Under the old system, if you wanted to become a teacher in Italy's public schools, you needed an abilitazione--a teaching certificate--which could be granted through either of two distinct, competitive qualification processes: the concorso ordinario or the concorso per abilitazione.
And all of them won his or her invitation to the Kona Ironman through competitive qualification at other Ironman events, which is a testament to the level of dedication.
Unofficial races and non-competitive (qualification) races were excluded because they were considered to be a source of unreliable data or submaximal performance.
One important change was the replacement, in 2001, of Italy's competitive national qualification procedures with a 2-year teacher-training programme.
The number of recent successful novelists who have their agrégation, the top, ultra-competitive teaching qualification for which not a hair must be out of place, is perhaps significant.
Clubs who have lived in the shadow of Rangers for so long are now eyeing a more competitive race for qualification to the two European competitions.
If Ganso is firing and we have Pato, Neymar and Robinho in front of him we can start to play the game that supporters love to see. Marcos Lavieri - UOL Brasil El objetivo Qualifying as hosts for the 2014 World Cup prevents Menezes from developing his team in the fiercely competitive South American qualification series.
In other words, sole reliance on the informal channel is usually not due to a high level of non-certifiable qualifications, but instead is often due to the lack of competitive, particularly certifiable, qualifications.
Their first competitive meeting came in qualification for the 1934 World Cup.
He also questioned the motives of the Premiership teams, accusing them of turning their backs on the tournament not because of issues over qualification and competitive structure, but because they want to "frustrate" the Heineken Cup's recently extended broadcasting contract with Sky Sports – to see it fall as a consequence of ERC (the organising body) being wound down.
"The old deal only really attracted women in poorly paid work, not those with qualifications and competitive career jobs," said Dominique Meda, a leading social policy specialist.
