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 Halloween by The Ovi Team
31 October 2020
Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds... (1 comment) |  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by The Ovi Team
31 October 2020
October 31st 1892; on this day, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, is published. The book was the first collection of Holmes stories, which Conan Doyle had been publishing in magazines since 1887. (Add a comment) |  Cultivated Lunacy, Nuclear Deterrence and Banning the Nuke by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
30 October 2020
Is international relations a field for cautious minds, marked by permanent setbacks, or terrain where the bold are encouraged to seize the day? In terms of dealing with the existential and even unimaginable horror that... (Add a comment) |  The Killer-Bee Banquet by Emmanuel Sigauke
30 October 2020
Hurray to the Gonera bees
that attacked but did not kill the boy
who had wondered away
found himself stuck
in a mouthless cave, aware out there
was light waiting to be seen. (Add a comment) |  Human trafficking: why do prostitutes become prostitutes? by Joseph Gatt
30 October 2020
Human trafficking is a serious issue. A dramatic issue. A tragic issue. (Add a comment) |  Where is a Will - there is Brazil by Ovi Magazine Guest
30 October 2020
After a century, the world population faced a new pandemic that fast spread globally, affecting individuals both physically and mentally. Covid-19 started in late 2019 in Asia, spreading so fast that despite the global connectivity... (Add a comment) |  Sense and Sensibility by The Ovi Team
30 October 2020
October 30th, on this day in 1811, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility is published anonymously. A small circle of people, including the Price Regent, learned Austen's identity, but most of the British public knew only that the popular book had been wri (Add a comment) |  Orson Welles scaring moment by The Ovi Team
30 October 2020
October 30th 1938; Orson Welles causes a nationwide panic with his broadcast of "War of the Worlds" - realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth. Orson Welles was only 23 years old when... (1 comment) |  What's Wrong With Mattel's New Susan B. Anthony Doll? by George Cassidy Payne
29 October 2020
As a fellow Rochesterian and passionate admirer of Susan B. Anthony, I should have been pleased to hear that Mattel recently launched its Susan B. Anthony doll, as part of a Barbie Inspiring Women Doll line that includes the likes... (Add a comment) |  At this table by Bohdan Yuri
29 October 2020
reservations at eight
at our favorite table,
you were fashionably late,
a less than cherished fable. (Add a comment) |  The pseudo-science of career planning by Joseph Gatt
29 October 2020
A few myths and mistakes when it comes to career planning, in no particular order. Mistake number 1: telling teenagers not to focus on a career goal, and to focus on school instead. (Add a comment) |  Threat to Dismantle Turkish Medical Association Strongly Criticised by Ovi Magazine Guest
29 October 2020
The Turkish Government's recent announcement that it intends to dismantle the Turkish Medical Association (TMA) 'to protect patients and the profession from terrorists' has been strongly criticised by the World Medical Association. (Add a comment) |  John Glenn back to space by The Ovi Team
29 October 2020
October 29th 1998. Nearly four decades after he became the first American to orbit the Earth, Senator John Hershel Glenn, Jr., is launched into space again as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery. (Add a comment) |  James Boswell by The Ovi Team
29 October 2020
October 29th 1740; James Boswell is born on this day in Edinburgh to an ancient Scottish family. His father was a judge, the Lord of Auchinleck, and Boswell was heir to the title and a large fortune. (Add a comment) | | newer 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 older |
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