it wasn't a play as music continued throughout the entire performance).
3. Form: Map everything out ahead of time in terms of dramatic and theatrical devices, depending on what elements are important to your own methods of composition. Harmony, orchestration, tesitura, motives, density etc etc. Things may (and should) change during the course of the composing, but with such a large project, it is all the more important to have a focus. When composing the first bar, you should have an idea of what the last bar will be etc.
4. voice types: for me, composing for singers is so personal. Perhaps you should think more about what singer, in terms of their personality and dramatic flair, is best suited to the parts, rather than the range they sing in. Any voice type has the potential to emote the full range of emotion - in essence, compose for people, not types.
5. rhythm: I would strongly encourage using non metric devices. some elements of improvisation allows for the performers to react to the moment. This is more key in dramatic settings, as the actor/singer will feel the vibe of the audience acutely, and will want to milk the drama. Also, some of the dialogs in the Greek plays can be very intense and playful if the players can just "go". Try not to let the music get in the way, but help propel the drama.
Hope something in this helps. Feel free to ask any questions if you might have any. Good luck with the project.
Go Team go!
Re: chamber opera
at 23:34 on 29 May 2008
That's great! Actually being asked to write a chamber opera! Phew! I've got at least three I'd like to write, and have started but the sheer unreality of getting them performed frightened me off every time.
When I went to Darmstadt one year, next to all the Nono, Boulez, Stockhausen and Cage figures was one composer whose down-to-earth practical seminars I much appreciated: Boris Blacher. He said: "Opera?" "In England?" "I don't think so. Now in Germany there's a theatre/opera house in every town of any size, each of which is subsidised more than the entire Arts Council in Britain...and opera is part of people's culture. But in Britain?".
"Who needs it?""What would it be for?"
If you do write a chamber opera you have to be clear about this. English as sung in fourth wall opera is usually embarrassing, particularly without the lush blanketting of a big orchestra. It is bound to be artificial. There has to be a very good reason why that singer is wobbling upper-class vowel-gurgles at you to a story which usually has less content in it than an average episode of East Enders before an averagely sensitive or intelligent listener will be able to stand more than a few seconds. This does not mean "just give up". On the contrary. It means "be inspired" The Medea was a wonderfully shocking and unsettling drama in its day (2500 years ago) recalling the .relatively recent overthrow of women's rights and the terrible means of revenge that were -according to Euripides, the only counterweapon in women's hands (the black side of the Aristophanes Utopias where women take over the State). this is the sort of theme that cannot be undertaken lightly. A women killing her own children! Chekhov had one piece of good advice for writers:"Don't guess!" Don't go for effects. It won't work anyway in an intimate opera which is not staged under studio acoustic conditions. Go for reality. But also be very knowing in your choice of 'style' and musical 'gesture'. Literal reality ot 'suspension of disbelief' is actually all-but impossible. So genuinely scary or shock effects (e.g. with electronics...) can be judiciously hinted at within styles that consciously echo classical (Gluck? Monteverdi? Berlioz? or Cherubini, of course? Also do you know the wonderful Benda 'Melodrama': "Medea"?) I'm not saying you have to know all these works before you start, but I do think that how you stylise the singing/action is crucial.
There are traditions where it can sound natural and not out-of-place for someone to be singing at you in English: Purcell, for example. He is setting rhetorical words that demand to be recited, intoned or sung to many people. Only very occasionally does it work in modern English. To my mind, Stravinsky did it best, because of his canniness. He knew how to put the right distance between himself and the notes. Of course your model might be something quite different. my imagination is very limited.
Re: chamber opera
at 05:48 on 30 May 2008
I am currently writing my second chamber opera, my first opera which has been performed extensively throughout New Zealand I had the libretto written by a university professor (Literature) he is also a well respected poet.
The librettist for the second opera is a university colleague Lecturer in the Drama department (he is also a director)
hope this helps
Michael Williams
Re: chamber opera
Team Gaughan
at 13:33 on 30 May 2008
Guys thank you.
Interesting comments indeed. I would like to tackle Medea, I am writing smaller pieces for perfromers, piano pieces, songs with voice and piano, and Medea would be a wonderful challenge. I certainly take on board everything you said, esp about opera full stop, voice types, (I have considered Jason as a Counter- Tener for example) and in English, as much as I love Birtwistle, Tippett, Britten and Purcell, I am also aware of how dreadful it can be. I also listened to and studied Pli Selon Pli recently, and the way Boulez tackles texts (if you dont know it, you should listen).
Interested in any other further comments.
Re: chamber opera
at 15:56 on 30 May 2008
'Pli selon Pli'? Of course I know it. It's not English of course - [and hardly French!] But, yes, of course! Why didn't I think of that? That is really the way to do it! Avoid the prosaic. Let the instruments capture the voice and give it wings......
Re: chamber opera
at 19:38 on 30 May 2008
Pli selon Pli eh? boulez is a clever man - perhaps too clever...
I think if you did this kind of setting for a chamber opera in England, "they'd" not look upon you favorably. maybe i'm wrong.
But then, using this kind of treatment as an aspect of the work could be very effective. Might I suggest a reading:
"The Collected Works of Billy the Kid" by Michael Ondaatje
This is such an exceptional treatment of multiple forms in a story...
wait! don't read it...that's going to be my opera, and you will want to do it right away - it reeks of modern chamber opera ;-)
but seriously, i'd be very wary steeping into the waters of text abstraction in an opera - concert work, no problem, as there are different expectations - that is all about the music. in opera, the audience wants a story. you should contextualize the abstraction, and not have it exist for it's own musical sake. it should serve the form and the plot.
btw, my favorite place to draw inspiration from the boulez work is the form and orchestration.
Re: chamber opera
at 23:12 on 30 May 2008
Of course serve the form and the plot. definitely. But I think Medea is both so elemental and universal and yet so irrelevant in the everyday detail and allusions that an abstracted expressionistic summoning up the passions - a modern-day 'representation of the affects' is the only way to treat the major part of the text [Think: 'Bluebeard's Castle']: to achieve catharsis and not ridicule.
But aren't you flattered, Team, that everybody's rushing in to write your opera for you? You must have hit on something good.
Actually you seem to be quite able to come up with your own ideas (though I haven't had the chance to hear any of your music. Do you feel like putting some on line?)
Re: chamber opera
at 00:05 on 31 May 2008
I like this thread because it is about composer issues.
BTW, has anybody read "The Collected works of Billy the Kid"? seriously interesting read. old story heated up with amazing prose, original poems, letters, abstract meanderings. i love how it demystifies much the romantisism of the cowboy - lonely, dirty, rotting teeth, pain, fear etc..
but ya - bluebeards castle - amazing work.
Re: chamber opera
Team Gaughan
at 19:07 on 31 May 2008
Yes I am flattered, I wont need to write a note at this rate. Pli Selon Pli is certainly a fasinating vocal thought but I also heard Ades recent opera The Tempest and without starting another thread was not that impressed, was almost obvious if you know his music. Of course Boulez said burn down all the opera houses and then conducted The Ring Cycle.
An opera appeals fpr so many reasons, the Alban Berg-esque planning of Acts, part song or number opera which Peter Grimes is. Then English itself? And the subject and the voice, a big voice a small 'early music' voice. The Modern operas that stay with me are those by Birtwistle with the re-telling and systems and almost a new genre in its own right.
Re: chamber opera
at 13:21 on 01 June 2008
FORMAL DECLARATION: Fellow contributors to this thread will be pleased to learn that I have made a very important decision. After much consideration and in the higher interests of the development of the art of music i have decided not to attempt to write Team's opera for him.
But (and this is the end of the supercilious remarks) I want to say that this site is performing an invaluable role. I have found great encouragement from it. It can allow us to release and transcend attitude problems and the like. And I agree with Scott that this is the sort of discussion we should be having more of.
This particular thread has encouraged me to look back over one of the opera projects I have been excited about for many years, and to want to summon up the patience and concentration to actually do it now. i might have managed to do this before, but could not imagine that there could be any reasonable prospect of performance. And without the chance of the idea becoming reality everything (which becomes nothing) is possible!
I am quite keen to talk about the idea and how I wish to realise it, but, before that, I would seriously like to ask Team or Scott or anyone else how one can get to a situation where one is actually asked to write an opera or at least told that a submission might be given serious consideration: this would be the moment of 'wave function collapse' when one or many worlds could achieve reality. To speak less fancifully, it would set necessary limits to work with and against.
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My mother's sculptures have always been about movement, dance, love and life. Life in the sense of the pleasure one can have being alive, the passing fleeting moments that can be given no exchange value, because they cannot be exchanged. Her latest work, a series of human sized wire sculptures exhibited recently in the gardens of the INSEAD business school, express close to 40 years of research of this artistic space. The formal backdrop of the school, designed in a functionalist lego like architectural style of the 1970ies, reflects at every turn these transparent outlines of movement. When the wind blows across the campus, the leaves rattle in the sunshine, and their light reflected in the mirrory surface of the glass construct shines through a couple embracing on the grass, ever changing with the surrounding environment, yet timelessly there holding together the growing hope.
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Definition of dysprosium in English:
The chemical element of atomic number 66, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series. (Symbol: Dy)
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Here's a conversation this morning with a friend..
Me: So, what's cooking?
Friend: sooooooooooooooooo …………….
mmm…. cooking for tomorrow….
I don't know. What about you?
Me: Oh.. going to Singapore to spend the year end.
Friend: enjoy yr trip to Lion island. actually, it is strange where on earth there is a lion in S'pore / M'sia
lions can only be found in Africa
I think we hv been conned by history
hv u ever come across a lion in M'sia and S'pore in the wild ?
Me: lol
we have only tigers right?
true also… damn!
Friend: how can there be a lion on the island for Parameswara to name it as Singapura I beginning to doubt our history lessons
all bullshits
Me: maybe it's a mutated tiger or maybe the tiger is feeling particularly theatrical on that fateful day that it donned on a wig.
LOL. Sorry. I shiok sendiri.
Come to think of it.. we have been living a lie all along.. and we hardly question our history and never look at facts when we were informed of something. We just got spoon feed with lies and more lies! Well, something to ponder upon right for this long weekend? Right?
Okay, don't want to end the year on a sour note.. so, I will just be dropping a short note to wish you guys have a blessed and happy 2012!


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In London, Looking for Something New
Antonio Berardi moved into winter with a tougher edge.
The designer, whose spring collection was light and airy, added studs, intricate beadwork and structure to jackets, skirts and even sheer dresses.
Playing with volume and fabrics, the creations were hard but luxurious — lace and leather (well, not leather exactly, but the look and feel of it.)
There were lace trousers and blouses, topped with motorcycle jackets in gray wool, boyfriend blazers in neon green tweed and masculine coats that blended fur and wool.
Not to mention the long geometrical body-con dresses and ankle-length skinny trousers.
The show in East London brought out the fashion pack, from U.S. editors like Elle's Kate Lanphear to celebrities like Olivia Palmero (now a London Fashion Week front-row staple) to the British Fashion Council's Harold Tillman.
We caught up with the dapperly dressed Mr. Tillman after the show to get his take on the week.
WSJ: What are your impressions so far?
HT: Despite the cold weather, which is probably more New York than here, it's been a phenomenal reaction. You know we're getting to a point and time where we're so excited to go from one thing to the next to see what else is happening. It's been a really good reaction. Visits are up and there are a lot of Americans.
WSJ: After the hype of the 25th anniversary, Alexander McQueen's death and then memorial added a sombre feeling to London Fashion Week. What is the mood this year?
HT: Generally, people's mood is looking for something new, something exciting. I think what we're witnessing again is that British designers just seem to come out with something that's a little more cutting edge that everybody's talking about.
WSJ: There was a time when many of the international editors skipped London. Is that still happening?
HT: I think we've gotten to the point where people really want to be in London.


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After his 3 y/o appt yesterday, I realized as much as I've intended to teach this little sponge all the things he *should* know, that I haven't. Not because he can't or won't learn, he LOVES learning (in small sessions), but because it's honestly slipped my mind and the fact that he's clothed, fed, active and happy have been my daily goals. He knows his colors, he can say his ABCs, knows his shapes, but I realize that is because my mom really works with him, I don't know if I thought he was learning by osmosis or what! So give me your tips, how did you tackle letter identification, number identification, writing (his pedi asked him to copy some shapes and letters, and he still was holding the pen like a scribbling toddler, he said "you need to work on his writing grip".. I hadn't even thought of it!). I have flashcards, he's more interested in stacking them on top of each other and putting them away, he is resistant sometimes when he thinks he is learning something he doesn't know (but so proud when he does learn).
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Hamilton is leaving McLaren at the end of the year after a six-year spell at the Woking team to race alongside Nico Rosberg at Mercedes from next season.
The Briton admitted ahead of the season finale in Brazil that the Interlagos race may have been his last chance to win a race for a while given Mercedes's current form.
The Brackley-based outfit won the Chinese Grand Prix earlier this year but then struggled to keep up with its rivals and endured a five-race point-less streak in the championship run-in.
Despite that, Brawn believes Mercedes has all the ingredients to fight back and is not ruling out competing at the front.
"I hope so," Brawn said when asked by AUTOSPORT if Hamilton's predictions were too pessimistic.
"Obviously we're working very hard to give both him and Nico the opportunity to win and take pole positions. That's our ambition, our objective.
"It's obviously critical we improve from where we are. We're going to try [even] if we don't hit all our objectives next year. You never know what other people will do.
"I'd like to think we can do a few things of those things next year.
"I think Lewis was just playing things down. I'm sure in his heart he wants to win and set pole positions, but he understands the journey we've got to go on."
Brawn reckons the 2008 world champion's quality and input will also provide Mercedes with a significant boost.
"We're very excited about the prospect of working with Lewis," he said. "It's going to be very interesting for all of us. I'm sure he'll be different to Michael.
"The team are very excited that we're still able to have a driver of that calibre. As we get a stronger car, obviously the drivers will become even more critical for us."
Hamilton is under contract with McLaren until the end of the year, meaning he cannot start work with his new team until 2013.
Brawn is optimistic that such delays will not affect Hamilton's transition to his new environment, adding: "It's not a big problem.
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IBM FileNet Image Services securely store and manage a wide variety of content, including documents, reports, media content , COLD (Computer Output Laser Disk) document format, and more, in large volumes and quantity, allowing high availability. IBM FileNet IDM solutions deliver a comprehensive set of capabilities, including integration with existing information systems such as FileNet Image Services, full-featured document search, and the ability to view, manage, and share the documents from Image Services across the entire enterprise.
Setting up FileNet Image Services
FileNet Image Services supports IBM® DB2®, Oracle and MS SQL Server as backend RDBMS servers. This section describes the steps required for setting up Image Services 4.1 with Oracle and MS SQL Server as backend databases. It's assumed that the required RDBMS software is already installed. It initially covers the preparation necessary to install Image Services 4.1 and then continues onto the installation and configuration of Image Services 4.1.
Note: The scope of this article is restricted to the Windows® platform. For further information, read the guidelines for installing FileNet Image Services, included in "Guidelines for Installing and Updating Site-Controlled Oracle and MS SQL Software for Windows Server" (IBM, 2008). (See Resources.)
Before you install
Create users and groups
- Create the following users:
- fnsw
- dbauser (for Oracle only)
- Create the following groups:
- fnop
- fnadmin
- fnusr
- dbagroup (only if the Oracle is installed on the same machine as Image Services)
- Make users "fnsw", "Administrator", and "dbauser" members of "fnusr" group
- Make users "fnsw" and "Administrator" members of "fnadmin" group
Create required databases and table spaces
Based on the database being used, create the appropriate table spaces:
MS SQL server
- Create a transactional database: (Example) ISDB.
- Create the table spaces described in Table 1:
Table 1. Required tablespaces
|Server name
|Object name
- Create a transactional database: (Example) ISDB.
- Create the table spaces described in Table 2:
Table 2. Required table spaces
|Min size in MB
|System tablespace (Permanent)
|Temporary tablespace (Temporary)
|Index tablespace (Permanent)
The index tablespace is optional, so the system tablespace can be used for indexing purpose, instead of the index tablespace.
- Create DB2 database, buffer pool, and tablespace with more than 4K.
- Create database IndexDB.
- Create buffer pool BP 5000 page, size 16K.
- Create regular tablespace TS page, size 16K, managed by system using (FNIS buffer pool BP).
Installing Image Services 4.1
- Double-click on the is_4.1.0_win.exe file in the installation package.
- On the welcome page of Image Services installation, click on Next to continue.
- Accept the software license notice, and click on Next.
- Select either of the following options, and click on Next:
- System Check only (Hardware, OS, users, and groups status): Select this radio button just to check the status of the system.
- System Check and Install Image Services: Select this radio button to install Image Services 4.1.
Figure 1. System check and install
- Once the system check is passed, the installation moves on to the
database selection window. Select the relevant databases from the
drop-down list, and click on Next:
Figure 2. Select database
- Select Next in the "Configure the fnsw user account" window:
Figure 3. Configure fnsw user account
- Enter the password for fnsw, and click on Next:
Figure 4. Enter the password
- Enter the System Serial Number (SSN) and Network Clear House (NCH)
domain name:
Figure 5. Image Services configuration information
Note: In the NCH Domain name filed, enter the value in Domain:Organization format. For example, if the server's name is server1 and the organization is IBM, you would enter
server1:IBM. Make sure to also select Combined Server.
- Select the installation path, and click Next:
Figure 6. Choose installation path
Note: Both the paths mentioned for Image Services executables and Image Services local files should be of NTFS format and have a minimum of 500MB space each.
- The install shield checks for hard disk and OS status. Make sure none
show a Fail status. Click on Next.:
Figure 7. Hardware checks
- The install shield further checks for groups and users info. Click on
Figure 8. Groups and users checks
If you need to do so, refer to the "Create users and groups" section to see what users and groups need to be created.
- A summary of the installation is displayed. Click on Next:
Figure 9. Summary
- Upon successful installation, the message, illustrated in Figure 10,
is displayed. Click on Next.
Figure 10. Successful installation
- Select Yes, restart my computer, and click on Finish to
complete the Image Services installation:
Figure 11. Restart the computer
Configuring FileNet Image Services software
This section explains the construction of an Image Services system configuration database customized to an Image Services installation. This editor helps you specify database-related information such as temp db, index db location, and default size.
- Log on as fnsw.
- To open the configuration editor, select Start > Programs > FileNet Image Services > System Configuration > Configuration Editor. The New Configuration Database dialog box will open.
- Enter the domain name, as entered during the installation, and select
Combined Server System for database template:
Figure 12. New configuration
- Click on OK.
- Select the default directory for the data sets, and select Next.
- Select the relation database type (MS SQL 2000, Oracle, or DB2) for the new configuration, and click on Next.
- Once you select the database, you're prompted to enter the password
for the following users. Enter them, then select Next.
- f_sw
- f_maint
- f_sqi
- f_open
- Choose the defaults for further options until you arrive at the prompt "Do you want to automatically configure the storage library?". Select Yes, and click on Next twice.
- When your configuration is complete, a "Configuration Complete" message appears. Click on Next to complete the configuration.
- The FileNet Image Services System Configuration Editor window displays. Before you exit the Configuration Editor, complete any remaining configuration sections that apply to your system.
- From the FileNet Image Services System Configuration Editor window, click on the File menu, and click on the Exit option.
- Click on the Yes button to save the configuration and exit the System Configuration Editor.
Initializing the server software
- Log on as fnsw, if you aren't already.
- Initialize the index database and all the MKF databases (includes
permanent, transient, and security databases). Enter the following
commands to initialize the databases:
fn_setup_rdb -f fn_util init
The initialization will take approximately 5 - 30 minutes, during which time there is very little status feedback to the display. The larger the data sets, the longer the process takes. When the prompt returns to the Command Prompt window, the initialization is complete.
- When initialization is complete, view the following log files to make
sure there were no errors in the database initialization process:
- fnsw_loc\logs\elog
- fnsw_loc\logs\fn_util\init.log
- database logs - oracle.log (or mssql.log)
Starting Image Services
Once the initialization process is complete, Image Services needs to be started.
- Logon as fnsw, if you aren't already logged on.
- Open the Windows Services window.
- If the properties are not correct, right-click on IS ControlService. The Image Services ControlService Properties dialog opens.
- Verify that the Image Services ControlService is started. If the settings for the Image Services ControlService are correct, skip to Step 6.
- In the Image Services ControlService Properties window, do the
following, as necessary:
- Set the startup type to automatic.
- Click on the Start button to start the Image Services ControlService.
- Click OK to exit the Image Services ControlService Properties window.
- Close the services window.
- Open the FileNet Task Manager.
- From the Taskbar, point to Programs > FileNet Image Services > Server Applications, and click on the Task Manager icon. Since the Image Services ControlService is running, the TM_daemon.exe process will be listed in the Process column.
- Select the Monitor drop-down menu, and select the Event Logs... option. The Event Logs window appears.
- Select the Display drop-down>menu, and select the Dynamic option. This enables the event window to be refreshed whenever messages are logged. Leave the Event Logs window open.
- At the FileNet Task Manager window, click on Start to bring up the FileNet software. Messages will display in the Current Status window as FileNet software is being started.
- After the FileNet software has been initiated, click on the Close button to close the Current Status window.
- View the Event Logs window to make sure there are no error messages.
- After viewing the Event Logs, close any other open windows.
Integrating Image Services with FileNet IDM
Configure Image Services using IDM Configure
The purpose of the IDM Configure application is to allow you to determine which libraries an IDM desktop and IDM Web Services can access, and to configure certain parameters that affect IDM Desktop and IDM Web Services application behavior.
FileNet IDM has three types of clients: IDM Desktop, IDM Web Services, and IDM Open Client. Configuring IDM products involves defining user preferences, which includes setting up access to libraries, defining options for directories and files, documents, searches, libraries, and integrated applications. Some of the preferences are common to IDM Desktop, IDM Web Services, and IDM Open Client. Using IDM Configure, you can set or modify additional preferences per the requirement for each library.
Once the preferences are set, you can export them to a file, then import these preferences to another user computer. This facilitates setting up many users' machines with common settings.
- To launch the IDM Configure application, select Start > Programs > FileNet IDM > Configure.
- Once IDM Configure opens, click on the Add button to add a
library, and then select Image Services to add an Image
Services library.
Figure 13. Configure IDM
- In the Library name field, enter the name you want to use as the library's label.
- In the Domain field, enter the domain name of the system.
- In the Organization field, enter the organization name, as provided at the time of installation of Image Services.
- Click on OK to confirm.
Note: In the Image Services configuration, Image Services domain and organization names are case sensitive.
In some cases, a line must be added to the hosts file of the machine for each Image Services server that includes the IP address of the Image Services server and its NCH designation. An example of this line is:
IS server IP domain-organization-nch-server
IDM Configure allows the users to configure any number of IS libraries.
COLD documents
A COLD document is a special type of document that has text superimposed on a background image. The text has a specific formatting, such as font, font size, and spacing, so that it can sit on the background image and give an impression of a single image. COLD documents also save space when it comes to ECM, and, by default, these COLD documents can be worked on as normal images. In addition, there is also a possibility to search these documents based on the content (in the superimposed text), and when displayed as a text, the text document can be selected and copied.
Configuring Print/Fax
The FileNet system supports various devices, like print servers, scan servers, storage libraries, fax servers, tapes, disks, and more. All hardware devices need to be configured on the Image Services:
- Print server - All the printers are connected to a print server that receives documents for printing from the Image Services. The print server also provides software to monitor the printing status, errors, and network connection information.
- Fax server - The fax server is a server that is equipped with fax card and fax software. It receives documents from Image Services and converts them to outbound documents to a misconfiguration machine or another fax server, as well as converts the received fax documents to inbound documents and converts them into FileNet images.
To configure Print/Fax, select IDM Configure > Additional Preferences > Print/ Fax:
Figure 14. Configure Print/Fax
Most common errors encountered during integration
While integrating FileNet Image Services with FileNet IDM, there is a possibility of encountering errors either due to misconfiguration of FileNet IDM or service unavailability. Table 3 describes the most common errors encountered connecting the FileNet Image Services and the respective troubleshooting techniques:
Table 3. Common errors and troubleshooting techniques
|Common errors
|Troubleshooting technique
|Property manager unavailable
|By default, while adding a library in IDM Configure FileNet, Content Service is selected, and if not changed to FileNet Image Service in IDM Configure, this error is encountered.
|Remove the FileNet Image Services library and correctly add it in IDM Configure, making sure FileNet Image Service is selected.
|Unable to log on
|This error is encountered when the FileNet Image Services Library is either shut down or services are not available.
|Start the FileNet Image Services. Make sure the FileNet Image Services starts automatically at system boot up.
|Get category method failed
|This error is encountered when the database services are not available.
|Start the database services. Make sure the database services start automatically at system boot up.
Again, Table 3 lists the most common errors that can be encountered. If you encounter other errors, please refer to the guide lines for installing FileNet Image Services in "Guidelines for Installing and Updating Site-Controlled Oracle and MS SQL Software for Windows Server." (See Resources.) For known issues for FileNet IDM on Windows Vista, see "Technical Bulletin - IDM 4.0.2 on Windows Vista" (IBM, 2008). (See Resources.)
This article walked you through the basic installation, initialization, and configuration of FileNet Image Services. It guided you through the step-by-step procedure to effectively integrate FileNet Image Service with FileNet IDM. This article also helped solve basic errors that are encountered during the integration of FileNet Image Services with FileNet IDM.
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BENTON - A Rockview man says he won't be railroaded without a fight.
Lester Glastetter of Rockview said during the regular Scott County Commission meeting Tuesday that he is filing two lawsuits against the Union Pacific Railroad.
"They have to abide by our laws, just nobody's pushing it," Glastetter said. "I will."
Glastetter said he has 28 acres in Rockview, some of it near where the Union Pacific Railroad plans to put in a connection curve. "I own 1,000 feet along that track," he said and discussed with commissioners several state statutes he believes the railroad is not complying with. He also offered commissioners a copy of the form to file a formal complaint so they can provide it for other county residents to use.
Glastetter said he has a lawyer hired and has spoken with the Missouri Department of Transportation's attorney. He said state statutes say trains can't block crossings for longer than five minutes; must provide adequate drainage to prevent flooding; must keep crossings and right-of-ways clear of vegetation; and must respond within 60 days of a written complaint.
Railroad officials met with residents of Rockview during an August County Commission meeting to discuss the connection curve. Union Pacific Railroad officials also advised area residents of their plan to increase train traffic through this area.
"With 40 trains a day, it's going to be bad," Glastetter said. With the trains being 6,600 feet long, he said, they will present a problem for emergency vehicles coming in and out of Rockview.
Presiding Commissioner Martin Priggel said that for the most part railroads "just do what they want to."
"We as a county or individuals have a lot of rights," Glastetter said.
He said the railroad has not engaged in "good faith dealing," and made him an offer for a 50-foot strip when the dimension was really 61.5 feet. "I'm going to fight for my whole 61 and one-half feet," he said.
Glastetter also said a neighbor was offered $3.57 per square foot while he was only offered 15 cents per square foot. Railroad officials reportedly told him his land was worth less because it has standing water on it, but Glastetter said that is "because they won't drain it."
If he was being offered the same deal as his neighbor, the offer would have been for $214,000 instead of $9,000 or their second offer of $13,500, Glastetter said. He said railroad officials explained they only paid the higher rate on small tracts of land. "I'm losing a whole lot more than he is," he said.
Glastetter said he wants compensation for drainage problems and the loss of use of his land while flooded and will pursue that separately from a lawsuit over the land acquisition.
Commissioner Jamie Burger said the Burlington Northern Railroad has verbally agreed to replace their drainage pipe with a bigger one, but until they do so water will back up at that point making all other drainage improvements pointless.
Burger also advised that Glastetter should be ready to spend the next six to eight months in court with the railroad. Priggel said it would be more like six to eight years.
In other business during Tuesday's meeting:
* Commissioners reviewed a letter they will send to area newspaper editors thanking Scott County residents "who gave of their time and the use of their equipment to help us clear the roads of snow."
"Without their help, the roads would still be drifted in," Priggel said, as the county has 377 miles of road.
The letter also thanks Harlan Duncan, superintendent of Scott County roads, and county road crews for working extra hours and on Christmas Eve.
Burger said all four of the county's road graders and its front-end loader were out clearing roads. "We did really good the first day," he said.
Crews prepared roads prior to the snow by spreading salt and sand on hills and heavily-traveled thoroughfares, according to Burger. The next day's winds and resultant drifting "overwhelmed" the county's resources, however.
Snow drifts created a "dangerous situation Wednesday night," Priggel said, "with the wind blowing through so bad. A lot of cars got stranded that night."
County officials said they are now looking into getting chains for the motor grader tires because of the county's hills.
* A document from attorney James M. Hux outlining procedures that have been taken so far and required future steps to incorporate Public Water Supply District of Scott County, Missouri, No. 4 was reviewed by commissioners.
Hux advised he has sent a copy of the petition to each of the cities within one mile of the district's boundaries and has a hearing scheduled by Judge David Dolan for 3 p.m. Jan. 12.
During the hearing, John Chittenden of Waters Engineering in Sikeston and members of the district's steering committee will be asked to offer evidence of the necessity and appropriateness of the district's incorporation.
The court's order must be entered before Jan. 25, which is the closing date for all ballot measures for the April 5 election. Only a simple majority of voters will be needed for the district to incorporate.
* At 3:15 p.m. Thursday in the courthouse the following county office holders will be sworn in: Dennis Ziegenhorn, first district county commissioner; Jamie Burger, second district county commissioner; Pam Dirnberger, public administrator; Rick Walter, sheriff; and Scott Amick, coroner.
The term for assessors does not begin until Sept. 1, so Teresa Houchin will be sworn in at a later date, according to County Clerk Rita Milam.
County officials will also hold a reception for Commissioner Walter Bizzell in recognition of his 12 years of service to the county from 1-3 p.m. Thursday at the courthouse.


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Parents: Hermosa needs a high school
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
Should Hermosa parents have their way, not only would the school population continue to grow, but there would be a high school to house all of the students.
Just as Custer parents did the week before, Hermosa parents participated in a community forum on Thursday, hosted by the Custer School District Board of Education, where they discussed all of the things they would like to see the district have if money were no object.
Those in attendance answered five questions provided by the board:
• How can we better cultivate a healthy, positive school environment?
• How can we better create an educational environment of excellence that improves student achievement and academic growth of students?
• Where should the school district spend its money?
• Positive public relations are important. What does that include?
• What would a model school look like to you?
This input session will help the board with its strategic plan by helping the school district move forward and create a model school district with the resources available by prioritizing what the community wants to see in its school. The information compiled from all groups — staff, community, businesses and students) will be reviewed by the board and the most common items may be placed on the district's Strategic Plan.
"We're losing opportunities (for our kids) in middle school since there are no art or other electives," said Paula Jensen, who has children in kindergarten, third and sixth grades. "One of the reasons we are moving out of the district is because we do not have the high school opportunities here. I think Hermosa has lost a lot over the years."
While Hermosa teaches students through eighth grade, many families pull their students out and transfer them to other schools in seventh or eighth grade.
"We lose a lot of kids those age since they go to Rapid, Hill City or Custer," said Brian Lintz, who has a daughter in first grade. "Other schools offer more and since (students) have to (eventually) move to another school, they do it sooner."
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Someone forgot to mention that to Sikeston and Notre Dame.
The rivals combined for 16 hits, four home runs and needed extra innings to finish their wild meeting on Tuesday as Notre Dame squeaked out a 10-9 walk-off win at Notre Dame High School during each school's first game of the season.
"That's a heck of a game to start off with," Sikeston head coach Alan Scheeter said, following his first game as head coach. "BBCOR bats are supposed to be a lot more dead than what we've been swinging. I think both teams showed today that if you hit it right it's going to go. There were some really hard hit balls."
Sikeston's Luke Keefer and Trent McMillan both hit 3-run home runs while Notre Dame's Jesse Schott smoked two 2-run homers. Notre Dame had 10 hits to Sikeston's 6.
"Strong hitters with a lot of power," Notre Dame head coach Jeff Graviett said. "Our guys really showed what they can do if they get a hold of one. If Jesse is able to do that for most of the year, we're going to be pretty successful."
Notre Dame (1-0) didn't let the new BBCOR bats or Sikeston starter Drew Harper slow them down.
After Schott belted his first home run in the bottom of the first, Notre Dame held an early 2-0 lead. A bases loaded walk and a sacrifice fly put two more Notre Dame runs on the board in the second.
McMillan, who finished the day 1 for 3, quickly cut Notre Dame's lead to one in the top of the third when he got ahold of a delivery from Notre Dame starter Cody Heisserer and sent over the wall in left field.
"(Heisserer) couldn't get the off-speed over today," Graviett said. "Sikeston's got good enough hitters that you don't want to lay a fastball in on them. He started elevating it a bit, but you've got to give (Sikeston) credit, they took advantage of it and they have some big bats over there too."
Notre Dame's Mave Rivas answered right back with a 2-RBI double scoring Heisserer and Chase Simmons to make it 6-3 in favor of the home team.
The middle of Notre Dame's lineup combined for eight hits. Schott and Heisserer tallied five hits and five RBI together.
"Those are two really good hitters," Scheeter said. "You have to give them a lot of credit."
Although they were down by three runs and recorded two outs already in the inning, Sikeston rallied to make it a brand new ball game.
Following a single by Patrick Smith, who went 2 for 4 with a double, and Jacob Wilson getting hit by a pitch, Sikeston lead off hitter Luke Keefer lifted one into left field that crept over the wall and tied the game at 6-6.
"It seemed like you go out there and execute and get a few runs and then one swing of the bat they pick up three," Graviett said. "When Cody made a mistake, they took advantage of it."
Schott, who led Notre Dame with three hits, hit his second homer in the bottom of the fifth to give Notre Dame back the lead at 8-6 and knocked out Harper at the same time. Cord Sheehy finished the inning unscathed.
"He stopped the bleeding," Scheeter said about Sheehy.
Harper lasted four innings and gave up eight earned runs on six hits and four walks. He also struck out two.
"He never seemed like he really got settled in," Scheeter said about Harper. "He made some good pitches and then he made some good pitches that they hit. Credit to (Notre Dame). I've got a lot of faith in Drew. He battled all game long."
Sikeston captured their first and only lead in the top of the sixth following a three run double off the bat of Tyler Anderson. Anderson, who went 2 for 5 with two doubles, hit the gap in left-centerfield that sent Smith, Wilson and Keefer racing for home.
With Anderson on the mound for the first time since his shoulder problems kept him off of it all last year, Sikeston (0-1) needed just six more outs to record the win, but Notre Dame wouldn't allow it.
A throwing error on a bunt back to the mound led to Notre Dame's Jonathan Lynch advancing to second to start the inning. An RBI single by Heisserer knotted the game again, 9-9.
"Tyler tried to field it and made an off-balance throw into the corner," said Scheeter. "It's hard to fault a kid for trying to make a play."
After Heisserer worked his way to third giving Notre Dame a chance to take the lead, Anderson coaxed a fielder's choice and a strike out to get out of the inning.
Each team went silent at the plate in both the seventh and eighth innings -- especially Sikeston's. Notre Dame reliever Justin Landewee kept Sikeston hitter's guessing with a curveball leaving them hitless in the final three innings.
"Landewee kept us off balance," Scheeter said. "They kept hitting, made plays and beat us."
Things were looking like the ninth would be the same but late inning heroics from an unlikely source took center stage.
Notre Dame's No. 9 hitter, Kyle Campbell, waited for the perfect opportunity to pick up his first hit of the day.
With two outs and a runner on second, Campbell connected on a pitch from Anderson that fell into center for a single. The winning run came across the plate which sent Notre Dame players into a frenzy and Sikeston's walking towards the dugout.
"We got the big hit at the end," Graviett said. "That's really what it came down to. I thought it might come down to which team made the mistake but it didn't happen that way. Luckily, we were the home team today."
Landewee picked up the win going four innings and giving up three runs on two hits and two walks. He also struck out four.
Anderson received the loss after four innings of relief. He gave up two runs on four hits and three walks.
"I think any team could have won it," Scheeter said. "It just came down to them executing there late and a single by the No. 9 hitter. That's big time right there."
Sikeston 003 303 000 -- 9 6 1
Notre Dame 222 021 001 -- 10 10 0
WP -- Justin Landewee. LP -- Tyler Anderson (0-1). 2B -- (S) Tyler Anderson 2, Patrick Smith 1. (ND) Mave Rivas 1. 3B -- (ND) Cody Heisserer 1. HR -- (S) Luke Keefer 1, Trent McMillan 1. (ND) Jesse Schott 2. Multiple hitters -- (S) Keefer 2-4, Anderson 2-5, Smith 2-4. (ND) Heisserer 2-3, Schott 3-4, Rivas 2-4.


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Mrs Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
Peter Walsh Timeline and Summary
- Once again, it's a June day in 1923 (in case you hadn't caught that yet).
- In the morning, Peter shows up at Clarissa's house unannounced. He has a brief discussion with her and, oops, bursts into tears.
- When Clarissa's daughter walks in, he quickly leaves, and then mopes around, reflecting on memories of being rejected by Clarissa.
- Peter walks toward Trafalgar Square, then heads to Regent's Park and falls asleep on a bench.
- In the park, he watches a little girl playing with her nurse and observes Septimus and Rezia.
- As the day goes on, he continues to have memories of Bourton and of Sally Seton.
- In the evening, he hears the sound of an ambulance as he walks down the street, and he thinks back to walks he took with Clarissa around London.
- When he arrives at his hotel, he has received a letter from Clarissa. That was quick.
- He has dinner at his hotel, then leaves for Clarissa's party.
- At the party, Peter socializes with Sally, but eagerly awaits an encounter with Clarissa.
- Finally, at 3:00AM, Clarissa appears in the room, much to Peter's delight.


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What Cyprus proves is.. the Governments and Banks of the world don't give a Sh** about the people. They are all above the law and lie, steal and cheat everyone out of their money. They want to make the people poor and dependent upon them. They will live their high life and spend money as they want and give themselves huge bonuses, because they know if they have to.. they can just simply steal everyone's money out of the bank.
The people of Cyprus are locked out of their accounts and there is no guarantee they will be able to get any money out tomorrow, when the banks are suppose to reopen. (update - the parliament is now delaying meeting yet another day to vote on the stealing of the money, so the banks will not open tomorrow after all.)
The situation around the world has been bad since 2008 and they have put bandages on it to cover the wounds up. But those bandages are loosing up and about to fall off and reality of how large the wounds have gotten over the years will be in full view. The desperation of the banks from their loose monetary policies is becoming so apparent that they are now willing to openly steal from the people.
We had MF Global and PF Global, besides Lehman and Bear Stearns here in the U.S. The people were blindsided with each one.
People don't realize it, but we have had our Cyprus events here in the U.S. already. The government and courts were involved with the not so obvious stealing of people's money and metals.
The courts have already ruled that deposits in the banks are not guaranteed to the people.
Besides that the Federal Reserve has implemented a policy that all money in banks and other investments can be frozen if the need arises.
the Federal Reserve also implemented a new policy for money market funds held by financial institutions. Per the new policy, money market funds, which account for some $2.7 trillion in deposits across the United States, can be frozen in the event of an emergency or financial panic. This means that if and when the system does go into a tailspin, at exactly the time people will want to pull their money out of their bank account, they will be restricted from doing so.
This event in Cyprus may wake some of those who are slumbering up, I am sure in Cyprus it is doing that.
They had promised the people over the last month, they would never take money from people's accounts in the bank. I have read that over and over again in comments on Cyprus news sites.
The Eurozone controllers demanded Cyprus steal the people's money directly out of their accounts for the debts of the bank. The people have worked hard and they already pay outrageous taxes and they have the highest utility charges in the world. I have been reading how they are charged 500+ Euros per month for very little electricity used. The IMF and Euro managers have even mentioned possibly doing something like the Cyprus stealing in Italy if necessary.
Are they so seriously deranged, sociopaths and psychopaths now... they aren't even considering that people will fight back? Are they so stupid that they don't realize people may get ahead of their legal stealing and take their money out of their accounts? They want to save banks? Well if people are smart and waking up they are going to rush to their bank and get all their money out. I would imagine there will be bank runs in Europe, especially in Greece and Italy. I can only hope they are smart and bank runs start. The banks and governments may have just put their nail into their coffins. They are being shown they can not be trusted for one second. They will tell you one thing and then turn around and do another.
If anyone of us, stole even a dollar out of someone else's account, we would be charged with a Federal crime. Yet the privately owned banks can literally steal billions out of people's individual accounts and it is all sanctioned by the governments.
They are Private banks that gambled away money and loss! It is just as if we had gone to a casino and gambled money ourselves and loss. We can't expect the government to come and steal from the person sitting next to us to cover our losses. We have to suffer. Yet, banks can gamble in derivatives and everything else and the governments will always make sure they recover their losses either by printing or by just saying to the people... "Give the bank your money."
Needless to say Zerohedge is all over the Cyprus stealing and I highly advice people to read what the articles they are putting out about it all.
People need to remember if they believe their money is safe in stocks, that is not true. I posted a year ago about how stocks are actually owned by the Federal Reserve through a broker. All stocks are put in one name and it is not the person who purchased them.
Literally the only place money is safe now is, in your own hands or in gold and silver as an investment and insurance against inflation.
I hope people in the U.S. are paying attention. There has been discussions about using people's retirement money for government bonds here. So that will be a sanctioned stealing of people's money by saying it is for 'the people's protection.'
If you notice the big MSM sites don't even have the Cyprus situation as big news, it is only small blurbs on their pages of distraction news.
Here is my message to all the Banks.
It is time for people to wake up and if they don't do it now, will they do it when all their money is stolen by the government and banks out of their own accounts? When their retirement money is gone and literally any money saved is stolen for the "good of the country and banking system?"
Is it any wonder DHS is buying 2700 armored vehicles for the U.S and have purchased 2 billion rounds of ammo. Is this for the day the government allows the banks to keep all deposits, retirement, stocks, safety deposit boxes contents and every other investment the people have for the 'good of the banking system?'
May the bank runs begin and the Fiat money system is crashed around the world!
Update 3/19/13 - New Zealand is putting the plans in place to be able to do as Cyprus, Steal people's money overnight.


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The term brackets is rather vague; there are several varieties of brackets.
In Britain, brackets can refer to parentheses (the American term), or round brackets. These are the most commonly seen.
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The problem with this sentence is that we don't know who it is. This is where we'd use square brackets to put in the actual name of the band.
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