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Day 7 San Dou Ping (Three Gorges Dam Transit)
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Aug 01, 2011
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Victoria Cruise Ship "Lianna"
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Toured and Transited the Three Gorges Dam
Today is 12 August 2011, and we have finally set sail towards our primary destination of the day; the Three Gorges Dam. The engine noise woke me up (0600), so I decided to go out on the balcony and take a few pictures of the departure harbor and other ships that were also preparing to sail. The activity reminded me of a normal cruise departure; all the ships leave within a short period of time from each other, on basically the same itinerary. As soon as I walked outside the HUMIDITY hit me! WOW; it was bad. I quickly went back inside the cabin to regroup. It was so humid that as soon as I took the lens cap off my camera, the lens fogged up. I got a Q-tip and tried to wipe the moisture off; it didn't work. It took approximately 30 minutes for the lens to clear up.
Anyway, I got Rosalind up and we were off to breakfast at 0730. We were scheduled to dock in the village of San Dou Ping at 0830; the tour to the dam was scheduled to begin at 0845. As a result of our room upgrade, we eat all of our meals in a private dining area. That was nice too! We were joined by only about 20-25 others at four different tables. That sure beat having to compete for food with 160 others during one seating. Back to our breakfast, it was a combination of American and Chinese dishes. I ate the basic fare; Rosalind was a little more adventurous.
After breakfast, it was time for the tour. Rosalind decided to stay on the ship. It was a short tour and we were passing through the locks of the dam anyway. So I joined the other in the group, got an identification lanyard and headed to a waiting bus. The buses were parked on the far end of a small market area. That made us have to walk through the market area to give the vendors an opportunity to make some cash. They were immediately in your face. I told them maybe later and headed to the bus.
We drove through an area in the town of San Dou Ping to get through a security checkpoint. Everyone had to get off the bus, show you ticket, go through a security check, and then reboard the bus in a secured area. Let's talk about the ticket taker for a minute. The attendant took my ticket and cut it along a perforated edge with a pair of scissors; he did every single ticket that way! He gave me my part back; his cut-off stubs just piled up on the counter in front of him. Modern technology at its finest!
The drive from the security checkpoint to the dam was only about 15 minutes. Our local guide gave us a little history of the project (will discuss more later). We slowed down over a bridge to get a good view of the locks and support facilities. Our first of two stops was at a little tourist area that allowed good views of the majority of the dam and gates. We were briefed on the dam's capability and given an opportunity to take a few pictures. After about 45 minutes we boarded the bus and headed to the official "The Gorges Dam Visitors Center". Just in case I haven't told you yet this morning; it's HOT! At the Visitors' Center, we got a briefing on the dam project with the narrator using a nice scale model to demonstrate the key points. After the briefing, we were free to walk around the area for about 45 minutes. I went to a great viewing point in the bus parking lot. After taking a few pictures, it was back to the bus and back to the ship. I forgot I would have to confront the vendors back at the village. I made it through okay but later regretted not getting a 12-pack of beer that was really cheap. And you could bring it back on the ship! Jim and I tried to get off the ship, run over and buy some beer, but couldn't because the ship was about to sail. About five minutes later, we were off to navigate the five locks of the dam and continue our journey upstream. It's 1300 now, so we ate lunch and got ready for the transit. A crew member narrated the transit over the ship's intercom. I decided to watch the transit from my room since I had two good vantage points. As we approached the first lock, the area looked like a parking lot with ships waiting their turn to transit. The locks are so big that two of the cruise ships and two barges fit into one two abreast. One additional lock called "the elevator" can lift and lower small ships the entire 150 meters in one attempt. The ship was raised a total of 150 meters through five locks in a little ovr three hours.
Now let me give you a little more information about the Three Gorges Dam project as promised above. The Communist Party Council passed a resolution approving the project in April 1992; construction began November 1994. The first ship navigated the locks in June 2003. The dam is 2,335 meters long, 115 meters wide at the bottom, 40 meters wide at the top and has a crest capability of 185 meters. The dam has the largest hydroelectric producing capability in the world; but only produces 3 percent of the electricity consumed in the region. The greatest benefit of the dam is flood control and commerce up and down the Yangtze River. Over 45 percent of the total money spent on the dam project was for resettlement. Over 1.4 million people had to be relocated from 2 major cities, 11 counties (provinces) and 1771 countries (villages). Flooding of the reservoir began in April 2003; it only took 10 days for it to reach a level of 135 meters. The total area flooded was 632 square kilometers. Imagine everyone in Bexar County being relocated higher up the river side or to other areas and cities. Complete cities were rebuilt. 44 national archaeological sites and ancient monuments were impacted as well. Imagine all of the local historical sites, artifacts, generations of family dwellings, farmland, temples, etc… that were gone forever. Very few of them were relocated. Grave site were relocated depending on family wealth. Our local guide on the dam tour family had to be relocated. They left with what he called was "a piece of the earth." He stated how difficult it was to be forced to abandon their home. Once the reservoir flooding started, he went to a vantage point every couple of hours to see how much of his home had been submerged; that had to have been real tough.
The educational part is over; let's get back to the cruise. We cruised until just after sunset and dropped anchor for the night near the village of Badong. Dinner was buffet style with a mix of American and Chinese cuisine. After dinner, the crew put on a show modeling traditional Chinese costumes. I went back to our cabin after dinner; Rosalind went to the show with the other group members.
Now here are my two cents about the show. It was a demonstration of fashion from the Ming, Qinq (pronounced Ching) Dynasties and other minority ethnicities. (Did you know that Pakistanis, Afghans and Indonesians are considered Asian?) The costumes were spectacular. Silk embroidered with fine threads, beads and sequins. They told different stories in dance; and how the emperors had both a wife and a concubine. The wife is always to the right of her husband because she is always right. The detailing in the costumes also determined the wealth of the wearer. This also applies to the minority ethnic groups too. There were dances of the women w/a thousand hands, young men trying to pick up a young lady; a courtship dance (an art lost in American culture today, yet still remains important here. In fact young people in Hong Kong do not date until after high school). To the engagement dance and finally the bridal dance all wearing different clothing. Finally, they modeled current fashion trends and these dances were modern dances with the same meaning as the ancient ones. Because of the single child per family living in the city rule in China, the pickup line on the dance floor is," Are you from a one or two child family?" If one there might be a chance, if two that means you are a farmer and live outside of the city. If two single child families meet and marry, then they can have two children so that they can take care of the grandparents and parents. Usually, three generations live together. In America we are calling this the Sandwich Generation, where you take care of your parents and your children under the same roof. That's why here the parents buy the Condo and furnishes it for the newlyweds so that they will always have a place to live. Farmers on the other hand, may have as many children as they want so that they can work the farm. More and more of the Chinese young people have become modernized and prefer to live in the city. All in all it was an awesome colorful and informative show.
Rosalind was back to the cabin by about 2200. It was lights out!
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RSU officials are proceeding with caution through the application process, or, as Bradley says, "covering all our bases."
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In five short years, the RSU athletics program has enjoyed dizzying success.
Bradley's father, Ron, has been the RSU baseball coach since its inception as the school's first sports program. The team played games wherever, whenever it could, against whatever competition could be mustered.
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In general, many public pensions have embraced the direct-allocation approach and use of specialist consultants in the name of fee reduction
By Susan Barreto
Since the use of placement agents (a practice where managers pay politically connected agents to help them win mandates) came to light in New York roughly five years ago, it seems that more public pensions have focused on what they are actually paying their managers in both management and incentive fees. Some of this action is due to plummeting hedge fund returns and a willingness on the part of some firms to negotiate. In other instances, it is a case of pension investment staffers wondering what they were really paying for all these years – performance or marketing.
In New York, for instance, a recent report from the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) found the New York State Common Retirement Fund's investment portfolio has actually reported negative growth since 2007, while management and performance fees have risen by 160%. The research paper adds that in 2008, the New York pension system paid $272 million in fees. The following year, when the market crashed and the pension fund lost $45 billion, the pension fund paid even more in fees.
Hedge funds, which were at the centre of the 'pay to play' scandal, are the main culprit for the rising fees in New York, say critics. The IDC found that in 2010 when hedge funds underperformed equities, the pension fund paid $50 million in fees. Then in 2011, when hedge funds delivered the worst returns of any asset class, the pension fund paid the most it ever paid to hedge fund managers – roughly $123 million. The public-interest group has plans to draft legislation requiring public, online disclosure of all management and performance fee arrangements.
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has disputed the report's findings, claiming that the IDC did not take into account that the pension fund's assets under management have fluctuated significantly over the past several years, which also drives fees. Perhaps the biggest part not taken under consideration was the move away from funds of hedge funds to a broader direct hedge fund programme, which was originally put in place to save on fees.
In fact, in other states where placement agent scandals hit home (such as New Mexico and California) most pensions have generally taken on more single-manager hedge funds at the expense of FoHFs – in the name of saving fees. In general, many public pensions have embraced the direct-allocation approach and use of specialist consultants in the name of fee reduction (see March's Institutional Letter).
In New Mexico, the $15 billion retirement fund has had redemptions totalling more than $1 billion since 2008 and saw liquidations of 13 funds, leaving only three FoHF managers in the portfolio. In California, 2008 marked a time of significant negotiating with hedge fund managers lowering fees in exchange for longer lock-ups or other provisions.
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Since April 2008, 22 Raptor pilots have reported oxygen deprivation problems. A few pilots actually have refused to fly the F-22, because of the oxygen system failure.
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AR-15s...?Why do I doubt that?
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Chicago is SUCH a role model for other cities to follow...right Rahm? (dripping sarcasm...off)
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...and they want stricter gun control laws so that law abiding citizens cannot protect themselves.As I stated above, we are no longer a nation of laws. Why do the rest of us even bother?Hey, Chicagoans: Y´all had better arm up.
And the victims are almost exclusively young black men. So, in south side Chicago -- another liberal utopian town like Detroit -- half of the young black men go to prison, and many of the rest are shot to death while Rahm Emmanuel enjoys the perks of being mayor and sits back and ignores this tragedy.
5, you should hear the stories about the Cook County morgue. aaaaack...
Most of the victims in this city are from the neighborhoods that blindly vote for Dem candidates decade after decade. They´ve voted for the men and women who have kept honest citizens from owning guns while at the same time gutted the police force. They´ve voted for more crime, more murders and they´re getting what they voted for.
Rats on the West Side, bedbugs uptown...
As Insp Harry Callahan famously said, "Nothin wrong with shootin as long as the RIGHT people get shot".
...shattered...shoo-bee...., #10.
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Motto: Fortitudine Vincimus "By endurance we conquer" |
Country | United States | |
State | Illinois | |
County | Lake | |
Township | Libertyville | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Terry Weppler | |
Area | ||
• Total | 9.15 sq mi (23.7 km2) | |
• Land | 8.81 sq mi (22.8 km2) | |
• Water | 0.34 sq mi (0.9 km2) 3.72% | |
Population (2010) | ||
• Total | 20,315 | |
• Density | 2,200/sq mi (860/km2) | |
Time zone | Central | |
Zip Code | 60048 | |
Area code(s) | 847/224 | |
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Libertyville is an affluent northern suburb of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Lake Michigan on the Des Plaines River. The 2010 census population was 20,315.[1] (There is also a township of the same name, which includes the village and some surrounding areas.) Located in northeastern Illinois, southwest of Waukegan and west of Lake Forest, its immediate neighbors are Mundelein to the west, Green Oaks, Mettawa, and Rondout to the east, Gurnee to the north, Grayslake to the northwest, and Vernon Hills to the south.
Libertyville is located at 42°17′03″N 87°57′38″W / 42.284222°N 87.960673°WCoordinates: 42°17′03″N 87°57′38″W / 42.284222°N 87.960673°W.[2]
According to the 2010 census, the village has a total area of 9.15 square miles (23.7 km2), of which 8.81 square miles (22.8 km2) (or 96.28%) is land and 0.34 square miles (0.88 km2) (or 3.72%) is water.[3]
The Des Plaines River forms much of the eastern boundary of the village. Other bodies of water include Butler Lake and Minear Lake.
Libertyville's main street is Milwaukee Avenue (Illinois Route 21). The main automobile route to Chicago is via Interstate 94 (the Tri-State Tollway and the Edens Expressway); Chicago's Loop is approximately 45 minutes away. The main Metra rail station sits at the northern edge of downtown off Milwaukee Avenue, and serves the Milwaukee District/North Line running from Union Station in Chicago to Fox Lake. The same line is served by another Metra station at Prairie Crossing, near the boundary of Libertyville and Grayslake. The Prairie Crossing station also serves Metra's North Central Line, with service from Union Station to Antioch.
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- Lake Street
- Buckley Road/Peterson Road
- Park Avenue
- Midlothian Road
- Winchester Road
- Butterfield Road
- St. Mary's Road
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 20,742 people, 7,298 households, and 5,451 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,364.5 people per square mile (913.2/km²). There were 7,458 housing units at an average density of 850.2 per square mile (328.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 92% White, 5% Asian and 1% African American. 0.1% is Native American. About 1% each are classified as belonging to other races or to two or more races. 3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. While still largely homogeneous, ethnic diversity has increased slightly since the 1960 census, when the population was indicated as being 99.9% white.[5]
As of the 2000 census, there were 7,298 households, out of which 40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66% were married couples living together, 7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25% were non-families. 22% of all households were made up of individuals and 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.7 and the average family size was 3.2.
28% of the village's population is under the age of 18, 5% from 18 to 24, 27% from 25 to 44, 28% from 45 to 64, and 12% 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males.
According to a 2007 estimate, the median household income was $106,337, and the median income for a family was $127,474.[6] Males had a median income of $72,320 versus $39,455 for females. The per capita income for the village was $40,426. About 1.9% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.
The land that is now Libertyville was the property of the Illinois River Potawatomi Indians until August 1829, when economic and resource pressures forced the tribe to sell much of their land in northern Illinois to the U.S. government for $12,000 cash, an additional $12,000 in goods, plus an annual delivery of 50 barrels of salt.[7]
Pursuant to the treaty, the Potawatomi left their lands by the mid-1830s,[8] and by 1835 the future Libertyville had its first recorded non-indigenous resident, George Vardin. Said to be[citation needed] a "well-educated" English immigrant with a wife and a young daughter, Vardin lived in a cabin located where the Cook Park branch of the Cook Memorial Public Library District stands today. Though he apparently moved on to the west that same year, the settlement that grew up around his cabin was initially known as Vardin's Grove.[9]
In 1836, during the celebrations that marked the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the community voted to name itself Independence Grove. 1837 brought the town's first practicing physician, Jesse Foster, followed quickly by its first lawyer, Horace Butler, for whom Butler Lake is named.[9] The professionals needed services, so a post office opened, necessitating a third name change, because another Independence Grove existed elsewhere in the state. On April 16, 1837, the new post office was registered under the name Libertyville.
The town's name changed again two years later to Burlington when it became the county seat of Lake County. When the county seat moved to Little Fort (now Waukegan, which is the Potawatomi word for "Little Fort") in 1841, the name reverted to Libertyville, without further changes.[10]
Libertyville's most prominent building, the Cook Mansion, was built in 1879 by Ansel Brainerd Cook, very close to the spot where Vardin's cabin was built in the 1830s. Cook, a teacher and stonemason, became a prominent Chicago builder and politician, providing flagstones for the city's sidewalks and taking part in rebuilding after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The two-story Victorian mansion served as Cook's summer home as well as the center of his horse farm, which provided animals for Chicago's horsecar lines. The building was remodeled in 1921, when it became the town library, gaining a Colonial-style facade with a pillared portico.[11]
The community expanded rapidly with a spur of the Milwaukee Road train line (now a Metra commuter line) reaching Libertyville in 1881, resulting in the incorporation of the Village of Libertyville in 1882, with John Locke its first village president.[10]
Libertyville's downtown area was largely destroyed by fire in 1895,[5] and the village board mandated brick to be used for reconstruction, resulting in a village center whose architecture is substantially unified by both period and building material.[5] The National Trust for Historic Preservation, which gave Libertyville a Great American Main Street Award, called the downtown "a place with its own sense of self, where people still stroll the streets on a Saturday night, and where the tailor, the hometown bakery, and the vacuum cleaner repair shop are shoulder to shoulder with gourmet coffee vendors and a microbrewery."[12]
Samuel Insull, founder of Commonwealth Edison, began purchasing land south of Libertyville in 1906. He eventually acquired 4,445 acres (17.99 km2), a holding that he named Hawthorn-Mellody Farms. He also bought the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric line (later the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee), which built a spur from Lake Bluff to Libertyville in 1903. When Insull was ruined by the Great Depression, parts of his estate were bought by prominent Chicagoans Adlai Stevenson and John F. Cuneo.[5]
From 1970 until 2013, Libertyville was the site of the only European monarch buried on American soil, Peter II of Yugoslavia. On 22 January 2013, Peter II's remains were repatriated back to Serbia in a ceremony attended by the Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić, Peter's son Alexander with his family, and Patriarch Irinej of Serbia.[13][14] Peter II will lay in state in the Royal Chapel in Dedinje before his burial in the Royal Family Mausoleum at Oplenac on May 26, 2013.
Terry Weppler is the mayor of Libertyville.[15]
Libertyville is represented by Carol Calabresa on the Lake County Board.[16]
Libertyville District 70[edit]
Libertyville proper has four public elementary schools and one public middle school, all comprising Libertyville District 70:
- Adler Park Elementary School
- Butterfield Elementary School
- Copeland Manor Elementary School
- Rockland Elementary School
- Highland Middle School
Hawthorn District 73[edit]
Students residing south of Golf Road attend Hawthorn District 73 schools in Vernon Hills.
Oak Grove District 68[edit]
Students residing in communities along Buckley Road attend Oak Grove Grade School in neighboring Green Oaks.
Libertyville High School[edit]
Libertyville High School, part of Community High School District 128, serves students in Libertyville and other communities in Libertyville Township.
The Roman Catholic St. Joseph Elementary School and the Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Lutheran School both provide K-8 education to residents of Libertyville and the surrounding area.
Libertyville is one of six communities comprising the Cook Memorial Public Library District. The Cook Park library, located on Cook and Brainerd streets in Libertyville, is one of the District's two library facilities. The library was originally housed in the Cook Mansion, after resident Ansel B. Cook's wife, Emily, deeded the property to the Village of Libertyville in 1920 for use as a library.[11] In 1968, a 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m2) addition was added, adjacent to the Cook home. By 1984, the library's collection, as well as the population, had doubled in size. The Evergreen Interim Library opened in 2003 as a temporary facility at the south end of the district, in Vernon Hills. In 2007, the Library Board adopted plans to add an approximately 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) addition to the Cook Park facility, which was completed in January 2011.
The Libertyville Review, published by Pioneer Press, covers Libertyville. Regional newspapers that occasionally contain coverage of Libertyville include the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald and Lake County News-Sun.
Libertyville has a station on Metra's North Central Service, which provides daily rail service between Antioch, Illinois and Chicago (at Union Station). It also has two stations along Metra's Milwaukee District/North Line which provides service between Fox Lake and Union Station, one of which shares a driveway with the station for the North Central Service.
Drinking water supply[edit]
The Libertyville water supply comes from the Central Lake County Joint Action Water Agency (CLCJAWA) located in Lake Bluff. CLCJAWA purifies water from Lake Michigan.
- Pools: Adler Pool, Riverside Pool
- Golf courses: Riverside, The Merit Club
- Lakes: Lake Minear, Butler Lake, Independence Grove
- Parks: Charles Brown, Cook, Riverside, Butler Lake, Nicholas Dowden, Independence Grove, Sunrise Rotary, Bolander, Adler, Blueberry Hill, Paul Neal, Greentree
Clubs and organizations[edit]
- Liberty Town Productions, not-for-profit entertainment company
- Libertyville Sunrise Rotary
- Libertyville Junior Woman's Club
- Libertyville Boys Club
Libertyville has a youth football organization called the Libertyville Boys Club.[17] This includes weight-based football travel teams. The teams play at Butler Lake Park.
The Libertyville Little League[18] is a baseball league with a league for every age. Libertyville has a travel team for each age as well, but they are not run by LLL.
Libertyville has a youth basketball league run by the Libertyville Sports Complex,[19] which hosts many Libertyville events.
The Greater Libertyville Soccer Association (GLSA)[20] is a successful organization in Libertyville that includes house and travel teams.
The Lake Shore Lynx[21] are Libertyville's first semi-pro sports team and play all their games at the Brainerd Campus. The Lake Shore Lynx are the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Gridiron Football League champions. Players from Libertyville High School have been a staple of this organization. Athletes such as Kevin Fontana, Shane Voigt, Dan Nikolich, Nick Nikolich, TJ Fehling and Kevin Dickson have all helped this organization become a powerhouse in the GFL. Founders of this organization are Mike Johnson and Bryan McDermott.
The Libertyville Ladycats[22] (grades 5-8) is a girls' travel basketball team that feeds into LHS.
The Libertyville Warriors is a boy's travel lacrosse club based out of Libertyville and participates in competitions mostly in the Midwest.
In 2007, Libertyville was named the 52nd best place to live in the U.S. by CNN Money Magazine. In 2013, CNN Travel named Libertyville as one of America's best small town comebacks[23] and CNNMoney.com listed Libertyville as one of the best places to live for the rich and single.[24]
Notable people[edit]
- David Adler, architect[25]
- Marlon Brando, Academy Award–winning actor[26]
- Julia Cameron, writer and artist, most famous for her book The Artist's Way
- Marietta DePrima, actress (The Hughleys)
- Mary Morello, co-founder of the anti-censorship group Parents for Rock and Rap[27]
- Jim Naureckas, editor of Extra!, FAIR's bimonthly journal of media criticism; co-author of "The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error"
- George F. Pond, Civil War-era Medal of Honor recipient
- Adlai Stevenson, Illinois governor, presidential candidate, ambassador, known as "The man from Libertyville"
- Mark Suppelsa, co-anchor of WGN-TV's 9:00 news
- Peter II of Yugoslavia, the only monarch to be buried on U.S. soil, was buried in Libertyville up to the 2013 before return to Serbia.[28]
- Jim Broustis, guitarist for the band X-tal
- mc chris, rapper, voice actor, and improvisational comedian[29]
- Maureen Herman, bassist for the band Babes in Toyland
- Adam Jones, guitarist for the band Tool
- Tom Morello, guitarist for the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and The Nightwatchman
- Ike Reilly, indie rock musician
- Brett Butler, former center fielder for several Major League Baseball teams and 1991 All-Star
- Roberto Garza, center for the Chicago Bears[citation needed]
- Mike Marshall, former right fielder for several Major League Baseball teams and 1984 All-Star
- Steve Novak, forward for the Toronto Raptors
- Frank Thomas, former first baseman for the Chicago White Sox, All-Star and two-time MLB American League MVP[citation needed]
- Kevin Walter, wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans
See also[edit]
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Libertyville village, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files for Places – Illinois". United States Census. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ a b c d Encyclopedia of Chicago: Libertyville, IL, chicagohistory.org. Accessed 2008-01-04.
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau Fact Finder
- ^ Potawatomi Treaties and Treaty Rights, mpm.edu. Accessed 2008-01-04.
- ^ The Illinois Constitution of 1818, 19thcircuitcourt.state.il.us. Accessed 2008-01-04.
- ^ a b History of the Cook Property. Accessed 2008-01-04.
- ^ a b Libertyville History, libertyville.com. Accessed 2008-01-04.
- ^ a b Ansel B. Cook Victorian Museum. Accessed 2008-01-04.
- ^ section=22 National Main Street Awards, mainstreet.org. Accessed 2008-01-04.
- ^ "Remains of last Yugoslav king Peter II Karadjordjevic returned from US to Serbia". The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com). Associated Press. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ^ "The remains of King Peter II in Belgrade (Посмртни остаци краља Петра II у Београду)". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian) (rtv.rs). Tanjug. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
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- ^ [2]
- ^ LBCfoorball.org
- ^ Libertyvillebaseball.org
- ^ Libertyvillesportscomplex.com
- ^ GLSA.org
- ^ Lakeshorelynx.com
- ^ Eteamz.com
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/11/travel/comeback-towns
- ^ http://money.cnn.com/gallery/real_estate/2013/08/12/best-places-rich-single.moneymag/22.html
- ^ "David Adler's Libertyville Home", David Adler Center for Music and Art
- ^ Marlon Brando in Libertyville
- ^ "Left-wing Radical, Anti-authoritarian Troublemaker, Free-speech Guerrilla: Rock Star Tom Morello Is a Real Chip Off the Old Block", by Greg Kot, The Chicago Tribune, July 2, 2000
- ^ "Exiled Yugoslavian Monarch Is Buried at Libertyville Monastery", by Diana Dretske, Daily Herald, August 11, 2009
- ^ IGN: An Interview with mc chris, movies.ign.com. Accessed 2010-05-28.
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- Village of Libertyville official website
- Libertyville History Book
- Encyclopedia of Chicago: Libertyville, IL
- Downtown Libertyville
- Libertyville High School
- Libertyville Sunrise Rotary Club
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Common scab is most serious on potatoes, but also affects beetroot, radishes, swedes and turnips. Common scab is worse when soil conditions are dry when tubers form.
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Both the common and powdery scab pathogens are sometimes described as fungi, but in fact Streptomyces scabies is more closely related to bacteria and Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea is related to the slime moulds.
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