linkstream2 microblog

https://www.edf.org/airqualitymaps?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=edf_innovation_pd_dmt&utm_medium=cpc&utm_id=1503494498&utm_content=display-health&aud=14&clickimp=130910TWITTER12/B20252779.204215030;dc_trk_aid=403915898;dc_trk_cid=92339292

One image has a cool story related to data visualization:

https://hi.stamen.com/turning-medical-data-into-artful-data-viz-8d0a27ca203b

http://www.kdnuggets.com/2017/08/vital-statistics-never-learned-never-taught.html

http://www.nealelab.is/blog/2017/9/13/heritability-101-what-is-heritability

https://phys.org/news/2014-12-pocket-sized-genomes.html

Here is the STAR Methods format (Structured, Transparent, Accessible Reporting) introduced last year by Cell, marketed as a structure that “promotes transparent reporting of experimental design and
methodological details.” Details are in the links below.

Editorial: http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31072-8 Instructions: http://www.cell.com/star-authors-guide
Website: http://www.cell.com/star-methods

This young man, among other things an Olympic caliber swimmer, died of cancer at age 27.

http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=truman-liang&pid=184485058&referrer=0&preview=false

QT:{{”
““I didn’t hear what happened after that and didn’t think anything of it until I got a notification that my Amazon order had been placed. I hadn’t ordered anything. I asked my husband and my son, who didn’t know what I was talking about.”

“So then I asked Alexa, ‘What was my last order?’ and she said it was these golden gift boxes. I laughed out loud because I knew then that it was Buddy.”
“}}

Woman couldn’t explain mysterious Amazon orders until her parrot talked

Woman couldn’t explain mysterious $AMZN orders until her parrot talked
http://NYPost.com/2017/09/20/woman-couldnt-explain-mysterious-amazon-orders-until-her-parrot-talked #Alexa listens to everything, human or not

What Happens When a #Superstorm Hits DC?
http://www.RollingStone.com/politics/news/what-happens-when-a-superstorm-hits-dc-w504341Storms estimated at 1/100yr in ’50 now could be 1/3yr. Are coastal areas prepared?

QT:{{”
“A report compiled in part by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and published in 2013 in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, included a study that found that increases in sea-level rise related to climate change have
significantly increased the probability of a Sandy-level flood as compared to 1950. … Another paper, published in 2012 in the journal Nature Climate Change, determined that by the end of the century what is presently considered a 100-year storm-surge flood in New York could actually be occurring as frequently as once every three years. … “Other nations are well aware of this changed risk regime,…In Britain, the Thames Barrier, completed in 1982, presently protects London against a one-in-1,000-year flood, … The Dutch design levees and regulations to protect their cities against a one-in-10,000-year flood, and are considering fixes that would ensure protection against a one-in-100,000-year flood.
“}}

http://mashable.com/2017/09/25/apple-airpods-love-hate/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#_UtV1j.BVmqK