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Snow persists for inland areas while snow mixes with rain along the coastline.

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BANGOR, Maine (WABI) – A first alert weather day is in effect for inland areas today through Sunday morning. A low-pressure system continues to work its way up and along the coastline today, producing widespread snowfall. Winter weather advisories and warnings are in place across interior and coastal locations. Snow will persist for interior locations as snow will continue to spread northward through today and tonight, snow mixes with rain along the coastline today. Snow eventually tapers off for Bangor and areas south by tomorrow morning, snow will continue to linger in northern Maine through Monday morning. Snow accumulations across the state will range from 1-3″ along the coastline, 3-6″ for areas southeast of the interstate, 6-10″ for areas northeast of the interstate with pockets of 10+ in the mountains. The consistency of the snowpack will be very wet and heavy, great for sledding and building snowmen but bad for shoveling. In addition to snowfall, we will be seeing winds increase today with gusts upwards of 30 mph out of the northeast, blowing snow will cause reduced visibilities.

Widespread snow continues across the state today tapering off overnight into early tomorrow morning.(WABI)

Sunday, snow tapers off for Bangor and areas south but continues to linger for northern Maine until Monday morning. Monday, the low-pressure system continues to exit the region and ridge of high pressure builds in behind it for Tuesday. We remain dry for the middle of the week until our next potential for snow/rain comes in for Friday and Christmas eve.

FIRST ALERT TODAY: snow for inland areas, with snow and rain mixing along the coastline. Winds are out of the NE at around 10-15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. High temperatures reach between 30-38.

FIRST ALERT TONIGHT: snow for inland areas with rain/snow mix changing back over to snow for the coastline. Winds will be out of the NE at around 5-10 mph. Lows drop between 28-32.

FIRST ALERT SUNDAY: Snow tapers off for Bangor and areas south Sunday afternoon, snow lingers in northern Maine. High temperatures reach between 32-39.

MONDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy with snow showers north. Highs in the lower 30s to upper 30s. West wind 5-15 mph.

TUESDAY: mostly sunny skies with highs reaching the low to upper 30′s.

WEDNESDAY: mostly sunny skies with high temperatures reaching the low to mid 30′s.

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World

Biden mixes up Switzerland, Sweden in NATO speech

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Well, they do start with the same letter …

President Biden announced Thursday that he had called the leader of Switzerland to discuss abandoning two centuries of neutrality to join NATO — before quickly correcting himself to say he actually meant Sweden.

“Some of the American press will remember when I got a phone call from the leader of Finland saying could he come and see me, then he came the next day and said, ‘Will you support my joining — my country joining NATO?’ We got the telephone. He suggested we call the leader of Switzerland,” Biden said.

The president immediately fixed his mistake, adding, “Switzerland, my goodness, I’m getting really anxious here about expanding NATO — of Sweden.”

Biden was speaking at a press conference in Madrid following a NATO summit at which Finland and Sweden were officially invited to join the military alliance in response to the more than four-month-old Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Sweden had been neutral in Europe’s various military engagements since the Napoleonic Wars in the early 1800s, during which it had lost control of Finland to Russia.

“Switzerland, my goodness, I’m getting really anxious here about expanding NATO,” President Biden said before correcting himself.
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President Biden was speaking at a press conference in Madrid following a summit at which Finland and Sweden were officially invited to join NATO.
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Last month, President Biden mistakenly said North Korea when he meant to say South Korea.
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Finland was neutral since World War II, when it lost a substantial amount of territory to the Soviet Union.

Biden, who turns 80 this year, has mixed up the names of countries before. Last month, he mistakenly said “North Korea” when he meant to say “South Korea” as he listed supporters of US sanctions against Russia.

Last year, he mixed up Libya and Syria when speaking about potential areas of cooperation with Russia.

The addition of Finland and Sweden brings the number of nations in NATO to 32 after Turkey dropped its objections to the Nordic countries joining the bloc.

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Health

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown mixes COVID shots, receives Moderna booster

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Gov. Kate Brown, left, and Salem Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ralph A. Yates speak to members of the media after Brown received a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at Salem Health Edgewater Clinic in Salem, Ore., on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021.

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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown received her COVID-19 booster shot Tuesday, and a flu shot for good measure.

Brown received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in March, along with a handful of other governors, as many states were trying to boost confidence in the one-dose shot.

More recent research published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shown the Johnson & Johnson shot is the least effective of the three vaccines available in the United States, though it still reduces hospitalizations from COVID-19 by about 70%.

The CDC is recommending a booster dose for everyone 18 and up who got the Johnson & Johnson shot at least two months ago.

People can choose which shot they prefer as a booster, and Brown opted for Moderna for her second dose. She’s urging eligible Oregonians to get their boosters and to receive a flu shot at the same time, as she did.

“When you get your COVID-19 vaccine, it’s quick and easy to get your flu shot, too. You can help prevent the flu from spreading in your community, and help our doctors, nurses, and health care workers to preserve resources to treat COVID-19 patients,” she said in a statement issued to the press.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations has fallen dramatically since September, but it’s still about five times higher than before the delta variant hit Oregon. More than 500 people are currently hospitalized in Oregon due to COVID-19, and about 5% of all emergency room visits statewide are for COVID-19-like illness.

The CDC’s recommendation on eligibility for booster shots for people who earlier received the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines is different. Check their website.

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Technology

Apple Music is adding more DJ mixes with new features powered by Shazam

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Last year Apple showed how it could embed Shazam’s music identification features even more deeply within iOS 14, and now it’s taking things another step forward within Apple Music. Apple Music initially introduced DJ mixes and mash-ups in 2016 through a partnership with Dubset Media Holdings to identify and pay for licensed music within mixes.

Now Apple says that by building upon the Shazam tech acquired in 2018 and partnering with various labels, Apple Music has the tools to identify and compensate individual creators, event promoters, labels, etc. It also allows subscribers to see the names of individual tracks, skip songs within the mix, listen with lossless audio on “most mixes,” and save them to their library for viewing offline.

Apple Music DJ Mix
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So yes, the same fingerprint ID tech that tells you the name of a song playing in the mall can apparently figure out which festival it’s from, which DJ’s mix it is, and pick out different sounds as they blend together. This is apparently detailed enough, relying on matching across Apple Music’s database of 75 million songs or so, to enable recurring revenue streams for the clubs that host sets and the DJs that make them.

There’s a dedicated genre page for DJ mixes within the Apple Music app, and the company says engagement has tripled in the last twelve months, with over 300 million streams of DJ mixes so far.

Apple Music DJ Mix
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Apple has already been on a tear adding mixes over the last year or so, including some from Charlotte de Witte, Tiësto, Carl Cox, and others. Studio K7! founder Horst Weidenmueller said in a statement that “Through the partnership with Apple we finally have a place to celebrate DJ-Kicks with additional 14 editions which haven‘t been in the market for over 15 years.”

Apple Music says it’s commissioning more mixes (following series released earlier this year to mark Black Music Month and Pride) and working closely with DJs to get additional content on the service. This is a new path for getting DJ mixes onto Apple Music alongside older ones like Dubset’s platform. If you already enjoy existing mixes on Apple Music, we’re told they aren’t going anywhere, even if they don’t have all the new features included. Still, it isn’t yet accessible for bedroom DJs or lesser-known names posting their mixtapes to SoundCloud, so there’s some room between this and the wild days of Muxtape.

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