Supply Chain by Jim Tompkins
July 2026
Rip Van ISE wakes up in a new world
In Washington Irving’s classic tale, Rip Van Winkle fell
asleep in the Catskill Mountains and woke up 20 years
later – beard to his knees, musket rusted, the American
Revolution already won and forgotten. He knew every rock
and tree. He had no idea what had happened to his world.
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