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Pontifical Academy of Sciences The Pontifical Academy of Sciences was founded in 1936 under its current name by Pope Pius XI and is placed under the protection of the reigning Supreme Pontiff (the current Pope). Its aim is to promote the progress of the mathematical, physical and natural sciences and the study of related epistemological problems.
Pontifical Biblical Commission The Pontifical Biblical Commission is a committee of Cardinals, aided by consultors, who meet in Rome to ensure the proper interpretation and defense of Sacred Scripture. This function was outlined in the encyclical "Providentissimus Deus".
Pontifical Biblical Institute The Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy is an institution of the Holy See run by the Jesuits that offers instruction at the university level. It was founded by Pope Pius X in 1909 specifically as a center of advanced studies in Holy Scripture in order to promote in the most effective manner possible the doctrine and all the connected studies, according to the spirit of the Roman Catholic Church, according to the founding letter of 7 May 1909.
Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (in English, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina is a private university with branches in several cities of Argentina. Its main seat is in Buenos Aires, and there are faculties in Paraná, Rosario and Mendoza.
Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas PontifĂ­cia Universidade CatĂłlica de Campinas (Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas) is a denominational university based in the city of Campinas, in the state of SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil. Founded on June 1941, with the first college being on philosophy, science and letters, it became a full university in 1955.
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica de Chile (PUC) (Spanish Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) is one of Chile's oldest universities and one of the most prestigious institutions in Latin America. It was founded June 21, 1888 through a decree issued by the Santiago Archbishop.
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico is a non-profit catholic university located in Las Americas Avenue in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It provides various courses in the areas of education, business administration, arts and human studies and science, in the levels of Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate Degrees.
Pontifical Catholic University of SĂŁo Paulo The Pontifical Catholic University of SĂŁo Paulo (PontifĂ­cia Universidade CatĂłlica de SĂŁo Paulo, PUC-SP) is a private and non-profit Catholic university. It's one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the State of SĂŁo Paulo, in Brazil.
Pontifical College Josephinum The Pontifical College Josephinum is a four-year liberal arts college and graduate school of theology founded by Monsignor Joseph Jessing in 1888 and located at 7625 North High Street, in Columbus, Ohio. It is a seminary that prepares students to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church.
Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei is a commission of the Roman Catholic Church aiming to bring back into communion with Rome traditionalist Catholics estranged from it. Foremost among these is the Society of Saint Pius X, in a state of separation since the 1988 EcĂ´ne Consecrations.
Pontifical Council Cor Unum The Pontifical Council Cor Unum for Human and Christian Development is part of the Curia of the Roman Catholic Church. It was established by Pope Paul VI on 15 July 1971 and is based in the Palazzo San Callisto, in Piazza San Callisto, Rome.
Pontifical Council for Culture The Pontifical Council for Culture (Pontificium Consilium de Cultura) dates back to the Second Vatican Council. A whole section of that documents on the Church – Gaudium et Spes – emphasises the fundamental importance of culture for the full development of the human person.
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (Justitia et Pax) is a part of the Roman Curia dedicated to "action-oriented studies" for the international promotion of justice, peace, and human rights from the perspective of the Roman Catholic Church. To this end, it cooperates with various religious orders and advocacy groups, as well as scholarly, ecumenical, and international organizations.
Pontifical Council for the Family The Pontifical Council for the Family is part of the Curia of the Roman Catholic Church. It was established by Pope John Paul II on May 9, 1981 with the Motu Proprio Familia a Deo Instituta and substituted for the Committee for the Family of Pope Paul VI, which had been established in 1973.
Pontifical Council for the Laity The Pontifical Council for the Laity has the responsibility of assisting the Pope in his dealings with the laity in lay ecclesial movements or individually, and their contributions to the Church> The head of the council is Archbishop Stanisław Ryłko.
Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers was set up by the Motu Proprio Dolentium Hominum of 11 February, 1985, by Pope John Paul II who reformed the Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers into its present form in 1988. It is part of the Roman Curia with Javier Cardinal Lozano Barragán as its President.
Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome The Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome, locally known as the Pontificio Instituto San Girolamo degli Illirici, is a Roman Catholic college, church and a society in the city of Rome intended for the schooling of Croatian clerics.
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy is one of the Pontifical Academies inside the Vatican City State. It can be traced back during the Council of Nicaea when the current pope sent a legate to represent him during the discussions of the council.
Pontifical Liturgical Institute The Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome, located at Sant'Anselmo on the Aventine Hill, promotes the study of the Sacred Liturgy. It is entrusted to the Benedictine Confederation, and has the role of training professors of liturgy and liturgical experts to promote the liturgy in the various parts of the world.
Pontifical Mission for Palestine The Pontifical Mission for Palestine is a special agency of the Holy See, founded by Pope Pius XII in 1949 to assist Palestinian refugees. Today, the Pontifical Mission is the Holy See's relief and development agency for the Middle East.
Pontifical North American College The Pontifical North American College is a Roman Catholic educational institution in Rome. It opened in 1859 and now consists of a seminary to prepare candidates for the Catholic Priesthood, a residence known as the Casa S.
Pontifical secret In Catholicism, the pontifical secret is a code of confidentiality applied to some confidential knowledge within the Church. Breaching the pontifical secret carries penalties including the threat of excommunication.
Pontifical university A pontifical university is a Roman Catholic university established by and directly under the authority of the Holy See. It is licensed to grant academic degrees in sacred faculties, the most important of which are Sacred Theology, Canon Law, and
Pontifical University of Salamanca The Pontifical University of Salamanca is an offshoot of the University of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain, resulting from the Spanish government's dissolution of the University of Salamanca's faculties of Theology and Canon Law in 1854. Pope Pius XII later refounded the faculties, establishing around them a different university run under the auspices of the Holy See.
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross Pontifical University of the Holy Cross is a university under the Roman Catholic Church's Congregation of Catholic Education, which it has entrusted to the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei or more commonly called Opus Dei. Located in Rome, its stated mission is "to serve the whole Church by means of a broad and thorough work of research and formation in the ecclesiastical sciences, cooperating according to its special function with the evangelizing mission of the Church in the whole world.
Pontifical Urbaniana University The Pontifical Urbaniana University (Latin: Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana) is a pontifical university belonging to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The origins of the university date back to Pope Urban VIII with his papal bull Immortalis Dei Filius.
Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica Madre y Maestra "Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher" Spanish: "Pontificia Universidad CatĂłlica Madre y Maestra" (PUCMM) is a private, Catholic university in the Dominican Republic and is considered one of the country's premier institutions of higher education.
Pontificio Collegio Filippino Pontificio Collegio Filippino is the college of Filipino diocesan priests studying at pontifical universities in Rome, Italy. It was formally established as an institution with pontifical rights by His Holiness, Pope Blessed John XXIII on June 29, 1961 through the Papal Bull Sancta Mater Ecclesia.
Pontignano conference The Pontignano Conference, established in 1993, brings together British and Italian politicians, parliamentarians, business people, academics, journalists and other opinion formers. The themes under discussion at the Conference are the key issues facing Britain and Italy in Europe today.
Pontigny Abbey Pontigny Abbey, founded in 1114 as the second of the four great daughter houses of Cîteaux Abbey, was situated on the River Serein, in the present diocese of Sens and département of Yonne, in Burgundy, France.
Pontiki Pontiki is a construction toy for building models of unusual creatures (which are also referred to as pontiki). Pontiki are constructed from colourful plastic components of two different types: a hollow shape dotted with holes, for representing the creatures' bodies, and smaller parts which fit into the holes, for representing features such as eyes and limbs.
Pontine Marshes The Pontine Marshes (Agri Pontini; Agro Pontino in Italian) is a former marsh zone in the Latium Region of Central Italy, southeast of Rome, that forms a low tract of land varying in breadth between the Voiscian Mountains and the sea from 10 to 16 miles, and extending northwest to southeast from Velletri to Terracina by the Tyrrhenian Sea, from which they are separated by sand dunes. The area amounts to approximately 775 km².
Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilate (Latin: Pontius Pilatus) was the governor of the Roman Judaea Province from 26 until 36. In modern times he is best known as the man who, according to the canonical Christian Gospels, presided over the trial of Jesus and ordered his crucifixion, instigating the Passion.
Pontllanfraith Pontllanfraith () is a small village located in the Sirhowy valley of south Wales, United Kingdom. It is situated immediately next to the town of Blackwood, with the River Sirhowy passing through both locations.
Ponto de Encontro Porto de Encontro (Meeting Point) was a Portuguese television show where people that have been without contact with their families and friends were reunited. The show focused on emotional exhibitionism, and personal privacy exploitation of orphans, single mothers, and separated brothers or friends.
Pontochō Pontochō (先斗町) is a district in Kyoto, Japan known for geisha and home to many geisha houses and traditional tea houses. Like Gion, Pontochō is famous for the preservation of forms of traditional architecture and entertainment.
Pontoon bridge Pontoon bridges are floating bridges supported by barge-or-boat-like pontoons to support the bridge deck and its dynamic loads. While pontoon bridges are usually temporary structures, some are used for long periods of time.
Pontoon, County Mayo Pontoon (Pont Abhann in Irish) is a lakeside village in County Mayo in Ireland, situated between Lough Conn and Lough Cullin, and near the town of Ballina. The area is scenic and there are several hotels in the area.
Pontormo Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 — January 2, 1557), usually known as Jacopo da Pontormo, Jacopo Pontormo or simply Pontormo, was a Florentine Mannerist painter and portraitist given to contorted poses, distorted perspective and peculiar, markedly unnatural colors, which appear to mirror his restless, neurotic temperament.
Pontorson Pontorson is a commune in the French department of Manche, in Normandy. Its most notable feature is that it contains the nearest SNCF railway station to France's second most popular tourist attraction, Mont Saint-Michel.
Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons Pontprennau & Old St Mellons is an electoral division located in the north-east of Cardiff Wales. It has a population that probably now exceeds 10,000 people (8,037 from Census data, 2001) due to sustained housebuilding in the Pontprennau section of the division, which is likely to continue for the next 10 years as a major urban expansion of up to 4000 homes is constructed
Pontrilas railway station Pontrilas railway station served the village of Pontrilas, Herefordshire, UK, and was on the Welsh Marches Line between Hereford and Abergavenny. The Golden Valley Railway The Golden Valley Railway ran from here through to the Midland Railway line at Hay on Wye.
Pontryagin duality In mathematics, in particular in harmonic analysis and the theory of topological groups, Pontryagin duality explains the general properties of the Fourier transform. It places in a unified context a number of observations about functions on the real line or on finite abelian groups:
Pontryagin's minimum principle Pontryagin's minimum principle is used in optimal control theory to find the best possible control for taking a dynamic system from one state to another, especially in the presence of constraints for the state or input controls. It was formulated by the Russian mathematician Lev Semenovich Pontryagin and his students.
Ponts-Moteurs Ponts-Moteurs was the brand name of a French twin-cylinder 1081cc power pack manufactured in Paris and sold from 1912 until 1913. It was meant to transform horse-drawn vehicles into motor vehicles "in a few hours, without modification".
Pontus Pontus (Greek ), is a geographic term of with a variety of usages. In ancient times the Black Sea and its shores were referred to as the Pontos (the main) following the exploration and the colonization of the Anatolian and other Black Sea cities by the Ionian Greeks beginning about 800 B.
Pontus (mythology) In Greek mythology, Pontus (or Pontos, "sea") was an ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god, son of Gaia and Aether, the Earth and the Air. Hesiod (Theogony, line 116) says that Gaia brought forth Pontos out of herself, without coupling.
Pontus Hultén Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus Hultén (June 21 1924 – October 26 2006) was a Swedish art collector and museum director. Pontus Hultén is regarded as one of the world’s most distinguished museum professionals of our time.
Pontyberem Pontyberem is a village halfway between Carmarthen and Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, west Wales, UK. The Ward of Pontyberem, which also contains the hilltop village of Bancffosfelen, is home to around 2,800 people, around 80% of whom are Welsh-speaking.
Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway The Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway, a volunteer-run preserved railway, was first formed in the 1980s, running trains between a platform in a former colliery furnace site, up a steep but short section of railway line to a halt platform opposite the Whistle Stop public house (famed for its collection of miner's lamps) .
Pontypool and New Inn railway station Pontypool and New Inn railway station (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl a New Inn) is situated to the east of Pontypool town centre between the town and the suburb of New Inn. It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is operated by Arriva Trains Wales.
Pontypridd Graig railway station Pontypridd Graig Station opened in 1896 and closed to passengers in 1930. Today, nothing of the platform remains, however the tunnel mouth is situated in the grounds of Dewi Sant Hospital car park, just behind the modern day Pontypridd railway station, on Albert Road, the Graig, Pontypridd.
Ponui Island Ponui Island is located in the Hauraki Gulf, to the east of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located to the southeast of Waiheke Island, at the eastern end of the Tamaki Strait, which separates the island from the Hunua Ranges on the mainland to the south.
Ponwar The Ponwar (also Panwar or Pawar) are a Maratha clan of that ruled the states of Chhatarpur, Dewas, Dhar, and Rajgarh in central India. They claimed the same descent as the Paramara clan of Rajputs, who ruled Malwa from the 9th to the 14th centuries.
Pony (dance) Throughout the 60's and early 70's, we did a variety of dances that they are now calling "fad" dances, but the one dance that remained constant during that time was the Pony, from Chubby Checker's "Pony Time". The beat is 1&2, 3&4, etc, with the feet comfortably together.
Pony (film) Pony is an award-winning short film directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly, starring Karyn Dwyer as a dead girl in limbo who uses the last seconds of her life to ease her father's grief. It is based on an excerpt from the play White Biting Dog by two time Governor General Award winning playwright Judith Thompson.
Pony Express The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the North American continent from the Missouri River to the Pacific coast, operating from April 1860 to November 1861. Messages were carried on horseback relay across the prairies, plains, deserts, and mountains of the Western United States.
Pony Express Museum The Pony Express Museum is a public museum in Saint Joseph, Missouri documenting the history of the Pony Express, the first fast mail line across the North American continent from the Missouri River to the Pacific coast.
Pony of the Americas The Pony of the Americas, or the POA, was developed to be a children’s mount. The breed’s origins are in America, where an Iowa breeder accidentally crossed a Shetland stallion with an Arabian/Appaloosa mare to produce a pony-sized mount with a stunning hand-shaped Appaloosa marking.
Ponyta are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Ponyta in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Ponytail A ponytail is a hairstyle in which most or all of the hair on the head is pulled away from the face, gathered and secured at the back of the head with a hair tie, clip or similar device, and allowed to hang freely from that point. It gets its name from its resemblance to the undocked tail of a horse or pony.
Ponyville Ponyville is the home of the third generation (G3) My Little Pony toyline, a product of Hasbro. A hamlet inhabited by small, colorful ponies, Ponyville consists of houses, businesses and meadows surrounding the central Celebration Castle.
Ponza Ponza or Pontia (Isola Di Ponza) is the largest of the Italian Pontine Islands archipelago, located 33 km south of Cape Circeo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It also the name of the commune of the island, a part of the province of Latina in the Lazio.
Ponzi scheme A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that involves paying abnormally high returns ("profits") to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent investors, rather than from net revenues generated by any real business.
Ponzo illusion The Ponzo illusion is an optical illusion that was first demonstrated by the Italian psychologist Mario Ponzo (1882-1960) in 1913. He suggested that the human mind judges an object's size based on its background.
Poo-wa-bah Poo-wa-bah is a ritual or warm-up exercise some actors use before they go onstage or shoot a scene. The entire cast stands in a circle and chants the word Poo-wa-bah two to three hundred times; after that, the actors don't speak at all until their first line.
Poodle The Poodle is a breed] of [[dog; specifically, it is a gun dog noted for its ability in the water and bird hunting skills. The English name comes from the German Pudel, or Pudelhund – from Old German puddeln, meaning "to splash about".
Poodle skirt A poodle skirt is a wide swing skirt worn with layers of petticoats underneath, often on its own (worn with a cardigan) or sometimes as part of a dress. It was a fashion of the 1950s, popular with young women and teenage girls.
Pooh Sticks (band) The Pooh Sticks were an indie pop band, from Swansea, Wales recording between 1988 and 1995. They were notable for their jangly melodiousness and lyrics gently mocking the indie scene of the time such as on "On tape", "Indie-pop ain't Noise Pollution" and "I Know Someone who Knows Someone who knows Alan McGee Quite Well".
Pooh's Lullabee "Pooh's Lullabee" is a song from the 2000 Disney film: The Tigger Movie which is sung by Pooh (voiced by Jim Cummings) when the bear tries to lull the buzzing bees to sleep. If successful, then Pooh will be able to take their honey for a snack.
Pooch Café Pooch Café is a comic strip written and illustrated by Paul Gilligan. Its main character is Poncho, a kibble-loving, cat-hating, toilet drinking enthusiastic but dumb dog; the strip follows Poncho's life with his masters, Chazz and his wife Carmen, and Poncho's adventures with his fellow dogs Boomer, Hudson and Poo-Poo.
Poochakkoru Mookkuthi Poochakkoru Mookkuthi (translation: A Nose-Ring for the Pussy Cat) is a cult screwball Malayalam film starring Nedumudi Venu, Sukumari, Mohanlal, Shankar, Menaka, Soman, Jagathi Sreekumar, Kuthiravattam Pappu, and Srinivasan.
Poochyena is one of the fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon Franchise - a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. It is Pokémon number 261 in the National Pokédex and number 10 in the Hoenn Pokédex.
Pooja Batra Pooja Batra (Hindi: पूज बत्रा, Urdu: پُوج بترا) ,born on October 27 1973 in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, is an Indian actress. She shot to fame in the early 90's when she was crowned Miss India in 1993.
Pooja Bedi Pooja Bedi (Hindi: पूज बेदि, Urdu: پُوج بیدِ), the daughter of Protima and Kabir Bedi, was an aspiring actress who is best remembered for the Kama Sutra condom campaign which she endorsed. A popular person, she was considered the poster girl for the new breed of liberated and independent women emerging in India.
Pooja Kumar Pooja Kumar (पूजा कुमार) is an American actress, model and television hostess. She was named Miss India-USA in 1995, has been an MTV veejay, a newsreader on the show Namaste America and has starred in such feature films as Night of Henna and Flavors.
Pooja Shah Pooja Shah (born 8 August 1979 in London, England) is a British asian actress and modelPooja Shah Modeling of Kenyan-Asian descent. Her Grandparents migrated to Kenya from Gujarat in Western India and so her ancestral roots are there.
Pooka (band) Pooka is the former songwriting duo of UK guitarists/vocalists Sharon Lewis and Natasha Jones. Taking their name from a mythical Irish goblin that first appears friendly but has the habit of turning nasty, the duo likewise had a way of keeping their audience spellbound with sweet melodies, lush arrangements and alluring lyrics only to turn with spine-tingling vengeance toward twisted guitar chords and menacing vocal arrangements.
Pookie (vehicle) Pookie is the name for an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) vehicle used during the Rhodesian Bush War which was highly effective in saving the lives of many RLI (Rhodesian Light Infantry) soldiers. Named after the little pre-simian 'Bush Baby' of the African bush, with its all-seeing eyes, the Pookie was born of necessity.
Pool barb The pool barb (Puntius sophore) is a tropical freshwater and brackish fish belonging to the Puntius genus in the family Cyprinidae. It is native to inland waters in Asia and is found in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Yunnan, China.
Pool Forge Covered Bridge Pool Forge Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The bridge is now on private property where it was once used as a storage barn before the owner added a road to receive vehicle traffic.
Pool Malebo The Pool Malebo (formerly Stanley Pool, also seen as Malebo Pool), is a lake-like widening in the lower reaches of the Congo River. It is about 35 km (22 mi) long and 23 km (14 mi) wide, and has an island (Bamu Island) at its western end.
Pool of London Originally, the Pool of London was the stretch of the River Thames forming the south side of the City of London. The term was later used more generally to refer to the stretch of the river in between London Bridge and Rotherhithe, which constituted the furthest reach that could be reached by a tall-masted vessel.
Pool of Radiance Pool of Radiance, released in 1988, was the first of a long series of computer role playing games that shared a common engine that came to be known as the "Gold Box Engine" after the gold boxes in which most games of the series were sold. After the success of the original game, a book and a D&D module based on the Pool of Radiance plot were also published.
Pool of Siloam Pool of Siloam (Hebrew sent or sending) is a landmark located at the lower part of the southern slope of Ophel, the original site of Jerusalem, but now just to the south east (and outside) the walls the Old City. The pool is a receptacle for the waters of the Gihon Spring, which were carried there by two aquaducts - the Middle Bronze Age Channel (a 20ft deep direct cutting that was covered with rock slabs, and dates from the Middle Bronze Age ~1800BC), and Hezekiah's Tunnel (a curving tunnel within the bedrock, dating from the reign of King Hezekiah ~700BC)
Pool Re Insurers of commercial property & earnings in the UK can reinsure their terrorist liabilities with Pool Re, a mutual reinsurance company set up by the insurance industry in 1993. Pool Re has substantial reserves, and in addition HM Treasury acts as reinsurer of last resort.
Pool-in-Wharfedale Pool in Wharfedale is a small village in the Lower Wharfedale area just 10 miles north of Leeds and 2 miles east of the larger Otley. It is well linked into the rest of West Yorkshire and surrounding areas by trunk roads and buses.
Poolbeg power station, Dublin Poolbeg power station stands on the south bank of Dublin Port in Ringsend. Its' two chimneys, at just over 207 metres, are visible over much of Dublin, particularly Sandymount Strand, making them well-known landmarks and some of the tallest structures in Ireland.
Poole Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination, situated on the shores of the English Channel, in the ceremonial county of Dorset in southern England. The town has a population of 141,128 and is famed for its large natural harbour.
Poole - HAL 9000 In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the astronaut Frank Poole is seen playing chess with the HAL 9000 supercomputer. As HAL is supposed to be an infallible supercomputer, no one is surprised when HAL soundly defeats Poole.
Poole Bay Poole Bay is located in Dorset on the south coast of Britain, and runs from the mouth of Poole Harbour in the west to Hengistbury Head in the east. It consists of steep sandstone cliffs and several 'chines' that allow easy access to the sandy beaches below.
Poole Grammar School Poole Grammar School (commonly abbreviated to "PGS") is a selective, all boys state-school in Poole, on the south coast of England. Situated on Gravel Hill, in the northern end of the town, the school moved to its current site on October 11th 1966 from the original Seldown site, in the centre of the town, where it was founded in 1904.
Poole Harbour Poole Harbour is a harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the towns of Poole and Wareham on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the Frome.
Poole Pottery Poole Pottery was a pottery manufacturer based in Poole, Dorset, England. The company was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999.
Poole's Cavern Poole's Cavern or Poole's Hole is a show cave south of Buxton in the Peak District, in the county of Derbyshire, England. A natural cavern, it forms part of the Wye system, and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Poolewe Poolewe (Poll IĂą in Gaelic) is about 75 miles (120 km) north-west from Inverness, Scotland. It is a tiny, neat village snuggled in the sheltered haven of Loch Ewe where the shortest river in Scotland, the River Ewe, joins the sea less than a mile from Inverewe Garden, renowned world-wide for its subtropical plants.
Poolhall Junkies Poolhall Junkies (2003) is a feature film written and directed by Mars Callahan. It is the story of a pool hustler named Johnny Doyle (played by Callahan) who is opposed by his former mentor (Chazz Palminteri) and his mentor's new prodigy (Rick Schroder) in a climactic nine ball pool match.
Poolie Pride Poolie Pride was a single released by the Monkey Hangerz, a group of Hartlepool United fans. The single contained three tracks: "Two Little Boys", "Never Say Die" and "Hartlepool and the Monkey".
Poolville, Texas Poolville is an unincorporated town located in Parker County, Texas, about 17 miles northwest of Weatherford. It is home to a few hundred residents, and consists of two school campuses, a seed and feed company, a post office (ZIP code 76487), a convenient store, and a storage facility.
Poona Pact Poona Pact (1932) is the popular name of a resolution taken by the Indian National Congress leaders in Pune (now in Maharashtra), India in order to reach a compromise between several factions of the leaders who were not uninamious regarding the proposed separate electorate of different castes of Hindu populace of India.

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