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Agreement reached on 2024 fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:20:09 GMT

The Council has reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2024, following the Commission proposal made in August this year. The Council has followed the proposal as regards total allowable catch (TACs) for three stocks – plaice (roll-over), salmon in the Gulf of Finland (+7%) and salmon in the main basin (-15%).In view of the specific environmental situation of the Baltic Sea, the Council has decided to set by-catch allowances for the stocks of western herring, western cod and eastern cod, which means they can only be taken when accidentally caught while fishing for other stocks. Moreover, the existing remedial measures are kept. Today's agreement thus allows healthy fisheries of plaice, Riga herring, salmon in the Gulf of Finland and sprat to continue.The Council also decided to allow targeted fisheries on central Baltic herring and Bothnian herring, with TACs of 40 368t and 55 000t respectively. For central herring a 30-day closure is introduced to pr...

Harriette Cole: How can I change my dad’s mind about San Francisco?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:20:09 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a 23-year-old who just moved to San Francisco. My dad recently came to visit me, and I was excited because I hadn’t seen him in six months.Related ArticlesAdvice | Harriette Cole: My co-worker’s habit annoys everyone, including our clients Advice | Harriette Cole: Should I tell this man why I won’t get serious about him? Advice | Harriette Cole: I’ve been extremely on edge, and I need a quiet solution Advice | Harriette Cole: My best friend asked to date my crush, and I don’t know what to say Advice | Harriette Cole: I’m not cut out for this class, and the professor isn’t making it any easier My excitement was dampened once he got here and had nothing positive to say, just complaints the entire time. He hated my apartment, thought it was too exhausting to walk up the hills in the city and didn’t like how expensive the city was.I was rea...

Miss Manners: It’s absurd that I’m the go-between because my kids’ friends don’t have phones

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:20:09 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was a kid and wanted to play with a friend, I called the friend’s house and made plans. Now that I’m a parent with my own kids, and landlines have virtually disappeared, it is almost impossible for my children to make plans without me as an intermediary — texting/calling their friends’ parents on our respective cellphones to set up a time/place.Related ArticlesAdvice | Miss Manners: I don’t find it adorable what she has trained her dog to do Advice | Miss Manners: We’re afraid they’ll try to raid the house after the funeral Advice | Miss Manners: I want to abandon this ‘Mom’ business after my mother-in-law’s bad behavior Advice | Miss Manners: The bride’s dress code for wedding guests strikes me as pretentious Advice | Miss Manners: I tried to take the edge off her short-notice cancellation, and she blew up at me ...

Dear Abby: Am I being selfish to think he needs to get over this?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:20:09 GMT

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating “Paul” for several years. He lives about an hour away, and we see each other a few weekends a month. I know he loves me.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I resent each other, but we can’t break up Advice | Dear Abby: My church group leader badmouthed my husband and now I’m caught in their feud Advice | Dear Abby: He says he’s not forcing us to eat it, but basically he is Advice | Dear Abby: My friend sold my teen a Taylor Swift ticket, and I can’t help resenting her Advice | Dear Abby: My wife isn’t happy about what I put in my obituary A few months ago, his dog suddenly died from cancer. It was traumatic because “Bruiser” was his best friend.Paul has been different since Bruiser’s death. He has zero interest in anything physical.To me, touch is important — not just sex. There’s shared...

WTOP Top Kid: Reston teen helps remove performing arts barriers for kids

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:20:09 GMT

WTOP’s TOP Kids program is sponsored by Northwest Federal Credit Union. In addition to being featured on-air and online, winning kids also get a chance at $500.August Gabriel Rivers’ love of theater started at an early age. The 17-year-old from Reston, Virginia, was able to hone his craft through theater enrichment programs, many of which he participated in outside of school. Joining those extra programs took money.“Performing art programs tend be very expensive,” Rivers said.In his case, he said he was fortunate his parents could cover the costs for joining camps and other programs, but he said it was not lost on him that for some kids, the cost was a barrier that kept them from participating in what they loved.“We just don’t want people to miss out on getting into theater for financial reasons,” Rivers said.So, to help some kids overcome that barrier, Rivers, a senior at South Lakes High School, worked with other students to create “Reston Stars,” which gives out schol...

Player of the Week: Elizabeth Seton’s Morissa Hall

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:20:09 GMT

Morissa Hall is an accomplished competitor in rodeos, competing for Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Maryland.(Courtesy Morse Hall) Morissa Hall is an accomplished competitor in rodeos, competing for Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Maryland.(Courtesy Morse Hall) Each week, WTOP is picking one student athlete to be featured on air and online as our Player of the Week. This week’s WTOP Player of the Week is Morissa Hall of Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Maryland.Hall is a senior at Elizabeth Seton competing in rodeos around the state and the country. She does barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying and breakaway roping. In her first year of competing in high school rodeo, Ha...

Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Par Scores

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:20:09 GMT

ThursdayAt Doha Golf ClubDoha, QatarPurse: $3.3 millionYardage: 7,466; Par: 72First RoundDaniel Hillier, New Zealand31-34—65-7Scott Jamieson, Scotland33-32—65-7Ewen Ferguson, Scotland32-34—66-6Stephen Gallacher, Scotland31-35—66-6Robert Macintyre, Scotland32-34—66-6Santiago Tarrio, Spain33-33—66-6Rikuya Hoshino, Japan35-32—67-5Sean Crocker, United States33-34—67-5Joshua Grenville-Wood, England32-35—67-5Pablo Larrazabal, Spain32-35—67-5Thriston Lawrence, South Africa35-32—67-5Kalle Samooja, Finland35-32—67-5Andy Sullivan, England32-35—67-5Sami Valimaki, Finland35-32—67-5Rasmus Hojgaard, Denmark36-32—68-4Jordan L. Smith, England33-35—68-4Alejandro Del Rey, Spain33-35—68-4Nacho Elvira, Spain35-33—68-4Ryo Hisatsune, Japan35-33—68-4Daan Huizing, Netherlands34-34—68-4Edoardo Molinari, Italy31-37—68-4Aaron Rai, England34-34—68-4Tapio Pulkkanen, Finland33-35—68-4Thomas Aiken, South Africa34-35—69-3Zander Lombard, South Africa34-35—69-3Jorge Campillo, Spain36-33—69-3Alexander Knappe, Germany...

Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Scores

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:20:09 GMT

ThursdayAt Doha Golf ClubDoha, QatarPurse: $3.3 millionYardage: 7,466; Par: 72First RoundDaniel Hillier, New Zealand31-34—65Scott Jamieson, Scotland33-32—65Ewen Ferguson, Scotland32-34—66Stephen Gallacher, Scotland31-35—66Robert Macintyre, Scotland32-34—66Santiago Tarrio, Spain33-33—66Rikuya Hoshino, Japan35-32—67Sean Crocker, United States33-34—67Joshua Grenville-Wood, England32-35—67Pablo Larrazabal, Spain32-35—67Thriston Lawrence, South Africa35-32—67Kalle Samooja, Finland35-32—67Andy Sullivan, England32-35—67Sami Valimaki, Finland35-32—67Rasmus Hojgaard, Denmark36-32—68Jordan L. Smith, England33-35—68Alejandro Del Rey, Spain33-35—68Nacho Elvira, Spain35-33—68Ryo Hisatsune, Japan35-33—68Daan Huizing, Netherlands34-34—68Edoardo Molinari, Italy31-37—68Aaron Rai, England34-34—68Tapio Pulkkanen, Finland33-35—68Thomas Aiken, South Africa34-35—69Zander Lombard, South Africa34-35—69Jorge Campillo, Spain36-33—69Alexander Knappe, Germany35-34—69Mike Lorenzo-Vera, France35-34—69Fabrizio Za...

Review: Bill Burr directs himself in Netflix comedy ‘Old Dads,’ a defiant Gen X middle finger to Gen Z

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:20:09 GMT

Bokeem Woodbine, Bobby Cannavale and Bill Burr appear in a scene from "Old Dads." (Courtesy Netflix) Bokeem Woodbine, Bobby Cannavale and Bill Burr appear in a scene from "Old Dads." (Courtesy Netflix) Comedian Bill Burr has carved a prolific “get off my lawn” place in the standup business with Rolling Stone ranking him No. 17 on its list of the “50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time.”Now, he makes his directorial debut in the R-rated comedy “Old Dads,” a title that’s a bit misleading considering where the plot ultimately goes, but which is still funny enough to premiere as the No. 1 movie on Netflix.Set in modern-day Los Angeles, the story follows three longtime best friend...

The sudden death of China’s former No. 2 leader Li Keqiang has shocked many

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:20:09 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — The sudden death of former China’s No. 2 leader Li Keqiang has shocked many people in the country, and they are paying tribute to the ex-official who promised market-oriented reforms but was politically sidelined. Li, who died Friday of a heart attack, was China’s top economic official for a decade, helping navigate the world’s second-largest economy through challenges such as tensions with the United States and the COVID-19 pandemic.He was known for his advocacy of private business but lost much of his influence as President Xi Jinping accumulated ever-greater powers and elevated the military and security services in aid of the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”A hashtag related to his death on the Chinese social media platform Weibo drew over 1 billion views in just a few hours. On posts about Li, the “like” button was turned into a daisy — a common flower for funerals in China, and many users commented “rest in peace.” Others called his death...