In subsequent years, states and many communities adopted laws regulating where sex offenders are allowed to live.

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However, they have now been adopted by their communities, repainted and solar power installed, in order be accessible 24 hours a day.

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One of the communities with such a motel has adopted a local ordinance requiring establishments that accept homeless referrals from the county to post a sign out front saying there may be sex offenders present.

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Technical advances that helped self-sufficient farming communities to be more productive became more widely adopted across Europe and this led to the development of the horse-collar, allowing more efficient haulage and plowing, the horse shoe, the mouldboard plough, allowing the cultivation of heavier northern European soils and a widespread adoption of water power in the form of water mills and tidal mills.

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Retailers have adopted social media to strengthen their online presence, build brand communities and drive commerce.

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The World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNES CO, USAID, and others have recognized Tostan for its ability to bring about social change and mobilize communities to improve their own lives, and in Senegal the government has officially adopted a national action plan that calls for using the human rights approach pioneered by Tostan to totally end FGC by 2015.

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Housing and Communities Minister Alex Neil said a national voluntary accreditation scheme for factors was to be adopted, but issued an invitation to all parties to meet with him and find a consensual way forward on what legislation was required in addition to the scheme.

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Indeed, immigration leaders in a dozen other states have since adopted similar compacts, encouraging elected leaders to adopt a reasonable approach to immigration reform in their own communities.

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