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COFFEE BREAK B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD THuRSDAY, JuLY 21, 2022 Childhood friendship begins breaking down for teenagers get upset and insist I was wrong. Either way, she seemed to have great loyalty to Kelly. Over the years, Kelly’s mother, “Brittany,” and I became friends and, over the last two or three, we have grown very close. I allowed it to happen because I thought Kelly had matured. Unfortu- nately, I was wrong. Meanwhile, Nadia has been seeing more clearly what a difficult person Kelly is and is pulling away from her. While I’m happy Nadia has found healthier friendships, I am worried about how this may affect my friendship with Brittany. She tends to be defensive about her kids and will probably not be able to see how much her daughter has hurt Nadia over the years. Advice? — MOM PROBLEM DEAR ABBY: My 15-year-old daughter, “Nadia,” has been friends with another girl, “Kelly,” since they were 8. Over the years, I have had my concerns about Kelly because she lies. She can also be very manipulative, and she hasn’t always treated Nadia well. Nadia and I have had numerous conversations about this friend over the years, and I have expressed my feelings about Kelly’s behavior. Sometimes Nadia would acknowledge Kelly’s wrongdoings; other times she’d provides for their needs. I’m glad the kids are not angry with him, and I’m trying to be understanding about their need for love and acceptance from him (even though they are no longer young children). However, I can’t help feeling anxious, angry and jealous because, in spite of his many poor choices, they prefer spending time with him more than with me. He has always been an irre- sponsible parent, and it crushes them each time he goes back to jail. No matter what, they run to his rescue whenever he needs something, be it money, trans- portation, etc. How can I handle this in the best way for the sake of my children without causing stress on them and our relation- ship? — STABLE PARENT IN IN MASSACHUSETTS DEAR MOM: I do have some. Stay out of it. It’s common for childhood friendships to wane. By now you should have real- ized friendships cannot be forced. All it does is breed resentment. Unless Brittany raises the sub- ject, avoid discussing it. Cross your fingers and hope that Kelly might not even realize Nadia is less available. However, if Brit- tany asks, simply say that the girls’ friendship, like other teen relationships, seems to have run its course. DEAR ABBY: My ex-husband has been incarcerated off and on for the last several years. The kids adore him and want nothing more than to spend time with him, even though I am the responsible parent who cares for them and CALIFORNIA DEAR PARENT: Please accept my sympathy. You have been forced into the role of the authoritarian parent, while your husband has adopted the role of loosey-goosey fun parent, which is how your children still regard him. It isn’t fair, and I feel for you. But until they wise up on their own, there’s nothing you can do about it. So try not to spend too much time dwelling on it. Live your life. When faced with a circumstance that’s not likely to change soon, that’s all anyone can do. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. █ NEWS OF THE WEIRD Researchers: Chinese-made GPS tracker highly vulnerable most users included, by conti- nent: Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Russia. The Associated Press BOSTON — A popular Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker used in 169 countries has severe software vulnerabili- ties, posing a potential danger to highway safety, national secu- rity and supply chains, cyberse- curity researchers have found. A report by the Boston cybersecurity firm BitSight says the flaws could let attackers remotely hijack device-equipped vehicles, cutting off fuel to them and otherwise seizing con- trol while they travel. The researchers say users should immediately disable the MV720 GPS tracker until a fix becomes available. The report was released Tuesday, July 19, to coincide with an advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency listing five vulnerabilities. BitSight said it tried unsuc- cessfully for months — begin- ning in September, with CISA joining it in late April — to engage the manufacturer, Shen- zen-based MiCODUS, in dis- cussion addressing the vulner- abilities. The Associated Press telephoned and emailed the company but got no response. A person who answered a phone number listed on its website was unable to respond in English. CISA said in a statement that it was not aware of “any active exploitation” of the vulnerabilities. GPS trackers are used glob- ally to monitor vehicle fleets — from trucks to school buses to military vehicles — and protect them against theft. In addition to collecting data on vehicle location, they typically also monitor other metrics, such as driver behavior and fuel usage. Female lion killed by new male companion at Birmingham zoo Manuel Balce Ceneta/The Associated Press, File The U.S. Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington is pictured on Feb. 25, 2015. A popular Chinese- made automotive GPS tracker used by individuals, government agencies and companies in 169 countries has severe software vulnerabilities, posing a potential danger to life and limb, national security and supply chains, cybersecurity researchers said in a report released Tuesday, July 19, 2022, to coincide with an advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency listing six vulnerabilities. Via remote access, many are wired to cut off a vehicle’s fuel or alarm, lock or unlock its doors and more. Using the MV720, which Bit- Sight says costs less than $25 per unit, a malicious user could remotely cut off the fuel line of a vehicle in motion, know a vehicle’s real-time location for espionage purposes or intercept and taint location or other data to sabotage operations, said the principal BitSight researcher on the project, Pedro Umbelino. He said multiple malicious weather | Go to AccuWeather.com scenarios are possible: First responders’ vehicles could be crippled, or a hacker could shut off an engine and demand a cryptocurrency ransom of victims to avoid calling a mechanic. The main vulnerabilities: The device comes with a default password that more than 90% of users don’t change, and there is second, obscure but hard- coded password that works for all devices, BitSight found. It also found security flaws in the software of the web server used to remotely manage the GPS devices. The manufacturer, MiCODUS claims an installed base of 1.5 million devices across 420,000 customers, said BitSight. Its research found they included a Fortune 50 energy company and an aero- space company, a national mil- itary in South America and in eastern Europe, a nuclear power plant operator and a national law enforcement agency in western Europe. It did not name any of them. Countries with the AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION Astoria Longview 56/68 Kennewick 57/76 St. Helens 60/79 63/81 55/84 Condon 66/89 60/81 FRI SAT SUN MON Clear Sunny and nice Sunny and pleasant Plenty of sunshine Sunny and hot 89 49 89 50 91 51 Eugene 8 7 7 55/84 89 58 91 60 95 63 7 7 5 La Grande 61 87 57 Comfort Index™ Enterprise 8 4 8 56 84 56 Comfort Index™ 3 90 63 7 6 5 8 TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin NATION (for the 48 contiguous states) High Tuesday Low Tuesday High: 120° Low: 28° Wettest: 2.19” 91° 38° 92° 42° 96° 44° 0.00 0.01 0.37 4.47 5.81 0.00 0.22 0.42 8.98 10.48 0.00 0.32 0.49 17.76 15.01 PRECIPITATION (inches) AGRICULTURAL INFO. HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY Lowest relative humidity Afternoon wind Hours of sunshine Evapotranspiration 20% NW at 7 to 14 mph 13.0 0.34 RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday) Phillips Reservoir Unity Reservoir Owyhee Reservoir McKay Reservoir Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Reservoir 54/72 19% of capacity 78% of capacity 32% of capacity 93% of capacity 12% of capacity 76% of capacity STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Tuesday) Grande Ronde at Troy 1690 cfs Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 125 cfs Burnt River near Unity 117 cfs Umatilla River near Gibbon 63 cfs Minam River at Minam 410 cfs Powder River near Richland 18 cfs Death Valley, Calif. Stanley, Idaho Cartersville, Ga. OREGON High: 100° Low: 37° Wettest: Trace Rome Meacham Brookings SUN & MOON FRI. 5:25 a.m. 5:26 a.m. 8:32 p.m. 8:32 p.m. 12:24 a.m. 12:46 a.m. 2:46 p.m. 3:53 p.m. MOON PHASES New Jul 28 First Aug 5 Full Aug 11 57/85 Grants Pass Last Aug 18 Jordan Valley 60/92 Paisley 47/92 Frenchglen 57/93 Diamond Grand View Arock 56/91 61/97 59/94 Fields 59/91 60/94 Klamath Falls 47/89 Lakeview 44/90 McDermitt 56/95 RECREATION FORECAST FRIDAY SAT. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 68/55/c 69/57/c 91/52/s 92/55/s 96/63/s 94/64/s 68/55/pc 73/56/s 90/49/s 92/49/s 69/52/s 67/52/s 83/51/pc 85/53/s 93/55/s 93/56/s 87/56/s 89/55/s 84/53/pc 84/54/s 95/61/s 96/61/s 81/61/s 88/62/s 90/58/s 92/59/s 90/49/s 92/49/s 85/58/s 87/57/s 94/61/s 98/64/s 89/48/s 90/50/s 90/47/s 92/48/s Boise 67/96 Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Thursday night’s lows and Friday’s highs. City Astoria Bend Boise Brookings Burns Coos Bay Corvallis Council Elgin Eugene Hermiston Hood River Imnaha John Day Joseph Kennewick Klamath Falls Lakeview 59/97 Silver Lake 48/89 Medford Brookings Juntura 51/90 57/89 50/68 Ontario 67/96 Burns 44/89 Chiloquin FRI. A tornado killed two people in separate mobile homes near Hartly, Del., on July 21, 1980. These were the fi rst tornado-related deaths in Delaware since Aug. 21, 1888. THU. Beaver Marsh REGIONAL CITIES WEATHER HISTORY Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset 51/88 45/87 Roseburg Powers Brothers 55/80 Coos Bay Huntington 52/88 53/91 Oakridge 59/93 68/95 Seneca Bend Elkton TUESDAY EXTREMES ALMANAC Tuesday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date Florence Council 51/87 56/90 52/91 54/69 Comfort Index takes into account how the weather will feel based on a combination of factors. A rating of 10 feels very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable. 53/81 John Day 51/92 Sisters 56/78 89 59 57/92 Baker City Redmond 53/66 Halfway Granite 54/83 Newport 52/64 87 54 59/90 57/79 57/83 Corvallis Enterprise 56/84 61/87 Monument 61/86 Idanha Salem TONIGHT 5 Elgin 59/87 La Grande 61/81 Maupin Comfort Index™ 66/89 Pendleton The Dalles Portland Newberg Lewiston 64/91 Hood River 65/90 TIllamook 51 87 45 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022 Walla Walla 67/94 Vancouver 59/77 55/71 Baker City BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A female lion was fatally injured while being introduced to a newly acquired male companion at the Birmingham Zoo in Ala- bama, officials said Tuesday, July 19. Akili, who was born in 2005 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and had been at the Birmingham Zoo since 2007, couldn’t be saved after being injured by a lion named Josh, who had been at the zoo since April. The slow process of intro- ducing the two lions to each other had begun previously, the zoo said in a statement, and Akili was badly injured within minutes of a meeting on July 18. “Animal introductions are always risky because wild ani- mals can be unpredictable and we cannot control their inter- actions,” said Hollie Colahan, the zoo’s deputy director, in a statement. The introduction was done on a day the zoo was closed so no visitors were present, said Jen- nifer Ogilvie, a spokeswoman. “Josh is fine and will con- tinue to receive the excellent care he always receives,” she said. Josh was brought to the zoo as replacement for another male lion that died in 2021, the state- ment said. Dozens of people expressed sorrow over Aki- li’s death in response to an announcement by the zoo on social media. “How devastating. She was a beauty,” one person wrote. City Lewiston Longview Meacham Medford Newport Olympia Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Powers Redmond Roseburg Salem Spokane The Dalles Ukiah Walla Walla FRI. SAT. Hi/Lo/W 91/62/s 76/54/c 86/52/s 91/59/s 64/50/pc 75/50/pc 96/64/s 94/60/s 90/58/s 81/58/pc 72/54/s 92/48/s 85/54/s 83/56/s 85/59/s 89/62/s 83/47/s 89/63/s Hi/Lo/W 94/63/s 78/56/pc 87/53/s 92/61/s 63/50/pc 79/52/pc 96/64/s 97/62/s 93/61/s 83/60/pc 74/55/s 93/52/s 87/58/s 86/57/s 88/60/s 92/63/s 85/49/s 92/64/s Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice ANTHONY LAKES PHILLIPS LAKE Sunny and cooler Sunny; not as hot 64 45 83 47 MT. EMILY REC. BROWNLEE RES. Sunny and nice Sunny; not as hot 75 53 92 55 EAGLE CAP WILD. EMIGRANT ST. PARK Plenty of sunshine Sunny and pleasant 73 42 78 42 WALLOWA LAKE MCKAY RESERVOIR Sunny; not as hot Sunny and nice 85 58 89 57 THIEF VALLEY RES. RED BRIDGE ST. PARK Breezy in the p.m. Sunny and nice 87 45 87 57
