A12 The BulleTin • Thursday, July 29, 2021
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TODAY
FRIDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
92°
LOW
67°
Partly sunny, a t-storm
around in the p.m.
Partly cloudy and warm
94°
71°
90°
67°
Very hot with sunshine and
patchy clouds
Very warm; a t-shower in
spots in the p.m.
ALMANAC
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday Normal
Record
93°
86° 99° in 1934
59°
50° 29° in 1959
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.16"
Record
0.58" in 1915
Month to date (normal)
0.16" (0.40")
Year to date (normal)
3.09" (5.94")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.13"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Fri.
Sun
5:50am/8:33pm 5:51am/8:32pm
Moon 11:43pm/11:56am
none/12:59pm
Mercury 5:30am/8:30pm 5:37am/8:33pm
Venus
8:41am/10:00pm 8:43am/9:59pm
Mars
7:51am/9:37pm 7:51am/9:35pm
Jupiter
9:32pm/7:59am 9:28pm/7:55am
Saturn
8:40pm/6:18am 8:36pm/6:13am
Uranus 12:17am/2:32pm 12:13am/2:28pm
Last
New
First
Full
Jul 31
Aug 8
Aug 15
Aug 22
Tonight's sky: Arcturus, the leading star of
Bootes, the herdsman, is in the west tonight.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
5
8
8
5
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
POLLEN COUNT
Grasses
Low
Trees
Absent
Weeds
Low
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
SUNDAY
MONDAY
84°
65°
EAST: Hot both
Thursday and Friday;
sunshine and a few
clouds. An isolated af-
ternoon thunderstorm
each day.
CENTRAL: Plenty
of sunshine and hot
Thursday; a brief af-
ternoon thunderstorm
in a few spots. Still hot
on Friday.
WEST: Sizzling
sunshine Thursday;
hot. Fair Thursday
night, then sunny to
partly cloudy and very
hot Friday.
83°
61°
Some sun, a stray t-storm
in the afternoon
Rather cloudy
Astoria
74/57
Partly sunny
Hood
River
NATIONAL WEATHER
As of 7 a.m. yesterday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
41719
75%
Wickiup
15585
8%
Crescent Lake
17563
20%
Ochoco Reservoir
5528
12%
Prineville
52343
35%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
274
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
1100
Deschutes R. below Bend
93
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
1410
Little Deschutes near La Pine
75
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
75
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
0
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
202
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
30
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
3
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
98/78/Tr
Akron
88/67/0.00
Albany
76/60/0.02
Albuquerque
92/68/0.00
Anchorage
62/59/0.00
Atlanta
95/73/0.00
Atlantic City
81/68/0.00
Austin
94/73/0.02
Baltimore
93/70/0.00
Billings
88/75/0.00
Birmingham
95/72/0.00
Bismarck
91/68/0.00
Boise
97/71/0.03
Boston
75/67/Tr
Bridgeport, CT 80/68/0.11
Buffalo
80/64/0.00
Burlington, VT
77/60/0.03
Caribou, ME
71/48/0.00
Charleston, SC 86/74/1.03
Charlotte
95/70/0.00
Chattanooga
94/74/0.00
Cheyenne
96/57/0.00
Chicago
88/70/0.21
Cincinnati
88/67/0.00
Cleveland
85/68/Tr
Colorado Springs 95/61/0.00
Columbia, MO
95/70/0.00
Columbia, SC
94/75/0.05
Columbus, GA
94/74/0.00
Columbus, OH
89/66/0.00
Concord, NH
77/62/0.07
Corpus Christi
94/74/0.00
Dallas
99/79/0.00
Dayton
88/69/0.00
Denver
100/67/0.00
Des Moines
95/73/0.00
Detroit
90/69/0.00
Duluth
80/60/0.06
El Paso
97/75/0.21
Fairbanks
65/56/0.28
Fargo
90/76/Tr
Flagstaff
77/55/0.00
Grand Rapids
85/66/0.00
Green Bay
83/64/Tr
Greensboro
92/72/Tr
Harrisburg
88/69/0.05
Hartford, CT
82/65/Tr
Helena
92/72/0.01
Honolulu
87/77/0.07
Houston
96/72/0.00
Huntsville
95/73/0.01
Indianapolis
88/69/0.00
Jackson, MS
95/73/0.09
Jacksonville
93/75/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
96/75/s
82/66/t
74/61/t
89/68/pc
62/55/pc
96/76/s
78/73/t
94/74/t
88/71/t
90/67/pc
98/75/s
86/62/s
98/73/pc
77/66/t
76/69/t
75/61/t
78/61/t
76/57/c
91/75/pc
97/74/pc
99/76/pc
90/61/pc
86/66/t
92/69/t
82/65/t
91/63/s
98/76/pc
96/75/pc
97/75/pc
87/68/t
76/61/t
94/76/pc
98/80/pc
89/66/t
96/67/s
94/68/pc
85/62/t
81/55/s
92/72/pc
72/56/c
84/60/s
76/53/t
84/59/t
82/56/pc
94/73/pc
82/70/t
77/65/t
94/64/t
88/77/sh
95/78/pc
97/74/pc
91/66/t
97/76/t
89/74/pc
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
67/57/pc
101/84/s
61/50/pc
112/87/pc
91/80/sh
78/70/sh
89/78/s
74/59/pc
65/49/pc
89/66/s
54/42/s
91/82/t
99/77/s
82/58/pc
90/78/t
63/52/sh
68/55/sh
83/62/t
71/47/s
90/83/t
93/74/s
83/72/s
62/40/s
66/62/pc
80/62/s
70/58/pc
99/67/s
84/80/t
Friday
Hi/Lo/W
96/76/s
74/53/pc
70/49/pc
87/68/pc
60/56/c
97/77/pc
85/64/pc
95/75/pc
88/59/s
94/68/c
98/76/s
92/64/pc
96/74/pc
80/58/sh
82/59/pc
69/54/pc
65/53/t
62/50/t
96/78/pc
96/71/t
97/72/pc
86/61/t
77/62/pc
82/62/s
70/53/s
91/64/pc
87/70/t
99/75/pc
100/77/s
78/57/pc
74/50/sh
94/77/t
98/80/s
79/60/pc
97/64/s
83/68/pc
75/56/pc
81/62/s
93/73/s
71/56/c
87/64/s
73/52/t
75/57/pc
76/62/s
92/67/t
84/58/s
79/52/pc
97/66/s
87/76/pc
93/78/t
97/74/pc
80/62/pc
99/77/s
95/76/s
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: USDA Forest Service
70/59/0.57
100/82/0.00
58/50/0.08
111/90/0.00
92/81/0.15
83/75/0.59
90/81/0.00
77/64/0.10
66/50/0.07
95/66/0.00
50/43/0.02
95/82/0.00
99/77/0.00
81/54/0.00
90/79/0.10
61/54/0.16
66/57/0.11
77/63/0.50
66/42/0.00
93/86/0.99
93/75/0.00
87/69/0.00
60/36/0.00
65/61/0.00
82/64/0.00
66/63/0.18
97/64/0.00
84/76/0.64
69/58/sh
101/82/s
62/53/pc
114/89/pc
92/79/sh
80/70/t
88/79/s
76/62/pc
66/50/pc
94/67/s
56/45/s
89/81/s
101/77/s
81/57/t
89/78/t
64/54/sh
66/55/c
80/61/t
69/47/pc
90/83/t
94/77/s
85/72/s
63/41/s
67/63/s
79/61/s
67/57/sh
96/62/s
84/80/t
Bikes
Hackers
Continued from A11
Continued from A11
Schuyler Harrison, the
owner of the Joe Bike in south-
east Portland, said March —
typically a slow month — was
the best in his shop’s history,
and double the business he saw
last year. The brief downturn in
the pandemic’s outset quickly
rebounded during the summer
of 2020. Harrison said people
since last March have made the
trip from Eugene, Eastern Or-
egon and Washington state to
buy bikes, and that pent-up de-
mand hasn’t gone away.
“It’s kind of just a weird
phenomenon where bikes are
starting to sell themselves,” he
said. “If you found a bike that
was in your size and some-
what within your price range,
it’s kind of like you’re almost
forced to purchase it.”
But with manufacturers fall-
ing behind, bikes have been
difficult to come by for the
shop, resulting in fewer sales in
recent months, Harrison said.
Manufacturers still haven’t
filled orders the shop placed a
year and a half ago.
He said having enough ship-
ping containers to ship bikes
from factories overseas has
been a challenge for manu-
facturers. And with bike mak-
ers expecting the demand to
“normalize” in the next year or
two — and already running at
capacity — they are hesitant to
invest in new machinery or in-
crease capacity.
Requests for bike service
has also run high ever since
gyms were shut down last year.
With fewer new bikes avail-
able, Portlanders began pulling
their bikes out of their base-
ments and garages to get them
The NSA issued a “best
practices” guide for mobile
device security last year in
which it recommends re-
booting a phone every week
as a way to stop hacking.
King, an independent
from Maine, says rebooting
his phone is now part of his
routine.
“I’d say probably once a
week, whenever I think of it,”
he said.
Almost always in arm’s
reach, rarely turned off and
holding huge stores of per-
sonal and sensitive data,
cellphones have become top
targets for hackers looking to
steal text messages, contacts
and photos, as well as track
users’ locations and even se-
cretly turn on their video and
microphones.
“I always think of phones
as like our digital soul,” said
Patrick Wardle, a security
expert and former NSA re-
searcher.
The number of people
whose phones are hacked
each year is unknowable,
but evidence suggests it’s sig-
nificant. A recent investiga-
tion into phone hacking by a
global media consortium has
caused political uproars in
France, India, Hungary and
elsewhere after researchers
found scores of journalists,
human rights activists and
politicians on a leaked list
of what were believed to be
potential targets of an Israeli
hacker-for-hire company.
The advice to periodically
Hazard pay
Continued from A11
But legislators could not
agree which workers should re-
ceive the payments, so a broad
proposal that would have ben-
efited categories of workers
across the economy — includ-
ing the private sector — never
gained much traction. The
$450 million proposal also en-
visioned $1,200 back-to-work
incentive payments for front-
line workers who collected
Dave Killen/The Oregonian
Joe Bike, a bike shop in southeast Portland, on Saturday.
“We cannot get bicycles. If we order them, they don’t
show up. That’s been going on since the pandemic
started on and off.” — Mike France, owner of West End Bikes
repaired.
But parts suppliers are back-
logged as well.
“All the parts that would go
on a new bike, in many cases,
those are the same parts peo-
ple would use for repairs,” said
Mike France, the owner of
West End Bikes. “There is a
worldwide shortage of parts.”
France said that while his
store’s manufacturers would
prefer to build more products,
even they are unable to get
parts from other manufactur-
ers that produce them.
“We cannot get bicycles. If
we order them, they don’t show
up,” he said. “That’s been going
on since the pandemic started
on and off.”
Last spring, Oregon Bike
Shop in southeast Portland saw
a surge in sales that lasted a
couple of months before slow-
ing down during last summer’s
wildfires, owner Sue Hanna
said. They have since slowed
“back to normal.”
The store was initially able
to meet the demand of people
looking to buy bikes without
spending much because most
of the bikes and parts it sells
are used, but that success was
temporary.
“Even the used bikes got
hard to find,” Hanna said.
“New bikes, we can’t even pur-
chase any until 2023.”
Sorenson said retailers of
cycling equipment and other
products falling short of de-
mand should be transparent
with consumers regarding
when products might be avail-
able, as well as about their own
challenges during the boom.
“Until last year, there was
really never a significant and
unpredictable disruption to
demand. High or low, it was a
pretty stable industry,” he said.
“I think that’s really a big chal-
lenge, and I’m pretty confident
that manufacturers and retail-
ers are going to get a handle on
this going into 2022.”
Fed
Continued from A11
unemployment during the
pandemic. Front-line workers
who stayed on the job would
have received $2,000 in stim-
ulus money, The Oregonian
reported.
Christina Sydenstricker
Brown, a direct support spe-
cialist who cares for people
with intellectual and devel-
opmental disabilities with
co-occurring mental health
issues, is a member of AFSC-
ME’s bargaining team. Syden-
stricker Brown said she ex-
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
68/51/0.00
98/73/0.00
86/63/0.00
103/84/0.05
89/63/Tr
98/73/0.00
95/78/0.00
83/65/0.00
93/70/0.00
86/67/Tr
96/78/0.00
92/78/Tr
89/72/0.00
93/71/0.08
96/74/0.00
96/79/0.00
81/69/0.14
87/72/0.04
92/77/Tr
95/72/Tr
99/76/0.00
91/77/0.67
110/87/0.00
91/73/0.00
86/72/0.00
105/83/0.00
87/64/0.00
74/62/0.11
77/67/0.13
95/73/0.00
100/68/0.00
94/60/0.00
91/74/0.00
75/59/Tr
102/62/0.00
95/73/0.00
96/77/0.00
93/75/0.00
75/69/0.00
71/56/0.00
84/61/0.00
89/58/0.00
89/74/0.03
88/59/0.00
101/76/0.00
90/67/0.00
94/74/0.00
89/82/0.09
97/71/Tr
97/77/0.00
94/74/0.00
95/75/0.00
94/60/0.00
109/87/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
71/52/pc
99/75/s
83/59/t
104/83/pc
91/72/pc
98/72/pc
99/76/s
85/65/s
96/73/pc
85/59/pc
98/78/s
90/79/sh
81/65/pc
89/67/s
100/78/pc
94/80/t
76/70/t
79/72/t
93/78/t
95/73/s
95/72/pc
92/76/t
112/85/s
94/67/t
82/72/t
104/82/pc
78/63/t
74/63/t
77/66/t
94/76/pc
86/59/pc
94/68/t
90/74/t
73/60/t
101/66/pc
100/74/pc
90/72/t
92/76/pc
79/68/pc
73/57/s
84/61/s
85/61/c
93/75/s
88/62/s
88/65/pc
96/67/pc
96/72/s
91/80/t
96/75/t
99/76/s
89/74/t
98/73/s
100/70/s
112/84/pc
Friday
Hi/Lo/W
74/58/pc
94/71/t
74/55/pc
92/78/t
83/61/t
90/70/t
100/77/s
82/66/pc
87/66/t
79/61/pc
99/78/pc
90/79/sh
75/64/s
86/66/pc
94/70/t
95/80/t
80/58/pc
84/60/pc
91/73/t
96/75/pc
85/70/t
93/77/t
103/83/t
80/63/pc
85/60/pc
101/81/t
74/50/s
76/53/sh
83/56/pc
94/70/t
79/61/t
93/70/pc
91/66/pc
68/51/pc
100/61/pc
85/68/t
88/69/t
94/77/pc
77/69/pc
72/57/pc
83/62/pc
85/60/pc
98/79/s
90/66/s
74/64/t
100/71/s
95/73/pc
92/81/t
95/74/t
99/78/s
88/63/s
98/75/s
104/76/s
100/82/t
102/86/0.00
76/56/0.06
75/59/0.00
72/61/0.13
69/57/0.00
90/78/0.05
84/81/0.40
91/77/0.01
69/63/0.87
75/54/0.00
72/61/0.02
72/69/0.47
91/68/0.00
72/31/0.00
54/53/0.49
90/71/0.00
94/80/0.13
88/79/0.38
91/79/0.00
71/63/0.98
77/52/0.00
100/84/0.01
90/78/0.00
88/77/0.03
75/63/0.00
81/59/0.00
90/66/0.26
86/61/0.04
104/80/c
74/57/t
74/60/sh
79/63/pc
70/55/c
91/80/s
87/79/t
91/77/pc
65/57/sh
72/53/t
74/58/pc
64/60/c
87/68/s
70/32/s
52/38/pc
84/75/sh
93/79/t
93/80/r
88/79/c
72/53/c
64/42/s
97/83/t
88/82/s
87/77/t
73/57/t
78/60/s
84/65/t
80/61/pc
106/83/s
71/56/t
66/52/pc
76/61/t
71/53/c
91/79/s
87/79/t
92/78/s
79/58/r
67/50/pc
75/57/pc
66/60/pc
87/71/s
71/34/s
53/44/pc
86/70/pc
95/79/pc
93/80/t
90/79/t
65/55/sh
66/51/s
99/82/t
90/80/s
87/76/pc
68/53/s
81/63/s
85/67/t
81/60/pc
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 119°
at Death Valley, CA
National low: 37°
at Truckee, CA
Precipitation: 3.81"
at Crestview, FL
FIRE INDEX
Very high
Very high
High
Very high
Very high
Mostly cloudy
NATIONAL
Yesterday
Today
Friday
Yesterday
Today
Friday
Yesterday
Today
Friday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
77/48/0.00 74/57/pc 72/57/pc
La Grande
93/68/Tr
97/62/pc 101/63/pc
Portland
94/63/0.00 97/66/s 99/69/s
Baker City
93/61/0.00 95/55/pc 98/60/pc
La Pine
87/53/0.00 92/58/t
94/61/pc
Prineville
88/55/0.00 96/67/t
94/68/s
Brookings
74/57/0.00 63/52/s 61/52/s
Medford
100/66/0.00 100/71/t 102/72/s
Redmond
92/57/0.00 96/62/t
99/66/s
Burns
91/58/0.00 96/59/pc 95/62/pc
Newport
63/46/0.00 65/51/pc 63/52/c
Roseburg
97/68/Tr
100/66/s 100/65/s
Eugene
95/58/0.00 98/63/s 99/63/s
North Bend
66/50/0.00 67/53/pc 65/55/pc
Salem
96/60/0.00 98/65/s 102/68/s
Klamath Falls
88/54/Tr
93/59/t
91/62/s
Ontario
101/74/0.00 104/75/pc 102/74/pc
Sisters
86/52/0.00 93/67/t
95/71/pc
Lakeview
91/43/0.01 93/60/pc 90/56/pc
Pendleton
93/67/0.01 99/68/s 105/71/s
The Dalles
100/61/0.00 102/71/s 107/76/s
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
-10s
88°
55°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
103/68
Rufus
Hermiston
98/73
103/68
102/76
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
103/73
96/62 97/66
95/59
Wasco
95/62 Enterprise
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pects approximately 1,000
state employees to qualify for
the additional overtime pay-
ment including workers at the
Department of Corrections,
Oregon Youth Authority, state
psychiatric hospital and the
stabilization and crisis unit
where she works.
Sydenstricker Brown said
she and her co-workers played
an essential role during the
pandemic, donning full per-
sonal protective equipment to
provide in-person care to peo-
ple with special needs.
“Just working through that
and the anxiety that the indi-
viduals and my peers and my-
self felt was stressful,” Syden-
stricker Brown said. “But we
did the job … We kept Oregon
going through this pandemic
and we still are keeping Ore-
gon going through this pan-
demic. So I just want to thank
all my co-workers and all the
other essential workers out
there that helped keep Oregon
going.”
Fed leaders also offered
an early signal that progress
was moving in the right di-
rection for the Fed to even-
tually ease its support for
the markets. In the com-
ing months, the Fed may
give more direct guidance
on how and when it plans
to scale back $120 billion a
month in asset purchases,
including $80 billion in
Treasury debt and $40 bil-
lion in mortgage-backed se-
curities. Any policy changes,
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reboot a phone reflects, in
part, a change in how top
hackers are gaining access to
mobile devices and the rise of
so-called “zero-click” exploits
that work without any user
interaction instead of trying
to get users to open some-
thing that’s secretly infected.
“There’s been this evolu-
tion away from having a tar-
get click on a dodgy link,”
said Bill Marczak, a senior re-
searcher at Citizen Lab, an in-
ternet civil rights watchdog at
the University of Toronto.
Typically, once hackers
gain access to a device or net-
work, they look for ways to
persist in the system by in-
stalling malicious software to
a computer’s root file system.
But that’s become more diffi-
cult as phone manufacturers
such as Apple and Google
have strong security to block
malware from core operating
systems, Ziring said.
“It’s very difficult for an
attacker to burrow into that
layer in order to gain per-
sistence,” he said.
That encourages hack-
ers to opt for “in-memory
payloads” that are harder
to detect and trace back to
whoever sent them. Such
hacks can’t survive a reboot,
but often don’t need to since
many people rarely turn their
phones off.
“Adversaries came to the
realization they don’t need to
persist,” Wardle said. “If they
could do a one-time pull and
exfiltrate all your chat mes-
sages and your contact and
your passwords, it’s almost
game over anyways, right?”
including eventual interest
rate hikes, will depend on
how the economy and labor
market heal from the reces-
sion’s depths.
Even with progress, Pow-
ell said “the labor market has
a ways to go,” noting that the
June unemployment rate of
5.9 person is an understate-
ment. He said that caregiv-
ing needs, ongoing fears of
the virus and unemploy-
ment insurance payments
appear to be weighing on job
growth, especially as people
reevaluate what kinds of jobs
they was altogether.