Logic is a cornerstone of not only philosophy but any activity involving reasoning and argumentation (as my "Academic Writing" students learn). This "10 Commandments of Logic" may be tongue-in-cheek, but it is an excellent, easy-to-understand summary of major logical fallacies: www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/8vxy7a/the_10_commandments_of_logic/
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As a growing number of global patients are willing to travel for medical procedures that are more expensive or not available in their home countries, certain places are emerging as go-to spots for medical tourism. This map from The Economist (UK) shows a sampling of locations that have become known for specific procedures. www.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/800-width/20180728_WBR974_0.png
DC's Shakespeare Theatre Company is back for its 27th year of free Shakespeare: this year's Free For All will be "Romeo & Juliet," on stage at Sidney Harman Hall Aug. 21-Sept. 2. For information about how to get your free tickets, see www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/free-for-all/
A cartogram is a map that has been weighted for a particular variable. In this case, the variable is population experiencing heatwave disasters from 2001-2017. (A heatwave disaster is defined as having killed 10 or more people, having affected 100 or more people, having resulted in a declaration of a state of emergency, or having led to a call for international assistance.) Although India and Japan experienced the most heatwave disasters during this period, the most heatwave-related fatalities occurred in Russia, France, and Italy. worldmapper.org/maps/heatwaves-total-2001to2017
The Sahel, the semi-arid region south of the Sahara Desert, has always been prone to erratic rainfall. This has made herding common in the Sahel. Shifts in rainfall and high birth rates throughout the region, though, are contributing to more frequent and more fatal clashes between herders and farmers vying for water and land. In the first half of 2018, for example, herder-farmer violence in Nigeria has killed more than 1,300 people, roughly 6 times the toll of the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram during the same period. af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN1KG18X-OZATP
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