For instance, a local society in the middle of a large city may have regular meetings with speakers, focusing less on observing the night sky if the membership is less able to observe due to factors such as light pollution.

The eastern Somali region ( Ogaden ) hosts a large nomadic Somali population and is a conflict area where Ethiopian regular forces are fighting against Ogaden National Liberation Front ( ONLF ).

For large and elaborate arrangements, special blockages ( also known as firebreaks ) are employed at regular distances to prevent a premature toppling from undoing more than a section of the dominoes while still being able to be removed without damage.

Afghan forces achieved success in the initial days of the war, taking the British and Indians by surprise in two main thrusts as the Afghan regular army was joined by large numbers of Pashtun tribesmen from both sides of the border.

* the " Largest Army " Card — having a large army is still an advantage, but does not earn victory points so directly as in the regular version of The Settlers of Catan.

In addition to managing technical and schedule performance, large and complex projects require that cost performance be monitored and reviewed at regular intervals.

Since the early 1980s, Smyril Line has operated a regular international passenger, car and freight service using a large, modern, multipurpose ferry, the Norröna.

LaGuardia's win was based on a complex coalition of regular Republicans ( mostly middle class Germans in the boroughs outside Manhattan ), a minority of reform-minded Democrats, some Socialists, a large proportion of middle-class Jews, and the great majority of Italians.

The militia was re-titled the National and Popular Militia in 1974 and its regular section scaled down, as the President announced that the country could not afford the large standing force that he believed was necessary to deter what he saw as the constant threat of invasion.

They are generally available at large post offices ; in the U. S., they are requisitioned along with regular domestic stamps by any post office that has sufficient demand for them.

In 2008, the club played a regular season home game against the Los Angeles Galaxy at the stadium to accommodate the large crowd expected for David Beckham's Galaxy debut.

By the following year Dalglish was a full professional and a regular member of the highly-rated Celtic reserve team that became known as the Quality Street Gang, due to its having a large number of future Scottish internationals, including Danny McGrain, George Connelly, Lou Macari, and David Hay.

A seiche is a large, regular oscillation of a lake, caused by a water reverting to its natural level after being blown to one end of the lake.

The situation on the east coast also makes it a good place for observing migrating birds arriving from the east, including large numbers of Redwing and Fieldfare, and also scarcer Siberian birds including regular annual Yellow-browed Warblers.

The pits are normally found in large groups, crossing the elk's regular paths and stretching over several kilometres.

Passover cake recipes call for potato starch or Passover cake flour made from finely granulated matzo instead of regular flour, and a large amount of eggs to achieve fluffiness.

Pub owners soon realized that providing live music ( which was often free ) would draw young people to pubs in large numbers, and regular rock concerts soon became a fixture at many pubs.

The ability to diffract comes from the existence of an indefinitely large number of elements with a regular spacing, a property loosely described as long-range order.

By the late 1990s, the message board forum at the site had developed into a thriving community with a large number of regular members and contributors worldwide.

Due to regular exposure to large bodies of water, all recruits in the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard are required to complete basic swimming or water survival training.

He did not tally a large amount of passing yards ( 1, 929 ) during the regular season, but he threw 14 touchdown passes and only 8 interceptions, while also rushing for 125 yards and 4 touchdowns, earning him the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.

That does not mean it needs a large house to live in ; however it should have regular access to free exercise in a fenced or otherwise " safe " area.

The army had traditionally never been a large employer in the nation, with the regular army standing at 247, 432 at the start of the war.

In general, single-crystal X-ray diffraction offers more structural information than these other techniques ; however, it requires a sufficiently large and regular crystal, which is not always available.

The crystal should be sufficiently large ( typically larger than 0. 1 mm in all dimensions ), pure in composition and regular in structure, with no significant internal imperfections such as cracks or twinning.

In later years, a regular August preliminary round was added to reduce the number of entrants to 32 following the influx of new UEFA member nations during the 1990s.

As of 2009, a very pleasant cafe / deli offering lunches and teas also caters for the regular influx of seasonal visitors, which is situated in Towngate.

* The military order of the Knights Hospitaller of Saint John established itself on Rhodes ( and several other Aegean islands ; see below ) in 1310, with regular influx of new blood, until the Ottomans finally drove them out ( to Malta ) in 1522.

Whereas the regular September freshman influx would quickly settle down, the sheer number of new users now threatened to overwhelm the existing Usenet culture's capacity to inculcate its social norms.

Thus, from the point of view of the pre-1993 Usenet user, the regular " September " influx of new users never ended.

With the arrival of the railway connection to the Welsh valleys in 1878 came the regular influx of day trippers, often hundreds of them at weekends and bank holidays.

Abbeyshrule Aerodrome receives a regular influx of small general aviation aircraft, including the Cessna 182 and 150.

The areas commerce was dominated by shipping at the wharf and by the regular influx of sailors & officers from the Garden Island base of the Royal Australian Navy.

It was a peaceful place with a regular influx of visitors, pilgrims, sadhus and sants, monks, travellers, tourists .”

Gloucester St, the main street and shopping area of Taradale, is located within 2 km of the wineries and is perfectly situated to benefit from the regular influx of visitors generated by these wineries.

The canyon's depth and nutrient availability ( due to the regular influx of nutrient-rich sediment ) provide a habitat suitable for many marine life forms.

By the end of the 20th century, almost the only steam power still in regular use in North America and Western European countries was on heritage railways largely aimed at tourists and / or railroad hobbyists, known as ' railfans ' or ' railway enthusiasts ', although some narrow gauge lines in Germany which form part of the public transport system, running to all-year-round timetables retain steam for all or part of their motive power.

There is a regular bus service between Rimini and the city of San Marino, popular with both tourists and tourist industry workers commuting to San Marino from Italy.

They easily fit into the local population, since many tourists from Japan and other Asian countries visit the islands on a regular basis, and many Hawaii residents are of full or partial Japanese descent.

Charter trains for tourists now do, and regular train services exist in certain areas where there is demand.

Locals and regular tourists avoid hassles by visiting the clubs at Plaza Fiesta or other areas of the Zona Río without the crowds, heavy marketing, and occasional tourist misbehavior or outright lawbreaking common on the Revolución strip.

There are now a number of live music bars that attract regular Thais and tourists as well as a number of very good restaurants.

The Arkia charter company had a regular weekly service flying tourists between Tel Aviv and Mombasa.

It is a regular part of the city's attractions, often promoting Armidale's diverse culture ( for instance, posters set up by council attempt to attract tourists with the motto " Foodies Thrive In Armidale ") and autumn colours.

Initially Myrtos was especially popular amongst hippies, but later also ' regular ' tourists started to visit the village.

In some cases, fraudulent farmers markets sell regular grocery store vegetables, passing them off as organic or locally grown, to which are usually sold to unsuspecting tourists.

Some regular events that draw locals and tourists alike to Berry include: country markets on the first Sunday of the month ; the Berry Agricultural & Horticultural Show on the first weekend in February ; the Musicale festival held throughout May and June ; and the Garden Festival in October.

Making regular stops up the lakes, including at Bracebridge, Beaumaris, and Port Carling, tourists could transfer to smaller ships, such as the Islander.

There are video programmes and audio guides conducted in Cantonese and Japanese, regular presentations and lecture programmes, and free guided tours for the visiting tourists.

Norma Miller wrote, however, that when " tourists " came to the Savoy, they saw a rehearsed and choreographed dance, which they mistakenly thought was a regular group of dancers simply enjoying social dancing.

It is rarely visited by tourists because of the absence of regular transport connections with the mainland, and the status of the island which until 1995 had formed part of the Reserve where no economic activity was allowed.

There is no road access into the site ; a regular boat service ferries power station workers and tourists 35 km across the lake from Pearl Harbour, at the eastern end of the lake.

Groups subjected to regular visits from tourists and locals are at a continued risk of disease cross-transmission ( Lilly et al., 2002 )-this is in spite of attempts to enforce a rule that humans and gorillas be separated by a distance of 7 metres at all times to prevent this.

A regular service to the Park serving tourists commenced in May 1886, and a short section of the line was duplicated in 1899 to service the multiple trains that travelled there on weekends.

The Akha also participate in the regular tourist industry through the sale of their handicrafts and goods to local tourists, which they must often do under financial duress.

They instead support to the regular police, helping tourists and patrolling mostly by foot.

Tourists are well catered for with regular events such as the Tuesday morning street market, night-markets, and " Mardi du port "-where tourists can enjoy diverse world music beside the port.

The Old Bus Depot Markets, showing handcrafted goods and foodstuffs, are held on the lakeside every Sunday and have become a regular destination for locals and tourists.

The expanded all-jet fleet facilitated the introduction of regular tour group charters carrying American tourists from the Miami and New York areas to popular holiday resorts in North and Central America, as well as the launch in May 1968 of a Canadian-based Caribbean and transatlantic charter programme, in addition to operating a large German charter programme.