Arieh Sharon (; May 28, 1900 – July 24, 1984) was an Israeli architect and winner of the Israel Prize for Architecture in 1962. Sharon was a critical contributor to the early architecture in Israel and the leader of the first master plan of the young state, reporting to then Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion. Sharon studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau under Walter Gropius and Hannes Meyer and on his return to Israel (then Palestine) in 1931, started building in the International Style, better known locally as the Bauhaus style of Tel Aviv. Sharon built private houses, cinemas and in 1937 his first hospital, a field in which he specialized in his later career, planning and constructing many of the country's largest medical centers.

During the 1947–1949 Palestine war in 1948, Sharon was appointed head of the Government Planning Department, whose main challenge was where to settle the waves of immigrants who were arriving in the country, and in 1954 returned to his private architectural office. In the sixties, he expanded his activities abroad and during the next two decades built the Ife University campus in Nigeria. As the city of Tel Aviv rose from three and four storey buildings to multi-storey buildings in the sixties and seventies, Sharon's office designed many high-rise buildings for the government and for public institutions. He is the father of Eldar Sharon and the grandfather of Arad Sharon.

Early life
Ludwig Kurzmann (later Arieh Sharon) was born in Jaroslau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, (now Jaroslaw, Poland) in 1900. After graduating from high school in 1918, he studied at the German Technical University in Brno.
In 1920 he emigrated to Palestine with a group of young pioneers belonging to the “Shomer Hatzair” movement and worked for one year with a farmer in Zikhron Ya'akov. He joined Kvutzat Gan Shmuel in 1921 which evolved into a kibbutz, working as a beekeeper, and later, taking charge of planning and constructing simple farm buildings, cow-sheds and dwelling units. In 1926, on one year's leave from the kibbutz, he traveled to Germany to extend his knowledge in building and architecture.

Architectural studies
Sharon spent a month in Berlin and arrived at the Bauhaus in Dessau, where he was admitted to the preliminary course – the famous Bauhaus Vorkurs – by Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus. Sharon studied under Josef Albers, whose teachings were based on letting the student experience different materials, trying them out, and making experiments. Sharon's exercises – turning two-dimensional sheets of paper and metal into three-dimensional shapes – were shown in a Bauhaus exhibition. In April 1927, Hannes Meyer was appointed head of the building department and Sharon was to be greatly influenced by his teacher's pragmatical and functional approach to architecture. In 1928 he and two other Bauhäusler, Gunta Stölzl, head of the Bauhaus weaving workshop and the student Peer Bücking visited the Vkhutemas Academy in Moscow, an avant garde art school with similar aims as the Bauhaus. In 1929, some time after their return, Sharon and Stölzl were married and their daughter Yael was born. In the same year, he received his Bauhaus diploma and was immediately put in charge of Hannes Meyer's architectural office in Berlin, to supervise the construction of the Bundesschule des Allgemeinen Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes (ADGB Trade Union School) in Bernau bei Berlin.

Next to the Bauhaus school buildings in Dessau, it was the second largest project ever undertaken by the Bauhaus. The building underwent an extensive restoration which was completed in 2007. It is a protected building and in 2012 it was proposed for World Heritage Site listing.

Tel Aviv in the 1930s

In 1931, Sharon returned to Palestine and opened his architectural office in Tel Aviv, while Gunta Stölzl emigrated to Switzerland with their daughter, Yael. In 1936 the two divorced.

Sharon's first commission in Tel Aviv was the construction of four pavilions for the Histadrut (General Federation of Labour) exhibit at the Levant Fair in 1932. These pavilions, for which he had won first prize in an architectural competition, were composed of modular wooden elements, progressively growing in height and length, covered by jute. There followed a series of buildings in the so-called international style which would help define the city's architecture as the "White City." In addition he built residential cooperative housing estates, private houses, the central administrative seat of the Histadrut in Tel Aviv, and in 1936 his first hospital for 60 beds, near Tel Aviv.

Sharon's housing estates, known as Meonot Ovdim in Hebrew, were built around large garden patios in the center, a continuous group layout, a public space for the residents, while communal services, such as a kindergarten, laundry, shops, and synagogue were placed on the ground-floor.

A distinctive feature of Tel Aviv's townscape are the pilotis on which most of the apartment buildings in the residential quarters are raised. This feature was achieved on the part of several avant-garde architects in the early thirties in a fierce struggle against the existing municipal bylaws. The spacious voids between the pillars created a shaded streetscape, added to the natural ventilation during the hot summer days and connected the pavements with the green areas.

Kibbutz planning in the 1940s
During the Second World War, building activities in the big towns all but stopped, due to the lack of fundamental building materials such as concrete and iron. Sharon began building simple structures in the kibbutzim, above all community buildings and schools, which were constructed from local materials, like sand, bricks and limestone. The dining hall in a kibbutz forms the center of the community, where in addition to its primary function, the members used to meet on social occasions, cinema or theatre performances, or political meetings. The school communities were built for 200–300 children of several kibbutzim, where the youngsters aged 12–18 lived, studied and worked together. Their layout was, in fact, that of a micro-kibbutz.

Sharon's main activity, however, was directed towards planning in the kibbutzim. He designed a great number of outline plans for existing collective settlements and their extensions as well as general layouts for new agricultural settlements, and school communities.

Other activities included a series of lectures at the Technion in Haifa, covering subjects such as:
 Early settlement types in the country
 The cooperative moshavim
 The kvutza which later developed into the kibbutz
 Physical layout of the various types of settlement
 Social and economic structures and
 Work organisation, education and cultural activities in the kibbutz

Urban planning

When the State was created in 1948 the overwhelming majority of the population was concentrated in a narrow coastal strip. One of the main tasks of the newly established Government Planning Department, headed by Sharon and directly responsible to the Prime Minister's Office under David Ben-Gurion, was to find solutions for the great waves of immigrants who entered Israel after the declaration of Independence. The team consisted of 180 urban planners, architects, engineers and economists. They set up a National Outline Plan, dividing the country into planning regions in accordance with economic resources, geographic features, communication factors and historical background. The regional structure would be completed by the development of a regional urban center – a medium-sized town. Thus the plan provided for the establishment of 20 new towns, dispersed all over the country and established guidelines for industrial estates to be located close to the new towns. Sharon's plan led to the creation of development towns for example: Beit She'an, Kiryat Gat, and Upper Nazareth. Agricultural regions were planned expanding into the southern Negev desert. A national water plan was set up that would carry water from the surplus areas in the north to the dry, water-poor areas in the south. And a network of National Parks was devised, spreading all over the country, exploiting the existing landscape features, nature reserves and historical sites. At the end of 1953, Sharon was invited by the United Nations to serve as a planning expert in a Seminar on Housing and Community Improvement, held in New Delhi, and afterwards to Burma and Japan.

Private practice
Sharon returned to his private practice in 1954, and set up a partnership with the architect Benjamin Idelson. From 1965 onwards he worked together with his son, Eldar Sharon, until his death in 1984.

1954–1964: Arieh Sharon, Benjamin Idelson, Architects, Tel Aviv

Selected buildings:
 1950/56 New Beilinson General Hospital, Petah Tikva, for 500 beds
 1952/54 Ministry of Defense, Buildings 21 and 22, Hakyria, Tel Aviv
 1954/58 Ichilov Municipal Hospital, Tel Aviv, for 300 beds
 1954/58 Forum of the Technion Haifa, incl. Secretariat, Library and Churchill Auditorium (competition, 1st prize)
 1954/55 Terraced Housing, Nazareth, for new immigrants
 1955/62 Regional Hospital, Beersheba (Israel Prize for Architecture)
 1958/60 Wingate Institute for Physical Culture
 1958 Israel Pavilion at World Expo Brussels with architect Aryeh Elhanani
 1959/61 Yad Vashem Memorial, The Hall of Remembrance, Jerusalem with architect Aryeh Elhanani
 1959/60 Workers’ Bank headquarters, Tel Aviv
 1959/61 Yakin Pektin Factory, Petah Tikva
 1961 First Masterplan for the University of Ife, Nigeria
 1961/65 Jewish Agency headquarters, Tel Aviv (competition, 1st prize)
 1963/65 Sick Fund headquarters, Labor Federation, Tel Aviv
 1963/65 Ife University Nigeria, Humanities with AMY Ltd.
 1964 Ife University Nigeria, Halls of Residence with AMY Ltd

1965–1984: Arieh Sharon, Eldar Sharon, Architects, Tel Aviv

Selected buildings:
 1965/71 Convalescent Home 'Kinarot', Tiberias
 1965/72 Rambam Hospital, Haifa, for 600 beds
 1965-68 Agricultural Cooperatives headquarters, Tel Aviv
 1966/76 Wolfson General Hospital, Holon, Tel Aviv, competition, 1st prize
 1966 Tel Aviv Medical Center, addition to Ichilov Hospital
 1966/68 Memorial Museum, Kibbutz Yad Mordechai
 1966/70 Geha Mental Hospital, Petah Tikva, for 170 beds
 1967 Israel Pavilion Expo 67 Montreal (built by Ze'ev Vered)
 1967/70 Ife University, Nigeria, Library with AMY Ltd.
 1967/69 Housing estates in Beersheba and Nazareth
 1967/72 Medical School, Tel Aviv University
 1968/72 University of Ife Nigeria, Institute of Education and Sectetariat, with AMY Ltd
 1968/70 Masterplan for the Old City of Jerusalem and its environs. With Arch. David A. Brutzkus
 1968 The Ben Gurion Research Center, Midreshet Sde Boker
 1969/74 Bank of Israel, Jerusalem (competition, 1st prize)
 1970/73 America House, Tel Aviv with architect M. Tintner
 1972-76 Ife University Nigeria, Oduduwa Hall with AMY Ltd.
 1972/76 Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba, extensions and new wards block, 1200 beds
 1972/82 Tel Aviv Medical Center, extension of existing municipal hospital to 1000 beds
 1973/76 Gilo Neighbourhood, Jerusalem
 1975/85 Assaf Harofe Hospital near Tel Aviv, Masterplan and Nurses’ School, O.P.D. Clinics, Maternity and Pediatrics, and medical facilities
 1980 Old Age Home 'Gil HaZahav', Tel Aviv

Critical acclaim
In Kibbutz + Bauhaus: An Architect's Way in a New Land, Bruno Zevi wrote:

Honors and professional membership

 Member of town planning committee, Tel Aviv, 1934
 Executive member of the Engineers’ and Architects’ Association, 1936
 Chairman of the I.I.A., Israel Institute of Architects, 1955
 Rokach Prize for Architecture (awarded by the Tel Aviv Municipality), 1960
 Leader of discussion on industrial prefabrication at the U.I.A. Congress in London, 1961
 Honorary member of Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), 1962
 Israel Prize, for architecture, 1962
 Member of Public Health Group of the U.I.A., 1962
 Member or the Executive of the U.I.A., 1963–1967
 Golden Medal of the Mexican Institute of Architects, 1963
 Chairman of the National Council for National Parks and Nature Reserves, 1964
 Honorary Member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, 1965
 President of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel, 1965–1971
 Honorary Member of the Association of German Architects, 1967
 Chairman of the I.T.C.C. (International Technical Cooperation Center) World Congress on: Technological Development of Israel and the Developing Countries, and of the I.T.C.C. World Congress: Dialogue in Development, in 1967 and 1970
 Honorary Fellow of the AIA - American Institute of Architects, 1970
 Member of the Curatorium, Bauhaus Archive Berlin, 1975

Published works

Books
 “Physical Planning in Israel”, Tel Aviv, 1951.
 “Hospitals in Israel and the Developing Countries”, Tel Aviv, 1968.
 “Planning Jerusalem: The Old City and its Environs”, Weidenfeld and Nicolson Jerusalem, 1973.
 “Kibbutz + Bauhaus: an architect’s way in a new land“, Karl Krämer Verlag Stuttgart and Massada Israel, 1976.
 “University of Ife Master Plan”, Egboramy Co. & Arieh Sharon, Eldar Sharon, 1981.

Articles
 "entwurf für das haus des arbeiterrats in jerusalem", (plans, perspective and description of the project in German), published in quarterly of the Bauhaus, edited by Hannes Meyer: "bauhaus januar 1929", pp. 22 and 23
 Planning in Israel in "Israel and Middle East" (Tel Aviv), March 1952 and in “Town Planning Review” (Liverpool), April 1952
 Collective Settlements in Israel in “Town Planning Review” (Liverpool), January 1955
 Hospitals in Israel in ”World Hospitals (London), Vol. 1”, 1964
 Medical Centres and Hospitals in Developing Countries in “Dialogue in Development (Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress of Engineers and Architects in Israel), Tel Aviv 1970
 Planning Jerusalem in “Ekistics” (Athens), November 1974.

Exhibitions
 Architecture in Eretz Israel, Habima Theater, Tel Aviv, September 1944.
 National Exhibition, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, February 1950.
 Conquest of the Desert (Kibbush Hashemama), International Convention Center (Jerusalem), September 1953.
 50 years bauhaus, Stuttgart 1967 (exhib. catalogue pp. 202,203)
 Tel Aviv – Neues Bauen 1930–1939, Stuttgart 1993, (exhib. catalogue in German by Irmel Kamp-Bandau).
 White City: International Style Architecture in Israel: A Portrait of an Era, (exhib. cat. by Michael Levin), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1984, Jewish Museum (New York), 1984/5
 The Israeli Project, (exhib. cat. in Hebrew by Zvi Efrat), Tel Aviv Museum of Art 2001.
 Solo Exhibition: Kibbutz+Bauhaus: an architect's way in a new land, Bauhaus Archive Berlin, 1976 (exhib. cat.); the exhibition was shown in: Essen, Zurich (1977), Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Mexico City (1978), Washington, New York, Philadelphia (1979) and Chicago (1980).
 Solo Exhibition: Bauhaus, Kibbutz und die Vision vom Neuen Menschen, Goethe Institute Tel Aviv, 1994.
 Solo Exhibition: "Who are you Arieh Sharon", HaHalalit, Hayarkon Street 70, Tel Aviv, May 2008.
 Arieh Sharon – Bauhaus pupil and architect, Exhibition I 15.05. – 14.06.2009, Erfurt, Germany. Part of the Bauhaus 2009 celebration in Thuringia.
 Kibbutz and Bauhaus Exhibition, 2011–2012, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Dessau, Germany.
 Arieh Sharon: Architect of the State Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2018.

See also
 List of Israel Prize recipients
 Architecture of Israel

References

Further reading
 Zvi Efrat: "Kibbutz + Bauhaus: Modernism and Zionism as reflected in the Lifework of Arieh Sharon", Dept. of Architecture, Bezalel Academy, Israel. 2009.
 Deutsche jüdische Architekten vor und nach 1933, in: Myra Warhaftig: Das Lexikon, Reimer, 2007.
 Myra Warhaftig: They Laid the Foundation: Lives and Works of German-Speaking Jewish Architects in Palestine 1918–1948, (English translation), Wasmuth, 2007.
 Anna Minta: Israel bauen: 2. Der Nationalplan unter Arieh Sharon (1948–1953), Reimer, 2004, pp. 51–66.
 Uriel M. Adiv: Entry in Grove Dictionary of Art, Volume 28, 1996, pp. 556–7.
 Mira Warhaftig: Sie legten den Grundstein (German Edition), Berlin, Wasmuth, 1996, pp. 128–140.
 Gilbert Herbert: Entry in Contemporary Architects, Macmillan Press, 1980.
 Wolf von Eckart: Shaping a New Land – Modern Goes Natural in Arieh Sharon's Israel, in: The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.), August 4, 1979.
 Kibbutz + Bauhaus, 1976, foreword by Bruno Zevi.
 Gerhard Schwab: Wohnen im Eigenen Haus, Stuttgart 1976.
 Roberto Aloi and Carlo Bassi: Ospedali, Milan 1973.
 Wolf von Eckart: Cast in History, Not in Concrete, in: The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.), August 26, 1972.
 Julius Posener: Der Architekt Arieh Sharon, in: Bauen und Wohnen, 12, 1969.
 Amiram Harlap: New Israeli Architecture, Associated University Presses, Inc., USA, 1982
 Sigal Davidi Kunda, The Levant Fair 1934 and the Promotion of Modern Architecture in Eretz Israel, Research Thesis, Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, 2001
 Wiebke Dursthoff, Kibbutz und Bauhaus. Arieh Sharon und die Moderne in Palästina, Thesis (Dr.-Ing.), Faculty for Architecture and Landscape of the Leibnitz University, Hannover, Germany, 2010

External links
 The Arieh Sharon Foundation and Archive
 Physical Planning in Israel, The "Sharon" Plan, on the Arieh Sharon Foundation Website
 Sharon Architects website
 Sharon's entry in Encyclopedia.com
 Sharon's entry in Answers.com
 List of Bauhaus style Israeli Architects
 The Gunta Stölzl Foundation

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See also
List of giant sequoia groves
Tuolumne Grove - a nearby giant sequoia grove

References

Giant sequoia groves
Yosemite National Park


The Muppet Show is a comic book series based on the variety television series of the same title created by Jim Henson and featuring The Muppets. The series was written and drawn by Roger Langridge and published by Boom Kids!, an imprint of Boom! Studios. In 2011, the Boom! license with Disney Publishing Worldwide expired. Disney's own comic book publishing subsidiary, Marvel Comics, renamed the series Muppets and published four issues in 2012.

Issues
Roger Langridge originally made a special preview for the comic which was originally to be used in the Disney Adventures magazine, which was cancelled in November 2007.

 Preview Special - The show is about to start and Kermit the Frog thinks the guest star hasn't shown up yet, when Kermit hears a knock at the door. When he opens the door, he finds a baby. The show continues as they try to calm the baby down. Eventually, the "baby" reveals that he's not really a baby, but the scheduled guest star is Babyface Magee, Midget Acrobat. He'd been hit on the head and left ga-ga, regaining consciousness only minutes ago. The culprit responsible turned out to be Sweetums in an attempt to take Babyface Magee's spot. Sweetums is found on-stage singing during the closing number where he then reveals that his mommy is in the audience, and he wanted to surprise her. Kermit the Frog tries to think of a way to give Sweetums something to do that doesn't involve singing, and soon hires him to throw bricks at hecklers.
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great, Scooter, Statler and Waldorf, Sweetums, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, The Rodent Doo-Wop All-Stars, Babyface Magee, Sweetums' Mommy, Mildred Huxtetter, Zoot, Janice, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Whatnots, Pigs, Generic Muppet Monsters, Bird Dancers, Bert from Sesame Street

The first two-story arcs are renumbered from One, this was changed after the second story arc.

Meet the Muppets (4 issues)
 Issue #1: Kermit's Story - When Kermit receives a mysterious letter and starts strumming an old tune on his banjo, Robin realizes that his uncle misses the swamp. With their beloved leader down in the dumps, the whole Muppet gang does its best to try to improve Kermit's spirits. The cast tries to cheer Kermit up, but in the end, it's Robin's insistence that his uncle play through to the end of "The Pond Where I Was Born" on his banjo that finally helps Kermit realize that even though the theater is his home now, the pond will "always be a part of me. Wherever I should roam." Other sketches include a "Muppet News Flash", a new musical number called "Bang, Boom, Splat and Pow", a cooking segment with the Swedish Chef, and "Pigs in Space".
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great, Scooter, Robin the Frog, The Muppet Newsman, Statler and Waldorf, the Medium, Pops, Floyd Pepper, Four Little Hop-Toads, Rowlf the Dog, the Zimmer Twins, Male Koozebanian Creature, Female Koozebanian Creature, Swedish Chef, Sam Eagle, Beauregard, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Zoot
 Issue #2: Fozzie's Story - When the Cheese Manufacturers' Convention sours on Fozzie Bear's comedy act, he tries to reinvent himself by looking to the past for inspiration. Unfortunately, his Shakespearean homage ends in tragedy, his music hall routine lands him in the "Veterinarian's Hospital" number when Miss Piggy finds out that Kermit has canceled her "Suffragette, Crepe Suzette" number for it, and a slapstick performance conceived by Gonzo leaves him with nothing but pie on his face. But when Rowlf suggests during a last-ditch beatnik sketch that Fozzie just be himself, the bear actually succeeds, bringing even Statler and Waldorf to tears of laughter! Other sketches include a musical number called "In My Merry Oldsmobile" by Johnnie Steele and Lucille, "The Ubiquitous Quilp", and "Pigs in Space".
 Characters - Fozzie Bear, Kermit the Frog, Gonzo the Great, Miss Piggy, Scooter, Rowlf the Dog, Statler and Waldorf, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Janice, Johnnie Steele and Lucille, Humorous Cheese, the Ubiquitous Quilp, Crocodile, Rats, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork
 Issue #3: Gonzo's Story - Osbert J. Smedley, the theater's insurance agent, comes to the theater for some routine questioning. A busy Kermit has Scooter answer Smedley's questions. Mr. Smedley needs to know what species everybody in the theater is, but Scooter's not sure what Gonzo is. Scooter asks Gonzo what he is, but Gonzo states that he's never really thought about it before. Scooter asks around, but nobody else is sure. Eventually, Rizzo comes to the conclusion that Gonzo is a "Gonzo". Scooter gives Smedley the answer, but then after realising who Gonzo is, he realizes that having Gonzo in the theater would raise the premium up to five thousand percent. Gonzo assures a nervous Smedley that his act is risk-free, and offers to let Smedley test out his act, which would involve Smedley getting inside a cannon. A frightened Smedley then claims that there was an error and that the insurance company owes the theater 32 cents, and rushes off just before the big finale, which ends up sending Gonzo to the hospital. At the hospital, Scooter begs Gonzo to tell him what he is. Gonzo's reply: "I'm an artist." Other sketches include "Chicken Lake" by Gonzo and the chickens, "Bear on Patrol", "Gumshoe McGurk, Private Eye" with Gonzo in the title role, "Pigs in Space", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Rat" with Gonzo, Rizzo, and the rats, and "Extravagonzo!" (the finale with Gonzo being fired from a cannon).
 Characters - Gonzo the Great, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Scooter, Rizzo the Rat, Camilla the Chicken, Statler and Waldorf, Osbert J. Smedley, Sam the Eagle, Marsupial, The Masked Phantom and her nephew, Link Hogthrob, Bunsen Honeydew, The Swedish Chef, Animal, Floyd Pepper, Beaker, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Space Bug, Chickens, Rats
 Issue #4: Piggy's Story - The guest star is Madame Rhonda, a psychic. She gives fortunes to various Muppets backstage. When she reads Miss Piggy's fortune, she tells her that she'll lose something valuable and green, referring to her money (as she takes Piggy's purse when Piggy isn't looking), but she thinks Madam Rhonda is talking about Kermit. Miss Piggy soon gets jealous when she sees Kermit talking to the other female Muppets. Meanwhile, Kermit, who doesn't believe in Madame Rhonda's fortune telling, eventually lets Fozzie and Gonzo talk him into getting his fortune told. Later, Kermit, Miss Piggy, and Madame Rhonda end up in jail, while a police officer explains what happened to his boss. As shown in flashback form, Miss Piggy sees Madame Rhonda reading Kermit's palm and karate chops them both. Miss Piggy then finds out that Madame Rhonda had taken her purse. Madame Rhonda admits to her psychic powers being a scam, and Kermit decides not to press charges on Miss Piggy for karate chopping him. Since the theater is only a short distance away, he decides to walk back with Miss Piggy, but then they remember that Miss Piggy is supposed to be in the closing number. They rush back to the theater just in time for Miss Piggy to sing the final line. Other sketches include "An Editorial by Sam the Eagle" revolving around gullibility, "Veterinarian's Hospital", The Talking Houses sketch, the Muppet Labs sketch, and "Pigs in Space".
 Characters - Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great, Scooter, Rowlf the Dog, Statler and Waldorf, Sam Eagle, Madame Rhonda, Janice, Floyd Pepper, Rizzo the Rat, Animal, Link Hogthrob, Annie Sue, Lew Zealand, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Sweetums, Talking Houses, Beauregard, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Officer Hogg, Pigs, Bigfoot

The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson (4 issues)
 Issue #1: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral - Scooter discovers old documents which reveal that a cache of treasure is hidden somewhere within the Muppet Theatre, and when Rizzo the Rat overhears this, the news spreads like wildfire. Animal begins acting very strangely - he's now refined and well-mannered! Meanwhile, Kermit is acting suspiciously cool. Sketches include "Muppet Sports", a cooking segment with the Swedish Chef, Wayne and Wanda singing "When the Lusitania Went Down", "Muppet Labs", "Pigs in Space", "At the Dance", and a musical number by Miss Piggy backed by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem with special guest drummer Ninja Rogers.
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great, Scooter, Rizzo the Rat, Animal, Dr. Teeth, Floyd Pepper, Zoot, Janice, Beauregard, Pops, Ninja Rogers, Louis Kazagger, Gladys, Swedish Chef, Sam Eagle, Wayne and Wanda, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Lew Zealand, Statler and Waldorf, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Ringmaster, Mitch Dumpling, Scorchy Brownfinger, Tarzan, Walrus, Kangaroo, Rats, Whatnots, Pigs
 Issue #2: You May Meet a Stranger - Hypnotist Creepy McBoo tries to cure Animal. Kermit comes back and reveals he hired the look-alike Kismit to act like him for a sketch. The Electric Mayhem tries to get Animal back to his crazy self. Mahna Mahna performs with the Snowths.
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Rizzo the Rat, Gonzo the Great, Sweetums, Animal, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot, The Muppet Newsman, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Hillbillies, Mahna Mahna, The Snowths, Annie Sue, Link Hogthrob, Fozzie Bear, Scooter
 Issue #3: Follow the Money - Due to the buried treasure, Kermit decides to have a pirate-themed closing number. He instructs Gonzo to go to the library and do some research on who Peg-Leg Wilson was. Meanwhile, it's revealed that Kismet and Rizzo have been working together and planning on splitting the treasure, but then Kismet decides that he'll split it with whoever finds the treasure first, who could be the dwarves he has working for him. Kismet also reveals that he's after Miss Piggy's jewelry. Kismet comes to Piggy's rescue in a melodrama "The Perils of Piggy" and tells her that he wants to see her in her jewelry. Miss Piggy is soon dressed in a lot of gold jewelry, but the dwarves run after her. They soon realize that the gold and jewelry are fake, and they leave her locked up behind the wall. With Miss Piggy seemingly missing, Link talks Kermit into using the robotic Piggy that was in the show's "Pigs in Space" sketch during the closing number "H.M.S. Pinafore" in which the cast sings "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General", using a very expensive set on loan. Unfortunately, the robotic Piggy runs amok and destroys the set, costing Kermit thousands of dollars. Meanwhile, The Electric Mayhem attempt to get Animal back to normal by instructing him to hit several fleas thrown at his drums, expecting him to become a wild drummer again. However, Animal has become a Buddhist and is not allowed to harm living beings. The fleas put on an act on Animal's drum set "Julius Prunes Amazing Flea Circus" and they later give Animal a trophy for being the only guy who was ever kind to them.
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the Great, Kismet the Toad, Fozzie Bear, Rizzo the Rat, Rats, Dwarves, Animal, Dr. Teeth, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Statler and Waldorf, Mildred Huxtetter, Uncle Deadly, Wayne, Julius Prune, Fleas, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Sweetums
 Issue #4: Be It Ever So Humble... - The search for the treasure starts to cause damage to the Muppet Theater. Meanwhile, The Electric Mayhem decides to drop Animal as their drummer, replacing him with M.A.M.M.A. A saddened Animal recalls that Bunsen told him that he can stop his treatment whenever he wants, and Animal gives up his pills, quickly becoming his old self again. Kermit finds Rizzo and reminds him that the Muppet Theater is more than just a theater, it's Rizzo's home. Rizzo tries to tell the other rats to stop, but they won't listen. Meanwhile, Kismet tricks Bunsen and Beaker into leaving the laboratory so that he can steal Bunsen's latest invention, x-ray glasses, and use it to find the treasure. Kismet finds that the treasure is in the basement. However, as soon as he finds the treasure, Miss Piggy shows up with a cop telling him to arrest Kismet for replacing her jewels with shabby fake replacements. Kismet tells her that the originals turned out to be fake as well, but Piggy is aware of this. She just thought that hers were the best fakes money could buy. A monster named Rumpelstiltskin is ordered by a dwarf to smash a pillar, which will destroy the whole Muppet Theater and make the treasure easy to find (not knowing that it had been found). Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo all tell him that if he wants to break down the theater, he'd have to get through them. Rumpelstiltskin is about to do so anyway, until Miss Piggy informs everybody that the treasure's been found. As they are about to open the treasure chest, Animal crashes through the theater on a construction ball, destroying the Muppet Theater. All that's in the treasure chest are letters written by Peg-Leg Wilson and his wife which after reading the letters, makes them realize that the Muppet Theater itself was the treasure. Soon, the stamps on all the letters end up being worth exactly the same amount as the costs to repair the Muppet Theater, and Kermit decides to take The Muppet Show on the road, but can only afford to travel to four towns. Other sketches include "A Young Frog's Guide to Stamp Collecting", "Muppet Labs", "Veterinarian's Hospital", and an act from Gonzo.
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great, Rizzo the Rat, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Animal, Rowlf the Dog, Dr. Teeth, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot, Kismet the Toad, Scooter, Dwarves, Rumpelstiltskin, Statler and Waldorf, M.A.M.M.A., Robin the Frog, Sweetums, Rats, Camilla the Chicken, Vince Shabby, Peg-Leg Wilson

After "Peg-Leg Wilson", The Muppet Show comic book continued as an ongoing series, and started with a new #0.

Ongoing series

Pigs in Space: The Movie (1 issue)
 Issue #0 - Fozzie and Rizzo try to pitch a movie idea for "Pigs in Space" to a bunch of film producers (which at the end turn out to be Statler and Waldorf).
 Characters - Fozzie Bear, Rizzo the Rat, Link Hogthrob, Miss Piggy, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Statler and Waldorf, The Muppet Newsman, Kermit the Frog, Koozebanians, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, Sweetums, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Chickens, Gonzo the Great

On the Road (3 issues)
 Issue #1: Watch That Tiger - With the Muppet Theater in disarray after the events of "The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson", the Muppet gang decides to take their show on the road while the Muppet Theater is being rebuilt. Is the world ready for traveling Muppet minstrels? "The Muppet Roadshow" makes its first stop in Little Gideon, Ohio. Miss Piggy is afraid that the show won't work without a theater, and Kermit the Frog is worried that he won't make enough money to pay Mister Weazell (who owns the land they're performing on). To make matters worse, Fozzie decides to take his act solo and a tiger has escaped. Can the Muppet Roadshow gain an audience...and more importantly, a profit? Other sketches include a patent-medicine style version of "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Country Cooking with The Swedish Chef", a performance of "Whispering" by Sweetums and Robin the Frog backed by The Acoustic Mayhem, a "Muppet News Flash", a rendition of "The Muppet Show Theme", and a brief backup called "Alphabear" featuring Fozzie's solo act.
 Characters - The Muppet Newsman, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the Great, Bags O'Gravy, Fozzie Bear, Hillbilly Cousins of Statler and Waldorf, Robin the Frog, Sweetums, Rowlf the Dog, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Mister Weazell, Sam Eagle, Rizzo the Rat, Chickens, Swedish Chef, Ogre, Scooter, Statler and Waldorf
 Issue #2: His Wackiness, Clint Wacky! - The Muppets hire Clint Wacky as a temporary replacement for Fozzie, and the Muppets also pick up Clint Wacky's writers Mr. Stadler and Mr. Waltorf. They perform at Little Statwald, home to only two families (Statler and Waldorf's families). Clint Wacky tells insulting jokes which the audience likes, but Kermit and Scooter decide they don't want the show to be known for insulting the audience. Scooter offers to write new material for Mr. Wacky, but Clint turns it down, stating that he gets compensation if his material gets rewritten or if he gets fired, but since it's okay for Clint Wacky to quit at any time, the Muppets try to find a way to get him to leave. Eventually, Rizzo the Rat tricks Clint into thinking that Hollywood finally wants him, and Clint rushes away. However, this means that the show is without a closing comedian. Since Scooter had written plenty of comedy material, he goes on-stage. At first he has no luck, but then Dr. Teeth tells him to lose the script and improvise, and Scooter ends up succeeding with the audience. Other sketches include "The Woodland Gerbils", "Pigs in Space", "The Talking Caravans", and Fozzie Bear in "Garbage".
 Issue #3: Box Clever - The Muppets finally return to the Muppet Theater and put on their first show at the newly-rebuilt Muppet Theater. A package addressed to Fozzie (who hasn't gotten back yet) arrives as well. The various Muppets want to know what's in the package, but Kermit suggests that they wait until Fozzie comes back. Eventually, it's decided to put the package in the basement, but everybody (including Kermit) sneaks down to try to open it. Eventually, they decide to open the package. It turns out that Fozzie was in the package (he had enough money to mail himself, but mistakenly addressed it to himself) and Fozzie joins the Muppets for the closing number. Statler and Waldorf are excited about Fozzie's return so they can throw stuff at him. Meanwhile, Gonzo decides to raise money for charity by traveling in a number of ways (covered by Louis Kazagger) including running, moving bathtub, and cannon. He makes it back to the Muppet Theater during the closing number. Gonzo had planned on giving the money to the "Chessington Wasp Society". But due to a scandal, Gonzo changes his mind. Fozzie suggests giving the money to a charity for retired gentlemen theater patrons. Other sketches include "Muppet Labs", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Pigs in Space", and "At the Dance".
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Pops, Scooter, Louis Kazagger, Gonzo the Great, Camilla the Chicken, Beauregard, Statler and Waldorf, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Janice, Dr. Teeth, Rowlf the Dog, Gorgon Heap, Rizzo the Rat, Mildred Huxtetter, Sweetums, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Animal, Floyd Pepper, Frankenstein

Family Reunion (4 issues)
 Issue #4 - The first issue of this arc features the return of Scooter's twin sister Skeeter (from Muppet Babies). Other sketches include "Samlet", "Muppet Labs", and "Pigs in Space".
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Scooter, Skeeter, Celestial Beings, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Gary Mayo, Sam Eagle, Pops, Anson Anderson, Sweetums, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork
 Issue #5 - Miss Piggy's nephews Andy and Randy Pig come to stay for a week. They're given some minor tasks to do and they manage to screw up all of them. Also in this issue are a song by Bobby Benson's Baby Band called "The Girl with the Goo-Goo Eyes" a cooking segment with the Swedish Chef, a visit to the planet Koozebane, "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Pigs in Space", and the closing number "Pigmalion".
 Characters - Celestial Beings, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Andy and Randy Pig, Skeeter, Scooter, Bobby Benson, The Babies, Swedish Chef, Rowlf the Dog, Janice, Link Hogthrob, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great
 Issue #6 - Skeeter and Robin believe that Robin is being sent to an orphanage. Also in this issue are "Walk Like a Chicken" with Gonzo and the Chickens, The Frog Scouts in an all-mime production of "Death of a Salesman", Wayne and Wanda singing "Mighty Like a Rose", "Pigs in Space", and a closing number featuring Kermit and Robin, backed by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Dustbin as well as an appearance by Beauregard's cousin Mo.
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Robin the Frog, Celestial Beings, Skeeter, Cross-Eyed Woman, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Scooter, Gonzo the Great, Chickens, Frog Scouts, Wayne and Wanda, Beauregard, Floyd Pepper, Zoot, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, The Gogolala Jubilee Jugband, Dr. Teeth, Janice, Animal, Cousin Mo
 Issue #7 - Fozzie's mom appears at the theater to fix up an old acquaintance from Fozzie's childhood days. Fozzie told his mother that he was a famous detective and had a girlfriend. He then must pretend to be a detective and makes Skeeter pretend to be his girlfriend. Other sketches include "Wormwood in Bohemia", a poem by Rowlf, "Pigs in Space", "Sweet, Sweet Music", and "The Adventures of Baron Munchfozzen".
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Celestial Beings, Skeeter, Rizzo the Rat, Ma Bear, Wormwood Soames, Dimples McSquirt, Rowlf the Dog, Beauregard, Miss Piggy, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Dora, Scooter, Gonzo the Great, Pops

Muppet Mash
 Issue #8 Part 1: Chickens of the Night - Just as Gonzo returns from his vacation in Transylvania, the Muppets are following the latest trend in entertainment by putting on a vampire-themed show. However, because Gonzo now looks and acts differently than usual, everyone starts wondering if he happens to actually be a vampire! Other sketches include "Casey Was a Bat", "Henhouse of Horror", "Gourmet Time with The Swedish Chef", "Veterinarian's Hospital" with Fozzie as the patient, "Link Hogthrob: Monster Smasher", and "Interview with a Gonzo."
 Characters - Gonzo the Great, Pops, Kermit the Frog, Statler and Waldorf, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Camilla the Chicken, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Scooter, Sam Eagle, Dr. Teeth, Swedish Chef, Rowlf the Dog, Hilda, Wuffles, Animal, Bunsen Honeydew, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Beauregard, Hunchback, Rizzo the Rat
 Issue #9 Part 2: That's a Wrap - Statler and Waldorf discover that their favorite act, Calistoga Cleo and the Pharaohs, are going to be performing on The Muppet Show. Other sketches include a monologue from Fozzie Bear, "In the Praise of Older Men", "Muppet Labs", "Link Hogthrob, Monster Smasher", and "The Pyramid of Geezer".
 Characters - Statler and Waldorf, Kermit the Frog, Mrs. Keppel, Calistoga Cleo and the Pharaohs, Miss Piggy, Poob, Fozzie Bear, Scooter, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Floyd Pepper, Gonzo the Great, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Janice, Pops
 Issue 10: Part 3: Monster Munch - Legendary singer Howlin' Jack Talbot is the musical guest on The Muppet Show. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem are pleased to be performing with Howlin' Jack Talbot. During the song, Howlin' Jack Talbot leaves the stage and a wolf appears on stage causing the Electric Mayhem to think that Howlin' Jack Talbot is a werewolf. Other sketches include "Little Red Riding Hood", "Doggone Dallas Blues", "Muppet Labs", "Crypt-Kicker Kate", "Link Hogthrob, Monster Smasher", and "The Monster Munch".
 Characters - Mildred Huxtetter, Pops, Howlin' Jack Talbot, Dr. Teeth, Janice, Floyd Pepper, Zoot, Animal, Rizzo the Rat, Wuffles, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Statler and Waldorf, Scooter, Miss Piggy, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Lonesome Stranger, Sweetums, Gonzo the Great
 Issue #11: The Curse of Beaker - Dr. Bunsen Honeydew decides to invent a robot version of Beaker in order to give the real Beaker a break from his work.

The Four Seasons
 Issue #12: Spring Muppets - Colonel Marmaduke Bunch and Meredith Gorilla guest star. Floyd Pepper refers to them as "the greatest primate-based song-and-dance act in showbiz". Meredith and Animal fall for each other to the dismay of her former lover, Bruce. Animal ends up leaving her after she ruins his drum set from playing too rough, and she gets back together with Bruce.
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Animal, Colonel Marmaduke Bunch, Meredith the Gorilla, Floyd Pepper, Dr. Teeth, Janice, Zoot, Scooter, Statler and Waldorf
 Issue #13: Summer Muppets - The Muppets do a show at the beach. Before they head for the beach, Fozzie gets a letter from The Whatnot Theater offering him a summer position. Fozzie accepts, but since he and Scooter were supposed to do an act together, Scooter has to audition a replacement. Although it's summer, it eventually snows right as Scooter found a replacement in Frosty the Polar Bear. Meanwhile, at the Whatnot Theater, Fozzie finds that the cast is very similar to the Muppets like Dermot the Dog (a dog parody of Kermit the Frog), Miss Tiggy (a tiger parody of Miss Piggy), Doctor Tongue, Bonzo the Great (a monkey version of Gonzo), a carrot parody of Animal who plays the spoons, and a British bulldog parody of Sam the Eagle (right down to wearing the Union Jack flag). Fozzie learns that his gig is as a replacement for the resident beaver Ozzy (who's leaving because of a bigger opportunity). Fozzie eventually returns to the Muppets since many of the Whatnots believe their show to be what performers do until something better comes along while Fozzie always saw what he does as what he is, but wouldn't have it any other way.
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Scooter, The Whatnot Show Performers (Dermont the Dog, Miss Tiggy, Ozzy Beaver, Bonzo the Great, Dr. Tongue, a carrot parody of Animal, a British bulldog parody of Sam Eagle), Frosty the Polar Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Statler and Waldorf, Beauregard, Pepe the King Prawn
 Issue #14: Fall Muppets - Pops gets a letter from the Stage Doorman Union informing him that union rules require him to retire at his age, something he doesn't really want to do. Pops trains his nephew Nat Crotchet to take over his duties while Gonzo gets the gang together for a meeting where they intend to switch Pops' birth certificate and then distract the union before they notice that the name is not his. However, nobody at the theater has their birth certificate except for Miss Piggy (who's not thrilled with having to use her birth certificate, yet she also has to go through several files to find it). Eventually, Pops finds his birth certificate, and it turns out he's five years younger than he thought he was (Pops had stopped celebrating his birthday and forgot how old he actually was) and doesn't need to retire. Nat Crotchet reveals to Kermit that Pops lied about his age when he joined the army, but suffered memory loss and mistakenly thought he really was the age he lied about being. Nat had found Pops' real birth certificate and came to switch it in his office for Pops to find, a skill he had learned when he was a spy (which he had failed to mention to the others).
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Pops, Nat Crotchet, Gonzo, Miss Piggy, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Fozzie Bear, Statler and Waldorf, Dr. Teeth, Floyd Pepper, Animal, Janice, Zoot
 Issue #15: Winter Muppets - For Christmas, Miss Piggy orders mistletoe and schemes to get Kermit under the mistletoe with her. Meanwhile, Kermit doesn't want to get Miss Piggy a gift (as Piggy will assume that anything that he gets her will have some significance). He decides the Muppets will all have Secret Santas, but Kermit ends up drawing Miss Piggy's name and vice versa.
 Characters - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Scooter, Fozzie Bear, Statler and Waldorf, Sam Eagle, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Rowlf the Dog, Sweetums, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Bobby Benson

Spin-off titles

Muppet Robin Hood (4 issues)
An adaption of Robin Hood with Kermit the Frog starring as Robin of Loxley as he and his Merry Men takes on Prince John (played by Johnny Fiama), the Sheriff of Nottingham (played by Sam Eagle) and the wicked Gonzo of Gisbourne (played by Gonzo the Great).

Cast
 Kermit the Frog - Robin Hood
 Sam Eagle - Sheriff of Nottingham
 Gonzo the Great - Gonzo of Gisbourne
 Robin the Frog - Squirt
 Miss Piggy - Maid Marian
 Hilda - Maid Marian's Customer (issue #1)
 Sweetums - Little John
 Louis Kazagger - Himself (issue #1)
 Scooter - Much the Miller's Son
 Janice - Willa Scarlet
 Rowlf the Dog - Alan-a-Dale
 Lew Zealand - Rich the Fishmonger
 Swedish Chef - Himself
 Mildred Huxtetter - Maid Marian's Lady-in-Waiting (issues #2 and 3)
 Johnny Fiama - Prince John (issues #2-4)
 Sal Minella - Sir Sal (issues #2-4)
 Link Hogthrob - Sir Swineman of the Sword (issue #2)
 Fozzie Bear - Friar Tuck (issues #2-4)
 Uncle Deadly - Captain of the Guard (issue #2)
 Behemoth - Guard (issue #2)
 Blue Frackle - Guard (issue #2)
 Green Frackle - Guard (issue #2)
 Pepe the King Prawn - King Richard (issue #3)
 Dr. Teeth - Crusader (issue #3)
 Floyd Pepper - Crusader (issue #3)
 Zoot - Crusader (issue #3)
 Animal - Crusader (issue #3)
 Bunsen Honeydew - Himself (issue #3)
 Beaker - Himself (issue #3)
 Pops - Archery Contest Staff (issue #3)
 Clifford - Archery Contest Staff (issue #3)
 Crazy Harry - Archer (issue #3)
 Shakey Sanchez - Archer (issue #3)
 George the Janitor - Archer (issue #3)
 Mahna Mahna - Archer (issue #3)
 Bobo the Bear - Archer (issue #3)
 The Muppet Newsman - Narrator
 Statler and Waldorf - Legendary Immortal Knights

Cameo appearances by Nigel (the one from Muppets Tonight, issue #2), Wayne and Wanda (issue #2), Bean Bunny (issue #3), the Snowths (issue #3), Lubbock Lou (issue #3), Gramps (issue #3), Zeke (issue #3), Beauregard (issue #4), Spamela Hamderson (issue #4), Fleet Scribbler (issue #4), and Andy and Randy Pig (issue #4)

Muppet Peter Pan (4 issues)
An adaption of Peter Pan with Kermit the Frog in the title role, Miss Piggy as Piggytink, Janice, Scooter, and Bean Bunny as the Darling children, and Gonzo as Captain Gonzo.

Cast
 Kermit the Frog - Peter Pan
 Miss Piggy - Piggytink
 Janice - Wendy Darling
 Scooter - John Darling
 Bean Bunny - Michael Darling
 Gonzo the Great - Captain Gonzo
 Sam Eagle - Narrator, Mr. Darling
 Camilla the Chicken - Nana
 Rizzo the Rat - Mr. Smee
 Sweetums - Mr. Starkey
 Bunsen Honeydew - Pirate
 Beaker - Pirate
 Lew Zealand - Pirate
 Statler and Waldorf - Pirates
 Floyd Pepper - Firecheeks Floyd
 Dr. Teeth - His High Grooviness Dr. Goldentooth
 Zoot - Zoot Runningmouth
 Animal - He-Who-Runs-With-Sharks
 Swedish Chef - Wagon-Chef
 Fozzie Bear - Tootles
 Rowlf the Dog - Slightly
 Pepe the King Prawn - Nibs
 Louis Kazagger - Himself

Muppet King Arthur (4 issues)
An adaption of King Arthur with Kermit the Frog in the title role.

Cast
 Kermit the Frog - King Arthur
 Miss Piggy - Morgana le Fay
 Sam Eagle - Sir Sam of Eagle
 Robin the Frog - Mordred
 Janice - Lady of the Lake
 Rowlf the Dog - Merlin
 Fozzie Bear - Sir Percival
 Gonzo the Great - Sir Lancelot
 Camilla the Chicken - Lady Guinevere
 Animal - Sir Gawain

Cameo appearances by Delbert the La Choy Dragon (on a shield), a Skeksis from The Dark Crystal, Lew Zealand, Zoot, Floyd Pepper, Dr. Teeth, Slim Wilson, Statler and Waldorf, Pigs, Penguins, Rizzo the Rat, Seymour the Elephant, Foo-Foo, Sweetums, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Clueless Morgan, Catgut the Cat from The Muppet Musicians of Bremen, Leroy the Donkey from The Muppet Musicians of Bremen, T.R. the Rooster from The Muppet Musicians of Bremen, Rover Joe the Dog from The Muppet Musicians of Bremen, Mahna Mahna, the Snowths, Beauregard, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Gaffer the Cat, Sir Cumnavigate, Reporter, Sir Mount, Crickets, Geri and the Atrics, Baskerville the Hound, Sir Render, Susan Boil, Swedish Chef, Sal Minella, Bobo the Bear, Hilda, Mildred Huxtetter, Angel Marie, Doglion, Camels, Camel Lot Owner, Tin Man, a Dragon, Scooter, Pepe the King Prawn, Professor Phineas A. Plot, Angus McGonagle, Lips, Quongo the Gorilla, Thog, Kangaroo, Marvin Suggs, Louis Kazagger, Crazy Harry, Uncle Deadly, Bobby Benson, Koozebanian Phoob, Mean Mama, Lou, Gladys, Jim, Pops, Whatnots, Frackles, Cows, and Horses.

Muppet Snow White (4 issues)
An adaptation of Snow White with Spamela Hamderson as the title character.

Cast
 Spamela Hamderson as Snow White
 Miss Piggy as the Queen
 Kermit the Frog as the Prince
 Fozzie Bear as the Magic Mirror
 Gonzo the Great as Jacob Grimm
 Rizzo the Rat as Wilhem Grimm
 Dr. Teeth as Doc
 Floyd Pepper as Grumpy
 Janice as Happy
 Animal as Sneezy
 Zoot as Sleepy
 Lips as Bashful
 Scooter as Dopey
 Rowlf the Dog as the Replacement Dopey
 Sweetums as the Huntsman
 Pepe the King Prawn as Spamela's Agent
 Bobo the Bear as himself
 Statler and Waldorf as Uncle Grumpier and Grumpiest
 Link Hogthrob as the King
 Big Mean Carl as Sir Carl the Big Mean Dwarf Eater

Cameo appearances by Foo-Foo, Beauregard, Sam Eagle, Uncle Deadly, Crazy Harry, Dead Tom from Muppet Treasure Island, Headless Bill from Muppet Treasure Island, Marvin Suggs, Angus McGonagle, Bobby Benson, Johnny Fiama, Wayne and Wanda, Mahna Mahna, The Snowths, Sal Minella, Bad Polly, Clueless Morgan, Mad Monty, Annie Sue, Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Thog, Doglion, Timmy Monster, The Mutations, Behemoth, Beautiful Day Monster, Blue Frackle, Green Frackle, Big V, Gorgon Heap, Luncheon Counter Monster, and the Dragon from Sleeping Beauty.

There were also brief glimpses of Ace Yu from Dog City, Bugsy Them from Dog City, Clifford, Mean Mama, Beard from The Jim Henson Hour, Slim Wilson, the Yoda Muppet from It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, Ernst Stavros Grouper (mention only), Howard Tubman, Rhonda the Raccoon from Jim Henson's Animal Show, Morton the Beaver from Jim Henson's Animal Show, Carter, Baskerville the Hound, Angel Marie, and Banana Nose Maldonado.

Muppet Sherlock Holmes (4 issues)
An adaption of Sherlock Holmes with Gonzo as the title character, Fozzie Bear as Dr. Watson, Kermit the Frog as Inspector Lestrade, and Miss Piggy in various female leads.

Cast

 Gonzo the Great as Sherlock Holmes
 Fozzie Bear as Dr. Watson
 Kermit the Frog as Inspector Lestrade
 Miss Piggy as Irene Adler, Nurse Placibo, various female leads
 Janice as Helen Stoneleigh
 Rowlf the Dog as Mycroft Holmes
 Wayne as Julia Stoneleigh's fiancé
 Bunsen Honeydew
 Beaker
 Wanda as Julia Stoneleigh
 Wolfgang the Seal from Sesame Street
 Angus McGonagle
 Rizzo the Rat as Dr. Roylott
 Nigel the Conductor as Dr. Roylott's butler
 Link Hogthrob as Duke Wilhelm Ornstein
 Pepe the King Prawn as Jabes Wilson
 Uncle Deadly as Duncan Ross/Professor James Moriarty
 Sam Eagle as Mr. Musgrove
 Bean Bunny as Spaulding

Cameo appearances by Animal, Floyd Pepper, Mahna Mahna, and Scooter and Skeeter.

Reception
Dan Crown of IGN gave the first issue an 8.2 out of ten, saying "The idea of using a sketch comedy show as a vehicle for various and unique comic strips is borderline inspired. This book isn't just funny, in some ways it's revolutionary."

Eye on Comics gave the first issue a 9/10.

See also
 List of comics based on television programs

References

External links
 The Muppet Show Comic Book #1 at BOOM! Studios.com

 Welcoming the Muppets Back to Comics, Newsarama, January 27, 2009

Comics based on television series
Comics about animals
Boom! Studios titles
The Muppets


Robert Nicolaï is a French linguist specializing in the Songhay languages, professor at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.

He is also founder and co-editor of the Journal of Language Contact.

Selected publications

Nicolaï, Robert (1981). Les dialectes du songhay (contribution à l'étude des changements linguistiques). Paris: SELAF
Nicolaï, Robert (1984). Préliminaires à une étude sur l'origine du songhay (problématique, matériaux et hypothèses). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
Nicolaï, Robert (1990). Parentés linguistiques (à propos du songhay). Paris: Editions du CNRS.
Nicolaï, Robert; Zima, Petr (1997). Songhay. Münich/Newcastle: Lincom Europa.
Nicolaï, Robert. (2000). La Traversée de l’empirique : essai d’épistémologie sur la construction des représentations de l’évolution des langues. Paris: Ophrys.
Nicolaï, Robert (2003). La force des choses ou l’épreuve nilo-saharienne : questions sur les reconstructions archéologiques et l’évolution des langues. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
Nicolaï, Robert (2007). La vision des faits, De l'a posteriori à l'a priori dans la saisie des langues. Paris: L'Harmattan.

Notes

External links
Chair of "Dynamics of Language and Language Contact", University of Nice
Journal of Language Contact

Living people
Linguists from France
Linguists of Songhay languages
French Africanists
Year of birth missing (living people)


Withcote is a small parish currently comprising a number of scattered dwellings in Harborough, a local government district of Leicestershire. The population is included in the civil parish of Braunston-in-Rutland.

Buildings

Withcote Hall is a Grade II* listed building that is on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register as being unoccupied and in a very bad state It is an early C18 country house, incorporating an earlier building. In the sixteenth century the house built by Roger Ratcliffe was described by John Leland as "one of the fairest houses in Leicestershire".

The Tudor Withcote Chapel adjoins the Hall and is protected by the Churches Conservation Trust and contains some stained glass attributed to Galyon Hone; a glazier to Henry VIII.

Sauvey Castle, an early medieval ringwork and bailey castle and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, is also in this parish.

Close by is Launde Abbey which contains the Tudor monument to Gregory Cromwell, son of Thomas, who dissolved the monastery and built himself a mansion there.

Notable residents
Henry Smith (1620–1668) was born here, an English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I.
Henry Poole (died 1559), High Sheriff of Leicestershire: originally from Derbyshire, he acquired Withcote Hall by marriage  into  the Smith family and made it his principal residence.

References

External links

Villages in Leicestershire
Civil parishes in Harborough District


The Fuze Keeping Clock (FKC) was a simplified version of the Royal Navy's High Angle Control System analogue fire control computer. It first appeared as the FKC MkII in destroyers of the 1938 , while later variants were used on sloops, frigates, destroyers, aircraft carriers and several cruisers. The FKC MkII was a non-tachymetric anti-aircraft fire control computer. It could accurately engage targets with a maximum speed of .

Operation
The FKC received vertical reference information from a Gyro Level Corrector and aircraft altitude, range, direction, and speed input information from the Rangefinder-Director, and output to the guns the elevation and deflection data needed to hit the target, along with the correct fuze timing information, so that the shells fired would explode in the vicinity of the target aircraft. Most guns controlled by the FKC had Fuze Setting Pedestals or Fuze Setting Trays where the correct fuze timing was set on a clockwork mechanism within the AA shell warhead.

Development
Type 285 radar was an early addition to the FKC system, being fitted on new destroyers from mid-1941 onward, and retrofitted to existing destroyers as time and opportunity permitted. Later variants increased the maximum target speed to , and were combined with Gyro Rate Units (GRU) which gave tachometric capabilities to the system, and radar which greatly improved ranging and rate keeping accuracy.

Wartime use

The FKC saw extensive use during the war on British Commonwealth naval ships, typically on destroyers and sloops. Prior to the widespread use of radar, optical detection and ranging on high altitude aerial targets was a daunting task, as shown by 's Report of Proceedings, for 3 September 1940:

Occasionally conditions would conspire to favour the surface ships during an aerial attack, as again revealed by HMAS Parramattas Report of Proceedings, for 20 September 1940:

The FKC was used throughout the war and its effectiveness was increased by the use of radar for gunnery and to provide warning against surprise attack, as demonstrated by this account of  bringing down a Japanese A6M Zero fighter aircraft (a "HAMP"), in 1944:

Notes

External links
 The Gunnery Pocket Book, B.R. 224/45, 1945

 Illustration of the FKC Mk II

Anti-aircraft artillery
Military computers
Naval artillery
Artillery operation
Equipment of the Royal Navy
Fire-control computers of World War II
Military equipment introduced in the 1930s


Kawa is a site in Sudan, located between the Third and Fourth Cataracts of the Nile on the east bank of the river, across from Dongola. In ancient times it was the site of several temples to the Egyptian god Amun, built by the Egyptian rulers Amenhotep III and Tutankhamun, and by Taharqa and other Kushite kings.

Shrine of Taharqa
A small temple of Taharqa was once located at Kawa in Nubia (modern Sudan).  It is located today in the Ashmolean Museum.

See also
Anlamani

References

Former populated places in Sudan
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
Archaeological sites in Sudan
Nubians in Sudan
Kushite cities


Tin Ping Estate () is a public housing estate in Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Sacred Hill and Tin Ping Shan Tsuen. It is the northernmost mixed public and TPS housing estate in Sheung Shui Town and consists of seven residential buildings completed between 1986 and 1990. Some of the flats were sold to tenants through Tenants Purchase Scheme Phase 3 in 2000.

On Shing Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme court in Sheung Shui, near Tin Ping Estate. It has only one block built in 1990.

Houses

Tin Ping Estate

On Shing Court

Demographics
According to the 2016 by-census, Tin Ping Estate had a population of 17,625. The median age was 51.6 and the majority of residents (99.1 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. The average household size was 2.9 people. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$24,170.

Politics
For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the Tin Ping West constituency, which is represented by Kwok Long-fung, while the remainder of the estate and On Shing Court fall within the Tin Ping East constituency, which was formerly represented by Lau Ki-fung until July 2021.

COVID-19 pandemic
Tin Hee House of Tin Ping Estate was placed under lockdown on 23 February, 2022.

See also

Public housing estates in Sheung Shui

References

Sheung Shui
Public housing estates in Hong Kong
Tenants Purchase Scheme
Housing estates with centralized LPG system in Hong Kong


The 1976 Peach Bowl was a postseason college football match between the Kentucky Wildcats and the North Carolina Tar Heels at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on December 30, 1976. This game started at 2:30pm ET with at the time a sell out crowd at the Atlanta stadium with a total of 54,132 people in the stands. The University of Kentucky represented the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and North Carolina represented the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the competition. This was Kentucky's first post season bowl game in 25 years since playing TCU for the Cotton Bowl in the 1952 season making Kentucky very motivated for a win against North Carolina. The game was the final competition of the 1976 football season for each team and resulted in a 21–0 Kentucky victory led by Kentucky running back 'Rod Stewart'. North Carolina were the under dogs heading into the game with the Vegas line favoring Kentucky by 6 points.

Kentucky's losses consisted of Kansas, Mississippi State, Georgia, and Maryland while North Carolina's consisted of NC State and Missouri. Although Kentucky stood with a worse record, it was believed North Carolina was one of the worst 9-2 teams due to their weak strength of schedule. North Carolina entered the game with a 9–2 record and a ranking of #18 in the Associated Press poll after having been ranked as high as #14 during the season; Kentucky entered with a record of 7–4 and unranked.

Neither team scored during the first half.  Two Kentucky drives ended deep in North Carolina territory with no score.

The second half consisted of numerous turnovers from North Carolina starting in the third quarter with UNC quarterback Matt Kupec fumbling at the their own 21; Kentucky's James Ramey recovered.  Seven plays later Kentucky running back Rod Stewart took it in for his first out of three touchdowns from a yard out. John Pierce's PAT gave Kentucky a 7–0 lead.

Starting out the fourth quarter, Kentucky drove 57 yards in 9 plays and with Stewart scoring his second touchdown on an easy 13-yard TD run.  Pierce's PAT put the Wildcats up 14–0 with much of the 4th quarter still left to play.

North Carolina was still unable to answer all throughout the 4th. The wildcats defense shut them out and forcing a total of 5 turnovers at the end the game. Kentucky's last scoring drive consisted a very short drive and ended in another Rod Stewart touchdown from 3 yards out on 4th down. After Pierce's third and final PAT made it Kentucky 21, North Carolina 0.

Kentucky's defense was not the part of the team that dominated. Kentucky's offense also out gained North Carolinas offense 334 total yards to North Carolina's 108 total yards.

Rod Stewarts 104 rushing yards on only 19 carries earned him game MVP along with tying a peach bowl record for most touchdowns(3). Rod Stewart finished the season with a total of 711 rushing yards on 146 carries making it his best season out of his college career and would later get drafted to the nil in 1979 to the Buffalo Bills. Kentucky linebacker Mike Martin was also named the game's defensive MVP.

After the game, North Carolina fell out of the AP Top 20 and Kentucky finished the season ranked #18.  The following season Kentucky went 10–1 and finished #6 in the final AP poll; North Carolina finished the season 8–3–1 after a loss in the Liberty Bowl.

Sources
 2001 Kentucky Wildcats Football Media Guide, '1976 Peach Bowl', p. 166

References

Peach Bowl
Peach Bowl
Kentucky Wildcats football bowl games
North Carolina Tar Heels football bowl games
December 1976 sports events in the United States
Peach Bowl


Borbeck-Mitte is the central borough of Borbeck, the fourth suburban district of Essen, Germany. Together with the other boroughs of the district, it was incorporated on April 1, 1915. Borbeck-Mitte has a population of roughly 13,500 people and a total area of . The name Borbeck derives from Bor(a)thbeki, which means either river in a fertile lowland or river of the Bructeri.

History

Early history synopsis
The first document mentioning Borbeck dates back to 869, when Borthbeki, a small rural commune, was mentioned as one of nine communes around Essen Abbey which were liable to tax. In 1288, princess-abbess Berta von Arnsberg bought probably mortgaged parts of the region and built the predecessor of Schloss Borbeck. By the 14th century, Schloss Borbeck had become the favorite residence of the princess-abbesses, which came along with a rise of prestige for the region. In 1339, princess-abbess Katharina von der Mark had Borbeck's old Romanesque church modified so the abbesses and their entourage could adequately attend mass.

19th and 20th centuries

After the dissolution of Essen Abbey in 1803, Borbeck was occupied by France and became a French municipality in 1808. In 1815, following the Congress of Vienna, Borbeck came to Prussia and was declared the center of a new independent Bürgermeisterei, which also included several townships around Borbeck. The Year without a summer, 1816, brought the last famine to Borbeck, and recovery took at least until 1819. Industrialization reached Borbeck in the 1840s, and the opening coal mines attracted many unemployed people. On February 1, 1862, two of the aforementioned townships, Lipperheide and Lirich, which accounted for two-thirds () of the total area of Borbeck, were excorporated and became parts of the new city of Oberhausen. The same happened with the townships of Altendorf, Frohnhausen and Holsterhausen, which formed the new Bürgermeisterei of Altendorf in 1874. Although having lost most of its land area and a good deal of its population, Borbeck, with a population of over 70,000 people, remained the largest administrative district in Prussia without town privileges. Prior to the excorporations, the population was over 100,000, which nowadays means that Borbeck would have been a Großstadt, i.e. a major city. During the negotiations regarding the incorporation of Borbeck in 1915, Bürgermeister Rudolf Heinrich managed to use the size of Borbeck to attain several concessions from Essen, such as the construction of a public indoor swimming pool if the new Stadtbezirk was to break 100,000 inhabitants again.

Institutions

The suburban district Stadtberzirk IV Borbeck, amongst Borbeck-Mitte (~ 13,500 inhabitants, ), also comprises the following boroughs:
 Bedingrade (~ 12400 inhabitants, )
 Bergeborbeck (~ 4300 inhabitants, )
 Bochold (~ 18000 inhabitants, )
 Dellwig (~ 9300 inhabitants, )
 Frintrop (~ 8700 inhabitants, )
 Gerschede (~ 8000 inhabitants, )
 Schönebeck (~ 10200 inhabitants, )

Borbeck-Mitte, as the central borough of the district, offers several central institutions for the district, including a hospital, a local district court, a branch of the city's public library, as well as social welfare and employment offices and the aforementioned public swimming pool. The central pedestrian precinct features several mid-sized shops and a street market each Tuesday and Friday.

Culture, public life and education
Borbeck-Mitte has a distinctive cultural life, mainly on personal initiative. Several church choirs exist, as well as six carnival and six sport-shooting associations and three amateur theater groups. The cultural historical society maintains a small museum and meeting place in the Alte Cuesterey near the central market place.

 () is the central cultural institution of both borough and district. An institution of the cultural office of the city of Essen, it regularly hosts exhibitions and concerts. A permanent exhibition on the history of the abbey and the city has been established in 2006. Essen's public music school has been conducting classes here since 1999. The register office has set up a special room for marriages. The  park is open to the public and the largest park in the northwestern part of Essen. A street nowadays separates a smaller part in front of the castle from the rest of the park; this smaller part mostly consists of hilly lawns and includes a former boxing arena, which is now used for concerts.

A steam beer brewery near Borbeck's train station offers a variety of beers and Ruhr Area specialties. The brewery was founded in 1896 on the premises of the old brewery of the castle. It was later taken over by the local competitors Stern and, in the 1990s, Stauder. Brewing has continued, but has been shifted to Stauder's main facilities. The brewery has since become a restaurant and is popular with final years, class reunions and corporate events, mainly from the Borbeck area.

On one corner of the new market place, a fountain commemorates the habits of shortening old trousers for the summer months or buying clothes, especially trousers, a few sizes larger for children to grow into. Throughout the Ruhr Area, this habit has become known as Borbecker Halblang (Borbeck's half long).

Since 1949, a weekly local newspaper called Borbecker Nachrichten reports on cultural events, sports and general news from the district. The gazette, which at times had been the largest local newspaper in Germany, remained independent until 2000, when it was acquired by Essen-based WAZ-Mediengruppe.

Well-known educational institutions in Borbeck are the Gymnasium Borbeck and the Mädchengymnasium Borbeck, the latter being the single public Gymnasium for girls only in North Rhine-Westphalia; sixth form classes are sometimes offered in co-operation of both schools. Two Realschulen, two Gesamtschulen, several primary schools (the latter mainly run by the church) and a special school for children with speech disorders can also be found in Borbeck-Mitte.

Notable personalities
 Heinrich Uhlendahl (1868-1954), librarian and founder of the German national bibliography
 Otto Doppelfeld (1907-1979), archaeologist
 Heinz-Horst Deichmann (1926-), entrepreneur
 Albert Vögler (1877-1945), entrepreneur

Footnotes

References
Most sections of this article are translations from the German Wikipedia. The version used can be found under this link. The original authors of the German-language version can be found here.

Literature
 The periodicals of the Cultural Historical Society of Borbeck, called Borbecker Beiträge, since 1987
 Walter Wimmer: Gewachsen in 11 Jahrhunderten - Borbecker Chronik, Verlag Borbecker Nachrichten, Essen (1980 - 1993)
 Lutz Niethammer: Die Unfähigkeit zur Stadtentwicklung. Erklärung der seelischen Störung eines Communalbaumeisters in Preußens größtem Industriedorf, in: Engelhart, U. u.a. (eds.): Soziale Bewegung und politische Verfassung. Beiträge zur Geschichte der modernen Welt, Stuttgart 1976.
 Ludwig W. Wördehoff: Borbeck in seinen Straßennamen, Rainer-Henselowsky-Verlag, Essen 1987

External links

 Cultural Historical Society of Borbeck (German only)
 Old pictures and postcards from Borbeck
 Portrait of the borough on the website of the city of Essen  (German only)

Essen


The 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 22nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Krefeld and Cologne, West Germany from February 25 to March 6, 1955.  A total of 14 nations participated in this World Championship, which was a new record for the postwar era. As a result, the teams were seeded with the strongest 9 teams placed in Pool A (the championship pool) and the remaining 5 nations as well as the West German B team placed in Pool B.

Canada, represented by the Penticton Vees of the Okanagan Senior League, won their 16th international title. For the second straight year both the Soviets and Canadians were undefeated until they played each other in the final game of the tournament. This time Canada won 5–0, giving the Soviets the silver medal, and their second European Championship. Czechoslovakia won the bronze by dominating the weaker teams, drawing the Americans, and narrowly defeating the Swedes.

Despite the victory, the Canadian Press reported sentiments from Canadian players and spectators that "Canada should never again take part in the tournament under its present setup", and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president W. B. George was concerned that the game in Europe took on political and religious meanings in which Canada did not want to become involved.

World Championship Group A (West Germany)

Final Round

Standings

Tournament awards
 Best players selected by the directorate:
 Best Goaltender:  Don Rigazio
Best Defenceman:  Karel Gut
Best Forward:  Bill Warwick

World Championship Group B (West Germany)

Final Round

Standings

Note:West Germany B games were unofficial.

European Championship medal table

Citations

References

Complete results

IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
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The following is a list of major islands of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), arranged by province. For a list of islands in South Korea (Republic of Korea), see: List of islands of South Korea.

North Korea occupies the northern portion of the Korean Peninsula which extends about  southward from the northeast Asian continental landmass. The  coastline of Korea is highly irregular, and North Korea accounts for  of this, roughly one-third. To the west of North Korea are the Yellow Sea and Korea Bay, and to its east lies Japan across the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea).  Most of the islands of North Korea are on its west coast.

According to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea,  its territory consisting of "the Korean Peninsula and its adjacent islands," which in turn, all of the islands are wholly claimed by the ROK.

Kangwon

 Hwangt'odo (Hangul: 황토도 Revised Romanization: Hwangtodo; Hanja: 黃土島) (Jurisdiction: Anbyŏn County)
 Kukto (국도 Gukdo; 國島) (T'ongch'ŏn County)
 Samdo (삼도; 三島) (T'ongch'ŏn County)
 Sindo (신도; 薪島) (Wŏnsan City)
 Songdo (송도; 松島) (Kosŏng County)
 Yŏdo (여도 Yeodo; 麗島) (Wŏnsan City)

North Hamgyong and Rason Special City

 Chŏkto (적도 Jeokdo; 赤島) (Kyŏnghŭng County)
 P'ido (피도Pido; 避島) (Kyŏnghŭng County)
 Nando (난도; 卵島) (Sŏnbong, Rason)
 Soch'odo (소초도 Sochodo; 小草島) (Rajin, Rason Special City)
 Ssangdo (쌍도; 雙島) (Rajin, Rason Special City)
 Taech'odo (대초도 Daechodo; 大草島) (Rajin, Rason Special City)
 Yangdo (양도; 洋島) (Kilju County)

Tumen River islands
 K'ŭnsŏm (큰섬 Keunseom) (Rason Special City)
 Maegido (매기도; 每基島) (Kyŏngwŏn County)
 Ryudado (류다도; 柳多島) (Kyŏngwŏn County)

North Pyongan

 Pansŏng Archipelago (Pansŏngnyŏldo; 반성렬도 [반성열도 Banseongyeoldo]; 盤城列島)
 Ka Island (가도 Ka-to or Gado; 椵島) (Ch'ŏlsan County)
 Rapto (랍도 [납도 Napdo]; 蠟島) (Ch'ŏlsan County)
 Samch'ado (삼차도 Samchado; 參瑳島) (Ch'ŏlsan County)
 Sinmi Island (신미도 Sinmi-to or Sinmi-do; 身彌島) (Sŏnch'ŏn County), the largest island in North Korea
 Sohwado (소화도; 小和島) (Ch'ŏlsan County)
 Sorapto (소랍도 Sorapdo; 小蠟島) (Ch'ŏlsan County)
 Taehwado (대화도 Daehwado; 大和島) (Ch'ŏlsan County)
 T'ando (탄도 Tando; 炭島) (Ch'ŏlsan County)
 Urido (우리도; 牛里島) (Ch'ŏlsan County)
 Numerous other islands
 Sogamdo (소감도; 小甘島) (Kwaksan County)
 Taegamdo (대감도 Daegamdo; 大甘島) (Kwaksan County)
 Unmido (운무도; 雲霧島) (Kwaksan County)

Yalu River islands
 Hwanggŭmp'yŏng (황금평 Hwanggeumpyeong; 黃金坪) (Sindo County) — formerly Hwangch'op'yŏng (황초평 Hwangchopyeong; 黃草坪)
 Imdo (임도; 任島) (Sinŭiju City) — combined by sediment with Sindo (신도; 新島)
 Kurido (구리도 Gurido; 九里島) (Ŭiju County)
 Kwanmado (관마도 Gwanmado; 官馬島) -Kurido (구리도 Gurido; 九里島) (Ŭiju County)
 Ŏjŏkto (어적도 Eojeokdo; 於赤島) (Ŭiju County) - reclamation of the former Sŭngado (승아도 Seung'ado; 勝阿島; written Sŭngaedo [승애도 Seung'aedo; 勝艾島] on a 1917 map)
 Pidansŏm (비단섬 Bidanseom; 緋緞島 Bidando) (Sindo County) — formed by a 1958 reclamation project from Sindo (신도; 薪島) and Maando (마안도; 馬鞍島); Maando is the westernmost point in Korea
 Ryuch'odo (류초도 Ryuchodo; 柳草島) (Sinŭiju City)
 Sugudo (수구도; 水口島) (Ŭiju County)
 Tajido (다지도 Dajido; 多智島) (Ŭiju County) — formed by a reclamation project from Kŏmdongdo (검동도; 黔同島), Nanjado (난자도; 欄子島), Tajido (다지도; 多智島), Mado (마도; 麻島)
 Tongnyuch'odo (동류초도 Dongryuchodo; 東柳草島) (Sinŭiju City)
 Wihwado (위화도; 威化島) (Sinŭiju City) — Ch'udo (추도; 楸島)

Pyongyang

Taedong River islands
 Rŭngnado (릉라도 [능라도 Neungnado]; 綾羅島) (Pyongyang Directly Governed City)
 Turusŏm (두루섬 Duruseom; 豆老島 Durudo) (Pyongyang Directly Governed City)
 Yanggakto (양각도 Yanggakdo; 羊角島) (Pyongyang Directly Governed City)

South Hamgyong

 Hwado (화도; 花島) (Chŏngp'yŏng County)
 Kŭmch'odo (전초도 Keumchodo; 全椒島) (Riwŏn County)
 Mayangdo (마양도; 馬養島) (Sinpo City)
 Sojŏdo (소저도 Sojeodo; 小猪島) (Kŭmya County)
 Taejŏdo (대저도 Daejeodo; 大猪島) (Kŭmya County)
 Ungdo (웅도; 熊島) (Kŭmya County)

South Hwanghae

 Ch'angnindo (창린도 Changnindo; 昌麟島) (Ongjin County)
 Ch'odo (초도 Chodo; 椒島) (Kwail County)
 Kirindo (기린도 Girindo; 麒麟島) (Ongjin County)
 Mahapto (마합도 Mahapdo; 麻哈島) (Ongjin County)
 Mudo (무도; 茂島) (Kangnyŏng County)
 Ŏhwado (어화도 Eohwado; 漁化島) (Kangnyŏng County)
 Ryonghodo (룡호도 [용호도 Yonghodo]; 龍湖島) (Ongjin County)
 Ryongmaedo (룡매도 [용매도 Yongmaedo]; 龍媒島) (Ch'ŏngdan County)
 Sŏkto (석도 Seokdo; 席島) (Kwail County)
 Sosuapto (소수압도 Sosuapdo; 小睡鴨島) (Kangnyŏng County)
 Sunwido (순위도; 巡威島) (Kangnyŏng County)
 Taesuapto (대수압도 Daesuapdo; 大睡鴨島) (Kangnyŏng County)
 Wŏllaedo (월내도 Wollaedo; 月乃島) (Ryongyŏn County)
 Hambakdo (함박도 Hambakdo; (Yonan County)

South Pyongan

 Hach'wirado (하취라도 Hachwirado; 下吹螺島) (Onch'ŏn County)
 P'ido (피도 Pido; 避島) (Ryonggang County)
 Sangch'wirado (상취라도 Sangchwirado; 上吹螺島) (Onch'ŏn County)
 Tŏkto (덕도 Deokdo; 德島) (Onch'ŏn County)

See also

River islands of North Korea
Geography of North Korea
Islands of South Korea
Waudo - A former island

References

Further reading
 李泳澤 이영택 [I Yeongtaek].「最新北韓地圖」최신북한지도. North Korea Road Atlas. 改訂3版發行 [Revised 3rd Edition]. 佑晋地圖文化社 우진지도문화사, 1997.

Korea
Islands


Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta was a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1969 and dissolved in 1991, it held home matches at Estadio Alfonso Murube, with a capacity of 6,500.

History
From 1977 until 1991, Ceuta played 13 seasons in Segunda División B. The only exception was 1980–81, when the club competed in Segunda División, finishing 20th and last; on 7 September 1980, the first game in the category was played, a 2–0 home win against CD Málaga, one of 11 during the campaign (the top and the bottom-ranked teams were separated by only 16 points).

In summer 1991, following severe economic problems – which led to the club's relegation to Tercera División for not paying its players – Agrupación Deportiva folded, being replaced by AD Ceuta.

Club background
Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta (1969–91)

Other clubs from Ceuta
Ceuta Sport Club — (1932-56); renamed in 1941 to Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta
Sociedad Deportiva Ceuta — (1941-56); in 1956 merged with the Spanish elements of Club Atlético Tetuán to form Club Atlético de Ceuta
Club Atlético de Ceuta — (1956–); renamed in 2013 to Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club
Club Deportivo Imperio de Ceuta — (1958–)
Club Ceutí Atlético (1996–97)
Asociación Deportiva Ceuta (1997–2012)
Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club — (2013–)

Season to season

1 season in Segunda División
13 seasons in Segunda División B
7 seasons in Tercera División

Selected former players
 Claudio Barragán

Football clubs in Ceuta
Association football clubs established in 1970
Association football clubs disestablished in 1991
Defunct football clubs in Spain
1970 establishments in Spain
1991 disestablishments in Spain
Segunda División clubs


Lara Amersey (born November 13, 1984) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in Life with Derek, Overruled, Monster Warriors and Land of the Dead.

Life and career
Lara was born in 1984 and relocated with her family to Toronto, Ontario in 1991. In 2003, Lara got involved in the film industry and got her break in a Stridex commercial. Following that, she appeared in many other commercials including ads for 7Up, Coca-Cola and American Express. The following year she landed a role on the hit kids show Radio Free Roscoe which helped to start her career as an actress and is still the series that she is most recognized for. Since then, she has guest starred in shows such as Life with Derek as Lucy, Overruled as Rory Jablonski, as well as short films Hate, Rose, and Red Velvet Girls as well as the feature film Land of the Dead. Her most recent work includes episodes of Warehouse 13 and Flashpoint.

Lara's most memorable work to date has been her leading role on the television series Monster Warriors. She starred as Vanka, an athletic, aggressive, overpowering girl with an interest in ancient combat and rituals. The series has aired all over the world in many different languages.

Lara has expanded her experience behind the camera working closely with Jordan Entertainment as an Associate Producer. She is eager about what the future holds for her as an actress as well as her future within Jordan Entertainment.

Filmography

External links

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Living people
Actresses from Montreal
Anglophone Quebec people
Canadian television actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses
Actresses from Toronto


Medina Dixon (November 2, 1962 – November 8, 2021) was an American basketball player born in Boston, Massachusetts. She was a member of the United States women's national basketball team during the late 1980s and the early 1990s, collecting three medals during her international career. Dixon originally signed and played the 1981-82 season with South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball.  She then transferred to Old Dominion University where she played for three seasons, leading them to a national championship in 1985. Her number was retired by the team in 2011.  After her college career, she played professionally for overseas teams, including in Japan,  where she played for six years, and then in Russia.

College statistics
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USA Basketball
Dixon represented the US at the World Championships held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in July 1990. The team won all eight games, earning the gold medal. Dixon scored 8.3 points per game and had 15 assists, second highest on the team.

Dixon again played with the USA team at the 1991 Pan American Games. The team finished with a record of 4–2, but managed to win the bronze medal. The USA team lost a three-point game to Brazil, then responded with wins over Argentina and Cuba, earning a spot in the medal round. The next game was a rematch against Cuba, and this time the team from Cuba won a five-point game. The USA beat Canada easily to win the bronze. Dixon averaged 7.8 points per game.

At the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona, Spain, Dixon was the leading scorer of the USA team with 15.8 points per game. Dixon led the team in scoring against China, which set up a medal round game against the Unified Team and fell, 79–73, even though Dixon set a USA team single scoring record with 28 points. The USA team then faced Cuba for the bronze medal. The game was tied at halftime, and  Cuba had a small lead midway through the second half, but the USA went on a run to retake the lead, and finished with an 88–74 victory and the bronze medal.

Dixon died on November 8, 2021, of pancreatic cancer.

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Francis Clifford Watt (20 July 1896 – 8 April 1971)  was a Unionist Party politician, advocate and sheriff in Scotland.

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh Central at a by-election in December 1941, and held the seat until his defeat at the  1945 general election by the Labour Party candidate.

He was qualified as an advocate and a Member of the Scottish Bar, and was awarded King's Counsel (KC) on 20 August 1946. He served as Sheriff of Caithness, Sutherland, Orkney & Zetland from 1952  until his transfer as Sheriff of Stirling, Dumbarton and Clackmannan in 1961. He held that position until his death in 1971.

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"Morir de amor" is a pop song recorded by Chilean band Kudai and is the third single for their third studio album, Nadha. The release of the single was accompanied by a campaign against gender violence, supported by the United Nations Population Fund.

Song information
The song is the third official single from the album Nadha, and was released as radio airplay in Chile on 19 February 2009. The song was written during 2007 by Carlos Lara and Kudai in Chile. The song contains hard social lyrics and themes like suicide are recurrent in the song and says no to violence. The single was released in the first week of April in México and the rest of Latin America.

Music video
This music video for "Morir De Amor" was shot in Buenos Aires, Argentina  on 15-16 February 2009. The filming lasted 48 hours and was directed by Ariel Evasio. The video addresses the story of two young people who are entangled in a loving relationship charged with extreme violence, which leads to fear, insecurity and confusion.  Some scenes in the video are strong, "because we wanted people to identify the first signs of this violence that affects women and men."

The music video was premiered in their website Amorsinviolencia.com on March 28, 2009, and premiere on television on 30 March 2009.

Track listing
CD Single
 "Morir de Amor" (Album Version) – 3:56
 "Morir de Amor" (Radio Edit) – 3:54

Chart performance

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2009 singles
Kudai songs
Songs written by Koko Stambuk
2008 songs
Songs written by Carlos Lara (songwriter)
EMI Records singles


Dhanishtha (Devanagari: धनिष्ठा, Telugu: ధనిష్ఠ, Kannada: ಧನಿಷ್ಠ), also known as Avittam in Tamil and Malayalam (, Malayalam: അവിട്ടം), is the twenty-third nakshatra in Hindu astronomy, corresponding to α to δ Delphini.  In Jyotiṣa, Dhanishta is ruled by Mangala (the planet Mars).
Dhanishta is classified as a movable nakshatra, meaning that, under electional astrological beliefs, it is best to begin activities like travel when the moon is in Dhanishta. This is based on the Panchanga reading only (which is also known as a calendar to track the suitable day for doing or starting anything good).

The deities which preside over Dhanishta are the Ashta Vasus: Agni, Prithvi, Vāyu, Varuna, Dyaus, Surya, Chandramas and Dhruva. The powers bestowed by the Ashta Vasus comes under the domain of Lord Nataraja who is the main supreme deity of this nakshatra. The animal associated to this nakshatra is a female lion and it is symbolized as "A Lioness which is resting majestically after a Lioness's share". The symbol that is most commonly used to represent Dhanishta is the drum known as the Udukai in Tamil and Damaru in Sanskrit.

It is the birth star of a great Tamil Siddhar Tirumular and also the birth star of Bhishma, a great hero in the Mahabharata epic.

Traditional Hindu given names are determined by which pada (quarter) of a nakshatra the Ascendant/Lagna was in at the time of birth. In the case of Dhanista, the given name would begin with the following syllables:
Ga (கா)
Gi (கி)
Gu (கு)
Ge (கீ)

Dhanishta Nakshatra Born Personality Traits
People born in the Dhanishta nakshatra possess a diverse skill set and excel in various areas. They can swiftly adapt to any situation. Their words, actions, and thoughts are always geared towards helping and never causing harm. These people have a sharp intellect and a keen desire to learn. Their charismatic smile is one of their appealing traits. Firm religious beliefs guide their conduct, and these people consistently strive to be courteous. They are highly attuned to respecting and valuing people. People born in this nakshatra are sociable, outgoing, and friendly, preferring not to be alone. Being in the company of others brings them great joy. Overcoming challenges and obstacles is second nature to them. Their prowess in arguments makes them well-suited for careers in law and politics. Regardless of their educational background, their wisdom commands respect.

In Popular culture
In the Indian web series Asur (Indian web series), the killer Shubh Joshi was known to target people of Dhanistha nakshatra.

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Nakshatra


Victoria Elaine "Vickie" Orr (born February 25, 1967) is an American retired women's basketball player. She was a member of the United States women's national basketball team during the late 1980s and the early 1990s, collecting two medals during her international career. Born in Hartselle, Alabama, Orr played college basketball for Auburn University. In May 2013, she was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

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Orr was named to the first USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team (now called the U19 team). The team participated in the inaugural Junior World Championship, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in August 1985. The team won four games and lost two, ending up in fifth place. Orr averaged 3.8 points per game.

Orr was selected to be a member of the team representing the US at the 1987 World University Games held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. However, Orr was unable to play as she had to have her appendix removed in Yugoslavia. The USA team won four of the five contests. In the opening game against Poland, Gordon was the leading scorer for the US with 18 points. After winning their next game against Finland, the USA faced the host team Yugoslavia. The game went to overtime, but Yugoslavia prevailed, 93–89. The USA faced China in the next game. They won 84–83, but they needed to win by at least five points to remain in medal contention. They won the final game against Canada to secure fifth place.

Orr was a member of the USA National team at the 1990 World Championships, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The team won their opening round games fairly easily, with the closest of the first three games a 27-point victory over Czechoslovakia. Then they faced Cuba, a team that had beaten the US in exhibition matches only a few weeks earlier. The USA team was losing at halftime, but came back to win 87–78. The USA team found itself behind at halftime to Canada in their next game, but came back to win easily 95–70. After an easy match against Bulgaria, the USA team faced Czechoslovakia again, end achieved an almost identical result, winning 87–59. In the title match, the USA team won the gold medal with a score of 88–78. Orr averaged 7.9 points per game and had nine blocks over the course of the event, second highest on the team.

Personal life
Orr is the mother of Auburn men's basketball player Austin Wiley.

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American expatriate basketball people in Italy


Ma Liang  () born February 27, 1982, also known as Ma Yi (), is a Chinese football player.

Career

He was the member of Chinese U-20 national team and played well in 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. After his release by Jiangsu Shuntian, he did not attend any professional football matches until 2008. He signed a short contract with Guangzhou Pharmaceutical, and was released at the end of season 2008.

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1982 births
Living people
Footballers from Shenyang
Chinese men's footballers
Guangzhou F.C. players
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The Edward F. Sharp Residential Ensemble, also known as the Sharp Family Residential Ensemble, is a set of three adjacent historic houses in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. Edward Sharp (1865–1954) was the county surveyor and roadmaster whose work underlies much of the development in The Dalles and Wasco County. As the official surveyor for the Eastern Oregon Land Company, he also conducted important early surveys across large stretches of Oregon and Idaho. He built the houses at 400 and 404 E. 4th Street for himself and his family (1895 and 1905, respectively), and the house at 504 Federal Street for employees (1900). Because the houses remained under common ownership in the Sharp family for many years, they have retained an exceptional level of preservation. The houses on 4th Street are also exceptional local examples of the Queen Anne (400) and Craftsman (404) styles.

The ensemble was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Wasco County, Oregon

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Copyright abolition is a movement to abolish copyright and all subsequent laws made in its support. The notion of anti-copyright combines a group of ideas and ideologies that advocate changing the current copyright law. It often focuses on the negative philosophical, economic, or social consequences of copyright, and that it has never been a benefit to society, but instead serves to enrich a few at the expense of creativity. Some groups may question the logic of copyright on economic and cultural grounds. The members of this movement are in favor of a full or partial change or repeal of the current copyright law. Copyright and patents are widely rejected among anarchists, communists, socialists, free market libertarians, crypto-anarchists, info-anarchists, and the former Situationist International.

Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine, economists at Washington University in St. Louis, have suggested that copyrights and patents are a net loss for the economy because of the way they reduce competition in the free market. They refer to copyrights and patents as intellectual monopolies, akin to industrial monopolies, and they advocate phasing out and eventually abolishing them.

The classic argument in defense of copyright is the view that giving the developers a temporary monopoly over their works encourages further development and creativity, giving the developer a source of income, and thus encourages them to continue their creative work; usually copyright is secured under the Berne Convention, established by Victor Hugo and first adopted in 1886. Every country in the world has copyright laws and private information ownership has not been repealed anywhere officially. Numerous international agreements on copyright have been concluded since then, but copyright law still varies from country to country.

Copyright is also massively rejected by those partaking in online piracy and other participants of peer-to-peer networks, who put copyrighted materials into public access. In addition, in the context of the Internet, Web 2.0, and other newer technologies, it has been argued that copyright laws need to be adapted to modern information technology.

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 Copyright alternatives
 Copyright misuse
 Copyfraud
 Cory Doctorow
 Creative Commons
 Criticism of copyright
 Culture vs. Copyright
 Cyber-utopianism
 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
 Fair use
 File sharing
 Free-culture movement
 Freedom of information
 Information wants to be free

 Patent troll
 Permissive software licence
 Pirate Party
 Public domain
 Steal This Film

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