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An ADE 651 device in 2016. The ADE 651 is a fraudulent bomb detector [1] produced by the British company Advanced Tactical Security & Communications Ltd (ATSC). It was claimed to detect many substances, such as drugs or explosives, from long distances.
The company's first product was the "Kymera Magic Wand Universal Remote Control" that is in the style of a wizard's wand and in the first year the product sold 10,300 units. [1] In 2010 the company went onto the television show Dragons' Den on BBC Two to ask for financial backing, Duncan Bannatyne agreed to invest £200,000 for 10%. [1]
The Magic Circle, by John William Waterhouse (1886), portrays a woman using a wand to create a ritual space. 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.
The Wand of Orcus in the original Monster Manual (1977).. The Wand of Orcus is a fictional magical weapon described in various Dungeons & Dragons media. Because of the popularity of Orcus as a villain within the Dungeons & Dragons universe, many different authors have written materials describing artifacts created by or associated with the character.
The Magic Wand Reader device. Produced by Texas Instruments, the Magic Wand Reader (introduced in 1982 as the Magic Wand Speaking Reader [1]) was an educational device that used a handheld wand that one would slide over "Talking Tracks" in order to read along with educational books. Bill Cosby was initially a spokesman for this device.
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Unaware of the wand's loyalty to Harry, Voldemort attempts to duel him near the end of the novel. The wand refuses to kill Harry, with the result that Voldemort's curse rebounds on him, and he dies. After Voldemort's death, Harry uses the Elder Wand to repair his own broken wand. He then returns the Elder Wand to Dumbledore's tomb.
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when James B. Williams joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 18.0 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.