Cleanup date November 2010 Refimprove date May 2009 A culturalicon can be a symbol , logo , picture , name , face , person , building or other image that is readily recognized and generally represents an object or concept with great cultural significance to a wide cultural group. A representation of an object or person, or that object or person may come to be regarded as having a special status as particularly representative of, or important to, or loved by, a particular group of people, a place, or a period in history . In the media, many well known manifestations of popular culture have been described as iconic . Some writers say that the word is overused. ref name LDP ref name CE ref http www.highbeam.com doc 1P2 3713610.html Heard about the famous icon? We have far too often , The Independent London , January 27, 2007 ref Icons and persons cquote2 Che Guevara , Jim Morrison , John Lennon , Michael Jackson , Frank Sinatra , Bob Marley , Elvis Presley , Kurt Cobain , The Beatles these are names that refuse to fade out. No generation gap can lower their popularity. They will always ... in an Age of Iconomania by The Age DEFAULTSORT CulturalIcon Category Symbols Category Cultural ... phd knowledge center pdf LessonsIcons.pdf Lessons from Cultural Icons How to Create an Iconic Brand ref Many brands aspire to become cultural icons, but fail. Cultural icons are often ... value . While brands are rational and driven by features, cultural icons are emotional, free, driven .... Cultural icons worldwide Cultural icons may be national, regional or related to a city. And they can ... Some writers say that the terms icon and iconic have been overused. A writer in Liverpool ... for icon , including use of it for SpongeBob SquarePants . ref name CE http www.christianexaminer.com ... for gay, old times , Christian Examiner ref See also IconIcon secular Icon disambiguation Replicas of Michelangelo s David Popular culture National icon Global icon References Reflist External links ... more details
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About the religious artifacts File Trinity tikhon filatiev.jpg right thumb Russian icon of Holy Trinity File Mary of egypt2.jpg thumb 17th century Russian icon of Saint Mary of Egypt , with scenes from her life. An icon from Greek language Greek polytonic eik n image is a religious work of art ... or by analogy, as in semiotics by extension, icon is also used, particularly in modern culture, in the general ..., usually associated with religious, cultural, political, or economic standing. Throughout history .... In Eastern Christianity and other icon painting Christian traditions, the icon is generally a flat ... of Domitilla and San Callisto in Rome. In Eastern Orthodoxy and other icon painting Christian traditions, the icon is generally a flat panel generally of wood painting depicting a holy being or object ... , provides a more substantial reference to a first icon of Jesus. He relates that King Abgar of Edessa ... thumb 250px Christ and Saint Menas . A 6th century Copt ic icon from Egypt Mus e du Louvre . After ..., ISBN 054001085 5 ref no connection to Icon However, in the Old Testament we read of prophets having ... man, the Ancient of Days . Image Spas vsederzhitel sinay.jpg thumb left The oldest icon of Christ Pantocrator ... would only ever see religious images and those of the ruling class. The word icon referred to any ... Mother of God named Icon of the Hodegetria from Jerusalem to Pulcheria , daughter of the Emperor ... relates a tradition that the original icon of Mary attributed to Luke, sent by Eudokia to Pulcheria from Palestine, was a large circular icon only of her head. When the icon arrived in Constantinople it was fitted in as the head into a very large rectangular icon of her holding the Christ child and it is this composite icon that became the one historically known as the Hodegetria. She further states ... in 1261 he took this original circular portion of the icon with him. This remained in the possession ... ref Unfortunately this icon has been over the subsequent centuries subjected to repeated repainting ... more details
or thing used for other than religious purpose Culturalicon , a visual identity that is associated with cultural significance to a cultural group Gay icon , an LGBT culturalicon Icahn disambiguation ...wiktionarypar icon An icon , from the Greek for image, is a religious painting in the tradition of Eastern Christianity. Icon s also may refer to TOCright Literature and printed media Icon novel Icon novel , a 1997 fiction novel by Frederick Forsyth iCon Steve Jobs , a 2005 biography of Steve Jobs by Jeffrey Young Thoene Other novels ICON novel , a 2010 fiction novel by Bodie and Brock Thoene Icon Magazine , a fashion and celebrity magazine Icon comics , a Milestone DC comic book superhero Icon Comics , a Marvel comics imprint ICON Group International , a publisher of automatically generated books compiled from Internet sources ICON Health Publications , an imprint of ICON Group International ICON Health & Fitness Film and television Icon film Icon film , a 2005 thriller film Icon Stargate SG 1 Icon Stargate SG 1 , a 2004 television episode of Stargate SG 1 Icons TV series Icons TV series , an American documentary TV show Music Icon band , an American heavy metal glam metal band 1981 1990 IconIcon album IconIcon album 1984 Icon Paradise Lost album Icon Paradise Lost album , a 1993 metal album by Paradise Lost Icon Wetton and Downes album Icon Wetton and Downes album 2005 Icon Benighted album Icon Benighted album 2007 DAAS Icon , a 1990 comedy album by Doug Anthony All Stars Icons None More Black album Icons None More Black album , an upcoming 2010 punk album Icon album series Icon album series , a series of compilation albums Icon Bryan Adams album Icon Bryan Adams album 2010 Icon Hole album Icon Hole album 2011 Icon Lynyrd Skynyrd album Icon Lynyrd Skynyrd album 2010 Icon Nirvana album Icon Nirvana album 2010 Computing Computer icon , a pictogram used in a graphical user interface Icon programming language , a high level programming language Unisys ICON , a computer built ... more details
and applications within a graphical user interface . See also Culturalicon Gay icon Semeiotic , the analysis of icons and symbols. Symbol DEFAULTSORT Secular Icon Category Symbols ...Unreferenced date October 2006 For other uses of the term see Icon disambiguation . For a list of icons for use on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia Icons . Image Motherhood and apple pie.jpg thumb 200px right United States American culturalicon s Image Clock Tower Palace of Westminster, London May 2007.jpg thumb right 150px The Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster clock tower of the Palace of Westminster , iconic of the government of the United Kingdom Image Biohazard symbol.svg thumb 125px The Biological hazard biohazard graphic is not an icon but a symbol , because its meaning is purely Convention norm convention al, and it represents no specific object. Image MilwaukeeBrewers caplogo.svg thumb 175px right Logo cap of Milwaukee Brewers A secular icon is an image or pictograph of a person or thing used for other than religious purpose. See icon for such use. Icons versus symbols An icon is a graphic device that represents some object or action, the graphic device being ascribed symbolic meaning s beyond the object represented. A symbol has only the meanings ascribed to itself, representing only a concept and not recognizable as a particular object. Language and cultural neutrality International standards have been developed to harmonize icons and symbols. The latter can be seen particularly at international airports and on roadside signs, to assist travelers. Icons are also becoming standardised for consumer electronics and for automobile controls. Warning symbols , such as the biological hazard biological hazard, or biohazard , symbol, are sometimes not self explanatory but are well ... be used to represent a complex concept or entity. These are often cultural specific, as recognition .... Modern computer systems Main Icon computing Modern personal computers and control systems make extensive ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Icon Type studio Artist Icon band Icon Cover Icon icon.jpg Genre Glam metal , hard rock Released July 7, 1984 Length 36 49 Label Capitol Records Producer Mike Varney , Volker Kurze Reviews Allmusic Rating 4 5 Allmusic class album id r79050 pure url yes link Last album This album Icon br 1984 Next album The Night of the Crime br 1985 Icon was the self titled debut album by the hard rock and glam metal band Icon band Icon . It included their biggest metal radio hit song, On Your Feet . Tracklist Rock On Through the Night 3 31 Killer Machine 3 31 On Your Feet 3 22 World War 4 30 Hot Desert Night 3 49 Under My Gun 3 30 Iconoclast 1 26 Rock n Roll Maniac 3 58 I m Alive 4 08 It s Up to You 5 05 Band members Stephen Clifford Vocals Dan Wexler Guitars Tracy Wallach Bass, Vocals John Aquillino Guitars Pat Dixon Drums Production Produced By Mike Varney Re issue produced by Volker Kurze Art Direction Roy Kohara Design Logo John O Brien Cover Illustration James Dowlen Logo Illustration Rick Monzon Photography Karen Filter Singles On Your Feet Hot Desert Night Rock On Through the Night World War DEFAULTSORT IconIcon Album Category 1984 albums Category Icon band albums it IconIcon ... more details
or band selected as that year s Culturaliconicon , in a format similar to the network s annual MTV ...for the youth award MTV Youth Icon of the Year MTV Icon was the title given to a series of annual television ... of that year s chosen icon, interspersed by celebrity introductions and live performances of popular artists playing cover version s of the icon s songs. The iconic artist would then accept an award ... artist Janet Jackson was selected as the first MTV Icon in 2001, in an event held in Los Angeles . ref name Murphy cite web last Murphy first Gayl title MTV Names Janet Jackson an Icon publisher ABC ... hard rock band Aerosmith was chosen as MTV s Icon. ref name billboard aerosmith cite web title Aerosmith Is MTV s Newest Icon publisher Billboard magazine Billboard date 2002 03 19 url http www.billboard.com search ?keyword mtv icon news aerosmith is mtv s newest icon 1433072.story accessdate 2009 ... s icon Janet Jackson delivering a testimonial about the band, and featured performances by The X ... band Metallica was selected as MTV s Icon for 2003, with the event held in Universal City, California . ref name mtv metallica cite web title MTV Icon Metallica publisher MTV url http www.mtv.com onair icon metallica accessdate 2009 12 14 ref It featured performances by Sum 41 , Staind , Avril Lavigne ... Bennington of Linkin Park . ref name mtv metallica testimonials cite web title MTV Icon Metallica Celebrity Tributes publisher MTV url http www.mtv.com onair icon metallica celeb trib celeb tributes.jhtml ... Battery , Frantic song Frantic 2004 The Cure The 2004 MTV Icon special was held at the Old Billingsgate Market in London to a crowd of over 1,000 and named post punk gothic rock band The Cure as the icon of the year. ref name weber cite web last Weber first Tim title The Cure take the icon test date ... music New Wave 1980s. ref name weber MTV Icon The Cure premiered October 31, 2004 on MTV2 . ref ... http www.mtv.com onair icon Category MTV Networks ... more details
The Consorzio ICoN is a interuniversity consortium for Italian studies established in 1999. It consists of 21 Italian universities and focuses on philology . The consortium is based and administrated at the University of Pisa and is supported by the Italian Ministry of University and Research Ministero dell Universit e della Ricerca . It aims at diffusing Italian language, culture and literature. Participants File ICoN interuniversity consortium.gif right ICoN The universities forming the consortium are University of Bari Universit degli Studi di Bari University of Cassino Universit degli Studi di Cassino University of Catania Universit degli Studi di Catania University of Genoa Universit degli Studi di Genova University of Milan Universit degli Studi di Milano IULM University of Milan Libera Universit di lingue e comunicazione IULM Naples Eastern University Universit degli Studi di Napoli L Orientale University of Padua Universit degli Studi di Padova University of Parma Universit degli Studi di Parma University of Pavia Universit degli Studi di Pavia University for Foreigners Perugia Universit per Stranieri di Perugia University of Pisa Universit degli Studi di Pisa Sant Anna School of Advanced Studies Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant ... s degrees The ICoN consortium organizes three executive master s degree s 60 European Credit Transfer ... of University for Foreigners Perugia Perugia and Foreigners University of Siena Siena Cultural heritage management , issued by the University of Parma Language courses The consortium ICoN also ... http www.italicon.it ICoN consortium of universities http www.mastertutelabeniculturali.it Executive master in cultural heritage management http www.estericult.it Commissione Nazionale per la Promozione della Cultura Italiana all Estero coord missing Italy DEFAULTSORT Consorzio Icon Category Universities ... Category Italian literature Category Italian culture de Consorzio ICoN ... more details
1922 1969 is cited as the quintessential gay icon A gay icon is a public figure historical or current ... , a portmanteau of the words dyke lesbian dyke and icon , has recently entered common lexicon to describe ..., and I m told she also became something of a dykon, a female gay icon . ref Qualities of a gay icon ... the tragic, sometimes martyred figure or the prominent pop icon pop culture idol . Historical examples File Sodoma 003.jpg thumb upleft left 130px Saint Sebastian history s first recorded gay icon Plausibly the earliest gay icon was Saint Sebastian , ref name QUEER cite web url http www.glbtq.com ... volume 86 page 105 ref Due to Saint Sebastian s status as gay icon, Tennessee Williams chose to use ... for the late nineteenth century, and is himself considered to be a gay icon. ref http ... was an early lesbian icon. Rumors about her relationships with women circulated in pornographic ... By the end of the nineteenth century she was a cult icon of Terminology of homosexuality Sapphism ... crossover appeal as a gay icon as well, at least for Jean Genet , who was fascinated by her story ... reached her peak in the 1950s became a gay icon, for example, because the uniquely compelling qualities ... status for lesbians. James Dean was an early lesbian icon ref name jdean cite journal last Pramaggiore ... Cash as a minor lesbian icon, attributing his appeal to lesbian identification with troubled and suffering ... Icon . In cite book last Tichi first Cecilia title Reading Country Music Steel Guitars, Opry ... under the pseudonym Laurajean Ermayne. The definition of what it means to be a gay icon has come ... of gay icon is a cheap ticket... and the idea of gay iconography itself is currently replaceable ... title Margret Thatcher Gay Icon last Flynn first Paul work The Guardian date 2006 05 16 accessdate 2007 ... in 2008 Though the term gay icon is most commonly seen in the United States, the concept is to be found ... Likewise, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan was recently declared to be a gay icon in a national poll ... more details
col end See also Culturalicon Popular culture Sex symbol Teen idol List of honorific titles in popular ...for the British television series Pop Idol A pop icon is a celebrity , character, or object whose fame in popular culture pop culture constitutes a defining characteristic of a given society or era. Although there is no single definitive test for establishing pop icon status, such status is usually associated with elements such as longevity, ubiquity , and distinction. Moreover, pop icon status is distinguishable from other kinds of notoriety outside of popular culture, such as with historic figures. tag ref Note, however, that some historic figures are recognized as having reached pop icon status during their era, and such status may continue into the present. World famous and recognized pop ... 1995 isbn 0252064682 ref group note Longevity Usually, the pop icon status of a celebrity is contingent ... it isn t Charles Scribner s Sons? year 1999 isbn 0684804875 ref This is in contrast to cult icon s, whose ... Times Books date November 6, 2002 isbn 978 0805070682 ref Ubiquity A common element of pop icon status ... 393 05165 0 ref Distinction Often pop icon status implies distinguished association with a societal ... Presley , John Lennon and Charlie Chaplin . Many celebrities also attain the status of pop icon ... 36liberty 36liberty.htm title The Liberty Bell From Obscurity to Icon work Teaching with Historic Places ... specific pop icon status for particular events that captivate public attention, such as in the case ... title Pop icon Michael Jackson dead at 50 coauthors Agencies MED.B. date 26 June 2009 work ECHOROUK ... greatest pop icon of all time date November 12, 2003 work BreakingNews.ie publisher Thomas Crosbie ... books.google.ch books?id rcBR7u5wRTgC&pg PA113&lpg PA113&dq 22pop icon 22 Humphrey Bogart&source bl&ots ... Pop icon Cyndi Lauper plays sold out Asheville show ref David Bowie ref name TCM VH1list2003 ... 20080817 celine dion 080817 title Pop icon Celine Dion wows her Canadian fans author The Canadian Press ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Project Icon is an espionage arm, created by The Pentagon to give former United States U.S United States Secretary of Defense Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld , broad authority over clandestine operations abroad. See also Strategic Support Branch , a secret intelligence unit from the Department of Defense http groups.google.com group ProjectIcon Project Icon Project Icon Google Group US gov stub Category United States intelligence agencies Category Defense Intelligence Agency ... more details
ICON Computing was a 1990s software service company specializing in object technology, and was part of the UML Partners consortium. They were acquired by Platinum Technology in 1998. See also Icon computing External links wayback http iconcomp.com compinfo merger letter.html ICON Platinum merger letter tech company stub Category Defunct software companies ... more details
Icon Theatre is a UK touring theatre company producing visual and physical theatre. ref cite web url http www.icontheatre.org.uk icon theatre home.htm title Icon Theatre About accessdate 2008 01 04 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20080117021550 http www.icontheatre.org.uk icon theatre home.htm archivedate 2008 01 17 ref Reviews Icon has achieved something remarkable...this is a theatrical treat The Stage. Fantastic a fun evening out London Evening Standard. Inventive, funny & interesting Time Out. Productions Hard Times, Warehouse Theatre, 2008. Gradgrind, UK Tour, 2008. The Odyssey, UK Tour, 2007. The Canterbury Tales, UK Tour, 2006. Skeleton Woman, Lady Death, BAC Festival of Visual Theatre, 2004. The Men s Room, by Joshua James, Warehouse Theatre, 2002. Creatives Icon theatre is run by Nancy Hirst artistic and Sally Armstrong administrative ref cite web url http www.icontheatre.org.uk contact.html title Icon Theatre Contact accessdate 2010 03 20 ref References reflist Category Non profit organisations based in the United Kingdom Category British theatre companies UK theatre stub ... more details
Infobox Skyscraper building name Icon Towers image File Icon Towers 10.jpg 200px caption Icon Towers from 104 Street in June 2010 plural location Edmonton , Alberta , Canada coordinates coord 53 32 31 N 113 29 58 W scale 2000 status Completed groundbreaking 2006 constructed opening Tower II 2010 br Tower I 2009 demolished destroyed use Residential antenna spire roof Tower II m to ft 112 abbr yes precision 0 br Tower I m to ft 92 abbr yes precision 0 top floor floor count Tower II 35 br Tower I 30 elevator count cost floor area architect Brinsmead Ziola Kennedy Architecture engineer contractor developer Langham Properties owner The Icon Towers are a complex of two residential towers in downtown Edmonton , Alberta , Canada . The towers are currently Edmonton s tallest residential buildings after they were completed in 2010. ref http www.theicon.ca The Icon Bot generated title Retrieved on 2011 03 23. ref The north tower, with 35 floors, has a height of convert 112 m and the south tower, with 30 floors, has a height of convert 92 m . ref cite web url http www.emporis.com en wm cx ?id 112485 title Icon Towers, Edmonton publisher Emporis.com accessdate 2010 10 22 ref Tower I was completed in 2009, and II was completed in 2010. In the podium, there is street front retail, along with offices in the other floors between the retail and condos. The buildings are on the emerging trendy 104 Street Fourth Street Promenade north of Jasper Avenue. ref cite web url http www.phillipslofts.com ... accessdate 2010 10 22 ref Gallery gallery widths 150px heights 200px File Icon II construction.JPG Icon Tower II under construction in April 2008 File Icontower1.jpg Completed Icon Tower I in April 2009 File Icon Tower II 09.jpg Icon Tower II under construction in September 2009 File Icon Tower II 10.jpg Icon Tower II under construction in June 2010 gallery See also List of tallest buildings in Edmonton References reflist External links http www.theicon.ca The Icon coord 53 32 31 N 113 29 ... more details
icon sushi aicon sushi when isn t supported in a filename is a conversion and creation computer icon freeware software tool for Windows with support for Vista . It has the ability to import icons from ICO file format ICO , BMP file format BMP , Portable Network Graphics PNG , .psd PSD , EXE , Dynamic link library DLL and ICO file format Icon library ICL formats and can export as ICO, BMP, PNG and ICL. ref http www.allbusiness.com technology software services applications internet social 11918760 1.html Ins and outs of emoticons, icons can be found on Web By Randy A. Salas McClatchy Newspapers 11 March 2007 ref ref http vnexpress.net SG Vi tinh San pham moi 2002 01 3B9B8A4A Create icons from the icon in Vietnamese by Van Binh 24 1 2002 ref This software is available in multiple languages including German. ref http winfuture.de news,24860.html Icon Sushi 1.20 Beta 2 Freeware Icon Editor in German written by Michael Diestelberg 8 April 2006 ref Reception icon sushi received mixed reviews. Softonic praises the application for its simplicity and support of XP and Vista icons, but noted that its feature set is too minimalistic. ref cite web url http icon sushi.softonic.com.br title icon sushi 1.21 last Moya first David date 31 March 2008 publisher Softonic BR accessdate 9 August 2009 language Portuguese Brazil ref ref cite web url http icon sushi.softonic.fr title icon sushi first J r mie ... www.zdnet.nl downloads.cfm?id 66008&mxp 151 title icon sushi 1.21 Design your own icons last Weytens ... cite web url http www.clubic.com telecharger fiche57426 icon sushi.html title T l charger Icon sushi ... Windows Magazine stated that icon sushi is an alternative to leading commercial software such as Microangelo ... by Karl Hodge 14 August 2008 ref Citrix suggests use of icon sushi to troubleshoot problems with icons ... icon sushi website English taken by domain squatter 2011 03 04 See also List of icon software Use dmy dates date August 2010 DEFAULTSORT Icon Sushi Category Icon software Category Graphical user interfaces ... more details
merge to RISC OS date January 2011 The icon bar is a fundamental feature of the graphical user interface ... with the system once it has finished booting . The icon bar originally appeared in the Arthur operating ... Guide , a program should place its icons to the left hand side of the icon bar if they relate to physical ... icons are present to be displayed at once then the icon bar will extend horizontally and become ... known as the Select button on an icon will vary depending on what the icon represents. For filing ... Dock , where clicking an icon will result in a Context switch task switch All windows associated with the icon ... . For programs that do not support multiple open documents, clicking its icon will typically result ... an icon, a Context sensitive user interface context sensitive menu associated with that icon will open. Although the owner of the icon is responsible for the contents of the menu, the menus for icons ... File or Directory can be dragged and dropped on top of an Icon bar Icon to initiate a process, if the object ... if there are no running applications or active filing systems, the icon bar will contain a small number of system managed icons The Apps icon, located within the left hand group of icons. This was introduced ... when the icon is clicked it opens the Resources .Apps folder. Although ResourceFS is read only via ... them to read only access to their internal files. The Task Manager icon, located to the far right of the icon bar. When clicked with the left mouse button this opens a window similar to that of the Windows ... control over how much memory is allocated . From the task manager s icon bar menu it is also possible ... to its state before. The Display Manager icon is located just to the left of the task manager ... to alter the current Palette computing palette from this icon. In RISC OS 3 the AddTinyDir ref name starcommands1 ref name starcommands2 star command was introduced, which allows an icon for any file, folder or application to be added to the left hand side of the icon bar. This provides functionality ... more details
Merge Computer icon date June 2009 Icon design is the process of designing a graphic symbol that represents a some real, fantasy or abstract motive, entity or action. In the context of software application icons oftern represent a computer program program , function, data or collection of data on a computer system. Icon designs can be simple with flat 2D drawing or a black silhuette, or complex presenting a combination of graphics design elements such as one or more linear and radial color gradients, projected shadows, contour shades, and 3D perspective effects. Modern icon computing icons may have a maximum size of 512 by 512 pixels , the challenge of icon design is to create an image of that size, which can reduce down to 12 by 12 pixels, that accurately portrays what the icon represents. Common examples of this are installer icons, which usually contain images of product installation computer programs installation media and a computer, thus showing the rough idea of installation, or icons .... One of the early professional icon designers was Susan Kare , who designed many of the icons contained within the original Mac OS . Image Icon design process .png thumb right Custom icon design process scheme with icons examples illustrating different aspects of icon design The process of icon design can be divided into two parts defining the pictogram and creating final graphic design ... desirable in icon design practice is using Convention norm conventional images. If there is no conventional pictogram for the particular icon designer can use Literal and figurative language ... are closer to logotype or mascot design. As computer icon can be used in different sizes icon design ... from it. It is desirable to comply with overall style of the icon set utilizing the same color palette ... details and aligning strokes and objects to pixels in small icon sizes to avoid messy and blurred images. See also Computer icon External links http msdn2.microsoft.com en us library ms997636.aspx ... more details
Refimprove date June 2007 ICon is an Israel i Science Fiction and Fantasy fan convention held annually in the Tel Aviv Cinemateque during the Sukkot holiday. The name ICon is a shortening of the phrase I sraeli Con vention. The first ICon was held in 1998 and was presented as a convention. The earlier ICons lasted for 3 days each, but with the increasing demand, they started lengthening, and to attract more people, it was changed from convention to festival. However, the name ICon remained. ICon 2006 was 5 days long and held about 5000 visitors every day. Citation needed date January 2008 The festival is the biggest fan convention in Israel and features lectures, movies, stage play, roleplay, dealer tables and other activities. Each ICon has a main theme and is visited by a famous guest from abroad past guests include science fiction author Orson Scott Card and fantasy authors Guy Gavriel Kay , Steven Brust and Neil Gaiman . In addition, since 1999, the Geffen Award for original and translated science fiction and fantasy literature has been given during the festival. In former years, it featured a battling ring , where people could fight each other using soft LARP weapons. However, this activity was disallowed for security reasons. Image Ikon Powers.jpg right thumb 200px Writer Tim Powers fights at the battle ring. ICon 2005 Image Ikon Battle.jpg left thumb 200px A battle at the Colosseum battling ring at Icon 2005 Among the organizers of the festival are The Israeli Association for Science Fiction and Fantasy, Starbase 972 Star trek fan club, The Israeli Roleplaying Association ... to two festivals One festival is called Icon Festival . it is organized by Israeli Society of Science ... to Icon TLV and its subject for 2010 is Heroes and Monsters . External links http www.iconfestival.org.il english Icon Festival held by Israeli Society of Science Fiction and Fantasy http www.icon.org.il Official site of Icon TLV changed name DEFAULTSORT Icon Festival Category Festivals in Israel ... more details
SVG images, which are scalable An icon is a small pictogram used in graphical user interface s to supplement ... Alto Research Center facility. Icon driven interfaces were later popularized by the Apple Macintosh , the Workbench AmigaOS Amiga and the Microsoft Windows operating environments. A computer icon usually ... to 512 by 512 pixels. Icon size can be related to the size of the graphical output device or to the amount ... usage today, the icon can represent anything that the users want it to any macro command or process ... from every other icon. Each icon set may also have unifying features that show that similar icons ... computer operating system has the ability to use an icon based graphical user interface GUI to display information to end users this is evident in the usage of the term icon in the WIMP computing WIMP ... items. Most computer functions in a GUI are represented by a function icon. Placing the cursor computers cursor on the icon, and clicking or double click computing double clicking a mouse, trackball or other button starts the function or program. The icon must be original, distinctive and tiny ... cat Icons Icons Icon software Refimprovesect date July 2009 Icon software such as an icon editor is software ... with an alpha channel . Icon editors used on these early platforms usually contain a rudimentary raster image editor capable of modifying images of an icon pixel by pixel, by using simple drawing tools, or by applying simple image filters. Professional icon designers seldom modify icons inside an icon editor and use a more advanced drawing or 3D modeling application instead. Icon software is generally ... programs like GIMP or Inkscape . The main function performed by an icon editor is generation of icons from images. An icon editor resamples a source image to the resolution and color depth required for an icon. Other functions performed by icon editors are icon extraction from executable files exe, dll , creation of icon libraries, or saving individual images of an icon. All icon editors can make ... more details
In the Indian Premier League , an icon player is a player who can only play for his home city in the competition. Each team is assigned at most one icon player. Unlike all the other players initially recruited by teams, the icon players were not bid for in the player auction of 20 February 2008. The salary of each icon player is 15 more than the next highest earner in their team. ref http content www.cricinfo.com ipl content story 337776.html Cricinfo IPL to decide on icon status for Sehwag and Laxman Bot generated title ref As of the 2010 season, the clause pertaining to icon players has been removed on account of complaints by franchises with icon players that having these players was a handicap in the player auction. ref cite news url http timesofindia.indiatimes.com IPL bids goodbye to icon players articleshow 4883340.cms title IPL bids goodbye to icon players date 2009 08 12 publisher Times of India accessdate 2010 02 11 first1 K Shriniwas last1 Rao ref Introduction Initially there were four Icon Players designated by the Indian Premier League organizing committee. Sachin Tendulkar for Mumbai Indians , Sourav Ganguly for Kolkata Knight Riders , Rahul Dravid for Royal Challengers Bangalore , and Yuvraj Singh for Kings XI Punjab . Later, on the request of Delhi Daredevils , Virender Sehwag s name was added to the list. Deccan Chargers also asked for Icon Player status to be given to VVS Laxman , but he declined the offer in order to allow the franchise to spend more money on other ... generated title ref The purpose behind designating the Icon Players is to ensure that top draw players ... and interest among the locals. It has been reported that all the franchises with icon players felt that having the icon player was a handicap in the player auction, as the money spent on the icon ... Of India title Cricket ref For example, the presence of Sachin Tendulkar as an icon was cited ... Dhoni . Fact date May 2008 List of icon players Sachin Tendulkar for Mumbai Indians Rahul Dravid for Royal ... more details
For the Marvel Comics imprint Icon Comics Infobox comics character Wikipedia WikiProject Comics character name Icon image IconM0.jpg imagesize numeral only, defaults to 250 converted y caption Icon and Rocket from Icon 41 br Art by Wilfred Santiago. real name Arnus publisher DC Comics debut Icon 1 May ... hero y villain sortkey IconIcon is a fictional superhero , a comic book character published by DC ... in Icon 1 May 1993 , and was created by Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan . Publication history Expand .... Icon, along with Shadow Cabinet, will appear in Justice League of America vol. 2 27, currently ... . ref name Icon1 Icon 1 May 1993 ref ref name Icon8 Icon 8 December 1993 ref The pod automatically ... Icon 1 ref And so it happened that Miriam found inside a baby boy with her mother s eyes. In the present ... periodically assumed the identity of his own son. ref name Icon8 Icon 8 ref By the late 20th century ..., Augustus waits for Earth s technology to catch up to his lifepod s. ref name Icon8 Icon 8 ref ... of charity. ref name Icon8 Icon 8 ref ref name Icon25 Icon 25 May 1995 ref But one night, Augustus ... Ervin. ref name Icon1 Icon 1 ref Raquel is an idealistic teenage girl who was born in Paris Island ... Augustus to become a superhero named Icon , with herself as his sidekick, Rocket comics Rocket . ref name Icon1 Icon 1 ref Personality Icon is portrayed as a very intelligent, somewhat stiff kind of person ... as being a sell out or white washed . Icon usually prefers to do everything by the book instead of acting on instinct. ref name Icon2 Icon 2 June 1993 ref During the majority of his series, he ... new continuity. Only Dharma, Icon and Superman are aware that Dakota and its inhabitants ever existed ... continuity, Icon and the other Milestone characters have apparently always existed in the DC ... . ref name jla28 Justic League of America vol. 2 28 December 2008 ref Icon later plays a crucial role ... is keeping tabs on Icon. It is unclear whether Lane believes Icon is a Kryptonian, or if he is merely ... more details
Infobox skyscraper building name Icon Brickell North Tower image File Icon Brickell North Tower from Wachovia Financial Center parking garage.jpg 250px caption The Icon Brickell North Tower from the north in 2011, viewed from the Southeast Financial Center parking garage location 501 Brickell Avenue , Miami, Florida Miami , Florida , United States roof 586 ft 179 m height stories 58 construction period 2006 2008 use Residential architect Arquitectonica br yoo inspired by Starck developer Related Infobox skyscraper building name Icon Brickell South Tower image File Icon Brickell South Tower from the west.JPG 250px caption The Icon Brickell South Tower location 501 Brickell Avenue , Miami, Florida Miami , Florida , United States roof 586 ft 179 m height stories 58 construction period 2006 2008 ... use Hotel architect Arquitectonica br yoo inspired by Starck developer Khor Hotel Group The Icon Brickell ... and the Icon Brickell Plaza, connecting the towers at their base. The first two towers, Icon Brickell North Tower and Icon Brickell South Tower , are twin towers. Each one is convert 586 ft m tall with 58 ..., Philippe Starck and John Hitchcox s design company. Icon Brickell North and South Towers The Icon Brickell South Tower is adjacent to its twin, the Icon Brickell North Tower. They are the same height ... The Viceroy, is the third building in the Icon Brickell Complex. Like the Icon Brickell North Tower and the Icon Brickell South Tower, the Viceroy was designed by Arquitectonica. Unlike the twin towers ... Hotel & Spa File Icon Brickell South Tower.jpg Icon Brickell Towers under construction from the Brickell Key bridge Biscayne Bay File Iconbrickell.jpg The Icon Brickell towers under construction in March 2007 File Icon Brickell Towers from the south on Brickell Ave.JPG Icon Brickell Towers from the south on Brickell Avenue Image Brickell north entrance.jpg The Icon Brickell Towers in 2008 from the northwest File Icon Brickell from the north.jpg Icon Brickell viewed from the north from the Southeast ... more details
Distinguish Icon Films Infobox Company company name Icon Productions LLC. company logo caption company ... Icon Productions LLC is an American independent production company founded in August 1989 by actor ... info sales.htm title Australian Native Sons Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey of Icon Bring It All Back ... 06 07 ref History Icon started when Gibson was having trouble in financing the 1990 film Hamlet 1990 ... Lusetich cite news url http www.screenwise.com.au index.php heartbeat entry mel gibson icon and the dendy title Still magic after 20 years with Mel Gibson at Icon author Robert Lusetich publisher The Australian date 2008 05 15 accessdate 2008 05 16 ref Unlike most other independents, Icon internally ... a really viable company. Icon is able to take risks that studios won t broach. ref cite news title ... also produces and distributes films in the UK and Australia through its subsidiary Icon Entertainment ... 2007 10 22 ref In 2008, Icon entered the exhibition business for the first time by purchasing Dendy ... title Icon expands in Australia with Dendy author Pip Bulbeck publisher Hollywood Reporter date 2008 02 23 accessdate 2008 03 02 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref Icon Productions ... by Warner Home Video , though some UK DVDs have been released by MGM Home Entertainment . Icon ... of The Passion of the Christ , there was frequent mention of the ability of Icon to function as a mini ... s name was chosen because icon means image in Greek, and that the inspiration came from a book on Russian icons in his den. The logo s artwork appears to be a small crop of the Theotokos of Vladimir icon , an Eastern Orthodox icon of Mary, mother of Jesus . As of January 2008, the executives at Icon ... hr content display news e3i46053bf6151a3fb409f89967a21b0dae title Icon raises Gooder to group ... date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref Producer Stephen McEveety has also worked many years at Icon. In September 2008, Davey and Gibson sold the Icon international sales and film distribution arms along ... more details
Expert subject software date May 2009 Orphan date February 2009 A physical icon , or phicon , is the tangible computing equivalent of an icon in a traditional graphical user interface, or GUI . Phicons hold a reference to some digital object and thereby convey meaning. ref Fidalgo, F., Silva, P., Realinho, V. Ubiquitous Computing and Organizations , page 201. Current Developments in Technology Assisted Education, 2006 ref References references Category Human computer interaction Comm design stub ... more details
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