About an hour later, when the lifeboat was being hoisted back up to the deck, a cable holding it snapped and a hook holding the lifeboat on a second cable gave way, sending the lifeboat plunging into the port upside down, the authority said in a statement.

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If renewable energy can be produced on the other islands, then it can be transmitted through undersea cable, and hook the Islands together to have a statewide grid rather than a separate grid for each island.

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It's especially problematic when you hook up the cable with an included inline remote and mic, as it's simply huge compared to inline remotes on most headphones.

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Now, some may accuse Mr Cable of letting companies off the hook by not insisting on an annual, binding vote.

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Connect and plug in the power adapter and then hook up the optical cable, and it's pretty much ready to go -- save for some pairing woes that required us to unplug everything.

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Watch your favorite cable programs in the kitchen, then hook up to a game console in the living room for some action!

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The phone can hook up to a 3-D TV with a cable to display media on the big screen.

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Unlike the first model, which required you to hook the scale to your computer with a micro-USB cable and set it from there, this version can be set up from a smartphone.

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