Pound (mass) has been defined as exactly . In the United Kingdom, the use of the international pound was implemented in the Weights and Measures Act 1963. An avoirdupois pound is equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces and to exactly 7,000 grains. The conversion factor between the kilogram and the international pound was therefore chosen to be divisible by 7, and an (international) grain is thus equal to exactly . In the UK, the process of metrication and European units of measurement directives were expected to eliminate the use of the pound and ounce, but in 2007 the European Commission abandoned the requirement
In for a Penny, In for a Pound to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music (following Wynton Marsalis's "Blood on the Fields" in 1997 and Ornette Coleman's "Sound Grammar" in 2007). All compositions by Henry Threadgill. Adapted from AllMusic. In for a Penny, In for a Pound In for a Penny, In for a Pound is an album composed by Henry Threadgill for his jazz quintet Zooid, featuring Jose Davila, Liberty Ellman, Christopher Hoffman, and Elliot Humberto Kavee. It was released by Pi Recordings and was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Music. "In for a Penny, In for a Pound" was composed by Henry Threadgill and recorded