A frame includes longitudinal members secured to one another. A storage manager can obtain the characteristics of a storage device, and of individual portions, such as individual media, of the storage device, by querying the device, querying a database, or through empirical observation or testing. The center margin is substantially parallel to the machine direction of the film. When the valve part rests on the valve seat, the high-pressure path and the low-pressure path are disconnected from each other, while, when the valve part moves off the valve seat, the high-pressure path and the low-pressure path communicate with each other. The transaction is initiated by the authorization provider if the correspondence between the biometric sample and the stored biometric model exceeds a predetermined thresh old value.