Friday, May 30, 2008

Privacy Policy


We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm and continuing commitment to the privacy of personal information provided by those visiting and interacting with this web site. We hold the privacy of your personal information in the highest regard. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website.


We recognize the importance of protecting your privacy and our policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site. This policy will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and our customers' needs.


What Information Do We Collect?

When you visit this web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal informationyou knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Web site useinformation collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Web site.


1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide


Registration InformationWhen you register for any of our products, services or newsletters you will provide us information about yourself.Credit Card InformationIf you choose to avail of our services, you may need to give personal information and authorization to obtain information from various credit services. For example, you may need to provide the


following information:
-Name
-Mailing address
-Email address
-Credit card number
-Name on credit card-Credit card billing address
-Business and home phone number


Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.

2. Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called "cookies" see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and web server log files to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site.


How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?


Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities,providing the products and services you requested, to process your payment, , to monitor the use of the service, our marketing and promotional efforts and improve our content and service offerings, and customize our site's content, layout, services and for other lawful purposes. These uses improve our site and better tailor it to meet your needs.Furthermore, such information may be shared with others on an aggregate basis. Personally identifiable information or business information will not be shared with parties except as required by law.


Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Website, new services, and special offers we think you will find valuable. You may notify us atany time if you do not wish to receive these offers by emailing us at the link provided on the newsletter.


What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. Whenyou visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookieto your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Browsers are usually set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you may alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our site will not function as effectively when viewed by the users. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive or pass on computer viruses.


How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?

As you visit and browse our Web site, the site uses cookies to differentiate you from other users. In some cases, we also use cookies to prevent you from having to log in more than is necessary for security. Cookies, in conjunction with our Web server's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Web site and which parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback to constantly improve our Web site and better serve our clients. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you and we do not intentionally store any personal information that your browser provided to us in your cookies.


IP Addresses

IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile data known as traffic data so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you.


Sharing and Selling Information

We do not share, sell, lend or lease any of the information that uniquely identify a subscriber (such as email addresses or personal details) with anyone except to the extent it is necessary to process transactions or provide services that you have requested.


How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?

You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain in our database by emailing us at the usual address. What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information? We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights. We may also disclose account information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Terms of Service or to protect the safety of our users and the Public.


What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site?

We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site or the information or content contained therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Website to another web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other web site, including web sites, which have a link on our Website, is subject to that Web site's own rules and policies.


Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding. Your ConsentBy using our Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time with or without notice.

Our Commitment To Data Security:


Please note that your information will be stored and processed on our computers in the United States. The laws on holding personal data in the United States may be less stringent than the laws of your Country of residence or citizenship. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.


Choice/Opt-In/Opt-Out

This site allows visitors to unsubscribe so that they will not receive future messages. After unsubscribing we will discontinue sending the particular messages as soon as technically feasible.

Surveys & Contests


From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.


A Special Note About Children


Children are not eligible to use our services unsupervised and we ask that children (under the age of 14) do not submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor, you can use this service only in conjunction with permission and guidance from your parents or guardians. Acquisition or Changes in Ownership In the event that the web site (or a substantial portion of its assets) is acquired, your information would be considered part of those assets, and may be part of those assets that are transferred.


Policy Modifications

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If/when changes are made to this privacy policy, we will email users who have given us permission to do so. We will post any changes here, so be sure to check back periodically. However, please be assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

World Cup 2010 - Kenya Lays Strategy For Marketing

By James Kamweru



Kenya has put herself in a strategic position for marketing as stop over point for South African bound world cup teams. The announcement that the country will be hosting the 2010 African athletics championship has put the country in an ideal position to market itself.


The African athletics championship are held in early May, just before the conclusion of world leading soccer leagues. That means that when they are held in 2010, the national teams will be preparing to convene in camps before traveling to South Africa. The event is covered live by most television networks, hence publicity will be assured.


With only a little marketing, the country can be able to showcase its venues as ideal for practice ahead of the games in South Africa. Kenya enjoys almost identical climatic conditions with south Africa, though the later can be colder especially in winter. It has excellent infrastructure both in transport networks and communication.


Apart from the known soccer stadiums, institutions and clubs in Kenya have excellent pitches that can be used for soccer practice. The stadiums that are normally used for hockey, rugby and cricket if converted to temporary soccer pitches will make the teams wishing to train in Kenya have a wide variety to choose from.


Kenya is an athletics powerhouse. It is unlikely that any team in Africa would want to miss the meet in Kenya. It is also likely that sports analysts will be keen to see the new crop of athletes come to the scene and of course the replay of rivalry between Kenya and Ethiopia. This will present an ideal opportunity of showcasing the country as a stopover en route to South Africa.


Two of Africa's soccer powerhouses Nigeria and Cameroon have preferred to use Nairobi as a base before major tournaments. But the catch will be the other world beaters, from South America and Europe. Just before the last world cup, the practice camp of Brazil national team in Switzerland generated so much interest that every minute of their practice sessions was beamed worldwide.


With their tradition of winning cups outside Europe, Brazil will definitely begin as favorites to win the world cup in Africa. Wherever they go to pitch camp in Africa, they are likely to stir much more interest than they did in the last world cup. It will be in the interest of the host country to attract the best country in soccer for obvious reasons.


Kenya has already made a name over the years as a stable and developed country by African standards. Outside South Africa, the country has a head start as an optional practice site due to its weather. With the new strategic opening for publicity, the country should aim to attract only the top guns in the world of soccer.








James G. Kamweru is a tour operator and has been organizing and reporting on Vacation, Travel and Tours for years. For More Information Visit his site at Sports Tourism I Will Also Highly Appreciate Your Comments Kenya Travel On My Blog Here Sports Tourism


Saturday, May 3, 2008

Soccer Training/Football Training-Developing Field Vision

By Maverick Jensen



Having good field vision is an important skill that all midfielders need to have. The process to develop good field vision, is slow and only comes with more the experience you gain and the more skilled you become. To speed up the process you can try and watch as much soccer as you can as this will enhance your tactical understanding of the game, another tip you could try is to play in different positions this will further deepen your understanding of the game. There are a couple of factors that influence field vision which are;


SKILLS
As you become more skilled and start to improve your technical ability with the ball, the less you will need to concentrate on being able to control the ball. Giving you more time to spend on quickly looking what is going on around you before you actually get the ball. Being able to settle the ball quickly with your first touch is crucial as it allows you to get your head quick then if you have two have another extra touch to control the ball. To improve your skills you need to work hard during your soccer training (football training) particularly by yourself, working on dribbling skills and particularly your first touch and trapping skills.


AWARENESS
Having good at awareness can often come down to concentration. Many players will wander off mentally during the game limiting their potential to know what's going on around them before they get the ball. Improving your awareness starts during your normal soccer training sessions with your team, when you play small gains during your soccer training you must be constantly looking around behind you, to the side. You must know it least one option before you get the ball in case you shut down by a defender quickly.


TACTICAL UNDERSTANDING
To improve your tactical understanding of the game you must watch and analyse what the best players do in their position, viewing the game in terms of positional movement. You must realise where certain players will be consistently in the position that they play. Having a general idea of where your teammates will be due to understanding their positions will make it easier to you to find them with a pass. Another tip that will help you gain further understanding is to play and swap positions with teammates temporarily to gain an insight of tactically where they should be.








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Can Manchester United Win The Champions League?

By Steve Hill Platinum Quality Author



I have just watched Manchester United beat Barcelona in the semi-final of the champion's league. It was a superb, intriguing match with United showing all of the battling qualities of a typical English team. The question on many people's mind is can Man United win the Champions league final in Russia in three weeks time?


I personally believe that Manchester United will become the champion's league winners this year as they have best players including:


Christiano Ronaldo


Christiano Ronaldo is probably the best player in the world right now. Some would argue that Messi is right up there, he certainly is a top player as well. Ronaldo would grace any team and could prove to be a match winner in May. Not only has he got immense skills on the deck; he is also outstanding in the air.


Paul Scholes


Paul Scholes may be quiet off the pitch however he is a little dynamo on it. His goal in the semi-final just showed what a quality player he is. In recent years he has become more of a defensive midfielder as other younger players take on the mantel up front. Scholes is always able to score the odd goal and is often overlooked by the opposing players whom prefer to concentrate on Rooney and Ronaldo.


Wayne Rooney


Wayne Rooney tends to save his best performances for the big games and he would be my choice for the first goal scorer in the final. Rooney is a real English battler with a massive amount of skill.


Rio Ferdinand


Rio Ferdinand is a real lion at the back and is a true leader. I have no doubt that he will be more than capable of marking any forward out of the game and will be a superb future captain of the English national team.


Manchester United may well rule Europe for the next few years to come as Alex Ferguson plans to dominate the champion's league competition.








Steve Hill is a webmaster from Birmingham, he has interests in a number of websites including: stuttering, treatments for stuttering, and alternative therapy.