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     c:\dev\koans\rake                           # runs the default target :walk_the_path
     c:\dev\koans\ruby path_to_enlightenment.rb  # simply call the file directly
     
+== Inspiration
+
+A special thanks to Mike Clark and Ara Howard for inspiring this project.  Mike Clark
+wrote an excellent blog post in March of '05 about learning Ruby through unit 
+testing [1]. This sparked an idea that has taken a bit to solidify, that of bringing
+new rubyists into the community through testing. 
+
+Ara Howard then gave us the idea for the Koans in his ruby quiz entry an Meta Koans
+(a must for any rubyist wanting to improve their skills).
+
+[1] http://www.clarkware.com/cgi/blosxom/2005/03/18
+[2] http://rubyquiz.com/quiz67.html