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Arturia Arturia is a software company, located in Grenoble, France, and founded in 1999 by Frédéric Brun and Gilles Pommereuil, both INPG-qualified engineers. The company's sole focus is on the development of Electronic Music software and tools.
Arturo Alessandri Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma (December 20 1868–August 24 1950) was a Chilean political figure and reformer, who served twice as the President of Chile, first between 1920 and 1924, and then again in 1925, and finally from 1932 until 1938.
Arturo Armando Molina Colonel Arturo Armando Molina (born August 6, 1927 in San Salvador) was President of El Salvador between July 1, 1972 and July 1, 1977. Molina, running for the National Conciliation Party, came to power through a fradulent election, "winning" over José Napoleón Duarte.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (January 5 1920 – June 12, 1995) was an Italian classical pianist. He has been regarded as among the most commanding and individual piano virtuosos of the 20th century, among names such as Horowitz and Richter.
Arturo Brachetti Arturo Brachetti, born in Turin, Italy on the 13th of October 1957, is an inventive quick-change artist, well-known throughout the world. His extensive career covers a wide artistic range and his versatility, acting, magic, and Chinese shadows has made him an international name.
Arturo Cruz Arturo José Cruz Porras (1923-), a Nicaraguan banker and technocrat, became involved in politics during the Sandinista (FSLN) era. Repeated resignations from positions in which he found himself without real authority would divide opinion between those who lauded him as a statesman and man of principle, and those who derided him as an ineffectual hand-wringer.
Arturo Di Modica Arturo Di Modica (born 1960) is an Italian-American artist, born in Sicily, best known for his sculpture Charging Bull (also known as the Wall Street Bull), which he installed without permission in front of the New York Stock Exchange in December 1989. The work cost US$360,000 of the artist's own money.
Arturo García Arzu, or Arturo García Muñoz, (born 17 March 1981 in Dos Hermanas, Sevilla, Andalusia) is a Spanish football player who currently plays for La Liga side Real Betis. Arzu is a defensive midfielder who can also play as a central defender.
Arturo Kinch Arturo Kinch (born 15 April 1956) is a customer service representative for United Airlines who has won fame for his inspiring performances as Costa Rica's only skiier in Winter Olympic Games history, most recently as a 49-year-old cross-country skiier in the 2006 XX Olympic Winter Games.
Arturo Llobell Arturo Llobell (born December 7, 1987 in Valencia, Spain) is a racecar driver who has thus far had a short but successful motor-racing career. Llobell started competing in karting events professional in 2001, getting a break in Spanish Formula Junior during 2003.
Arturo Moreno Arturo "Arte" Moreno (born August of 1946) is a Mexican American billionaire who, on May 15, 2003, made history by becoming the first Hispanic to own a major sports team in the United States when he purchased the Anaheim Angels baseball team from the Walt Disney Company.
Arturo O'Farrill Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill (October 28, 1921-June 27, 2001) was a musician who led an afro-cuban big band, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra in New York City that influenced Cal Tjader. He arranged, composed and played the trumpet.
Arturo Prat Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón (April 4, 1848, near Ninhue - May 21, 1879, Iquique) was a Chilean navy officer, and is conisdered to be Chile's greatest hero. He was killed at the Naval Battle of Iquique after jumping on board of the Peruvian armored monitor Huáscar after his ship, the Esmeralda, was rammed by the Peruvian monitor.
Arturo Riccardi Arturo Riccardi (October 30, 1878-December 20, 1966) was an Italian admiral during World War II, serving as the Ministry of Marine director general of personnel from 1935 to 1940 and Under Secretary of State of the Navy from 1941 until 1943. A specialist of aerial warfare, Riccardi frequently worked with senior German naval officers on the defense of the Italian peninsula.
Arturo Rodriguez Fernandez Arturo Rodriguez Fernandez (born 1948) is a Dominican cinema critic widely known as one of the most established in this field. He is recognized by the Dominican Republic society as one of the top scholars of the cinema world.
Arturo Sarukhán Arturo Sarukhán Casamitjana is a Mexican diplomat. He is a former General Consul of Mexico at New York City and served as foreign policy coordinator in Felipe Calderón's presidential campaign and transition team (February – November 2006).
Arturo Skinner Apostle Arturo Skinner, known as the "Father of Deliverance" in black Pentecostal circles, founded the Deliverance Evangelistic Center of Brooklyn, New York, in the 1950s and founded other churches, or centers, in cities such as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Newark, New Jersey; and other large and small cities up and down the East Coast. Skinner's ministry, Pentecostal in nature, focused on salvation and divine healing.
Arturo Tolentino Arturo Modesto Tolentino (September 19, 1910 – August 2, 2004) was a prominent political figure in the Philippines who briefly held the position of vice president in 1986. He is more well known as the father of the Philippine “archipelagic doctrine” and expert on the Law of the Sea.
Arturo Toscanini Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. He is considered by many critics, fellow musicians, and much of the classical listening audience to have been the greatest conductor of his era.
Arturo Umberto Illia Arturo Umberto Illia (Pergamino, Buenos Aires, August 4 1900 - CĂłrdoba, January 18 1983) was President of Argentina from October 12, 1963, to June 28, 1966, as a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR). He was overthrown by a military coup carried on by Juan Carlos OnganĂ­a.
Arturo Warman Arturo Warman Gryj (September 9, 1937–October 21, 2003) was a Mexican anthropologist, member of the cabinets of Carlos Salinas and Ernesto Zedillo, also an author of nine books, two of which have been translated to English. He also wrote multiple articles for the magazine Nexos.
Arturo Woodman Arturo Woodman Pollit (born October 16, 1931 in Piura) is a Peruvian engineer and politician. He was National Unity's candidate for First Vice President at the 2006 Peruvian national election, running along Lourdes Flores.
Artus Clothing Artus Clothing is a clothing company that produces t-shirts and sweatshirts. Founded in Los Gatos, California in 2002 by David Box and Mike Donahue, Artus promotes and sponsors both local and mainstream musicians.
Artvin Artvin (Georgian: ართვინი; Armenian: Արդվին; Russian: Ардвин) is a city in north-eastern Turkey on the Çoruh River near the Georgian border. (Lat (DMS) 41° 10' 56N Long (DMS) 41° 49' 10E Altitude (meters) 345 m)
Artwave Artwave, or "art" wave is the name of a contemporary art movement, key elements of which include nonlinear time and space, variations in elemental theme structure and/or disrupted sequence of psychosomatic events and texture.
Artworld economics Artworld economics is a relatively unexplored area of financial exchange that exists at the edges of the regular financial industry. Investment in art has been an accepted form of deposit investment for several decades such as the purchase of works by Matisse, Van Gogh and Picasso.
Artworx Artworx is a Naples, Florida software company that has been producing poker and other card games since circa 1982. Its original strip poker game, supposedly the first game of its kind ever created for home computers, was ported to numerous platforms, including the Apple II (1982), Commodore 64 (1983), Atari 800 (1983), DOS (1985), Amiga (1986), and Atari ST (1987).
ArtWatch International ArtWatch International was founded by James Beck, professor of art history at Columbia University, to monitor, and campaign for better practices in, the conservation of art works. The United Kingdom branch, ArtWatch UK, is run by Michael Daley.
Artyomovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast Artyomovsky () is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Bobrovka River (Irbit's tributary, Ob's basin), 120 km northeast of Yekaterinburg. Population: 34,980 (2002 Census); 41,247 (1989 Census).
Arue, French Polynesia Arue is a commune in the suburbs of Papeete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Arue is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands.
Arugil Arugil (2007) is a forthcoming high budget Tamil film directed by Prathap Pothan. Madhavan is paired with Vidya Balan in the flick, reports claim it was Madhavan who recommended her after their performance together in Mani Ratnam's Guru.
Aruch The village of Aruch is located on the southern part of Aragatz Mountain, 23km west of the centre of Ashtarak province. The village dates back to the 6th century when it was the winter camp of the royal armies.
Aruch HaShulchan Arukh HaShulkhan is a work of Jewish scholarship, written by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein. The title "Arukh HaShulkhan" ("laying the table") is a clear allusion to the Shulkhan Arukh ("the set table"), the authoritative work of halakha on which it draws.
Aruchavank church The Aruchavank church of St Grigor in Aruch is one of the architectural marvels in Armenian art. According to the architectural evidence and found bibliographical data the church in Aruch has been built by Grigor Mamikonian in the
Arul Nool The Arul Nool is a supplementary to Akilattirattu Ammanai, and this is also considered as a holy script of Ayyavazhi, officially an offshoot sect of Hinduism. This book contains the collection of messages which were given by Ayya Vaikundar to his Disciples (Citars or Arulalarkal) whose names are unknown.
Arumeru Arumeru is one of the five districts in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north and west by the Monduli District, to the east by the Kilimanjaro Region and to the south by the Arusha District and the Monduli District.
Arun Khetarpal 2nd Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal (14 October 1950 - 16 December, 1971) born in Pune, Maharashtra joined the 17 Poona Horse of the Indian Army on 13 June 1971. He died a martyr after a valiant fight at the Battle of Basantar during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 and was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military honour.
Arun Manilal Gandhi Arun Manilal Gandhi (born April 14 1934, Durban, South Africa) is the fifth grandson of Mahatma Gandhi through his second son Manilal. Following the footsteps of his grandfather, he is also a socio-political activist, although he eschews the ascetic lifestyle of his grandfather.
Arun Nehru Arun Nehru (अरुण नेहरू) is an Indian politician and columnist. In the 1980s he was the chief strategist for his cousin Rajiv Gandhi and a minister in his government, but owing to ideological differences defected with V.
Arun Sarin Arun Sarin (अरुण सरीन) (born October 21, 1954) is the Chief Executive of the British based global mobile telecommunications company Vodafone Group Plc. He is originally from India, has United States citizenship, and is presently based in the United Kingdom.
Arun Shridhar Vaidya General Arun Shridhar Vaidya, MVC(Bar), AVSM (Died: 10 August, 1986) was the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army from 1983 to 1986. He was also the seventh post-independence commander of the 9 (Deccan) Horse.
Arun Valley Line The Arun Valley Line is part of the Southern-operated British railway services. For the initial part of the route trains follow the Brighton Main Line, and at a junction south of Three Bridges the route turns westwards.
Aruna According to Hindu mythology and Hindu scriptures, Aruna or Arun refers to the charioteer of the Sun, including the rising Sun. Aruna refers to the redness of the rising Sun, which is believed to have spiritual powers.
Aruna Asaf Ali Aruna Asaf Ali (16 July 1909 - 29 July 1996) (born Aruna Ganguli), was an Indian freedom fighter. She is widely remembered for hoisting the Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942.
Arunah Metcalf Arunah Metcalf (August 15, 1771 - August 15, 1848) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in 1771, he attended the common schools and moved from Connecticut to New York, settling in Otsego (now Cooperstown) in 1802.
Arunah Shepherdson Abell Arunah Shepherdson Abell (August 10 1806-April 19 1888) was an American publisher and philanthropist. Born in East Providence, Rhode Island, he became a journeyman printer in the 1820s, and, after mastering the trade, moved to Baltimore to found the Philadelphia Public Ledger in 1836, and the Baltimore Sun in 1837.
Arunachal Congress Arunachal Congress is a regional political party in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. AC was founded in September 1996 as a splinter-group of Indian National Congress, when the local party leader and Chief Minister Gegong Apang revolted against the then Congress leader P.
Arunachal Dragon Force The Arunachal Dragon Force (ADF), also known as the East India Liberation Front, is a violent secessionist movement in the eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The ADF seeks to create an independent state resembling the pre-British Teola Country consisting of area currently in Arunachal Pradesh as well as neighboring Assam.
Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh ( Aruṇācal Pradeś; Chinese: 藏南 Zangnan or South Tibet) is a state of India, but also claimed by China. It is part of what are called the Seven Sister States of the Northeast of India.
Arunachala hill ‘Arunachala’ refers to the holy hill at ‘Thiruvannamalai’ in Tamil Nadu, where the Arunachaleswara Temple, a temple of Lord Shiva is located. Every year in the Tamil month of Karthigai (October–November) Karthigai Deepam (Light) is lit atop the holy hill of "Arunachala" Thiruvannamalai sthala (place) is also known by the names Arunagiri, Annamalai, Arunachalam, Arunai, Sonagiri and Sonachalam.
Arunachaleswara Temple Arunachaleshwara Temple is a famous Hindu temple dedicatedto Lord Shiva, located atop the Arunachala hill in Tamilnadu, India. It is the home of Annamalayaar or Arunachaleswarar (Lord Shiva worshipped as a Shiva Lingam) and Unnamulaiyaal (Apitakuchambaal - Parvati), is one of the largest temples in India.
Arundel (UK Parliament constituency) Arundel was twice a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. The first incarnation strictly comprised the town of Arundel and was a borough constituency first enfranchised in 1332 and disenfranchised in 1868 under the Reform Act 1867.
Arundel Cathedral Arundel Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in West Sussex, England. Dedicated in 1873 as the Catholic parish church of Arundel, it was not designated a cathedral until the foundation of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in 1965.
Arundel Elementary School Arundel Elementary School is an elementary school located in San Carlos, California. In 1995, Vice President Al Gore visited the school to give a press conference concerning the implementation of an Internet network in the school.
Arundel Herald Extraordinary Arundel Herald of Arms Extraordinary is a supernumery Officer of Arms in England. Though a royal herald, Arundel is not a member of the College of Arms, and was originally a private herald in the household of Thomas Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel.
Arundel marbles The Arundelian Marbles are a collection of Greek marbles collected by Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel in the early seventeenth century, the first such comprehensive collection of its kind in England. They now belong to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, as a result of a gift made by his grandson Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk in 1667John Evelyn and John Selden were instrumental in motivating this gift.
Arundel Mills Arundel Mills is a mega-mall located in Hanover, Maryland (south of Baltimore, near BWI Airport) and owned by Mills Corporation. The mall is located at the intersection of Maryland Route 100 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (Maryland Route 295) in northwestern Anne Arundel County (hence the name "Arundel" Mills).
Arundel Society The Arundel Society was founded at London in 1849 and named after the Earl of Arundel, the famous collector of the Arundel Marbles and one of the first great English patrons and lovers of the arts. It was discontinued in 1897.
Arundhati (mythology) Arundhati (अरुंधति) was the wife of the sage (rishi) Vasishtha, and the mythology identifies her with the morning star. She is invoked during the marriage ceremonies of Hindus, and is a representative of an ideal wife.
Arundo Arundo is a genus of two or three species stout, perennial grasses from the family Poaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to India, China and Japan. They grow to 3-6 m tall, occasionally to 10 m, with leaves 30-60 cm long and 3-6 cm broad.
Arup Arup is a professional services firm providing engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment. The firm is present in the Americas, Australasia, East Asia, Europe and Middle East, and now has more than 7000 staff based in 75 offices in 33 countries.
Arup Rahee Rahee ( Arup Rahee, 1976-) is a poet, singer, writer and political activist. As a militant lifestyler, Rahee thinks that, it could be the ultimate threat to any oppressive, coercive repressive regime and hegemony.
Arupadaiveedu The Arupadiveedu (six abodes) are the most important shrines for the devotees of Muruga in Tamilnadu, India. They are Palani (120 km west of Madurai), Swamimalai (150 km east of Madurai), Thiruthani (50 km from Chennai), Pazhamudircholai (10 km north of Madurai), Thiruchendur (100 km south of Madurai).
Arupathimoovar Festival This festival is supposed to be celebrated in order to praise the Saivaite Devotees namely Nayanmars who are 63 in numbers. The procession is celebrated by taking Nayanmars in a "Pallaq" which is highly decorated with ornaments and flowers, facing Lord Shiva and Parvati and proceeding further.
Aruray Aruray (born in 1920) is a famous Filipina comedienne of the Philippines who made many movies produced by her home studio Sampaguita Pictures. She is one of the most successful commediennes of the 1950s and 1960s.
Arusha Accords The Arusha Accords (also known as the Arusha Peace Agreement, or the Arusha negotiations) were a set of five accords (or protocols) signed by the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) and the Government of Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania on 4 August 1993, ending the civil war.
Arusha Agreement The Arusha Agreement was a treaty signed on September 24, 1969 in Arusha, Tanzania, between the European Community and the three East African states of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The agreement entered into force on January 1, 1971, concomitant with the second Yaoundé Convention, with the aim of establishing better economic relations between the EC and the African states.
Arusha Declaration The Arusha Declaration was made by Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere on 5 February, 1967, outlining the principles of Ujamaa (Nyerere's vision of socialism) to develop the nation's economy. The declaration called for an overhaul of the economic system, through African socialism and self-reliance in locally administered villages through a villagization program.
Arusha District Arusha is one of the five districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania, and it contains the regional capitol of Arusha. It is bordered to the south by the Monduli District and to the north, east, and west by the Arumeru District.
Arusha Children's Trust The Arusha Children's Trust is a registered charity which works to help the children of the Arusha area of Tanzania to develop sustainable economies without creating a dependence on tourism. The Trust works to promote health and education, to improve environmental awareness whilst preserving the traditional culture and heritage of the people who live there.
Arusha Project The Arusha Project (aka ARK) provides a framework for collaborative system administration of multi-platform Unix sites with many dozens of machines. ARK gives you a notation to describe your Unix site, and to do so in collaboration with others (if you wish).
Arusnati The Arusnati were an ancient people inhabiting the eastern shores of Lacus Benacus (Lake Garda), northwest of Verona, at the time of contact with the Romans. The Romans named the territory Pagus Arusnatium which roughly corresponds to the modern Valpolicella district of Italy.
Arutz Sheva Arutz Sheva (Channel Seven) is a right-wing Israeli online media network identifying with Religious Zionism. It offers online news in English, Hebrew, French and Russian in three formats: written, internet radio, and internet television.
Aruze (), formerly Universal Distributing of Nevada (UDN), is a Japanese manufacturer of pachinko, slot machine and other gaming products. Aruze possesses licenses to both manufacture and distribute casino machines in the American states of Nevada, Mississippi and New Jersey.
Arvada Press The Arvada Press newspaper is delivered weekly, primarily by youth carriers, to 37,200 single-family households in Arvada, Colorado, USA. On May 5, 2005, the paper replaced the former Arvada Sentinel Newspaper.
Arvada, Colorado The City of Arvada is a home rule municipality located in Jefferson County and Adams County of the State of Colorado. Arvada is located 7 miles (11 kilometers) northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.
Arval Brethren Arval Brethren (latin: Fratres Arvales) were a body of priests in ancient Rome who offered annual sacrifices to lares and gods to guarantee good harvests. The modern world knows them mainly for their stone-carved records of their oaths, rituals and sacrifices.
Arvandrud/Shatt al-Arab The Shatt al-Arab (Arabic: شط العرب, "Coast of the Arabs") or Arvandrud (called اروندرود: arvandrūd in Persian), is a river in Southwest Asia of some 200 km in length, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris in the town of al-Qurnah in southern Iraq. The southern end of the river constitutes the border between Iraq and Iran (Persia) down to the mouth of the river as it discharges into the Persian Gulf.
Arvanites Arvanites (Greek: Αρβανίτες, see also below about names) are a population group in Greece who traditionally speak Arvanitika, a form of Albanian. They settled in Greece during the late Middle Ages and were the predominant population element in some regions in the south of Greece through the 19th century.
Arvanitic alphabet The Arvanitic alphabet uses the Greek script to write the Arvanitic language, similar to other older Albanian alphabets which also used the Greek script. There is no standard version; the Greek alphabet is normally used with the addition of the Latin script letters b, d, e and j.
Arvanitika Arvanitika or Arvanitic (native name: arbërisht, Greek: αρβανίτικα arvanitika) is the variety of Albanian traditionally spoken by the Arvanites, a population group in Greece. Arvanitika is sometimes also described as Graeco-Albanian or similarly,E.
Arvayheer Arvayheer (Mongolian: Арвайхєєр) is the capital city of Mongolia's Övörhangay-aymag province and is a thriving cultural centre, with many connections to Mongolia's ancient traditions and ways of life. It is a centre for traditional crafts, goat herding and equestrian sports, and hosts a large regional horse festival every year.
Arved Fuchs German explorer Arved Fuchs was born in 1953. On December 30 1989, he and the famous mountain climber Reinhold Messner were the first to reach the South pole without animal or motorised help, on skis and the help of wind.
Arverni Guard The Arverni Guard was a force of 5,000 of the best warriors in Gaul (though the majority of warriors in the Guard were from the Arverni tribe). Of all the Celtic warriors, they were the highest quality troops.
Arvest Bank Arvest Bank is a bank and brokerage with branches in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Beginning with Benton County's first automatic teller machine (ATM) in 1976 and the launch of an Internet banking web site in 1998, Arvest Bank has been modernizing its services.
Arvi Parbo Sir Arvi Parbo (born 10 February 1926, in Tallinn, Estonia) is a business executive who was concurrently chairman of three of Australia's largest companies. He was made a Knight Bachelor for services to industry in 1978.
Arviat, Nunavut Arviat (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ; formerly called Eskimo Point until 1 June, 1989) is a predominantly Inuit hamlet located on the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. Arviat ("place of the bowhead whale") is derived from the Inuktitut word arviq meaning "Bowhead Whale".
Arvid Fladmoe Arvid Fladmoe (May 8, 1915 - November 18, 1993) was a Norwegian composer and conductor. He conducted both the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and was principal conductor in Bergen from 1958 until 1961.
Arvid Horn Count Arvid Bernhard Horn of Ekebyholm (April 6, 1664 – April 17, 1742) was a Swedish soldier, diplomat and politician. He served twice as President of the Privy Council (1710–1719 and 1720–1738) and was one of the leading figures of the Swedish Age of Liberty.
Arvid Lindman Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman (19 September 1862 – 9 December 1936) was a Swedish Rear Admiral, Industrialist and conservative politician. He was the leader of the right-wing General Electoral Union (Allmänna valmansförbundet) 1912-35, leader of Lantmanna- och borgarepartiet (A member party of the General Electoral Union) 1913-35, except for a short while during 1917 when he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Arvid Palmgren Arvid Palmgren (1890-1971) joined SKF in 1917, invented the first self-aligning roller bearing and developed theories for calculating their lifespan, which are still used. Head of engineering at SKF 1937-1955, and active in ISO's standardization of bearings.
Arvid Storsveen Arvid Storsveen (1915-1943), was the Norwegian organizer of XU, the main intelligence gathering organisation within occupied Norway during World War II. Storsveen participated in the fight against the German invasion forces in the spring of 1940.
Arvida, Quebec Arvida (from ARthur VIning DAvis, one of the founders of Alcan) was founded as an industrial city by Alcan in 1927, when the first aluminum smelter was constructed. Located approximately 200 kilometers (125 miles north) of Quebec City, south of the Saguenay River between Chicoutimi and Jonquière, the town was planned from the first day and was developed as a company town, to get a population of about 14,000 inhabitants, 4 Catholic parishes, and many other denomination parishes, and schools.
Arvidsjaur Lapland Court District Arvidsjaur Lapland Court District, or Arvidsjaurs lappmarks tingslag, was a district of Lapland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
Arvika festival Arvika Festival (Swedish: Arvikafestivalen) is an annual music festival held in Arvika, Sweden. It takes place during three days in the middle of July, from Thursday to Saturday, with camping available from the beginning of the week.
Arvind Dave Arvind Dave (born May 1 1940) is the former Governor of three states in India. He was the governor of Arunachal Pradesh from 1999 to 2003, of Assam briefly during 2003, and of Manipur, from 2003 until August 6 2004.
Arvind Kejriwal Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian social activist and crusader for greater transparency in Government. He was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Emergent Leadership award in 2006 for activating India's Right to Information movement at grassroots and social activities to empower the poorest citizens to fight corruption by holding the government answerable to the people.
Arvingarna Arvingarna is a Swedish "dansband", which was formed in 1989 and which competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2002. In 1993 they won with the song Eloise and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, where the song finished 7th.
Arvirargus Arvirargus (or Arviragus) was a legendary, and possibly historical, British king of the 1st century AD. A shadowy historical Arviragus is known only from a cryptic reference in a satirical poem by Juvenal, in which a giant turbot presented to the Roman emperor Domitian (AD 81-96) is said to be an omen that "you will capture some king, or Arviragus will fall from his British chariot-pole".
Arvis Piziks Arvis Piziks (born September 12, 1969 in Gulbene) is Latvian former professional road bicycle racer. He rode at the Danish Team Home - Jack & Jones cycling team (now Team CSC), which he joined in 1998, coming from the Dutch team, Rabobank.

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