We arrived on the banks of the Comoue and the spot is idyllic - green, sunny, with the gentle noise of running water, basically the perfect breeding site for black flies.

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He said the victim described how the suspect "pulled the trigger, causing a clicking noise, before running away".

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"The busloads of Chinese people running around and taking a lot of photos and making noise and behaving a bit stupid because this is the first time they're traveling -- these are the more visible tourists, " says Arlt.

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Heavy HDD use gave us 40dB, while accessing HDD and spinning up a Blu-ray took this to a deafening 50dBA. Luckily, once a disc was loaded and running, sounds from the drive ceased almost completely and overall system noise remained close to the idle level while actually playing a movie -- the Samsung SH-123L was impressive in that respect.

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As is always the case with hot new tech industries, each player is trying to make as much noise as possible to rise above the other competitors, all in hopes of quickly snatching up customers and running the table.

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