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Picon (other) (1898–1992), American actress
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Picon may refer to: * Avatar (computing), used in the Apple Computer instant messaging program iChat * Picón, Spain * Picon (apéritif), an apéritif * Picon Punch, a drink popularized by Basque-Americans * Picon (''Battlestar Galactica''), one of the Twelve Colonies of humans in the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'' * Personal icon, referenced in Vismon People * Gaëtan Picon (1915-1976), French essayist and art critic * José Antonio Picón Sedano (born 1988), Spanish footballer known as Picón * Mariano Picón Salas (1901–1965), Venezuelan diplomat * Molly Picon Molly Picon (; Malka Opiekun; February 28, 1898 – April 5, 1992) was an American actress of stage, screen, radio and television, as well as a lyricist and dramatic storyteller. She began her career in Yiddish theatre and film, rising to a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avatar (computing)
In computing, an avatar is a graphical representation of a user, the user's character, or persona. Avatars can be two-dimensional icons in Internet forums and other online communities, where they are also known as profile pictures, userpics, or formerly picons (personal icons, or possibly "picture icons"). Alternatively, an avatar can take the form of a three-dimensional model, as used in online worlds and video games, or an imaginary character with no graphical appearance, as in text-based games or worlds such as MUDs. The term ' () originates from Sanskrit, and was adopted by early computer games and science fiction novelists. Richard Garriott extended the term to an on-screen user representation in 1985, and the term gained wider adoption in Internet forums and MUDs. Nowadays, avatars are used in a variety of online settings including social media, virtual assistants, instant messaging platforms, and digital worlds such as ''World of Warcraft'' and ''Second Life''. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picón
Picón is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 661. It was also a province in New Spain New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( ; Nahuatl: ''Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl''), originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain. It was one of several ... ''Picón'' is also the name of blue cheeses made around the Asturias/Cantabria border in northern Spain, especially from the villages of Bejes and Tresviso. And a type of traditional parang music. {{DEFAULTSORT:Picon Municipalities in the Province of Ciudad Real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picon (apéritif)
Picon is a caramel-coloured, flavoured bitters drunk as an apéritif, which traditionally accompanies beer in the east and north of France. It is made from a base of fresh oranges which are dried and mixed with a solution of alcohol which is distilled. Picon also contains gentian (spirit), gentian and Cinchona in equal measures. Sugar, syrup and caramel are added last. Origins Gaétan Picon, born in 1809, was a scholar who had an apprenticeship at the distilleries of Aix-en-Provence, Toulon and Marseille. In 1837, after taking a trip to Algeria where he had been in the French Army, he invented Picon. The aperitif was placed in the category of ''bitters'' and was 39% alcohol by volume (ABV). At the time, Gaétan Picon had created the first distillery to produce ''African bitters'' in an Algerian village. He then went on to open a number of other distilleries in Constantine, Bône and Algiers. In 1862, the French government invited industry to take part in the 1862 International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picon Punch
Picon Punch, or simply Picon, is a highball cocktail made with an Amaro liqueur, soda water, grenadine, a splash of lemon, and a bit of brandy floating on top. The drink is identified as Basque, but was created by Basque immigrants in the U.S. and taken back to the Basque region in the Pyrenees. It is popular in Basque restaurants and bars in the western USA, particularly southern Idaho, northern and central California, and northern Nevada. In 2025, a bill was proposed and later approved by the Nevada State Legislature designating Picon Punch the official state cocktail. The traditional liqueur used ( Amer Picon) is made in Marseille, France, and is not readily available in the United States. As a result most bars use a substitute liquor; the most popular is Torani Amer. In 2024, there were shortages of Torani Amer resulting from supply chain interruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and a production change, which required recertification by California a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picon (Battlestar Galactica)
''Battlestar Galactica: The Plan'' is a television film set in the reimagined version of the fictional ''Battlestar Galactica'' universe. It consists of newly filmed material as well as a compilation of footage from the 2003 miniseries and 2004 TV series. The miniseries and first two seasons of ''Battlestar Galactica'' are retold with more emphasis on the Cylon perspective and their plan to wipe out the human race. The story follows two versions of the Cylon known as Cavil, one of whom admits they may have made a mistake, with the story being told in flashback. The "Final Five" Cylons are featured prominently. The film premiered exclusively on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and digital download on October 27, 2009. It premiered on January 10, 2010 on Syfy, on April 2, 2010 on Sky Premiere in the United Kingdom, and on August 6, 2011 on Space in Canada. Plot The opening scenes of ''The Plan'' occur just prior to the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the televised miniseries ''Battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vismon
Vismon was the Bell Labs system which displayed authors' faces on one of their internal e-mail systems. The name was a pun on the ''sysmon'' program used at Bell to show the load on computer systems. It can also be interpreted as "visual monitor". The system inspired Rich Burridge to develop the similar but more widespread ''faces'' system, which spread with Unix distributions in the 1980s. This in turn inspired Steve Kinzler to develop the ''Picons'', or personal icons, which have the goal of offering symbols and other images, as well as faces, to represent individuals and institutions in email messages. Other systems such as the faces available on the LAN email functions of the NeXTSTEP platform also seem to have been influenced by the original Vismon capabilities. The ''faces'' program in Plan 9 is the direct descendant of this system. Vismon was the work of Rob Pike and Dave Presotto. It was based on some early experiments by Luca Cardelli. Many other scientists and enginee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaëtan Picon
Gaëtan Picon (19 September 1915 – 6 August 1976) was a French author: essayist, art and literature critic, and art and literature historian. He was director of the ''Mercure de France'' and Director-General of Arts and Letters under André Malraux. He wrote an entry for the Encyclopaedia Universalis on Swiss publisher Albert Skira Albert Skira (1904–1973) was a Swiss people, Swiss art dealer, publisher and the founder of the Skira (publisher), Skira publishing house. The Skira publishing house, Editions d'Art Albert Skira Skira founded the Skira (publisher), eponymous p ....Gaëtan Picon. Skira Albert (1904-1973). Encyclopaedia Universalis https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/albert-skira/(Accessed March 21, 2019) Selected bibliography * Balzac: Balzac par lui-même. (1956). Microcosme ecrivains de toujou. Editions du Seui, Paris. 191 pp. * Ingres: Biographical and Critical Study (1967) The Taste of Our Time, Vol. 47. Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva 131 pp. * The W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antonio Picón Sedano
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariano Picón Salas
Mariano Federico Picón Salas was a Venezuelan diplomatic, cultural critic and writer of the 20th century, born in Mérida ( Mérida State) on January 26, 1901, and died in Caracas on January 1, 1965. Career Among his books, his collection of essays on history, literary criticism and cultural history are remarkable. He travelled a lot through the Americas. His work is also important because of his wide perspective, studying the culture of the entire continent. He left Venezuela, under the political persecution of dictator Juan Vicente Gómez. Living for a large period in Chile, he studied history, gaining the degree of “Profesor de Historia” and later a doctorate in philosophy and letters. He came back to Venezuela in 1936, working as a professor and author. He founded the ''Asociación de Escritores de Venezuela'' (Writers Association from Venezuela), and worked for the Ministry of Education. His studies on "Barroco de Indias" (the term that he coined to talk about the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
