Well, that was a schizophrenicsummer that has left many of usgrumbling about an introvert sunthat just wouldn’t reveal all of its UV glory… perhaps 2009 willbe better. Anyway, aside fromthe weather, the Ovi team hadgood cause to celebrate in Augustwith the birth of Asa’s seconddaughter, who is continuing toguzzle milk as though her lifedepends on it, which it does!
August was also packed with acontroversial Olympics that sawthe 100m World Record smashedand Team GB have their best medalhaul in 100 years. The footballseason began, Finnish schoolsreopened, Obama and McCainnamed their running mates,Georgia and Russia reignited theCold War spirit, and there werethree 50th birthdays - Madonna,Michael Jackson and a secret one!Ovi’s month of covers openedwith a selection of digital art byJavier Velasco and our contributorsdidn’t look back. Leah Sellersnotched up a brace with an articleon the Obama “Dream Weaver”Obama and also America’s need toexamine its sex drive. AbdulhadiHairan scored two with an analysisof Afghanistan media before andafter the Taliban and also a list of 10 known cases of men in burqas.Alexandra Pereira presented photographer Mari Hokkanen toOvi readers before discussing whyshe no longer believes in sport.Luis Alves examined the Mourarenewable energies project,Alexander Mikhaylov revealedwhat it is like to live on Ecuador’sRiver Guaya, Rene Wadlowreminded us that Darfur’s deadwill never leave us, Doug McGilltold us why he writes aboutEthiopia, Emanuel L. Paparellafocused on the Vichian poeticsof William Blake and Karl Marx,Binoy Kampmark explainedhow we shouldn’t interpretAnti-Americanism, Christopher Wilkinson suggested the USturn back to its railway systemand Gush Shalom expressed itsdisappointment of Barack Obama.Along with Thanos and Asa’sregular contributions, there wasalso a fictional contributionfrom Matt Williamson entitled“Battlefield Demons” and a poeticcontribution from Jan Sand entitled“The Black Dog”. Of course, allthe aforementioned articles werethe lucky few to receive an Ovicover for their contribution and itwould be remiss of me not to thank and praise each every submissionthat appeared on Ovi’s front pagethroughout August… thank you!Don’t forget you are free to join theOvi project in any way you see fit,including spreading the word!Wrap up warm this autumn/fall,The Ovi Team
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