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Stade Français beats Clermont Auvergne

by Minter Dial | Oct 30, 2007 | Sports

Stade Français beat down ASM Clermont Auvergne 23-17 this weekend in a rematch of last year’s Top 14 final which Stade Français [wiki reference of SF] won to make them French Champions. Aside from the great seats (thank you Alessandra), the game was a real treat...

Facebook Taking Off

by Minter Dial | Oct 27, 2007 | Social Media

Facebook is growing at a rate of knots, it’s hard to imagine where it will stop. This pick up from Mashable is interesting as it speaks to the aforementioned (prior post “Googlotics”) role of the online presence in political races. Put your two cents...

Facebook and new media communication…the deluge continues

by Minter Dial | Oct 24, 2007 | Social Media

Facebook, Blackberry, LinkedIn, Viadeo, Hotmail, Twitter, Plaxo, Jaiku, Bloglight.ning, del.icio.us and so on … the options for getting in touch are spreading rampantly. There is, on the one hand, a convergence and agglomeration of sites and, on the other, a...

Formula 1 Brazil Miracle GP, RWC 2007 Final & Tennis Masters wrap up

by Minter Dial | Oct 21, 2007 | Sports

Formula 1 Miracle meets Mighty Masters Nalbandian Victory meets Boks Clean Sweep at RWC 2007. A truly gripping weekend of sports. And if that weren’t enough, on Saturday night, the Boston Red Sox won again to bring back to even (3-3) the Best of Seven...

Rugby values multi-cultural – RWC 2007 commentary

by Minter Dial | Oct 18, 2007 | Branding, Sports

Rugby values are truly multicultural if they can cross the Channel. I was enthralled by a couple of articles written in the “Coupe du Monde — Planète Rugby” magazine by Le Nouvel Observateur (the article is no longer available on line). Even though it was...