If you were paying attention to the news over the past few months, you may have been shocked to see Google acquire the rights to YouTube, a popular on-line video-sharing website, for the staggering sum of 1.65 billion dollars.  If you had never heard of or visited YouTube before, let me share a couple more astounding facts about this phenomenon – first of all, it was founded in February 2005.  That’s right – after being in existence for only a year and a half, its three founders sold the rights to YouTube for over one and a half billion dollars, the greatest get rich quick scheme ever.  Secondly, by July 2006, 65,000 new videos were uploaded to the website every day by people around the world, while 100 million clips were being viewed daily.  The most popular video, called The Evolution of Dance, has been viewed over 38 million times since it was added nine months ago.

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The sun is shining on the autumn leaves, reflecting a tapestry of reds, yellows, and oranges around the assembled crowd, as the young man stands, smiling. The last bridesmaid has taken her place to his right, beaming at him, and the winding path before him now stands deserted. And then, from over the hill and out of his line of sight, comes the faint noise of horse’s hooves, and soon enough he can just make out the horse and buggy coming around the bend.

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