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Vari (other)
Vari is a suburb of Athens, Greece. Vary or Vári may also refer to: * Vari, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran *Varima-te-takere, a goddess in Polynesian mythology * Van Andel Research Institute (VARI), a biomedical research and education institute People: * Attila Vári (born 1976), Hungarian water polo player, * Barnabás Vári (born 1987), Hungarian football player * George Vari (1923–2010), Canadian real estate developer and philanthropist *Giuseppe Vari (1924–1993), Italian filmmaker * Gyula Vári (born 1967), Hungarian aviation officer and politician * Martin Vari (born 1982), Argentine kitesurfer * Minnette Vári (born 1968), South African artist * Zsolt Vari (born 1969), Hungarian sport shooter See also * Very (other) * Vary (surname) *Varis Varis is both a surname and a given name. In Finnish the word literally means "raven". Notable people with the name include: Surname *Agnes Varis (1930–2011), American businesswoman * Kaisa Varis (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vari
Vari ( el, Βάρη) is a southern suburb of Athens and former municipality in East Attica, Greece along the Athens coast. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is a municipal unit. nasterjd, on Athena (capital). The municipal unit has an area of 22.633 km2. Geography It lies at the southwestern end of the Mesogeia plain and the southeast shoulder of the Hymettus mountain, near the Saronic Gulf coast. Greek National Road 91 connects Vari with Athens city centre and Sounio. Vari's beach is located in an area called Varkiza, a fishing village that joined the municipality of Vari, in 1997. This particular beach has won the blue flag many years in the past, including 2009. After 1 January 2011 Vari joined Voula and Vouliagmeni, according to Kallikratis regulations, in a joined municipality. Grigoris Konstantellos is the incumbent mayor, elected for a second term at May 26, 2019, for the unified municipality of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vari, Iran
Vari ( fa, وري, also Romanized as Varī) is a village in Chahardangeh Rural District, Chahardangeh District, Sari County, Mazandaran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 120, in 48 families. References Populated places in Sari County {{Sari-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varima-te-takere
In Cook Islands mythology, Varima-te-takere ("goddess of the beginning") also called Vari ( ), was the primordial mother goddess, mother of the gods and mortals. According to William Wyatt Gill, Gill, Vari, a female spirit or demon of flesh and blood, was admitted to the lowest depth of the interior of Avaiki, a place described as resembling a vast hollow coconut shell. Such is the narrowness of her territory that her knees and chin touch, no other position being possible. Her name in full, Vari-ma-te-takere, Gill translates as "The very beginning". The word ''vari'', however, also means "mud", and, taken in conjunction with ''takere'' (canoe bottom or keel), the name literally means "The mud at the bottom"; suggesting the mud on the bottom of Avaiki. ''Vari'' is the mud of taro swamps and connotes potential plant growth. As applied to a female, it means menstruation and conveys a connection with the female womb and the origin of human growth. The following passage from a dramati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Andel Research Institute
Van Andel Institute (VAI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit biomedical research and science education organization in Grand Rapids, Michigan. VAI was founded by Jay and Betty Van Andel in 1996. The institute's research focuses on cancer epigenetics and Parkinson's disease. Its educational efforts support teacher development and science education from early elementary through the doctoral level. David Van Andel, son of Jay and Betty, has served as CEO and chairman of the board since 1996. Research Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists study the epigenetic, genetic, cellular and structural basis of cancer and Parkinson's disease as well as osteoarthritis, neurofibromatosis type 1, Alzheimer's disease, prion diseases, Ewing sarcoma and other conditions. As of 2017, VARI employed 32 faculty and more than 250 people. Center for Epigenetics The Center for Epigenetics was established in 2014 and is led by Peter Jones. Scientists in the Center focus on identifying epigenetic mech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Vári
Attila Vári (born 26 February 1976 in Budapest), nicknamed ''Doki'', is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. Vári began his athletic career with modern pentathlon but later switched to water polo. He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1997. Attila's back hand shot from ten meters in the 2000 Olympic finals against Russia was probably the most unexpected and spectacular goal anyone ever scored in an Olympic final game in water polo. Vári was elected into the presidium of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) in May 2017. He was elected President of the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (MVLSZ) in September 2018, replacing Dénes Kemény. The ruling party Fidesz–KDNP nominated Vári as their candidate for the position of Mayor of Pécs in the 2019 Hungarian local elections, but was defeated by the opposition's joint candidate Attila Péterffy. Honours National * Olympic Games: g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnabás Vári
Barnabás Vári (born 15 September 1987) is a Hungarian former football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... player. Club statistics ''Updated to games played as of 19 May 2019.'' References *HLSZ 1987 births Footballers from Szeged Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Vari
George William Vari, (August 14, 1923 – December 9, 2010) was a Canadians, Canadian real estate developer and philanthropist. Trained as a civil engineer and economist in Hungary, he immigrated to Canada after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. George Vari was born in Szepes County, Hungary, to lawyer Istvan Vari and Ida Vari in 1923. During World War II, George was able to flee to Switzerland in 1940, and he studied in Lausanne. After the war, he returned to Hungary and attended the University of Szeged and Budapest Technical University. Following the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Vari left Hungary in 1957 and settled in Montreal. Vari had met Helen de Fabinyi in Hungary in 1950, and they were later married in Montreal in 1967. Vari made his fortune in international real estate development, which included building the Tour Montparnasse in Paris, six of the pavilions at Expo 1967 in Montreal, and Moscow's Cosmos Hotel. He was renowned for his outstanding record in philanthrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Vari
Giuseppe Vari (9 March 1924 – 1 October 1993) was an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Segni, Rome, Vari started his career as an editor of films and documentaries, collaborating among others with Federico Fellini, Damiano Damiani and Giorgio Simonelli. In 1953 he made his directorial debut with ''Infame accusa'', then specialized in melodramatic films. From the early sixties he focused on genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns, sometimes being credited as Joseph Warren. Filmography Director * ''Infame accusa'', (also screenwriter, 1953) * '' Due lacrime'', (1954) * '' Mamma, perdonami!'', (1954) * ''Vendicata!'', (1955) * '' Addio sogni di gloria'', (also screenwriter, 1955) * '' Il ricatto di un padre'', (also screenwriter, 1957) * '' Giovane canaglia'', (also screenwriter, 1958) * '' Spavaldi e innamorati'', (1959) * ''Revenge of the Barbarians'', (1960) * '' I normanni'', (1962) * '' Canzoni in... bikini'', (1963) * ''Rome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyula Vári
Gyula Vári (born Nagykőrös, 6 May 1967) is a Hungarian flying officer and politician. He is a former parliamentary representative and observer in the European Parliament. Education Gyula decided to take aviation as his profession in secondary school. He performed his first flights in 1983 in Kiskunfélegyháza on a Zlin 142 aircraft and an R-26 Góbé glider. In 1985, he graduated at Kilián György Air Force Academy in Szolnok and later at the Košice VVLS SNP Aviation Engineering College as an aircraft engineer and fighter pilot in the 5-year program. Military career After graduating at the Košice College, he spent a year in Szolnok where he participated in weapons training. In 1991 he moved to Kecskemét Air Base to the first flying squadron. He flew MiG-21s (F, MF and UM specs), and in 1993 after training in Russia, he flew MiG-29s (U's and UB's). In 1994 he took part in the TLP (Tactical Leadership Program) in Belgium. In 1995 he studied at the Squadron Officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Vari
Martin Vari (born February 27, 1982 in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...) is a professional kitesurfer and two times PKRA freestyle world champion in kitesurfing (2001 and 2003). 2007 he won the first PKRA wave contest. Martin Vari is into kitesurfing since 1999. His passion is kiting in waves. He is one of the pioneers, bringing kitesurfing into the waves. 2009 Martin Vari founds his own label "Vari Kites" to develop and sell kitesurfing equipment. In 2011 he was involved in a public scandal, when a home-video recorded with his ex-girlfriend Silvina Luna was leaked and made public in Twitter. External links Pro Riders - Martin Vari from Vari Kites {{DEFAULTSORT:Vari, Martin Argentine surfers Living people 1982 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnette Vári
Minnette Vári (born 1968) is a South African artist known primarily for her video installations. Born in Pretoria, Vári studied fine arts at the University of Pretoria where she obtained her master's degree. She lives and works in Johannesburg. Work Vári has exhibited her work since the early nineties, participating in such group exhibitions as the Second Johannesburg Biennale (1997), the Venice Biennale (2001 and 2007), and the 10th Biennale of Havana (2009). Her solo exhibitions include a monographic solo exhibition at the Art Museum Lucerne, Switzerland (2004), Vigil at Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York (2007), Chimera at Basel Art Unlimited (2003) and most recently, Songs of Excavation at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg (2013). Since 1998 Vári has worked predominantly with digital media and large-scale video projections, often including performance elements by inserting her own body into reworked media and historical documentary footage. In addition, Vári regularly produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zsolt Vari
Zsolt () is a Hungarian masculine given name, originally a variant of ''Solt''. Related names * Zsolt: old Hungarian personal name, with an identical origin to the names ''Zoltán'', ''Zsolt'' and possibly ''Csolt''. Derived from the old Turkish word "sultan". Name-day * April 10 * October 21 * November 20 People with the given name * Zoltán of Hungary, also known as Zsolt * Zsolt Balázs * Zsolt Bárányos * Zsolt Baumgartner * Zsolt Bayer, commentator for ''Magyar Hírlap'' * Zsolt Bedák * Zsolt Bodoni (born 1975), Hungarian painter * Zsolt Borkai * Zsolt Erdei * Zsolt Gyulay * Zsolt Haraszti * Zsolt Harsányi * Zsolt Horváth (other) * Zsolt Kalmár * Zsolt Korcsmár * Zsolt Kosz * Zsolt Kürtösi * Zsolt Laczkó * Zsolt Nagy (other), several people * Zsolt Nemcsik * Zsolt Németh (other) * Zsolt Szabó (other) * Zsolt Szeglet People with the surname * Béla Zsolt * István Zsolt István Zsolt (28 June 1921, Budapest – 7 May 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
