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In 1784, Immanuel Kant wrote:

Was ist Äufklarung?

Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of reason but in lack of resolution and courage to use it without direction from another. Sapere aude! "Have courage to use your own reason!" — that is the motto of enlightenment.

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Federal Government does not have unlimited right to demand submission from the States. State of New Hampshire, 2009 Session: House Concurrent Resolution 6

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HCR0006.html

A simple explanation of the meaning of the above 18th century language:

http://www.nolanchart.com/article5958.html

We are experimenting with the use of Aquaminds Notebooks for collaborative projects.

For an introduction to this tool, and some examples of its use, especially by the State of Maine in Education, see http://noteshare.net/NoteShare/Notebooks/AquaMindsinEducation/

The best introduction I've found so far is this video at iTunes U.
http://tinyurl.com/bzo7h7
This will cause iTunes to open to "Mac Learning Environments"
Look for "NoteShare_and_NoteShare Server_05_28_08".
It is probably in line 16.

In a Fortune Magazine blog, Adam Lashinsky, quotes Tim Cook, Apple's COO, speaking to financial analysts yesterday. Lashinsky names this statement, "The Cook Doctrine".

We believe that we are on the face of the earth to make great products and that’s not changing. We are constantly focusing on innovating. We believe in the simple not the complex. We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products that we make, and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. We believe in saying no to thousands of projects, so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us. We believe in deep collaboration and cross-pollination of our groups, which allow us to innovate in a way that others cannot. And frankly, we don’t settle for anything less than excellence in every group in the company, and we have the self-honesty to admit when we’re wrong and the courage to change. And I think regardless of who is in what job those values are so embedded in this company that Apple will do extremely well.

Apple seems to be a company built by and for explorers. Years ago, the company offered a clue to it's future:

http://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/18.html — "Here's to the Crazy Ones" (like foxes)

Congratulations to Tim Cook for this concise and inspirational summation.

[link] to the Lashinsky's article.