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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts may sit out a potential NFC East clincher against Dallas because of the lingering effects of a concussion . The Eagles could also just rest Hurts to play it safe -- even if he’s medically cleared ahead of Sunday’s game -- and protect their franchise QB from additional injury over the final two games. Eagles coach Nick Sirianni kept quiet this week on which QB will start Sunday, in large part, of course, because of the head injury suffered by Hurts in last week’s loss to Washington that forced him into the concussion protocol . The issue was complicated by backup Kenny Pickett’s rib injury suffered in relief of Hurts in his first real game competition in nearly a year. Tanner McKee, the third-string QB, could move into a backup role — or maybe even get the start against the Cowboys. Philadelphia's starting quarterback situation has surged past Saquon Barkley's chase at Eric Dickerson's season rushing record as the most intriguing talking point in the final two games. The Eagles (12-3) appear certain to win the division title — they're two games ahead of Washington (10-5) — and a No. 2 seed in the conference no matter the quarterback headed into the playoffs. Even with an unsettled QB spot, the Eagles are are still 71⁄2-point home favorites to beat division rival Dallas, per BetMGM Sportsbook. Sirianni appreciated that quarterback depth has been a strength for the Eagles. “We feel good about that room,” he said. So why risk Hurts against the Cowboys? There's little reason to make Hurts play only a week after absorbing a pair of blows to the head and the extra week off — maybe two if the finale against the Giants is truly meaningless — could add to his recovery time ahead of a home playoff game. The Eagles were burned in a similar situation last season when Hurts and star wide receiver A.J. Brown were both injured in the final game against the Giants with little at stake. With both players hampered by unnecessary injuries, the Eagles were dumped the next week by Tampa Bay in the NFC wild-card playoff game. The Eagles have options if Hurts is inactive. Pickett was 14 of 24 for 143 yards in relief, throwing a touchdown pass to Brown and an interception. Pickett, a first-round pick out of Pitt in 2022, went 14-10 as a starter for the Steelers before he was traded to the Eagles in the offseason. McKee was the Eagles’ 2023 sixth-round pick out of Stanford. The 6-foot-6, 231-pound quarterback has yet to take a snap in a regular-season game. He's mostly used in practice on the scout team or in developmental periods — at best, he'll stay late after practice to get some reps in with the top receivers. “Every week, every opportunity, it's knowing it could be my shot, my chance,” McKee said. He could finally get that shot against Dallas. With the Cowboys out of playoff contention, the questions persist for coach Mike McCarthy about bypassing Cooper Rush for a look at Trey Lance before both QBs hit free agency. McCarthy’s answer hasn’t wavered: Rush gives Dallas the best chance to win. Rush is 4-3 since Dak Prescott’s season-ending hamstring tear after going 5-1 over two previous stints as an injury replacement. That’s 9-4 total. Half the losses came in both of Rush’s starts against Eagles – the last of five games filling in during the 2022 season and the first game this season. “The mindset is to win,” McCarthy said. “We’re going to Philadelphia to win the game.” Barkley leads the NFL with 1,838 yards rushing for the season through 15 games. He still needs two big outings in the final games of the season against Dallas and the New York Giants to top Dickerson and his 2,105 yards for the Los Angeles Rams in 1984. Barkley is 268 yards away from passing Dickerson for the season mark and 162 shy from becoming the ninth player in NFL history with 2,000 yards rushing in a season. He ran for only 66 yards in the first game this season against Dallas. Dallas ranks 28th in the NFL in rushing defense, surrendering 135.9 yards per contest. Philadelphia, behind Barkley’s stellar play, tops the league at 187.9 yards per game on the ground. The Eagles have already have set a team record for yards rushing in a season with 2,818, and they are within four rushing touchdowns of tying the club’s single-season mark of 32, set in 2022. Barkley needs four more rushing touchdowns to tie LeSean McCoy’s Eagles record, set in 2011 and just 33 yards from scrimmage to break McCoy’s mark of 2,146 set in 2013. Star Dallas edge rusher Micah Parsons needs half a sack to reach double digits in each of his first four seasons despite missing four games with a high ankle sprain, the first injury absence of his career. The 2021 AP Defensive Rookie of the Year would be the fifth player to reach 10 sacks in each of his first four seasons. The other four — Claude Humphrey, Reggie White, Derrick Thomas and Dwight Freeney - are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. AP Pro Football Writer Schuyler Dixon contributed from Arlington, Texas. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl

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Report: Leadership needed to address quantum threat mitigationIn the wake of the Assad regime’s collapse , Israel did the world a major service. Over the past few days, the Israeli Air Force struck dozens of alleged Syrian chemical weapons sites to prevent these capabilities from falling into the hands of potential terrorists. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced on Monday, “We attacked strategic weapons, the residual chemical weapons capabilities, long-range missiles and rockets, so they won’t fall into the hands of radicals.” The United States, apparently content to let Jerusalem handle this critical military task while it struck Islamic State targets in Syria, must now help finish the job. With a bit of luck, diplomacy will be sufficient, but the effectiveness of talking likely depends on speaking softly while carrying a big stick. The priority for Washington is to pressure Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) — the power behind Syria’s new governing authority — to let international inspectors in and certify Damascus’ chemical weapons are verifiably eliminated. HTS is a US- and UN-designated terrorist organization that is an offshoot of al-Qaeda, so more than a little caution is in order. A US official told Axios on Sunday that Washington believes it has “good fidelity” on Syria’s chemical weapons inventory, and that these capabilities are not currently at risk for acquisition by non-state groups. Thanks, on the latter, no doubt, goes to Jerusalem. To the end, the Assad regime possessed a robust stockpile of chemical weapons, along with chemical agents, precursors, and associated research capabilities, munitions, storage, and testing sites. The US State Department assessed as recently as May 2024 that Syria had an undeclared chemical weapons program, which it used to attack its own people on at least 50 verified occasions between 2012 and 2019. The actual figure is likely far higher . In 2013, Damascus used the debilitating nerve agent, sarin, to murder 1,400 people in Ghouta. Threatened with US airstrikes, Syria agreed to join the Chemical Weapons Convention, which would entail surrendering its arsenal. It pretended to comply, and Washington played along. But Damascus used sarin again to attack civilians in Khan Shaykhun in 2017, and chlorine gas to kill dozens in Douma in April 2018, among dozens of other instances. Donald Trump, then in his first term, responded with air strikes both times. Last month, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) reported that it still could not assert Syria’s chemical weapons program is fully dismantled. The OPCW affirmed on Monday that it stands ready to help, pledging continued “commitment to clarifying gaps, discrepancies, and inconsistencies in Syrian chemical weapons declaration amidst political transition.” HTS has publicly indicated that it does not seek to use chemical weapons, has offered to secure regime chemical weapon sites, and has pledged cooperation with international monitors. If those pledges are not fulfilled, HTS or other jihadists could exploit Assad’s chemical weaponry for their own purposes. They could use them in attacks, pass them to allies for use abroad, or sell the weapons to other groups. Washington, which has initiated communications with HTS through intermediaries such as Turkey, must now pressure HTS to follow through on its pledges if Syria is to receive any form of American sanctions relief or assistance. The HTS-backed government desperately needs both things. Thirteen years of civil war reduced the economy to rubble. If sanctions remain in place, reconstruction will be extraordinarily difficult. The United States must also insist that HTS ensure OPCW inspectors remain safe . The findings of OPCW investigations , as well as new documentation that may come to light, will help ensure Syria’s chemical weapons assets are fully destroyed and dismantled and related evidence can be used to initiate prosecutions against those responsible for using them on Assad’s behalf. Jerusalem acted swiftly and wisely by destroying Syria’s chemical weapon stocks. Washington must now ensure HTS lets international inspectors finish the job. Andrea Stricker is deputy director of the Nonproliferation and Biodefense Program and a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). Follow her on X @StrickerNonpro . FDD is a Washington, DC-based, nonpartisan research institute focused on national security and foreign policy.Montana families deemed eligible to receive the state’s child care subsidy for low-income earners will now automatically qualify for a separate program that provides nutritional and breastfeeding support to caretakers of young children. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services announced Friday that Best Beginnings scholarship recipients will no longer have to prove separate eligibility for the Women, Infants and Children nutritional program. Participants in either program must earn a household income at or below 185% of the federal poverty line, currently $47,767 annually for . WIC enrollees must be pregnant, postpartum, breastfeeding or have a child younger than 5. “Both of these programs serve many of the same families, so as a way to improve customer service we made the decision to streamline the eligibility process for families,” said Lacy Little, Montana WIC program director, in an emailed statement. “This will make it easier for families to gain access to the nutritional food and support the WIC program provides.” This change comes in the wake of and its handling of the Medicaid redetermination process that led to over 115,000 people being disenrolled from the joint federal-state health insurance program. During the unwinding period, droves of people said they didn’t receive re-enrollment information in a timely fashion or at the correct mailing address. DPHHS reported some of the longest help line wait times in the country, and many people couldn’t access in-person support in their local communities partly due to the closure of 19 public assistance offices in 2017. More than 60 organizations that serve a wide variety of vulnerable families and children across the state in June, calling on him to improve access to public benefits by allocating funding to DPHHS specifically to hire more staff and modernize systems. WIC offers a spate of resources for families and pregnant or postpartum women including special food packages, peer counseling, lactation experts, baby food, breastfeeding support and pumps, access to trained staff and more. Roughly 13,400 women, infants, and children are enrolled in Montana, but that accounts for just 55% of eligible families, according to the state health agency. DPHHS hopes that more closely linking child care with WIC will spur enrollment. Lawmakers expanded the Best Beginnings program in 2023 to make more families eligible. The Legislature passed a bill that increased the income threshold to the 185% of the federal poverty line mark. Families who make closer to that line pay higher co-pays than those who earn less. Some Democrats in the state Legislature as well as child care advocates have said they in the upcoming session, noting that families in more expensive areas such as Gallatin County earn above the current income threshold but still not enough to pay for child care. Providers say they can’t reduce their fees because of rising costs such as rent and the need to pay wages that will attract workers in these pricey communities. Gianforte’s budget proposal does not fund a larger Best Beginnings program. To enroll in WIC or learn more about the benefits it offers, families can visit , contact their local WIC clinic or visit The state office may be reached at 1-800-433-4298 or emailed at Carly Graf is the State Bureau health care reporter for Lee Montana. Eligibility for many state programs depends on annual household income. The threshold for Best Beginnings, WIC and others is To determine that income based on family size, visit here: Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. State Bureau Health Care Reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.

Unwrap the latest AI features with Amazon Fire TabletsSpace Commission member and former ISRO chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar called upon young technocrats to put in their heart and sweat to make India one among equals in the world in the space sector. In his address during the undergraduate convocation of the 22nd convocation of National Institute of Technology Karnataka at Surathkal here, Mr. Kumar said: “We need to be competent and we also need to be one among the equals in the world (in the space sector). And that can happen only when all of you put in your heart and sweat together and then work for our country. I am sure everyone of you will do what is expected of you,” he said. Space, he said, is being looked as the fourth frontier and today the world is moving beyond the frontiers of land, ocean and air. There is lot of work that needs to be done in the space domain, which is now a multi dollor economy. “If India can capture a significant portion of this pie then it is going to be a huge economic advantage.” The Central government has already made significant changes in the space policy and is inviting Indian entrepreneurs, academia and others to participate in this space growth programme. The former ISRO chief said with 27 being the average age of the countrymen, India has the advantage of the demographic divide to take country to numero uno position in the world. The young graduates should work further on the knowledge gained in the institution and use it to find solution to the problems faced by the country. “You should be looking at not only your own growth but also of the country,” he told B.Tech students. As many as 1,002 students received certificates for completing B.Tech and other bachelor degree programmes in the undergraduate convocation ceremony held in the afternoon. Among these graduates N.A. Shreesha, R. Sudhanva, Vikash Keshavamurthy Bhat, S. Varun, Bhimaraddy B. Yarabandi, Swetha Mary Thomas, Varun Tiwari, Satvik R. Kashyap, and Sampathkumar Tarun received gold medals. Postgraduates Kommineni Surya, Sagarika V. Shamblon, Sindam Snikitha, S.S. Sujay, K. Navaneetha, N.G. Kala, S. Shafiq Ahmed, Yadav Pranit Prakash, K.R. Srikrishna Setty, and Jennifer James received gold medals in the morning session of the convocation. Published - November 23, 2024 08:44 pm IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit

A lot is happening in carbon, and we sat down with Magnus again after speaking with him in 2022 . What are you currently most excited about in the carbon markets? Two things excite me the most: First, the real, quiet shift towards removal, and second, the increasing adoption of long-term portfolios. While the big-bang purchases of removal remain being executed by a very small number of buyers that essentially stayed the same over the past years and often require payment at delivery in the future, we now see an expansion of removal investments within portfolios that happens more quietly but seems more resilient with actual spot purchases of nature-based, hybrid, and engineered removals. On average, we’ve seen an increase in removal share of over 30% year-on-year. These are transactions that often come with normal payment terms and allow early cash-in for project developers and aren’t necessarily used for large marketing announcements. It’s rather a real risk perspective that drives them. Similarly, this increase drives companies to think about balanced portfolios for the long term. With net-zero ambitions in 2030, the target years are no longer in a distant future for many companies. As buyers have made their experiences in the market, they’re starting to be more aware of the supply and price risk that is to come. Rather than focusing on short-term project investments with flashy narratives, buyers are starting to construct portfolios with a 3 to 5-year time horizon. At CEEZER , we advocate for this approach, which mirrors the required build-up of high-quality supply. By spreading investments across various technologies, geographies, registries, and years, corporates increasingly pursue a risk-hedging strategy that helps supply-side growth at scale. This strategy enables risk mitigation and offers the opportunity to support high-quality, high-cost removal projects while reducing long-term market risks. Since we last spoke, how has financing and transparency on the quality of projects developed? Since our last discussion in late 2022, financing and transparency in carbon projects have seen significant advancements. 2023 posed what I would call “positive challenges” for carbon market players, with declines in carbon credit issuances and retirements of certain credit categories following controversial news that impacted the market’s reputation. Expectations were high for COP28 and Article 6 negotiations to give “UN-sanctioned” guidance, but unfortunately, they did not yield the anticipated results. Something that might have driven a sudden increase in the market. However, amidst these challenges, regulatory changes and increased public scrutiny have led to elevated quality standards for carbon credits. There are a few private market initiatives that, while early, are prone to wider adoption. For example, on June 6th, the Integrity Council of the Voluntary Carbon Market announced the first carbon-crediting methodologies that meet its high-integrity Core Carbon Principles. This will allow buyers to eventually look for ‘CCP-labeled’ credits, hopefully giving them confidence that these are aligned with an industry-leading standard. That said, the process of accreditation is still ongoing and it remains to be seen how robust the CCP label will be in a very quickly evolving market. Also, both for buyers and suppliers, the competing quality frameworks are starting to be a bit of a headache. We focus on “credit fundamentals,” i.e. metric-driven properties of carbon credits that we collect, vet, and harmonize to be able to quickly derive adherence to any possible standard. For now, that seems to be the only way to manage the variety of quality definitions out there. Luckily, deepened collaborations among major players in the Voluntary Carbon Market, including ICVCM, VCMI, SBTi, and others, are at least signaling a concerted effort to build trust and confidence in the market. A quick harmonization will be crucial if we want companies to act. What spurred controversy was the announcement of the Science Based Targets Initiative’s potential acceptance of carbon credits towards Scope 3 targets, and the VCMI’s beta Scope 3 flexibility claim. There remain large differences within the carbon world on the best and most impactful way to deploy negative emissions as part of the decarbonization journey. While the concern around negative emissions as an “easy way out” is probably shared by everyone, a parallel deployment of removal next to internal reduction is necessary in most market scenarios. First, to make sure supply can grow quickly. Then, to “derisk” the often ambitious decarbonization timelines towards 2050 with removals before target years. In practice, we’ve hardly seen corporates investing significant amounts into removal when an internal decarbonization plan was not in place. Initiatives like the SBTi are central to corporate climate commitments but ultimately also rely on corporations adhering to their principles voluntarily. That is not an easy balance to keep – but even if discussions are controversial, that exchange is crucial at the current time. Removals are part of almost any climate scenario, and the time for “either/or” has long passed. If you were purchasing carbon credits for an enterprise or a government, how would you approach it? I firmly believe that no matter who is purchasing carbon credits, it’s essential to adopt a data-driven approach that aligns with long-term climate goals and optimizes the climate impact of investments. In any case, the first step is accurately measuring the carbon footprint across all activities, followed by identifying and implementing abatement initiatives. Once reduction efforts are initiated, buyers should define a strategy for compensating remaining emissions (ideally both along the way towards net zero, and definitely the residual emissions at net-zero). Advanced buyers today come with a set of requirements that we help to translate into objective metrics. As said, we’ve seen a significant increase in removals and help our partners understand what differences there are in terms of permanence, reversal risk, co-benefits, etc. When purchasing, CEEZER strongly advocates for creating a balanced portfolio that takes into account these specific risks as well as supply and price risks. Additionally, portfolio design is best done over multiple years, taking into account current and projected market dynamics. For example, it might make sense to secure specific project types like hybrid removals with a smaller pipeline but a large projected demand already today. For other project types, like really experimental technologies, it might be more beneficial to do some initial forward contracts but keep the flexibility to re-contract at lower prices later. Increasingly, buyers are concerned with the post-purchase part of things, also thanks to regulations like the VCMDA in California or CSRD in Europe. Transparent reporting and communication are important and should be easy. Making sure the use of credits is tracked and logged internally across all parts of the company is equally challenging when working across different registries. What is useful financing, and what is useless financing? Useful financing is investing in projects that contribute to tangible climate action and carbon reduction goals. Maybe this is controversial, but at large I believe the financing gap is less on the VC side of things, but really in project finance. The financial profile of carbon projects is similar to that of energy assets and other comparable investments. You have a relatively high upfront investment that can be earned back over a long period of time with regular issuances. The key difference is that off-take prices for carbon are hard to understand and predict at the moment. That challenges traditional financing solutions like energy project finance with predictable and often state-guaranteed feed-in tariffs. In short, for a bank, carbon projects are pretty risky for the long time horizon they cover. However, there is a real opportunity there for banks and mezzanine capital can play a huge role. It requires a certain risk appetite for sure but should be doable. In practice, corporate and private buyers can still help. This can include investing in high-quality carbon credits as a long-term off-take contract or supporting early-stage carbon removal technologies to encourage the development of new solutions with the ability to generate significant discounts. Clearly, this requires buyers to take a larger risk. Determining the risk profile of a project requires a thorough, data-driven approach. CEEZER has gathered and analyzed millions of data points and conducts a rigorous vetting process for every project and complements that with external ratings to help guide buyers into the right decision. Further, buyers can engage with high-quality projects early via the CEEZER Carbon Coalition , a collection of early-stage carbon removal players we guide to market. As a player with the data and the firm demand points, we also play our own role in backing long-term carbon portfolios with external financing. This allows later cash-out for buyers and early cash-in for project developers. Useless financing I’d say is the kind that does not actually happen. A lot of larger removal deals run as “payment on delivery.” So the headline reads that multiple millions went into carbon removal, while the suppliers haven’t yet seen a single dollar. The financing pressure hence remains on the often smaller suppliers. The buyers who truly lead have to do more these days. What is the main product offering of CEEZER, and what’s the future of your product suite? CEEZER’s platform enables enterprises to screen, purchase, and manage negative emissions. CEEZER uniquely combines the broadest supply overview with harmonized quality data to direct investments into impactful projects in balanced portfolios. We allow buyers to focus on mitigating risk and maximizing impact – while CEEZER takes care of the rest: Transaction handling in the registry, retirement, payment alignment, and post-purchase management of carbon assets. I feel like we are unique in how we look at quality and risk, with a data- and science-driven approach that is ingrained into every part of the platform. We allow you to leverage over 13 million data points on quality, volume, and pricing and have up to 530 data points for a single project that we can translate into meaningful information. In sum, we offer a tool that simplifies carbon purchases, reduces long-term quality and volume risk, and facilitates accurate reporting and communications from CDP to CSRD. Looking ahead, we focus on three things. First, the need for longer volume commitments requires a different view on long-term risk within projects, both around quality and volume availability. We are actively testing new ways to manage and mitigate that risk right on platform to make sure buyers get what they need, when they need it. Second, we’re offering additional tooling to manage already purchased credits within your organization — or make them available to external parties like suppliers and customers in case they want to. Transparency and a bullet-proof record are key there of course. Lastly, we have a larger role to play in financing carbon credit portfolios. As said above, the worst kind of financing is the one that doesn’t happen. A lot of what we do we can leverage to make carbon portfolios more bankable — allowing timely cash-in for the supply side. What trends do you think are overlooked in cleantech and climate? In the public debate and news coverage the fact that buyers, and especially large corporates, are increasingly quality-conscious, is cut short. There is an actual shift towards improving climate action that we see in every portfolio we manage, going far beyond the few landmark deals that are being talked about. Companies are starting to think about their climate strategy in longer cycles, leading to an increasing share of long-term off-take agreements and a shift towards higher-quality removal. Additionally, we see many companies that were considered traditional buyers are now looking at carbon as a potential revenue stream. Particularly in the process industries, companies with existing technological capabilities and suitable supply chains are realizing that deploying DACCS and BECCS within their supply chain is not only a means to reduce their own emissions but might be a potential source of income in a net-zero world. This will bring significant opportunities for equipment manufacturers, verifiers, and other players. That said, the practical use cases are far from clear. There are quite some questions around the additionality and applicability of CDR from traditional industrial supply chains that remain open — and will likely be subject to emerging regulation as well. Where would you like to see CEEZER in 3 years? In 3 years, I see CEEZER playing a pivotal role as the global carbon infrastructure, facilitating scalable CDR portfolios for every company, not just a few. We’re really looking at three perspectives on the way there. First, we focus on large corporates in approaching carbon management with the same rigor as financial performance. By providing robust tools and data-driven insights, we help make informed decisions and integrate negative emissions into crucial decisions. Second, we continue to focus on balanced portfolios to lower the entry threshold into permanent removals. If done right, this maximizes climate impact today while helping secure supply in the future. Last, we continue to invest in the broader ecosystem that brings together different stakeholders across the whole carbon value chain. There are gaps at every stage and we have a careful eye on where we can add value. In the current phase of the market, I believe it makes sense to look at where the market should be going forward and do your part to get it there. CleanTechnica's Comment Policy LinkedIn WhatsApp Facebook X Email Mastodon Reddit

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Even with technology taking over much of our day-to-day lives, board games still offer quality entertainment that can’t be beaten. Of course, the popular board games of today are a far cry from the games your parents grew up playing. Board games are perfect for encouraging your family to work together or for bringing your group of friends around the table for an evening. If you’d like to start up a weekly game night, let this helpful list of the most popular board games be your guide. Utter Nonsense Ages 8+ This game will have every player rolling in stitches with each ridiculous phrase that’s uttered. Combine crazy accents and hilarious phrases to impress the Nonsense Judge and win the round. The player with the highest number of wins ultimately wins the game, but the true fun of this card game is listening to your fellow players trying to say some of the most entertaining phrases of all time. This game is perfect for game nights or parties. Speak Out Ages 8+ This hilarious game is perfect if you have teenagers or are hosting a party with all adults. To play, you insert a mouthpiece that alters the sound of your speech, making every word sound silly. Set the timer and read one of the phrases on the cards and try to help your teammate guess what you’re saying. Speak Out easily provides hours of fun that even grandparents will love. Escape Room in a Box Ages 13+ What’s the next best thing to trying to break out of a room? Escape Room in a Box, of course. This thrilling, immersive game involves solving 2D and 3D puzzles in order to prevent a mad scientist from turning you and your friends or family into werewolves. Work together to escape your fate and use Amazon Alexa to enhance the experience. Codenames Ages 14+ This fun strategy game is perfect for anyone with teenagers. Form two teams and select a spymaster on each team. Using clues, spymasters try to help their teammates find all 25 of the agents they’re in contact with, hopefully without selecting the other team’s agents or running into the deadly assassin. This innovative game offers a challenging and rewarding time working together. ​​​​​​​Harry Potter Clue Ages 9+ Excite your kids on game night with this modern twist on a classic. Play as six recognizable Hogwarts characters — Harry, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Ginny or Neville — to solve the mystery behind a fellow student’s disappearance. It’s up to you to figure out who attacked the student, what bewitching spell they used and where it occurred. Watch out for the Dark Mark, moving staircases and secret passages as you travel along in this magical family game. ​​​​​​​Pandemic Ages 8+ If you’ve ever wanted to save humanity from a deadly outbreak, you’ll love spending an hour playing Pandemic. You and your teammates must fight to contain four deadly diseases threatening the human race. Players must learn to work with their teammates to control outbreak hotspots and treat diseases. Win the game by curing all diseases without wiping out humanity first. ​​​​​​​ Catan Ages 10+ This tactical 60-minute game will push your imagination to its limits as you embark on a journey across Catan. Acquire crucial resources as you travel, build roads, buildings, and cities, and be wary of the ruthless robber and other players halting you on your own road. Through careful trading and clever decisions, you can lead your travelers to victory in this role-playing game of limitless possibilities. Play again and again. Every game is different. Ticket to Ride Ages 8+ Train lovers will enjoy this innovative board game which has won numerous awards. This cross-country train adventure game mimics the concept of traveling around the world in 80 days. Collect train cars and claim railways across the country. Players earn the most points by establishing long train routes and connecting distant cities. Each game takes roughly 30 to 40 minutes to complete, and every adventure is different. ​​​​​​​5 Second Rule Ages 10+ This quick-paced game gives each player five seconds to name items on a certain topic. Although the topics are objectively easy —“Name 3 Mountains,” “Name 3 Types of Hats” or “Name 3 Super Heroes,” the pressure of the time crunch is likely to put you on edge. Race the clock and remain composed to win this game. You can even make up your own topics if you prefer. Half the fun is just hearing what other people blurt out, whether it’s relevant to the topic or not. Prices listed reflect time and date of publication and are subject to change. Check out our Daily Deals for the best products at the best prices and sign up here to receive the BestReviews weekly newsletter full of shopping inspo and sales. BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers. BestReviews and its newspaper partners may earn a commission if you purchase a product through one of our links.GROUPIRA Launches Cutting-Edge Platform to Transform IRA Rollovers with Microsoft Azure

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