Channel 4's chief executive, Andy Duncan, has said that the BBC's "practical partnership" proposals must amount to more than "warm words" if they are to help stave off the commercial public service broadcaster's funding issues.
But at last there are beginning to be resources for couples willing to recognize the need for help with the transition from "Romance" to "Reality," with the development of practical partnership skills.
While not "silver bullets" to solve our challenges, they can be an essential part of an overall response ― along with national ownership, robust donor funding, effective and flexible programming, and practical partnerships.
If such an evaluation confirms the preliminary findings and final impact assessments, such flexible and pragmatic partnership models have the potential to be institutionalised as a practical method of implementing the New Deal for engagement with fragile states.
And the idea that they are partners with us, artistically and philosophically, translates into a practical business partnership as well".
Taken together, we have found that by being intensely practical about partnerships we have been able to unlock what we and our partners are intensely passionate about – increasing our social impact.
Like many other critics of the war, he argued that Mr. Krauthammer and other neoconservatives were overconfident about turning Iraq into a democracy, too quick to dismiss arguments of longtime allies, and too willing to give up the practical advantages of partnership with other nations.
With practical 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long-Term Evolution (LTE) parameters, the simulation results illustrate the superior performance of the proposed game as compared to the traditional methods.
Similarly, timeframes for reporting the types of male and female partners were slightly different, although for practical considerations, sexual partnerships were considered as concurrent, if the partnership was mentioned as current (e.g., spouse or female regular partner) or within the past month, as the eligibility criteria was that the participant must have had sex with a man in the past month.
Liberty Media's Starz cable channels, eBay's Internet-telephony acquiSkypen Skype and Motorola all touted new practical services and partnerships aimed at making digital communication and digital media easier for the average consumer a departure from the type of new-fangled, early-adopter announcements typically reserved for the yearly Las Vegas technology convention.
Lloyd Michener, M.D., Chair of Duke University's Department of Community and Family Medicine and co-developer of the Practical Playbook said, "Partnerships between primary care and public health can amplify our efforts and reduce the number of people with chronic disease that need so much of our time.
