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The built-in electronic compasses available on some digital watches look cool, but how accurate and reliable are they?

Despite their apparent simplicity, not all compasses are equal. This article explains the different types and features available.

A brief history of the compass and the compass rose

Luo Pan, also referred to as Feng Shui compass, or Chinese compass is the main tool of a Feng Shui consultant.

GPS devices are popular with hunters, hikers, geocachers, and folks who just want to find their way around town. But what about the good old compass?

Luo Pan, Feng Shui compass, or Chinese compass, is a compass used by Feng Shui masters for analyzing space. San Yuan, San He, and Zong He are the major types of Luo Pan.

Navigators and map makers have been using compasses for centuries. Here's a quick and easy way to make a compass of your own with everyday household materials.

An overview of some techniques that can provide an accurate guage of direction using various easy-to-find items.

A brief list of simple techniques for affirming rough direction when lost without a map or compass.

The Compass would be beneficial for anyone grieving, struggling for meaning or questioning their belief systems.

Sometimes in order to achieve wellness and live a healthy life style, some intense inner soul searching is needed.

The film adapts a fantasy novel filled with armored bears, talking daemons and a controversial message, starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.

Nicole Kidman and Dakota Blue Richards give captivating performances in Chris Weitz's adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel.

After much criticism of Pullman's atheism, the first film version of His Dark Materials has been released. Worth the debate? An emphatic "no," according to this reviewer.

In his autobiography, True Compass, Edward Kennedy takes readers deep into his life and career.

The recent memoir True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy details the life and career of the U.S. Senator from America's most prominent political family.

The Liahona provided direction to Lehi and his family in the wilderness. A person can use the holy spirit as a compass in his own life.

Getting lost while backpacking or hiking could endanger your life and the lives of others. Follow these simple tips to avoid getting lost in the wild.

Various economic and political factors of the times influenced thought, worldview and inventions of the Renaissance.

Antlia the Air Pump and Pyxis the Compass are Southern Hemisphere constellations that are home to dim, deep-sky objects.

Chart No. 1 is great reference and tool for learning to read a nautical chart. The publication is available as a free download from the Office of Coastal Survey.

Enjoyed by a spectrum of ages and fitness levels, orienteering challenges navigation whilst running or walking around a set course laid out on an orienteering map.

Many have claimed that the film and book The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman is trying to kill God and is an anti-Catholic pro-atheism campaign.

The Earlier Heaven Bagua, the Later Heaven Bagua, and the Feng Shui Compass are the basic concepts and instruments of the Feng Shui science.

Choosing color when designing a space can be a confusing process. Referencing the feng shui color list keeps it simple.

By selecting the right colors when decorating a house, homeowners can improve their family's luck, health, happiness, and prosperity.

Compass School, Form School, Black Hat, and Intuitive Feng Shui are some of the popular New Age Feng Shui practices.

Description of the various Feng Shui Schools in practice today.

The Southern Hemisphere constellations Triangulum Australe and Circinus are home to two decent open clusters.

It's still possible to find a gift without breaking the bank.

Though Season 5 ended on yet another confusing note, extrapolating from the groundwork laid in Parts I and II of "The Incident" smacks a taste of resolve before 2010

Mamet accentuates a stark and lonely existence for his main characters. The village forms the backdrop which contains the separate worlds of its characters.

Welcome to the fourth of our lesson plans on pirates!

People are not born moral; they develop morality over time. Where or from whom, however, do they acquire their concepts of right and wrong, good and bad?

Gift ideas for the holiday season that are affordable and creative.

When seafarers first began the long succession of epic voyages that opened the age of discovery, they knew little of what lay before them.

Genetically wired into insect brains are seasonal clocks, innate compasses, and maps that help these tiny long-distance migrants travel.

Use Columbus Day and the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus as a focus for integrated activities in science, social studies, and art relating to exploration

During a class, Oersted noticed that a compass near a wire carrying electricity was affected by the current induced magnetic field.

Trying to choose a Masonic gift but confused by all the different symbols? Find out which gifts are popular and appropriate for any Freemason.

Discover there is nothing modern about the Garamond font on your PC. Visit the Museum Plantin-Moretus/ Prentenkabinet, Antwerpen - UNESCO World Heritage, in Belgium.

Premature babies require an infant car seat that is suited to their tiny size. These seats are suitable for babies of low birth weight.

Philip Pullman may have been influenced by C.S. Lewis, but he departs from Lewis' imaginative use of fantasy to create a world of adventure that is rooted in realism.

An ancient Chinese proverb provides insight into the art of Feng Shui.

His Dark Materials has been widely analyzed using countless schools of thought as its Rosetta Stone. The philosophy that best describes the tale, however, is Gnosticism.

Guest author Henry Fong writes about the Peach Blossom technique of Feng Shui. By using the Peach Blossom technique, a person can optimize his or her chances for love.

The books of His Dark Materials have elicited much critical and academic analysis; one school of thought is conspicuously missing, however: Gnosticism.

The worlds created by Philip Pullman owe a great debt of inspiration to the works of William Blake; specifically, his alliance to The Gnostic Myth.

Play yards (playards), modern versions of play pens, are a common registry item. Parents should consider several points before buying these portable cribs.

Senator Ted Kennedy's memoirs of his tumultuous life will be published posthumously this year. The book will focus on all aspects of Kennedy's life, including scandals.