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Pound Sterling, Pound
Pound or Pounds may refer to: Units * Pound (currency), various units of currency * Pound sterling, the official currency of the United Kingdom * Pound (mass), a unit of mass * Pound (force), a unit of force * Rail pound, in rail profile * A basis weight of paper, related to grammage Symbols * Pound sign, £, the symbol for the pound as a unit of currency * Number sign (also pound sign), the symbol # Places in the United States * Pound, Virginia, a town * Pound, Wisconsin, a village * Pound (town), Wisconsin, a town * Pound Ridge, New York, a town Entertainment * Pound (band), an American rock band * ''Pound'' (film), a 1970 film directed and written by Robert Downey, Sr. Other uses * Pound (surname), a list of people * Pounds (surname), a list of people * Animal shelter (also a "pound"), a facility that houses homeless, lost, or abandoned animals * Animal pound, a similar structure * Canal pound, the stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks * Fist bump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pound (currency)
Pound is a name of various units of currency. It is used in some countries today and previously was used in many others. The English word "pound" derives from the Latin language, Latin expression , "a pound by weight", in which means 'scale' or 'balance' and means 'pound' or 'weight'. The currency's Pound sign, symbol is £, a stylised form of the blackletter 'L' (\mathfrak) (from ), crossed to indicate abbreviation. Pound sterling#History (600 to 1945), The term was adopted in England from the weight of silver used to make 240 pennies, and eventually spread to British colonies all over the world. Although silver penny mintage began seven centuries earlier, the first pound coin was minted under Henry VII of England, Henry VII in 1489. Countries and territories currently using currency units named "pound" Historical currencies * Australian pound (until 1966, replaced by the Australian dollar). The Australian pound was also used in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Nauru, New H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pound (film)
''Pound'' is a 1970 American comedy film written and directed by Robert Downey Sr. It was based on ''The Comeuppance'', an Off-Off Broadway play written by Downey in 1961. It is about several dogs, along with a Siamese cat and a penguin, at a pound, as they await being euthanised; the animals are played by human actors. The film is best known for marking the acting debut of Downey's son and namesake, then-5-year-old Robert Jr., as Puppy. Cast See also * List of American films of 1970 This is a list of American films released in 1970. Box office The highest-grossing American films released in 1970, by domestic box office gross revenue as estimated by '' The Numbers'', are as follows: January–March April–June Jul ... References External links * * POUND: Revisiting A Neglected Cult Classic {{Robert Downey Sr. 1970 films 1970 comedy films 1970s English-language films Films about dogs Films directed by Robert Downey Sr. United Artists films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pound (magazine)
''Pound'' was a Toronto-based hip-hop magazine that was distributed for free across Canada. Founded in 1998 and beginning publication in December 1999, ''Pound'' was published quarterly. It ceased publishing in 2010, after releasing its 45th issue. History ''Pound'' was founded by Rodrigo Bascunan, Andrew Cappell, Kostas Pagiamtzis and Christian Pearce in May 1998. Its current editor is Rodrigo Bascunan. Since its inception, the magazine was known for its sense of humor and political content, specifically the "Babylon System" column that would eventually spawn a book. The magazine has featured many luminaries in its pages, often highlighting artists before their big breaks. ''Pound'' has won the Canadian Urban Music Awards (CUMA) Publication of The Year in 2004 and 2005. The awards have not been handed out since. ''Pound Magazine Latin America'' was founded by Javier Carmona in Chile, the first issue in Spanish was released in Santiago de Chile on 1 January 2010. ''Pound Magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pound (networking)
Pound is a lightweight open source reverse proxy program and application firewall suitable to be used as a web server load balancing solution. Originally developed by an IT security company, it has a strong emphasis on security. The original intent on developing Pound was to allow distributing the load among several Zope servers running on top of ZEO (Zope Extensible Object). However, Pound is not limited to Zope-based installations. Using regular expression matching on the requested URLs, Pound can pass different kinds of requests to different backend server groups. A few more of its most important features: * detects when a backend server fails or recovers, and bases its load balancing decisions on this information: if a backend server fails, it will not receive requests until it recovers * decrypts requests to Hypertext Transfer Protocol, http ones * IPv6 support * can load balance from IPv6 clients to IPv4 servers and vice versa * rejects incorrect requests * can be used in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo Pound
The buffalo pound was a hunting device constructed by native peoples of the North American plains for the purpose of entrapping and slaughtering American bison, also known as buffalo. It consisted of a circular corral at the terminus of a flared chute through which buffalo were herded and thereby trapped. David Mandelbaum's ''The Plains Cree'' contains diagrams and a complete description of the construction and use of such a pound. In 1758, explorer and fur trader Joseph Smith was the first European to record the use of a buffalo pound while travelling to the Assiniboine River. The common Cree name " Poundmaker", refers to someone who makes buffalo pounds. References See also * Buffalo Pound Provincial Park, a park in south-eastern Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fist Bump
A fist bump, also known as a bro fist, power five, a spud, or also commonly known as a safe is a gesture similar in meaning to a handshake or high five. A fist bump can also be a symbol of giving respect or approval, as well as companionship between two people. It can be followed by various other hand and body gestures (such as immediately opening the palm and spreading the fingers for "knucks with explosions") and may be part of a dap greeting. It is commonly used in sports as a form of celebration with teammates and with opposition players at the beginning or end of a game. Fist bumps are often given as a form of friendly congratulation. Definition A fist bump is a gesture in which two people bump their fists together (as in greeting or celebration). The gesture is performed when two participants each form a closed fist with one hand and then lightly tap the front of their fists together. A participant's fists may be either vertically oriented (perpendicular to the ground) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal Pound
A canal pound (from impound), reach, or level (American usage), is the stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks. Canal pounds can vary in length from the non-existent, where two or more immediately adjacent locks form a canal lock#Staircase locks, lock staircase, to many kilometres/miles. The longest canal pound in the United Kingdom is on the Bridgewater Canal between the stop lock on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook (Dutton Stop Lock No 76) and the start of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Leigh (Poolstock Bottom Lock No 2), a distance of . Another long pound is on the Kennet and Avon Canal between Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock and Caen Hill top lock. The longest level on the Erie Canal in New York was the so-called '60 mile level' (actually ) between Henrietta and Lockport. History Pounds came into being with the development of pound locks to replace the earlier flash locks. A key feature of pound locks was that the intervening level between locks rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Pound
An animal pound is a place where stray livestock were impounded. Animals were kept in a dedicated enclosure, until claimed by their owners, or sold to cover the costs of impounding. Etymology The terms "pinfold" and "pound" are Saxon in origin. ''Pundfald'' and ''pund'' both mean an enclosure. There appears to be no difference between a pinfold and a village pound. The person in charge of the pinfold was the "pinder", giving rise to the surname ''Pinder''. Village pound or pinfold The village pound was a feature of most English medieval villages, and they were also found in the English colonies of North America and in Ireland. A high-walled and lockable structure served several purposes; the most common use was to hold stray sheep, pigs and cattle until they were claimed by the owners, usually for the payment of a fine or levy. The pound could be as small as or as big as and may be circular or square. Early pounds had just briar hedges, but most were built in stone o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Shelter
An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals – mostly dogs and cats – are housed. The word "pound" has its origins in the animal pounds of the agricultural communities, where stray livestock would be penned or impounded until they were claimed by their owners. While no-kill shelters exist, it is sometimes policy to Animal euthanasia, euthanize animals that are not claimed quickly enough by a previous or new owner. In Europe, of the 30 countries included in a survey, all but six (Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy and Poland) permitted euthanizing non-adopted animals. Terminology The shelter industry has terminology for their unique field of work, and though there are no exact standards for consistent definitions, many words have meanings based on their usage. ''Animal control service, Animal control'' has the municipal function of picking up stray dogs and cats, and investigating reports of animal abuse, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pounds (surname)
Pounds is a surname, and may refer to * Adam Pounds (born 1954), British composer and conductor * Bill Pounds (1878–1936), American baseball pitcher * Brian Pounds, American singer-songwriter * Caroline Pounds (fl. 1840–1880), Irish watercolour artist * Courtice Pounds (1861–1927), English singer and actor * Dana Pounds, American track and field athlete * Darryl Pounds (born 1972), American football player * Jessie Brown Pounds, (1861–1921), American lyricist of gospel songs * John Pounds (1766–1839), English teacher and Ragged school pioneer * Ken Pounds (born 1934), British physicist * Lewis H. Pounds (1860–1947), American businessman and politician * Louie Pounds (1872–1970), English singer and actress * Nekima Levy-Pounds, now Nekima Levy Armstrong (born c. 1976), American lawyer and activist * Norman Pounds (1912–2006), English geographer and historian * Quinten Pounds (born 1996), American football wide receiver * Pia Pounds, Ugandan singer-songwriter * Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pound (surname)
Pound is the surname of: * Albert Pound (1831–1913), American politician and businessman * Cuthbert Winfred Pound (1864–1935), American lawyer and politician from New York * Dick Pound (born 1942), Canadian lawyer * Dudley Pound (1877–1943), British naval officer * Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American expatriate poet and critic * Glenn Simpson Pound (1914-2010), American educator * James Pound (1669–1724), English clergyman and astronomer * Louise Pound (1872–1958), American folklorist and college professor * Omar Pound (1926–2010), Anglo-American writer, teacher, and translator * Robert Pound (1919–2010), American physicist * Roscoe Pound (1870–1964), American legal scholar and educator * Stephen Pound (born 1948), British Labour Party politician * Stephen Bosworth Pound (1833–1911), lawyer, senator and judge * Thaddeus C. Pound (1833–1914), American politician and businessman, brother of Albert Pound and grandfather of Ezra Pound See also * Pounds (surna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
