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Hiroki Kobayashi scored to give Harvard a 1-0 win over Haiti Sunday night (photo Penny Ashford)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In its second charity exhibition match of the weekend, the Harvard men's soccer team beat the Haiti National Team, 1-0, off of a goal from Hiroki Kobayashi in the 86th minute. The teams played in front of 1,209 fans at Harvard Stadium to benefit Partners in Health.
Partners in Health helps the relief efforts in Haiti, which is still recovering from a catastrophic 7.0 M earthquake that struck on Jan. 12, 2010.
Harvard controlled the pace of play in the first minutes of the first half, getting two shots, including one on goal, in the initial ten minutes. With the Crimson's first chances coming up empty, Haiti handled possession for a majority of the remaining minutes of the first half. Haiti took eight shots in the opening 45 minutes, with two being on target, while Harvard had three shots and one on net.
Haiti had an excellent scoring chance in the sixth minute of the second half when a player received a long pass down the left side. He dribbled past Brett Conrad and centered a pass to the box, but Haiti's Jean Paulin's sliding shot soared over the crossbar.
The Crimson had an opportunity with 15 minutes left in the second stanza. Scott Prozeller received a pass in the middle and took a one-bounce shot to the center of the goal, where Haiti goalkeeper Donnont Garry was there to save the attempt.
Kobayashi broke the 0-0 tie in the 41st minute of the second half with a brilliant unassisted goal. He beat his defender just inside the left corner of the box and sent a look hooking shot past Garry and into the right side of the goal to put the Crimson up 1-0.
The Haiti team mustered one more chance before stoppage time. A shot went over the hands of Conrad and deflected off the crossbar out of bounds.
Harvard ended the match with 10 shots, while Haiti managed to take 14. Each team had three attempts on target.
Conrad ended with three saves for the Crimson.
Harvard moved to 1-0-1 in international exhibitions this spring. The Crimson tied the Cape Verde All-Stars, 1-1, Friday night.


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Shell and Kinder Morgan announce plans to export LNG from the United States
Shell US Gas & Power LLC (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and Southern Liquefaction Company, LLC, a Kinder Morgan company and unit of El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: EPB), today announced their intent to form a limited liability company to develop a natural gas liquefaction plant in two phases at Southern LNG Company, LLCs (Southern LNG) existing Elba Island LNG Terminal, near Savannah, Ga.
Subject to various corporate and regulatory approvals, Shell and Kinder Morgan affiliates have agreed to modify EPBs Elba Express Pipeline and Elba Island LNG Terminal to physically transport natural gas to the terminal and to load the liquefied natural gas (LNG) onto ships for export.
Kinder Morgan is delighted to be working with Shell at Elba Island on this project, which has already received Free Trade Agreement approval, said Kinder Morgan Chairman and CEO Richard D. Kinder. This project will facilitate further development of the abundant natural gas resources in the United States and will be a positive factor in the overall balance of trade between the U.S. and other countries. Kinder added that the facility anticipates receiving non-Free Trade Agreement approval in due course.
This announcement underscores how the abundance of natural gas in the U.S. is changing the energy landscape, said Marvin Odum, President of Shell Oil Company. With a measured, phased approach, exports of cleaner burning natural gas can help meet the worlds rising energy needs while also giving a boost to the U.S. economy.
Once finalized, EPB, through its affiliates, will own 51 percent of the entity and operate the facility. Shell, through its affiliates, will own the remaining 49 percent and subscribe to 100 percent of the liquefaction capacity. The project will use Shells innovative small-scale liquefaction unit, which will be integrated with the existing Elba Island facility and enable rapid construction compared to traditional large-scale plants.
The total project is expected to have liquefaction capacity of approximately 2.5 million tonnes per year (mtpa) of LNG or 350 million cubic feet of gas per day (Mmcfd). In June 2012, the Elba Island terminal received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export up to 4 mtpa (500 Mmcfd) of LNG to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries. In August 2012, the terminal submitted a filing to the DOE seeking approval to export up to 4 mtpa (500 Mmcfd) of LNG to non-FTA countries. Phase I of the project, approximately 1.5 mtpa (210 Mmcfd), requires no additional DOE approval.
This project combines Shells LNG leadership - from innovative technology to a vast global LNG portfolio and unrivaled access to strategic markets around the world - with Kinder Morgans unparalleled portfolio of U.S. natural gas assets and industry expertise.
As an integrated energy company, Shell has an array of long-term options for natural gas that will broaden the energy mix. This includes extracting ethane and other natural gas liquids for petrochemicals production; shipping solutions for LNG; and proprietary gas-to-liquids technology to produce fuels, lubricants and chemicals.
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ANAHEIM -- David Freese started his Angels career with a .140/.208/.209 slash line in 48 plate appearances, six months after the veteran third baseman batted .179 in a playoff run that immediately followed a regular season in which his OPS dropped by 118 points.
On Tuesday, for the second of a three-game series against the A's, Freese was dropped to seventh in the batting order.
"We have to get David in a comfort zone," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said, "and sometimes, changing the neighborhood helps."
Freese batted .283 in Spring Training, but only one of his 15 hits went for extra bases. He began the regular season batting fourth against lefties and fifth against righties, then looked primed to essentially be the everyday cleanup hitter when Josh Hamilton injured his left thumb. But the 30-year-old struck out twice in each of his last four games prior to Tuesday, with one hit and one walk in 19 plate appearances over that span.
Freese spent pregame Tuesday working with hitting coaches Dave Hansen and Paul Sorrento, searching for "a little comfort area with some of his posture that I think is going to allow his hands to work better" and drive the ball the opposite way like he traditionally has, Scioscia said.
The Angels have kept tabs on Freese to make sure that he isn't putting too much pressure on himself in his first season with his new team.
"He's very calm on the baseball field, and I think he understands that he can play better than he did last year," Scioscia said. "Coming to a new team, there might be an element of that. But I think he's very comfortable with his teammates, he's very comfortable with what his role is on the club, and hopefully he'll start to hit stride and get the big hits that he's capable of getting."


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2011 IOUG Presentation: Unit Of Work Time Based Analysis
A couple of weeks ago I was given the opportunity to submit another presentation for the upcoming April 2011 Collaborate/IOUG conference in Orlando, Florida. I am particularly excited about this presentation because in terms of Oracle Database tuning and performance analysis and doing experiments, this is my current passion. And, over the last few months I have been able to significantly purify and clarify my thinking in this area. I will be posting the conference presentation once it's complete.
The session number 484 and I will make the presentation on Wednesday afternoon April 13. While the official submission title is, Unifying Time Based Performance Analysis a better title would be, Unit of Work Time Based Performance Analysis. If you're going to be at the conference, I hope you can make the presentation!
What's it about? If you have attended my Advanced Oracle Performance Analysis course, read the last chapter in the Oracle Performance Firefighting book, or read my paper Evaluating Alternative Performance Solutions you will have a pretty good idea about what the presentation is all about. Without specific reference to this topic, I also blogged about this in detail in my four part series entitled, Altering insert commit batch size.
Here is the conference abstract:
Time based performance analysis typically focuses on a specific process, SQL statement, or time interval (such as an hour or day). While this is the indeed valuable, switching the focus to the time related to complete a single small unit of work has a number of distinct advantages employed by computing system performance analysts for many years.
By focusing on an individual unit of work, the time to complete each unit of work can be broken down into the classic performance analysis categories of service time and queue time. The "leap" is made by placing a unit of work's CPU consumption into the service time bucket and non-idle wait time into the queue time bucket. Having completed this transformation, Oracle performance analysis can now benefit from the history of proven methods, theory, and mathematics of classic computing system performance analysis. These benefits include predictive analysis, alternative hardware and architectural analysis, and understanding how Oracle performance solutions will impact performance down to the unit of work up to the elapsed time of a SQL statement or an entire process. This type of analysis also leads to highly communicative visual representations.
Since this approach is new to many DBAs, data from multiple real Oracle systems is used to clearly demonstrate that indeed real Oracle systems behave surprisingly close to the performance mathematics.
This presentation will lead the listener step-by-step through the analysis process starting with a standard Statspack/AWR report, transforming the interval time based analysis into a unit of work time based analysis, how to graphically display the situation, and how the impact of performance solutions can be anticipated. All the tools and templates presented a freely available and special effort is made to make the analysis very practical.
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Sunday, July 1, 2012
SAN ANTONIO — UTSA officially became a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) on Sunday. The Roadrunners joined Denver, Seattle, Texas State and UT Arlington in joining the league as full members and that pushed the conference's membership to 10 schools (CSU Bakersfield and Dallas Baptist also joined as single-sport affiliate members in baseball).
The Roadrunners are coming off a successful 21-year run as a member of the Southland Conference. The department won a total of 56 Southland Team Championships since joining the league in 1991-92 and 36 of those came in the last dozen years. UTSA also won two Commissioner's Cups (2007-08 & 2010-11) and it boasted a conference-leading 30 Student-Athletes of the Year since the circuit started handing out the award in 2002-03.
In its 50 years of existence, the WAC has evolved and it features some of the nation's best intercollegiate competition, but the one thing that remains unchanged is the persistent nature of the member institutions to advance their programs to contend at the top levels of the NCAA.
The nation's sixth-oldest conference (founded July 27, 1962) provides its student-athletes the chance to travel to scenic destinations and gain exposure in some of the nation's most diverse markets. WAC student-athletes also have worked to achieve the highest levels of success with the academic support of their respective universities.
The league crowns team and individual champions in 19 sports — eight men's and 11 women's. There are men's championships in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis and indoor and outdoor track & field, while women compete in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track & field and volleyball.
The WAC has experienced tremendous success over the years.
Since 2000, a total of 43 football teams have been invited to bowl games, including more than half of its teams in 2008 with a record-tying five, and the conference has sent teams to three Bowl Championship Series bowl games since 2006. Meanwhile, the league has sent at least two men's basketball teams to the NCAA Tournament in 24 of the past 29 seasons and two of its baseball programs have captured National Championships. In women's basketball, Louisiana Tech has played in all but three NCAA Tournaments during its storied history.
In 2001, the WAC partnered with ESPN for coverage of football and basketball, which gives the conference national exposure from one of the most respected broadcast entities in the country. The league also officially added WAC.TV in 2006 to give fans online streaming access to many of its postseason championships, including baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, swimming & diving and volleyball.
Current WAC members now include Denver, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, San Jose State, Seattle, Texas State, Utah State, UTSA and UT Arlington, while BYU (softball), CSU Bakersfield (baseball), Dallas Baptist (baseball), North Dakota (swimming & diving), Northern Arizona (swimming & diving), Sacramento State (baseball/gymnastics) and Southern Utah (gymnastics) are affiliate schools.
The WAC has had just six commissioners in its history.
Paul Brechler was named the first leader of the conference and he held the position from 1962-68. Brechler has been followed by Wiles Hallock (1968-71), Stan Bates (1971-80), Dr. Joe Kearney (1980-94), Karl Benson (1994-2012) and current interim commissioner Jeff Hurd (2012-present).
Meanwhile, the league office has been located in the Denver metropolitan area since the conference's inception with the exception of a two-year stay in Phoenix from 1964-66.
Former WAC institutions include charter members Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, as well as Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawai`i, Nevada, Rice, San Diego State, SMU, TCU, Tulsa, UNLV and UTEP.
UTSA is one of the largest of nine academic universities and sixth health institutions in the University of Texas System. As a multicultural institution of access and excellence, UTSA aims to be a national research university that provides access to educational excellence and prepares citizen leaders for the global environment.
UTSA serves nearly 31,000 students in more than 135 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs in the Colleges of Architecture, Business, Education & Human Development, Engineering, Honors, Liberal & Fine Arts, Public Policy, Sciences and Graduate School. Founded in 1969, it is an intellectual and creative resource center and a socioeconomic development catalyst for Texas and beyond.


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Both of last year's top Quality Awards backup applications keep up their winning ways with repeat victories over an expanding field of backup and recovery apps.
Symantec Corp.'s NetBackup and EMC Corp.'s Avamar are repeating their victories of last year in the Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com Quality Awards for backup and recovery software.
In this seventh Quality Awards for backup apps, the field widened, with seven midrange products joining the familiar five that dominate the enterprise group (see "Products in the survey"). You'd have to go back to 2005 to see that many products in the finals, which indicates the backup software industry is making room for old standbys and upstart apps.
Overall scores are also rising, which suggests users are finding higher levels of satisfaction as backup apps evolve to handle data protection needs. For enterprise products, the average overall score of 5.99 is the second highest we've seen; among midrange apps, the overall average is 6.10, which tops the 5.65 from last year.
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Enterprise. Symantec NetBackup built up an overall score of 6.24 with consistent marks in all five rating categories and scores high enough to finish first in three of them. IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager wasn't far behind with a 6.13 that was good enough for second; IBM also finished second in the previous survey. EMC NetWorker notched its third consecutive third-place finish with a 6.08. Past three-time winner CommVault Systems Inc.'s Simpana just missed the top three but posted a solid 5.93 fashioned from strong showings in the sales-force competence and product features categories. Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co.'s Data Protector rounded out the group with a 5.57.
Midrange. EMC Avamar's 6.50 rating wasn't quite up to its record-setting 6.69 from a year ago, but it was enough to squeak by Veeam Software's Veeam Backup & Replication, which made a splash as a first-time finalist with a 6.45. Avamar prevailed in three categories while Veeam was victorious in the other two. Another new finalist -- Dell Inc.'s AppAssure -- snared third with a 6.33. The ratings for EMC, Veeam and Dell products tallied higher than 6.00 in all five categories. Acronis Inc.'s Acronis Backup & Recovery had a 5.98 for sales-force competence and a 5.91 for product features, but the midrange winner from two years ago still earned an overall 6.12 for fourth. Symantec Backup Exec, another past winner, received an overall score of 5.95.
Sales-force competence
Enterprise. You don't have to twist arms to convince data storage managers they need a backup application, but a savvy sales force always helps. Sales teams must be doing something right, since the cumulative sales-force competence score of 6.14 on this Quality Awards survey is the highest ever (a hair over last year's 6.12). With top scores for six of seven statements in this category, EMC NetWorker prevailed with a 6.40, followed by CommVault, which led in the remaining category statements and rolled up a 6.21 for second place.
Breaking down the numbers
- NetWorker's highest marks were for having knowledgeable support teams (6.67) and flexible sales reps (6.57).
- CommVault easily won the statement about having sales reps who are knowledgeable about users' industries (6.52), but it scored even higher for its sales support teams (6.59).
- Licensing is still nettlesome; all products received their lowest ratings for "The vendor's licensing formula offers good value."
Midrange. Among midrange backup and recovery products, the sales experience is also better than ever, with the group averaging a 6.16 for sales-force competence -- far higher than the previous record of 5.73. Veeam, one of the new crop of virtual machine-centric backup applications, sailed to victory in this Quality Awards category with a very impressive 6.75. That was just enough to nudge out EMC Avamar, which netted a nifty 6.72. AppAssure, now part of the Dell family, finished third with a 6.14.
Breaking down the numbers
- Veeam had one of the only two 7.00-plus scores in the survey: a 7.06 for offering good value with its licensing scheme.
- The top three (Veeam, EMC and Dell) each scored 6.00 or better on all rating statements.
- Veeam scored highest on four statements, while EMC finished on top for the remaining three.
- All seven products received scores of 6.00 or better for having knowledgeable sales support teams.
Initial product quality
Enterprise. Scoring highest on six of the seven quality statements, Symantec NetBackup cruised to a category win with a 6.13, outscoring IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (5.87) and EMC NetWorker (5.81). NetBackup's highest statement score was for the efficient use of tape (6.53), but it also did well on one of the bellwether statements in the Quality Awards survey -- "This product delivers good value for the money" -- with a 6.26, which just edged out CommVault's 6.23 score on that item.
Breaking down the numbers
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager rated highest (5.83) for "The product requires very little daily intervention."
- Getting software up and running can be tough. The group's cumulative 5.78 was the lowest category score in the survey, but it was the second highest for this category ever.
- We know tape: After NetBackup's 6.53 for tape handling, the next highest scores were for IBM (6.42), EMC (6.40) and CommVault (6.32) -- all for tape handling, too.
Midrange. Midrange backup applications are making good first impressions: The cumulative average for all seven products for initial product quality was 6.18, which is a new record for the category. Veeam led the pack with a sterling 6.71, which was enough to overcome two strong contenders: Acronis (6.55) and Dell (6.48). Acronis rated highest on three category statements, while Veeam came out on top for the remaining four.
Breaking down the numbers
- The top three finishers -- Veeam, Acronis and Dell -- had the three highest scores ever for midrange products in this rating category.
- Veeam flirted with the 7.00 mark with a 6.90 for ease of installation, but Acronis' 6.91 tally for not requiring professional services was the top statement score.
- Wizards work: The highest averages for all products were 6.37 for ease of use and 6.34 for ease of installation.
Product features
Enterprise. The proverbial rubber hits the road when an application shows off its features. Symantec (6.48) nosed out IBM (6.43) for the top spot in the product features category. The margin was that narrow despite NetBackup winning six category statements to Tivoli Storage Manager's two. Their scores were remarkably consistent, as were those of third-place winner CommVault (6.14). EMC just missed making the top three with a 6.11 that included only one sub-6.00 score.
Breaking down the numbers
- NetBackup got the highest single score (6.66) for being a "complete solution"; IBM and CommVault also fared well on this statement, with a 6.50 and 6.35, respectively.
- IBM led the field on statements related to archiving features (6.42) and interoperability (6.39).
- The best across-the-board score was a 6.26 for "This product's file system backup features meet my needs."
- NetBackup and Tivoli Storage Manager were the only products that received 6.00-or-higher ratings on all statements.
Midrange. EMC Avamar continued its duel with Veeam by posting an imposing 6.60 for product features ratings. Veeam's 6.27 was good enough for second place in the category, although Dell AppAssure was breathing down its neck with a 6.25. The highlight of Avamar's winning performance was a 7.03 for its backup-to-disk prowess, one of the five statements it won. Dell snagged two statements and Veeam came out on top for the final one.
Breaking down the numbers
- EMC Avamar also had the second-highest statement rating, a 6.94 for "This product scales well to meet new requirements."
- Interoperability is an issue, as the group's lowest cumulative score was 5.77 for "This product is interoperable with other vendors' products." Three of the seven products earned their lowest marks for that statement.
- Dell's AppAssure secured a pair of 6.43s: one for being a complete solution and the other for its management features. It received only one sub-6.00 mark (for interoperability).
Product reliability
Enterprise. EMC NetWorker and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager each scored highest on a statement in this category, but Symantec NetBackup topped the group on the other six statements on the way to an overall 6.22 category rating. NetBackup had the highest single statement score (6.68) for its platform/operating system support. It also showed strength for meeting service-level requirements (6.51) and for providing good upgrade guidance (6.33). IBM and EMC finished in a tie for second with a score of 6.03.
Breaking down the numbers
- Backup apps are meeting expectations. The highest overall average score was a 6.26 for meeting service requirements; three of the five products had their highest ratings for that statement.
- As a group, the products garnered a 5.90 for reliability; it's the second highest yet, but well off last year's 6.21.
- Hands-on still required: The group's two lowest average scores were for error handling (5.52) and "lights-out" operations (5.69).
Midrange. Our group of seven midrange applications posted a best-ever 6.06 average score for product reliability, led by EMC Avamar's 6.55 and supported by notable scores from Dell (6.38) and Veeam (6.31). Avamar rated highest on six of the eight category statements, with Dell AppAssure snaring the other two. EMC and Dell registered 6.00-or-over scores on all the statements in the product reliability category; Veeam and Acronis (which placed fourth), just missed the "all-6.00" club with a 5.90 and a 5.71, respectively, for error handling.
Breaking down the numbers
- Avamar's highest scores were for meeting service requirements (6.86) and providing upgrade guidance (6.83), but platform support (6.75) and needing few unplanned patches (6.69) were also winners.
- Dell netted top grades for nondisruptive updates (6.50) and error handling (6.31), but its highest score was a 6.62 for service requirements.
- Veeam's third-place finish was built on solid scores for meeting service requirements (6.60), platform support (6.55), as well as a couple of 6.40 counts for unplanned patches and nondisruptive upgrades.
Technical support
Enterprise. IBM has established an enviable track record of getting high marks for technical support, frequently finishing in the top three for the category on many Quality Awards surveys. Tivoli Storage Manager's 6.25 was enough to edge out NetBackup's 6.20 for the top category spot, highlighted by four statement wins. NetBackup, EMC NetWorker and CommVault Simpana each notched top statement marks, too. Tivoli Storage Manager was the only product to get all 6.00-plus scores, anchored by a 6.43 for delivering support services as promised.
Breaking down the numbers
- Smarts count: IBM was tops for knowledgeable support personnel (6.38) and third-party partners (6.34).
- CommVault scored highest for "Vendor supplies support as contractually specified" (6.61); Symantec NetBackup was the leader for good documentation, while EMC's statement win came for providing adequate training.
- No surprises: The best full-group statement score was a 6.32 for providing support as contractually specified.
Midrange. Dell AppAssure (6.41) just missed unseating reigning technical support champ EMC Avamar (6.44) as the two products split statement supremacy -- six for Avamar and two for AppAssure. But there were other excellent technical support category scores, too, with Veeam (6.19) and Acronis (6.04) joining the 6.00 circle. Backup Exec just missed (5.95) to finish fifth, and CA and Microsoft put up their best numbers in this category.
Breaking down the numbers
- EMC Avamar's scores weren't just high, they were very consistent, ranging from 6.20 ("Support issues rarely require escalation") to 6.63 ("Vendor supplies support as contractually specified").
- Dell did very well on problem escalation (6.75), in addition to having knowledgeable partners (6.58) and delivering support as promised (6.50).
- Veeam's all-6.00 performance was highlighted by a couple of 6.39 marks for supplying support as contractually specified and for having a knowledgeable support staff.
Would you buy it again?
Enterprise. We always close our Quality Awards surveys with one final key question: Given what you know now, would you buy this product again? We're often surprised when a product that hasn't fared especially well in the other five rating categories gets a high buy-again percentage. Often, it's the result of users experiencing ups and downs with a product and ultimately deciding it's best to stick with it than change.
CommVault Simpana scored well on this year's survey, but was outpaced by other enterprise products. CommVault's users would apparently rather fight than switch, however, with 83% saying they would buy Simpana again.
Midrange. The midrange buy-again numbers were a bit less surprising, as EMC Avamar came out on top again with 90% ready to make the same purchase again. The overall midrange group average was 74%, a point better than the previous high mark.
BIO: Rich Castagna is editorial director of the Storage Media Group.
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Here are some facts and advices we believe will be good to know for those who come and visit Albufeira and the Algarve region for the first time. In this tourist guide, you'll find a collection of tips, recommendations and contacts on diverse matters such as how to move around, average costs of things, precautions to take, a helpful phone book, links to websites of interest, etc.
- General Tips
- Local Transport
- Calendar of Events
- Useful Contacts & Links
How to get to Albufeira
After landing in Faro Airport, you can get to Albufeira by car (taxi, transfer bus or rent-a-car), driving West by the EN 125 main road or the A22 highway ("Via do Infante" - see below) for about 35Km (22 miles), the road is well sign-posted making it quite easy to get there.
If travelling by car from another country, coming down to the Algarve from the North, by motorway (A2), main road (IP1) or train, you will enter straight into Albufeira, as it is the main access to the region.
Consult our page about local transportation for more detailed information!
Passport & IDs
To spend their holidays in Portugal, all tourists that come from countries under the Schengen Agreement only need their Identification Card to travel.
All tourists from Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia need a passport to be able to stay in the country for no more than 3 months.
In other cases, a Visa is needed to be able to stay for any length of time in Portugal.
Each visitor to Portugal should be able to produce onward travel arrangements and proof of sufficient funds to support their holiday.
No vaccinations are required before entering the country unless coming from an area infected with yellow fever
Traffic & Driving
For those who normally drive on the left side of the road, we advise you to take extra care when driving in Portugal, for here the driving is done on the right side.
The roads are reasonably sign-posted and the speed limits for cars is 120 Km/h on the motorway and 90 Km/h outside the town limits and 40 or 50 Km/h inside the town limits.
The use of a seatbelt is compulsory for all passengers.
The alcohol level in the blood should not go over 0.5 grams/litre – if the level should exceed this, it is punishable with a very severe fine, confiscation of the driving licence or even arrested.
It is advisable to take extra precaution when driving, for the traffic is very intense in the Summer Holiday season. On roundabouts, cars going around have priority (except signed otherwise) and in case the roundabout has two or more lanes you should only remain on the right side if you exit on the first or second road.
You will naturally have to carry your driver license at all time.
Electronic Tolls on the A22 («Via do Infante»)
Since April 2012, government has ended the free access to the A22, the main highway connecting the Algarve region (from Lagos to the Spanish border), and introduced an electronic payment method. Unlike on the A2 (highway to Lisbon), there are no manual tollbooth on the A22. Several electronic gates will detect license plates and payments can be done in different ways:
If you plan on using the A22 during your visit, it is recommended for users with a foreign license plate to purchase online or at the Portuguese/Spanish border (in Vila Real de Stº António) either a prepaid ticket or associate their license plate with a credit card, or rent an electronic device. Visit the following website for more info: www.portugaltolls.com.
If you pass through the gates without any pre-payment card or electronic device, you can still pay the toll at the local post office (CTT) after two days with a 0.75€ surplus.
If you rent a car, the rental company should explain the best method on pick-up.
For vehicles with Portuguese plates, owners can acquire a device from «Via Verde» and be able to use every highway in the country.
Tips: For the trip between Faro airport and Albufeira, exit the A22 at the Boliqueime (exit 11) and continue on the EN125. It's a shorter drive and sometimes even quicker, and it will only cost 0,50€, the price of gate between exits 12 and 11.
Coming down from Lisbon on the A2, you can continue west on the A22 and exit at Albufeira (exit 9) without any cost.
Local Date & Time: 17 de fevereiro de 2020, 22:19
Portugal comes under the GMT (Greenwich Meridian Time), the same as London.
Summer Time (from the last Sunday of March until the last Sunday in October) comes under the GMT/UTC + 1 hour.
Be sure to set your watches correctly to local time to avoid any confusion or mishaps.
Currency, Exchange rates and ATM
Since January 2002, Portugal's currency is the Euro. The Euro coins have one side that shows the value of the coin and the other represents the country to which the coin belongs, so it's perfectly normal to find different looking coins, but with the same value. The notes are the same in all of the Euro countries. One Euro (€1.00) is equal to 100 cents. Bank notes are in denominations of €500, €200, €100, €50, €20, €10 and €5 while coins are available in €2, €1 and 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 cents
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|£ 1 = €
|1 € = £
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|(CAD) Canadian dollars
|(BRL) Brazilian real
|(CHF) Swiss francs
|1 Fr. = €
|1 € = Fr.
|(DKK) Danish krone
|1 Kr. = €
|1 € = Kr.
|(NOK) Norwegian krone
|1 Kr. = €
|1 € = Kr.
|(SEK) Swedish krone
|1 Kr. = €
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|(RUB) Russian rubles
|1 Руб = €
|1 € = Руб
|(JPY) Japanese Yen
|¥ 1 = €
|1 € = ¥
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Exchanging foreign money or traveller's cheques can be done in banks, exchange bureaus and hotels.
The "Multibanco" (ATM) machines allow people to withdraw money using various types of credit cards like, Visa, American Express, Maestro and others. These cards are normally accepted in most commercial establishments.
Portuguese is the only official language. Someone that has any knowledge of Spanish and French will be able to understand a little of the language.
Many Portuguese people understand and speak English reasonably well, especially the ones used to deal with tourists of course.
Here are some of the most used common expressions:
|Yes / No
|Sim / Não
|Good morning
|Bom dia
|Good afternoon
|Boa tarde
|Good evening
|Boa noite
|See you later
|Até logo
|Please / Here you are
(or Drawing someone's attention)
|Por favor / Se faz favor
|Excuse me
|Com licença
|Thank you (man speaking)
|Thank you (woman speaking)
|Don't mention it
|De nada
|How do you do? / Pleased to meet you
|Como está? / Muito prazer
|My name is…
|O meu nome é…
|What is your name?
|Como se chama?
|I don't understand /
I don't speak Portuguese
|Não entendo /
Não falo português
|Do you speak English?
|Fala Inglês?
|I would like…
|Eu queria…
|How much does it cost?
|Quanto custa?
|Expensive / Cheap
|Caro / Barato
|What time is it?
|Que horas são?
|Where is…?
|Onde fica…?
|How do I get to… ?
|Como chegar…?
|How long does it take...?
|Quanto tempo leva...?
|It is great/delicious!
|Está ótimo!
|I really enjoyed…
|Gostei muito…
|Where is the bathroom?
|Onde está a casa-de-banho?
|The bill, please!
|A conta se faz favor!
Suggestion: You can also use Google Translate to find online translations to more or less complex sentences
Clothes, what to pack
To gain maximum comfort whilst on holiday, here are a few tips about what kind of clothes to bring in your suitcase.
Summer season
Cool and baggy clothing is ideal for daywear. In the evening, the temperature can come down a little, so it's better to always keep a jacket or cardigan handy and wear long skirts and trousers. For a luxury evening out, for example to a five-star restaurant or the Casino, it is necessary to dress more formally like a suit or dress. Something that should always be very handy is your beach-towel and swimwear.
Rest of the year
Visiting the Algarve out of the summer will still garantee you some very pleasant days. You should pack conformly each season (consult our weather and climate page). In any cases it is always a good idea to bring a t-shirt and a pair of shorts to enjoy a walk whenever the sky opens as it often does in our region.
If you forget to bring any one of these items, you can always purchase some locally.
Taking care in the Sun
As can be seen on our weather page, during the Summer, temperatures in the Algarve can be very high and the periods of sun are long. It is common knowledge that excess sun can cause illnesses such as skin Cancer.
The safest procedure is to use plenty of high-factor sunscreen, especially children. A hat is an indispensable accessory, as are a good pair of sunglasses. It is advisable to avoid exposure to the sun during its strongest point in the day, between midday and 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
In the case of sunburns or sunstroke, do seek medical attention.
For more beach and sea safety information, visit our interactive beach guide.
Several public and private health facilities are available in the region should you require any treatment whilst on holiday. For medical emergencies, the first step would be to visit the local public health centre («Centro de Saúde») in Caliços, Albufeira or calling an ambulance (INEM) Phone: 112 for serious emergency. There are reciprocal health agreements with other European nations (E111 card) as well as the UK but it is advisable to have travel insurance to cover any large and unexpected medical expenses.
Albufeira has numerous pharmacies within the city which sell common prescriptions and over the counter medicines but you will need a doctor's prescription to get antibiotic from the pharmacist.
Medical, dental and beauty treatments are of high standard here and can turn out to be much more affordable than on your own country for some cases as there is an increasing number of medical tourism lately. Consult our directory for local suppliers.
Go to our Emergency section for more detailed information.
People with disabilities
The Portuguese laws protect people with disabilities in many aspects. Access to public buildings, sidewalks, car parks, lifts are ensured by law but not enforced on private businesses. Some areas in Albufeira are difficult to reach for people in wheelchairs or walk with difficulties because of their high locations (some steep hills), space shortage or lack of investment in proper accessibility but there are many places where it is unproblematic to stroll around with little obstacle.
In the last few years, quite a few beaches in the region have earned a flag from a program aiming to elevate the quality of the available infrastructures for people with reduced mobility. The municipality has also been upgrading its facilities in some areas with this in mind. For instance, there is now an outdoor lift taking people directly to beach level at Praia do Peneco, and outdoor escalators also take people from sea level up the cliff at Praça dos Pescadores (Fishermen's square), both in Old Town.
Security and Safety
Albufeira and the Algarve region are quite a safe place (crime rate in the country continues to be one of the lowest on the continent) although there are occurrences of petty theft, often involving pickpockets like anywhere else in the world. Be sure to take care of your belongings and keep important valuables and identification on your body to avoid any problems. It is advisable to remain careful if walking back to your accommodation late at night especially in dark and isolated areas, avoiding being alone or intoxicated.
Albufeira has a municipal police as well as the GNR (Guarda Civil Republicana), the portuguese "gendarmerie", to insure security and order. Go to our Emergency section for more detailed information.
Opening Hours
Shops usually open around 9.30am until 1pm and reopen at 3pm until 7pm or later (week days). On Saturdays, many close at 1pm for the week-end although some remain open during the afternoon. During high season, many shops stay open at night in areas where most of the tourists are found.
Shopping malls
They open from 10am until 11pm or midnight, every day of the week.
Normally open for lunch at 12am until 3pm and than reopen later in the afternoon (±6pm) until 10pm or later.
Bars, Pubs and Discos
Bars and Pubs must close at 4am. Discos stay open throughout the night and many are seen leaving after sunrise.
Most banks open from 8.30am until 3pm non-stop from Monday to Friday closing on week-ends and holidays. Some agencies have adopted a different timetable opening and closing at later times.
Most of post-offices open at 9am until 6pm without break.
CTT - Post Offices
Post offices in Portugal offer much more services besides mail and postage delivery. There are several shops in Albufeira area with slightly different opening hours.
|Post Office
|Rua 5 de Outubro (now closed)
|9am - 12.30am / 2pm - 6pm
|289 580 870
|Cerro da Alagoa
|9am - 6pm
|289 580 880
|Areias de S. João
|9am - 6pm
|289 580 860
|Vale Paraíso
|9.30am - 12am / 2.30pm - 6.30pm
|289 582 054
|Olhos d'Água
|9am - 12.30am / 2.30pm - 6pm
|289 510 160
|9am - 12.30am / 2pm - 5.30pm
|289 367 020
|9am - 12am
|289 562 383
|CTT Website in English
The electrical current in Portugal is of 220 Volts / 50 Hz and the plugs, using two rounded pins, and sockets are under European regulations.
In some hotels, it is possible to be supplied with adaptor plugs for 110 Volts. The best thing would be to equip yourself with a suitable transformer before travelling, to avoid damaging any electrical appliances.
Quality of the water
In Albufeira, tap water is considered perfectly drinkable but might taste different to what you are used to due to its mineral composition. Some people prefer to buy bottled water (which can be found for ±0,60€ for 5 litres) for daily consumption and only use tap water for making tea or coffee.
In Portugal, waste separation is identified by four main colors. Green for bottles and other glass recipients; Yellow for packaging, plastics and metal; Blue for paper and cardboard and Red for batteries. Organic matter and non-recyclable garbage is to be disposed in the regular grey bins. There are several collection points across town so please please try to sort your rubbish accordingly to help keep the place clean.
On beaches, there usually are small sponsored conic ashtrays that smokers can grab and use to avoid leaving their cigarettes butts in the sand.
Smoking rules
Smoking is not allowed inside public places or inside commercial areas (bars, pubs, restaurants,...) unless there is an authorized smoke extraction system and "smoking allowed" signs are visible. The ban extends to all public transport, taxis, museums, theatres, indoor car park, sport facilities, schools and hospitals naturally.
Non-smoking signs are normally present where applicable but when in doubt, smokers should ask around before lighting a cigarette, a cigar or a pipe and not risk to be fined up to 750€.
Public toilets are free to use for everyone. No charge is taken from customers for using the W.C. at the bars and restaurant establishments or at the shopping malls. Unlike in some other countries, most public toilets are kept very clean and hygiene is regualy controlled.
Average cost of living
Portugal is well-known as an attractive and affordable holiday destinations. Although VAT is currently at 23% on the majority of goods, it is still a place to come across good quality products and services at low price.
For those who don't mind cooking on their holidays, a good meal can cost very little. However, the temptation to try at least one good traditional Portuguese dish will be very difficult to resist – so, it's better to give in and try one of the many quality restaurants scattered all over the Algarve.
From the most simple of dishes, to the most elaborate, the prices will vary between around 10€ and 50€ per person, this including drinks and desserts. It is frequent to be charged for "couvert" which consists of the extra bread, butter, paté, olives or cheese that is put on your table before you order anything but you can refuse it when they are presented to you. Visit our directory for suggestions of local restaurant establishments.
Having a drink at the many local cafés, bars and pubs is usually very affordable, as low as 1,5 euro for a large beer or 0,65 euro for a typical expresso café («Bica») at the "regular" portuguese bars. Obviously, the trendy and well located bars on the strip or in the old town with live music or other sort of entertainment will cost a bit more. Here's a list of bars in Albufeira and around..
All prices normally include taxes and service, but it is common to tip services like taxis ou restaurants around 5 or 10%, or just some change in case of small amounts like in a café.
Get more tips from our forum.
After many years of increasing prices during the last decade, property value has come down in general lately and some very good deals can be found if you're planning to purchase your dream house in the Algarve. As an example, there are used 3 bedroom villas for sale for under 250.000€. It's a "buyers market"!
Renting an apartment or a house is also a good alternative for long stays. Prices naturally vary and depend on property type, location and equipment. For instance, a two bedroom apartment can be rented for around 500€/month. Be sure to look at the local real estate agents here!
Shops for clothing, shoes, souvenirs, etc. can be found on the streets of town and also at the several shopping centers across the region where you'll find plenty of international brands and sometimes some irresistible sales. Liquor store remain very interesting to those coming from high taxed alcohol countries and so are cigarettes.
Prices for all type of items at local stores are not negociable but one can always ask for a discount if purchasing several items.
Here are some shops in the region.
Fuel, gasoline and diesel, are roughly the same price as the average price in Europe. It fluctuates according to the international markets but slightly different prices can be found at the pumps and small discounts are common and varied.
One can make calls at the few public phone booths around town, at the post office, at your hotel and even at some bars and restaurants, using either coin, phone cards (that can be purchased at local kiosks and shops) or even by using a credit card.
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To dial a portuguese phone number from outside the country, first dial the international code 00 351. All numbers in Portugal are made of 9 digits and always include their regional codes without any preceeding 0, e.g. all numbers in Albufeira start with 289 but are necessary to dial even when calling from the same region.
To dial a number outside Portugal when in the country, first dial 00 followed by the country code. (e.g. UK: 00 44) then the area code (without the preceding "0") and then the phone number.
View a list of useful phone numbers here!
Mobile phones (GSM)
At the moment there are three main cell phone operators in Portugal:
TMN; Vodafone; Optimus. All supply roaming service and support 3G/4G data connections.
Like landlines, all mobile phone have 9 digits, generally starting with 91, 93 or 96.
The main Internet access providers in Portugal are:
Sapo/Meo; Telepac; Zon; Optimus; Vodafone, CaboVisão;...
There are a few "cyber cafés" spread around Albufeira where you can access the Internet comfortably.
In increasing numbers are "Hot Spots", where to access the Internet wirelessly on your laptop or tablet. Ask your hotel or apartment reception (and even several restaurants and cafés) to inquire if they supply this service!
A users updated list for Wifi hotspots is available on Albufeira.com Forum
Television, Cinema & Radio
There are 4 open signal TV channels in Portugal: RTP1; RTP2; SIC and TVI. All are emitting in TDT. Foreign films and series are always subtitled on Portuguese TV.
Channels like BBC World, SkyNews, CNN, German, Dutch, Spanish, French and many other channels are available and distributed by cable or satellite.
For movie lovers, there's a 8 theatres cinema at Algarve Shopping (in Guia) showing all the latest films, with 3D and Digital projection. Like on TV, films are subtitled and only "kids" movies are dubbed. There are other cinemas in Faro and in Portimão.
Several local radio stations have news bulletins broadcasted in English. Albufeira hosts two local radio stations: Radio Solar and Kiss FM, both have British speakers.


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Two Kinds of References
const reference to be attached to an
This post provides some of the background behind one of C++'s odder rules, namely the one that requires a non
const reference to be attached to an lvalue. This rule evolved over several years, and understanding it is a useful prelude to understanding how rvalue references work.
The idea behind a C++ reference is simple — at least in theory. A reference is nothing more than another name for an object. For example:
int a; int& b = a;
We have defined
b as a reference and initialized it from
a, which means that
b is just another name for
a. Once we have defined
a and
b in this way, reading or writing the value of
a has the same effect as reading or writing the value of
b, and vice versa.
The most common use of references is as function parameters:
void clear(int& n) { n = 0; }
Here we have defined a function named
clear that sets its argument to zero, so that if we call
clear(a), with
a defined as we did earlier, the effect is to set
a to zero. Calling
clear(b) has the same effect, because
b is just another name for
What happens if we call
clear with something other than a variable, such as
clear(42) or
clear(a+1)? It makes no sense to set
42 to zero, and although it would be possible to make
a+1 zero by setting
a to
-1, it would be impossible for such a technique to work in general.
So the question arises: What should happen if a reference is initialized from something that is not a variable? Once upon a time, C++ answered this question by saying that the argument should be copied and the reference attached to the copy. In other words, the effect of
clear(a+1) was similar to
int temp = a+1; clear(temp);
This treatment allowed programmers to use references as a way for functions to avoid having to copy their arguments. For example, by writing
bool greater(string& s1, string& s2) { return s1 > s2; }
we could avoid having to copy
s1 and
s2 merely in order to compare them. In other words, from the start, references solved two distinct problems. Programmers sometimes wanted to avoid copying an argument in order to ensure that changes to the reference would be reflected in the argument; other times they wanted to avoid copying it for versions of runtime speed alone.
At some point, someone wrote a statement like
cin >> x + y;
by mistake instead of writing
cout << x + y;
and was surprised that it quietly compiled. Obviously, input and output are fine examples of the two different ways in which one might want to use references: One passes a variable as the second argument to >> because one intends to read into it, but << takes a reference merely for speed reasons.
After much discussion, the fledgling C++ community realized that these two uses were different, and, after much more discussion, decided to use
const to distinguish between them. The idea is that when you bind a reference to a
const object, it is obvious that you do not intend to use the reference to change the object — it's
const, so you can't do it. If, on the other hand, you bind a reference to a non
const object, then you're saying that you intend to use the reference to change the object. In that case, the compiler will require the object to be an
int a; int& b = a; // OK int& c = 42; // Not OK — 42 is not an lvalue and c is not const const int& d = 42; // OK
The definition of
d is permitted because the
const is a promise that
d will not be used to change the value of
42. Therefore, the compiler is permitted to copy
42 and attach
d to the copy without having to worry that the programmer will be surprised after an attempt to change
The idea that references serve two different purposes persisted for many years. However, C++11 reflects a third use for references, which complements the first two:
- A reference to non
constmust refer to the original object so that changes to the reference will be reflected as changes to the object.
- A reference to
constmay refer to a copy of the object because the reference will not be used to change the object.
- An rvalue reference may refer to the original object — even though the reference might be used to change the object — because the original object's value is no longer important.
In effect, an rvalue reference is how a programmer tells the compiler that an object is about to be discarded or reused, so that its current value can be recycled.
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