(1) Kristen Hinman, Sysco's Produce Division Makes Room For Local Farmers. Fast Company, November, 2011.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/160/sysco-new-system
(2) EB Boyd, Lookin' for Hires in All the New Places. Fast Company, November, 2011.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/160/ign-self-taught-coders
(3) Rachel Z Arndt, Come Float With Me; Seventy-four years after the zeppelin, another gas giant arises. Fast Company, November, 2011.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/160/hybrid-air-vehicles
Note:
(a) Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd
http://www.hybridairvehicles.com/
Founded in 2005 and based at village of Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.
(b) LZ 129 Hindenburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg
(LZ 1219 stands for Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class; Designed and built by the Zeppelin Company (Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH)
(i) Quote: "the airship flew from March 1936 until destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6, 1937, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of its second season of service. Thirty-six people died [35 out of 97 on board as well as a member of ground crew] in the accident, which occurred while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States. * * * The cause of the accident has never been determined
(ii) Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH was founded by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. 'Luftschiffbau' is a German word meaning "building of airships."
(4) Adam L Penenberg, Regina Dugan's Innovative Strategy For DARPA. Fast Company, November, 2011
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/160/regina-dugan-darpa
(Darpa's first female director)
My comment: There is no need to read this article.
(5) April Rabkin, Cramming For College At Beijing's Second High. Fast Company, September, 2011.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/158/china-education |