The biocluster epicenters of San Francisco, San Diego, and Seattle offer the excitement of a high concentration of people with common interests, professions, and goals.
The protagonists who debate and dispute on this ground include patients and environmentalists, scientists and journalists, politicians and campaigners, and representatives of an array of civic and business interests, professions and academic disciplines.
But here's what's fascinating: She had a diary in which she wrote (long before she met him) exactly what sort of man she wanted, down to height, weight, interests, profession, life circumstances, etc.
Unlike on Facebook, where people connect with their friends and family, on Twitter most people follow others with similar interests or professions.
There are countless constituencies of different incomes, racial groups, interests and professions that are all vying with each other for limited space.
As McKellar says, "it's about so much more than finding a desk", it's about finding available office space offered by people with interests (and professions) that are similar to your own.
The different kinds of participants naturally take different roles according to their interests, capabilities, professions, as well as formal and legal positions in relation to the issue.
A community of practice is a group of people who share an interest or profession and has the following three components: mutual engagement, joint enterprise, and shared repertoire (i.e., a set of communal resources; Wenger, 1998).
The aim of nursing education is to prepare students with critical thinking, high interests in profession and high proficiency in patient care.
So the hope is that a black and white photo may make you spend an extra few seconds looking at a match's interests or profession, where you could discover something that would make you "heart" them when you'd otherwise pass.
