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Players born on or after 1 January 1989 were available to participate in the tournament. Players' age as of 14 July 2008 – the tournament's starting day. Players in bold have later been capped at full international level. Group A. Head coach: Mihail Madanski Head coach: Tibor Sisa Head coach: Horst Hrubesch Head coach: Ginés Meléndez Group B. Head coach: Jakub Dovalil Head coach: Brian Eastick Head coach: Alexis Alexiou Head coach: Francesco Rocca
The AFC first round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was also the first round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification. It was played from 6 to 11 June 2019. Format. A total of twelve teams (teams ranked 35–46 in the FIFA World Rankings) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round. The six losers would have qualified to the 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup, but it was cancelled. Timor-Leste were banned from qualifying to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, so this only acts as FIFA World Cup qualification for them. Seeding. The draw for the first round was held on 17 April 2019 at 11:00 MST (), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2019. Pot A teams hosted the first leg and Pot B teams hosted the second leg. Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round. Note: FIFA World Rankings at the time of the draw is shown in (parenthesis). Summary. The first legs were played on 6–7 June, and the second legs on 11 June 2019. &lt;onlyinclude&gt; &lt;/onlyinclude&gt; Matches. Mongolia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Sri Lanka won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Bangladesh won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Malaysia won 12–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Cambodia won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round. Guam won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914-1994) was an English biochemist. He won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Archer Martin.
Product differentiation is a term from economics and marketing. In most markets, there will be some form of competition: businesses offer products or services, which may be very similar. Using product differentiation, a company can change a product or a service, so that it becomes more attractive to a given market. This means the product or service must be different from the product of the competitors. It also means, it must be sufficiently different from the other products of the company. Edward Chamberlin first proposed the idea, in his book "The Theory of Monopolistic Competition", published in 1933 Rationale. Firms have different ways that help them to construct specific competitive advantages over competitors. Differentiation is the process of distinguishing the differences of a product or offering from others, to make it more attractive to a particular target market. Although research in a niche market may result in changing a product in order to improve differentiation, the changes themselves are not differentiation. Marketing or product differentiation is the process of describing the differences between products or services, or the resulting list of differences. This is done to demonstrate the unique aspects of a firm's product and create a sense of value. Marketing textbooks are firm on the point that any differentiation must be valued by buyers (a differentiation attempt that is not perceived does not count). The term unique selling proposition refers to advertising to communicate a product's differentiation. In economics, successful product differentiation leads to competitive advantage. This is inconsistent with perfect competition. One of the requirement for perfect competition is that the products or services are perfect substitutes. There are three types of product differentiation: Most of the time, the brand differences are small: they can be as little as different packaging or an advertising theme. The physical product need not change, but it may. Differentiation is about the buyers seeing a difference. Causes of differentiation may be functional aspects of the product or service, how it is distributed and marketed, or who buys it. The major sources of product differentiation are as follows. The objective of differentiation is to develop a position that potential customers see as unique. The term is used frequently when dealing with freemium business models, in which businesses market a free and paid version of a given product. Given they target the same group of
Anneliese Knoop-Graf (January 30 1921-August 27 2009) was the youngest sister of Willi Graf, who was one of the main members of the White Rose resistance group. In his last letter to her he tasked her to “keep a good memory of me.” (“Behaltet mich in guter Errinerung”) After his death Anneliese worked tirelessly to keep Willi’s story (and the stories of the other White Rose members) alive. White Rose work and Legacy. On February 18, 1943, Willi and Anneliese Graf were captured by the Gestapo. Both were accused of being members of the White Rose. Willi was a core member, but he had never told Anneliese about the activities of the White Rose. Anneliese was released soon afterward, but her brother was sentenced to death. In his last letter to Anneliese and his family, Willi asked them to, “Keep a good memory of me” and to “continue what we have started.” After the war Anneliese honored her brothers last wishes, becoming a speaker about the White Rose.She helped write multiple publications about the White Rose, including helping Inge Jens and Walter Jens publish a book of Willi Graf’s letters and diary titled, “Willi Graf: Briefe und Aufzeichnungen.” In 1987, Anneliese became the vice chairman of the White Rose foundation in Munich. Anneliese Knoop-Graf died on August 27, 2009. She was 88 years old.
Hazel W. Johnson-Brown (October 10, 1927 – August 5, 2011) a member of the United States military. She was the 16th Chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps and the first African American woman to hold the title of Brigadier general. She served the military as a nurse from 1955 to 1983 when she retired.  The title of Brigadier general and 16th Chief of Army Nurse Corps was awarded to Hazel W. Johnson-Brown in 1979. Early life. She was born on October 10, 1927. She was born and raised in Pennsylvania, United States. She is the daughter of Clarence L. Johnson Sr. and Gamett Henly Johnson. She had six siblings. It is said that she wanted to be a nurse from early childhood.
Margaret Phyllis Lose (November 15, 1925-September 30, 2019) was the first woman equine (horse) vet in the United States. She opened many equine surgical hospitals, and was extremely successful in her surgeries. She never had a client with a postoperative (after operation) infection. She was the third woman to get a horse trainer license in the United States.  Early life. Phyllis Lose’s parents taught her to be tough, and always keep on moving forward in her life. They motivated her to work hard if she wants to make something happen. When she was younger, she once convinced her parents to let her keep a horse in their garage! Lose has always had a love of horses. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School in 1957. She was one of three women in her graduating class. She was the only woman who studied large animals. Lose was the first certified female equine veterinarian in the United States.  Career. First Lose was a horse trainer. When she graduated Lose opened the first woman-owned and woman-run horse veterinary clinic. Lose was the first woman to build an equine surgical hospital. She is also the first woman horse doctor in the United States. She was the third woman to have a horse trainer license in the United States as well. She developed many different methods and new types of medicines to help perform more successful surgeries on horses. For example, Lose Lose doesn’t like to use steroids to relax muscles in hurt horses, which is a very common thing to do with other vets. Lose opened two equine hospitals in Pennsylvania. During Lose’s busiest years, she treated up to 1,000 horses a week! Lose won some money off of her dog, when she entered him in a dog food contest. She closed her hospital, to pursue her dog, Oscar’s, movie career in Florida. Lose wrote many books. Her autobiography is called, "No Job for a Lady.” Personal life. In both her career, as well as her personal life. She never married. Her work was too busy.  She slept about three or four hours a night. One of her dogs, Oscar, was a movie star at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida. She died in 2019.
Madison Hammond is an Indigenous American soccer player. Hammond is the first Native American to play in the National Women's Soccer League. She plays for the club Angel City, in Los Angeles, California, USA. Hammond made her debut on September 26, 2020. She aims to inspire and be a role model for young Native American girls.  Early life. Madison Hammond was born in November 1997. Her mother was in the military. Her father was not very involved in her life. Hammond grew up in Albuquerque and moved to Virginia when she was 9 years old. She is Navajo, San Pueblo, and African American. Her uncle was a golf PGA Champion and played with Tiger Woods. He was a big inspiration for her. She joined a girls' soccer club near her mother's base when they moved to Virginia. Making history. Hammond made history when she subbed on to a game on September 26, 2020. She became the first Native American player to play in the NWSL. She was subbed on in the 76th minute of a game against Utah. Hammond played in 3 games during the fall season for a total of 105 minutes. Journey. Madison Hammond graduated from Wake Forester in 2019. She went undrafted and had a test run for a club in Spain. Hammond decided to do another tryout, this time with the club OL Reign. During the tryouts, the Covid-19 pandemic hit and shut down the league. She signed a 2-year contract right away once it started opening back up. In March, 2022, she was traded to Angel City, in Los Angeles, USA. Inspiring others. Hammond wants to inspire young native girls. She wants other indigenous girls to try to play professional soccer, too. She realizes that she now has responsibility. She sees both positives and negatives from her achievement. She is happy that the league is starting to change and be more diverse. Hammond is also a little disappointed that it took till 2020 to have a Native American player.
Precious Brady-Davis (born 1986/1987) is an American author and transgender climate activist. She is also a LGBTQ+ activist. She is the most seen trans woman of color climate activist. She launched a 1.6 million dollar CDC HIV Prevention program at the , an LGBTQ community center. There she was Mentor of LGBTQ+ teens. She wrote the best-selling book, "I Have Always Been Me". Today, she is the director of communications at the Sierra Club. She and Myles Brady-Davis, her transmasculine husband, had a baby girl in 2019. The baby's birth certificate listed the Brady-Davis' proper genders.  Early life. Brady-Davis was in foster care when she was a toddler. This was because of her mother’s mental health issues. At age five she moved in with her grandparents. In fourth grade her peers started being homophobic to her. In middle school it got worse. In public high school she started to explore her identity. In her sophomore year Brady Davis moved into a foster home. In college she came out as gay. She went to college in Chicago. There she made a name for herself as a performance artist. Many LGBTQ+ teens looked up to her for her inspirational story of resilience.
Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970) is an American women's basketball coach and player. She is a four-time Southeastern Conference (SEC) Coach of the Year winner and the 2020 Associated Press Coach of the Year. She was hired at University of South Carolina in the 2008-2009 season. Before, she had coached at Temple University. In 2017 they won the national title. She has five SEC regular titles and six league tournament crowns. She also coached the USA women's olympic basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 where they won the gold medal. Education. Staley went to high school at Dobbins Tech High school. She led them to 3 league championships. She won high school player of the year as a senior. She decided to go to University of Virginia because she could play immediately and for their reputation for developing point guards. She was one of six children the first person in her family to go to college. Career. Staley was a basketball coach at Temple University. Her team at Temple won many games and got to play in the NCAA tournaments for eight years. Staley came to coach at the University of South Carolina in the 2007-2008 season. The South Carolina women's basketball team was not very popular. Staley helped them win their first national championship in 2017. The team's really good season in 2020 was ended by the COVID-19 Pandemic. In 2021, Staley signed a seven-year contract with the South Carolina Gamecocks. She earns a $1 million US base salary. She will also receive $1.9 million US every subsequent year which will grow by $100,000 every year. She can also get up to $680,000 in incentive bonuses. If Staley leaves without reason, she would pay the school 5 million. If the school fired her without reason, they would owe her 3 million dollars. Staley believes that the 22.4 million dollars will help equalize women's and men's pay in basketball. She is now the highest paid black women's basketball coach, and one of the highest paid basketball coaches. Staley also passed Louisiana State University coach Kim Mulkey making her the highest paid coach in the Southeastern Conference.
Sayyida al-Hurra (Arabic: السيدة الحرة), real name Lalla Aicha bint Ali ibn Rashid al-Alami, Hakimat Titwan (Arabic: عائشة بنت علي بن رشيد العلمي) (1485 – 14 July 1561) was a pirate queen. Biography. Al-Hurra lived in the early 1500’s. She managed to control the Western half of the Mediterranean for well over 30 years. She was born into a wealthy Muslim family. Her birth name was believed to be Aicha. Her family was chased out of Granada to Morocco during the Spanish Reconquista. She and her family then settled in Tetouán. Her first husband was the Sultan Al-Mandri. She had herself immediately named governer of Tetouán, after he died. She was bestowed the title Al-Hurra. This was a symbol of respect and power. She then married the King of Morocco. This was the only time in Islamic history a king traveled outside his country for his wedding. Spain and Portugal were worried about this. It seemed like a threat, as this alliance would be extremely strong. Iberians attacked Al-Hurra’s land. She became a pirate to defend her country and stop them. She made an alliance with the dreaded pirate Barabarossa, or Red Beard. He used his fleet to ferry refugees away from the fighting. Al-Hurra terrorized Spanish and Portuguese ships. She became known and feared across the Mediterranean. She was known for taking hostages and being extremely merciless. The Spanish feared her and prayed for a miracle. The Portuguese “prayed for God to allow them to see her hanged from a ship’s mast”. She was categorized as aggressive and bad-tempered. Al-Hurra became one of the richer pirates of her time. She still managed to maintain a consistent alliance with Red Beard. Her demise came after over 30 years of sailing. Her son-in-law usurped her power and throne. He also stole her wealth. She lived in her childhood home in Morocco until her death. She died at age 75. Sayyida Al-Hurra’s legacy lives on today. In European writing she is known as the fearsome Pirate Queen of the Mediterranean.
The 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup was planned to be the 2nd AFC Solidarity Cup, a football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). On 10 September 2020, AFC announced that the tournament would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2019, it was rescheduled once more to March 2020. Nepal were the previous champions. Qualified teams. The tournament would have had 8 teams. The teams that could qualify were: &lt;onlyinclude&gt; &lt;/onlyinclude&gt;
Bisa Butler (born Mailissa Yamba Butler in 1973) is an American artist. She makes quilts. Her quilts are a new style that no one has made before. They look like paintings. Her method is changing how other people make quilts. The Smithsonian, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Fine Art, and many other museums have Butler’s quilts. She is now making a new group of quilts for the Smithsonian Museums. Magazine and book publishers also hired Butler to make quilts for their covers. Butler made quilts for the fronts of Time magazine, Essence, Juxtapoz, and Tarana Burke's memoir. Many other newspapers and magazines have written stories about Butler. Forbes, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian Magazine, CBS, NBC, and National Public Radio have all written about her. Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) also showed her quilts. Early life. Butler was born in 1973, to a Ghanan father and a mother from New Orleans. Her mother was raised in Morocco. Butler learned about quilting and fabric from her mother and grandmother. Education. Butler attended Howard University. She studied painting. Butler discovered that painting was not her favorite art. She then got her graduate degree from Montclair State University in New Jersey. Her first quilted portrait was of her grandparents. Career. Butler's quilts are portraits of Black Americans. Butler finds old photographs and makes quilts based on them. She quilts both famous people and unknown people. She wants to tell the experience of Twentieth Century Black Americans. Her quilts are very colorful. She uses colours to describe the personalities of the people she is quilting. Many of the fabrics Butler uses come from Ghana. The quilts are also very complex. Butler spends hundreds of hours making one quilt. Teacher. Butler taught high school art in Elizabeth, New Jersey until 2018. Butler rejected an invitation to exhibit her quilts in Switzerland. She did not want to leave her students during their school year. She made quilts to sell at art fairs. Professional artist. While she was teaching Butler created her famous quilt: “Safety Patrol”. “Safety Patrol” was based on
Katy Pyle is an American ballet dancer. As a child, Pyle was told they were too strong to dance as a girl. They also never met a lesbian ballet dancer. Pyle wants more people to feel welcome in dance. They want to help people find happiness in dance. They created the dance company Ballez. Ballez is a place for people who are underrepresented in ballet. They are also the creator and choreographer of Sleeping Beauty and the Beast, and Giselle of Loneliness. Early life. Pyle was a ballet student in 1990. They identify as a genderqueer lesbian. They use they/them pronouns. A Ballet teacher told them that they would have a better career if they were a boy. Because they wanted to dance in a way that was “more masculine.” Ballet is often divided by gender. Pyle felt a lack of representation. They felt confused about their identity. Career. Pyle researched queer ballet dancers. Pyle was inspired by the people they learned about. Bronislava Nijinska was a ballet choreographer. Nijinska created the ballet Les Bitches. Pyle felt happy and mad. They were happy because there were people like them. They were sad because these people were made invisible.
Sarah Thomas ( Bailey; born September 21, 1973) is an American football referee for the National Football League (NFL). Thomas is the first woman to be a permanent NFL official. Thomas is breaking gender barriers around her career. Thomas was the first woman to officiate the Super Bowl. She refereed the Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida, in 2021. Early Life. Sarah Thomas was raised in Pascagoula Mississippi. She and her brother played sports. She received a scholarship for basketball at the University of Mobile. Thomas was recorded 5th best in the school for her excellence in basketball. Her statistics over five seasons: 779 points, 411 rebounds, 108 assists, and 192 steals. Thomas was titled Academic All-American at Mobile. She aided her team get to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Tournament. Thomas got a degree in communications and graduated Mobile in 1995. First Jobs. Thomas was interested in becoming a Football official after college. She went with her older brother to his officiating meeting. She started being an official for grade school, and then high schools in 1999. Thomas officiated a high school state championship game in Mississippi, 2007. Joe Henes, who is a retired official told Gerry Austin, a supervisor of Conference USA’s officials about Thomas and her ability to officiate. Joe Henes recommended she start officiating college football. Austin looked into her skill set and hired Thomas. This made her the first woman to officiate a major college game. She started working for the NFL in 2015.  Skills. Thomas has good communication skills. She can talk to coaches. She listens to the coach when they are questioning the call. She calms them down. Coaches are confident about her abilities.
Gertrude Joyce Cran Barry (1900-1964) was a Scottish lacrosse and field hockey player who lived in the United States. She was inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963. She was inducted into the Scotland Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2015. She was the founder of CRANBARRY Equipment Company. This was the United State’s first equipment company for women’s lacrosse.  Barry came to the United States to teach at a field hockey camp in 1925. She then became a Physical Training Instructor at Wellesley College. Barry figured out that field hockey was bad for posture due to the form of the arched back, and that lacrosse is good for posture because players are running upright. This further promoted more women to play lacrosse. In 1931, she became the United States Women's Lacrosse Association's (USWLA) first president. She held this role for four years. Barry helped organize the USWLA's first national tournament in 1933 in Greenwich, Connecticut. In 1947 she established CRANBARRY Equipment Company. In 1950 she chaired the U.S. Team Selection Committee. Joyce Cran Barry became the second woman inducted into the US Hall of Fame (besides Margaret Boyd) in 1993. In 1934, a prediction was made by the leaders of New York Women’s Lacrosse Association that lacrosse would be more popular than field hockey.
Cecilia Concepcion Alvarez is an American Latina artist. Her work thinks about gender. Early life. Cecilia Alvarez was born April 15, 1950 in National City, California. Jeorge Guillermo Alvarez and Cecilia Alejandra Diego de Alvarez are her parents. Alvarez grew up on the San Diego-Tijuana border. She moved to Canada, and then to Seattle in 1975. Alvarez attended San Diego State University. She studied sociology. Alvarez later quit university to support her family. Career. Alvarez is a self taught artist. She makes paintings and public murals. She is part of The Guerrilla Girls art group. Message behind her art. Alvarez expresses her life experiences through her art. She brings light to silenced voices, she highlights journeys that others overlook. Her art redefines femininity, beauty, and power. She aims to help youth understand the complex topics of our world. Alvarez celebrates her culture and femininity in her art. Her artwork provokes visual conversations.