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Freemantle, ridden by Johnny Murtagh, made the break, with 2-1 favourite Crowded House struggling to keep up as Black Bear island made his move.
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Ridden by Colm O'Donoghue, Black Bear Island (12-1) produced a fine finish in the final straight to pip stablemate Freemantle (13-2) in the Derby trial.
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Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture developed in the north-western part of Japan s main island and bear the mark of the region s cooler climate particularly its snowy winters.
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Scott and Patrick, who is being treated at Southampton Hospital, were among four survivors injured on Friday at Spitsbergen island off Norway when a bear attacked their campsite.
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Mr. Kreisberg said Rhode Island workers have been made to bear the biggest burden of the pension overhaul.
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Earlier this month, a 52-year-old fisherman on Vancouver Island was badly mauled after a black bear swam over to his boat, scrambled on board and began attacking him, refusing to let go despite being repeatedly struck with a gaff, beaten with a hammer and stabbed with various sharp objects until a rescuer finally managed to slit its throat with a filleting knife.
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Even if you think the land was a bargain, bear in mind that it's pricier to build on an island, since materials, equipment and workers need to be shipped in, and those costs rise with distance from the mainland.
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Then watch The Race to Mackinac, a 2002 documentary produced by Chicago public television station WTTW. The station put cameras on two boats and zoomed in on such passing scenery as Sleeping Bear Dunes (a national park on the Michigan coast) and Beaver Island, where a rogue Mormon leader once declared himself king.
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Germany suggested that a condition of the island's bailout was that its many offshore depositors should also bear the brunt of the losses.
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