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Special Focus: Retail--Stop POS Shrinkage in Its Tracks
Retail shrinkage focuses on CCTV, integrated systems
Theft can involve cash, credit cards, gift cards or sweethearting, when employees give free or discounted merchandise to friends or family. This is accomplished through cancellations, including "as-is" items, returned items, discounted items, void/no transactions or manual entries at the register. Sweethearting has been easy to accomplish at POS terminals and particularly difficult to detect—until now.
Using cameras as sensors, the system can quickly determine whether a person returning an item entered the store carrying that item. It works by detecting and tracking customers at entrances and customer service desks and associating the two events. Such a solution only requires cameras at the store entrances and returns counters, so it is simpler than an more customary approach where the customer is tracked throughout the store (requiring many cameras and very reliable camera hand-off algorithms) and must be continuously monitored to determine whether items are picked up.
Another video application could target employees that ring up a "return transaction" without a customer present. If so, the instant the return transaction occurs, the camera looks for a customer and, seeing none, alerts management.
Many organizations would like to better enforce a two-person rule for such types of transactions. The system operates in the same manner. If two people aren't present at the time of the transaction, an alert is instantly sent to store management.
Besides catching incidents and helping the retailer immediately take action, such systems will also help the organization improve customer service at the registers. For instance, if company policy is to have no more than four customers in line, once the fifth customer queues up, the system sends an alert to the store manager to get another cashier at the station.
Decreasing retail shrinkage has moved into business tools and intelligence with cameras and analytics that parlay technologies into new proactive solutions.
Nathan Needel is the COO of PRD International, the manufacturer of Polaroid Professional Security Solutions.
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- emroslansky Apr 24, 2013 10:13 PM
We got back from 5 days in Barcelona a few weeks ago and still can't stop thinking about the food. We didn't go for the hyped up places, Tickets, Montiel or 41 Degrees for example, but ended up getting spectacular "insiders" recommendations from the folks at Aborigens Barcelona. More about them and their fantastic food tours in a minute. Our two favorite meals were at Llamber and La Estrella, both unpretentious, full of locals and high on quality and taste.
Restaurants meals aside, we had our best food and drink on our trip during a four hour "locals" food tour we did with Aborigens Barcelona. We met our tour guides Àlex and Francesc at noon and quickly ventured into a part of the city we hadn't considered, far from the tourists, embarking on a very comfortable and casual gastronomic exploration that lasted the afternoon. Vermouth, wine, beer all perfectly coupled with food – anchovies, olives, escargot, the classic tomato bread, a very unique take on patatas bravas, and endless other enjoyments I've forgotten the name of. These guys know the city and share their knowledge willingly. The tour certainly lives up to its promise of delivering an "insiders" experience as we likely would never have found any of the bars, bodegas, or restaurants we visited ourselves. By far and away, the best thing we did during our stay.
Holy crap! I just looked at the tour prices. I'm in the wrong line of work.
re: SnackHappy
re: emroslansky
You say "we" so I'm guessing two people. At that price that's pushing US$300. For a half day at most. Except for Tickets Bar, we probably spent that much in a week. Too rich for my blood. BTW, welcome to CH.
I just got back a few weeks ago from 5 days in Barcelona and 3 in the Costa Brava. Sorry you missed Tickets - it was really fabulous and qualifies as one of my top 3 meals of all time. It would be worth a trip back to Barcelona just to eat there again. TOTALLY incredible food.
We enjoyed Bar Pinotxo and El Quim de la Boquería in the market which were both as good as Paco Meralgo (way too crowded) and with fewer tourists and lower prices. Seafood restaurant El Pescadors near Barcelonetta was also outstanding and mostly locals. Tapas 24 was basic, very good and also filled with locals and quite good. Currently I'm having a severe case of tapas withdrawal!
I have been luring on this subforum for about a month, and home I have done enough homework to try a question. I may start a new thread too, but right now, I mostly want help choosing a food tour.
I am from California, and will be joining my sister and her book club from N. Caroline, for a 7 day cruise of Western Mediterranean, starting with three days in Barcelona, in mid June. I have been tasked with finding restaurants, and in the process, mentioned the food tour mentioned in this thread. About four folks have expressed interest, and now I feel responsible for making a good choice. I do not know any of the travelers other than my sister, and don't yet know their budgets. Also, although I have taken at least 5 years of Spanish in school, and hear it daily, I don't speak or read Spanish. I can understand a bit, at least the variety heard here in California.
In addition to this tour, I have seen mention of two others, and wonder if anyone can offer next steps.
Taste Barcelona
Barcelona Taste
Thanks in advance!
re: Shrinkrap
Don't worry about the language. I was just telling some friends yesterday that I was hardpressed to find anyone who DIDN'T speak English :) I'd ask someone "Habla Engles?" And the answer would generally be "How can I help you?"
Not familiar with tours so maybe others can help there. As much as I love food, there's a lot in Barcelona that has nothing to do with it, so I would spend ALL my time doing that.
re: c oliver
Okay, thanks!
And the language comment was because of the websites. While all of the tour ones "magically" appear in English, but not so the restaurants.
re: Shrinkrap
We went out with thebarcelonataste tour in March and had a good time. The tour guides were a lot of fun and much younger than us (seems like everyone is nowdays) - early 30s maybe vs. us 50s. It was just the two of us with two guides and was our first night in Spain - so we decided to do the tour to get indoctrinated to tapas bars. Went to some places we were not aware of after our detailed research. I would recommend them.
re: specktaker
Thank you!
re: Shrinkrap
Hi Shrinkrap,
Another company that is great and I have used for various tours is called Spanish Trails. They do an awesome Tasting tour in Barcelona that is food, wine, history and local culture. Was a huge help when I first moved to Barcelona! I have also done their Priorat winery tour which was terrific and their Gourmet Tour, which was one of the most impressive tasting tours I´ve ever done (and I exclusively travel via tasting tour!) It is run by an American so the english part is not problem. Check out their selection of food & wine tours: http://spanish-trails.com/day-trips/w...
Highly recommend!!
re: Neoyorquino
+1 for Spanish Trails. We just did the tapas tour with them about 10 days ago. I am not normally an organized tour type of person, but it was perfect for jet-lag night. Andrew, our guide, just led the way and took care of us so that we didn't have to think! It was also a great way to get oriented to the various neighborhoods, and we walked a fair amount - also great after being cooped up on a plane so long.
re: VaPaula
Jet-lag night. Ah, yes, know it well. I think something like that makes a world of sense. Thanks for sharing your experience.
re: VaPaula
More ideas for jetlag night please. The rest of the group is from NC and are planning a 3 PM Barcelona tour,but I am from California, and am usually tired enough to throw up after a redeye to the east coast. Should I be okay by 8 with a few hours sleep?
re: Shrinkrap
I have no earthly idea. 1. I don't know you, and 2. Everyone reacts differently to jet lag. For me (coming from the East Coast), sleeping when I get to Europe during the day just throws me off for days. Others need to take a nap. If your reaction to jet lag is that bad (and it sounds like it!), I wouldn't plan anything that requires 1. a reservation/commitment, and 2. money/deposit that you won't get back if you don't show. Just my two cents.
re: VaPaula
Alright, thanks.
re: Neoyorquino
+1 for the Gourmet Tour with Spanish Trails.
I've become a huge fan of Spanish Trails after taking their Gourmet Tour. Before the tour began, I wondered how the company would pull off a successful small-group experience in Barcelona's typically small restaurants/bars. And I wondered how I would eat, drink, and walk for six hours. (Okay, I admit that my husband and I shared a taxi with a much younger participant back to our respective hotels at the end of tour, but the tour was so well conceived and executed that my other concerns were irrelevant.)
We began at a 30-person restaurant eating two reasonably substantial dishes: a slice of semi-cured foie gras and a cannelloni stuffed with meltingly tender beef cheek filling. We drank lovely cava with these two dishes. Amazing. In fact, the food was so delicious, that we tried to make a reservation for dinner there our last night in Barcelona. Unfortunately, the restaurant had been fully booked by a corporate function, but this will be the first place I make a reservation the instant we decide to go back to Barcelona.
The quality of the first stop never diminished. We next enjoyed three delicious dishes with the appropriate wines followed by an amazing dessert (chocolate ganache with olive oil and salt was impressive for its quality, its unexpected juxtaposition and it flat-out deliciousness.)
Stops three and four focused on the way food and wine are part of socializing. We drank house-made vermouth at one stop and delicious red wine from a porron (I wimped out) at the other stop. Both were accompanied by wonderful snacks: olives and roasted padron peppers.
Stop five included a lesson in how to make pan con tomate which we happily consumed augmented by killer Jamon Iberico del Bellota and five sublime raw milk cheeses. You can't even begin to understand what a treat the cheese was to we Americans who have no access to raw milk cheeses.
Our final stop represented the modern style of Barcelona cuisine. We were served three types of mini-desserts, each one a juxtaposition of unexpected flavors.
The walk between each destination was far enough to make us welcome the next course.
The well chosen restaurants and specific dishes alone would have made the evening a huge success, but Danny's running commentary about Barcelona's history and food traditions (old and emerging) absolutely made the evening.
Everyone in our group was so enthralled by the experience that our group of strangers came together in shared contentment and easy conversation. Highest kudos Danny and Spanish Trails!
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re: SnackHappy
I wonder if that would be fair to the tour guides. I had the same thought when I went, but wondered if that would take away from the business end of what they try to do.
FWIW, when I asked, they said it was okay.
re: Shrinkrap
Well, some of us don't need, want or can't afford to have our hand held when we're going around the city. I'm sure some of the places are already known to regulars on this board so there probably won't be that much damage. And I think the value of these tours is more in the convenience of getting lead around and the education you get and not so much in the places they choose to visit.
On top of that, these boards are all about sharing food tips. If you ate something great somewhere, it's only obvious that you should share it with everyone else.
re: SnackHappy
I see. Well, I liked it.
Again, for the record; the company was fine with me sharing. I just didn't get around to it.
re: SnackHappy
re: SnackHappy
People pay good money for these tours. The livelihoods of those running these tours are also at stake here. You are not just paying for the food, but also for the knowledge of your tour guides. You've already gotten 2 tips from this discussion board alone. As someone who doesn't like tours, my next step would be to do my own research not just in this board but in others as well. Badgering people for answers they obviously don't want to give doesn't seem to be helpful.
re: sunbrace
We all pay good money to gain the information we freely share in this forum. Sharing is what nice people do.
Furthermore, I'm sure many of the commentators here are as capable of discussing the city and it's food, culture and history as well as many tour guides and could offer other visitors to this site real insight into the value of the tours that one-timers just can't offer.
It's one thing to be impressed by a tour and another to know if it truly offered something special.
re: caganer
"one-timers just can't offer.""It's one thing to be impressed by a tour and another to know if it truly offered something special."
That would be me! I am SO going back, but don't know that I will do any better. There is SO much going on!
re: Indy 67
As others have pointed out, this does little good without names of restaurants. We all know that BCN has amazing food. But it helps to name names :) In addition the places don't sound terribly Spanish or Catalan. Foie gras? Canneloni? Vermouth? I'm just confused honestly. Please give more info. Please.
re: c oliver
I thought this was a thread about tours, not restaurants! In any case I believe I bought home one card, and took a picture of my favorite. I will try to find it.
re: Shrinkrap
I wrote my review specifically to highlight a wonderful, knowledgeable food tour experience and I posted the information in an appropriately titled thread. In a separate thread about dessert, I did reveal the name of the dessert-only restaurant because I felt I could provide a bit of information without disloyalty to the tour company responsible for a great experience in Barcelona. But, that's as far as I'm willing to go; I'm not going to ask permission of the company to share names.
In the spirit of sharing, I will talk about some of our non-tour food experiences in this thread and, over time, in other threads.
We ate Crema Catalan three times during our stay in Barcelona: at La Gardunya, at Ciudad Condal, and at Los Caracoles. The version at La Gardunya was the best. The custard/flan/cream mixture was richer and denser at La Gardunya and the caramelized crust seemed to use less -- if any -- sugar. I suspect the casserole was run under a gratin flame without the addition of sugar. This less-sweet version appealed to me more than the sugared hard crusts we encountered elsewhere. Interestingly, my husband who likes sweeter desserts than I do agreed that La Gardunya's version was the best. I guess the quality of the custard compensated for the less-sweet topping and this version won for him, too.
Our tapas meal at Ciudad Condal was less successful than we expected given the restaurant's reputation. One of the dishes we ordered was chicken and ham croquettes. We're familiar with the version Jose Andres serves in his tapas restaurants, Jaleo, in Washington DC, and we've always found them to be just "meh." We deliberately order this less-than-favorite dish because we wanted to see how one of the ranking tapas places in Barcelona would make them. While they were better than those at Jaleo -- the frying was handled more deftly -- the filling was still "meh." If there was any ham in the filling I couldn't identify it. However, there was more chicken in the filling so that was somewhat more flavorful than past versions.
Condal committed an unpardonable error in one of our dishes; the grilled razor clams were filled with grit. Who cares how well favored the clams are or how precisely the clams were cooked when each mouthful contains lots of crunch from bits of grit?
re: c oliver
I wrote the names of the dishes we ate the French and Italian way because those are the spellings I know best.
I've since looked at our list of foods. Here are the Spanish names for two of the dishes:
Foie is still Foie
Now, this doesn't quite address your challenge about the foods being authentically Catalan/Spanish. All I can say is that we encountered these foie or steak/foie combinations and canalones in several additional restaurants. La Gardunya served canalones. Bar Ramon serves grilled foie. Bar Mut served a steak and foie dish.
re: c oliver
Foie gras being very Catalan is debatable but drinking Vermouth (vermut in Catalan) is old Catalan ritual mostly drank late morning or before dinner. It has gained popularity recently. Can find it at Quimet y Quimet, Bodega 1800, Xampanyet plus many bars. It is produced in Spain but not much if at all is imported to the US. Canneloni (canalons) is a popular traditional Catalan dish, probably brought to Catalonia by Italian immigrants in the 18th century.
re: c oliver
All those things are quite Spanish and or Catalan. In fact cannelones are a very traditional Catalan dish, and vermouth can be found on tap at many traditional bars.
re: c oliver
Thanks everyone for the education about some of the dishes. My final question is what was the cost for the tour? The OP's cost was pretty high, IMO. TIA.
re: c oliver
That price (120 euro) sounds about right to me, although we got a discount (110 euro) because we had seven in our group.
I asked the tour guide for a card at one of my favorite stops, and he initially joked and said that might make him unnecessary, then got me a card, and said if I emailed him he would get me the names of the other places. I had not thought about it that way before; I was just having to much fun to take notes.
I think we finished at Rosal 34, too full to appreciate the five course meal. I will try to upload a picture I took there, and one of the tour guide. I mentioned I'd heard of his company through Chowhound, and he said he had just recently heard of it, through some recent customers.
My other favorite was Basque, or something else not quite Spanish, owned and operated by brothers. I was in the most ethnically diverse neighborhood I saw during my travels (okay, there were many black people, and I'm black). He called it "working class. It featured pinchos. My favorites included lots of bacalao ( "or "salt fish", as it is called in Jamaica). Still trying to figure out name and location.
re: Shrinkrap
and pictures I was trying to add.The first picture is of our tour guide at a place that we learned about how to drink wine from a ? and various preserved meats, olives, and the like.
For some reason I can't remember the rest (smile) The second is from what I think might be Rosal 34
BTW, we finished with a ride on the subway, which was a hoot. I am originally from NYC, and currently live near San Francisco. Probably not the way to go if you aren't familiar with subways.
re: Shrinkrap
Yes! That's the place! It's all coming back to me no! I learned about cava. Some of the pictures on tripadvisor reminded me.
re: Shrinkrap
I think Basseri was the place with the Basque Pixtos
Yes! I think...
re: Shrinkrap
"... we learned about how to drink wine from a ?..."
A porron.
The one recommendation I have for all food tours is to offer their guests large squares of plastic to tie on as a bib at the porron stop!
re: Indy 67
None of use even tried it, but he was a mensch! Something esle I remebred about that place with the porron. They spoke a sort of French-Spanish. The signs on the bathrooms were French.
Is that Catalan or Basque?
They had a cured beef that was like the iberico, and a variety of sausages including chorizo.
re: Shrinkrap
I'm sorry; I missed the price for this particular tour.
re: c oliver
Edited to add. Pictures from La Boqueria
re: Shrinkrap
Actually I disagree about the language. First most people in Barcelona speak Catalan, not spanish. I found many places where English was not spoken (places that weren't tourist oriented), but smiles, hand signals and a lot of flexibility worked and led to some really great experiences (it helps to have a list of common food translations so you can at least get an idea of the main ingredient).
Of course if you go to a mercato you can order by pointing (although there were specials I couldn't take advantage of b/c I couldn't tell what they were).
re: estnet
People in Barcelona speak Catalan but they also speak "regular" Spanish. I also found it almost difficult to find anyone who didn't speak English. I'd approach someone and say "Habla Engles?" And the average reply would be "How can I help you?"
re: c oliver
Indeed, nearly 100% of residents of Barcelona speak Spanish whilst 60% of them speak Catalan. Of course, the signage is almost all in Catalan and you hear it everywhere and more particularly in the neighbourhoods north of Diagonal.
I've never had any trouble getting service in Spanish. In fact, many people who work service jobs, especially in tourist areas, are from outside Catalonia and may not know much Catalan. Service in English is easy to find in central Barcelona. People get hired in tourist oriented jobs for their English skills.
I've just come back to my hotel from dinner #3 in BCN and I must say they have all been highly serendipitous pleasures. I am traveling solo, arrived at each place around 8:45 (because I cannot deal with starting dinner at 10 like the Spanish), and in each case sat down immediately at the bar. Highly successful.
Night 1: Tapeo (Born). Modern take on tapas. Started with the flash-fried eggplant with lime and honey, moved on to the pork ribs. Whoa. Delicioso. The eggplant was the star, although it is hard to say anything bad about glazed pork ribs.
Night 2: Galatea (Gracia). Traditional Basque pintxos and cazuelas. Started with a herring pintxo (simple, super), moved on to veal and pea stew (not as good, but not bad either). Washed down with Estrella beer. Cheap, cheery, very friendly. Super local. Just bar stools.
Night 3: La Pepita (Eixample). Star of the show and even better than Tapeo, which I did not think would be possible. Started with grilled artichokes with pork belly and crema. This was one of the best dishes I have had in years, until I moved on to my next plate, marinated sea bass with strawberries, balsamic vinegar, pine nuts, and baby spinach leaves. This sounded just bizarre but in the tasting was so delicious that I made the people next to me order it too. Unreal.
I didn't know a thing about any of these places before wandering into each one. They were all so nice that now I think I need to move to Barcelona. I haven't been so happy with my food in years.
re: travelmad478
You've made me very happy just reading this :) I've occasionally had something so wonderful that I had to make others order it! I'm ready to head back. Thanks for a great writeup.
re: travelmad478
Whoops, my #2 place was actually called Gasterea. And the full name of #1 is "Tapeo, anem de tapas." For some reason I cannot edit my post. That's what you get for typing while in a food/wine fog!
Just back from Aborigigens tour with Alex, and he and the tour were great! More later. Been to Hisop and Cinc Sentits so far, also great.
Thanks for posting about your experience with Aborigens. I ended up booking an evening tour with them and it was fantastic! We tried everything, from traditional, simple food to the more modern cuisine that Barcelona is now known for. Plus all the delicious wine, beer and vermouth!
Regarding cost, I think it is very much on par for the level of service and quality of food you're getting. The tours are taylored to your interests and both Alex and Cecs were full of suggestions on where to eat during my stay in Barcelona and area. I think it was well worth the cost and highly recommend them.
So, based partially on this review, I wound up going to Llamber. While I loved the atmosphere and the wine, I would say the food was disappointing. An eggplant dish with honey was overly fried and uninspiring. And don't even get me STARTED on the overpriced cod fish presented in a Mexican-inspired way with greasy plantain chips and guacamole. In reminded me of Mexican-food day in my school cafeteria growing up in Missouri!
I did an Aborigens morning tour at the end of August. It was a wonderful experience getting to know the different preparations found in the markets and the history behind them. I would highly recommend them. The price may seem steep, but you get so much food I was questioning whether they could actually make a profit :)
Next time, I will try to do one of their countryside tours.
Chowhound won't let me reply where I wanted to, so this'll have to do. Indy, your post from yesterday should have been +2 for Spanish Trails (at least). ;-)
We had Andrew, as I mentioned up-thread. He also told us that canneloni was a traditional Catalan dish. In fact, we ended up trying them at La Vinya del Senyor (not my favorite dish there).
Andrew was kind enough to email us the next day, with the names of all the places we went and what we ate and drank. (Never would have remembered all that on jet lag night).
We went to:
Ciudad Condal
Centric Canalla
I can't imagine why they would mind sharing that, especially when you see what a wide range of food (a Pakistani sweet shop, which while not Catalan, only had locals in it - I loved that) and neighborhoods they covered - for a walking tour, that is. For me that means a good, well-thought-out and not cookie-cutter tour - which may well attract non-tour types (like me!)
I think Candela was my favorite. To be fair, we did eat more dishes there (xiperones, berenjena con mielm, patatas bravas, grilled vegetables with Romesco sauce, xips de alcachofas, tortilla, crujente de Morcilla, and NY cheesecake, of course. ;-)) but I did like the feel of the place as well.
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"I can't imagine why [the tour companies] would mind sharing that..."
Several posters have already explained why a money-making tour company might object to having the details of its tours publicly broadcast.
Shrinkwrap wrote, "I wonder if that would be fair to the tour guides. I had the same thought when I went, but wondered if that would take away from the business end of what they try to do."
Sunbrace wrote, "... The livelihoods of those running these tours are also at stake here. You are not just paying for the food, but also for the knowledge of your tour guides."
I agree with these two posters. I'll put these thoughts a bit more strongly. I believe the combination of the tour restaurants, the sequence of the restaurants, and the selection of the specific dishes at each location is the company's intellectual property. Quality tour guides do a lot of research to provide the best experience for their paying guests. I feel I honor that effort by not asking permission -- and certainly not broadcasting information without permission -- about the details of the tour.
I've posted about Ciudad Condal (CC), but I did this in the context of a visitor who went there as the result of her own research. I felt comfortable posting about our meal even though your tour included that destination. (Ours did not. FWIW, I'm guessing that if our tour had gone to CC, our guide would have known the menu well enough to avoid the two clunker dishes we ate there!) I'll continue to post about my independent food experiences.
I certainly see no reason why people who have no intention of taking a food tour think others need to divulge more specifics in a thread about food tours.
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I'm curious though respectful of your opinion on this subject but also wonder how a food tour would differ from, say, a travel tour. We were in Turkey in the spring on an escorted tour. We knew every single site we were going to visit and even a little about each site. But it was the expertise of the tour guide that made it what it was. You bet, we could have done the entire trip on our own, and in the past we've always done independent travel, but the price we paid was for their knowledge. I don't see how simply listing restaurants has a thing to do with the tour. But perhaps I'm missing a point here.
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Folks, can we please let this debate go? It's obvious that different people feel differently about the issue, and it's unlikely any minds are going to be changed.
People are welcome to comment on the tour, or on the restaurants they ate at on the tour, as they personally feel comfortable. We encourage more sharing of information, of course, but we don't want anyone to step outside what they personally feel is appropriate.
re: VaPaula
My husband and I just returned from a delightful trip to Barcelona. Based on this discussion on the Board, we booked a Tapas tour with Spanish Trails for our second evening. Danny was our host and showed us a wonderful evening: fabulous wine, great food pairings (he even made sure to accommodate our dietary restrictions), discussion of the history and culture of the region. In all, we visited 6 places in 4 different neighborhoods, all on foot. Our drinks ranged from a crisp white wine from Penedes to house vermut to cava. Similarly, the foods ranged from the simplest (but delicious pan con tomate) to langostinos. Tours of any type are not something we normally do. This one was, for us, good value and good fun. I highly recommend it. By the way, Danny also recommended some restaurants for us and we went to one of his suggested places our last night - had a great dinner at Etapes.
I was a few months ago in Barcelona. We did not book a food tour but it sounds like a good idea, specialise if you do not know local people. We have friends (he is a cook!) there and they took us to a couple of very interesting bars: Can cisa http://www.cancisa.cat/
(there were no tourists when we were there) They had lots of wine references. We also went to Bodega la Palma, in the Gothic area. A place with lots of charm. (they do not have a website
)What we did book was a wine tour in Penedes. It makes sense to avoid driving and drinking. We booked this tour. A good price but the wineries were too large, we would have prefered some smaller options.
We also went to La Boqueria and I believe that probably the best way to visit this market would be with a cook as we did.
Huge +1 for the Aborigens team. Alex took my family and I in for a Sunday afternoon and blew us away. He was very happy to accommodate the picky eaters and tailor the tour to our interests. We had low expectations for a Sunday, as most places were shuttered. Instead, we discovered some wonderful places and dishes that we would have never otherwise found. Incredibly knowledgeable and friendly. Definitely a highlight of our short stay in Barcelona.
I'm a lurker and not a poster, but just had to get on here and give Alex and Aborigens two big thumbs up.
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Another +1 for the Aborigens food tour! I was solo and had a great time. Both Alex and Cesc were on hand to give the tour.
Lots of great food,fun and drink and good company(3 couples plus myself). A great way to spend the evening.Highly recommended.


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Black Screen when full screen is enabled in Witcher 2 enhanced edition
Okay, where do I begin. I have searched countless forums in hopes of stumbling across this issue and much to my dismay have found nothing. Whenever I try to play the Witcher 2 Enhanced edition with full screen enabled I am able to get past the cinematic intro, into the main menu but, when I try to load any save game or if I try to begin a new game the screen will simply turn black with the background music still playing. It won't shut down the computer, it doesn't crash to the desktop, and it forces me to hold down the power button to force a reboot. The curious thing is that I can play the game in windowed mode but, after a few minutes it begins to freeze and stutter at an alarming rate. If anyone could point me down the right direction or giving me any advice I would really appreciate it.
Here is what I have tried so far:
-Updated to lastest ati drivers for HD 7970
-Moved my graphic card from the second slot to first slot
-Rollback drivers to an earlier version that was recommended on the forum
-patched the game to the latest edition 3.4 (Even tried there hotfix for .Net errors)
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possible Solution 1: Disable all unnecessary background applications before starts the game, especially browser flash-based games. These heavily consume resources which can slow down your gaming experience and just to be sure that nothing is conflicting with the game. Try these steps to close hidden applications.
Click Start > Run > type msconfig > Click the Startup tab > Click Disable All button > Apply > OK, and restart your computer.
Possible Solution 2: Delete the all temporary files from your computer by donning this
Click Start > Run > type %temp% > OK > click Edit > Select All > Delete.
Possible Solution 3: Disable your anti-virus programs and sure to re-enable them after playing.
Possible Solution 4: Alt + Tab out of the game and check if there is any windows firewall or any other
Possible Solution 5: Download the latest version of your DirectX from here.
Possible Solution 6: If you have a multi-core processor, try disabling them, it might do the trick!
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|02 Jan 2014
Witcher 2 requires a multi-core processor, disabling it won't help so don't bother.
I've heard about this issue before and the fix is pretty simple. Go to the config menu and disable any UI mods under DLC settings and it should start working.
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Thanks for the help unfortunately none of those solutions worked. I disabled the Official UI mod from the config menu, disabled my anti-virus, disabled all stop up programs, deleted the temp files, check to see if there was an error or warning by alt-tab but nothing. Interesting however, I managed to actually get in the game on my first attempt, but it suddenly went to the same black screen when I started to move. No noise from my motherboard or graphic card just all of a sudden a black screen. On my second try just to double check the screen went black but this time it there were grey vertical lines as well. I really appreciate the help, and if there are any more ideas you can come up with I'll be sure to try them.
On a side note, I checked several other games to see if it was happening and nothing Skyrim, Dragon Age II, and even Civ V they were all running well. I do have PHysX installed, because it was required to play Batman Arkham Asylum, I don't know if that affect anything. I was able to Play Metro Last Light without much of a problem as well. I also checked the solutions on the link provided and tried the ones that seemed like they might be related to my problem, and still no luck.
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Witcher 2 does not like overclocking, so if you've got anything overclocked dial it back to default settings and that may help. It's kind of infamous for finding any instability in an overclocked system and crashing like you describe because of it.
If that isn't the problem then perhaps the problem is with the game. Uninstall it, run a registry cleaner, then reinstall the game and try again.
It might also be your CPU. Some games do not run on six core processors. I believe Witcher 2 might be one of them. As I said above it's finicky about the hardware and settings it likes.
Contrary to popular belief, a six core CPU is not really better for a gaming rig. Most games only use four regardless of how many you have with only one or two exceptions, and even those are only coded to accept six cores and still only actually use four of them.
A quad core CPU is optimal for a gaming rig because all current games are coded with four cores in mind. We probably won't be seeing any games that can take advantage of a six core CPU for at least a couple of years. At the moment a six core CPU is more likely to cause problems in games than to give any sort of performance boost over a quad core.
My advice is that if all else fails, remove your six core and store it away for a few years until it's useful and replace it with a quad core.
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Okay, I have a Powercolor hd 7970 with factory overclocking running at 1100 mhz gpu clock and 1425 memory clock I tried setting those numbers back to what would be normally expected from an hd 7970 but, still nothing changed. I also have an Intel core i7 965 3.2ghz cpu, and I thought the processor count which is four was the same as the number of cores, I could be completely wrong, if I am how exactly do I shut down 2 of its cores?
Here is another development, I tried lowering my screen resolution from 2560x1600 to 1920x1200 and then running the game in window mode at 1920x1200, you know to give a resemblance to full screen and much to my surprise the same thing happened. The screen just turned black, forcing me to reboot. I have no clue whats going on now.
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|02 Jan 2014
Okay, I have a Powercolor hd 7970 with factory overclocking running at 1100 mhz gpu clock and 1425 memory clock I tried setting those numbers back to what would be normally expected from an hd 7970 but, still nothing changed. I also have an Intel core i7 965 3.2ghz cpu, and I thought the processor count which is four was the same as the number of cores, I could be completely wrong, if I am how exactly do I shut down 2 of its cores?
Here is another development, I tried lowering my screen resolution from 2560x1600 to 1920x1200 and then running the game in window mode at 1920x1200, you know to give a resemblance to full screen and much to my surprise the same thing happened. The screen just turned black, forcing me to reboot. I have no clue whats going on now.
If you haven't I'd try uninstalling and a fresh install. I'd run a registry cleaner after you uninstall just to get all the little bits out and then install and try again.
|My System Specs
|03 Jan 2014
Yea, sorry about being so general about my specs. But, I tried your suggestion, and while I had already attempted to re-install the game before, I didn't run a registry cleaner. I did this time, now I'm getting somewhere, I am able to get the game running in full screen mode on the lowest settings, but my graphic card fan starts up as if I was running the thing in ultra. I also didn't patch the game to the latest version, so I have version 3.0 enhanced edition. I'm perplexed as to why it wouldn't be able to run the game in full screen on a lower resolution, or with higher settings as I tried to run the game on medium with full screen enabled and right when I reached the menu black screen crash again.
So I tried running the game at its lowest settings with full screen enabled at 2560x1600, did an alt tab to the catalyst control center and found that the card was running at 99% capacity with temps reaching nearly 80 degrees and rising. I know the game is made to push your card to its fullest even at lowest settings but, why is it pushing it degrees well beyond every other game?
Apparently, if I try and run the game in anything other than its lowest settings, even though it recommends high settings, and at a resolution of anything other than 2560x1600 the game will have that same black screen forcing me to power down and reboot. I can still run the game in any resolution other than anything that would cover the whole screen for example if I have the desktop set to 1920x1200 and try a window mode the game to that same resolution I get the black screen again.
|My System Specs
|03 Jan 2014
There might be something wrong with your card. I run the game on Ultra settings with a single 7970 and only reach about 70. Though, you honestly don't need to worry unless your GPU is reaching temps over 90. Though, reaching 80 on low is a problem. It's pretty obvious the game is doing something to your card that it doesn't like. No way it should be running that way.
Also, PhysX is an Nvidia feature. A 7970 doesn't need drivers for it. If you downloaded something and installed it to run PhysX uninstall it. That might actually be your problem.
In fact a 7970 should run the game with PhysX features without installing anything extra. PhysX settings in a game are really just extra physics objects in the gameworld, like papers blowing about or cloth physics. Any decent CPU can run them no problem without an Nvidia card or any drivers. It's not special encoding or software. Nvidia cards have a special physics processor that takes some of the load off of the CPU while running extra physics effects in some games. No game requires it to run and there isn't anything you need to install to make it work.
I've got two 7970s in Xfire in my machine, and just one of them runs any of the Batman games with full PhysX easily. The card and my CPU are more than powerful enough to handle it without the extra physics processor in the Nvidia cards.
If you installed something that says it is supposed to make PhysX run, get rid of it. Even if it is legit it's an Nvidia driver and wouldn't be compatible with your card.
|My System Specs
|03 Jan 2014
I have been doing everything I can to rule out the card, I changed its slot, dusted it thoroughly, and ran a bunch of different games just to max them out and see if the card would react wildly, much to my relief aside from the increase in fan noise the games run smoothly..
I uninstalled PhysX, tried the game in medium settings and got a black screen right at the menu screen. I just don't know anymore I suppose I have to live with playing the game in windowed mode, but its just ridiculous to think that can't run a game in full screen... when I previously was able to. The very first day I got the game I played it in full screen well into the night for a couple of hours and everything was okay start it up the next day and those damn black screen start to happen.
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With the advent of mobile phones, the internet and other swift means of communication, interactions among the over 7 billion people on earth have increased.
Before I visited Kenya for instance, I knew about her rich wildlife and some of her notable leaders via the Internet. I can confidently contribute to discourse about several countries of the world even without stepping my foot on their soil. That is how connected we are in today's world.
Globalization to Birdsall (1999) "is the trend of increasing integration of economies in terms not only of goods and services, but of ideas, information and technology which has tremendous potential benefits for developing countries." We cannot deny the fact that the world is now a global village but yet again, for developing nations of the world, focusing on Africa this time, it has done us more harm than good courtesy of leaders who lack vision and constantly display their greed for power and wealth. For almost two decades if not more, we have been singing about REFORMS! Be it political, financial, civil service, electoral and otherwise.
In repositioning our economy for growth and competition with other world economies, we have to liberalize trade, our financial system and privatize public corporations. Trade liberalization makes economies more competitive; generate new labour-intensive jobs in agriculture and manufacturing, provides cheaper imports, reducing the consumption costs for the urban poor who unlike the rich use most of their income for consumption.
Unfortunately, this widens the wage gap between the educated and uneducated, especially in developing countries, studies have proven.
Privatizing government institutions that has created an inefficient monopoly and ran basic services like power, water and telecommunications for many years was imperative. Prior to privatization, publicly managed institutions were always in debt and their services were ineffective because they were used as conduit for large scale corruption and treasury looting. The rich had access to water to fill their swimming pools while the poor paid more to purchase from private tankers or boreholes. The rich had the wherewithal to purchase heavy duty generators to power their homes and offices while the poor languish in darkness.
African nations are handicapped by weak institutions, lack of transparency, and high concentration of economic and political power which ruined the privatization process.
In the financial sector, those who already have assets, control this sector thereby starving the informal sector comprising of small-scale businesses the requisite funds for growth. In the private sector, top CEOs and board members are facing charges of theft running into billions. They have become money laundering agents for corrupt government officials. This tends to increase the concentration of wealth again among the "powers that be". In Kenya, they call them "cartels" and in Nigeria "cabals". Evidently, there is a leadership crisis in both public and private sectors.
With the economic recession and current EURO crisis, developing nations feel the heat the most. African nations export similar products (mostly raw materials) and scramble for the same export market, which has greatly depleted our foreign exchange earnings. An average citizen of Greece will remain in Athens than take a vacation to see the beautiful safaris of Kenya. In order words, their disposable income has drastically reduced as well. African nations are forced to introduce austerity measures, which they literally CANNOT implement. Nigerians will recall the fuel subsidy debate that grounded the economy in the early part of 2012. Government failed on his part to put in place palliatives to cushion the effect of the 'so-called' subsidy removal. (Another debate all together)
This evil of globalization boils down to lack of political will on the part of our leaders. Instead of seeking foreign investment, our leaders go about seeking foreign banks to invest their loot. Some argue that the citizens are as corrupt just like their leaders. But think of this, if the head is rotten, what will become of the body? If our leaders sit up, follow the rule of law, stop inflating contracts, offer selfless service, and so on, the citizens have no choice than to follow suit because then the rule of law will always prevail.
Our focus must be to strengthen institutions to fight corruption, distribute wealth equitably, INVEST HEAVILY IN HUMAN CAPITAL, infrastructure, healthcare and massive employment generation through industrialization. We should take advantage of our population to build a skilled workforce that will drive a prosperous economy. I am emphasizing on this because we have failed woefully in terms of investing in people.
People drive development and not natural resource(s). African nations should put in place frameworks to trade among her over ONE BILLION people and stop the habit of begging for foreign aid or grants which results in them becoming enemies and competitors just because they are scrambling for the same export market mostly in Europe and America. We should learn to make sacrifices and not live beyond our means. Success is not a destination and is not measured by material wealth. We take pride in consuming foreign goods and forget that we are exporting employment and killing our local economies.
In football, after 90 minutes regulation time comes the "injury time". We can make a difference in this "injury time" of our existence.
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Many of the roles of Rac1 and Rac2 GTPases are mediated through regulation of actin organization. Using a mouse gene targeting approach, we demonstrated that the concurrent deficiency of Rac1 and Rac2 GTPases in RBCs causes profound disruption of actin assembly and abnormal deformability of the erythrocyte cytoskeleton. Rac1-/-;Rac2-/- mice develop microcytic hemolytic anemia with poikilocytosis and RBC fragmentation.
This is associated with increased phosphorylation of adducin at Ser-724, a domain target of protein kinase C (PKC) (Kalfa et al. Blood. 108(12):3637-3645. 2006) These findings point to the exciting possibility that the erythrocyte cytoskeleton is a dynamic assembly regulated by signaling molecules, which actively participate in a continuous repair of the cytoskeleton under flow conditions, and assure normal survival of the erythrocytes in the circulation
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Cytoskeleton structure of Rac1-/-;Rac2-/-erythrocytes. (A) Erythrocytes fixed with acrolein and stained with rhodamine-phalloidin for F-actin. Arrowheads in magnified inset show meshwork gaps and aggregates of F-actin in Rac1-/-;Rac2-/- erythrocytes. (B) RBCs stained with anti-band 3 antibody to visualize band 3 distribution. Images were obtained with an x63 oil-immersed objective lens, software zoomx2, numerical aperture 1.4; one unit represents 7.3 µm.
See the related article:Kalfa TA, et al. Rac1 and Rac2 GTPases are necessary for early erythropoietic expansion in the bone marrow but not in the spleen. Blood. 108(12):3637-3645. 2006.
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