Icon

An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn "image") is typically a painting depicting Christ, Mary, saints and/or angels, which is venerated among Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and in certain Catholic Churches.

Icons may also be cast in metal, carved in stone, embroidered on cloth, painted on wood, done in mosaic or fresco work, printed on paper or metal, etc. Icons are often illuminated with a candle or jar of oil with a wick. (Beeswax for candles and olive oil for oil lamps are preferred because they burn very cleanly, although other materials are sometimes used.) The illumination of religious images with lamps or candles is an ancient practice pre-dating Christianity.

Although common in translated works from Greek or Russian, in English iconography does not mean icon painting, and "iconographer" does not mean an artist of icons, which are painted or carved, not "written", as they are in those languages.

Comparable images from Western Christianity are generally not described as "icons", although "iconic" may be used to describe a static style of devotional image.

Stargate SG-1 (season 8)

Season eight of Stargate SG-1, an American-Canadian military science fiction television series, began airing on July 9, 2004 on the Sci Fi channel. The eighth season concluded on February 22, 2005, after 20 episodes on British Sky One, which overtook the Sci Fi Channel in mid-season. This was the first season of the show to have 20 episodes instead of 22, as well as the first to air concurrently with Stargate SG-1 spinoff series Stargate Atlantis (the first season thereof). The series was originally developed by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, while Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper served as executive producers. Season eight regular cast members include Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, and Michael Shanks. The eighth season begins with the SG-1 team trying to revive Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) after the events of the seventh season. At the end of the two-episode season opener, Colonel O'Neill is promoted to General and assumes command of Stargate Command (SGC), while Major Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assumes command of SG-1. The season arc centers on the growing threat and seemingly final defeat of the Goa'uld and the Replicators, races who were introduced in the first and third season of the show, respectively.

List of ICON science fiction conventions

ICON is the name of at least five science fiction conventions. In order of seniority, these are:

  • ICON (Iowa science fiction convention) is held in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area since 1975, usually in late October or early November, under the auspices of the Mindbridge Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation which also sponsors the Gamicon and AnimeIowa conventions.
  • I-CON is held in Stony Brook, New York, every spring, on the campus of the State University of New York at Stony Brook since 1981. I-CON (with a hyphen) is short for Island Convention – a reference to its location on Long Island.
  • ICON festival is the main Israeli annual science fiction, fantasy and role-playing convention (now officially a festival) – standing for Israeli Convention. It's been held annually during the Sukkot holiday in Tel Aviv since 1996.
  • Icon was the name of the 2005 National Science Fiction Convention in New Zealand.
  • iCON is an annual science fiction, fantasy and role-playing convention in Turkey, İstanbul held by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Club of İstanbul University .
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    Ghost You Know

    by: Lauren Hoffman

    There's a room in my house where I stumble over a memory
    There's a light in the night and I wonder if you've come back for me
    Well it's a little too late to say sorry, but don't be so hard on me
    Ghost, you know I can't go back
    Come like a whisper in silence, a brush on my skin
    A shadow that flies by door, I'm wanting more
    Well it's a little too late to say sorry, but don't be so hard on me
    Ghost, you know I can't go back
    Like a song in my ear you are near me, here like a time machine
    Ghost you keep pulling me back
    Bridge If you've been here all the while, watching me drift by and by
    Waiting for something to fill me up, ghost close your eyes
    I can silence the voice in my head and hear you instead
    Whisper and sing for me again, rise from the dead
    Well it's a little too late to say sorry, but don't be so hard on me
    Ghost, you know I can't go back
    Like a song in my ear you are near me, here like a time machine
    Ghost you keep pulling me back
    Sometimes you lose everything, or gave it away well it's hard to say now




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