FYI June 23, 2018

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On This Day

 
 
1868 – Typewriter: Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the “Type-Writer.”
Christopher Latham Sholes[2] (February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890) was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard,[3] and along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has been contended as one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States.[4][5][6] He was also a newspaper publisher and Wisconsin politician.


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Born On This Day

 
 
1889 – Verena Holmes, English engineer (d. 1964)

Verena Winifred Holmes (23 June 1889 – 20 February 1964) was an English mechanical engineer and inventor, the first woman member elected to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1924), and a strong supporter of women in engineering. She was one of the early members of the Women’s Engineering Society, and its President in 1931.[1][2]

She was born at Highworth, Ashford, Kent to Edmond Gore Alexander Holmes and Florence Mary Holmes. Having wanted to be an engineer since childhood, Holmes gained employment building wooden propellers at the Integral Propeller Company, Hendon, after graduation from Oxford High School for Girls. She took night classes at the Shoreditch Technical Institute and attended a technical college in Lincoln; she served as an apprentice form-fitter and drafter before graduation from Loughborough Engineering College in 1922 with a BSc(Eng) degree.[citation needed]

Her technical specialties included marine and locomotive engines, diesel and internal combustion engines. She became an associate member of the Institution of Marine Engineers in 1924, and was admitted to the Institution of Locomotive Engineers in 1931.[3]

She was employed by Research Engineers Ltd. from 1932-39, during which time she developed and patented many inventions, including the Holmes and Wingfield pneumo-thorax apparatus for treating patients with tuberculosis, a surgeon’s headlamp, a poppet valve for steam locomotives, and rotary valves for internal combustion engines. She held patents for 12 inventions for medical devices as well as engine components.[citation needed]

During World War II she worked on naval weaponry and trained women for munitions work. She was appointed headquarters technical officer with the Ministry of Labour (1940-1944). She was heavily involved in encouraging and supporting women in engineering; she was a founding member, together with Caroline Haslett and Claudia Parsons, of the Women’s Engineering Society in 1919. She served the society in several capacities, including president in 1930 and 1931.[citation needed]

Her work in support of women in engineering was based partly upon her own experiences; although she had been admitted to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers as an associate member in 1924, it took twenty years for her to be admitted as a full member. She founded the engineering firm of Holmes and Leather in 1946, which employed only women. In 1958, she published a booklet, Training and Opportunities for Women in Engineering.[3]

From 1969, the Women’s Engineering Society supported a yearly Verena Holmes lecture,[4] given at various venues across Britain to children aged 9 to 11 to encourage interest in engineering[5][6] although the programme is now closed. Verena Holmes’ birthday of 23rd June coincides with International Women in Engineering Day and she is commemorated as part of that celebration.

 
 
 
 

FYI

 
 
By William Hughes: R.I.P. Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul

Vincent Paul Abbott (March 11, 1964 – June 22, 2018), also known as Vinnie Paul, was an American musician, songwriter and producer, best known for being the former drummer, and co-founder, of the heavy metal band Pantera. He was a member of Hellyeah. He also co-founded the heavy metal band Damageplan in 2003 with his younger brother, Dimebag Darrell.

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Charles Krauthammer: Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
 
 
 
 
By Courtney Lichterman: The Hidden History of Shanghai’s Jewish Quarter As Hitler rose to power, the city welcomed refugees.
 
 
 
 

By Erin Blakemore: These Jewish Resistance Volunteers Parachuted into Nazi-Occupied Europe
“Hero” is a label that many of the parachutists who saw their brave work as part of their duty to other European Jews, struggled with. Their mission may have been treacherous, but the hope they brought to the Holocaust-era Jews made the danger worth it. “We didn’t think they would make us heroes,” Braverman later told the Jerusalem Post’s Seth J. Frantzman. “We wanted to go to the Jews of Europe and say that we had come to help.”
 
 
 
 
By Katherine Alex Beaven: Remembering When Runners Drank Champagne as an Energy Drink At the 1908 Marathon in London, athletes hit the bottle mid-race.
 
 
 
 
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Recipes

 
 
Everything is Pretty: 33 Healthy Popsicles Recipes for Kids and Adults
 
 
 
 
Everyting is Pretty: Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Infused Water Recipes

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