Barcelona vs Valencia Live Stream: Watch Online Spanish La Liga Soccer

Christian Post Report – Barcelona will try to extend their lead atop the La Liga table as they host Valencia CF at Camp Nou. The match is on April 18, 2015 and kick-off is at 10 a.m. ET.

They currently hold a two-point lead over Real Madrid in the standings and with only a few games left in the season, every game is crucial.

Xavi Photo: Reuters

Xavi of Barcelona (left) tries to get the ball when they faced Valencia earlier in the 2014-15 season.

If Barcelona wins over Valencia, they will extend their lead to five points and put pressure on Madrid who have a later kick-off time as they host Malaga. A draw paired with a win for Madrid puts them level in points to set-up a big finish in Spain’s top flight.

However, Barcelona’s form has been great recently. They have not lost in their last 11 matches across all competitions. After pulling off six straight league wins, they had another chance to keep a safe distance over their rivals when they faced Sevilla.

Things looked to go that way as Lionel Messi and Neymar scored in the first half but Sevilla battled back and scored before the end of the first half. With only six minutes remaining in the game, they leveled the score to spoil Barcelona’s efforts and only gain one point from the away result.

Valencia have also impressed lately as they have not lost in their last 10 matches across all competitions. They are currently fourth in the league, holding on to the final qualifying spot in the UEFA Champions League.

Atletico Madrid are only one point ahead of Valencia, while Sevilla are three points behind in fifth place.

Valencia’s latest result came in a 3-0 victory over Levante. Paco Alcacer opened the scoring in the 16th minute before sofiane Feghouli and Alvaro Negredo completed the route as Valencia impressed their home crowd.

With form on their side, Valencia will also try to avenge their earlier defeat to Barcelona. When these two teams met earlier in the season, Barcelona escaped with a 1-0 win behind a Sergio Busquets goal in the dying moments of the game. The teams were evenly matched until the breakthrough was made in the fourth minute of injury time in the second half as Barcelona got three points.

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‘Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’ Release Date on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, 360 News: Creator Hideo Kojima’s Last MGS Game

Christian Post Report – Hideo Kojima, the creator of the “Metal Gear Solid” game series, will be making his last MGS game. The next game in the series, “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” will be coming out in September 2015 and Kojima has recently confirmed that it will be his last. Apparently, Kojima is being eased out of the franchise by game publisher Konami. The differences between them have been confirmed recently in gaming news websites.

Konami has already announced that they are working on the next “Metal Gear Solid” game and they are starting their search for a director and game developers, confirming Kojima’s non-involvement in the series after this last one.

Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain Hideo Kojima/Twitter

Snake on an IV drip in a helicopter. Hideo Kojima’s Twitter. March 10, 2015.

In the meantime, Kojima has repeatedly indicated that he is committed to the upcoming “The Phantom Pain” game, so much so that he is diligently sharing with fans some tidbits as he is developing the game. The game is a sequel to “Metal Gear Solid IV: Ground Zeroes,” and thus continues the story of the lead character, Snake.

Another report in WCCFtech, compared the graphical quality of some screenshots from the previous “Ground Zeroes” game and from the new game and said that there are significant graphical improvements. Improvements were observed in the “lighting and other visual assets,” and in “texture detail and lighting effects.” The new game also took into account that this game does happen nine years after the events of the previous game, thus the protagonist looks visibly older.

The story finds Snake who had just woken up from a coma. He sets out a search for the men responsible for the destruction of his former group Militaires Sans Frontieres. He is helped by a newly formed group of mercenaries, but he needs to build up his fort and forces along the way.

The game is set to launch on September 1, 2015 for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation, the Xbox One and the Xbox 360. PC gamers need to wait a few weeks to get their hands on the game, which comes out on September 15, 2015 for the PC.

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Singer Tiffany Evans, Who Accused Singers of Worshipping Satan in 2009 Says She Sees Things Differently Now; Talks Being a Light and Putting Family Before Fame (Exclusive)

Tiffany Evans (Photo: Little Lady Enterprises)

Tiffany Evans is a singer and songwriter.

Christian Post Report – Tiffany Evans made waves when she called out the music industry for its possible Satanic influences in 2009, but now the singer-songwriter is taking a different approach to enlighten people spiritually while readying her comeback onto the music scene.

Evans, 22, got her start as a child in talent competitions such as “Showtime At The Apollo” and “Star Search” before signing to Columbia Records in 2004. Evans got her big break when she debuted her song “Promise” with fellow singer Ciara in 2008 and the song that appeared on her self-titled debut album that same year.

While she began to build a buzz with the song and it’s follow up single “I’m Grown” featuring rapper Bow Wow, Evans decided to express herself outside of the recording studio in a tweet about fellow singer Rihanna’s song, Russian Roulette six years ago. Months after a public domestic altercation with former boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, Rihanna sang the song about someone coaxing her to shoot herself in a game of Russian Roulette.

Evans, the singer and actress, publicly tweeted that the song may be an indication that Rihanna was worshiping evil forces. Looking back at the comments that seemed to have some fans and entertainers in an uproar, Evans spoke to The Christian Post about approaching the situation differently now that she is older and wiser.

“At that point when I was younger, I used to see things, watch things, run off at the mouth and try to tell everybody what I was seeing or watching at that moment,” Evans admitted to The Christian Post. “What I believe now as an adult is there is a heavy influence of evil in a lot of different things, it’s not even just in the [music] industry.”

Instead of focusing on ousting people for not following the Christian values that she does, Evans said it is important to be a light for others.

“That’s all I can really do and showcase God’s love, because I really don’t know what a person is going through. I don’t know if they could be going through any type of depression,” she told CP. “They could be going through any type of hurt. But what I try to go back to is praying for your enemies and enemies of God, people who are struggling and may look like they need help or deliverance.”

Instead of speaking negatively about others, Evans wants to pray for them while keeping her focus on pursuing her own career. Since stepping away from the industry four years ago, Evans took time to enjoy being a mother to her 2-year-old daughter and wife to dancer Lorenzo Henderson.

After growing up in a family with nine siblings, the singer realized that it was important for her to take time to spend with her own family instead of chasing fame.

“My parents, they got divorced when I was 13. For our younger years we had them together for a while,” Evans recalled to CP. “I just believe in family. I believe there is a time that you need to take for yourself in order to grow, to experience different things and kind of find out who you are.”

Instead of releasing new material and touring each year since her debut, Evans insists she has grown after taking time to experience what life had to offer. Those experiences have shaped the new material she has been writing in preparation for her comeback, which includes her new sultry R&B song Red Wine.

“If you’re always working, you’re going to miss out on a lot of stuff. I already had missed out on a lot, and I didn’t want to continue experiencing that,” she told CP. “I just decided to say ‘you know what? I’m just going to take this time to myself and when I do decide to come back I’m going to be able to write about these things and actually say ‘this is how I came out of this situation.'”

She may be 22, but the mother and wife has experienced her fair share of challenges in life. Despite the fact that she showcased her talent as a child star who was able to secure parts in Tyler Perry’s “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” and “Law & Order: SVU,” Evans’ family struggled to make ends meet and were even left homeless at one point.

Instead of taking on the role of a victim, Evans used the hard times to strengthen her faith.

“I just learned that everything that happens in your life, you can turn it around and be positive because your life is not your own. You have a testimony for people to hear,” Evans told CP. “Know that you can help people with the situations that they encounter in their life. What I took from being homeless and not having much is just to thank God because there is someone out there who is going through a lot worse and some people don’t even wake up.”

These days, Evans is securing her financial future in multiple ways by being more than just an entertainer, but a businesswoman. Evans started a full service production company with her husband called Little Lady Enterprises and a company called Eye Hunee that sells designer sunglasses and accessories.

She is also readying an EP with a tentative release date for next May. Now that she is an independant artist , Evans has had to learn the ins and outs of the music industry herself.

However, it is her Christian faith that guides the entertainer as she takes on each endeavour.

“When it comes to a lot of things that I do, I pray about it and even the music that I sing. I say ‘Lord I want to make sure that I’m not doing anything that is outrageous,’ but I do want to speak from my experiences,” she said. “I want to touch someone who may be going through the same situation that I went through. I just really believe God guides me.”

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4 Killed in ISIS Suicide Attack Outside US Consulate in Iraq; State Dept. Vows to ‘Degrade, Defeat’ Terror Group

ISIS iraq consulate (Photo: Reuters/Stringer)

Kurdish security forces gather at the site of a bomb attack in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, April 17, 2015. A car bomb killed three people on Friday outside the U.S. consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, a ally of Washington in the war against Islamic State, which claimed the attack. No U.S. personnel were hurt in the blast, according to the U.S. State Department, which said a “vehicle-borne improvised explosive device” exploded right outside the entrance to the heavily fortified compound.

Christian Post Report – At least four non-U.S. civilians were killed and 18 others were injured in a suicide car bomb attack Friday at the entrance of the U.S. Consulate in the Kurdish Iraqi city of Erbil, for which the Islamic State terror group claimed responsibility, according to reports.

While the attack was clearly targeted at the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government, none of its personnel was hurt, according to the U.S. State Department.

“A car bomb exploded outside the entrance to the U.S. consulate,” Nihad Qoja, the mayor of Erbil’s city center, told Reuters. “It seems the consulate was the target.”

First, a small-improvised bomb exploded in the area, following which a car moved in the direction of the consulate, according to police, CNN reported. Security personnel fired at the car, which exploded before it could reach the consulate. Those in the car apparently detonated explosives after the vehicle was hit with bullets.

At least four civilians were killed and 18 wounded, according to CNN.

“We extend our deepest condolences to the families of those who were injured and killed,” the State Department said in a statement.

“We appreciate the rapid response of the Kurdistan Regional Government authorities to this matter and we will work with them to investigate the incident to determine the facts behind the explosion,” the statement added.

Washington will continue to “stand with the people of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and all Iraqis as we work together in confronting these terrorist acts and towards our shared goal of degrading and defeating” Islamic State, which is also known as ISIS and ISIL, the State Department said.

In what appeared to be a separate attack, a witness told the newswire that he heard gunfire and saw a column of black smoke high above the Ankawa district, which is a predominantly Christian neighborhood packed with cafes popular with foreigners.

“They (Islamic State) want to show they are present,” Reuters quoted Sherzad Farmand, the head of security for Ankawa, as saying.

Also on Friday, ISIS claimed responsibility for two other car bombings in Baghdad that killed at least 27 people, according to Reuters.

“We additionally extend our condolences to those killed in terrorist attacks today in Baghdad, and wish a speedy recovery for those who were injured,” the State Department said.

ISIS is an offshoot of al-Qaeda and wants to establish a caliphate in the Levant region and beyond. It has gained control over large swathes of territories in Syria and Iraq.

Since last June, when ISIS declared its “caliphate,” the terror group has killed more than 2,000 people, about two-thirds of them civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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Pitch Perfect 2 Release Date, 3 Latest News: New Sequel A Go, Only Rebel Wilson On Board So Far

Christian Post Report – While fans of the cult classic “Pitch Perfect” are anticipating the movie’s sequel “Pitch Perfect 2” on May 15, one of the film’s stars have already confirmed that there will be a third sequel. Rebel Wilson, who plays one of the Barden Bella characters, Fat Amy, recently told a reporter that she has signed on to be part of said sequel.

According to a report in Hollywood Life, Los Angeles Times reporter Amy Kaufman shared the news through a tweet on April 10 that said: “News: Rebel Wilson just told me that there will be a third Pitch Perfect and she recently signed on to be in it (She doesn’t know abt Kendrick.)”

Pitch Perfect 2 Youtube/file

The cast of Pitch Perfect 2 with director Elizabeth Banks

Anna Kendrick also plays another pivotal character in the film, Beca Mitchell who is the leader of the Barden Bellas. Other cast members in the second film are Brittany Snow, Anna Camp and Skylar Astin. The director of “Pitch Perfect 2,” Elizabeth Banks, is also a member of the cast.

It is not yet known if anyone else from the original cast have been signed on. The sequel’s plot is also not known. Although it is likely that if there is a sequel, it will follow the adventures and misadventures of the acapella group, the Barden Bellas.

“Pitch Perfect 2” follows the group after they gained some prestige after winning the national collegiate championship. In this film however, some of the characters from the first film are already graduates, but this did not bar their appearance in the second film, such as that of Adam Devine as Bumper, Britanny Snow as Chloe Beale and Anna Camp as Aubrey Posen. This time around, the group faces another challenge of winning an international aca pella competition, which has never been won by an American group.

A report in SlashFilm also cites that if “Pitch Perfect 3” was indeed happening, the film’s writers have to contend with the fact that its lead characters Beca and Fat Amy are graduating seniors in the sequel. This means that they have to think of some creative way to bring them back in the third film.

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Android 5.0 Lollipop Update for Xperia Z Ultra, Z3 Dual, Z1 and Z1 Compact Confirmed

Christian Post Report – After Sony started pushing the Android 5.0 Lollipop updates to the Xperia Z2 and the Xperia Z3 Compact in March, the company recently announced that they will start rolling out the much awaited update to other Z series phones.

Starting April 13, Sony has the following phones lined up for updates: the Xperia Z Ultra, the Xperia Z3 Dual, the Xperia Z1 and the Xperia Z1 Compact.

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact Youtube Screenshot/ file

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact

According to a report in iDigitalTimes, the update will be made available through Over-The-Air or OTA. In order for phone owners to check if they are eligible for an update, they must go to Settings, then About Phone, then System Updates and select Check for Updates. The rollout is likely to happen in phases so users are advised to check for updates once in a while. It is also important that the phone is fully charged as downloading the update may take some time.

After this line up, the next Sony phones that will receive the update are the dual-SIM phones, the Sony Xperia T2 Ultra and the Xperia C3. The rollout for these will start next week.

A report in Tech Times cited that the next in line are the older Xperia Z phone models. This will complete Sony’s promise that the Lollipop update will be provided to its Xperia Z series. The models included are the Xperia Z, the Xperia ZR and the Xperia ZL. The Xperia Tablet Z is also said to receive the update.

The report also said that although Sony has made the update available to the said phones, rollout is still very much dependent on the different mobile carriers in the different countries.

Sony is one of the few mobile phone makers who made it a point to bring the OS update even to older models of its flagship phones, the Z series. Owners of non-Z series phones however are still waiting for news if the update will ever reach their phones.

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‘Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain’ Release Date on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, 360 News: Creator Hideo Kojima’s Last MGS Game

Christian Post Report – Hideo Kojima, the creator of the “Metal Gear Solid” game series, will be making his last MGS game. The next game in the series, “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” will be coming out in September 2015 and Kojima has recently confirmed that it will be his last. Apparently, Kojima is being eased out of the franchise by game publisher Konami. The differences between them have been confirmed recently in gaming news websites.

Konami has already announced that they are working on the next “Metal Gear Solid” game and they are starting their search for a director and game developers, confirming Kojima’s non-involvement in the series after this last one.

Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain Hideo Kojima/Twitter

Snake on an IV drip in a helicopter. Hideo Kojima’s Twitter. March 10, 2015.

In the meantime, Kojima has repeatedly indicated that he is committed to the upcoming “The Phantom Pain” game, so much so that he is diligently sharing with fans some tidbits as he is developing the game. The game is a sequel to “Metal Gear Solid IV: Ground Zeroes,” and thus continues the story of the lead character, Snake.

Another report in WCCFtech, compared the graphical quality of some screenshots from the previous “Ground Zeroes” game and from the new game and said that there are significant graphical improvements. Improvements were observed in the “lighting and other visual assets,” and in “texture detail and lighting effects.” The new game also took into account that this game does happen nine years after the events of the previous game, thus the protagonist looks visibly older.

The story finds Snake who had just woken up from a coma. He sets out a search for the men responsible for the destruction of his former group Militaires Sans Frontieres. He is helped by a newly formed group of mercenaries, but he needs to build up his fort and forces along the way.

The game is set to launch on September 1, 2015 for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation, the Xbox One and the Xbox 360. PC gamers need to wait a few weeks to get their hands on the game, which comes out on September 15, 2015 for the PC.

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Pitch Perfect 2 Release Date, 3 Latest News: New Sequel A Go, Only Rebel Wilson On Board So Far

Christian Post Report – While fans of the cult classic “Pitch Perfect” are anticipating the movie’s sequel “Pitch Perfect 2” on May 15, one of the film’s stars have already confirmed that there will be a third sequel. Rebel Wilson, who plays one of the Barden Bella characters, Fat Amy, recently told a reporter that she has signed on to be part of said sequel.

According to a report in Hollywood Life, Los Angeles Times reporter Amy Kaufman shared the news through a tweet on April 10 that said: “News: Rebel Wilson just told me that there will be a third Pitch Perfect and she recently signed on to be in it (She doesn’t know abt Kendrick.)”

Pitch Perfect 2 Youtube/file

The cast of Pitch Perfect 2 with director Elizabeth Banks

Anna Kendrick also plays another pivotal character in the film, Beca Mitchell who is the leader of the Barden Bellas. Other cast members in the second film are Brittany Snow, Anna Camp and Skylar Astin. The director of “Pitch Perfect 2,” Elizabeth Banks, is also a member of the cast.

It is not yet known if anyone else from the original cast have been signed on. The sequel’s plot is also not known. Although it is likely that if there is a sequel, it will follow the adventures and misadventures of the acapella group, the Barden Bellas.

“Pitch Perfect 2” follows the group after they gained some prestige after winning the national collegiate championship. In this film however, some of the characters from the first film are already graduates, but this did not bar their appearance in the second film, such as that of Adam Devine as Bumper, Britanny Snow as Chloe Beale and Anna Camp as Aubrey Posen. This time around, the group faces another challenge of winning an international aca pella competition, which has never been won by an American group.

A report in SlashFilm also cites that if “Pitch Perfect 3” was indeed happening, the film’s writers have to contend with the fact that its lead characters Beca and Fat Amy are graduating seniors in the sequel. This means that they have to think of some creative way to bring them back in the third film.

Source : Christian Post

Cardinal Francis George, the First Chicago Native to Serve as City’s Archbishop, Dies at 78

cardinal (Photo: Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Chicago)

Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago.

Christian Post Report – Cardinal Francis E. George, the retired archbishop of Chicago who served from 1997 to 2014, died on Friday at the age of 78 after a long battle with cancer, sources confirmed.

The cardinal, who was the first native Chicagoan to head the archdiocese, died at his residence just a few months after halting treatment for bladder cancer. In a statement released by his successor in Chicago, Archbishop Blase J. Cupich, George was remembered as “a man of peace, tenacity and courage.”

“Let us heed his example and be a little more brave, a little more steadfast and a lot more loving,” Cupich said at a news conference held outside Holy Name Cathedral to announce the death.

Burial arrangements for the Cardinal have not yet been made public.

George was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 1998, and in 2008 he served as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for three years. He once famously led a campaign opposing the Affordable Care Act over concerns of taxpayer funded abortions.

He was known for his vigorous defense of church dogma and in 2013 openly opposed Illinois’ same-sex marriage bill.

“The law has made some gays and lesbians happy, and that is not a bad thing in itself,” he wrote via a church bulletin. “The law, however, is bad law because it will contribute over the long run to the further dissolution of marriage and family life, which are the bedrock of any society.”

In September 2014, Pope Francis accepted George’s resignation and appointed Bishop Cupich to succeed him as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

“I would imagine, and hope, this is the case, that he’ll have a different approach, a different tone,” George said previously of his resignation. “That’s good because there are people who I couldn’t reach that he’ll be able to, and there are things that I perhaps didn’t think important to tend to that he will think are. That’s the advantage of a change.”

The cardinal was raised in a working class neighborhood on Chicago’s northwest side and at age 13 he suffered a bout of polio that left him permanently disabled.

He studied theology at the University of Ottawa in Canada before going on to become a respected leader in the Catholic community.

He spoke several languages including Italian and French and authored a number of books.

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OnePlus Two Rumors, Release Date: ‘Flagship Killer’ Successor to Launch in Q3 2015

OnePlus One Wikimedia Commons/Image

Christian Post Report – Despite the fact that the OnePlus One has been released more than a year ago, it still remains a sought-after mobile device for people who cannot afford the latest in the market.

OnePlus has even added more reasons to buy last year’s model with the release of the new Oxygen OS that brings a new look and feel to the “flagship killer.” However, for people who were fans of the OnePlus One during its campaign period last year, they may be waiting for the successor – the OnePlus Two.

The device could be released later this year, around the third quarter. In the report by GSM Arena, the hint comes from OnePlus CEO himself, Peter Lau.

The Chinese brand’s choice to announce the device in the third quarter could be a strategic move in order to compete against the bigger names in the industry.

Every year, the biggest names in the technology industry announce their latest handsets during late third quarter, or early fourth quarter of each year, paving the way for a strong finish for the year.

Apple, Samsung, LG, Sony, Motorola, Xiaomi, HTC, and Lenovo are just some of the big names in the business that all announced new devices during 2014’s final four months.

Is OnePlus already in this league of quality and well-known brands?

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