Another idea: If your neighborhood has a list serve or an email list, start soliciting recommendations now for future use.

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He plans to produce the report in the spring with recommendations for how to better use resources, such as more efficient special education and teacher retention practices.

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The key recommendations on practical solutions for the use of accessible ICTs contained in the report target mainly teachers, policy makers and administrators.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

One of my previous recommendations was purchasing discounted gift cards to use for your holiday shopping.

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The report also includes a number of successful case studies and recommendations on the options for educators and students to use existing technological solutions in classrooms, and on how UNESCO ICT Competences Framework for Teachers could be applied for the capacity-building of teachers on accessibility related issues.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Key recommendations in Defra's report include a legal requirement for vessels to use "pingers", a device which will emit a noise under water to warn dolphins off.

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Other recommendations include the setting up of a code of practice for governors and the use of experienced governors to advise new recruits.

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The FTC has indicated that it will use the results in its recommendations to Congress this summer regarding the need for Internet privacy laws.

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Whatever recommendations Lord Jenkins makes, we shall soon have a bewildering variety of voting systems for use in different parts of the United Kingdom on different occasions.

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