POA
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POA may refer to:
- Position of attention, a military term; see At attentionAt attentionThe position of At attention, or Standing at attention is a military posture which involves the following general postures:* Standing upright with an assertive and correct posture: famously "chin up, chest out, shoulders back, stomach in"....
- Public Order Act 1936Public Order Act 1936The Public Order Act 1936 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to control extremist political movements in the 1930s such as the British Union of Fascists ....
(C.6), UK law concerning public disorder and violence - Public Order Act 1963Public Order Act 1963The Public Order Act 1963 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.Changes to penalties and mode of trialSection 1 increased the penalties to which a person guilty of an offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 or under section 1 of the Public Meeting Act 1908 was...
(C.52), an amendment to the earlier 1936 Act - Public Order Act 1986Public Order Act 1986The Public Order Act 1986 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates a number of public order offences. They replace similar common law offences and parts of the Public Order Act 1936...
(C.64), UK law concerning public disorder andviolence - Puppeteers of America, US puppeteers organisation
- Power of attorneyPower of attorneyA power of attorney or letter of attorney is a written authorization to represent or act on another's behalf in private affairs, business, or some other legal matter...
, legal authorization to act on someone else's behalf - Portable Object AdapterPortable Object AdapterPortable Object Adapter - The CORBA object responsible for splitting the server side remote invocation handler into the remote Object and its Servant. The object is exposed for the remote invocations, while the servant contains the methods that are actually handling the requests...
, part of the CORBA specification - Porto AlegrePorto AlegrePorto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
, Brazil, by IATA airport code for Salgado Filho International Airport located there - Pacific Ocean AreasPacific Ocean AreasPacific Ocean Areas was a major Allied military command in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. It was one of four major Allied commands during the Pacific War, and one of two United States commands in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz of the U.S...
, area of the Pacific theater of operations assigned to Admiral Chester Nimitz during World War II - Pakistan Olympic AssociationPakistan Olympic AssociationPakistan Olympic Association is the National Olympic Committee of Pakistan. The association was established in 1948 to oversee the active participation of the newly independent state at the Olympiad. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first Governor-General of the country also became the patron-in-chief of...
, the National Olympic Committee of Pakistan - Pony of the AmericasPony of the AmericasThe Pony of the Americas, or the POA, was developed to be a children’s pony. 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 leopard complex spotting.-Breed Characteristics:The POA...
, horse breed - Prison Officers' Association
- Phylogenetic Oligonucleotide Array, an oligonucleotide microarrayDNA microarrayA DNA microarray is a collection of microscopic DNA spots attached to a solid surface. Scientists use DNA microarrays to measure the expression levels of large numbers of genes simultaneously or to genotype multiple regions of a genome...
- Preoptic areaPreoptic areaThe preoptic area is a region of the hypothalamus. According to the MeSH classification, it is considered part of the anterior hypothalamus. There are four nuclei in this region, according to Terminologia Anatomica .-Functions:The preoptic area is responsible for thermoregulation and receives...
, a brain region - PhowaPhowaPhowa is a Vajrayāna Buddhist meditation practice...
, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation technique - Poa, Burkina FasoPoa, Burkina FasoPoa, Burkina Faso may refer to:* Poa, Bazèga, Burkina Faso* Poa, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso...
, a place in Burkina Faso - PoaPoaPoa is a genus of about 500 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass , bluegrass , tussock , and speargrass. "Poa" is Greek for fodder...
, a genus in Poaceae (the grass family) - MTR Station code for Po Lam Station
- Present on Admission, a condition Present On Admission to a hospital and which increased compensation from Medicare (United States)Medicare (United States)Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over; to those who are under 65 and are permanently physically disabled or who have a congenital physical disability; or to those who meet other...
for DRG claims, as opposed to a Hospital Acquired Condition - Price on applicationPrice on applicationPrice on application , more commonly abbreviated to POA is a term often seen on price lists, classified advertisements and is commonly used with regard to real estate prices...
, seen on price lists to indicate that price will be given upon request - Program of Activities (PoA), is a modality of the UNFCCC Clean Development Mechanism
- POA - Period of Availability in the context of tachograph regulations for HGV drivers and working hours for mobile workers in general
- POA - Purchase Order Acknowledgement
- POA - Purchase Order Authorization
- PoA - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (BookHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. The book was published on 8 July 1999. The novel won the 1999 Whitbread Book Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, and was short-listed for other...
/FilmHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the third instalment in the Harry Potter film series, written by Steve Kloves and produced by Chris Columbus, David Heyman and Mark Radcliffe...
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