First recorded in Scotland in 1567, the branks were also used in England, where it may not have ... Branks Classic Encyclopedia ref Branking in Scotland and the North of England ref ... infdevice detail.php?recordID Branks Torture devices ref Though primarily used on women, according to the Burgh Records of Scotland s major towns, the branks were at times used on men ... Rec. II. 71 He shall be put in the branks be the space of xxiiij houres thairafter 1559 c 1650 Dundee ... in the brankis and be banishit the toun thaireftir 1653 Lanark B. Rec. 151 . When the branks .... In Scotland, the branks could also be on permanent display, attached to a specific place of note, say ... on public show. Having the branks on permanent display, so to speak, may have acted as a reminder to the populace .... Quaker women were sometimes punished with the branks for preaching their doctrinal message in public ... Branks Classic Encyclopedia ref Germany During 1500s it spread out to some other European ... le Moors , Lancashire . ref http www.1911encyclopedia.org Branks Classic Encyclopedia ref Variants ... Jougs Shrew s fiddle References Reflist External links Wikisource1911Enc Branks commonscat inline Scold s bridles cite web url http www.torture museum.com branks.htm title The Branks accessdate 2007 ... more details
Image Muzzle gag1.jpg thumb Model wearing a head harness with a muzzle gag Head bondage , in BDSM play, includes all techniques used to apply control to the head of the subject. It may refer to one of several techniques It may refer to encasing the head in a bondage hood , a head harness or a box, or the use of a device such as a Scold s bridle also referred to as a branks . A head harness may include a blindfold and or gag BDSM gag . The encasement may include or be supplemented by a wide, stiff posture collar round the neck to restrict movement of the head. It may refer to the use of rope or other material to achieve control of the head. In particular, it may refer to pulling the head backwards by hair bondage or a rope attached to the back or top of a hood or head harness. It is also possible to use a rope attached to a blindfold or gag, but this is usually less secure and may cause excessive pressure on a small part of the face in particular, with a gag, the corners of the mouth may be injured. Head harness Image Model in muzzle gag.jpg thumb Model wearing a head harness with a muzzle gag, with attachment point for bondage BDSM bondage A head harness is a device made of interconnected straps designed to encircle the human head, used in BDSM activities. The straps are generally secured by buckle s that fasten at the back of the head. Head harnesses are most commonly used to provide points of attachments to secure various kinds of gag BDSM gag s, such as ball gag s, bit gag s, muzzle gag s and ring gag s, although they also have other uses, such as providing attachment points for other forms of bondage BDSM bondage , or may be used simply for their psychological effect. Head harnesses may also function as a gag by themselves, by restricting the ability to open the mouth, or have a mouth cover as an integral part. Image harness gag and collar.jpg thumb Model wearing a head harness with a ball gag and posture collar Head harnesses, like many other forms of bondage, ... more details
Infobox language name Coconuco nativename Guambiano states Colombia region Cauca Department speakers 23,500 date 2001 ethnicity Guambiano Misak familycolor American fam1 Barbacoan languages Barbacoan lc1 gum ld1 Guambiano ll1 none lc2 ttx ld2 Totor ll2 none lc3 cca ld3 Coconuco? ref a ll3 none Coconuco sc aka Guambiano is a dialect cluster of Colombia . Though the three varieties, Guambiano, moribund Totor , and the extinct Coconuco, are traditionally called languages, Adelaar & Muysken 2004 believe that they are best treated as a single language. Totoro may be extinct it had 4 speakers in 1998 out of an ethnic population of 4,000. Guambiano, on the other hand, is vibrant and growing. Coconucan was for a time mistakenly included in a spurious Paezan languages Paezan language family, due to a purported Moguex Guambiano vocabulary that turned out to be a mix of P ez and Guambiano Curnow 1998 . Phonology The Guambiano inventory is as follows Curnow & Liddicoat 1998 386 . class wikitable IPA Vowels front central back align center close i u align center mid e align center back a class wikitable IPA Consonants colspan 2 Bilabial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar align center colspan 2 Nasal m n align center colspan 2 Occlusive p t k align center colspan 2 Affricate t t align center Colspan 2 Fricative s align center colspan 2 Liquid r l align center colspan 2 Semi vowel w j Notes note a ISO code cca is for Cauca , which is an alternative name for Coconuco. Ethnologue includes it under the Choco languages , but Linguist List has updated it to Coconucan. It is therefore not clear if this is the proper code for this language if not, it would appear that it has no code. References Adelaar, Willem F. H. & Muysken, Pieter C. 2004. The languages of the Andes . Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge University Press. Branks, Judith S nchez, Juan Bautista. 1978. The drama of life A study of life cycle customs among the Guambiano, Colombia, South America pp xii ... more details
Image Forbes George Vernon.jpg thumb Forbes George Vernon Forbes George Vernon 21 August 1843 20 January 1911 , Lieutenant ret. British Army , was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale provincial electoral district Yale . He ran for the constituency of Yale East in 1894 following a redistribution, but was defeated by Donald Graham politician Donald Graham . Forbes George was the third of five sons born to John Edward Venables Vernon of Clontarf Castle in the north of Dublin , by his first wife Louisa Catherine Bowles. ref Vernon of Clontarf . Burke s Landed Gentry of Ireland , 1912. ref On 4 March 1863 Vernon wrote to the Colonial Office enquiring about land regulations in British Columbia, where free grants of up to convert 1440 acre km2 0 were available free grants to military settlers with at least the rank of captain. He arrived in British Columbia the following September, with his elder brother Charles Albert Vernon 1840 1906 and their friend Charles Frederick Houghton . Vernon s original homestead of convert 160 acre km2 1 , near the city which bears his name, grew to become the 13,000 acre 53 km Coldstream Ranch , which he sold in 1891 to John Hamilton Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair Lord Aberdeen . In 1876, he was named Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works in the provincial cabinet and served until 1878. He later served in the same cabinet post from 1887 to 1894. After retiring from politics, Vernon served as Agent General for the province of British Columbia in London from 1895 to 1899. ref cite book url http www.ebooksread.com authors eng r e r edward gosnell a history british columbia hci page 69 a history british columbia hci.shtml title A history British Columbia page 694 last Gosnell first R. Edward date 1906 publisher Lewis Publishing Co accessdate 2011 08 04 ref He was married at Victoria 11 September 1877 to Katie Alma B ... more details
Infobox Person name R. G. Chandramogan image caption R. G. Chandramogan birth place Thiruthangal , Tamil Nadu , India death date occupation Founder of Hatsun Agro Product Limited networth spouse children C. Sathyan, son & Deviga, Daughter website footnotes R. G. Chandramogan is the Chairman and Managing Director of Hatsun Agro Product Ltd, which is the manufacturer of branded milk and ice cream and the largest private dairy in India. ref cite news title Treat animal husbandry on par with farming url http www.blonnet.com 2007 02 18 stories 2007021800440500.htm work The Hindu Business Line date 18 February 2007 ref Arun Ice Creams, a popular ice cream brand in south India is owned by Hatsun Agro. ref name new outlets cite news title Arun Ice Creams to launch new outlets url http www.thehindubusinessline.com 2007 01 25 stories 2007012500901100.htm work The Hindu Business Line date 25 January 2007 ref Hatsun group is also producing Arokya and Gomatha, two popular milk branks in Tamil Nadu . The company is expected to cross 1000 crore rupees turnover in year 2009. ref cite news title Hatsun completing expansion by March url http www.blonnet.com 2009 01 07 stories 2009010750470200.htm work The Hindu Business Line date 7 January 2009 ref He is one of the first generation of enterpreneurs from Sivakasi . ref name interview cite news title Interview with R. G. Chandramogan url http promosnew.sify.com prideoftn hatsuninterview.php work Sify date ref Personal life Chandramogan was born in Thiruthangal in Sivakasi . He discontinued his education early on to support his family. His family sold some property for 13,000 Rupees with which he started RG Chandramogan & Co in 1970. In 1986 , RG Chandramogan & Co was renamed, Hatsun Agro Products Ltd . ref name Empowering cite news title Empowering India s dairy sector url http economictimes.indiatimes.com News Economy Agriculture Empowering Indias dairy sector rssarticleshow 4102832.cms work Business Today date 10 February, 2009 ref H ... more details
ABOUT this was originally Talk English words with uncommon properties Containing many vowels, but mature now. see discussion talk English words with uncommon properties main English words with uncommon properties many consonants See also List of words in English without A, E, I, O or U This article is part of a series of English words with uncommon properties . It lists the top English words in English Wiktionary ranked by the ratio of consonants to letters, treating Y as a vowel when it is used as a vowel. Abbreviations and terms with spaces, hyphens, or apostrophes not included. class wikitable sortable link id letters consonants ratio wikt schmaltz n 8 7 0.88 wikt schnapps n 8 7 0.88 wikt strength n 8 7 0.88 wikt borscht n 7 6 0.86 wikt brights n 7 6 0.86 wikt ffrench proper 7 6 0.86 wikt klatsch n 7 6 0.86 wikt knownst adj 7 6 0.86 wikt McWorld n 7 6 0.86 wikt pschent n 7 6 0.86 wikt Scheldt proper 7 6 0.86 wikt schlepp v 7 6 0.86 wikt schlock n 7 6 0.86 wikt schlomp n v 7 6 0.86 wikt schlong n 7 6 0.86 wikt schlump n 7 6 0.86 wikt schmuck n 7 6 0.86 wikt schmutz n 7 6 0.86 wikt schnozz n 7 6 0.86 wikt schroff n 7 6 0.86 wikt schwick v 7 6 0.86 wikt schwing int 7 6 0.86 wikt scratch v n adj 7 6 0.86 wikt scritch n v 7 6 0.86 wikt scrunch v n 7 6 0.86 wikt splanch n 7 6 0.86 wikt splotch n v 7 6 0.86 wikt strewth int 7 6 0.86 wikt strings n 7 6 0.86 wikt strolls v 7 6 0.86 wikt twelfth num n 7 6 0.86 wikt wrength n 7 6 0.86 wikt Brennschluss n 12 10 0.83 wikt strengthless adj 12 10 0.83 wikt bentsh v 6 5 0.83 wikt blanch n v 6 5 0.83 wikt Blanch proper 6 5 0.83 wikt blench v 6 5 0.83 wikt blight n v 6 5 0.83 wikt blinds n 6 5 0.83 wikt blintz n 6 5 0.83 wikt blotch n 6 5 0.83 wikt borsht n 6 5 0.83 wikt branch n v 6 5 0.83 wikt branks n 6 5 0.83 wikt bretch n 6 5 0.83 wikt bright adj n 6 5 0.83 wikt brunch n v 6 5 0.83 wikt chicks n 6 5 0.83 wikt childs n 6 5 0.83 wikt chills n 6 5 0.83 wikt chinch n 6 5 0.83 wikt chinks n 6 5 0.83 wikt chintz n 6 5 0.83 wikt chr ... more details
Lowe 4 5 to Ian Branks, Bristow 0 5 to Dennis Smith and Deller 4 5 to Dave Ladley . Burgess and Whitcombe ..., Alan Tabern, Steve Smith, Wayne Atwood, Ian Branks, Adrian Gray Martin Burchell, Colin Osborne, Darren ... small 3&ndash 0 align left flagicon ENG Ian Branks font small font color dimgray 78.58 font small ... year s semi finalist Wayne Jones defeated Ian Branks 3 0, and Andy Hamilton beat off Gary Welding ... more details
Infobox UK school name Hamilton Academy image HamiltonAcademy Badge3JPEG.jpg size HamiltonAcademy Badge3JPEG.jpg latitude longitude dms motto Sola Nobilitat Virtus Latin Virtue alone ennobles motto pl established 1588 approx closed ceased as an independent institution 1972 c approx type Fee paying senior and junior day and boarding latterly a Scottish senior selective day school, pupil intake from across the County of Lanark religion president head label Rector head last Rector, Alfred W. S. Dubber r head label r head r deputy head label depute Rector r deputy head last depute Rector, A. M. Robertson chair label chair founder Lord John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton , Ducal House of Hamilton founder pl specialist specialist pl street city Hamilton county Lanarkshire country flagcountry Scotland enrollment last student roll 1971 72 session 1025 gender from late 19th. century co educational lower age prep school 5 12 closed 1952 upper age senior school 12 18 last intake 1971 houses Cadzow, Calder, Clutha and Kilbryde Avon, Brandon, Clyde and Douglas in last two school sessions only colours blue color box blue & green color box green publication Acta school in house periodical & the Hamilton Academy annual school Magazine up to last session, 1971 72 free label 1 School song free 1 Vivat Academia free label 2 free 2 free label 3 free 3 website website name Hamilton Academy was a school situated in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Hamilton , South Lanarkshire , Scotland . Described as one of the finest schools in Scotland in the Cambridge University Press County Biography of 1910, ref http www.archive.org stream lanarkshire00mortuoft lanarkshire00mortuoft djvu.txt County Biographies Lanarkshire, page 162 Hamilton Academy. Cambridge University Press 1910, retrieved 2010 10 4 ref Hamilton Academy featured in the Scottish Secondary Teachers Association Magazine article series on Famous Scottish Schools 1950 . ref name autogenerated3 Scottish Secondary Teachers Association Ma ... more details
Listed in alphabetical order by surname, notable former pupils of the former Hamilton Academy school, Scotland, United Kingdom. Last intake of pupils to Hamilton Academy, 1971. Verification of attendance Please do not add notable former pupils without providing a source and or link to a valid Wikipedia article compactTOC A Arthur Laidlaw Allan, surveyor with the Directorate of Colonial Surveys, author of the professional text book Practical Field Surveying and Computations, editor 1972 81 of The Survey Review ref http www.paperbackswap.com Practical Field Surveying Arthur Laidlaw Allan book 0444199934 PaperbackSwap, Practical Field Surveying and Computations ISBN 9780444199935 & 0444199934 Publisher Elsevier Science. Retrieved 2011 04 17 ref ref http www.surveyreview.org pdfs indexeditors.pdf The Survey Review, list of editors. Retrieved 2011 04 17 ref John Anderson philosopher Professor John Anderson , writer, activist and Challis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney brother of Professor William Anderson, another notable alumnus of Hamilton Academy. ref name autogenerated11 Scottish Secondary Teachers Association Magazine, February 1950, feature on Hamilton Academy in the article series Famous Scottish Schools. ref ref http www.reference.com browse philosopher Reference.com article ref ref http setis.library.usyd.edu.au anderson University of Sydney The John Anderson Archive ref ref http www.adb.online.anu.edu.au biogs A070060b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography ref Professor William Anderson , professor of philosophy, University of Auckland Auckland University College , New Zealand, 1921 55 President of the Australian Association of Psychology and Philosophy brother of Professor John Anderson, another notable alumnus of Hamilton Academy. ref http setis.library.usyd.edu.au anderson contributors weblin tnl tnl03.pdf University of Sydney The Northern Line, No. 3 May 2007. Online journal dedicated to the life and work of John Anderson, retrieved 201 ... more details
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