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Smart Card Reader / Writer (PCMCIA Type II Slot)
Key Features:
- Designed for mobile CardLogix smart card users
- Easy to install and remove
- Compliant with all major smart card industry standards
- EMV Level 1 and PC/SC certified
- Ideal for travelers due to its robust metal casing
- On-board flash provides seamless firmware upgrades in-field
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Indentive (SCM) SCR243 Overview
The SCM Microsystems SCR243 smart card reader / writer is designed to meet the requirements of mobile smart card users and is a fully ISO7816 compliant contact smart card reader for the PCMCIA card slot of mobile computing devices. The SCR243 smart card reader has a robust and perfectly fitting design and allows comfortable working without any interfering cables which is ideal for a mobile user. The patented design fits effortlessly into a standard PCMCIA Type II slot and offers an easy smart card insertion mechanism for your convenience. It works with all major ISO7816-compliant smart cards in the ID1 format.
The SCR243 continues the line of SCM Microsystems' market-leading smart card reader products based on the STC II smart card controller chip that supports multiple interfaces, multiple reader devices and all relevant security standards. The STC II chip was the industry's first to offer On-board Flash, allowing future firmware and application enhancements. The chip provides secure access to sensitive data and supports multiple security applications including PKI, digital signature, email encryption, online banking, and personal identification, all in a compact, mobile device. The EMV certification recommends the reader especially for applications with banking or credit cards.
Indentive (SCM) SCR243 Features
- Full reader insert into Express card slot for maximum convenience
- Robust steel casing with easy smart card insertion mechanism
- EMV Level 1 certified
- Compliant with all CardLogix smart cards and relevant industry standards
- Customization options: Branding and corporate ID via label color and company logo
- Software and functionality compatible with Identive's SCR33xx reader family
- SmartOS™ powered
- Open-ended mouth for convenient smart card insertion and removal
- High performance, low power consumption
- On-board flash provides seamless firmware upgrades in the field
Indentive (SCM) SCR243 Specifications
|Host Interface
|Smart Card Interface
|Smart Card Connector
|Smart Card Detection
|Power Supply
|Supported Smartcard Types
|Power to Smart card
|Supported Tag ICs
|Form Factor
|Operating Conditions
|Supported Operating Systems
|Packaging contents
|Customization options
|Part Numbers
|Manufacturer Warranty
Indentive (SCM) SCR243 Applications
The SCR243 is ideal for integration into mobile devices such as tablets, notebooks, PDA's or PC bus systems with a standard PCMCIA Type II slot. It is suitable for a wide range of applications such as home banking, network security, authentication for web based cashless transactions, digital document signatures, secure logon, e-mail encryption, online gaming, shopping, as well as online loyalty points redemption and other PC-related applications.
- HBCI Banking (e-Banking)
- Identity management
- Charging the money card (electronic purse)
- Business cards
- Public transport or retail payment
- Badging stations
- Checking the balance of your e-Purse
- e-Passport personalization and verification
- PKI(public-key infrastructure) Applications
- @Quick
- Healthcare (EMR)
- Loyalty (like frequent flyer points) or Stored value
- e-Commerce (online payment)
- Record keeping
- Secure network access
- Hospitality
- Electronic voting
- Computer security (log in access)
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About Identive ID Infrastructure (Formerly SCM Microsystems)
Corporate Profile
Identive Group, Inc is a provider world's broadest range of contact, contactless and mobile smart card reader and terminal technology, digital identity and transaction platforms, as well as solutions that integrate physical and logical access control.
Identive's smart card-based products and solutions are utilized around the world to enable security and identification applications, transaction systems, eHealth- and eGovernment programs and physical access systems. We also offer a range of smart card-based security, productivity and time recording solutions for small and medium-size businesses under our retail CHIPDRIVE® brand.
Environmental Policy
Identive ID is committed to conducting business in a manner consistent with the efficient use of resources and materials, and the protection and preservation of the natural environment for future generations.
Through a policy of continuous improvement, the implementation of environmental management programs, and the setting of targets and objectives, Identive ID strives to meet and exceed all relevant environmental laws, regulations and agreements in reference to its activities, products and services.
The SCM Microsystems' Advantage
Trusted Partner
- ASIC (application specific IC) and smart card reader development experience since 1990
- Innovative solutions - more than 50 patents filed
- Reliable high-quality mass production capability - more than 15 Mio. reader solutions deployed to date
- Active role in standardization committees
- Complex project management expertise - e.g. U.S. Department of Defense CAC program, electronic ID applications (ePassport, health card projects, national ID, driver license)
Trusted Products
- Broadest portfolio of security technology products - for governments, corporations, financial institutions, small and medium-sized enterprises and individuals around the globe
- Secure smart chip reader design - certified and compliant to EMV, Common Criteria, PC/SC, USB
- High-quality products designed to meet the various requirements in the data security area
- Flexible and future proof solutions - SCM's SmartOS™ middleware and its own ASIC technology allow in Field upgrades and secure your investment
- Global presence and support
- Product customization options
- Product branding
- Dedicated Research & Development and customer support team
- Strong global partnership network with leading suppliers along the value chain (smart card manufacturers, application providers, system integrators, device manufacturers)
- API (Application Programming Interface)
- A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. APIs are implemented by writing function calls in the program, which provide the linkage to the required subroutine for execution. Thus, an API implies that a driver or program module is available in the computer to perform the operation or that software must be linked into the existing program to perform the tasks.
- CAC (Common Access Card)
- A smart card about the size of a credit card, is the standard identification for active duty uniformed service personnel, Selected Reserve, DoD civilian employees, and eligible contractor personnel. It is also the principal card used to enable physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and it provides access to DoD computer networks and systems.
- CCID (Chip Card Interface Device)
- The standardized communication protocols by which a USB host interacts with a USB smart card reader interacts with a smart card (with contacts, as specified in ISO/IEC 7816). These devices have been assigned the USB class number 0x0B. Generic CCID USB Smart Card Reader are readily available and very much compatible with all SKUs often associated for Windows based Operating Systems such as Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.
- EMV stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa, a global standard for inter-operation of integrated circuit cards and IC card capable point of sale terminals and automated teller machines, for authenticating credit and debit card transactions.
- An international standard that defines the physical characteristics for identification cards and is reference by the ISO 7810 (Identification Cards-Physical Characteristics) document. According to this document the ID-1 (CR80) card has the following dimensions: 3.370 inches (85.60 mm) wide and 2.125 inches (53.98 mm) high. The thickness is 0.030 inches.
- Founded in 1946, ISO is an international organization composed of national standards bodies from over 75 countries. For example, ANSI (American National Standards Institute) is a member of ISO. ISO has defined a number of important computer standards, the most significant of which is perhaps OSI (Open Systems Interconnection), a standardized architecture for designing networks.
- The standard specifies the physical characteristics of identification cards including card material, construction, characteristics and nominal dimensions for three sizes of cards (ID-1, ID-2 and ID-3). It is the ID-1 card that forms the basis of ISO 7816-1.
The standardization of physical characteristics, dimensions and location of contacts, electrical interface and transmission protocols, organization, security and commands for interchange of a smart card. It was created in 1987, updated in 1998, amended in 2003.
7816 specifies:
- Contents of command-response pairs exchanged at the interface
- Means of retrieval of data elements and data objects in the card
- Structures and contents of historical bytes to describe operating characteristics of the card
- Structures for applications and data in the card, as seen at the interface when processing commands
- Access methods to files and data in the card
- A security architecture defining access rights to files and data in the card
- Means and mechanisms for identifying and addressing applications in the card
- Methods for secure messaging
- Access methods to the algorithms processed by the card. It does not describe these algorithms
The characteristics specified include:
- Physical dimensions
- Resistance to bending, flame, chemicals, temperature and humidity
- Toxicity
- The standard includes test methods for resistance to heat
- Memory Smart Cards
- Though often referred to as smart cards, memory cards are typically much less expensive and much less functional than microprocessor cards. They contain EEPROM and ROM memory, as well as some address and security logic. In the simplest designs, logic exists to prevent writing and erasing of the data. More complex designs allow for memory read access to be restricted. Typical memory card applications are pre-paid telephone cards and health insurance cards.
- Microprocessor Smart Cards
- A smart card that has a microprocessor that includes components of this type of architecture including a CPU, RAM, ROM, and EEPROM. The operating system is typically stored in ROM, the CPU uses RAM as its working memory, and most of the data is stored in EEPROM. A rule of thumb for smartcard silicon is that RAM requires four times as much space as EEPROM, which in turn requires four times as much space as ROM.
- OS (Operating System)
- The OS is the hardware-specific firmware that provides basic functionality as secure access to on-card storage, authentication and encryption. Only a few cards allow writing programs that are loaded onto the smart card - just like programs on a computer.
- PC/SC (Personal Computer/Smart Card)
- The interoperability specification for ICCs and Personal Computer Systems (PC/SC) has been developed to ease the introduction of smart cards into the world of PCs. The advantage of PC/SC is that applications do not have to acknowledge the details corresponding to the smart card reader when communicating with the smart card. This application can function with any reader that complies with the PC/SC standard. The PC/SC specifications are based on the ISO 7816 standards and are compatible with both the EMV and GSM specifications. There is broad industry support for the specifications and a strong desire to move them toward becoming independent standards in the future.
- PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association)
- An organization consisting of some 500 companies that has developed a standard for small, credit card-sized devices, called PC Cards. Originally designed for adding memory to portable computers, the PCMCIA standard has been expanded several times and is now suitable for many types of devices. There are in fact three types of PCMCIA cards. All three have the same rectangular size (85.6 by 54 millimeters), but different widths. Type II cards can be up to 5.5 mm thick. These cards are often used for modem and fax modem cards.
- PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
- A system of digital certificates, Certificate Authorities, and other registration authorities that verify and authenticate the validity of each party involved in an Internet transaction. PKIs are currently evolving and there is no single PKI or even a single agreed-upon standard for setting up a PKI. However, nearly everyone agrees that reliable PKIs are necessary before electronic commerce can become widespread.
- SmartOS
- An open-source Unix-like operating system that combines OpenSolaris technology with Linux KVM virtualization. Its core kernel contributed to illumos project. It features four technologies, ZFS, DTrace, Zones and KVM. SmartOS is designed to be particularly suitable for building clouds and generating appliances.
- SDK (Software Development Kit)
- A collection of development tools used for programmers to develop applications for a smart card use and includes API's.
- UID (Unique Identification Number)
A number which is guaranteed to be unique among all identifiers used in a smart card for a specific purpose. There are three main types of unique identifiers, each corresponding to a different generation strategy:
- Serial numbers, assigned incrementally
- Random numbers, selected from a number space much larger than the maximum (or expected) number of objects to be identified. Although not really unique, some identifiers of this type may be appropriate for identifying objects in many practical applications and are, with abuse of language, still referred to as "unique"
- A character-level transmission protocol, defined in ISO/IEC 7816-3. T=0 requires 2 request/response pairs per command (send command and get response saying got command, then a command to get the response and then the actual response).
- A block-level transmission protocol, defined in ISO/IEC 7816-3. T=1 is newer than T=0. The block-oriented T=1 protocol is a half-duplex protocol and works with error detection (EDC) at the end of block.


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|Patriots Look Poised For Another Super Bowl Run
|Bruins Trade For Drew Stafford
|Black and Gold Bruins Turn Yellow On Parade Day
|Inconsistency Will Continue For Bruins Unless A Change Is Made
The Bruins closed out their five-game road trip Monday night in Toronto, beating the Leafs 2-1 at Air Canada Centre, with the help of a stellar performance from Tuukka Rask.
Rask, who was pulled after just 20 minutes in Saturday's 7-6 shootout loss to the Sabres, stopped 36 shots against the Leafs, with exactly half of them coming in a spirited third period. For Rask, it was just his third win on the season.
Toronto got on the board first, when Mikhail Grabovski notched his 14th goal of the year, flipping the puck past Rask while on a nicely crafted breakaway.
It wasn't until the second period when Boston evened the score, when Nathan Horton ringed the right post and had the puck deflect in, past rookie goaltender James Reimer. For Horton, it was his first goal in 10 games. Horton earned himself another point on the night, assisting in the game-winner. Center Marc Savard sent the puck through traffic, getting past Reimer and the Toronto defense, thanks in part to a well-executed screen by linemate Milan Lucic. That goal proved to be enough, with Rask turning away all challengers in the final period, holding on to the 2-1 win.
With the victory, Boston ends their road trip with an impressive 3-0-2 record, earning points in each of the five contests. They'll head back to Boston now, where they'll wait to take on the Minnesota Wild Thursday night at TD Garden.
Tags: Boston Bruins, James Reimer, Marc Savard, Mikhail Grabovski, Milan Lucic, Nathan Horton, Toronto Maple Leafs, Tuukka Rask

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Re: These Simple Four Lines of Mathematic Confound Me -- Bug?
I thank Richard Fateman for his informative reply. I had not known about the
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BIRTHDAY: Oct 5th Libra's are the bomb !!!
MY RADIO HISTORY: Graduate of Specs Howard in 2010…Also started working at Clear Channel in 2010 and I've been with Channel 955 my whole career. Now I can really say "I am Mojo in the Morning"
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MOVIES: Scarface, Blow, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Old School, Dumb and Dumber, Hangover, Avatar, Goodfellas, John Q, Book of Eli, There's Something About Mary, Meet The Parents, Aladdin, Lion King, Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Tangled, Pearl Harbor, Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Coming to America + so many more
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This natural immunity showed scientists where and how to look for an effective vaccine.
If a person keeps his body in good physical condition and lives carefully, he will do much toward acquiring this natural immunity.
They were at a loss to know whether he had been scalped in battle, or enjoyed a natural immunity from that belligerent infliction.
By natural immunity is meant an inherited characteristic by which all individuals of a species are immune to a certain disease.
There is, however, a natural immunity which is due to long-continued environment or to protracted heredity.
In natural immunity, it plays the principal part by digesting morbid agents inside the phagocytes like any other food.
Our closest imitation of natural immunity is vaccination against small-pox.
The natural immunity of certain species of animals to the diseases of other animals is well known.
These people have lived Mars-normal so long their natural immunity has been destroyed.
natural immunity seems to be in the constitution of a person, and may be inherited.
natural immunity n.
See innate immunity.


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This one is definitely not your grandpa's orchestra concert.
The string orchestra students of the Indiana Area School District have a performance coming up Friday evening at the junior high auditorium that will present them in an electrifying new way.
The show will culminate a day of residency at the schools by Pittsburgh-based quartet Cello Fury, a group known regionally for their modern blend of driving, rock-style orchestra music.
After holding workshops Friday morning with the senior high orchestra and in the afternoon with the junior high orchestra, Indiana's student musicians will take the stage at 7 p.m. with Cello Fury for a free, public concert, "Indiana Orchestras Rock!"
[PHOTO: Cello Fury members include, from left, Ben Munoz, Nicole Myers and Simon Cummings. Not pictured is drummer David Throckmorton. (Submitted photo)]
The schools' orchestra director, Julianne Laird, said more than 80 students from fourth through 12th grades will be in the show. The elementary and secondary string orchestras will perform their own arrangements of contemporary pieces and back up Cello Fury on some others. Cello Fury will finish the concert playing some of their original music.
In all, Laird said, it will be unlike any show seen before on the junior high stage.
"This will be our traditional classical orchestra performing music not traditionally done by a classical orchestra, which is what makes it so exciting," Laird said.
Cello Fury's visit to the Indiana schools has been in the works for months, and their educational workshops and concert appearance here are fully underwritten by fundraisers and donations in support of Indiana's string music program.
The program also has relied on contributions to equip the orchestras with electric instruments and electric pickups to amplify the acoustic string instruments.
Laird said the Stanley Servinsky Memorial Fund has been a key contributor, and Beverly Mastalski, a string musician parent, has been a leader in local fundraising efforts on behalf of the orchestras.
"We value our string program and know that our community is the reason that it continues in this time of economic hardship," Laird said.
And in recognition of that community support of Indiana's student orchestras, Laird said the Friday night show is "a first-time project to give back to the Indiana area, by providing a concert that features our students with world-class professional string players who specialize in alternative styles of string playing."
Not every public school offers a dedicated string music program. Outside of Indiana, others in the region are at least an hour's drive away, Laird said.
Among the nearest is one at Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School near Altoona, where music teacher and orchestra conductor Stephanie Everett — Laird's sister — invited Cello Fury for a similar residency program and concert that has become an annual event in that district.
And while the string program at Indiana preserves and fosters the time-honored European classical music performance, Laird said the students don't have to be confined to that style.
"As always, the foundation of an excellent string program is the traditional classical music, which we play on a daily basis in the district," Laird said. "However, our commitment to being lifelong learners in a constantly changing global society opens up doors for us to explore new and different styles of playing.
"We see string performers every day on television and on the Internet playing various global styles, fiddling, and exploring a variety of ways to make beautiful music. We are working every day to expand our vision and offer a lifetime of music making to our students."
The string music program is featured on the Indiana Area School District website at www.iasd.cc/orchestra.
Cello Fury's "original music combines the emotive and symphonic sounds of the cello with driving rock beats to create a cinematic, progressive rock sound," according to its website, cellofury.org.
The group's members — three cellists and a drummer — joined together after studying music at Carnegie-Mellon and Duquesne universities in Pittsburgh, and have made performance and education their full-time livelihoods. They write, compose, produce their own music, have released two original CDs of their works, give private lessons and hold programs in schools in the region, including weeklong "Rock Camp for Strings" summer music instruction.
Formed in 2009, Cello Fury has performed as far away as Texas and Iowa, and has entertained at halftime of a Pittsburgh Steelers' game at Heinz Field. Their published schedule has them conducting programs in Arlington, Va., schools and performing concerts in Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh in February, then putting on shows in Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas and New York in March.
Cello Fury has developed a solid and dedicated following in the region, and Laird said the group's appearance in Indiana has been creating some anticipation.
"At our Christmas concert at the senior high, a lady came up to me and said 'I can't believe you're having Cello Fury here for a free concert,'" Laird said. "She said they have to pay big money to see them play in Pittsburgh.
"We are going to give people some great entertainment that evening."
What: Indiana Orchestras Rock!
When: 7 p.m. Friday
Where: Indiana Area Junior High School auditorium
Admission: Free (donations accepted)


text: Yep, this guy is knocking down Figure Skating yet again while comparing it to hockey in a hockey-mad city. His article is about the London Knights and their wanting to bid on the 2012 memorial cup. Now I like hockey as much as probably anybody around here, but he really didn't need to say some rather nasty stuff about figure skating to try and pump up his article. Here's a few quotes that ticked me off What a twat! Un-fricking-believable. He then goes on and later says Guess he doesn't realize that a WORLD championship means that people will be coming from not just across Canada but from the rest of the WORLD!!! That's world-wise exposure -- something that not every city ever gets, let alone the size of a city like London. I'm guessing that someone from Shawinigan would return to London Ontario about as much as someone from Osaka would like to visit it -- like next to never! London is not one of those "destination" place where one would go for vacation. It is a place where you would go and see an event over multiple days -- like figure skating or curling or even hockey. Typical of Morris to go off on yet another rant. I sometimes wonder why I read his articles. Sometimes they're OK but then there's ones like this that just get me steaming. I'm almost at the point where I am thinking of adding a comment to his article. Maybe I better give myself a cooling down period and just remember who he is -- at hockey guy who can't see much of anything else. I think his life is the poorer for having such a narrow focus. OK, stepping off my soap box now, rant over -- for the time being.


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Learn about the many components of mattress padding that determine a bed's comfort level, including memory foam, pillow-tops, Euro-tops, quilting, tufting, and ticking.
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Valerie Jennings, CEO, Jennings Social Media Marketing & Viral Bolt Media
Valerie Jennings admits her career has evolved many times since she started her business at the age of 24. While each evolution was exciting, her biggest career achievement has been working with vastly different businesses in both the U.S. and overseas.
From travel and tourism to technology, manufacturing and real estate, the journey has been rewarding. If she had to pinpoint one moment in time as an entrepreneur, it would be when she opened up her balcony doors to the sight of the ocean in St. Maarten, where she was on an international video shoot for her company to capture the essence of the island and its cultural attractions in music, arts and dance.
Jennings launched Jennings Social Media Marketing from her home and later started Viral Bolt Media to enhance YouTube video production, distribution and social sharing. Jennings is a former award-winning print journalist, published author, news anchor and television producer.
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Ernest Kafka, a New York photographer, is an enthusiastic collector of art from ancient and medieval times to the present. His photographs of a recent voyage to Jordan and Egypt appropriately record how modern-day people live today surrounded by vestiges of the past among the ruins of some of the oldest cradles of civilization. The images both record the flow of time and put the viewer in the places and epochs in history when some of the works in the exhibition were created or derived their inspiration.
Pictured: Bosra Roman Ruins, pigment inks on Epson Exhibition Papers,
14 inches x 21 inches, 2009
Mark Sengbusch was born in Ravenna, Ohio, in 1979. He received his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn. The imagery in his paintings, influenced by Sengbusch's experiences with a loom and computer games, can be described as "future artifacts" – compositions in which a rich tapestry of weaving and functional computer data are merged.
Pictured: Rectangle Eater #1, acrylic on plexiglass, reverse painted,
12 inches x 12 inches x 1 inch, 2007
Walter Randel Gallery is pleased to announce the rotating winter exhibition Kunstkammer I & II. The critic Edward Lucie-Smith has described the Kunstkammer as an assemblage of various art objects in a single room; despite their miscellaneous character, these works of art, found in the studios of artists, studies of scholars and homes of collectors of discernment from the past, may be said to precede the practice of shows in formal galleries and museums of today.
This exhibition includes important works from all over the world – Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and New World cultures are represented, spanning two millennia. Visitors will have the opportunity to see and acquire paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and photography, made by both historical figures and living artists; in the proximity of their installation, care has been taken to develop interactive relations between the objects, regardless of their date or culture.
Informed appreciation for art is based upon an individual's quest for quality and knowledge. In short, it is a matter of connoisseurship, a skill that can be trained by experience over time. Our sensibility must be fueled by curiosity; looking at art from differing cultures is actually not so daunting as the task might seem.
For today's collector, with so much art available to the public, finding out what to collect is not the major issue; rather, one can seek and enjoy the formal success of almost any work of art, that is, how the way its appearance in relation to its intent, affects the viewer. Understanding works from earlier periods does not have to depend upon obscure historical scholarship; rather, appreciation can be developed by recognition of an artwork's innate characteristics – something the painter Willem de Kooning recognized when he wrote in a sketchbook that "There's no way of looking at a work of art by itself it's not self-evident. It needs a history; it needs a lot of talking about. It's part of a whole man's life."
If we listen to de Kooning, collecting can be understood as a wonderful, exciting process whereby the object's distance – the result of institutional possession – is denied. Collecting is in fact the expression of sensibility. As a result, the immediacy of proximity and ownership is a life-enhancing and, sometimes, a life-changing experience. The variety of fine and decorative arts available in this two-part show ("Kunstkammer I and II") argues against the pernicious myth that art is a luxury; indeed, it is more of a requirement, in which contact with creativity is truly a matter of absolute necessity.
Part II of this exhibition will be rotated January 28 and will run through March 27, 2010 and will include paintings by Arlan Huang and photographs by Bruna Stude.
Top Left: Africa, Bamana Peoples, Kore Society Mask,
19th Century, Height: 17"
Middle Left: Ted Kurahara, Alizarin Crimson over Black,
Acrylic on Canvas, 2008, 24" x 24"
Bottom Left: Charles Birnbaum, Foucanlong,
2007, Porcelain, Height: 12"
Part II of this exhibition will be rotated January 28 and will run through March 27, 2010 and will include paintings by Arlan Huang and photographs by Bruna Stude.
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As you post item requests in here and end up finding what you need, please let me know so I can lock the thread. That way this section can stay current. Thanks all!
My words…. this section of the forum is useless if people post over and over to threads which are 1 year old
Thanks Rob
Hello Everyone
Good thread, and some realy good and useful tip's on hard- and software. One thing you should consider, is the room itself. You can buy the best speakers, soundcards etc., but if the room sounds "wrong", all this would be useless.
There are hundreds of good tips in the web, how you could set up a homerecording studio ( cheap to expensive ). Some of them are phylosopic ones, that migth sound like NASA science ficition .
Just play one of your favourite tracks, which you have heard on dozens of different soundsystems, and walk around in your room / studio. Then sit back to your workplace and compare. If it sounds more or less "neutral" there, you'll be fine.
Another good trick : ask one of your friends to go along the walls/ floor / ceiling in your studio with a mirror while you sit on your workplace. Wherever you see yourself in the mirror, is a place where high and midfrequencies reflections could mash up your sound. Avoid this by using some pieces of carpet/ foam etc. .
When it comes to the bass, it will be a bit more complicated, but a generall "no go" is to place full range monitor speakers directly in front of a wall. Even whorst, in a corner. Leave a good amount of space beetween the speakers back, and the wall behind it. If you are not able to move your workplace, think about a monitoring system which uses a subbass and sattelite mid- and high frequency speakers only for the desk. By this, you'll have the chance to place them onto your desk while hiding/ moving the subbass to a "sweet spot".
I work at home with these http://www.bose.ch/CH/de/home-entertainment/digital-music-solutions/computer-speakers/index.jsp, and in the studio with different fullrange monitor systems.
I hope my english is good enough to explain the accoutsic voodoo
You should maybe list if :
1. You use a Soundcard on your PC. 2. If yes, which one 3. If no, what kind of plugs do you have on your PC to connect a microphone.
Cheers Daniel
Fantastic work !!
As all my sites are Flash, i would vote +1 for a swf version
I'm an absolute Dubstep fan and have also some finished tracks in that genre. Not sure if AJ is the right place to upload it to, but whenever you guys do, please let me know, im happy to hear your work !!
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trying to type my point of view on my iphone while sitting on the beach during honeymoon.
First, one should realy ask what he expects from a stock site for audio. For me, it was in the begining when i signed on AJ the attempt to make "Big Money" like some of the Activeden authors did. After a while i realized, that also AJ suffers from the whole situation that the musicbusiness is into. Sure its impossible to make a living out of a stock site if you have a proffessional studio which costs about 40'000 dollars. Even if you "just" own a fast CPU , paid for audiosoftware and a nice set of speakers it could take a few years to get your investement back.
So, since everyone can get a PC and some software for a few squid, everyone can be a producer, quality or not is another issue. If you need to make a living out of your musical productions, you'd better team up with an investor and make plans for a chartbreaker project
It's a free world, it's all up to you !
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Hello All Despite my first post, i dont have any sparetime at the moment to join the competition Wish all you guys good luck and a lot of creativity….. ( and off he goes to prepare that wedding )yeah, congratulations (if it's you that is getting married) good luck with your job (if you are a professional wedding planner)
Haha, well im not a professional wedding planer and im happy i'm not but it's me getting married and my wife said, i should join this "game" instead of the AJ competition
Thanks for all the wishes guys
Hello All
Despite my first post, i dont have any sparetime at the moment to join the competition Wish all you guys good luck and a lot of creativity….. ( and off he goes to prepare that wedding )
Hello All
It would be nice if people who are posting a item request also post if they found what they need. So we dont have 4 month old threads flying around in the forum.
It would also be "gentleman like" if the thread starter checks the thread from time to time and post some comments about the offered musical pieces.
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yes but legally, the police or others couldnt do anything with that information in this situation, correct? since nothing illegal happened?
so just to clarify, no one could contact him legally to question him, correct?
anyone including the police? the only way they would know who he was would be to get information from internet companies, etc
so the police could legally obtain this information from internet providers and question hi even though she is over 16?
the parents found out, and she has to go talk to an investigator. Based on her age, youve told me nothing illegal took place but it would be a bad thing for him if people showed up asking questions. My assumption is that even if the parents are upset, if she is of age, I cant imagine the police could dig up his information and go talk to him, simply because the parents are upset? they would not have just cause under the law to find this person and question him based on the parents being upset, but her being of age?
in minnesota. she responded to a craigslist ad he had.
no, not at all
can I ask a follow up question on this?
well it has to do with the age of consent, I am assuming that age of consent not only addresses consent for sexual contact but also talking online about sexual issues and sending images etc? in other words could this man be in trouble because he was exchanging emails and images or is that all covered under the age of consent?
located both in MN, yes she did
The images were sent by her at the time she said she was 18, when she finally told him she was 16 he deleted the emails. does that make a difference? do you have any suggestions for someone in the twin city area who would handle something like this?
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NORFOLK, Va. – Senior midfielder Hillary Fratzke scored five goals and added an assist as the 11th-ranked Tigers (9-3, 3-1) held off a late rally by Old Dominion University (2-9, 0-3) to earn their third win in the last four games, a 13-11 Colonial Athletic Association victory over the Lady Monarchs at the Powhatan Sports Complex on Friday evening.
The win allowed the Tigers to match the best 12-game start to a season in school history. It is the fifth time in school history that the Tigers have had a 9-3 record after 12 games.
The Lady Monarchs took a quick 1-0 lead just 2:12 into the first half as senior midfielder Saratu Dodo scored an unassisted goal past sophomore goalkeeper Mary Teeters.
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The teams traded goals twice before Dodo scored her second goal of the game with 9:26 left in the opening stanza to tie the game at 4-4. Just 53 seconds later, Fratzke scored to regain the Tigers' one-goal lead and ignite a three-goal spurt.
However, senior attacker Ashley Kellogg scored off a feed from sophomore midfielder Lisa Bernardini with 23 seconds remaining in the first half to cut the Old Dominion deficit to 7-5 at the intermission.
The teams traded goals in the opening two minutes of the second half before senior attacker Jacie Kendall scored an unassisted goal to give Towson a 9-6 advantage with 23:31 left.
After Kellogg scored off a feed from Dodo with 19:23 remaining in the second half, Fratzke scored an unassisted goal to begin a quick three-goal run by the Tigers in just 52 seconds, upping their advantage to 12-7 with 17:21 left in regulation.
Kellogg and senior attacker Nicole McMahon countered the Tigers' run with back-to-back goals to narrow the margin to 12-9 with 12:21 remaining.
Fratzke extended the Tigers' lead to 13-9 with her fifth goal of the game, an unassisted marker past sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Geary. But, Kellogg answered and scored two consecutive goals to trim the Lady Monarchs' deficit to 13-11 with 1:33 remaining.
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While Fratzke led the Tigers with her six-point effort, Dunn contributed three goals along with a two-goal, one-assist performance from Kendall.
Kellogg led the Lady Monarchs with five goals while Dodo added two goals and an assist. Geary made 18 saves in a losing effort for Old Dominion, which was outshot by a 40-23 margin.
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This was asked by someone in the other forum but hasn't gotten a response yet. Anyone know if there will be new incentives come 1/4?
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i hope it's just as good. i'm planning to get my Overland Hemi or stay with BMW and get another 535i M-Sport :D
I doubt any changes as the wk2 is.selling like hotcakes
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I would be very surprised (and happy) if they extend it for another month. This has been going since early November. Wanted to pull the trigger for some time now but will all the layoffs going on right now at my work decided to sit tight until new year.
Did anybody remember what did they offer a year ago around that time? I know that there is no guarantee but they usually offer some incentives around more or less the same time each year. Right now everybody is running something from Toyota, Nissan, Hundai so the competition forces them to follow the suit.
My prediction, next big incentive will most likely happen around President's Day.
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Where'd you get him? XD
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stuckey was forcing it a lot in the 1st half, tay's shoot isn't good again and sheed's foul trouble effects the team...
Well that was fun. Weren't the games alot closer last year? We look over matched, and extremely confused.
This game is a shame for any single piston fan. They're playing with their switch in "Off". Im ashamed of how they started playing after the half. What, as a coach, do you have to say to these guys for them to start playing SO DAMN BAD? MAN. Im really pissed off. Its always against the Celtics. And Roscoe, you were saying Prince is having an All-Star season... please. Look how he plays against good teams. I hate how he is still in the court after having a horrible game. He is not an All-Star. He is a ball stopper, every time he receives the ball, the play stops. He is not a PG, dont give him the ball, please! Let him shoot! But oh well, it seems I dont know anything about bball.
I didn't see the game...What happened???
Beatdown in Beantown. They're not even close to figuring out the Celtics, and the Celtics have their number completely. Boston's bench is far superior to Detroit's.
I switched this game off when it started getting really bad in the second quarter, and I guess that was the right call. WTF.
Good thing the Pistons have ~70 games left to work it out.
Seems like the Celtics are a BIG roadblock though.
Mhhh... we had a tough game against the Cavaliers yesterday. The Celtics didn't play that same day. We had to play them today. Thats bad scheduling right there... really bad scheduling. Btw, Prince 33 mins: 2/9, 4 points 7 reb. Herrmann 7 mins: 5 points, 3 reb. Give him more time at the 3, please!
Maybe Flip was not so bad?
This was a complete embarrassment. As Barkley will probably say, we were Turrible. The Pistons take one step forward and then one step back as they figure out how to play with AI who was burned by Rondo 3 or 4 times. This game started off 13-2 and then went down hill from there as the Pistons defense had no answer for their big 3 >Rondo, Tony Allen and House Pierce and KG sat out nearly the whole second qtr, yet their scrubs pulled away as we left House and Scrubaline open all night to hit uncontested threes and let T-Allen, Powe and Rondo to waltz to the paint for an array of layups and dunks. I don't care how good this team may be in knocking off the Lakers and the Cavs, if we can't beat Boston then we might as well play out the season for entertainment. The Celtics are in the Pistons heads (ours too) and as long as they are, then that mental roadblock will be hovering over their heads. We need to hope now that either the Cavs or the Hawks knock off the Celtics before we get to the ECF...
p>For the 2nd game in a row, we came out strong, and then went into a scoring funk. At least we ended the 1st quarter tied at 21.

But then Curry started going small. The whole 2nd quarter. No reason. Just a coaches choice. Bad choice.

Going back to the last time we played Boston - we played them even in the combined 1st and 3rd quarters that last time. Amir started. According to Curry, Amir, although he would not start now, would still get about 15 to 18 minutes per game. Nope, just 13 minutes total in the rotation (not counting tonite's garbage time) in the past three games. Instead of playing Amir in the rotation, Curry is going small. But there is no reason for this. Just a poor choice by the coach.

In case anyone missed it, our transition D broke down something fierce. Amir is our best guy at getting back on transition D. But he did not play. Bad choice by the coach.

Minutes. Too many for some of our starters, especially on a back to back. And why with us over 20 down with 8 minutes left were any starters still out there? Makes you wonder.

This game was still winnable, when Curry all the sudden decided to pull several starters all at once midway thru the 3rd quarter. Hey, if someone is doing bad, pull him. If your whole starting unit is not working, thats the coach's problem to deal with. And then he turned around and brought the starters back in. Hmm, make up your mind.

Crazy game. Tough schedule. Sure, we can be glad we got one of two on this tough back to back. But I kind of like to see the Pistons at least compete.

Stuckey did play quite poorly. It seems to me Curry is playing the guy extended minutes to get him to get back on track. Nothing wrong with that for the long haul - but if he wanted to win this game, its Afflalo he should have left in for the end of the 2nd quarter, not Stuckey. And by the way, to pull Afflalo for missing a couple of shots - its saying all the wrong things. No matter how good he does, if he misses some shots, he gets pulled? People miss shots. Nobody shoots 100%.

I wonder at this rate how long guys like Sheed and AI will need to go on life support, let alone the injured list.

While I am at it, one more reminder to Curry - our best front line is JMAX, Amir, and Sheed together. An excellent way to rest Prince.

There was no need to start Kwame tonight. By splitting up Sheed and Kwame, you can have a center out there at all times. A lot more important than the silly excuses you used to justify the change.

Curry sucks.
Key matchups AI 16 pts and 4 assists, 2 steals, 4 TO's>>>>>Rondo 18 pts 8 assists, 3 steals, 2 TOs Rip 12 points , Ray allen 12 pts Piston bench 29 pts, Celtics bench 42 pts Tony Allen 6-7 shooting, Stuckey and Alf, 0-4 shooting Stuckey also had 5 turnovers. Also, Michigan 55, 4th ranked UCLA 52.
Not Flip. Maybe someone else . . .CB *cough*, but specifically against this team; the free-wheeling chaotic offense doesn't seem to work against them b/c they're too solid defensively, and we haven't been against them. It's hard to chalk this up to tired legs since it was a rerun of the 1st game. AI while an asset against the Cavs is not very helpful at all against BOS. edited to add; In AI's defense he never should have been on Rondo as soon as the Celts figured out that they'd put the ball in has hands and go at him. You could put him on Ray Allen, but he doesn't well with screens so i don't know . . . Our defense is broken. And AI can't get into the paint against BOS and is not a great jump shooter so we're stuck. All i know is i'm sick of the Tony Allen show.
Lee, you're ignoring two things: Amir is constant foul trouble( read: free throws to opponent) and Sheed himself has said that with Kwame at C he can better concentrate to his duties at PF. Your proposed lineup is pure fantasy: Amir can't done anything at 3 either in O or D.
I have written and not posted at least a dozen responses now. I am pretty angry. I don't mind we lost. I don't even mind we got blown out. I don't like that we laid down again. Even AI laid down. That is not acceptable. I'm actually tempted to call into talk radio all day tomorrow and raise hell.
I will choose to politely disagree. Amir does not have to worry about foul trouble spelling Tay for all of 12 minutes a game. Further, I have seen Amir stay with one small forward after another. If nothing else, he is quick. Also, I would not put much stock in the nice things players say about each other. Remember, what choice does Sheed have really - tell everyone the coach is a moron? Don't think that will happen. I see nothing wrong with Kwame starting - on an as needed basis - where the other team is going with two legimately large bigs. But no way as a typical lineup. The slightest bit of foul trouble, and we get forced into going small. (Not that Curry seems to need any excuse to go small.)
A very tough road course. It could be better, but an even and progressive advance should be on the horizon. A lot of games left. If I am not mistaken (and this is the second game I have been able to watch on TV), the zone works. Something to think about. Stuckey is regressing. Why? A lot of factors involved. Big factor: he is not Wade. He does not have the hang time and if he can not pull up and hit that 15 ft. jump shot, it will be a long season for him. Prediction: come playoff time, Bynum will be your starting point guard…the Chicago connection is strong (comfortable fearlessness). Dyess will settle things down. JMax should start to see major minutes and we all know my counterpoint to this: at times into the starting lineup. Small, incremental steps and Detroit will be there at the end.
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GADSDEN, Ala. — A year ago they were fishing in the relatively balmy breezes of the Harris Chain of Lakes in Central Florida, trying hard to win their divisions in the BASS Federation Nation Championship and gain their ticket to compete in the Bassmaster Classic.
Joel St. Germain and Anre' De Villiers were both successful in that campaign, with De Villiers of South Africa becoming the first international winner of the event and St. Germain winning the Eastern Division and picking up his second Classic qualification.
A year later, they're both back at it, wearing at least another two layers of clothing as they ply the waters of Neely Henry Lake in Central Alabama in the drizzle and occasional sleet.
For St. Germain, winning the Eastern Division competition and a third trip to the Classic would be to build on an experience he describes as "phenomenal".
"My first trip to the Classic (in 2003), I didn't get a lot of love", he said. "Last year it was really great, a lot of love".
St. Germain's efforts last year in the Federation Nation Championship were featured prominently in the television coverage as he worked his shallow water pattern with a hefty surplus of confidence and energy.
The Rhode Island native credits another New Englander with helping to develop his TV persona.
"I've been out fishing multiple times with Charlie Moore (of the ESPN series Beat Charlie Moore) and he's kind of my mentor as far as fishing on TV goes," St. Germain said. "He stressed to me that the window, the time you get to do your thing on camera is small, so you have to make every fish, every catch look big."
St. Germain was in fifth place in the Eastern Division after day one of this year's championship, six and a half pounds behind the leader.
"I missed some big opportunities out there, but on this lake in these conditions, catching the leader is nothing — that lead isn't safe," he said.
For De Villiers, winning last year's event was the first step in a long held plan to fish professionally in the United States. After securing his victory by gambling on deep offshore structure while the rest of the field fished shallow, De Villiers stuck to the game plan by fishing the Bassmaster Northern Open Division during the 2006 season. But it wasn't easy.
De Villiers (a boat builder from Goodwood, South Africa) did his best to maintain his business at home while commuting to America to fish the BASS events.
"I made ten trips back and forth, twenty plus hours per flight, and that can be exhausting," he said. "I even had to miss one event completely and a lot of pre-fishing opportunities because of the schedule."
But the experience was positive, including learning how to always craft a "plan B" and being prepared to go with it.
"At home, the reservoirs are generally smaller and we always count on being able to get to our fish every day," he said. "Over here, the lakes can be huge and the weather makes you do something entirely different on certain days. I learned how to deal with that and found that you can still get good success that way."
DeVillier's plan is to keep the U.S. campaign going again in 2007, having sold his business at home to devote more time to pro fishing. He's also dealing with residency and work status issues with immigration authorities and is hoping for good results.
After day one in the Federation Nation Championship, De Villiers is just over five pounds back of the Southern Division leader and in 15th place overall.


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Designed in 1935 by Reginald Mitchell, the Supermarine Spitfire was a revolutionary fighter aircraft, which proved to be more than a match for its German opponents. In the summer of 1940, at a crucial moment in history, it helped turn the tide of World War Two, by providing Britain's vital air defence during the Battle of Britain. This is the inside story of the role of revolutionary fighter plane, with archive film, colour re-enactments and a first-hand account from Battle of Britain pilot Bob Doe.
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You might be the the best person to help us with our first sailboat. 29 mirage.
1) How much flex should there be on the mast? Reason I ask is that when I was storing our boat at the marina for the winter I had put tension on the shroud lines and noticed the mast bending then returning back as I released the tension. I guess its normal for the mast to flex depending on where the tension comes from? I just assumed that these masts were stiff and bending wasn't a good sign?
Is there a rig tuning method for dummies that you know of I can resource?
2) Prior to sailing on my first mirage 29 I sailed on a 29 northern for a few years and noticed differences in that the mast ran through the cabin while on the mirage the mast only connects to top of deck. What is the difference in terms of stiffness or structural stability? Should I need to pay attention to anything specific?
3) I noticed the bottom paint were the keel and the hull meet cracking. I'm guessing its going to be me removing the old paint and inspecting it this spring, Not a fun job but always a good time to consider new bottom paint. With the 1986 Mirage 29 sailboats is there any issues or things to be concerned about? Reading things about this online really freaks a new boat owner out. Any advice on this would be great. Btw the the paint on this boat is the thick black stuff. Not sure what type of paint it is. I don't think its going to be easy sanding it off but well worth the effort once its off. I was thinking the VC17 stuff should be much better?
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I've searched the net til my eyes are square looking for information on the 29. I found all of the basics and was surprised to see that she is nearly 3000 lbs lighter than the Catalina 30 with similar dimensions. Do they have a cored hull? Deck? If anyone out there has any information on this boat , I would appreciate it. Thanks, I
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When the iPhone 4S came out, Brad Wilbourn knew he wanted to find a way to get it.
"I was really sold on the Siri technology," he said.
He didn't have much money laying around for the 4S, he said, so he thought the easiest way to upgrade would be to sell his current model iPhone.
For the entire time he'd owned his iPhone, it'd been in a case, and he had all the original boxes and accessories too, according to Wilbourn.
"I mean it was in "mint condition," he said.
A simple Google search found SellArena.com — an electronics trade-in website that said it would pay $458.00 for his model iPhone and even pay for shipping.
Wilbourn was shocked, however, when he noticed the company had dropped his offer to $326, even though his phone had been received in "like new" condition. Wilbourn called the company for a reason and was promised a SellArena.com supervisor would call him back, he said.
A few days later, the offer dropped again with no explanation — this time to $270.
"What the heck, where is my money? Send me my money!" he said. "Something is not right here."
SellArena.com isn't the only service claiming to offer top dollar for used electronics … or the only service with complaints from unhappy customers.
"It's a form of misrepresentation," said the Better Business Bureau's Gary Almond, adding he has received and increasing number of complaints about electronic trade-in sites.
Most of those complaints, Almond said, were regarding changes in the company's offer price.
"I don't think that a consumer, when they're going to send these goods off, thinks that the price is going to change," he said.
If customers don't accept the offer from SellArena.com, the company will ship the device back — but at the customer's expense, according to the site's Terms and Conditions.
A district manager with New York-based SellArena.com told CBS Sacramento, "[Prices are] up to our discretion because of market value," but added, "We try to keep it where, what we quote, that's what you get."
The manager couldn't quite explain what happened in Wilbourn's case, but eventually said SellArena.com will "be more than happy to pay him out what he was quoted."
Later that afternoon, the company sent Wilbourn a Paypal payment for the full $458.
"It shouldnt be this difficult," said Wilbourn. "Something this simple shouldn't be this difficult."


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Educators who work with special needs students will be able to access specialized training programs after the U.S. Department of Education awarded $11.5 million in grants on Thursday to special education programs across the nation.
According to a department press release, the extra funding will help train personnel in early intervention, early childhood education, low-incidence disabilities, speech and language disabilities, adapted physical education and secondary/transition services. The specific needs were identified by the individual states that received the grants.
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What is the standard thickness of roof sheathing used in Phoenix? My problem is that I have nails protuding through the soffit of my home after getting my roof replaced. The roofer wants to grind the nails but I'm afraid the shingle warranty will be void if that happens. How do I find out the thickness of the sheathing?
If you have access, try to put a thin ruler between 2 pieces of sheathing from inside the attic to measure the thickness. There should be a small gap to do so.
What kind of soffit do you have? Any pics? If it is an open soffit with nails coming through the finished wood then they probably used nails that are too long. As far as grinding down nails, I believe as long the wood there is 3/4 inch thick there should not be a problem with warranty. Most recommend that they go through the sheathing or if it's thick than at least 3/4 inch depth.
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I included a couple of photos that show the nails. From my view, it appears that the nails definitely protrude much further than 1/8".
I've had many issues with the contractor, including the overall messy workmanship. Found over 200 nails around property and still finding more today.
I don't trust what they are telling me so any suggestions are welcomed.
The sheathing thickness should meet Code for your area. If they only installed shingles, and not sheathing (as per contract), you have have specified shorter nails at the soffits and gable overhangs so not to be exposed. Minimum Building Code requires through the shingle plus 3/4", as said. http://publicecodes.citation.com/ico...005_par007.htm
If the sheathing is thinner, which it appears, the nail will penetrate through. But; the soffit and overhangs are not a structural part of the roof, ending at the wall and the bird-blocking. So they could have used shorter nails there, per Code--- but probably not meet the shingle manufacturers directions for the warranty. Read the wrapper for the shingle or contact the manufacturers website for confirmation.
The shingle soffit drip edge is very short and lacking drip-edge metal.....
A responsible contractor would have known the results of installation of any roof system over any overhang using that length of fastener.The contractor should have known installation requirements and or allowances by the manufacture.It is the installers responsibility to know this.
When installing Certainteed shingles on a roof deck that spans an open overhanging area and the fasteners would be protruding through the underside of the deck would be aestheticaly objectionable.
Certainteed allows the use of shorter fasteners that do not penetrate through the roof deck.
This exception to the Certainteed fastener requirement applies ONLY in the Certainteed northwest and southwest.
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The certainteed limited warranty covering its shingles will remain in force IF the shingles have been installed over a suitable roof deck with appropriate fasteners EVEN if they do not penetrate to the FULL depth specified in the shingle application instructions,IF the following conditions are met.
*IMPORTANT* 2 extra fasteners per shingle are required and the fastener has to penetrate the decking by at least 3/8" and seat firmly against the shingle surface.
This exception ONLY applies to the areas of the roof deck that spans the overhanging area.
Conduct a "field test" to insure that the minimal penetration has been met or exceeded.
The best fastening results when the fastener points just barely splinter the underside of the deck.
**Check your local building code for applicable fastener requirements.**
ALL other areas of the roof deck MUST contain the proper number and length of fasteners.
Most manufactures follow these same requirements/allowances.I woud snip the heads off then repaint,rather than disrupting the shingles.
Thanks for that! Just remember to prime the steel nails after you cut the galvanizing off......
Considering that I contacted Certainteed to ask about the warranty and the response I received was -
Here are the instructions from our installation manual regarding nailing requirements. Grinding the nail down is not acceptable and could void the warranty.
Figure 12-2: Proper and improper nailing.
IMPORTANT: For decks 3⁄4" (19 mm) thick or thicker, nails must go
at least 3⁄4" (19 mm) into the deck. On thinner decks, nails must go
at least 1⁄8" (3.2 mm) through the deck.
Nails must be 11- or 12-gauge roofing nails, corrosion-resistant,
with at least 3⁄8" (9.5 mm) heads, and at least 1" (25 mm) long.
...and, it appears that I have a deck thinner than 3/4", it sounds like I should not grind or snip off the heads but leave as is and just paint over the nails. Is that right? I hate to jeopardize the warranty and really don't trust the workmanship of this contractor.
I appreciate the response that "a responsible contractor would have known the results of installation of any roof system", especially since the people I am dealing with make it seem like the only way to properly install a roof is to have nails showing. Approximately 30% of the homes in my neighborhood have had roofs replaced within the past 4 months and I haven't seen any with protruding nails like mine. So much for doing my due diligence and making sure the contractor was licensed, bonded/insured and in good standing with the BBB.
At least I was able to get factual results from you, and for that...thanks!
bethmac,even though the points are snipped off the nail is still doing its job.Those gun coil nails have metal barrs on the sides.Those assist on the fastening.
Got it...thanks, Roofmaster. You're right, I was overthinking the whole thing. Thanks
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Now, the Packers can use it elsewhere, if general manager Ted Thompson wishes.
Finley agreed to a two-year, $14 million contract on Wednesday, the eve of the NFL Scouting Combine that begins here on Thursday. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Tom Silverstein, Finley's net payday will be $5.75 million in 2012 and $8.25 million in 2013.
"I could not be happier to have the privilege of being a Packer for the next (two) years," Finley said on Twitter. "Glad to be back with my team (and) coaches for (one) common goal."
The contact doesn't provide Finley with long-term security, but it does put him back on the free-agent market when he's 26 – the prime of his career. The average of $7.0 million per season is more than the expected franchise tender for a tight end ($5.4 million) but it lacks the big guaranteed money given to tight ends like San Francisco's Vernon Davis ($23 million guaranteed in his five-year deal) or even Seattle's Zach Miller ($17 million guaranteed in his five-year deal).
Finley finished third on the team in receptions (56), yards (767) and touchdowns (eight). The catches total matched his career high and was just one off Packers Hall of Famer Paul Coffman's franchise record for the position, set in 1979. The yardage and touchdowns set career highs, with Finley's yardage mark trailing only Coffman's 814 yards in 1983. His touchdown figure ranked third among NFL tight ends.
That's the good news. The bad news is Finley finished fifth in the NFL with 11 drops, according to STATS.
With Finley taken care of, Thompson has two possibilities for the franchise tag, with the deadline to use the designation being March 5. Thompson could use it on center Scott Wells, who's coming off his first Pro Bowl season. However, all offensive linemen are lumped together when computing the franchise figure and is weighted heavily on elite left tackles, so the tender is expected to be a lofty $9.4 million. While Wells is playing the best football of his career, he turned 31 last month and Thompson has been reluctant to offer hefty contracts to players older than 30. If they were to franchise Wells, it would almost certainly be to buy time to sign him to multi-year deal that's more cap-friendly.
Another franchise option would be to use it on quarterback Matt Flynn, with the Packers tagging Flynn with the intent to trade him. The franchise tag for a quarterback will be around $14.4 million.
The Packers don't have enough salary cap space to use the franchise tag on Flynn, but they could make room by releasing left tackle Chad Clifton and receiver Donald Driver. Clifton's cap number for 2012 is $5.59 million and Driver's is $5 million. That $10.6 million in savings would be more than enough to take care of Flynn's contract, which would count against the cap the moment he signs the tender but would be eliminated once he's traded.
The upside of trading Flynn is the possibility of getting a first- or second-round pick in return in time for April's draft. If Flynn were to leave as a free agent, the Packers would get a compensatory pick in the 2013 draft – either at the end of the third or fourth round, depending on the contract he'd sign with his new team, among other factors.
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Morales-Paez Jr. set for March 22
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The fight between Mexican ring legend Erik "Terrible" Morales (52-9-0, 36 KOs) and Jorge "Maromerito" Páez (37-4-1, 22 KOs) was officially announced today at the Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma Brewery in Monterrey, Mexico. They will collide on March 22 at Arena Monterrey.
Erik Morales: Many criticize me or ask me 'why do I keep on boxing at my age and after everything I've accomplished?' I tell them that I am pursuing a dream, I'd like to achieve a few more things. I don't want to go back to my house wondering 'why didn't I try it?' and even if I face a hungry young challenger, I need to win to achieve my dream…in my last fight I made a mistake and I learned. I will show that on March 22 against Paez. I don't sell laughs, I sell my talent and technique and big fights and that's what it will be in the Arena Monterrey.
Jorge Paez Jr: I am highly motivated to face a great figure in the boxing world like Erik Morales and I thank him for giving me a chance. I am preparing as never before. It will be a great fight and I'll take advantage of this great opportunity. I absolutely respect him outside the ring, but the night of the fight there will be no respect and it'll be a memorable fight for the fans…I dedicate the fight to the memory of my cousin Frankie Leal and "Fantasma" Gonzalez.
Promoter Fernando Beltran announced during the press conference that local favorite Francisco "Titanium" Rodriguez (13-2, 9 KOs) will challenge unbeaten WBO minimumweight champion Merllito Sabillo (23-0-1, 12 KOs) in the co-feature.


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Arsène Wenger expects his Arsenal side to go from "strength to strength" after ending their goal drought.
The Frenchman saw his team clock up four consecutive goalless draws in the Premier League before netting three times at West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday.
Arsenal could easily have doubled their tally at the Hawthorns, such was their dominance, but a timely treble was enough to lay the issue to rest. Now Wenger expects his team to build on their midweek victory.
"You are quickly questioned, when you don't score," admitted the Frenchman at his pre-match press conference.
"There was no open discussion about the problem, but subconsciously it certainly has an influence on the way you think, so the fact we scored three goals is good.
"But we have always had a very strong attitude and focus in training and in the games.
"We are on a good run, even if recently we did not score many goals. But we did not lose, and once you start to win, that will come good.
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