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We expect over 15-20% lower entry-level airfares from AirAsia
With AirAsia India receiving AOP from aviation regulator, they are claiming that they will bring in revolution in the Indian domestic aviation market. However, only time will tell if it will be true. What they are doing in other markets like Malaysia and Thailand, they are claiming do the same in India. We have kept our fingers crossed, because if it happens it is good for India and its domestic travellers. For example, at present, Pune-Delhi airfare can go as low as Rs 3,800 and the same is hiked to even Rs 10,000 during the peak season and depending on the demand. If AirAsia is entering with even more lower price, definitely there will be a price war among other airlines and a fierce competition too. We are expecting over 15-20% lower entry-level airfares from AirAsia. If it is so, it will definitely make a big difference to travellers and especially make it affordable for everyone to travel by air. However, for us agents, it will make no difference. Only if the number of air travellers increases drastically within India, we can expect extra business. With AirAsia there are two more airlines which are expected to enter the Indian aviation market soon.
—Krishna Gopalan, Chairman, Pune Chapter, Travel Agents Association of India
In absence of infrastructure there is bound to be cost escalation
Even though AirAsia is claiming to bring in a revolution in the domestic airfare within India, I do not expect there will be much of a difference in the fare they will be offering. Air travel in India is not getting costlier because air travellers have increased, but because airlines are incurring huge operating cost, hike in jet fuel price and of course heavy taxation levied by the government. With all these heavy costs that the airlines incur, how do you expect them to offer low airfare, which is affordable by common man. It is an entry-level price offer from AirAsia, which will not be sustainable for a longer period. If you look at the present airfare of any airline, the base price is very low, but what amounts to the large portion of the airfare is the taxation and other service charges. If we are bringing in commercialisation in the aviation market, we also need the supporting infrastructure. In absence of infrastructure there is bound to be cost escalation, which will be connected to airfare.
—Anil Bokil, economics analyst
We have an example of what happened to Kingfisher Airlines
When you are entering a market, they have something called a competitive entry price, wherein you get people to know you and probably attract them towards your offer. If you are offering say 30% lower price, the question is will it be a sustainable price. At the end, the supply-demand and cost factor will have to bring in the equilibrium. We have to note that fuel cost and taxation is same to everybody, it is not that you are offering a different concoction. We have an example of what has happened to Kingfisher Airlines. Today, all the other airlines in the domestic aviation market are making losses. In a competitive market if you are going all the way out and are able to maintain the same over a period of time, then AirAsia will make a difference.
—Pradeep Bhargava, immediate past chairman, CII-western region
Other airlines will have to increase their efficiency levels
In my belief, AirAsia will not be operating from bigger cities like Delhi and Mumbai but would be operating from smaller cities. They are looking at 60% focus on Tier II routes. With AirAsia's entry, it would definitely trigger a price war. However, it would also lead to airlines being more efficient. Other airlines will have to buck up and increase their efficiency levels. The low-cost carriers like Spice Jet, Indigo, Go Air etc. will be definitely impacted. AirAsia proposes to offer 35% prices lower than the market fare. It will be good for the ordinary citizens for whom air travel will finally become more affordable. This news has met with a lot of cheer among ordinary citizens; while there is a reason of some concern among the already operating airlines.
—SK Jain, president, MCCIA
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It is a joint venture, partnering AirAsia, Tata Group and Telstra Tradeplace
On May 7, DGCA granted Air Operator's Permit(AOP) to the airline.
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Police said the number of incidents of crime has been down since the closures.
Mayor Charlie Hales proposed the extension last month on portions of NW 3rd Ave from W Burnside to NW Everett St, NW Couch from NW 2nd Ave to NW 4th Ave, and NW Davis from 2nd Ave to NW 4th Ave between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and other event dates specified by police.
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UFC headed to Fox networks in landmark 7-year deal
White declined to reveal the deal's total value, saying, "nobody gets rich doing a TV deal except the NFL. But if we do things the right way, it should be huge for us, for the fighters, for Fox, for everybody."
"The Ultimate Fighter" will move from Spike to FX next spring for its 15th edition, and the show will evolve from a taped reality show into a live sports program with reality-TV elements, according to FX Executive Vice President Chuck Saftler. The show's competitive fights will air live on Friday nights, and its episodes will be filmed and released within a week - much faster than in its previous incarnation, which starts its 14th cycle on Spike this fall.
Most of the UFC programming currently airing on Versus also will move to FX, as will the behind-the-scenes reality shows leading up to major fights. Fuel, a lower-profile Fox cable channel, also will broadcast UFC programming.
Although the four Fox shows are the centerpiece of the deal, the bulk of the UFC's programming will be on FX in its nearly 100 million homes. FX President John Landgraf and Saftler have built a powerful lineup of critically acclaimed and highly rated dramas and comedies over the past decade, but the network has spent years looking for sports programming to complement its scripted lineup, dabbling with NASCAR and college football in recent years.
"The UFC has a certain sensibility and tonality that falls right in line with that brand that we've built," Saftler said. " We're also able to keep our programming message simple now: You can see UFC fighting live on a Friday night on FX."
Saftler actually sees a natural fit for the UFC among viewers of FX's cerebral dramas, like "Justified" and "Sons of Anarchy," and raucous comedies like "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "Archer."
"There's a great intelligence to the fighters, how they have to adapt and adjust and train," Saftler said. "This isn't just dumbed-down punching. This is really a sport with well-conditioned athletes who have to put great study into their opponents. This is both brain and brawn working in the octagon."
And while weekend programming has long been a problem for FX and most major cable networks, Saftler said, "sports are the one thing that always seems to break through."
Saftler believes recent flat ratings of UFC programming on Spike, a division of MTV Networks, reflect more on the UFC's former network than its product.
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Manny Pacquiao's next big test inside the ring will be against Oscar De La Hoya, but before he takes on boxing's most popular figure, the four-division champion faces the challenge of co-promoting his first boxing show with Sycuan Ringside Promotions on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 at Sycuan Resort and Casino in San Diego, Calif..
"I love the San Diego area," said Pacquiao, who's promotional company is titled Manny Pacquiao Promotions (MPP). "Before I won my title against David Diaz, I spent several hours touring San Diego after one of our press conferences. I can honestly say it is the most beautiful city in America."
"Sycuan Ringside Promotions is extremely excited to be partnering with Manny in his first boxing promotion," said Scott Woodworth, vice president of Sycuan Ringside Promotions. "You can only do this once and we're happy to be a part of it. We've lined up an exciting card with an exciting twist."
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The memorable night of boxing features Mexican boxers against Filipinos with the main event pitting Bernabe Concepcion against Giovanni Caro in a ten-round super bantamweight bout that begins at 7:30 p.m. PT, televised by Azteca America.
Concepcion, who is promoted by Pacquiao, is 26-1 with 15 knockouts while Caro is the Mexican 122-pound champion with a record of 11-4-4 with 9 knockouts.
Pacquiao, who is training in Los Angeles under long-time trainer Freddie Roach, will be seated ringside to watch all the action as it unfolds.
Other Pacquiao-backed boxers include junior welterweight Dennis Laurente (29-3, 15 KOs) fighting against Arturo Urena (20-15, 12 KOs) and lightweight Aaron Melgarejo (11-6-1, 3 KOs) competing against Alain Hernandez (12-5-2, 7 KOs).
Willie Tucker, vice president of Sycuan Ringside Promotions, said Pacquiao's presence is a highlight of his five-year-old promotional company.
"Dealing with Manny and his organization has been a real honor," Tucker said. "He is a class act, and he handles the best Filipino fighters. We are fortunate to have thousands of Filipino-American customers in Southern California. We're expecting ticket demand to be extremely high for this event."
Before hometown heroes Juan Diaz and Rocky Juarez take to the HBO airwaves on "Houston Super Fight Night" set for Saturday, September 6th for pivotal showdowns against Michael Katsidis and Jorge Barrios respectively, fans at Houston's Toyota Center will be treated to an even bigger array of Texas' finest, as Former World Champion Jesus "El Matador" Chavez and top prospects Hylon Williams and Jermell Charlo plan on showing their opponents that when it comes to boxing, you don't mess with Texas.
In a ten round lightweight contest, Chavez battles hard-hitting Colombian Andres Ledesma. Also at 135 pounds, unbeaten Williams takes on Jesse Ortiz in a six rounder and in a welterweight four rounder, Charlo will look to keep his unbeaten record intact against Rodrigo Villareal.
Adding to the Lone Star State theme will be none other than Natalie Foreman, daughter of heavyweight legend George Foreman and the star of the hit television series Family Foreman, who will be singing the National Anthem on fight night.
The former WBC World Junior Lightweight Champion, Austin, Texas' Jesus Chavez (43-4, 29 KOs) has battled through more adversity in and out of the ring than most people will ever see, but he has still emerged as a true gentleman and one of the top fighters in the world. Sidelined for over a year due to a knee injury, Chavez returned to the ring in April with a hard-fought decision win over Daniel Jimenez and on September 6th he will undoubtedly be raring to go as he fights in Texas for the first time since his title-winning effort over Sirimongkol Singwancha in 2003. In Arjona, Colombia's Andres Ledesma (14-10-1, 9 KOs), he will not only be facing a seasoned battler with knockout power, but one who issued highly-touted prospect Gary Stark Jr. his first pro loss via knockout in May of 2007, making him a tough test for "El Matador".
Houston's own Hylon Williams (3-0, 1 KO) has transitioned smoothly to the pros from an amateur career that saw him win a number of titles, including the National Golden Gloves, the Junior Olympics, the PAL championship and the Silver Gloves. Unbeaten in three bouts, the 18-year old has yet to lose a round in the pro ranks and he has been training tirelessly to keep his string of perfection going against San Antonio's Jesse Ortiz (4-9-2, 2 KOs) in a six round lightweight bout. In addition to training for his September 6th bout, Williams began classes at Houston Community College on August 25th, following in the footsteps of stablemate Diaz, who went back to school at the University of Houston this week in the midst of training.
Like Williams, Houston's Jermell Charlo (3-0, 2 KOs) dazzled fight fans as an amateur, winning a Bronze medal at the 2005 Junior Olympics at just 15 years old and ending his amateur career with a stellar 56-8 slate. In December of last year, Charlo turned pro with a near shutout win over Corey Sommerville, but his next two opponents didn't make it to the final bell. On September 6th, the 18-year old prodigy looks for win number four against Houston's Rodrigo Villareal (1-1) in a four round welterweight battle.
In other undercard action at the Toyota Center, 8-0 (5 KOs) junior lightweight up and comer Elizar Renteria of Houston squares off against Laredo's Olvin Mejia (3-2-1, 3 KOs) in a junior lightweight four round contest; Houston's Crystal Delgado (6-0, 1 KO) risks her unbeaten record against Louisville's Katlyn Dance (2-2) in a four round showdown; undefeated junior middleweights Lanard Lane (3-0, 2 KOs) of Houston and Quinton Whitaker (5-2, 4 KOs) of San Antonio collide in a four round bout; and Houston junior middleweight Roque Moreno makes his pro debut against Victoria's Jesus Villareal (2-5-1, 1 KO) in a four round matchup.
Tickets for "Houston Super Fight Night" - Diaz vs. Katsidis and Juarez vs. Barrios, priced at $200, $100, $60, $40 and $25, are on sale and available for purchase, at the Toyota Center Box Office, online at www.ToyotaCenterTix.com, by phone at 1-866-4-HOU-TIX and select Houston area Randalls locations.
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Notice: Undefined variable: has_competences in /var/www/moodle/blocks/exaport/shared_view.php on line 181 Call Stack: 0.0000 646176 1. {main}() /var/www/moodle/blocks/exaport/shared_view.php:0
Initially we thought it's because we don't have the competencies block installed and therefore had the setting for the competencies set up incorrect, but ticking or unticking this option in the block settings page has no impact.
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- Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 4:25 PMHello Chris, problem should be solved - can you give it another try? Andreas
- Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 11:23 PMAre there any plans to update this plugin to be compatible with Moodle versions higher than 2.5? I've got 2.7 up in a test environment and was able to install the plugin, but some pages needed some SQL query tweaking to work, and the Items content block does not insert properly when creating a view (the lightbox containing the options never appears but the screen darkens and becomes inaccessible like it has). Otherwise, this looks to be a great e-portfolio option!
- Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 11:26 PMyes, it will be updated, thanks for the info, we will let you know as soon as the corrections have been made, andreas
- Thu, Jun 26, 2014, 1:32 PMwe have checked into the matter - it is related to logging in Moodle which is being reworked totally at the moment. we will rework our module soon to update this - for now it is possible to use the module - the problem only exists with the admin account, regards andreas
- Thu, Jul 17, 2014, 9:55 PMHi Andreas,
I have the same problem like Georgi Samaras - there is no access for creating a view even if i log in as a student without any admin rights. As a result of any action a lightbox overlays the site.
Our Moodle is 2.6.3
Kind regards, Helga
- Mon, Jul 21, 2014, 5:19 PMhello helga, we are only expiriencing thing problem with debug-mode turned on, have you tried downloading the latest version from git? regards, Andreas
- Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 11:14 PMEstimado tengo el siguiente error al querer compartir el portafolio:
Could not load preference popup_provider_block_exaport_sharing_permitted. Make sure the component and name you supplied to message_send() are valid.
- Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 7:13 PMhello andreas,
we updated our moodle to 2.7 and the exabis e-portfolio to the latest version. the problem with the lightbox overlaying the site, while creating a view still exists. I turned the developer-mode on, but no error message comes up. do you have any idea? how can i sent you a screenshot?
kind regards
- Fri, Nov 28, 2014, 4:16 PMhello helga, please send a screenshot - did you take this version of exabis eportolio?: https://github.com/gtn/exaport/archive/experimental.zip - regards Andreas
- Tue, Dec 9, 2014, 2:16 AMThe 2.7 version looks great! However, I am experiencing the lightbox issue with the "Items" portion of view creation on both the official release and the experimental version on github. I have a screenshot but am not sure how to send it. Basically, when adding "Items" to a view, the lightbox overlay darkens the screen and then nothing else happens. For me, this only happens with "Items". I can add Personal Items, Headertext, etc. with no problems.
- Wed, Feb 18, 2015, 12:17 PMWe are experimenting with the possibility of using exabis e-portfolio in a large installation of course in Indonesia for School Principal's Professional development. We will have courses with potentially large numbers of students (several thousand). We will organize learners into groups for interactive elements such as Forums etc. We cant see how a portfolio or file in a portfolio can be shared to a group. We can see external and internal sharing options, and in the internal option individual users in a course can be selected (or all by select all) but we can't see how we can restrict this to a students' group , or link a portfolio to a group. Additionally it would be good if we had a quick or automated way to allocate specific users such as the students tutor and supervisor.
- Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 4:54 AMHello Greg, we will look into the group connection, regarding the quick automated allocation - we have already done that in the experimental track on git - views can be automatically published to teachers of a course, regards Andreas
- Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 7:29 PMI'm using exabis v2.7-r1 (2014121900) (the version.php omits the main version 4.2) with Moodle v. 2.7, and it seems to be working fine mostly. But the SCORM-Export option shows a blank page and I get parsing errors in the logfile:
apache2: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')' in /srv/moodle/blocks/exaport/export_scorm.php on line 167
It looks like the third operand for the ternary operator is missing in this line.
- Tue, Apr 14, 2015, 6:10 PMhello david, we corrected the problem, please download newest version from experimental-branch at github, regards andreas


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This was our last day on this unique island, dropped in the north Atlantic, straddling two enormous continental plates. Most of what happens here is linked to the earth's geology, and that gives it a striking beauty incomparable with the rest of Europe. We thought we'd make the most of it.
After our second wonderful breakfast at Ranga, we were ready for a full day ahead. We decided to retreat a little east at first and try the road to Porsmork. We were not entirely sure what we were going to get and set off down the straightforward deviation from the main road, past yet another waterfall and headed inland. As we progressed, the quality of the road deteriorated until after about 20-30 minutes, we were being thrown around in our 4x4 by uneven, icy, snow covered rocky surfaces. We continued at a slow pace for a while having the road tip one way, then the other as we thudded down over very uneven surfaces; this car was really doing its job getting us forward over this. 10 minutes later, we encountered a familiar problem: our path was crossed by a river, however, this one was deeper and the drop into it more severe. Buoyed on by our efforts at Hoffell, we gave it a go. The front wheels slammed into the water but we had just enough momentum to continue out the other side, and a little pressure on the pedal meant we made it up the bank and back onto the rocky road. At this point, not only was the road getting worse but the snow was getting thicker, again, this would not be a place to get stuck. We noticed up ahead that someone was coming from the other direction, which gave us some hope that if they could do it, so could we. As the other vehicle got closer, we noticed that it was not in a similar range to ours. It can only be described as a monster truck. The top of the wheels were at about my eye level. We pulled to one side to let it pass. The driver, clad in reflective sun glasses, wound down his window and cooly said "you'll have to turn around" and drove on. Who were we to argue with him?
Turning around was not acheived with the blissful aplomb with which he uttered it. However, after a few moments, we were heading away from the interior again, a little wiser as to why Iceland just has the one main road around the coast. This was not the end of our problems at this time, for we still had our river to cross and upon approaching it realised why the wheels hit the water with such vigour. The slope on the other side was considerably steeper. We again moved forward at a medium pace and dropped into the water with our usual momentum. Despite this, it was not enough and the car stalled on the steep bank the other side. Handbrake on, neutral gear, restart engine, first gear and enough pressure on the pedal to get us up before we looked too foolish. We were away and gradually approaching something that barely resembled a road. Another 20 minutes and we were back on tarmac; we stopped at the waterfall to admire the bird colonies nesting in its shadow and look back over what we had attempted to cross. Having failed to reach Porsmork, we were blessed with more time and we didn't want to arrive in Reykjavik too early and waste the day. We decided to give the site of Pingvellir a go, which didn't represent too much of a deviation from our planned course, so we continued west along a smooth surface, glad of the capabilities of our 4x4.
The road to Pingvellir was a normal one, and as usual, it began to snow again. Contrary to the east, closer to Reykjavik you are likely to encounter another car every now and again, and we found ourselves travelling at 80-90kph behind just one such car. Of the tens of thousands of days that I had lived, the ones in Iceland numbered only 6 so far and I didn't want number 7 to be spent travelling for too long. I'd like to say that this entered my mind as I pulled out to overtake, but I was now overconfident in the abilities of myself and the 4x4. As the snow falls and compacts into ice, the cars' wheels push it to one side and a grip is acheived on the tarmac once again. When overtaking, there is a strip in the middle of the road that has not had this treatment. As I crossed the strip and attempted to straighten up again on the other side in order to overtake, the view shot across the road to the right, then with the slightest adjustment, shot back across the road to the left; the back tyres had lost all grip on the road and I was swinging wildly on ice at 90kph. I gave up any battle of keeping the car on the road and it careered off the road onto the rough snow that bumped us along for a few seconds. I had let the physics of what the car was going to do take its course and remained away from the wheel and the break. 20 metres from the roadside we slammed into a river and then the bank on the opposite side, most of the impact being taken on the front passenger side. The car then settled down into the river. With its right side beginning to submerge and the left propped up on the bank.
There was not a single car that passed and did not stop to offer us help. We climbed out of the windows and sat in the back of the very car I'd tried to overtake. We waited for an ambulance crew to check us out. The paramedics asked how long we'd been in Iceland, and my dented pride was nursed by one of their comments "6 days? We normally do this for you guys on the first day." Local Police from nearby Selfoss then took us to their station. However, before we left we visited our fallen comrade to collect our things that weren't underwater.
At the police station, we were collected by the jolliest man from the car hire company who took us back out to the crash site for us to pick up anything else. The car's front passenger side was totally crushed, with the wheel at a right angle to the rest of the car. The other half of the car had been in the river water for some time, although by the time we reached it the car had been pulled out and remained on the rough snow at the roadside. We collected a few very wet things, including cards from a deck that were now mostly floating around. With a silent, sad farewell we left the scene and were taken from Selfoss to Reykjavik by our very upbeat driver. A snow storm came in as we approached the city but were eventually dropped off in good daylight at a hotel near the bus station for our final leg of the journey the next morning.
Having rested our wet things all over the room, we stepped out into Reykjavik for something to eat and also bought a few sweets for our final night. The city was very welcoming and it was good to settle down after the day we'd had. We missed the wilderness of rural Iceland but were happy to be there nonetheless. Once back in the hotel we stayed indoors to lick our wounds and be ready for a very early start the next morning.
At about 5am we took a taxi down the road to the bus station in very thick falling snow that was making progress very difficult for our driver. We bought tickets to Keflavik airport and boarded our bus which seemed much more adept at dealing with the very heavy snow that was now settling on the ground. It was sombre to be going back to reality after the week we'd had. Iceland is a testament to the beauty that is still present outside our concrete worlds, that no design can rival the natural art with which this geological monument has been constructed. With our journey at an end, we did what Iceland has annually stopped Europe's aviation giants doing, and took off in a plane.
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Fantastic description, thankful that you both came through without too much damage and what a testament to the wonderful spirit of all the people who helped you. It sounds as if the country and its people have such a lot to show us about how good our world and life can be.
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