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Because of the creativity factor, over the years players have found ways to create more unique works of art as well as more impressive pieces of tech and machinery. From a replica fleet of Minecraft star destroyers to entire cities to fully functioning cars or tanks, players continue to reinvent as well as come up with new ideas to further push the limits of the game’s creativity. RELATED: Minecraft Player Recreates Chinatown from Batman: Arkham Asylum’s Bleake Island...

We need to stop measuring environmental catastrophe in degrees, and start measuring it in lives lost. Whether the Earth becomes one degree hotter means very little to the average person. But what an extra degree actually means is environmental chaos, lives in danger and families uprooted. The reality is that people are dying at the hands of climate change right now and yet we hear very little about the climate change body count—which is currently 150,000 annually and may double in a decade....

But he can remember 2013 as a good year for one reason: The year he got engaged. MORE: Danica wants to get married again | Sprint Cup team grades Bowyer’s longtime girlfriend, Lorra Podsiadlo, tweeted Sunday morning that she was engaged to Bowyer. So far, the 34-year-old Bowyer has been silent on Twitter. PHOTOS: NASCAR Wives and Girlfriends | Bowyer gallery | NASCAR families

The former U.S. national team captain has been out of action since August due to an irregular heartbeat, but was lively in his first half-hour back on the field for the Sounders. Soccer kits for every NFL team The Sounders and Timbers faced off in Tucson, Arizona, with the match marking the opening of the preseason match schedule for Seattle. The Sounders will play a scrimmage against the San Jose Earthquakes on Tuesday before moving on to the Carolina Challenge Cup....

The U.S. national team forward sat out the regular season home stretch and playoffs while undergoing treatment last fall, with his final match coming Aug. 21. He was seen taking part in light exercises before the Sounders’ MLS Cup triumph in Toronto last month but was not deemed ready to participate in the U.S. national team’s January camp. Freddy Adu on trial with Portland Timbers Now medically cleared to practice, Dempsey trained without restrictions Tuesday in Tukwila, Washington....

The campaign goes into high gear when the book appears June 22 in a one-day laydown nationwide. The week kicks off with a “60 Minutes” interview, followed by appearances on “Oprah,” the “Today” show, “Larry King” and “Charlie Rose.” To accommodate demand beyond the 2.3 million copies ordered by retailers, Knopf has already reserved press time at the printer’s and stockpiled paper for subsequent editions. The real trick, of course, will be keeping the book under wraps until the publication date....

The New York senator gets 44 percent of the overall Democratic vote, compared to 24 percent for Obama (down a point since NEWSWEEK’s August poll) and 12 percent for Edwards (down two points). She is the first choice of 45 percent of self-identified Democrats (compared with 39 percent of Democratic “leaners”). She also trounces Obama among Democratic female voters (48 to 19 percent) and enjoys a marginal lead among male Democratic voters (38 to 32 percent)....

The exchange comes as all sides prepare for South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Jan. 26—the first real test of the African-American vote. How will the controversy affect voting in the state, where roughly 50 percent of the Democratic electorate is black? Cleveland Sellers, who heads the department of African-American studies at the University of South Carolina, is an Obama supporter. He’s also a veteran of the civil rights movement. Now 63, he helped organize sit-ins in 1960, he participated in the March on Washington in 1963, and he was wounded during the 1968 “Orangeburg massacre,” in which police opened fire on student protesters, killing three and wounding 27....

The Backlash Against Clipchamp on Windows 11 In case you missed it, on Thursday, March 10th, Microsoft announced that two apps were coming to Windows 11, and you had no choice in the matter. Both Microsoft Family and Clipchamp became “inbox apps,” called such because they come with Windows 11 “in the box.” At the time, we wondered if users would adopt or reject the new toys coming with Windows 11....

All is quiet and polite along the cool corridors of the United Nations’ Manhattan headquarters. But below the surface rages the world’s weirdest political campaign. In the race for U.N. secretary-general, there are no speeches, no fund-raisers. It’s considered bad form even to say you’re a candidate. “Everyone says they’re not interested, but they’re suddenly found visiting Paris, London and Moscow, ostensibly on other business,” says former under-secretary-general Brian Urquhart....

A clock in their Volksparkstadion proudly displays how long Hamburg have been in the Bundesliga – they are the only ever-presents since the division was founded in 1963. The now mighty Bayern Munich were only a second-division club back then. But Hamburg’s proud record is now in serious danger. Lying second from bottom after taking just 28 points from 33 games, the club must beat Borussia Moenchengladbach at home on the final day of the season and hope Wolfsburg, who are one place and two points above them, lose at home to already-relegated Cologne....

Like apps and operating systems, these hardware drivers can consist of openly available source code or code hidden behind binary blobs and lengthy end-user license agreements. So, what are the differences between closed and open-source hardware drivers? Furthermore, how do these differences impact you? What Is a Hardware Driver? Hardware drivers exist to enable your computer’s software to communicate with the hardware. Sometimes they come integrated with your computer’s operating system....

Cloudpunk puts players in the futuristic city of Nivalis that features a gorgeous design filled with neon lights and slick buildings. Players take on the role of Raina, a new delivery driver for the Cloudpunk agency tasked with picking up and delivering mysterious packages. Story-wise, Cloudpunk features familiar tropes of the cyberpunk genre. While Cloudpunk’s narrative can be interesting at times, the way it is told is not as engaging as it should be, and the voice acting doesn’t help with immersion at all....

Royals captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and opted to bowl on a track that was expected to assist the pacers early into the game. Vikramjeet Malik, who happened to be in the team as a result of the ban dished out to Siddharth Trivedi, made complete use of his chance by picking up two quick wickets to put Mumbai on the back foot. Dwayne Smith, who started off with a couple of good looking shots, was trapped in front by a delivery that darted back in while Dinesh Karthik, finding life extremely difficult against the swing on offer, was put off his misery after he inside edged one onto the stumps....

Brisbane Heat captain James Hopes’ decision to bowl first after winning the toss was immediately justified, as his fast bowlers, Alister McDermott and Kemar Roach, stifled the T&T batsmen with some sharp bowling to leave the opposition reeling at 38/3 in 4.4 overs. Just when T&T, led by Denesh Ramdin and Jason Mohammed, looked well on course to recovery from the early setback with a score of 71/3 in 10 overs, Nathan Hauritz’s double strikes in the 11th over dented them further....

The Lions, from South Africa, won the toss and elected to field but the match was called off without a ball being bowled at the Sardar Patel Stadium here. Both teams get two points each. Rajasthan Royals lead the group thanks to their victory over Mumbai Indians in their first match on Saturday. 0 votes

The last Group A game between Mumbai Indians and Perth Scorchers will decide whether Mumbai will go through for the semis or will they leave way for Otago Volts to make it to the crucial knockout tie. As far as Group B is concerned, Trinidad and Tobago will have to play out of their skins against Chennai Super Kings to seal the semi final spot ahead of Titans. Over the past two weeks, many exciting players proved their worth to the cricketing world....

On Friday, Punk was host of a Q&A session at Chicago’s United Center following UFC on Fox 16 weigh-ins. At the 12:22 mark of the session, the fan tells Punk, also known as Phil Brooks, that he has been challenging Punk to a fight on Twitter. Punk, a former WWE champion turned UFC fighter, tells him no. MORE: Dillashaw-Barao title fight | Five reasons to watch | Who will win?...

McClanahan is in a race with Justin Verlander for the Cy Young Award, but the decision between the Rays ace and Baker’s own was taken out of his hands with Verlander starting this weekend. With Verlander inactive for Tuesday’s Midsummer Classic, McClanahan was a no-brainer of a choice. Kershaw, meanwhile, is getting the nod over the Marlins’ Sandy Alcantara. Both have had outstanding seasons in their own right, but think of Kershaw starting as Leonardo DiCaprio winning Best Actor for The Revenant: There are external factors contributing to the decision, and that’s OK....

Both teams have been off since October 25 and there are major UNDER trends riding for each team, and the series in general. The Line: Clemson -21, Total: 44 Line movement: The Wynn opened the Tigers at -20 and moved them to -22 on Monday, but by gameday, the number sits at three touchdowns at most Vegas shops. Totals have been bet up, opening in the 42, 42.5 range and sitting at 43....