Essays on Displays

Mission San Luis Museum is found in Tallahassee, Florida. A visit to the museum makes the visitor travel back in time to about 1703 and brings out the rich history of the visiting Spanish people and the native Appalachian Indians. This essay discusses some of the artifacts found in the museum. One of the iconic artifacts found in the Museum includes the bells sourced from the mission quadrangle. They were cast in 1814 in Mexico and are made of metal alloy and embellished with gold. The branding and decorations are matching the official brand of Carmel Mission. More importantly, ...

The novel ‘ABC Murder’ reflects around a serial killer, ABC, who kills individuals alphabetically. The killer, with an unknown identity, sends provoking letters to Poirot, who is identified to be a detective. However, ABC covers his act with Cust, whom he takes advantage of because of mental disability. He offers Cust a job on behalf of a stocking company and arranges for his presence at each murder scene. ABC, who privately kills individuals in different cities, is however identified to be Franklin Clarke (Christie, 2010). On the other hand, The Big Sleep features Marlowe, a detective, who is hired ...

Put together a business canvas for E-ink. (Refer to your Business Model Generation reading!)

2. What is E Ink’s unfair advantage (i.e. what does it have that acts as a barrier to entry for its competitors)? E Ink had built strong partnerships with investors and experts that enabled them to propel their products in the market through adequate funding. By the time other companies were trying to explore various types of display technologies, E Ink had already established collaborations with world-class investors (Yoffie and Mack 1). Essentially, the business required large amounts of capital to tackle the financial demand of the venture. For instance, to successfully build a technical display solution, ...

Introduction

The most recommended book, in the field of font design and styles, The Elements of Typographic Style is a legendary milestone of Robert Bringhurst. Not only Amazon, but thousands of other web pages provide thorough reviews about the very book. Though the subject of the book is considered disproportionately impassioned and somehow nit-picky, unlike some fictions or biographies, the readers are loathed to set down saluting to the page-turner. The paper consists of a critical analysis of the aforementioned book in which we aim to not only summarize what the book is all about but how it is and ...

Introduction

All people experience stress in all levels in their daily lives. Usually, there are some ways to deal with stress which allow people from recover and relax from these forms of stress. However, some stress factors take a long-term toll on the person in itself, especially if the stress is due to some work-related factors. This particular type of situation is called a burnout, and it is defined as a mental, physical, and emotional association that is associated with work (“Burnout”, n.d.) Some types of work have a greater chance of burnout than others. This is especially true in ...

Introduction

The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and The Dispossessed (1974) are useful resources that demonstrate the utopian models and breaking of limits by individuals. The paper aims at identifying the concepts of individuality in the settings of radically different individuals in the society. It demonstrates the differences in culture and interactions that exist between racially different individuals as well as their similarities. Both texts are utopian in that they give a critical review of the powerful ideologies that exist between human, environments, politics among others. The essay focuses on two characters that help in pushing the plot forward as ...

Psychological testing was developed to examine the cognitive and behavioral aspects of a patient. A variety of tests have been created to evaluate the individual to determine either the diagnosis of the individual or simply to attain an assessment or evaluation of the individual. Each test discussed below can provide advantages to the forensic setting. The validity and reliability of these tests have been extensively evaluated and are discussed. 1. Mental Status Exam The Mental Status Exam (“MSE”) is used to evaluate a patient’s mental functions and behaviors. The MSE was created as a tool for clinical psychologists ...

Situation

- Kim needs to arrange medical help for the female staff worker who had fallen from the chair and enquire if she could work. If she is not in working condition anymore, it is important that she is replaced by someone temporarily from Public area. - Talking to the afternoon shift supervisor and informing about the added activities and need to allocate staff for housekeeping for achieving their targets timely. - Ensuring the Level 5 rooms are ready for the group of Japanese Tourists before they arrive back from their bus tour. - Checking the performance of staff working ...

Technologies such as articulation attract observation to the representations, practices, effects, and experiences that constitute them. Others such as assemblage heighten to this comprehension by drawing awareness to the methods that these representations, practices, effects, and practices articulate to use a particular dynamic shape with larger cultural outcomes. The notion of the assemblage may best be acknowledged by thinking about the term constellation, which is applied by Guattari and Deleuze when they speak about assemblage. For instance, a group of heavenly physiques such as the Big Dipper takes a particular form: it chooses, draws together, marks out, and covers ...

There are many businesses in the world, all of which are motivated by the urge of satisfying their customers by what they sell, by presenting their brands in the best ways possible. On the same note, there are other several business producing almost a similar product with yet another company, meaning that as the competition on which business to sell more than the other gets stiff, each business desires to provide any possible attraction to capture a larger market share (Pun & White, 2005). Therefore, there are many brands in the market today, and as expected, each person has different ...

Tennessee William displayed a new kind of theater when he wrote the play A Streetcar Named Desire. William was an American playwright who was considered as one of the best in the twentieth century. He wrote A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947, a book that was regarded as his best work of all times. The play’s main cast is Blanche DuBois, Stanley Kowalski and Stella Kowalski (Williams). The theme of Illusion v. reality is displayed in the play, and the author uses it to bring out the importance of telling the truth, no matter how ugly it is ...

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

Standard Costs Used for Variance Analysis and Favourable/Unfavourable Terminologies with Suitable Examples 8

References 11

Management Accounting Differences between Management Accounting and Financial Accounting and the need for Investing in the latest Accounting Software Audience Served The basic difference between these two accounting fields is that the management accounting is concerned with providing information to internal stakeholders of an organisation such as the senior management, supervisors and employees. In contrast, financial accounting provides information about the financial health of the business to external stakeholders such as potential investors, shareholders (in case of a publicly traded company), tax authorities, lending institutions and ...

In Los Angeles County, California, the Probation Department is one of the largest bureaucratic organizations in the Unites States. Within this Department, there are adult and juvenile sectors. The juvenile sector is comprised of 3 juvenile hall facilities, and roughly about 23 residential treatment facilities, also referred to as camps, and lock down placements for juveniles with a vast array of social, and psychological issues. The facility that I attended was Central Juvenile Hall, which is located in East Los Angeles, California. Central Juvenile hall was established in 1912, and is the largest of the three probation juvenile halls ( ...

Introduction

As the internet continues to grow over the years, more opportunities continue to crop up for exploitation. The chances are limitless, and rewards are unimaginable. Learning a few skills is essential, but finding a niche and capitalizing on it allows a person to tap into unquantifiable profits and growth. One of the niches that have evolved with the growth of the internet is online merchandising. Innumerable companies have taken up the open platform of online space to market and sell their products. However, some of them have developed unique ways to beat the competition and remain profitable. In this ...

Acme Fireworks

A number of factors are to be considered when it comes to taking the decision of the most favorable business structure for a specific commercial venture. Given the situation of Acme Fireworks, the pros and cons that need to be weighed before deciding on the business structure include the offering of highest protection, the highest investment return, and the most favorable rates of taxes. When there is a need for liability consideration, along with needs of employment and huge contracts, the recommendation to Acme Corporation owner would be to amend his status from the present sole proprietorship to a ...

Hochschild’s Reading

Based Hochschild’s article (7), emotional labor entails the procedure of controlling expressions and feelings to administer the emotional needs of a job. Employees are required to manage their feelings when they interact with the superiors, co-workers, and customers. Various job roles involve emotional labor such as nurses, social workers, waiters, doctors, flight attendants, etc. Arlie Hochschild (7) adds that the emotional labor requires the personnel to regulate reactions such as behaviors and facial displays in public or in the workplace. Closely related to the term is emotion management or work that entails the acts performed in private spheres ...

Susie: __3-year old girl named Susie___________________________________________________________________Child’s Birth date: _11/16/12_____________________________________________________________Background Information: __Susie lives with her grandmother, mother, sister, and brother. Her father is absent from the home due to incarceration. She is the youngest of three siblings ages 12 and 7. Her brother is the oldest, while her sister is the middle child. Her mother works full time as a receptionist, and her grandmother is retired. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Domain of Development Observation: Preschool ClassroomDate: June 2016 Child 1: Susie(1) Physical: The development of gross and fine motor skills,self-help skills, and eye-hand coordination.1. Balance on the balance beam2. Colored inside ...

US 311: Business Law I

You are the manager of Acme Fireworks, a fireworks retailer who sells fireworks, puts on ground display fireworks, and large aerial display fireworks. The company started in the owner’s garage two years ago and now has 15 employees that you manage. The company started as a sole proprietorship, and the owner has never changed the entity. The owner has informed you that the company has received inquiries from several large businesses wondering if the company could create several fireworks displays on a regular basis. The owner told the inquirers that the company could fill such display orders, and ...

Virtue Ethics

The essence of Virtue Ethics is based in its antiquity and the fact that almost all ancient civilizations having endorsed some form of this principle. This is one form of Ethics that can directly be applied to professional and managerial situations. The reason for this is the ‘character-based’ nature of Virtue Ethics, wherein one evaluates an action in terms of specific ethical goals. In a sense, Virtue Ethics answers questions for managers better as compared to the Teleological or Deontological Ethical thoughts that are more consequence or duty based respectively. This essay would proceed to describe Virtue Ethics and ...

Coaching Session

Sullivan Window Company: Lauren Smith Having a clear and an effective strategy for product promotion provides the necessary impetus to guarantee a competitive edge in the global market. In the contemporary world, the managers’ efforts should go beyond providing a high-end product to preparing the right reception for new ones. Having an effective and clearly thought out marketing mix is crucial and surpasses sales of even a high-quality product (Becerril-Arreola, Leng & Parlar, 2013). How a company deals with the existing customers and efforts towards attracting the new ones should be the focus of any business entity. Sullivan Window Company ...

Introduction

This paper seeks to conduct an in-depth financial analysis for the hypothetical entity Horniman Horticulture with a specific focus on highlighting the overall financial health and performance of the business over the period between 2002 and 2005. The analysis will be centered on selected ratio analyses, increasing and decreasing financial situations over the periods and situation analysis. Over the period under review, the financial performance of the business has exhibited various trends evidenced by the results reported for each year. For instance, the total annual revenues for the business have gradually increased over the four-year period from $ 788,500 ...

“Madeinusa” is a film about a naive teenager who lives in a small, anonymous village with her sister and father. The film centers on two characters, Salvador, a grungy backpacker and the other is Madeinusa, who is considered a chosen girl and her father is unusually attracted to her. The plot is set against a bizarre festival, and the two main characters fall in love. The outsider from Lima is disliked by the local who fear that he will spoil the fun of their festival while Madeinusa sees an escape through him. What follows are a series of events ...

The class information

Degree program Turabian Style Introduction Smoking is among bad habits which reflect young people’s addictive practice with regards to negative behavior. In this respect adolescents can become smokers of traditional or electronic cigarettes and cigars in addition to smokeless tobacco users. This trend indicates that adult smokers tend to start before they turn eighteen, and statistics proves that “14% of high school students smoke cigarettes, 13% smoke cigars, and 6% use [smokeless tobacco]” . Addiction to traditional and electronic cigarettes derives from availability of tobacco products for sale, peer group influences and most importantly advertising. Advertising impacts American young ...

Literature review2

Research methodology..3

The purpose of using interactive digital menus in restaurants and pubs.4 The examples of a digital menu integration in trading venues5 The benefits of using interactive digital menus6 The working principle of e-menu in restaurants and bars 8 Conclusion....10

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Introduction The current technological conditions are fascinating. The struggle between the outdated technologies and innovations can be seen every single day. The printed information has been already replaced by digital technologies, cell-phones have been replaced by smartphones, tablets and laptops replaced books and journals, and even in restaurant industry, the old-fashioned paper menu is being replaced by new ...

Introduction

The Village is a psychological thriller that boasts several intriguing characters and Mr. Walker is one of them. Mr. Walker is one of the elders of the isolated village that keeps its distance from the woods, as a dangerous creature lives in the woods. Mr. Walker along with other founder restricts people from the village to enter the woods and work hard for years to protect their community. Along the way, Mr. Walker displays several qualities such as leadership; care; and honesty that make him stand out among others.

Leader

Leadership is one of the reasons behind Mr. Walker being ...

Introduction

The situational leadership theory implements a repeatable procedure that leaders can use to leverage and effectively influence their subordinate’s behaviour. The theory helps leaders understand the relationship between the degree of readiness subordinates exhibit and an effective leadership style for completing a specific task. The style of situational leadership chosen by a leader utilizes a combination of supportive and directive behaviour. Supportive behaviour can be characterized as providing guidance and support and directive behaviour can be described as an order. Hersey and Blanchard described 4 different leadership styles on the basis of supportive and directive supportive behaviour. These ...

“Performance management systems, which typically include performance appraisal and employee development, are the “Achilles’ heel” of human resources management. They suffer flaws in many organizations, with employees and managers regularly bemoaning their ineffectiveness” (Pulakos, 2004). Performance management involves planning, and employee input to determine methods and techniques to improve the performance of employees and align these improvements with organizational goals. In this paper, the internal and external job roles and responsibilities of retail sales associates will be highlighted, an organizational modification plan that can be used to encourage specified behaviors in the retail sales associate capacity, methods for measuring ...

Introduction

Usability refers to the ease with which a system or a device can be used, to ensure effectiveness and consumer satisfaction while achieving its objectives. User interfaces simplify the usability of devices and systems by providing the user with easy-to-use interactive displays and information. Companies develop products that fit their intended market. Consumers, therefore, are a vital component in the development of systems as system developers take into account the user-friendliness of their product. Usability heuristics seeks to provide a platform for product developers to create a product that serves the purpose in a targeted demographic, with ease of ...

Smoking is one of the most harmful habits dangerous to the health of not only smokers but also others. Currently, smoking has become a massive "epidemic" common among men, women and even children. The fact that smoking is harmful to health know everyone, but not all realize the true extent of its impact. Damage to health damage is delayed in time and not immediate, but gradual, usually after 10-20 years after the onset of smoking. Therefore, many smokers at first do not notice changes in their health status and believe that nothing will happen to them in the future, ...

Introduction

Skechers is a high performance and lifestyle footwear company located in Manhattan Beach, California, which was founded in 1992 by current CEO Robert Greenberg and his son Michael. It was first incorporated in 1992 in California and then reincorporated in Delaware in 1999 while keeping its headquarters in California (Skechers, 2016b). As of fiscal year 2015, it owned and operated in the United States 119 concept stores, 155 factory outlet stores, and 117 warehouse outlet stores. Internationally, it also owned and operated 82 concept stores, 41 factory outlet stores, and five warehouse outlet stores. It has more than 1340 ...

Compare and contrast Achilles in Dante’s Inferno and Homer’s Iliad

Compare and contrast Achilles in Dante’s Inferno and Homer’s Iliad

Introduction

Dante Alighieri in his legendary text, Inferno, believes that anyone who committed unacceptable deeds would be damned eternally among the nine circles of Hell. Without a doubt, people like Achilles were to be found in these circles. Specifically, Achilles existed in Hell’s second circle. He qualified for this circle by being not only extremely selfish but lacking self-control, having raging passions and betraying his country at times. These descriptions paint Achilles largely in weakness. His description of Hell focuses mainly on his failings rather than his ...

Introduction

Art is an important aspect that helps in communication in the society. Art, therefore, can work to ensure that there is activism against oppression in the society. The society suffers from cases of oppression that cannot be solved through just word of mouth communication. In some cases, free speech is limited and fear is instilled among people who try to express their opinion to the oppressors. The fact that there is limited freedom and increased oppression, the society cannot develop beyond a certain level. However, through art, there can be expression about the way people feel about the society ...

Archaeology gives us a better understanding of humans’ past historical events. It provides us with details of how people lived, their routines, rituals, culture and society. In addition, it helps is determining whether certain misconceptions about communities are factual or true. The integration of archaeology to anthropology is a way to gain more understanding of history. By studying past communities using their artefacts and structure, we gain more information on how we are similar to the past communities or the influences such history has on people descended from the same communities. A lot has been learnt by discovering ancient ...

Institutional

Introduction As Ford, Stuart and Vakil (2014) have clearly noted in their article Culturally Responsive Teaching in the 21st Century Inclusive Classroom, the main challenge that faces public schools in the US involves the ever increasing need to meet the exceptional or special needs of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. That is, the need to have a socially or culturally inclusive classroom in light of the diverse nature of the US population is becoming more relevant than ever before. This, they note, is informed also by the fact that there exists a strong link between learning and culture. ...

The Musee du Quai Branly in Paris boasts of an excellent and extensive collection of from different cultures, giving valuable insights into them. Those permanent and temporary collections in the great museum are original art, from Africa, South America, and Asia. The collections conserve about 370,000 works of art that display the cultural diversity of non-European civilizations from the Neolithic period till the 20th century. The non-European collections gradually accumulated in private collections because of the colonial expansion and economic development during the 18th century. The national museums were created following the French Revolution, and those ethnographic collections ...

Introduction

The leader on whom I choose to write is one who is engaged in the social sector. He is currently working with a company headquartered in Bethesda, USA and is heading a social project promoting maternal health across the continents of India and Nigeria.

The big five personality dimensions

The big five personality dimensions model proposes that an effective leader is one who displays the five attributes of being neuroticism, agreeableness, extroversion, conscientiousness and openness. One of the dominant personality dimensions displayed by this leader is that he is an excellent orator. This translates to the fact that he is extrovert and sociable. This ...

'Midnight Cowboy' is a drama film of 1969 based on the novel 'Midnight Cowboy' by James Leo Herlihy. 'The American Friend' is a 1977 movie by Wim Wenders, loosely basing its themes on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, 'Ripley’s Game.' 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'The American Friend' reflects the events in the society during the time. They both fit perfectly towards the depiction of the ‘counter culture’ film movement of the 1970’s. Through their themes and character representation, the two movies give a strong challenge to genre conventions thus enabling them to successfully depict the counter-culture period in ...

With the advent of technology in our lives, the world has become small and simpler. Communication is the key to human existence. Every person has the need and desire to be social and have people around. The invention of mobile phone has made connecting with friends and family so facile. In addition to this, conversion of phones to smart phones have made social networking reach fingertips thereby reducing the distance virtually. Facebook, twitter, skype and watsapp are all applications that allows one to make thousands of friends and connect with them anytime and anywhere. But, have these high tech ...

Introduction

Over the time, society, and the United States citizens have blamed the media as portraying black women in a negative light. However, the roles that the black American women play are a result of their willingness, and as such, they are indeed the cause of the negative portrayal that they receive. Apparently, several black American women in the United States are willing to take up any role and undertake in with the intention of earning some dollars and improving their living standards. Readiness to take up roles, which encompass violence, mismanagement of money, poor etiquette, and rowdy behavior, are ...

Titian’s and Peter Paul Rubens’s Venus and Adonis

The essay looks at Rubens and Titian version of Venus and Adonis and makes a comparison of their style. While Rubens and Titian version of Venus and Adonis, Rubens’s picture is typically Baroque. Rubens was greatly influenced by Titian and copied his version of Venus and Adonis. The story behind Venus and Adonis is derived from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The goddess Venus is shown clinging to her mortal lover, the handsome young Adonis, whom she is infatuated with. Venus attempts to stop her lover from going hunting. But hunting is a passion with Adonis and he knew that it ...

Overall score on the OTELA: _____90________

Reading Passage chosen: _____Where The Wild Things Are______________________ Literal Questions: 1) What grew in Marx’s room? 2) What hung from his bedroom ceiling? 3) What did Marx sail on in his private boat?

Interpretive Questions: 1) Why did Max give up being king of where the wild things are?

2) How did he tame such wild things? 3) What can be inferred from the story? Purpose statement: What do you plan to say for the Introduction of the passage? (This should give the student an idea of what the passage is about and give a general purpose for reading. Be careful not to give away too much information. For example, for the passage on “ ...

Introduction

The attachment theory so often brought up in the psychological sciences, most commonly focuses on the mother-child bond that does or does not occur within the first five years of a child’s life. The founding father of the attachment theory was John Bowlby, who was extremely generous in working with numerous experts to expand his own knowledge and theories on psychological topics. The importance of a healthy development of the attachment process is important to the future sociability of the individual. How he or she interacts with people in their lives will be based on the extent of ...

Mary Wollstonecraft was an English philosopher, writer, and most importantly a women’s rights activists, who lived in the late 18th century. She is known for her book, A Vindication of the rights of Women, which was published in the year 1972. Through this book, Mary Wollstonecraft discusses the gender issues as at the time. By this time, the society was a male chauvinistic one, and women did not have much authority in the society. In her book, she argues that women and men are by their very nature equal, but it is only the lack of education that ...

I selected Derick Carson presentation on his company Flow Signals. Derrick's company has created some traffic signs that use sign displays instead of the static photos that have been used to date. In his presentation, Derick introduced his products as an improvement of the current road signs that have been in use for decades. His presentation, composure, and the details were okay as explained the problem that his products are designed to solve. However, he ignored one important factor in the introduction of products that are regulated by the central authorities. That is, the law must approve the product ...

Modern business operates in a very competitive environment. As such, every business will need to improve on its operations in order to remain competitive. One of the ways that a business will attempt to retain its competitive advantage is ensuring that the products that are produced meet the highest standards and are produced in the most efficient way. In order to meet this target, the business must have strong production controls that guarantee on quality and efficiency. Naturally, whenever there are controls, there must be a suitable tool that is used to ensure that the process does not have ...

The children in the sample group were observed and interviewed on February 16, 2016. The researcher received verbal permission of the ECE practitioner in the group. Based on the interactions with the students, I observed that the total number of students in the interviewed comprised of mixed gender. There were a total of eleven students in the group. The eleven students were separated according to their gender. The majority of students (7) were girls and the remaining 4 students were boys. The interview was confidential and the procedure was conducted at the left side of the school age room. ...

Improve Bus Tracking System

Improve Bus Tracking System The objective of this given memo is to describe the purpose of employing a tracking system in transportation to avoid sector to avoid passengers getting stranded in bus stops, get cold in ice winter-stricken station lobbies without hopes of boarding a bus in the next free minutes. The attached is the methods that prove the effectiveness of an improved bus tracking system – the global positioning system (GPS) service. The methods for testing the service are discussed as well. How an improved bus tracking system, modern technology enables passengers to track their bus and know their ...

It was perfectly normal for Gustav Klimt to work in his study the whole day, without taking any break. It was in the year 1907 that he began work on one of the most famous pictures in the history of art-“The Kiss.” Österreichische Galerie Belvedere museum in the Belvedere, Vienna displays the painting, which is considered a masterpiece of the early modern period (Der Kuss 1908 2016). The theme of the artwork was two lovers united through a kiss. Many people wonder about the identity of the woman portrayed in “The Kiss” (Gustav Klimt -The Kiss2016). The artwork ...

The Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (CMA) tour was both a pleasure trip as well as an opportunity to learn and understand the various seascapes and marine concepts the Pacific has to offer through the lens of the aquarium. For instance, the trip divulged that the oceans are under increasing threat, overfishing, climate change, habitat loss, and marine pollution being just some of the major issues challenging our aquatic world today (Cabrillo Marine Aquarium [CMA]). Partly, because of that, the trip came at an opportune moment to imprint such a reality. The CMA, located on the shores of Cabrillo in San ...

RESULTS

Section 1 All samples were found to be positive for the anti-Ro antibody with higher than 240 IU/ml, except Sample ID # 13 and 32, which showed lower concentrations (Figure 1.). These samples also exhibited occurrence of Smd and Dn respectively, albeit at low concentrations. Sample Id# 12 and 20 also showed presence of anti-La antibody. The autosera of Patient Id # 32 suffering from SS displays a faint 52kd IgM band, which is representative of 52kd anti-Ro antibody and is fainter in ethanol treatment sample. Patient ID # 42 expressing a higher than 240 IU/L of anti-Ro antibody in the clinical ...

The Crystal Palace is a massive and very impressive building in London that was constructed from iron and glass in 1851 in Hyde Park in London specially for the Great Exhibition of that year. The Palace received its name from the magazine Punch, in which the playwright Douglas Jerrold called it in 1850 as “a palace of very crystal” . Though the building was very beautiful and seemed to have a promising future, after the end of exhibition the Crystal Palace was taken down and moved to Sydenham Hill, the place not far from London. The building there was kept ...

Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are is considered to be a classic children's book that speaks to every child because of its drawings and simplicity in wording. The book tells of the story of Max, and his adventures in a jungle. It can be said that there are many different elements that make the book one that is wonderful and memorable. This is due to the depictions of the drawings that are coupled with the words, and the fact that it illicit memories of childhood for the individual reading it - whether they are an adult, or a ...