POB
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POB or Pob may refer to:
- The Parti Ouvrier Belge (Belgian Workers Party), forerunner of the Socialist Party (Belgium)
- The Professional Oversight BoardProfessional Oversight BoardThe Professional Oversight Board is a UK regulatory body specializing in the accounting, auditing and actuarial professions. It is a part of the Financial Reporting Council , the independent regulator of corporate governance and reporting in the UK.-Functions:The Board's state d purpose is to...
, independent oversight of the regulation of several professional organizations in the United Kingdom - Pob's ProgrammePob's ProgrammePob's Programme was a children's television programme, which was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 and BBC between October 1985 and 1990...
, a children's television programme which ran in the UK from 1985 to 1990 - Patrick O'BrianPatrick O'BrianPatrick O'Brian, CBE , born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centred on the friendship of English Naval Captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish–Catalan physician Stephen...
, English novelist, short-story writer, translator and biographer and author of the Aubrey-Maturin historical series - Post Office BoxPost Office boxA post-office box or Post Office box is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office station....
, an individual receptacle for mail held at the post office - "persons on board", the count of people reported to be on board a ship or aircraft for a particular voyage or flight, which is used in an emergency to help search and rescueSearch and rescueSearch and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations...
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