Being situated so close to the equator and the warm Indian ocean, the city experiences generally tropical climatic conditions, typified by hot and humid weather throughout much of the year.

Based on the total sum of past karma, some feel close to the Pure Being in this life and others feel separated.

Being located close to continental Europe, the countries that formed the United Kingdom were subject to many invasions and migrations, especially from Scandinavia and the continent, including Roman occupation for several centuries.

Being close to Babylon, Sippar was an early addition to its empire under Hammurabi.

Being close to the coast and bordered by the Altamaha River, Wayne County's history includes occupation by Spanish missionaries at the time of the settlement of Saint Augustine as well as short lived French occupation.

Being so physically close to Ground Zero, tourism and business had been very slow to return to the area for several years but appears to have rebounded more recently.

Being both on the river and close to London, Thurrock is served with good communication links.

Being close to both Omaha and Lincoln has made it an excellent location for more wealthy urbanites to build homes in the country.

Being approximately 15 miles from both towns, Hamburg began to grow rapidly due to the close proximity of a major roadway.

Being so close to the busy town of Camden and City of Columbia, yet still keeping its small town feel and sense of pride makes Lugoff unique.

Being close to the west coast and the Irish Sea, the climate is generally temperate with few extremes of temperature or weather.

Being built close to the Saint John River, the town is usually affected by the annual spring freshet.

Being a left-winger he had fostered close links with the SNP internal 79 Group, who had encouraged him to join.

Being in close proximity to the federal capital territory, Abuja International Airport serves as the national and international gateway for air travellers from and to the state.

Being an opposed-piston design with no inlet or exhaust valves, and no ability to vary the port positions, the Deltic design arranged each crankshaft to connect two adjacent pistons operating in different cylinders in the same plane, using ' fork and blade ' connecting rods, the latter an ' inlet ' piston used to open and close the inlet port, and the former an ' exhaust ' piston in the adjacent cylinder to open and close the exhaust port.

Being close to Switzerland and Italy, these events always received international audiences.

Being in close proximity to Vancouver and surrounded by the rest of the Lower Mainland, Coquitlam residents have access to virtually unlimited choice in cultural and leisure activities.

Being close to the coast, and in Southern England, sunshine compares favourably with most of the United Kingdom, at over 1700 hours a year.

Being a member of the family Sooglossidae, the species ' origins lie in close consort with the Seychelles islands where the family was previously solely known from.

Being in close contact with the refugees, Tunku and his helpers all contracted the highly contagious disease on their hands.

Being a close friend of Brahms from 1862, Hanslick possibly had some influence on Brahms's composing, often getting to hear new music before it was published.

Being a leading global insittution, it also forged close ties with 90 exchange universities in more than 20 countries.

Being in the midst of some of the richest farmland in England, and close to the famous " double cropping " land of parts of the fens, agriculture provides a small but steady number of jobs for the town, in farming, agricultural machinery, distribution and other ancillary services.

But Pausanias writing in the 2nd century AD reported another early source ( now lost ): " The Lycian Olen, an earlier poet, who composed for the Delians, among other hymns, one to Eileithyia, styles her ' the clever spinner ', clearly identifying her with Fate, and makes her older than Cronus .” Being the youngest born to Gaia, Cronus was a Titan of the first generation and he was identified as the father of Zeus.

Being emotionally connected was not enough for older adults to create flashbulbs ; they also needed to rehearse the event over the 11 months to remember details.

Being three times twenty, 60 is called " three score " in some older literature.

Being the youngest child of six he had much older brothers ( and an elder sister ); two of his brothers were killed in the Second World War, one as a Spitfire pilot and the other as a rear-gunner in a Lancaster.

Being the youngest of the participants Radjabov won the European Under 18 Championship, with the six years older Evgeny Postny in second place.

Being four years older than Benson, Kimball was ordained first, which put him ahead of Benson in the Quorum's seniority.

Being able to watch Hollywood movies at home was a major innovation that transformed consumer habits and allowed people to see older " classic " films that had been buried in the vaults for years.

Being 10 years older than 15-year-old Lydia, Julia Sawalha of Absolutely Fabulous fame had enough acting experience to get the role without screen tests.

On the album, band member Glenn Mercer has said " The sound we were after was a reaction against the punk scene [...] Being a little older, we felt it had all been done before.

Being older, I find myself still more or less there, somewhat to my surprise.

Being one of the older parts of Brisbane and an area of greater cultural heritage, South Brisbane has a number of heritage-listed buildings:

Being one of the older suburbs in the North of Johannesburg, it is well established, although keeping up with the area's current high growth rate has been a problem for developers and residents.

Being born into money, she often called to her butler, Jenkins ( a pun on Jinkees ), for help ( on occasion Scooby would call for him instead ), usually for incredibly silly reasons (" be scared for me "), something she does not do while older, despite still being fabulously wealthy.

Being one of the older suburbs in Canberra, Lyneham residents enjoy its leafy streets and established gardens.

Being an MS-DOS-based game written for older hardware, the game may need an emulator, such as DOSBox, to run with all features enabled or at all on modern systems.

Being a tragic character, she is completely obsessed by one idea, and for her this is giving her brother his due respect in death and demonstrating her love for him and for what is right.

Being still free, Condé left the court to meet with his brother Antoine in the south-west.

Being unhealthy and, by some reports, intellectually disabled, Feodor was only the nominal ruler, having his duties handed over to his wife's brother and trusted minister Boris Godunov, who would later succeed Feodor as tsar.

Being at Haifa at the time of Godfrey's death, he could do nothing to stop Godfrey's supporters, led by Warner of Grez, from seizing Jerusalem and demanding that Godfrey's brother Baldwin should succeed to the rule.

Being descended from a younger son of Maurice FitzGerald, the House of Desmond was a cadet branch of the Irish Geraldines ; the senior branch, the House of Kildare, ancestors of the Dukes of Leinster, was founded by Thomas's elder brother, Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 1st Lord of Offaly.

Being female in the 1700's made the friend a favorite target for libel and slander, but ironically the grandson of her brother Jeptha Wilkinson would later become the inventor of the modern press wheel.

Being very active, she commonly follows her brother around or pulls pranks on him.

Being legacies Edward had inherited from his father, George V, the estates did not automatically pass to his younger brother George VI

Being a little brother of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and, arguably, Gigondas, the wine is moderately prestigious and can yield pleasing results when treated correctly.

Being a little brother of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the wine is moderately prestigious and can yield beautiful results when treated with care.

Being a foreigner, Eadulf's status in Ireland is originally that of cu glas ( which translates as " grey dog "), meaning a person without legal standing or honor price ( for a definition of this term, see " Status " in Early Irish Law ); however, his rank as techtaire ( emissary or ambassador ) between Archbishop Theodore and Fidelma's brother King Colgu gave him a high honor price of eight cumals ( a cumal being the value of three cows ) under Irish law ( see Our Lady of Darkness ) and since his marriage to Fidelma ( recognized and approved by her family ) he now has an honor price of half that of Fidelma's but he is not entitled to make legal contracts without her permission ( she is also responsible for any debts that he might incur ) or have any legal responsibility in the raising of Alchu.

On the November 13 th 1918 Plechavičius enlisted as a volunteer to Lithuanian army Being skilled at military organization together with his brother with a support of local population they succeeded in creating volunteer partisans units to fight against Bolshevik invasion in North-West of Lithuania, and later helper to drive out Bermontians.

Being a son of Giorgi III's late elder brother David V, Demna was considered by many as a legitimate pretender to the Georgian throne.

Being desperately poor due to the Depression, his mother made the heartbreaking decision to give Audrey up for adoption to her brother-in-law and his wife ; she then moved the family to Belleville, New Jersey to live with her brother and sister-in-law.

Being part of a racing family ( father, mother, and brother ) racing is his life.

Being besieged at Belgrade, Stefan agreed to give southern part of Serbia to his brother and to accept again Ottoman vassalage.