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...disperses quickly in the atmosphere. Indoors, however, radon can build up to a deadly concentration, entering buildings through their foundations, creeping through cracks in floors, foundation walls and sewer pipes. The gas quickly decays further into other elements, including radioactive bismuth and polonium, which can adhere to dust particles, be inhaled and become lodged in the respiratory system. No immediate physical symptoms occur; radon cancers have a 20-year latency period...
...Digital single-lens-reflex (SLR) cameras are vulnerable to dust settling on the imaging sensor when you change the lens. Result: black dots on your pictures. The Olympus Evolt E-300 digital SLR ($1,000; with starter lens) solves the problem by covering the imaging sensor with a transparent ultrasonic panel that shakes off offending particles at 35,000 vibrations per second...
...casinos, which raked in a staggering revenue of $5 billion in 2004 (about the same as that of the Las Vegas Strip) and are tipped to trump that this year. All the more reason, then, to take in the city's fast-fading heritage before it turns to dust. If you have 45 minutes to spare between poker table and roulette wheel, try Walk the Talk Macau, a lively new audio tour accessible via your cell phone. Devised and narrated by former bankers (and Macau aficionados) Stefan White and David Wong, the tour includes many of the city's historic...
...DEVILS & DUST...
...other black person in American history has achieved. This other King’s birthday is a holiday, his name graces boulevards, and a honorary monument is being erected in Washington, D.C. In the meantime, the real, infinitely more complex King sits idly by, buried in the stagnant dust of college libraries lamenting his doppelganger’s decades-long turn in the spotlight...