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CCM RBZ, Tacks, & Ribcor: Which One Is Right For Me?Posted by Drake Martin on Feb 26, 2016
Not too long ago, we made a comparison article for Bauer Vapor, Supreme, and Nexus equipment lines and had several requests to make one for CCM. Ask and you shall receive! This article will give you a brief overview of each line of CCM gear and will show the closest equipment line from Bauer. Let's get started.
Beginning with skates, as of February 2016, CCM has three skate lines: JetSpeed (formerly RBZ), Tacks, and Ribcor. The top-of-the-line models from each line are as follows: JetSpeed, Super Tacks, and Ribcor 50K.
CCM's JetSpeed motto is trademarked as "Fit to Fly," which means they are designed for players who are looking to maintain high rates of speed after "takeoff." These are CCM's first full composite skates which makes them incredibly lightweight.
Unlike the original RBZ skates that launched in 2013, the JetSpeed skates have a medium-volume, snug overall fit that's similar to the anatomical fit found in Bauer Supreme skates. However, the JetSpeeds have a lock-tight fit in the heel, which is more similar to the tapered fit found in Bauer's Vapor skates. If you are looking for a stiff skate that's more of a "Vapor-Supreme hybrid," look no further than JetSpeed skates.
NHL players wearing CCM JetSpeed skates: Patrice Bergeron (BOS), Connor McDavid (EDM), Pavel Datsyuk (DET), Nathan MacKinnon (COL).
Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings skates down the ice with his CCM JetSpeed skates. Photo credit: Bill Wippert, Getty Images.
Super Tacks
Featuring MonoFrame 360 technology, Super Tacks skates are a one-piece boot frame providing a fully anatomical heel-lock with a 360° fit around and under the foot. The Super Tacks construction eliminates the need for an outsole, providing a greater foot-to-skate contact area and an unprecedented direct force propulsion system to help generate maximum power.
The last generation of Tacks skates had the widest toe box, highest boot volume, and stiffest outsole of the three lines, so they were geared towards players with wider feet or towards those who want a little more room inside the skate - similar to Bauer Nexus skates. Now, the current generation of Super Tacks skates fit much more snug.
NHL players wearing CCM Super Tacks skates: Tyler Toffoli (LA), Brent Burns (SJ), Seth Jones (CBJ).
Tyler Toffoli of the Los Angeles Kings uses the acceleration power of his CCM Tacks skates to get a breakaway against the Colorado Avalanche. Photo credit Gary A. Vasquez, USA TODAY Sports.
CCM Ribcor skates are geared towards players looking to make agile, quick, and extremely tight turns. The ComfortFrame™ technology provides a customizable boot with a regular stiffness profile, designed to adapt to your every movement for excellent agility on the ice for a close, comfortable fit.
Similar to Bauer Supreme skates, the CCM Ribcor skate line has a slightly narrow, low-volume overall fit but with a very tight-fitting heel like a Bauer Vapor skate. The main difference between the Ribcor and Bauer skates is the Pump™, which gives players full customization of the tightness of the heel.
NHL players wearing CCM Ribcor skates: Sidney Crosby (PIT), Matt Duchene (COL), John Tavares (NYI), Carl Hagelin (PIT).
Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche in his white CCM Ribcor 50K skates. Photo credit Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports.
CCM has an incredibly fast turnover time with their sticks, meaning they usually release an updated version of each one of their stick lines every year. As of July 2016, the top-of-the-line sticks in each family are as follows: RBZ Revolution, Super Tacks, and Ribcor Reckoner.
RBZ Revolution
CCM's RBZ Revolution features the same custom kick point found in all of its predecessors, such as the RBZ, RBZ Stage 2, Superfast, and Speedburner. This custom kick point means the stick's shaft will flex wherever the lower hand is placed when shooting or passing. This will result in hard, accurate shots and crisp passes time and time again.
The biggest new feature found in the RBZ Revolution is the FacePlate Technology with Power Alloy found on the blade. The Power Alloy works in the same way as a Taylor Made golf driver - it adds strength and stability for a hotter face to maximize power.
While the RBZ stick line is great for shooters, it's not really ideal for danglers or puck handlers because it doesn't have great puck feel. Although CCM made some improvements to the Revolution's blade to improve it, both the Tacks and Ribcor lines have much better puck feel.
In terms of kick point and shooting, the RBZ stick line is most similar to the Bauer Nexus stick family.
Super Tacks
The new Super Tacks stick is considered to be CCM's true all-in-one stick. Trusted Tacks performance has been taken to the next level with its two distinctive loading zones. It allows for maximum loading on both wrist and slap shots due to the different stiffness zones. The Aculite blade is even lighter than the Ultra Attack Frame from the Super Tacks and the durability of the shaft has been increased. The new Super Tacks is a stick you can rely on no matter what the game situation.
The Tacks line features a mid-kick point with great puck feel which makes it ideal for heavy and precise slap shots, accurate saucer passes, and incredible stick handling. It is also perfect for players who are looking for a durable stick that will be put to the test game after game. CCM Tacks sticks are most similar to Bauer's Supreme stick line.
NHL players using a CCM Super Tacks stick: Connor McDavid (EDM), Patrice Bergeron (BOS), Seth Jones (CBJ), Evgeni Malkin (PIT).
Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins looks for a pass with his CCM Super Tacks stick in the 2016 NHL Playoffs. Photo Credit Janine Leech, Icon Sportswire.
Ribcor Trigger ASY
The CCM Ribcor Trigger ASY brings players a low-kick point with amazing puck feel, thanks to the Ascent II blade. This blade has a soft heel for puck handling and a super stiff toe for shooting power. Therefore, the CCM Ribcor line is designed for players who like to stick handle through traffic and snipe one home with a lightning-fast release.
If you have been looking to replace that Bauer Vapor stick for a while, a stick from the CCM Ribcor line would be a great place to start.
NHL players using a CCM Ribcor Trigger ASY: Vladimir Tarasenko (STL), Matt Duchene (COL), Sidney Crosby (PIT), Nathan MacKinnon (COL).
Nathan MacKinnon scores on the sprawling Pekka Rinne with his CCM Ribcor Trigger ASY stick at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Photo credit Bruce Bennett, Getty Images.
CCM does not have a Ribcor pants or protective line, so from here on out, we will just be comparing QuickLite and Tacks lines.
QuickLite / RBZ
CCM QuickLite pants (the next generation of RBZ pants) are a more traditional fitting pant, meaning the legs are straight, have a more high volume fit, and offer a great amount of protection. QuickLite and RBZ pants are known to sit a little higher above the knees, but the QuickLite, QL 290, RBZ, RBZ 150, and RBZ 130 pants all have a zipper along the waist that gives taller players a 1" length extension option. This extension is also ideal for those who like a longer fitting pant.
In comparison to Bauer, CCM RBZ and QuickLite pants fit similar to Nexus pants.
CCM Tacks pants have a very similar fit to the RBZ pants, but they have a lot more foam (D3O specifically - described below in the Tacks Protective section) throughout the legs and hips. This makes them geared primarily towards defensemen who block a lot of shots or forwards who like to screen the goalie and look for those rebound goals.
Like the RBZ pants, the CCM Ultra Tacks, 6052, and 4052 pant models also have a 1" length extension option.
CCM's QuickLite protective line (the next generation of RBZ protective) brings players a lightweight, low volume, and highly mobile line of pads. They use CCM's new molded DryFoam technology, which is foam that absorbs less sweat to keep the player dry and the pads as lightweight as possible.
With its low profile fit, CCM QuickLite protective gear fits the closest to Bauer's Supreme protective line.
CCM's highly-protective Tacks line offers D3O™ SmartFoam which changes its rigidity depending on impact intensity. With a soft impact - such as a gentle bump into another player - the pads will stay soft and flexible. With a hard impact - such as a slash or blocked shot - the pads will harden on impact and quickly return to its flexible state.
In regards to fit, Tacks pads have an unhibiting anatomical fit, like Bauer Supreme pads, where the pads will move with the player without inhibiting motion, but are extremely protective like Bauer Nexus.
If you are in the market for the protection of Bauer Nexus pads but with a little less bulk, then look for protective pads in the CCM Tacks family.
In conclusion, each type of pad, stick, and skate is designed for a specific playing and shooting style. When shopping for new CCM gear, the fit type should just be the starting point for your research.
Every level of product in the same CCM family will have the same fit type, but will just have different features. For example, the mid-range JetSpeed 280 skates will be a little heavier than the top-of-the-line JetSpeed model and won't have features like a full composite boot or HyperGlide steel runners.
The gear that will work the best for you is the one that fits you properly. Feel free to come into our Superstore location in Woodland Hills to have one of our helpful associates get you fitted in your next setup.
You can find all of the items above in our store and online at DiscountHockey.com. Thanks for reading and we'll see you on the ice!


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Plenty of people paint their way into corners, but Jonathan Amaral paints his way to a medal.
The 17-year-old Margaret Park resident won the silver medal in the car painting competition at the 17th annual Skills Manitoba Competition, which took place on April 10 at Red River College's Notre Dame campus.
Amaral, a Grade 12 West Kildonan Collegiate student, is enrolled in the auto body repair and painting/auto mechanical repair co-operative vocational education (CVE) program at Maples Collegiate.
One feature of CVE is an extended work placement. Since October, Amaral has been working at Peterbilt Manitoba Ltd., a truck dealership, parts, service and autobody shop.
"I just love working on vehicles, sanding here and there, maybe throwing on a bit of primer, fixing things, I just love it all," Amaral said.
"This is exactly what I want to do for a career. It's been like that since I was around 10 years old, working with my dad in his shop and it just took off from there. I'll do a bit of painting on my truck or I'll throw (his father's) truck in the shop and paint it."
Maples CVE instructor Lawrence Danylchuk said the car painting category consisted of three parts: paint blending a fender, feather edging a major scratch, and polishing.
"So much of the contest is based on proper procedure, making sure they don't skip a step in the cleaning process, the wiping down process and also safety," Danylchuk said. "If they forget their safety glasses for a second, the judge comes up behind them and says 'Put your glasses on', but at the same time they've probably lost all their points for safety reasons."
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Danylchuk said the CVE program enables students to receive on-the-job training four days a week, which they can use for their first level of apprenticeship.
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Volvo Ocean Race- Musto selected as official supplier for 2014/15
by Volvo Ocean Race on 10 Jun 2013
Groupama puts her crews wet gear to the test - Volvo Ocean Race Ivor Wilkins
Musto, the market-leading sailing clothing brand with links to the Volvo Ocean Race dating back over 30 years, has been chosen as official supplier of sailing apparel and footwear for the next edition.
'The Volvo Ocean Race has always been part of the Musto DNA. Since 1981 it's been our test track' - Nigel Musto The Volvo Ocean Race celebrates its 40th birthday in September 2013 and Musto's association with the historic test of sailing skill, teamwork and character goes back as far as the third edition in 1981-82 with winning boat Flyer. Since then, Musto has supplied sailing clothing and waterproof equipment to teams in every edition of the race around the world and the company was official race supplier for the eighth and ninth editions in 2001-02 and 2005-06. Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad said he was delighted to welcome back Musto as official partners for 2014-15. 'Musto sailing clothing is used across our sport and carries huge respect as the kind of high quality, durable gear needed for an event which has the demands of the Volvo Ocean Race,' Frostad said. 'We are returning to a much-loved race partner and I'm delighted that we'll be working with them once more.' Musto will place the Volvo Ocean Race at the heart of its marketing activities running through to 2018, while showcasing branded clothing and equipment across existing and future sales points and at the host ports along the route. Nigel Musto commented: 'The Volvo Ocean Race has always been part of the Musto DNA. Since 1981 it's been our test track, now a 40,000-mile endurance run not only for the crew and the boats but for our waterproof jackets and gear – a laboratory for all our innovations and a true test of our products. 'Musto never have designed their foul weather gear from behind a desk, and this new partnership helps us to continue working with the very best offshore crews in the world, clothing designed by sailors, for sailors. It's going to be a very exciting few years.'
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According to Kimberly Ureta, an event volunteer, the Expo will feature an array of local holistic healing professionals, as well as representatives from exercise gyms and other health-related businesses.
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"At the end of all of this, the kids will walk away knowing they've left a legacy at HCS, which is what their main goal was from the beginning."
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CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Kroger Co.'s shares jumped 7 percent Tuesday after the chain here posted stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings and lifted its full-year profit outlook.
CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Kroger Co.'s shares jumped 7 percent Tuesday after the chain here posted stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings and lifted its full-year profit outlook.
Total sales increased 6.6 percent to $16.1 billion for Kroger's second quarter ended August 18, 2007, while same store supermarket sales rose 5.8 percent with fuel and 5.1 percent without fuel. This is the ninth consecutive quarter Kroger has reported same store supermarket sales in excess of 3 percent.
The retailer earned $267.3 million, or 38 cents per share, for the three-month period, up from $209 million, or 29 cents per share, a year ago. Revenue rose 7 percent to $16.14 billion in the quarter from $15.14 billion last year.
Commenting on the strong quarterly progress, David B. Dillon, Kroger's chairman and chief executive, credited the company's associates, who he said "understand the importance of placing our customers first in their daily decisions. These results show we are connecting with our diverse customer base in a variety of ways, including service, price and products."
During the past year, the company said, it has focused heavily on improving customer service with faster checkouts, expanded offerings in such areas as organic foods, and adding store formats such as its Marketplace that's double the size of the typical Kroger store and that also sell furniture, office supplies and other nonfoods.
For the first half of the year, Kroger earned $603.8 million, or 85 cents per share, up from $515.4 million, or 71 cents, the previous year. Sales rose to $36.86 billion, up nearly 7 percent from $34.55 billion in the first six months of last year.
"Kroger's earnings per share growth in fiscal 2007 will be driven by strong identical sales growth, a slightly improved operating margin, and fewer shares outstanding," said Dillon. "The performance of Kroger's business through the first half of 2007 exceeded our expectations, and our momentum heading into the second half of the year causes us to raise our identical sales and earnings guidance for fiscal 2007."
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1. Aang was 12 when he was frozen for 100 years, making him 112 at the beginning of the series.
2. a) Waterbending is based off of the martial art fighting style Tai Chi.
b) Airbending is based off of the martial art fighting style called Ba Gua Kung Fu.
c) Earthbending is based off of the martial art fighting style Hung Car.
c-2) Toph has her own unique Earthbending style mased off of the martial art fighting style Southern Praying Mantis.
d) Firebending is based off of the martial art fighting style Northern Shaolin Kung Fu.
3. The first and second episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender were originally written as a one-hour event
4. The voice actor of Tahno, Rami Malek, was cast as Benjamin for the second part of Twilight Saga's: Breaking Dawn.
Benjamin is a vampire with the ability to manipulate the four elements; much like the Avatar.
5. The first time Azula showed signs of firebending was when Zuko stole her favorite toy...
... she reacted by lighting his ponytail on fire.
6. Momo was supposed to be the reincarnation of Monk Gyatso.
7. Zuko gets a scar on his lower chest, in the exact same place as the one on Aang's back.
8. The BOULDER has a tattoo of a badgermole on his back.
I can't find the picture, but it's there, trust me.
9. In the Dutch dubbed version of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Toph calls Aang "Ballerina" instead of "Twinkle Toes".
10. An airbender's sneeze can create more propulsion than a modern day jet engine.
11. The War between the Equalists and non-benders is parallel to the 1900's war between the Communists and Nationalists.
12. The Earth Kingdom is ran like the Holy Roman Empire...
.... with several small kingdoms serving under one overarching rule.
13. Zuko only laughs twice throughout the series.
14. Sokka fishes with a traditional whale tooth saber.
15. Katara is the first person in the series to touch Zuko's scar.
Mai is the second, other than Zuko himself.
16. The voice actor of Commander Zhao is also the actor who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter Films.
17. The voice actor of Older Aang also voices Sitka from Brother Bear...
...both of whom are heavily spiritual characters.
18. The Brazilian Synchronized Swimming Team used Avatar: The Last Airbender's theme song...
...for their performance at the London 2012 Olympics.
19. In Hinduism, the second chakra is located near the sexual reproductive organs.
Because it is related to pleasure, the location of this chakra was left out of any dialogue.
20. Katara has been in every season Finale of Avatar, including Legend of Korra.


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Love at first sight. It's no secret that I have a (huge) obsession with shoes. Big deal, all women have. I love window shopping for shoes. I love buying new shoes. I love the smell of new shoes. I love the feel of new shoes on my feet. I just love shoes. And when the most-perfect-shoes-on-earth look good and are comfortable (or close to comfortable, ups) it´s just love at first sight. Unfortunately for my bank account, I fall madly in love for a pair of shoes almost every week. Lately I've been paying more attention to flats and sneakers and just my luck they are one of the biggest trends!
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Made in: Italy Color: Black and Gold Fabric Content: Leather, Textile, Metal Condition: Pre-owned. This item shows signs of wear. Cracking and splitting in leather along top opening. Peeling in leather on handle and edges. Patina and scratches on hardware. Scuffing on bottom feet. Heavy staining and residue on interior. Perfume smell throughout. No other visible signs of wear and tear.
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Author | exchange4media News Service | Friday, May 06,2011 8:27 AM
Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd (RBNL), the multimedia entity with play across radio, television, out of home and live entertainment, has announced key appointments in its top sales team. Gargi Kaul comes on board as National Sales Head, Television, while Soumen Datta has been appointed as Regional Sales Head – West for television, reporting into Kaul. Additionally, Jayant Bhokare has been appointed as Regional Head, BIG Connect – South.
Commenting on the new appointments, Praveen Malhotra, Executive Vice President - Sales, Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd, said, "These appointments have been done keeping in mind the aggressive growth of Reliance Broadcast Network businesses. This is a fresh, well experienced and able team and we are confident that they, together with the teams, will create unprecedented value for clients and shareholders alike."
In their new roles, Bhokare will work closely with Praveen Malhotra on the sales mandate, while Kaul will work with the newly appointed Business Head for the television business, Nikhil Mirchandani and Malhotra. The closure of these critical senior sales positions aligns the team to leap to the next growth level.
Kaul has over 18 years' experience in television sales, with a career transcending from selling news and entertainment to the biggest sports channels and events, both within the country and internationally. With rich experience in the entertainment field, Kaul has worked with Television Today, Sony Entertainment, ESPN Star Sports, Ten Sports and Dubai Sports City. Prior to joining RBNL, she had handled key IPL projects with Pioneer Digadsys Services as Head of Sponsorship Sales and Chief of Operations.
On her appointment, Kaul said, "I am happy to join Reliance Broadcast. The right approach and attitude is the key to success at all times and I would look at re-enforcing the same as I am inducted in this fast growing multimedia organisation."
Soumen Datta has worked with leading companies such as Konica Minolta, De Beers, Ogilvy, and The Times of India over the last 11 years. In his new profile, he will report to Kaul and will be looking after sales in the West region for the television businesses. Before taking on this new mantle, Datta was working as a key member of the BIG Live team. Speaking on his new position, Datta said, "It's a great to get an opportunity to expand my horizon within this dynamic organisation. I look forward to continue adding value to the business."
Jayant Bhokare begins his second innings with the organisation. In his earlier role, he had played an integral part in the initial setting up of the BIG Street business. In his current role, he will be heading the revenue function for all verticals of Reliance Broadcast Network for the entire Southern region. His last assignment was with Explocity, where he was Business Head. With 18 years of rich industry experience, Bhokare has worked with leading media houses, including The Times of India, Star TV, Radio City, Jupiter Entertainment Ventures and Decathlon in various capacities. Speaking on his appointment, Bhokare said, "I am happy to return to RBNL. This is an excellent opportunity and I look forward to a great stint."
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Palma de Mallorca: Small, cosy bungalow Bungallow, built in 2003, renovated in 2006. In the district of Genova, outside the resort, 5 km from the centre of Palma de Mallorca, in an elevated position, 2 km from the sea, in a cul-de-sac. For shared use: terrace, garden furniture. In the complex: washing machine (for shared use), bicycles available. Steep motor access. (10 steps). Public parking on the road. Grocery 550 m, restaurant 500 m, bar, bakery 550 m, bus stop 260 m, sandy beach Cala Mayor 2 km, indoor swimming pool 1 km. Golf course 7 km. Nearby attractions: Sant Agusti 2 km. Please note: baby equipment on request. The owner lives on the same property. Motorway 1 km from the property.
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Yesterday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson announced plans to include language to continue certain Farm Bill programs on a short-term basis in legislation that Congress is expected to pass before the end of this year.
"This provision will protect the budget we have for the Farm Bill that Congress is currently writing," Peterson says. "We have seen promising movement in the Senate, and I am confident that we can finish work on the Farm Bill early next year. This interim step to continue programs through mid-March will ensure that we have the time and resources we need to get the job done."
The language will provide short-term continuing authority through March 15, 2008 for most programs in the 2002 Farm Bill in order to avoid budgetary changes before the new bill can be completed. It will not extend the 2002 commodity support programs to the 2008 crop year. Program provisions for the 2008 crop will be included in the new Farm Bill.
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My science project it shows two tectonic plates colliding and as they collide it showes one of the plates going in to the subduction zone. than the plate come out of a volcano because the core has melted the crust causing it to erupt its as if it renews the crust because it takes the crust and realease in magma. as this proccess goes on it can build moutains trigger earthquakes and volcanoes. but as new crust forms and its realsed to ocean it is also causing seafloor spreading the old lies further from the mid ocean ridge and that older crust sinks into the trench and restarts back at mid ocean ridge as new oceanic crust this all happens because core he heats the crust and is turned to magma and realeased causing mid ocean ridge and causing sea floor spreading. most likely this builds moutains in the ocean. this could also maybe make the places more warmer if volcanoes are erupting and more dry places and change species alives may have to evolve.


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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov called for a 10% increase in EU funds for Bulgaria at the EU budget summit in Brussels.
The two-day special summit ended without an agreement on the EU budget in 2014-2020 and the discussions will continue at the next meeting of EU leaders scheduled for January 2013.
After the end of the summit, Borisov told journalists that he had called for a 10% increase in EU funds for Bulgaria in the next seven-year period....
Oh come on, why would the EU raise their contribution to Bulgaria when the local militzia is driving around in Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes police cars??
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Wavefront coding is a powerful technique that can be used to extend the depth of field of an incoherent imaging system. By adding a suitable phase mask to the aperture plane, the optical transfer function of a conventional imaging system can be made defocus invariant. Since 1995, when a cubic phase mask was first suggested, many kinds of phase masks have been proposed to achieve the goal of depth extension. In this Letter, a phase mask based on sinusoidal function is designed to enrich the family of phase masks. Numerical evaluation demonstrates that the proposed mask is not only less sensitive to focus errors than cubic, exponential, and modified logarithmic masks are, but it also has a smaller point-spread-function shifting effect.
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Hayden's Whirlwind Weekend
Hayden's Whirlwind Weekend
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Hayden Panettiere was quite the busy little bee this weekend. First she hit up an event to raise money for her little brother's school. Then she headed to milk and bookies, a children's book benefit where she showed off her reading skills to a group of little kids with some of her fellow co-stars. When she wasn't saving the world one fundraiser at a time, she spent some time relaxing with her mom and little bro. Hayden may have become one of the paparazzi's favorite starlets, but at least she's using her fame to do good in the process.
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HermesRed, Gold, and Blue Hermes Floral "Fleurs et Carlines" Cashmere and Silk Scarf
Widely considered the ultimate fashion luxury accessory, this is the storied Hermes scarf in the large 140 cm size. Soft and luxe, this knit scarf features a bold floral print throughout. Hand-rolled and sewn edges.
Made in: Unknown Color: Red, Gold, Blue Fabric Content: Unknown, appears to be silk and cashmere. Condition: Pre-owned. This item is in good condition. Fabrication tag appears to be missing. Several tiny imperfections in the knit. No other visible signs of wear and tear.
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- Length: 52.5"
- Width: 53"
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During the 1930s (The Great Depression), Criminologists expected crime to increase 10 fold, but the opposite was true, it decrease. Why? Because people were all poor, everyone was suffering, and there was no need for crime because there was nothing to steal. It's only until recently, well the last 50 years (Modern-day consumerism), that people have noticed the margins and gaps in society.
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|May 11, 2010
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|May 12, 2005
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|May 12, 2005
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|Lester Ortiz, Steven John Simske, Malena Mesarina, Vinay Deolalikar, Cyril Brignone, Guillaume Oget
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|Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (8), Classifications (11), Legal Events (3)
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The disclosure relates generally to the identification of products and particularly to a method and system for identifying pharmaceutical products.
Hitherto, it has been known to provide barcodes or other codes to products to enable the identification thereof. Typically, a consumer will read the code and check the code against a source of codes to determine the nature of the product. This may or may not unequivocally signify a genuine product. Counterfeit products can usually be detected by either the absence of the code applied to the products or an incorrect code applied to the products.
In the pharmaceutical industry there is a particular problem with the existence of non genuine products and more particularly so with modern advertising media such as the Internet. The Internet, is a communications medium whereby counterfeiters can cheaply and anonymously advertise non genuine products, such as pharmaceutical products, with the intention to sell those products as genuine products. An unsuspecting consumer is attracted to the products because of the low price compared to the original genuine products. In the case of non genuine pharmaceutical products, there is also a concern for the well being of the consumer if the non genuine products have little or no pharmaceutical benefit because they are made from inappropriate materials. Thus, there is not only the problem for the genuine product manufacturer with counterfeit products, but there is also the well being problem for the consumer.
To date, there is no known mechanism whereby a product can be readily checked in a reasonably reliable manner to determine if it is probable that it is a genuine product. Thus, it would be desirable to provide a mechanism whereby products can be checked to attempt to verify the likelihood of their authenticity, and where such mechanism is more reliable than known mechanisms.
In one embodiment there is provided a method of identifying a product. The method involves generating a code unique to the product, the code being provided by a multitude of individual identifiers, applying the multitude of the identifiers of the code to the packaging of the product as a pattern to identify the product. The method also involves applying a sub-set of two or more of the multitude of the identifiers of the code to the product, the sub-set of the multitude of the identifiers of the code being applied so they will be presented in the same pattern order as they appear in the pattern order of the multitude of the identifiers of the code applied to the packaging. The product can be identified with a reasonable likelihood of being a genuine product by determining that a presented pattern order of the sub-set of the multitude of the identifiers applied to the product corresponds to a presented pattern order within the multitude of the identifiers applied to the packaging.
Objects, features and advantages will become apparent by reference to the following detailed description and drawings of examples.
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to pharmaceutical products such as tablets, capsules, vials, dosages, or the like pharmaceutical products. Clearly, the inventive concepts are applicable to identification of products of any category and should not be limited to the pharmaceutical field exclusively.
Referring now to
In one example, the code may be a bar code arrangement where there are different colors for each of the individual bars. In this arrangement, the individual bars and the pattern order of the colors will indicate a code which can be related to the particular packaged product. If the code 100 has thirteen stripes and 9 possible colors, then there are 1012 possible code patterns. If 106 of those 1012 are assigned to be genuine possibilities for the product, then a specific color pattern has only one in a million chance of being a valid code pattern and therefore representing a genuine product.
In the example shown in
The sub-set of code 110 that is applied to the product is a small portion of the code 100 but wherein the individual identifiers 120 are applied in the same pattern order as in the code 100. In other words, looking at the code 100, from the left hand end, the bar identifiers 120 are red, blue, green, yellow, black and orange etc. The sub-set of code 110 may therefore commence at the blue bar identifier and proceed to the right hand end in the same pattern order. Thus, the sub-set of code 110 applied to the product can be two or more of the identifiers in a multitude of identifiers defining the code 100. Typically, four or more identifiers are provided in the sub-set of code 110 but this number is not to be considered as limiting in any way. Assuming that the sub-set of code 110 applied to the product is four individual identifiers 120 in length, then if the sub-set of code 110 commences at the blue identifier 120 in the code 100 applied to the packaging of the product, then the pattern order for the sub-set of code 110 is blue, green, yellow, and black.
In order to verify that the packaged product is genuine, a user can read the code 110 applied to the product, and compare the code 110 with the code on the packaging of the product to determine if there is correspondence in the pattern order appearing in the code 100. If there is correspondence then the user is able to assume that the packaged product is a product that has been packaged by the manufacturer. The user is also able to assume that the manufacturer is the genuine product manufacturer.
The code 100 that is applied to the packaging of the product may be generated, from base data, for example, a barcode number, a serial number, a SKU/product number, a lot number and the like base data. The exact base data from which the code is generated can be held as proprietary information and maintained confidential.
The individual identifiers 120 have been shown in
In this arrangement, a consumer would remove the product 310 from the packaging 300 and check the correspondence of the sub-set of code 110 against the code 100. The user would also check that the scent of the product 310 corresponds with the scent 320 on the packaging 300.
The product in the pharmaceutical environment is typically physically of size insufficient to carry all of the identifiers 120 in the code 100 applied to the packaging in the same size and positioning pattern as on the packaging. Thus, the techniques outlined herein are beneficial for permitting a user to determine the reasonable likelihood of the product being a genuine product without having to have all of the identifiers 120 in the code on the packaging actually applied to the product.
In the above embodiments, a single product 210, 310 is shown in a single packaging 200, 300. Typically, pharmaceutical products are packaged with multiple products 210 in packaging 200. Usually, the products 210 are packaged in rows and the rows usually have aligned columns. If desired, the sequence order of the identifiers 120 applied to the products 210 in a row or column or both may correspond exactly with the sequence or pattern order of the identifiers 120 on the packaging 200. For example, if the code 100 on the packaging has 12 identifiers 120, and there are three products packaged in a row, then each product may have four identifiers 120 in the sequence or pattern order. The first product 210 may have its code identifiers 120 start at the first identifier 120 in the code 100 on the packaging, and the next product would therefore have its first identifier 120 start at the fifth identifier 120 on the packaging, and the third product have its first identifier 120 start at the eleventh identifier 120 on the packaging. A consumer can readily identify the likelihood of the packaged products 210 being genuine products by noting the full code sequence across the multiple products 210 in a particular row or column or both and noting that the pattern order of the identifiers correspond with the pattern order of the identifiers 120 applied to the packaging. Whilst
The code 100 that is applied to the packaged product can be generated in various ways, for example, by data representing the plant where the product is made. If desired this data can be used in combination with other data items about the product. For example, data about a particular day of production, the particular apparatus that produced the product, the supplier of the base ingredients, and these may all be utilised to generate a code 100. In addition, encryption techniques may be utilised to further modify the data within a generated code so that the code 100 applied to the packaging may be an encrypted version of the data in the code itself.
In that way, proprietary information about the product may be maintained secret whilst not impairing the basic code 100 presentation technique and the sub-code 110 technique disclosed herein. Furthermore, it may be possible to provide particular indicators 120 at discreet locations in the pattern of the code 120 to identify certain parameters associated with the product. For example, every fifth indicator may be a particular indicator to indicate a batch number of the product and a further particular indicator 120 utilised to indicate a date of manufacture or some other characteristic. Thus, the code 100 applied to the packaging of the product may have indicators 120 which are not intended to be utilised primarily as a code matching pattern part of the sub-set of code 110. In such an arrangement, only the manufacturer of the product will know which particular indicators 120 are the indicators that indicate the characteristics of the product, and which are not to be considered as the actual code in the sub-set of the code 110 applied to the package.
The code 100 and the sub-set of the code 110 can be applied to a membrane or like backing such as paper or the like which is subsequently adhered to the packaging 200,300 and/or the product 210,310 in a convenient manner. The ink and the backing can be chosen to be non toxic to the consumer if ingested or otherwise administered. The ink may also be chosen to have a reasonable color retention characteristic overtime, and desirably for the life of a "use by" date of the product. Further, the ink may also be chosen so that it will be unlikely to be accidentally "rubbed off" the product. The code 100 and the sub-set of the code 110 may be printed directly on the packaging 200,300 and the product 210,310. Suitable printers may be provided in the production stream of the product and the packing, for printing the particular code 100 or the sub-set of code 110 so they can be used directly to the packaging and the product in the production stream. Such printers are considered to be proprietary printers developed specifically for a production process. Thus, in this arrangement, persons wishing to make non-genuine products have a further hurdle to cross if they are to attempt to produce "fake" codes 100 and sub-set of the code 110. In the case of applying a scent 320 to the packaging 200,300 and the product 210,310, this can be applied by a similar printing process to the process that prints the code 100 or the sub-set of code 110.
In addition to providing identifiers 120,320 in the form of readily visually identifiable or smell identifiable identifiers, the identifiers may be provided by Braille or Braille-like patterns. Further, since products such as pills for example, can be readily shaped to a desired shape during their formation process from powder, the surface of the product may be provided with tactile feel surfaces such as ruffled, smooth, waffled, scratchy, and the like. Thus, the identifiers 120 that are printed on the packaging can be formed by any one or more of these particular types of identifiers and a corresponding sub-set of the identifiers in the same pattern order can be applied to the products 210,310. In this way, persons who are able to interface using tactile feel/touch procedures will be able to identify the particular identifiers and compare the identifiers on the product 210,310 with the identifiers on the packaging 210,310 to determine if there is a match or correspondence. The identifiers on the packaging may be applied in a similar way by embossing, molding or otherwise applying a similar pattern thereto.
Referring now to
If multiple products within a multi product packaging are to be provided with a different sub-set of code 110 to make it even more difficult for counterfeiters to produce non-genuine goods with appropriate markings, the method involves determining 442 if all the products for the package have been printed with a code. If the answer is "no", a new subset of code is generated 443 which is then printed 441 on the next product to be packaged. This process repeats until the necessary number of products for the packaging have been obtained. If the answer is "yes", the products are packaged at step 450 and delivered to the user at step 460 after which the process ends 470.
Referring now to
Referring now to
This enables a user to confirm that the pattern order of the multitude of identifiers 120 of the code on the packaging correspond with the pattern order of the multitude of the identifiers of that code in the catalogue for that product, and is therefore the same code. This signifies that the packaging code on the product itself is therefore a correct code for the product. This permits a user to determine from the code 100 if the packaged product is, in fact, reasonably likely to be a product that is desired by the user. It also enables the user to check that this is, in fact, reasonably likely to be a genuine product of the manufacturer.
Referring now to
Accordingly, the code 100 can be read as a data package and transmitted from the computer device 720 through the Internet 730 to the computer database 740 where there can be "matching" processes invoked to enable the user to determine if the code 100 is, in fact, one of the manufacturer's codes in the catalogue. Thus, the computerised database 740 is accessible at a website maintained by a suitable server device, as is known in the electronic arts. When the website is accessed and the code 100 input into the database, a background process can be invoked to enable the input code 100 to be checked for the same pattern order as in the database. This runs a suitable routine and enables the package description/name of the product to be provided to the user.
Referring now to
The computer 1010 also provides a data signal package 1050 representing the sub-code 110 to be applied to the product. This produces a printing signal to a product printer 1060. The packaging printer 1040 and the product printer 1060 may be employed in a process assembly line where the products are introduced into the packaging and the packaging sealed for subsequent distribution. Each of the packaging printer 1040 and the product printer 1060 may be dedicated purpose built printers for the particular packaging and/or the products to be packaged. The printers 1040 and 1060 may be combined as a single printer depending on the process assembly line configuration. In the case of pharmaceutical products such as tablets, the printer 1060 can be configured to enable printing directly onto the surface of the pharmaceutical product or onto a substrate which is, in turn, then applied to the surface of the pharmaceutical product.
While several embodiments have been described in detail, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the disclosed embodiments may be modified. Therefore, the foregoing description is to be considered exemplary rather than limiting.
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|235/462.12, 235/462.04
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
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