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Amazon.com: Books: A Good Year (Mayle, Peter) (#)

„And once again the sunny south comes to the rescue, with the potential for making a living without losing one's soul, with a rasher of busty, leggy women and, of course, with good food and drink. But, as the creators of television's "Law and Order" understand, why tamper with a winning formula? And thus are we launched into the marginal life of Max Skinner, a London investment banker suddenly deal-less and jobless on the streets of the City, where the day's weather forecast is for "scattered showers, followed by outbreaks of heavier rain, with a chance of hail."And all this is followed, in Peter Mayle's classic caper formula, by timely good luck (inheritance, on the very day he loses his job, of a beloved uncle's big old house and vineyard in the hilly Luberon region of Provence), more good luck (dishy village maidens and a languid new lifestyle to explore), a halfway-engaging intrigue (an unknown American rival for the estate and the mysterious interest in vines that seem to produce nothing but pipi de chat -- you know, cat pee) and then more good luck (they all drink happily every after). Coming soon to a movie theater near you, thanks to filmmaker Ridley Scott, whose "nose for a good story" got Mayle started on the rather thin plot and who already has "A Good Year" in production.Are we just being cranky?“

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CoffeeGeek - 2003 Tampers - Tamper Shootout Conclusions (#)

„The poor Gourmet Espresso Tamper , which finished just about as low as it could possibly finish - every Baristi we polled ranked it last, except for one. Some questions have been raised in online forums and venues about the promotional material listed on the Gourmet Espresso Tamper's website, which claims several awards and notes of recognition for this tamper. Unfortunately, neither the CoffeeGeek website nor our assembled team of top flight Baristi and testers had anything good to say about it, except perhaps the tamper is a very early beginning - who knows if concave tamping will be good or not. Perhaps once this tamper is reshaped into something that professional Baristi can use (that is, a proper handle, getting rid of the faux diamond, and making it an accurate 58mm size), maybe the concave design will show us if it is capable of a more consistent tamp and shot production.“

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Global Exchange : tiffen98.html (#)

„We buy our fresh beef from a strictly limited number of approved suppliers in the UK and Ireland. We work in partnership with these suppliers and the farmers to ensure the safety and quality of [our] beef and are therefore able to keep track of all stages and links in the production chain.(26) However, BSE -- so-called mad-cow disease -- the subject of this leaflet and the need for a reassuring consumer message, is only the latest in a long line of trading and production systems which have failed with a direct and discernible impact on people: non-tamper-proof Tylenol tablets, HIV contaminated blood products, poor supervision of building regulations et al. At any scale and for most economic sectors, it is certainly necessary to question whether legislation is a part of the equation of future success in fair trade. The World Trade Organisation rules, for example, opposes regulation that judges the quality of a product by the way in which it has been produced.“

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Gurus.net: How to Use a La Pavoni Manual Lever-Piston Espresso Machine by Daniel Ho - How to... (#)

„As you let off on the pressure, give the tamper a twist to polish off the top. The twisting also keeps any coffee from sticking to the bottom of your tamper. I tamp and polish twice. To practice, put your handle and portafilter with the coffee on top of a bathroom scale and press down. Feel how hard this is for reference and practice, practice, practice! With the proper amount of coffee and tamping, there should be about 3-5 mm of space between the grinds and the top of the portafilter. If there isn't, take a bit of coffee out or the handle won't fit into the group head. That being said, there are some La Pavoni users that grind finer and barely tamp. After you master tamping the Illy pre-ground coffee, you can work on your own variation. Pulling the shot!“

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BBC News | BUSINESS | Microsoft software 'stolen' (#)

„They did in fact access the source codes - you bet this is an issue of great importance Steve Ballmer, Microsoft The hackers gained access to the source code, or blueprints, of Microsoft's Windows-based software, which is estimated to run on about 90% of the world's PCs. But Microsoft's president and chief executive, Steve Ballmer, insisted they had not been able to tamper with any of the company's key programs. He said: "It is clear that hackers did see some of our source code. "I can assure you that we know there has been no compromise of the integrity of the source code; that it has not been modified or tampered with in any way." Serious consequences Microsoft's abuse of its near monopoly and refusal to share its source code have been at the centre of a long-running and bitter legal battle with the US authorities.“

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CoffeeKid - Tampers and Coffee! (#)

„fourth - the handles - When I first saw the pictures of these tampers, I thought I'd definitely like the exclamation model better than the Interrogative (question mark?) model. I based this partially on my use of the Reg Barber bulb model tamper, which was too short for my hand. But in use, I definitely like the feel of the bulb-shaped impod tamper better than the straight handle model. This isn't to say the straight sided model is bad - it's great - but the Interrogative model works better in my big mitt, and is probably the best "fitting" tamper I've ever used.“

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JAMA -- BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH., October 22, 2003, 290 (16): 2200 (#)

„It is interesting, therefore, in this connection to note a comment by the editor of one of our British contemporaries1 which in a way criticises the spirit of conservatism in regard to all suggestions toward a simplification of the orthography of the language. It has its little fling, saying that "our American cousins, having no history and possessing no proprietary right to the language, being, in fact, only lodgers, so to speak, display no sort of reluctance to tamper with the ridiculous redundancies which our forefathers have bequeathed to us, and which our schoolmasters persist in maintaining to the discomfiture of the scholars and the curtailment of .[Full Text of this Article]“

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Home Espresso FAQ (#)

„Tamping tool (wood, plastic, cast aluminum or machined stainless steel, brass or aluminum) Tampers come in many shapes and they are made from many different materials. I’ve tried them all and I’m convinced the more massive the tamper the better it does its job. All of my currnet tampers are machined stainless steel and they fit my Rancilio’s filter cup precisely. Reg Barber Enterprises in Canada will make you a stunning custom tamper for about US$50 ppd.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„With pump and piston machines use the device called a tamper that was packaged with your machine, and exert strong pressure, decisively packing the coffee into the filter basket. As you tamp the coffee you might simultaneously twist the tamper, which polishes the surface of the coffee and assists in creating a uniform resistance to the brewing water. Never use less than the minimum volume of ground coffee recommended for the machine, even if you are brewing a single cup. If the coffee gushes out rather than dribbling, compensate by using a finer grind or by tamping the coffee more firmly.“

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Technology will aid Iraq inspectors (#)

„Chris Cobb-Smith told the BBC that, if you can get a rapid result of tests on materials while the inspection team is still at a site, you can then verify the result in front of that team and be on the spot to make a judgement on the next step. Inspectors will not have to leave sites to have samples analysed, thereby reducing opportunities to tamper with an already inspected site. A new generation of digital cameras will also be available to the inspectors. These are tamper-proof and can be used to monitor suspect sites in the absence of the inspection teams.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World (#)

„Product recalls, Underwriters Laboratories and the FDA all deal with functionality problems, not security problems. Even safety issues, which could be likened to protecting valuable assets (just like security), deal primarily with functionality (recalling a car because the engine computer could shut down your engine while driving is a functionality problem while an engine computer susceptible to some device that opens your doors is a security problem; making sure a drug's side effects don't kill you is a functionality problem while making sure the packaging is tamper-evident is a security problem).“

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Virtual Coffee: How to Choose Your Barista (#)

„Probably the skill that is most important for making good coffee (assuming the grind adjustment is right) is the art of the tamp; the act of flattening and compressing the coffee in the portafilter basket before fastening the handle into the machine to brew. A qualified barista uses a hand tamper and leans significant body weight (about 30 to 40 pounds) into the basket on top of the counter. If you see the operator just barely flattening the top surface of the coffee, he or she is an amateur.“

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CoffeeKid - You guys rock. (#)

„I dunno yet if I actually prefer it over the new stainless steel tamper that Terry Z. over at Espresso Parts is making and also sent my way, because Terry Z's new all steel tamper is more evenly balanced, but it's pretty damned close. Probably too close. I think the Reg may win out slightly in the looks and feel department (I like the more rounded top), but the EPNW all steel tamper might win out in the overall usability factor.“

http://www.coffeekid.com/cafetalk/04-16-2002 - Cached

Virtual Coffee: Espresso Perfection Technique #1 - Tamping (#)

„If you just tamp in the middle, the outside perimeter will still be loose,exaggerating the tendency for the water to flow between the basket and the coffee. Irecommend employing the "Staub Tamp" where you tamp the coffee four times riding the tamperup against the inside of the "North, South, East, and West" edge of the basket. Tamp with30-40 pounds of pressure (in training we tamp on a bathroom scale on the counter). Thisevenly compacts all of the coffee giving the water a uniform bed to percolate through.“

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BBC - Cornwall Film - National Treasure (#)

„A few car chases, some naff wisecracks, a thumping orchestra and people leaping out of the way of big explosions v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y; in National Treasure director Jon Turteltaub doesn't dare tamper with a formula that, over the years, has crammed the coffers for producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Starring go-to action hero Nicolas Cage, the pic follows the hunt for a cache of ancient artefacts hidden by America's Founding Fathers. Sadly this movie couldn't be more stale if it'd been dug up by archaeologists.“

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Amazon.com: Books: The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (#)

„I have been reading these books since I was young enough to pick up a book, and I was horrified when I found out they were reprinting them in chronological order! Why have the publishers decided to tamper with the order? reading these books in chronological order spoils all of the surprise and magic out of the first visit to Narnia (in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe), because we already know what's going on. You're not supposed to know about the lightpole or who the professor is yet!“

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CoffeeGeek - Cafe West Distribution, Inc. to Distribute Espro Tamper (#)

„When professional Baristi are trained in the use of tampers, they are often told to press down with the tamper on a bed of coffee with 30 pounds of force. Until now, the resulting shots of espresso always varied in quality, as there were no purpose-built tools to give an accurate measurement or feel for 30 pounds of force; under-tamped shots resulted in thin espresso lacking depth, and over-tamped shots resulted in bitter espresso.“

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Amazon.com: Video: Meredith Willson's The Music Man (TV Film) (2003) (#)

„Some viewed this production as blasphemy of a great American musical. Robert Preston and Shirley Jones did a good enough job in the original, so why tamper with a classic? Without a doubt, the original film version is a classic and is the better production. This is not to say, however, that the made for television production starring Matthew Broderick as Professor Harold Hill and Kristen Chenoweth as River City's faithful librarian Marion does not have its good points.“

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Using the Dezco spring loaded tamper - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„It is packed down to do one of several things: It should be of uniform density and it should be packed with such a density as to restrict the flow of water through the coffee. The Reg Barber tamper I tend to use exclusively is a simple device. There is a steel puck, of a specific width, attached to a ergonomic handle. To use it, you fill the portafilter with espresso coffee and pack it down with the Reg Barber tamper.“

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Tea & Coffee 03/00 - Product Showcase (#)

„The new line of faucets are tamper- and child-resistant, requiring a two-step action to control dispensing: the faucet must be pushed in and then pushed down for water to be dispensed. Touch Guard is available on all HFS® Series faucets and for added safety, comes in three colors: red for hot, blue for cold, and white for ambient. Existing HFS faucets can easily be converted to “TouchGuard” by replacing the upper assembly (no tools required), states the company.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb (#)

„The "core" content is for science lovers who want to learn how the greatest minds had engineered first deadly nuclear weapons during and after the WWII. The "tamper" of this book is devoted to history of Soviet's espionage in USA; fascinating and recommended for spy stories' aficionados. The rest is the "body" (or shell), wrapping this text up in "high explosive" details of confrontation with Russia's war/post-war communism and tens politics of Cold War.“

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Espresso Tamping (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„The shape of the pellet has already been formed, and the finishing tamp confirms this impression. With the tamper held as before, press on the pellet with exactly thirty pounds of pressure. It is useful to tamp on a bathroom scale until you become comfortable with the amount of force necessary to achieve the appropriate pressure. After tamping turn the tamper 720° to polish the surface.“

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CoffeeGeek - 2003 Espresso Tamper Shootout (#)

„However, in recent months I've been receiving a lot of tampers that didn't make my original Tamper Shootout article, and the opportunity of attending not one but two professional Baristi gatherings gave me the incentive to have a fresh look at espresso tampers, and present some results to you, the CoffeeGeek readership.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„If you are using a pump or piston machine (categories 3 and 4, pages PPP-PPP), begin your pursuit of crema by reviewing your brewing technique against the instructions on pages PPP-PPP. Make certain your grind is a fine grit, that you use sufficient coffee, that the coffee is evenly distributed in the filter, and that it has been tamped hard, with a twisting motion of the tamper, to polish the surface of the dose.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems (#)

„This book covers everything from security of ATM machines, to secure printing; from multi-level security to information warfare; from hardware security to e-commerce; from legal issues to intellectual property protection; from biometrics to tamper resistance. In short, Anderson's book basically covers the entire field of computer security. It is also refreshing that the book is as deep as it is broad.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„3 TAMPING Creating great espresso requires compacting the coffee grounds into the portafilter handle, a process called tamping. (Most machines come with a round, flat tamper with a short handle.) The proper technique: Apply about 30 pounds of pressure, then finish with a twist to polish the top of the grounds. Not sure how hard to push? Practice by pushing down on a bathroom scale with one hand.“

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Tea & Coffee 07/03 - RTD Packaging: First Impressions Matter (#)

„We had to protect it from the ultra-violet rays of the sun.” Imbesi also explained that if the bottle is dropped, the plastic label acts as a protective shield and keeps the bottle from shattering everywhere. Another reason they chose the total bottle sleeve is that it is tamper proof and you cannot get into the bottle without ripping the label. “And it does make a nice billboard,” he adds.“

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Espresso Tutorial Chapter 6 - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Dose ground espresso into the portafilter until the coffee is level with the top level of the portafilter basket. With your left hand (if you are right handed), hold the tamper down steady. With a tamper in your right hand, pack the coffee down into the portafilter with all your strength. I use a technique called NSEW when packing espresso.“

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View topic - BITTER ESPRESSO - Coffee Forum (#)

„Pro baristas generally now concur that best shots are 3/4 to one ounce and are pulled for about twenty-five seconds. Next make sure that your tamper just fits inside the groupo and is very smooth on any part that may touch the ground beans. I believe most people think about 35 pounds of pressure to tamp is sufficient. I judge this by the amount of force my forearm can push down.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„Once under pressure, this allows coffee to escape into a customer’s cup via the portafilter rim. The same holds true with a hand tamper. If its rim is damaged, it will not create a firm coffee surface pack or tamp. The divots will allow water to penetrate the espresso grounds faster than the coffee in the filter basket that is evenly and firmly tamped.“

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espresso tamper (#)

„Because proper tamping is essential when preparing authentic espresso, illy offers its professional, ergonomically designed tamper with the illy logo engraved on the handle. Cast from anodized aluminum and properly weighted for perfect pressure, the illy tamper is available in brushed aluminum and red.“

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Save the Bubinga - an appeal for tapless tamping - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Channelling, early blonding, wildly uneven pucks, etc, etc. I was used to using the undersized el-cheapo plastic tamper included with most new espresso machines. Using a "real" tamper for the first time was a startling disappointment. I would have to learn how to tamp all over again.“

http://www.coffeecrew.com/articles/.../ save-the-bubinga---an-appeal-for-tapless-tamping.html - Cached

Espresso! My Espresso! An Ongoing Internet Novel - CHAPTER (#)

„* Properly packed coffee- a tamper should be used to pack the coffee into the portafilter with a pressure ofabout 30 pounds. Too little pressure and the water flows through without picking up the proper elementsfrom the grinds. Too much pressure and the brew takes too long and the result will be a bitter brew andwithout crema.“

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Espresso Extraction (#)

„Take the tamper and press down with 5 pounds of pressure. Gently knock the porta-filter with the back of the tamper and press down with 30 pounds of pressure. Polish the surface by turning 720° while pressing with about 20 pounds of pressure.“

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Amazon.com: Music (#)

„The Look of Love doesn't tamper with Diana Krall's ongoing success, continuing the emphasis on romantic ballads and embracing them with lush string arrangements. At the core, of course, is Krall's voice. She's developing into one of the great torch singers, with an approach that's both direct and...Read more “

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Home - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Having used the Reg Barber tamper for what seems like years, it was a bit of a surprise to go back to a fresh perspective. The Dezco spring loaded tamper is a one of a kind item. Perhaps not for everyone, it was certainly worth a good look. “

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Gaggia Evolution Espresso Machine Lover's Kit : illy caffè North America, Inc. (#)

„Accessories include single/pod and double stainless steel filter baskets, coffee tamper and 7 gram coffee scoop. In addition to its many features, the Gaggia Evolution comes with a complimentary starter kit of four cans E.S.E. servings (18 pods/can)and two illy logo espresso cups and saucers.“

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CoffeeKid - Ramping up to SCAA 2004 - and More! (#)

„These products are used to compact a bed of coffee into a filter inside a portafilter, for producing the beverage known as espresso. The tamper market has really taken off as of late, but everyone in the biz owes a homage to Reg Barber , of Vancouver Island, for starting this artisan trend.“

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Amazon.com: Books: What Would Jesus Do? (#)

„I dragged my heels for months before reading this, because I had the very intense feeling that nobody should tamper with the original. Yet this has brought the original home to new generations of readers, losing almost nothing in the transition -- a task I would have thought impossible.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„With a slight twisting motion, firmly press the tamper to pack and level the coffee grind in the filter handle. Wipe the rim of the filter handle from coffee grinds to maintain a proper seal during extraction. Lock the filter handle into the group head.“

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JAMA -- Injuries Associated With Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance--Afghanistan, 1997-2002, October 8, 2003, 290 (14): 1846 (#)

„UXO often lie on the surface of the ground and thus are more visible and easier to avoid. However, because of their visibility, UXO pose a particular threat to children and adolescents who like to play or tamper with strange objects.“

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Coffee Equipment Links (#)

„Supplier of the only appropriate tamper I have found for espresso preparation. Interchangeable pistons can perfectly fit any basket. “

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„Pack the grind to the same force every time—between 30 and 50 lbs.—and, if necessary, use a bathroom scale to measure. Pack it with a final twisting motion of the tamper to polish the ground coffee surface.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Pack the grind to the same force every time—between 30 and 50 lbs.— and, if necessary, use a bathroom scale to measure. Pack it with a final twisting motion of the tamper to polish the ground coffee surface.“

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Specialty Coffee Bulletin Board :: View topic - swift grinder (#)

„What does this say about the possibilities of an auto tamper. Now that we can see the shots more clearly, does anyone think a good auto tamper is possible?“

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BBC - The 7 O'Clock News - The Horror of Frankenstein (#)

„Frankenstein made the ultimate transgression. He tampered with nature. And the public doesn’t like people who tamper with nature.“

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Specialty Coffee Bulletin Board :: View topic - Nordic Barista Cup (#)

„The contents threw him off guard. He picks up the tamper, eyeballs me suspiciously and comments...."this is heavy"....then he picks up the naked pf and is apparently befuddled.“

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Public Examination System: Topics: Administration - Security (#)

„Apply strong sanctions against those who tamper with marks. (May need legally binding proof.)“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Tamper. In espresso brewing, the small, pestle-like device with a round, flat end used to distribute and compress the ground coffee inside the filter basket.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Marketing Warfare (#)