Ice cream cycles, and links

[mindstalk]

Downtown used to have 3 ice cream places. Then they turned into Pita Pit, a calzone place, and what, Panda Express? But the calzone place, by Bloomington Bagel on Dunn, has turned back into an ice cream place.

links
* Russians immigrating to China
* FAQ on Tolkien's Rings of Power

My friend has some rants on top women underreported in CS
http://lyceum-arabica.livejournal.com/167497.html
http://lyceum-arabica.livejournal.com/167266.html
http://lyceum-arabica.livejournal.com/167161.html

* Leverage (fancy-talk for "debt") as the key damage amplifier of bubbles
* Gallup's polling of liberal vs. conservative over the decade. My first thought was that the magnitude of changes is pretty small.
* Airplane safety and big numbers

latest world earthquakes
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/
weekly volcano report
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/

* More on lost Amazon civilizations
* (from shiver) Poor science of physical therapy