In order to effectively deal with the constant flow of information and perform the necessary research when writing the content of Ovi, we utilise a number of different online sources that we consider invaluable to our work.

Below is an extensive list of sites that we use on a weekly and daily basis. If you feel there is a site that should be added, then please email us the URL.

Ovi magazine is not responsible for the content of external websites and all links are checked periodically.

5-Second Films is a vertically-branded viral humor depository, delivering original commercial content to shareholders and upwardly mobile males 18-35 with disposable income since October 30th, 2008. Utilizing multiple social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook and Friendster, 5-Second Films (5SF on the NYSE) has engineered a high level of Google clickthroughs thanks to festival appearances at the San Diego Comi-Con and South by Southwest and television appearances on humor-delivery youth-driven programs such as Tosh.0 and Attack of the Show! 5-Second Films is based in Los Angeles and is available for public speaking events, corporate retreats and guest lectures to graduating university students.

Apopseis in Greek means opinions and this site is all about opinion with our very own Thanos as usual loud adding his contribution. Apopseis hosts opinions from members of the Greek parliament from all sides, members of the society and gives room for expression to organizations and associations that fight for a better and more democratic society with freedom of speech and expression.

Bizarre Magazine UK, your complete guide to worlds most bizarre videos, fetish, alt girls, weird pictures, sexy videos, tattoos, sexy girls, human oddities & freaks.

The Brazilian Parliament is called National Congress. Besides the prerogative of making laws, the National Congress is responsible for the oversight of every accounting, financial and budgetary operation regarding not only the Union’s moneys and properties but also any of the Unions’ branch departments or federal agencies’ moneys and properties. Brazil has a bicameral legislative assembly, composed by the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate. As the country adopts the bicameralism, a bill laid before any of the houses must be revised by the other; therefore, apart from subjects within private competence of each house, the legislative process grants both houses participation in the lawmaking process. The sittings follow a Parliamentary Calendar, which is different from the calendar year.  The Congress works in a four year basis, planned to coincide with the deputies’ term. This period is called “Legislatura” in Portuguese.

ClassicsToday.com is the world’s first and only classical music DAILY. Taking advantage of the latest electronic publishing technology, ClassicsToday.com is proud to offer what the audience for classical music has long been waiting for: comprehensive review coverage of new recordings that’s both accurate and completely up-to-date.

Unlike conventional magazines, with their limited space and huge lead-times between release dates and review publication, ClassicsToday.com updates its news and reviews each day. There’s no waiting for months and months to see if a recording by your favorite artist or composer will ever get reviewed. Our staff of internationally respected critics and music journalists is constantly at work, listening to and writing about each month’s new releases. 

At Curious we believe in lifelong learning. Learning for its own sake. Learning that happens beyond classrooms, and not only in academic subjects (unless you count beer brewing, pipe soldering, and organic gardening as academic). Learning as a necessity of living. At Curious we also believe great teachers are as valuable to society as great business leaders or academic thinkers. We wonder why there are hundreds of high-tech ways to share silly photos, and military-grade technology can help us find our friends at a bar, but teachers have few quality tools to help them succeed online.

We believe teachers are some of society’s greatest entrepreneurs and should be treated as such.  We also believe that videos of cats dancing the Macarena, and super-slo-mo exploding watermelons are really cool, but not the kind of online learning we’re talking about. And that Justin’s new band only reminds us a little bit of this. But that’s another story... Mostly, we believe in being curious.

The European Parliament is the only directly-elected body of the European Union. The 754 Members of the European Parliament are there to represent you, the citizen. They are elected once every five years by voters right across the 27 Member States of the European Union on behalf of its 500 million citizens.

This site was created in May 1996 by Tim Dirks. As of September 2008, it came under the umbrella of American Movie Classics (AMC) LLC, owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation. As of July 1, 2011, Cablevision spun off its Rainbow Networks unit, creating a new company called AMC Networks, Inc. The new AMC Networks entity owns and operates the channels AMC, WE tv, IFC, Sundance Channel and AMC/Sundance Global, plus IFC Entertainment, an independent film business. Tim Dirks authors, edits, and manages Filmsite.

Welcome to Garden Ideas online! Whether you want to learn how to build garden border fences or you need to know what the best plants are for a window box, there's a great idea here for you. Find gardening advice, see garden designs, or just get started with our how-to gardening section.

gbtimes - the third angle in 10 languages. Whether it is news, travel, society, politics, food, history or entertainment, we are your bridge between East and West.

Global South Media (GSM) is an independent Journal that provides a venue for journalists, writers, analysts and experts to disseminate content on a wide-range of subjects that are often overlooked or under-represented by Western media.

Gramophone’s site could never miss from a tribute to classic music, after all Gramophone has become part of recorded classic music history. 

Nearly 400 years after Galileo first observed the heavens through a telescope; we continue to seek answers to age-old questions about the universe. And while the technology has evolved over the centuries, the inquiry remains essentially the same: What's out there, where did it come from, and what does it mean?

At the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), we're working hard to study and explain the once-unimaginable celestial phenomena now made visible using Hubble's cutting-edge technology. In the course of this exploration we will continue to share with you the grace and beauty of the universe, because the discoveries belong to all of us. Probe deeper! Explore the following links to learn more about who we are and what we do. If you are visiting the Baltimore/Washington area, make it a point to come to our monthly Hubble Public Talks and learn about Hubble's latest discoveries first-hand. HubbleSite is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach

It's Fluffy® aims to seek out and bring to its users' attention high quality music new or old. The website's main goals are simple: Bring together music enthusiasts so that they may contribute their views.  Share our thoughts with a wider audience - that's YOU! To NOT take ourselves too seriously.

Furthermore, in line with this generally quite light-hearted approach, It's Fluffy aims to entertain its viewers by scouring the internet for so-called "Fluffiness" (and also by making fun of itself and mainly its founder in whatever way possible)

Jango is all about making online music easy, fun and social.

Just type in an artist - and your first station starts playing right away. You'll get the music you want, along with similar favourites of Jango users who share your taste. Customizing your stations further is just as easy. Just add more artists and rate songs that you want to play more or less.

Bob Parlocha (born in 1938) is an American radio host and radio programmer, as well as a saxophone musician and jazz expert.

Everything you want to know about Jazz music is in this site plus Parlocha’s Top 40

Kaboose is the premier family and parenting destination with kids' crafts, holiday fun and activities, healthy food recipes, free online games, expert health and parenting information, community message boards, parenting blogs, photos, videos, shopping, interactive quizzes and tools, and much more.

Travel guides and guidebooks. Travel advice, tips and destination information to inspire you from Lonely Planet. Everything you need to plan your holidays.

The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. For decades, young Americans cut their intellectual teeth on Modern Library books. The series shaped their tastes, educated them, provided them with a window on the world. Many of the country's celebrated writers are quick to attest that they "grew up with the Modern Library."

Museum of the Moving Image advances the public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. It does so by collecting, preserving, and providing access to moving-image related artifacts, screening significant films and other moving-image works, presenting exhibitions of artifacts, artworks, and interactive experiences, and offering educational and interpretive programs to students, teachers, and the general public.

NASA conducts its work in three principal organizations, called mission directorates: Aeronautics: pioneers and proves new flight technologies that improve our ability to explore and which have practical applications on Earth. Human Exploration and Operations: focuses on International Space Station operations and human exploration beyond low Earth orbit.  Science: explores the Earth, solar system and universe beyond; charts the best route of discovery; and reaps the benefits of Earth and space exploration for society.

In the early 21st century, NASA's reach spans the universe. The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is still studying Mars after arriving with its twin Spirit in 2004. Cassini is in orbit around Saturn, as Juno makes its way to Jupiter. The restored Hubble Space Telescope continues to explore the deepest reaches of the cosmos. Closer to home, the latest crew of the International Space Station is extending the permanent human presence in space. Earth Science satellites are sending back unprecedented data on Earth's oceans, climate and other features. NASA's aeronautics team is working with other government organizations, universities, and industry to fundamentally improve the air transportation experience and retain our nation's leadership in global aviation.

Netbet.org was founded in 1998 by a group of online gambling professionals. Today it is one of the most serious Internet resources providing comprehensive information concerning online gambling.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if someone let you listen to great music before it hit stores? Meet NPR’s First Listen, the place to pre-hear everything from fresh movie soundtracks to your favorite indie band’s latest to artists playing styles of music you’ve never heard before (say, “Saharan guitar rock”). You have to keep on top of street dates, of course — once those pass, the audio (by necessity) disappears — but NPR typically rolls things out a week in advance, letting you listen during the interim as many times as you like.

Oil Price is one of the leading energy news sites online. The site has news and opinion on all fossil fuels covering crude oil, natural gas and coal. 50% of our content is also focused on alternative energy and the environment where we cover solar energy, wind power, and all other clean energy technologies. The site also contains crude oil price charts and crude oil consumption tables. Our crude oil price charts cover three month periods and our energy tables cover crude oil production and crude oil consumption alongside coal, natural gas, nuclear power and all other major energy sub-sectors.

We are in the process of designing new oil price charts - which will enable visitors to see oil prices for both WTI crude oil and Brent crude oil in more detail. Oil Price reports can be found on Marketwatch, The Street, Huffington Post, Roubini, USA Today and hundreds of other top news publications. Our analysis of oil price movements and oil price forecasts are published on a weekly basis and can be found in the relevant categories on the site.

The Parliament consists of two Houses (the House of Representatives and the Senate), and the Queen, represented in Australia by the Governor General. The House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of Parliament and is sometimes called ‘the People’s House’ or the ‘house of government’.  The party, or parties, that hold a majority of seats in the House form government.  There are currently 150 Members of the House of Representatives who each represent an electorate. The Senate is one of the two houses of the Australian Federal Parliament. It consists of 76 senators, twelve from each of the six states and two from each of the mainland territories. It shares the power to make laws with the other House of the Parliament, the House of Representatives.

For our country’s transition from apartheid rule to democracy, an interim constitution was negotiated between representatives of organisations involved in the liberation struggle, represented political parties and other interest groups. After the first democratic elections on 27 April 1994, members of the National Assembly and Senate, as the elected public representatives at the time, met as a body called the Constitutional Assembly to write a new Constitution. In 1996, after two years of public consultation and much debate, the new Constitution was finally adopted.

TED believes passionately that ideas have the power to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately, the world. This underlying philosophy is the driving force behind all of TED's endeavors, including the TED Conferences, TEDx, TEDBooks, the TEDFellows Program, and the TEDTranslations Project. With this philosophy in mind, and with the intention of supporting teachers and sparking the curiosity of learners around the world, TED is excited to launch its newest initiative, TED-Ed.

TED-Ed’s commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great ideas. Within the growing TED-Ed video library, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed platform. This platform also allows users to take any useful educational video, not just TED's, and easily create a customized lesson around the video. Users can distribute the lessons, publicly or privately, and track their impact on the world, a class, or an individual student.

The Architectural Review (The AR) is the world's favourite monthly architecture magazine. Read and enjoyed in over 130 countries it is world renowned for its truly global and inspirational perspective. It is the one magazine in which architects aspire to have their work published.

The Cut is a site for women who want to view the latest fashion trends; read provocative takes on issues that matter, from politics to relationships; follow celebrity style icons; and preview new products.

Founder/blogger/photographer Scott Schuman began The Sartorialist with the idea of creating a two-way dialogue about the world of fashion and its relationship to daily life. In addition to the blog, Schuman’s work has been featured in GQ, Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris, and Interview; for GQ, Schuman shot and edited his own page for over three years. Schuman has appeared in national ad campaigns for The Gap and Verizon, and collaborated with Kiehl’s on an exclusively commissioned product and campaign surrounding Father’s Day.

TreeHugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. Partial to a modern aesthetic, we strive to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information. We publish an up to the minute blog, weekly and daily newsletters, twice-monthly radio interviews, and regularly updated Twitter and Facebook pages.

Celebrity Gossip and Entertainment News, covering celebrity news and Hollywood rumours. Get all the latest gossip at TMZ - Thirty Mile Zone.

As per the Constitution, the U.S. House of Representatives makes and passes federal laws. The House is one of Congress’s two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate), and part of the federal government’s legislative branch. The number of voting representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states.

The Walker Art Center is a catalyst for the creative expression of artists and the active engagement of audiences. Focusing on the visual, performing, and media arts of our time, the Walker takes a global, multidisciplinary, and diverse approach to the creation, presentation, interpretation, collection, and preservation of art. Walker programs examine the questions that shape and inspire us as individuals, cultures, and communities.

There’s only one place you can hear Bill Graham introduce the Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East, Muddy Waters with just an acoustic slide guitar on a hot Newport night in 1969, or the amazing richness ofCount Basie and His Orchestra in 1959. It’s not heaven, though it may feel like heaven to rock music purists. It’s the Concert Vault, the world’s greatest collection of vintage concert recordings.

Where does it come from? In 2003, Wolfgang’s Vault acquired master recordings from the archives of Bill Graham Presents. These live concerts were recorded at legendary venues like the Fillmore East and Winterland between 1965 and 1999. Since then we’ve acquired over a dozen more collections - some large, some small, all of them compelling, spanning a wide spectrum of musical genres.

Yippy Search is a whole new way to search the web. Yippy queries several top search engines, combines the results, and generates an ordered list based on comparative ranking. This "metasearch" approach helps raise the best results to the top and push search engine spam to the bottom.

zeroin.gr is an online showcase of global design works. Founded in 2004, zeroin focuses on researching and sharing with its audience the most inspiring creative works, events + news.