In 1844, under the influence of Johannes Ronge and Robert Blum, belief in the rights of man, tolerance among men, and humanism grew, and by 1859 they had established the Bund Freireligiöser Gemeinden Deutschlands ( Union of Secular Communities in Germany ).

Communities in the region form the Virginia portion of the Washington Metropolitan Area, Metropolitan Statistical Area and the larger Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area.

Note that the category should only list incorporated municipalities ; a " town " which is in fact part of a larger municipal entity should be listed in the appropriate subcategory of: Category: Communities in Ontario by census division.

However, just ten days before that date, Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly announced that they would be phased in from August 2007, and initially only for larger properties.

Communities either could not afford music accompaniment or rejected it out of a Calvinistic sense of simplicity, so the songs were sung a cappella.

With the Merger Treaty of 1967, the ECSC's Special Council of Ministers and the Council of the EAEC ( together with their other independent institutions ) were merged into the Council of the EEC which would act as a single Council of the European Communities.

In 1961, the Socialists in the European Parliament attempted to produce a common European Socialist Programme but were neglected due to the applications of Britain, Denmark, Ireland and Norway to join the European Communities.

The result of the consultation and final proposals were published by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 13 July 2006.

From then on, these three Communities were known as the Flemish Community, the French Community and the German-speaking Community.

Other changes included that the competencies of the Communities and Regions were expanded.

During the fourth state reform, the responsibilities of the Communities and the Regions were expanded again, their resources were increased and they were given more fiscal responsibilities.

During the fifth state reform, more powers were transferred to the Communities and the Regions, with regard to agriculture, fisheries, foreign trade, development cooperation, auditing of electoral expenses and the supplementary financing of the political parties.

In December 2009, two key components of the project were signed: the Homes and Communities Agency ( HCA ) signed its agreement to provide £ 11m of funding for infrastructure, and Thames Valley University ( TVU ) courses which are due to remain in the town have found a new home at The Centre in Farnham Road, Slough.

Communities on pacific islands were historically called villages by English speakers who traveled and settled in the area.

For a few years in the early 1950s, and in 1974 – 1990, the Arnoldleut ( or Bruderhof Communities ) were recognized as Hutterites.

In 2007, Butts County, along with the city of Flovilla were both designated as Georgia Signature Communities by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

Communities were united by common interest and language, and tended to form tribal groups by dialect.

In common with some of the other Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass, Lake of the Woods had a significant vacancy rate when the census was taken in March 2000 — 129 of the 475 housing units were unoccupied, compared with just 9 percent in the nation a large.

In 1999, Colmar Manor, Bladensburg, and Cottage City were lauded by the Joint Center for Sustainable Communities for their collaboration with Prince George's County for the Port Towns Revitalization Initiative, which created a common Port Towns identity for the towns ; encouraged businesses development through infrastructure and façade improvements ; acquisition of historic properties and plans for their reuse ; and reconstruction of the Bladensburg waterfront and marina.

In 1999, Cottage City, Bladensburg, and Colmar Manor were lauded by the Joint Center for Sustainable Communities for their collaboration with Prince George's County for the Port Towns Revitalization Initiative, which created a common Port Towns identity for the towns ; encouraged businesses development through infrastructure and façade improvements ; acquisition of historic properties and plans for their reuse ; and reconstruction of the Bladensburg waterfront and marina.

Padgitt says, " Communities would not exist if there were not volunteerism.

His last two governments were plagued with linguistic troubles regarding the split of the old bilingual Catholic University of Leuven in a Dutch language university ( the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ), which stayed in Leuven and a French language university which moved to Louvain-la-Neuve and became the Université catholique de Louvain and the start of the process of changing Belgium from a unitary state into a federation with the creation of the Communities.

On 1 December 2008, its functions were transferred to two new organisations, the Homes and Communities Agency and the Tenant Services Authority.

These were later put in the care of the protective Social Communities, who protected the interests of the ihabitants.

Three " Greenbelt Communities ", Greenbelt, Maryland, Greenhills, Ohio, and Greendale, Wisconsin, built by the Federal government during the 1930s were planned with a surrounding " belt " of woodland and natural landscaping.

The term Pan-African colours refers to two different sets of three colours: green, yellow and red ( inspired by the flag of Ethiopia ), and red, green and black ( which were adopted by the United States-based Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, or UNIA ).

Communities would come together for an entire day of singing in a large building where they sat in four distinct areas surrounding an open space, one member directing the group as a whole.

In Taverne's case, he had been fighting efforts by the Lincoln Constituency Labour Party to deselect him largely over his support for British membership of the European Communities.

Communities are nested ; one community can contain another — for example a geographic community may contain a number of ethnic communities.

The registration and completion of the liquidation of an SE must be disclosed for information purposes in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

On 29 June 2010 a letter was sent from the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to local authority and business leaders, inviting proposals to replace regional development agencies in their areas by 6 September 2010.

* Our Communities, Our Homes: Pathways to Housing and Homeownership in America's Cities and States, ( ISBN 9780976148111, Joint Center for Housing Studies, 2007 ) with Henry G. Cisneros, Kent W. Colton, and Nicolas P. Retsinas

A person guilty of an offence under section 11 ( 1 ) of the European Communities Act 1972 may be proceeded against and punished in England and Wales as for an offence under section 1 ( 1 ).

In 1992, with the European Communities becoming the European Union and with the Treaty of Maastricht establishing the framework for political parties at the European Level, the Confederation was able to mobilize a majority of delegates in favour of transforming the Confederation into the Party of European Socialists.

In 2007 the Department for Communities and Local Government referred Ipswich Borough Council's bid to become a new unitary authority to the Boundary Committee.

It was not, however, approved by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

A recent example, is when a court ruled that it was illegal for local authority councils to hold prayers before undertaking the council business ( though part of the session ) and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government signed a Parliamentary Order approved by Parliament, to overrule the court and legally allow all local authorities to hold prayers at sessions.

Communities, such as Coast Veddas and Anuradhapura Veddas, that do not identify themselves strictly as Veddas also use Vedda language in part for communication during hunting and or for religious chants.

* Commission for Rural Communities, a UK public body

The IANA administers the registry for BGP Extended Communities Types.

The Communities assumed the competencies of the cultural communities with regard to cultural matters, and became responsible for the ' matters relating to the person ', such as health and youth policy.

The first direct elections for the parliaments of the Communities and the Regions took place on May 21, 1995.

The project was shortlisted for the 2011 Digital Heritage Award, and received an Award of Distinction in the Digital Communities category of the 2011 Prix Ars Electronica.

Then, in 1991, Robert Gilman and Diane Gilman co-authored a seminal study called " Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities " for Gaia Trust.

* For an analysis of justice for non-ruling communities, see: Gad Barzilai, Communities and Law: Politics and Cultures of Legal Identities.

The European Communities Act 1972 ( c. 68 ) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing for the incorporation of European Community law into the domestic law of the United Kingdom.