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Fourth of July

I’m so thankful to God for the blessings of family, freedom and fireworks. Here’s just a couple snapshots from my Independence weekend. I hope you enjoyed yours and that it was safe, fun and brought you closer to an understanding of just how unique our freedoms are. Don’t take them for granted. Don’t allow goons to trample over them. Don’t allow Satan to steal the freedom of peace from you by telling you that God’s grace is not sufficient.

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“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” ~ Proverbs 16:18

The world has proclaimed that silence is golden. Well, I have remained silent concerning the supreme court’s ruling on gay marriage since it went historically viral, but I desire to remain quiet no longer. I have friends who sit on both sides of the fence in this moral debate. I see the world split in two. Therefore, I am going to say some things. First, because I am a born-again Christian who believes that God’s word is final and inerrant, I believe that homosexuality is a sin. I do, and this places me on one side of the fence. This statement will shock some of my friends who have heard me say otherwise in the past or because I have remained voiceless about my true feelings on the issue to avoid being “offensive”. I am sorry, but my Savior was spit upon. My Savior was lashed and beaten because he was offensive to people who did not wish to face their internal demons. Because of his offense, I am free. Because of his bravery, I will be brave enough to speak truth. But, I refuse to throw stones. Instead, I have decided to straddle this fence of offense and offer salvation, just as I believe Jesus would. I believe the homosexual lifestyle is a sin and I believe that the supreme court has disrupted a standard for marriage set in place by God in the garden of Eden, but I also know that Jesus died for all sinners. Just because I think your lifestyle is morally wrong, does not mean that I hate you. How could I be so presumptuous? God does not accept the homosexual lifestyle either, but he sent his son to die for those who practice it just the same as he sent his son to die for me. “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” Despite all the little, big and in-between things we do that go against what God has proclaimed as good and righteous, God loves us. He knows that we struggle. He knows that we defy him. He knows that we do not like to admit when we are wrong. And still he loves us. And still he died for us. And still he conquered death. For you. For me. For everyone who has ever struggled with any sin in his or her life ~

When I posted this on facebook, someone with a differing opinion commented. I want to share our micro-debate with you:

 Jim: I support your rights to religious freedom; however, your religion does not belong in government. Otherwise there would be no divorce (Mark 10-2), or tatoos (laviticus 19) or eating shrimp. But how is it the sin of homosexuality is not listed as one of the Ten Commandments but adultery (committed by many Christians) is?
Honey, I love you dearly and think you are a wonderful person, but when it comes to marriage, it’s not a religious concept so really, do we only count certain sins or all sins? Let people live the way they are born and take care if the poor, the sick and needy.
 Rachel: Let me address the points you have made. First, you say that marriage is not a religious concept and I disagree. Considering the fact that my religious freedom grants me the right to believe that the Bible is truth and inerrant, I believe that marriage was instituted by God in the garden of Eden when God placed one man with one woman who became one flesh and were given the responsibility of filling the earth. This is a union established by God and therefore, I see an earthly court ruling of redefining something eternally defined by God as a concept that is against a core foundation of my faith. Second, I can understand your stance concerning divorce and the ten commandments, but consider that homosexuality falls under the category of adultery. Yes, Jim, Christians get divorced. Christians have sex before marriage. Christians get tattoos. Christians cuss and flip people off and murder others through vile, hateful speech. Christians are not perfect. Perfection within Christianity is not required. Perfection is not attainable through the self. We all fall short of God’s glory. The beauty of believing in Christ is that though I make mistakes, though I blunder and am a hypocrite and though I struggle with sin daily, I am forgiven. This does not mean that egregious actions should be taken lightly. This does mean however that when I see my fellow man believing a lie and when I see the world and people I love satisfied to rejoice in sin that I am to be a voice for reason and truth and love. The greatest love I can do for someone is to show through my actions and words that God loves them and does not wish to see them wallowing in the darkness of sin no matter how colorful it proclaims itself to be. Third, to address your question concerning certain/all sins. Every person – proud and humble, rich and poor, black and white, faithful and unfaithful – will give an account for everything they have done in this life. We are physically, mentally and spiritually incapable of being perfect. God knows this, but he has also sent us an advocate. We do not have be defined by our actions or mistakes or slip-ups and accusations and pride because Christ took the burden. He has set you free from the burden of self-righteousness and self-preservation. He has set you free from guilt and anger. He has set us free to care for others without doing so in a manner designed to gain eternal brownie points but rather to do so solely in love.
 Jim: But Honey, you are using your religious laws that don’t apply to US laws. It would be one thing if we lived in Israel or followed sharia laws but we don’t unless you are saying we should invoke sharia laws which follow the Old Testament?
 Rachel: Jim, you are missing the key point I am making. I understand that the Ten Commandments and sharia law are not the law of the U.S. The supreme court does not have the right to make the decision it has made however by violating the 10th amendment and acting outside of its bounds as a judicial branch and political branch of government, so yes, I disagree with the decision made beyond the proclamations of faith I have addressed, but the main point I am emphasizing is: the grace of God, His forgiveness. Jesus Christ’s sacrifice fulfilled the law. Before his heart burst and lungs collapsed as he hung upon the cross, He said, “It is finished!” This is an exclamation. Just because God fulfilled the law through Christ’s death and resurrection which conquered spiritual death does not mean that it is okay to continue to sin or to not speak up when we see sin hurting the lives of others. “Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very though of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously. ‘My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,’ says the Lord. ‘And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.’” Isaiah 55:6-9
 Jim: You do realize Muslims follow the same portions if the bible? Just saying
 Rachel:  The Muslim religion stems from the same history, yes. But it boils down to a dispute between two half brothers and God preserving the blessing upon Jacob’s descendants and not Ishmael’s. Through Jacob’s lineage was born Jesus Christ who fulfills the law and provides salvation to all of mankind. I have a question, however. Why do you only battle the Christian faith in its stance for what it believes to be truth and not also battle the Muslim faith when they hurl homosexual men from rooftops or be-head them publicly? I speak out in love towards the gays because I want them to know the grace of God and overwhelming love that washes away the stain of sexual struggles. I want them to spend eternity in the glory of God’s love because God intended forgiveness. I do not scream out that they should be murdered. I call out sin for what it is: sin. But there is no sin too great that God is not willing to forgive someone and guide them in a path of new life.
 Jim: Baby I battle all religions that claim to be the only true religion.
 Rachel: “This is what the Lord says – Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies: ‘I am the First and the Last; there is no other God. Who is like me? Let him step forward and prove to you his power. Let him do as I have done since ancient times when I established a people and explained its future. Do not tremble; do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim my purposes for you long ago? You are my witnesses – is there any other God? No! There is no other Rock – not one!’” Isaiah 44:6-8

Steam Vent

Steam Vent

I am tired of the world. I’m tired of the despair, the darkness, the misery, the obsession with “things”, the false faiths, the violence, the perverseness, war, disease, snotty attitudes, lack of care or stewardship, vicious words and curses…I’m tired of all the corruption that man’s sin has wrought on the earth. We are so vile on the inside that we are leaving a physical effect on our planet. I’m sick of it. I’m sick of it. I’m sick of it. And what I hate most of all is how sin parades itself around like a prize, something to be envied and killed for. Sin haughtily flaunts its feathers in musical lyrics, books, news, cartoons, daily conversation…It is the most prevalent, vicious disease and the world is okay with it. We are okay with it! We love it! We cry when people die or get burned alive or are beaten to a pulp by their husbands or for war in other countries or sex slavery…we cry, but then, we go back to our tablets and magazines and sugary foods and laugh about which celebrity is caught in scandal or praise Bruce Jenner for his sickness. I’m disgusted. We care little, do nothing, and are satisfied to waste our lives here as eternity hangs in the balance. We think this life no longer matters because we’ve taught that we are evolved slime. We disregard babies and humanity and oxygen because depravity is just the “survival of the fittest”. Satan loves it. He lavishes temporal glory and riches and power to those who would caste aside their inheritance like a bowl of lentil soup. And we have been lied to, that this…all of THIS…is normal, progress, natural. A young girl being burned to death in a public square in Honduras is natural? Millions of infants with no voice being ripped from women’s wombs by surgical instruments is normal? Sodomy, pervasive greed, sexual torture and rape and slavery of children, rampant drug use, gang and military violence, worshiping trees and stone and wood and metal and gold is progress? Do we not see how we are no less better than every generation before us who has earned the judgment of God? Oh right…I forgot, Jesus Christ was only a prophet. He didn’t really love you enough to die and rise again so that you can escape this hell. I’m sorry. You are welcome to stay here. You are welcome to remain blind. You are welcome to be selfish. You are welcome to not care because evolution is going to weed out the weak, afterall. You are welcome to be your personalized version of “free”.

Wake up…

“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world – the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions – is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.” ~ 1 John 2:15-17

Father’s Day Fun

I love my Dad. I love my grandpa. I love my boyfriend.

These three men are all fathers. They are good fathers, and I enjoyed celebrating them yesterday. I appreciate the men in my life. We did not do anything extremely special. We did not host a huge bbq party or take a trip. We simply went to church, then a Chinese buffet for lunch, passed out cards and watched a movie. It was simple. It was memorable. I think that a lot of folks try to overdo certain “special” days, attempting to make up for the rest of the year. The truth is, in my family, we are pretty alright to each other most every day of the year. We spend a lot of time together. We talk a lot. We share laughter, and consider how blessed we all are to have each other. To be able to include my precious boyfriend in a family affair was wonderful. His son was there too, and it felt like I had brought my own immediate family to the mix. It is these simply things that I like to dwell on during “special” days.

Life Update: Transitions

“How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?” ~ Dr. Seuss

Time is like fragrant nitrogen gas. It is always present in our atmosphere, but we only smell its sweetness after rain. Then it flees, fades but lingers beyond our perception until it rains again. It has been raining frequently at home these past few months, and time feels like it is sweeping my feet from beneath me. The world is spinning it out of control; the second law of thermodynamics is taking its toll; humanity is crumbling while so few stop to smell the nitrogen of time. Before we realize, time will cease to be understood as we understand it. There will be only eternity – a negative and positive. Still so many are unsure on which side they land. Time – a constant force – is both with us and against us, but the world has forgotten its sense of urgency. We have settled into our depravity, praying that a genius somewhere in our generation will create immortality. This way, we nullify God. We nullify, reject the truth that we are already immortal. Souls are eternal. Time is eternal. God is eternal. Hell is eternal. Love is eternal.

These revelations are of God – truth revealed slowly, with each new rain, as the fleeting nature of time is unveiled secretly to me as a smell of nitrogen. Yet, life still continues. It is plummeting to the depths of a chasm, to its finality, and I chase dreams, hopes and assurance like a pro surfer atop roaring waves. We all chase what we desire, forgetting that God loves to bless us with the desires of our hearts if we only draw near.

I remember how ignorant of time I used to be. My senses were dull. I was blind, mute, calloused on my hands and feet, deaf, and allergies of deception had clogged my nose. The rain was not sweet. It did not tell me secrets. It was floods and disaster and annoyance and mud. Time dragged. Sin was acceptable, forgivable, a choice. I did all that I wanted to do because it temporarily felt amazing, but like a serpent that slithers, depression, anger, loneliness, jealousy, greed, lust lurked in the grass at my ankles. Till I finally said, “Enough.” Suddenly like a flood, nitrogen filled my lungs. Elohim opened my eyes. Yahweh opened my mouth. Jesus whispered truth in my ears. These arthritic knuckles began to love others. My nose cleared, and time came rushing at me in full force. Clarity brought purpose. Learning to love God brought fulfillment of hopes, reality of dreams, and assurance of positive eternity.

My life has shifted. It has turned from drug use, foul language, pregnancy scares and hatred of mankind to driven clarity towards learning what God has to tell me about who I am, my soul, the world, to purer speech, to desires for sexual purity, and to love for all of mankind. The transition is overwhelming. My goals in life have changed, and I have never felt more satisfied to let the Lord of the universe direct my path because the path that He is sending me down is beautiful, difficult, aware and glorious. My soul is at peace even as I watch the world slumber in sin – its senses dull to the urgency of time. Plus, having drawn near, I recognize the desires of my heart having been given to me. I have a wonderful boyfriend now who loves the Lord. His son is beautiful and loves me. Jesus is using me to love my best friend to show her how much He loves her even more than I do. I have a summer job where I am not persecuted for my faith. My immediate family is growing stronger and builds me up.

Time is no longer silent or frightening. It is a whirring river. It is a bottomless ocean. It is thunder and echoes of orchestral crickets.

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” ~ Hebrews 11:1

Many [A Poem]

butterfly spirit

I think that true love reveals itself within many versions: with god; in motherly affection; with brotherly affection; and in romance.

We make bonds with people. It’s nature’s way. It feels like we are created for love and for affection. It’s like the rhythm of the earth is two heartbeats working as one and in multitude.

Can’t you feel it?

It’s a steady hum, plus drum.

New Year, New Hope

I wanted to start off the new year by saying that if you have never read anything I had written in 2014, don’t worry because all you need to know is that for the year 2015 I will be proclaiming Jesus Christ as redeemer of my life and will be keeping you updated on all the amazing blessings and transformations he has planned for me throughout the next 364 days. This past year definitely had its ups and downs, and I have goals for this year. But, the past is not important and I cannot determine my future despite all the plans I may form and attempt to execute. What matters to me now is the present and the fact that I have this unreal pressing on my heart to proclaim the validity of my Christian faith to the world and especially my friends.

My friends…Oh man, how I love them!

My number one goal for the new year is to see God work in the lives of my friends. My number one goal is to show them how really real God is and how true his love and forgiveness are by living an example. This is the hard part. I have not been the ideal Christian. I have smoked weed. I have had sex outside of marriage. I have cursed like a sailor. I have lied. I have done and written many things that contradict the principles laid out in the Bible – the spiritual foundation of Truth. I am the ultimate hypocrite and my friends are my eye-witnesses. But if I can prove anything, I can prove that I have changed and this change was not something I accomplished on my own. I have changed because God woke me up and saved me. I thought I was a Christian before, but I wasn’t. I thought I knew what I believed and could stand up for it, but I didn’t and couldn’t. I couldn’t even tell my friends the honest truth. How is that love?

I know for certain now that belief in Christ is the only way to truth and understanding and life after death, and he has placed an urgency in my soul to see my friends understand him and accept love even when they don’t feel deserving. I’m not deserving either, but I’m not afraid to show how the truth has changed my life so drastically even in the last 3 months. I proclaimed my faith to my bestfriend and told her that I would stand firm because I know she deserve to hear the truth despite the fear that coursed through me when I did. I broke the heart of someone I cared for intensely because I knew we were sinning and I would not allow myself to continue bringing sin into his life because he deserves to know what true love is. I smashed my pipe and threw my dope in the trash because I knew that it was at the heart of my spiritual issues and was forcing me to cling to my past mistakes.

No matter the political unrest in the world – the violence, the hatred, the anger and war – my friends are more important to me. To know that I have been given the key to life and to see them still in dark…cuts me deep. One of my friends actually reads this blog because he’s just that supportive and awesome, and he would say I have the right to believe what I believe, but he doesn’t believe that I speak truth…only personal opinion. It is the same with my bestfriend. A few nights ago, she and I had a very heated discussion about God and faith and truth. What came to light is the fact that we love each other immensely and have both been hurt immensely. I love her so much, but I can’t heal her wounds. That kills me more than anything, I think. I love all my friends. I would give my life for my friends – for them to see the truth of God’s love. But…it seems that I cannot help them see that my love stems from the all-encompassing love of God. I wish they could see how much more God loves them than even I do. I wish that truth more than opinion to them. I wish that they could experience the knee-buckling peace that comes with understanding God’s grace.

I wish that for you too.

For everyone. And, I am going to do my best in the grand year 2015 to help God reveal himself by physically and verbally expressing the change I have experienced. This change has made me free! God has made me free! Free to love and hope and weep and endure because I know that he “works all things towards good for those who love God”. I can no longer remain silent because to be silent would do more harm than good even if my friends can’t see it yet. I love them more by making them face truth eye-to-eye through me than by hoping someone else comes along who maybe has the balls to speak honestly with them. If I won’t rip the band-aid off, God can’t heal the wound.

Romans 5: 1-11

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God though our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained accessed by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person – though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die – but God shows his love for us in the while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”

The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge is entitled: “Twinkle.” I love this idea because it instantly brought to mind a holiday tradition my family does every Christmas season. When my parents bought their first Christmas tree, twenty-seven years ago, they only had a few red ornaments and twinkling yellow lights. Because money was slim, they decided that they would purchase one unique, special ornament to represent their new life together. Every year since that first, as their family grew to include myself and my little brother, they continued to purchase one unique ornament that represented each person in the family.

I am twenty-four now and this practice of buying “our special” ornament is my favorite tradition. It trumps Christmas Eve chicken noodle dinner. It even makes me more excited than our habit of watching Charlie Brown’s Christmas and munching on candy from stockings while we recline in new holiday pajamas. This simple act of choosing a special ornament to put on the tree each year, lets me express myself as an individual while still contributing to my family’s overall holiday joy. Because of this tradition, our family Christmas tree has grown to bursting with color and expression and love and represents perfectly the different personalities of each of us – me, my brother, my mother, my father – as a single unit. Because of this tradition, our Christmas tree represents us as a family who has grown together to fill our house with twinkling light.

Terri Tucker Karp's photo.

My brother and Dad add ornaments that are masculine and represent hobbies typically, and I usually add flair through feathers and vibrant colors or sparkling gems. My Mom, on the other hand, has developed her own tradition. Each year, she buys an angel ornament. Most are gorgeous, but a few are quirky or adorable. When my brother and I marry, we will take our cherished ornaments with us to our new homes to share with our future families. When that time comes, my mother will be left with a tree covered in angels and all the oddities that make my father lovable.

When I decorate my Christmas tree for the first time with my future husband, I am going to remember all the love, happiness and faith provided to me while living with my parents, and I will be excited to share the same with my own children.

A Holiday Tradition

I’m Holding Out My Hand

More than anything in this life, I hope that my friends – who I love so dearly – will come to understand how much more God loves them than even I do. It may be an unpopular opinion to believe that (1) there is a God and (2) He loves not only me, but everyone I hold dear to my heart and (3) He wants to love us for eternity so he literally sent someone to give us a way to reach Him and believe in His reality. Sure, I can see how it seems like a stretch. And, I know it’s so easy to get caught up in all the confusion that religion and science and popular opinion provide by screaming at us from all directions, pleading for us to figure everything out on our own about our existence and origin and future and how to raise our children, etc. But, I’ve come to understand that God doesn’t need to scream at us or plead. He has provided an answer for all life’s questions and concerns and confusing moments. He has provided a way to save us when we land at rock-bottom physically, mentally, emotionally. When we least expect it, he whispers. And when we finally hear what he has to say, the truth seems so clear. Faith in something greater than myself – a greater purpose, a greater calling, a greater peace, a greater understanding and acceptance – is revealed in the quiet moments when His whisper is the loudest voice in the room. All other voices drown out and this overwhelming sense of “knowing” becomes apparent and faith becomes so easy because I can simply give up all control, all worries, all self-doubt and struggle and just believe that I am loved and protected. I want – seriously, more than anything I could ask for during my lifetime – my friends to know the knee-buckling peace that comes with understanding that God loves them fully and completely with no strings…despite its being an unpopular opinion.

Jeremiah 31:3 “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.”

Redefining Moments

Jeremiah 33:2-3 “Thus says the Lord who made earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it – the Lord is his name: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.”

I have asked myself ten times over: Who am I? In the past, I would banish any self-doubt by rushing into an ill-prepared answer without over-thinking the truth behind that question. Frankly, I did not want to be honest with myself. I wanted to find a quick definition that would connect me with those I was trying to impress. Have you not ever tried to press yourself into two or three molds in order to reflect back the same visage or personality embodied by the environment of people you wish to impress or be accepted by? Whether you have or not, I have. And, it began to wear me thin. I became obsessed with defining myself as others may see me, and in the process, I forgot that only one set of eyes are worthy of my impression.

Not everyone who reads my blog will believe in God, but I do and I can’t deny that fact anymore. Because…God is the only one I should be worrying about impressing. And to impress God means that I don’t conform to how others would want me to act or look or define myself, but rather conform to the image represented by God – love of others, purity, self-control, slow to anger, etc. These are qualities that keep me focused on developing a gentle spirit that longs to see the world come to understand saving grace and acceptance and eventually joy with the understanding that there is life after death – a triumphant life with God – worth pursuing without fear of what others may think.

All that being said, you are going to see a pretty drastic change in the subject matter represented in my blog. I won’t be deleting any posts because I think it is wise to know from what state my heart, perceptions and words have developed and grown. I am not dissatisfied with the words I have been sharing with you thus far; I am just dissatisfied with their content. I’m not ashamed of anything, but I think God has a bigger purpose for this little blurp of space occupying the internet and so I’m planning on making my words count for a higher purpose.

I’m not planning on everyone agreeing with me, but maybe, together we will see how words can truly affect people’s lives for the better. That is why we write in the first place, isn’t it? To persuade people to view life differently. To highlight alternate perceptions of the reality we all share. I hope that you will join me and we can debate issues and conquer questions that plague our hearts. Hopefully, through sharing with you my faith and unaltered opinions on truth and love, we can discover real truth after scraping away all that seems convoluted by jargon and deception.


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South Korea’s refiner Hyundai Oilbank seeks to diversify its crude oil sources and is looking to buy Canadian oil for the first time, Hyundai Oilbank’s senior executive vice president, Chang Ji-hak, told Reuters in an interview published on Wednesday.

Although South Korea has a big oil refining sector, it imports almost all of the crude oil that its refineries are processing.

“We have strong interest and we have already tested it,” Chang said, referring to Canadian crude oil. The manager said the oil was good quality and suitable for its refinery, but did not specify which Canadian grade Hyundai Oilbank has tested.

The South Korean refiner’s main source of crude oil is, for now, the Middle East, with non-Middle Eastern producers supplying currently some 30 percent of the company’s crude oil. But Hyundai Oilbank—which operates a 390,000-bpd oil refinery—doesn’t plan to raise the share of non-Middle Eastern suppliers in the short term, the manager said.

“Outside of the Middle Eastern grades, the crude is sometimes too light, sometimes too heavy. So there are some limitations,” Chang told Reuters.

The OPEC cuts have lifted the Dubai benchmark prices this year, thus narrowing their spread to Brent, which is an opportunity for South Korea to try other sources of crude oil, Chang said at a panel discussion at the S&P Global Platts Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore.

Some South Korean refiners have expanded their supply sources, and more than 30 percent of total purchases have been from non-Middle Eastern producers in recent months, Chang said. South Korean refining companies have been buying crude oil from North, South, and Central America, and from Europe, the manager noted.

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Apart from the Dubai/Brent spread, the other major incentive for South Korean refiners to buy oil from outside the Middle East is the government incentives, Hyundai Oilbank’s Chang said at the APPEC conference.

“Any extra freight costs incurred from buying non-Middle Eastern crudes would be compensated by the government,” the manager said.

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    Shouldn't they talk to the Philippines, seems how harper sold out our oil patch?
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Igor Gorely is the founder of R.A.I.G. Records. When I went to his website to read about his record company and review site “Recyclable Sounds”. I stumbled upon his commentary where he states that reviews “ a minimum, they should cause interest in music and literally turn the “reader” into a “listener.”  What impeccable intent. He says:

Over time, I came to two important conclusions for me. The first – any notes about music – whether it’s previews or reviews, reviews or encyclopedic references – should be functional. That is, at a minimum, they should cause interest in music and literally turn the “reader” into a “listener”. Second – no notes on music can not be subjective. Not only because each of us hears, sees and feels in his own way. But also because music is one of the most expressive and emotionally charged art forms, and you can write about it only in a state of either a strong mental uplift, or deep disappointment and even irritation. It is unlikely to be objective and unbiased.

I truly appreciate how well he articulates the challenging aspects of the review process. Lately, with all the reviews I have received I am left speechless and then so grateful for the time, attention, depth of soul and their expansive ability to describe the amorphous aspects of music.

Thank you Igor Gorely. I was blown away by such a compelling 5-star review of “Metallia’ on Progarchives and not only that but a second even more in-depth account on “Recyclable Sounds”

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Today – another release of “hybrid music”, which is created by unique nuggets alone using advanced software and sound recording technologies on the ideological foundations of the modern “do it yourself”.  On July 27 a new EP-album “Metallia” was released by the Greek “ensemble of one performer” called OH. (the dot at the end of the abbreviation is part of the name).

OH. – this is an alter ego of a girl-composer living in Athens, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, a songwriter and a sound producer with the unpronounceable name Olivia Hadjiioannou. In the international music community, she announced herself in 2013, releasing a 24-minute debut EP “Sleeping World” (the song “Trials” hit the national top-50 chart at the end of the year). Two years later she followed up with a 34-minute conceptual vinyl album “Synemotion”. And in the period from 2016 to 2018 OH. has released four successful singles-ballads about love (“Love Will Heal”, “Love of Avalanches”, “I’m In Love” and “Deserted Eyes”). And now, it’s time for the new album: “Metallia” released in a format of a luxuriously designed digipack-CD with a 16-page booklet; includes 6 new songs (nothing from the “single” series in the album was included) with a total duration of just over 25 minutes.

Actually, the album is not even 6 new songs, but 1 epic song called “Metallia” in 6 parts. She composed, performed and produced in a personal studio in Athens by the sole efforts of Olivia H., who plays electric guitars, acoustic guitars, basses, keyboards, violins, electronic and acoustic percussion and percussion on this album, and also vocalizes. The professional competence of Olivia H., as a composer, arranger, performer and sound engineer, is not subject to the slightest doubt. The new material is conceived, performed and sounded great. And even the most sophisticated audiophile is able to please. As for the nature of the music, then OH. once again delighted with the desire to search for new forms of self-expression.

For those who have not heard the previous recordings of this young audio artist, I will briefly describe the milestones of her creative path. “Sleeping World” (2013) is a lyric-song album with an excellent production of vocal parts. Her release caused a rather wide resonance in the international music press, which not without reason compared the singing of Olivia H. with “starry divas” such as Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Céline Dion, Melissa Auf der Maur, Sharon Den Adel, Anneke Van Giesbergen. A series of 2016-2018 of the four extra-album singles continued the song line. Although the appearance of these songs was preceded by an almost entirely instrumental prog-metal album “Synemotion”, thanks to which OH. immediately “registered” on specialized “prog” and “metal” informational resources, but at the same time they were awarded a rather modest rating (which, in my opinion, is a consequence of prog-snobbish bombast, for the album “Synemotion” is more interesting than many “rating” sympho- prog-metal and shred-prog-metal albums). In general, Olivia H. could well break into the top league of commercial major show business. But there is only one bright talent for this – we need producer relations, which obviously are not yet established (the reverse side of DIY ideology, by the way). But from record to record, a huge talent Olivia H. showed herself more confidently and as a result led to the release of “Metallia” – another instrumental prog-metal album.

It is possible that the notorious “commercial potential” of such music is much weaker than that of song-vocal pop-rock music. But from the point of view of the original artistry of music – this is the best, in my opinion, album of the project. Each of the parts of the monumental composition “Metallia” (“Red Lion”, “Bee”, “Androgyny”, “Resurrection”, “Dragon’s Kiss” and “Triumph”) is dedicated to revealing a very specific symbol-image in the esoteric refraction of its personal significance. Accordingly, each part has its own individual content-artistic profile. For the most adequate perception, listen better by checking the name of the parts – in this case it will be more clear which performer’s techniques and content best reflect the essence of the symbol, for example, “Lion” (identified with “inner fire” supporting the mind, imagination and life itself – it is necessary, however, to be able to “release this fire”) or “Bee” (collects the “gold of spirituality”, which is formed with the acquisition of everyday experience on the path of bold trials, fatal mistakes and dizzying successes), or “Dragon” ( identification with “universal unconscious”, which tempts, motivates, encourages and gives wings to fly to the unknown) … In the booklet release. the value of each character and each of the pieces painted in detail. In general, if you combine music with metaphysical content, then “Metallia” will appear as a very difficult musical and artistic work.

If we talk about the forms and content presented on the album, then I will note the following. First, Olivia H. is more active than ever, experimenting with forms, striving for the sharpest sound recording of not only the image-symbol but also inherent in this image of internal conflicting dualism; intrigue is tied extremely interesting (I would even compare in this respect Olivia H. with the Italian multi-instrumentalist Lili Refrain, although the music is basically different). Secondly, Olivia H. markedly expanded the palette of pictorial means, preparing this album; in particular for the first time in such a volume as a kind of “instrument” of the sound recording is used a voice – not singing, namely expressive vocal enhancement of the instrumental content. Well and acoustics – not only guitar but also percussion – in music it became more, that partly strengthens esoteric character of the meanings touched in it. In general, for me personally, in how a twenty-five-year-old girl plays various instruments, how she thinks and creates her music, there is undoubted mysticism (at least, without the “divine gift” of one of the “celestial beings from Olympus” there is clearly not cost). I would like to emphasize that although the music is widely used for performing progressive-aggressive guitar-metal shredding, the music itself is completely devoid of any cold narcissism and detached mechanism – the album sounds surprisingly natural, alive and sensual.

But how I would like the disk to sound longer! Actually, transience is the only drawback of the release. And given the highest level of the album, this drawback is very depressing. Yes, I will not be offended by my lamentations Olivia – she makes music, in any case, excellent, and her skill truly admires. Thanks, respects and applause to the author of the music. Urgent recommendations – listeners interested in modern forms of musical prog-metal experimentalism, modernism and esotericism. I really hope that the next album OH., Which is already in the works and whose release is titled “Prog Unshaven” is scheduled for the spring of 2019, will be a full-length album. – Igor Gorely

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Over time, I came to two important conclusions for me. The first – any notes about music – whether it’s previews or reviews, reviews or encyclopedic references – should be functional. That is, at a minimum, they should cause interest in music and literally turn the “reader” into a “listener”. Second – no notes on music can not be subjective. Not only because each of us hears, sees and feels in his own way. But also because music is one of the most expressive and emotionally charged art forms, and you can write about it only in a state of either a strong mental uplift, or deep disappointment and even irritation. It is unlikely to be objective and unbiased.

The last five years on the website R.A.I.G. Authors’ headings “Announcements” and “Reviews” were conducted, in which I published short notes on the novelties of the international rock underground, which we did not directly distribute. The archives of the categories have grown so much that for their adequate systematization, storage and presentation, the software platform R.A.I.G. was unsuitable. So in the summer of 2014 the blogger’s resource “Recyclable Sounds” was born.

Here’s what some early reviewers say about ‘Metallia’:

“If you put Kate Bush, Auf Der Maur, Ayreon, Chiasmata, Igorrr, old White Zombie and Amogh Symphony in a blender with several metronomes running different time signatures, add a healthy dash of thrash riffs to the proggy mix and baked the resulting mixture for several hours you probably wouldn’t even come close to the sound.” – Lee Davidson – Prog Metal Madness

‘Metallia’ is what it is, not music for fragile souls but an evanescent storm of instrumental music (the voice being used not for words, but as sound) that will suit the enthusiast of powerful, progressive and experimental music.” – Rinco Ennema ~ Rock Affairs

“Do you get bored quickly by the standard prog metal music offer? that will not happen to you with ‘Metallia’! – Herman Beunk – Xymphonia

“Oh wow! What the bloody hell’s going on here then? Freshness. Uniqueness. Boldness. An outlier! Call it what you like, but this is anything but your typical run of the mill, bog standard, meat and potatoes, vanilla-like metal.” – K-MaNriffs- Blessed Altar Zine

“Chaos becomes order, the mind blowing ‘Metallia’ by Oh. – Martin Hutchinson ~ Progradar

An interesting well thought out project from a talented-mult-instrumentalist ~ Geoff Penn ~Progplanet

“Cacophonous, complex, illustrative, dense, awash in radiance, terrifying, challenging- all of it driven by the taut, ferocious guitar work and instrumental mastery demonstrated by Ms. H. Waves of feminine choral sounds weave in and out of the tapestry, washes of intensity rarely relenting, leading me to recall why at one point in my younger days I was strongly drawn to consider using psychedelic drugs. Mind expansion, spirit expansion. Transcendence. Enlightenment. ~ Stephen Conrad – Progressive Rock Fanatics–Progarchives

After some interrogations the EP grows on you, which gives us music in a little different vintage, so for the curious, just release the handbrake and discover! ~ Conny Myrberg –

Metallia has already drawn the attention of progressive circles, but they have yet to analyze the enigmatic, versatile, bold, suspiciously attractive style of its music.This is one of those circumstances where you think you have heard something similar before, but you can not parallel it with something recognizable. Her material sounds “metallized”, adventurous, and has a cinematic affinity. Above all, however, the sound is disruptive, the vocal injections arouse this impact. Clearly interesting, in a sense, it could be co-production of Shrapnel and 4AD. Check it out. ~ George Politopoulos – Flight of Pegasus

Olivia Hadjiioannou is always up for a surprise… After the quite heavy “Synemotion” album, she released a couple of distinctly art rock oriented singles. However, her latest EP is quite different from everything we have heard of her before: It’s a tour de force into high-grade prog metal realms with shredding guitars, sinister vocal layers, and unexpectedly transforming rhythm patterns. All music composed by Oh. All instruments played by Oh. An overwhelming one-woman show! Favorite track: Androgyny. ~ Sven B. Schreiber

This girl isn’t afraid to sound unique with this gorgeous, mind expanding instrumental feast of experimental prog metal gifted with shredding riffs, eastern vibes, ethereal interludes and dramatic shifts in pace and complexity. There’s no empty virtuosity here though, since everything flows together into one sonic experience that never ceases to sound warm, emotional and organic. An ambitious and compelling endeavour. Favorite track: Androgyny. ~Sauro Fabi

Listening to Metallia, expect to be unexpected. Nothing is obvious here, nothing sounds as you would expect, and surprise is surprising. ~ Artur Chachlowski of MLWZ

Neither guitar hero nor singer metal, OH. invents a progressive rock art metal where Olivia’s guitar is queen, sometimes supplanted by her war cries sung like a second guitar. An extraordinary musical experience, extreme for canterbury fans, so to discover absolutely. ~ Jean-Christophe – Neoprog

What Oh. screams out of her guitar is not for the faint-hearted, by the constant stream of trash riffs this is a dirty Steve Vai or a vicious Joe Satriani but with balls or better said without balls or at least as well. It is unsettling in the metal scene when a longhaired guitarist turns out to be a woman in the end…Her voice meanders from mood to emotion. From fear to love. The songs do not have a standard structure but are textures like the wandering Etesian winds that so often thrash the Aegean Sea. ~Jos Driessen – Progwereld

An excellent example of how instrumental guitar albums can still sound inspired and interesting. ~ Jupiter Variation

Only after a few passages does the open music lover begin to discover that the pieces are multi-layered and rich in detail and that the electric guitar is only used as one means of expression among many. Besides the parts for the guitars and drums, one discovers the ethnically coloured percussion, the creative rhythms and breaks and the polyphonic, mostly very wild vocals as well as the more extreme and unusual sounds that one can elicit from the human vocal cords. Now and then symphonic keyboard chords shimmer through and seem to suggest recognizable structures in the often shamanic songs. In such moments the voice of Oh. may remind of some well-known singers, most probably Kate Bush.

Thus, in parts the music reveals a rather experimental character. Like “Bee”, for example, which begins with solos for the acoustic guitar and then develops into an almost apocalyptic-appearing, sometimes industrial-influenced moods, which give an idea of the considerable depth that seems to have been created for the spatial mixing. ~ Siggy Zielinski – Babyblauen Seiten

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The college affords a big number of undergraduate applications and is including new ones yearly.

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Other than degree admissions, one also can go for diploma programs in Canada. A bachelor’s diploma in psychology is a begin of many alternative occupations in psychology. You'll be able to do that to construct your record, create data merchandise, and begin your individual membership websites. Not too long ago, there have been a rise within the quantity of web sites that promote faker highschool degrees. This positively explains why there are various international college students in Sweden's colleges. There are numerous numbers of ACCA colleges around the globe, how are you aware which one is the perfect for you. The sphere of accounting presents nice alternatives for these homemakers who're excellent with numbers. It's as a result of immediately, most Multilevel advertising enterprise alternatives take off in a giant technique with the arrival of the web. Additionally the scholars have proven their insatiable curiosities to deliver up the most effective sought studying data for a enterprise administrative course program.

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All it's essential take these programs is a pc and a few free time.

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And most important for a lot of college students, you will see that an online diploma will value significantly much less general than the tuition prices paid to straightforward campus-primarily based colleges. And if in case you have a graduate diploma in Civil Engineering, you acknowledge that the career prospects are even broader. Have you ever been looking for rather more on college math programs on-line? If the college or college just isn't accredited by a nationally acknowledged accredited group, the college is then unable to take part in any pupil support applications supplied by the federal government. Mercy College does not require an ACT or SAT rating to use, however they do consider a pupil's tutorial document and management potential, amongst different components. A number of components are necessary in selecting a web based college. Everest College On-line, a division of Everest College, is dedicated in direction of offering online education that gives the identical curriculum accessible at a standard campus to these searching for a handy and versatile approach of incomes a degree. Are you curious about getting an internet degree? It is the perfect solution to go about getting a grasp's degree. A graduation degree in any stream or topic is sufficient for distance education MBA. Most of the scholars in addition to professionals are excited about distance learning MBA program.

There are numerous colleges that present varied degree programs.

So with out losing time say sure to distance education. Their mission is achieved by means of progressive online programs that cater to the wants of working adults, understanding the tasks of balancing work and college at the identical time. A:Accredited online classes can be found for all degree programs. Online colleges value a fraction of what offline colleges do and supply a lot of the identical experiences that will provide you with every little thing you want to achieve success with a health degree. There are numerous colleges that present varied degree programs. Moreover, a number of of the web based mostly packages have made circumstances in case you could have issues with writing together with studying by means of. Even higher information is that quite a lot of well-liked healthcare packages at the moment are out there at a distance, which supplies college students higher flexibility to pursue increased schooling on this area. This skilled surroundings is the proper setting for college kids to develop their closing venture.

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This lets college students entry their apps from any laptop computer whereas selling in-app collaboration with their classmates and teachers. ASU On-line college students have entry to enrollment counselors, educational advisers, and success coaches. Online mba are extremely straightforward to entry and even technological innovation nice. Doing a bit analysis will allow you resolve if collaborating in an MBA on-line course is the perfect plan of action so that you can take. A course I wish to take has a prerequisite. Need to generate profits in Forex however do not need to fall sufferer to traps that kill ninety p.c of all Forex traders? You hold the rights to what you wish to earn in your individual palms and could make as a lot cash as you wish to by opting to generate income on-line. Simpler Recruiting With testing being completed on-line, it is way simpler to weed out in poor health-suited candidates and produce essentially the most certified candidates to the forefront. The construction, the way in which of providing programs, expertise getting used and sample of examination all the pieces will get in an distinctive and dynamic method. The sensible approach adopted to instruct the salsa steps and strikes makes it simple for the salsa buffs to be taught the salsa methods with none kind of confusions.

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