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Wands
A wand is a thin, straight, hand-held stick of wood, ivory, or metal. Wand may also refer to: People *Bruce Wands, an American digital artist and educator *Günter Wand, a German orchestra conductor and composer *Hart Wand, an early white American blues musician and composer from Oklahoma City *John W C Wand, an Anglican archbishop of Brisbane, Australia *Seth Wand, an American football offensive tackle *Walter Rudi Wand, a German judge *Wand Bewossen, a military figure in Ethiopian history *Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist Music *Wand (band), an American psychedelic rock band *Wands (band), a 3-member Japanese rock music group *Wand Records, a record company *"The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)," a song by The Flaming Lips Media *WAND (TV), an NBC affiliate in Decatur, Illinois *"The Wand (Adventure Time), The Wand", an episode of ''Adventure Time'' on season one DVD *The Wand (The Amazing World of Gumball), "The Wand" (''The Amazing World of Gumball' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suit Of Wands
The suit of wands is one of four suits in tarot, collectively known as the Minor Arcana. Like the other tarot suits, the suit of wands contains fourteen cards: ace (one), two through ten, page and knight (sometimes referred to as princess and prince), queen and king. When Tarot cards are to play Tarocchi, Tarot card games, where wands corresponds to the suit of batons. Tarot cards came to be utilized for Tarot reading, divinatory purposes by esotericists such as Eliphas Levi and were regularized into the divinatory form most known today by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Rider–Waite Tarot, created by a Golden Dawn member.Paul Huson, Huson, Paul, (2004) ''Mystical Origins of the Tarot: From Ancient Roots to Modern Usage'', Vermont: Destiny Books,''Mystical Origins of the Tarot'' Divinatory and occult meanings In Aleister Crowley's 1944 ''The Book of Thoth (Crowley), The Book of Thoth'', the suit of wands is associated with the action of the Will (philosophy), Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Wands
Bruce E. Wands (October 22, 1949 – July 6, 2022) was an American educator, author, artist, and musician, with a specific interest in digital art. As well as art and music, he was interested in creativity in general. Specifically, he was a pioneer of computer graphics. He founded the BFA Computer Art Department at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and directed the New York Digital Salon. ''Time Out New York'' named Wands as one of the "99 People to Watch in 1999". Born in Montclair, New Jersey, and raised in nearby Verona, as the youngest of three children, Wands graduated from Verona High School in 1967. In 1971, he received a BA degree from Lafayette College and in 1976 he was awarded a Master of Science degree by Syracuse University. He was director of Computer Education at the School of Visual Arts in New York and then founded the BFA Computer Art program at the School, which he led from 1994 until 1998. He was later Chair of the MFA Computer Arts program during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wands (band)
(stylized as WANDS) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1991 and active until 2000 under the label B-Gram Records. In 2019, the band reunited with a new vocalist, Daishi Uehara, and two former members, Shibasaki and Kimura, under the D-Go recording label. In the span of 29 years, the band has had three lead vocalists and changed instrumental members five times. Members Wesugi period * (1991-1996)- vocalist, lyricist, composer, arranger * (1991-1992)-keyboardist, composer, arranger * (1991-1996)-guitarist, composer, arranger * (1992-1996)-keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger Waku period * (1997-2000)-vocalist, lyricist, arranger * (1997-2000)-guitarist, lyricist, composer, arranger * (1992-2000)-keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger Uehara period * (2019-)- vocalist, lyricist * (1991-1996, 2019-)-guitarist, composer, arranger * (1992-2000, 2019-)-keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger Career 1991–1996: Commercial success with Show Wesugi The band was found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wand
A wand is a thin, light-weight rod that is held with one hand, and is traditionally made of wood, but may also be made of other materials, such as metal, bone or stone. Long versions of wands are often styled in forms of staves or sceptres, which could have large ornamentation on the top. In modern times, wands are usually associated with stage magic or supernatural magic, but there have been other uses, all stemming from the original meaning as a synonym of rod and virge. A stick that is used for reaching, pointing, drawing in the dirt, and directing other people, is one of the earliest and simplest of tools. History It is possible that wands were used by pre-historic peoples. It is mentioned that 'rods' (as well as rings) were found with Red Lady of Paviland in Britain. It is mentioned in ''Gower – A Guide to Ancient and Historic Monuments on the Gower Peninsula'' that these might have been wands and are depicted as such in a reconstruction drawing of the burial of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyko Wand
The Wand is a line of game controllers released by Nyko as third-party alternatives to the official Nintendo Wii Remote. The original Wand duplicated the functionality of the Wii Remote, while the updated Wand+ added internal replication of the Wii MotionPlus for more advanced motion sensing, similar to Nintendo's later Wii Remote Plus. The Wand series also adds additional functionality through the use of a proprietary extension of the standard Wii Remote expansion port. Overview The design of the Wand is largely similar to Nintendo's Wii Remote. Like the official controller, it has been made available in multiple colors, and features seven digital buttons and a D-pad on the face, a trigger button on the reverse; an infrared sensor for pointer controls; and motion sensing hardware. The latter was improved in the updated Wand+, which internally replicates the functionality of the Wii MotionPlus. The Wand expansion port also includes additional pins dubbed "Trans-Port Technolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Action For New Directions
Women's Action for New Directions or WAND is a volunteer-run progressive non-profit organization in the United States with the objective of "building women's political power to advocate for peace and security". History In the early 1980s, anti-nuclear activist Helen Caldicott founded the Women's Party for Survival which then gathered around a kitchen table in Cambridge, MA, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The group initially aimed to bring more women into the conversation about nuclear weapons. To expand opportunities for women to take action, WAND was founded in 1982 as Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament. With the help of thousands of volunteers, the group began educating the public and policymakers about the threat of the arms race and potential policy solutions, eventually opening a second office in Washington, D.C. in 1985. WAND was renamed Women's Action for New Directions in 1991 after the end of the Cold War. In 1991, WAND created the Women Legislators' Lobby (WiLL), a nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
