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Here is a late night drawing of a page in my graphic novel. I'm using Adobe Illustrator for the inking and then when I'm finish the next job will be coloring in Photoshop! My goal is to complete 2-3 pages a day.
Here is a late night drawing of a page in my graphic novel. I'm using Adobe Illustrator for the inking and then when I'm finish the next job will be coloring in Photoshop! My goal is to complete 2-3 pages a day.
Alright fellow readers, I will be showing you the main villains in Xavian in this next post. This the leader of the alien race known as the Ophiosisens.
The concept behind making this villain was trying to find an insect that looks like an alien and very intimidating at the same time. I searched the internet for alien-like insect and stumbled upon a praying mantis. I was overjoyed at my discovery but I wanted to look further into the praying mantis family to see if I can find a different looking mantis and I came across the devils flower mantis. I kept majority of its facial features but put an artist twist that could make the creature seem like a leader and alien
For his body I decided not to put legs on the leader, but instead I drew him with round-like tentacles that would make him unique. For his chest area I drew him with a plate-like structure to be able to take physical hits with ease. When the Ophiosisen Leader opens his chest he can reproduce more Ophiosisen and use them for protection in battle. His arms are able to extend and mold into different shapes, but the leader likes to form a sword out of his arms for his finishing move. His special ability is the ability to enter into his foes mind, wipe their memories clean, and control their bodily function, but this leaves him vulnerable to surprise attacks which is why he likes to battle with a small unit. What gives the Ophiosisen Leader the power to control his foes comes from the red dot that is on his head, all the Ophiosisen have a dot similar to his own, which means all Ophiosisen are connected to him. The Leader can connect and talk to all Ophiosisens if need be and or control any particular Ophiosisen even if they are far away from him.
Alright guys I'm showing you the finished line art of Xavian that will eventually be on Cover Art. I'm also going to be showing you my process behind the Line Art for the Cover so without further ado I present the Line Art.
One night I was thinking about how can I come up with a Cover Art that would stand out from any other Cover Art. While this gave me the motivation I needed to create a Cover Art for my story I was trying too hard to make this detailed artwork that I got too frustrated with myself and I gave up for about 4 hours. Right when I was about to call it a night I looked down at the piece of paper where I was struggling to make my cover art four hours earlier I noticed four ovals that were left on the page and then it started to click. I was able to finish this cover piece within two hours.
When I was satisfied with results proceeded to clean up all the smudges, grey areas, the paper texture, and any other incorrect lines. Considering I love to use Photoshop for the coloring of my artwork I'm not as worried if I make a mistake on the lines because I can just erase them later, but I don't want to get too lazy and have myself work harder for no reason. When I finished cleaning up all the errors, I saved the line art for reference when I start to colorize it on Photoshop. I will be releasing the Color Version of the Cover Art later on next week so you can see the finish result of the line art. I am thinking about doing a Photoshop tutorial about how to clean up rough sketches that are scanned. Let me know what you guys think.
This is the spacedock that is orbiting Xavian's planet. The concept behind this panel is to make a strong point to show my readers where the story will be taking place throughout the first chapter of Xavian. I want to make this panel very detailed because this is the first scene for this story so I want to start on a good note to keep the readers wanting to read more. The story takes place in space and in the distant future so I thought of some ideas that would blend those two elements. So I looked online for sci-fi themes and I came across a Star Trek space dock and that's where I got the inspiration to make the space dock for Xavian.
The first image is the finished Line Art
What's up viewers, if you're viewing this post then you have stumbled upon the official blog for my upcoming graphic novel Xavian. If you like stories where the villain wins and alien takeovers then you come to the right place. For my story I decided to stay away from the cliche of an alien race invading a planet and the native planet finding a way to defeat them. Instead I created my story where the species on native planet make contact with an alien race and the alien race takes over the planet and create an empire. Xavian's story is very dark, it's catered for more mature audience with its war-like features and blood and gore elements. For this graphic novel I will showcase my artistic abilities with the background scenes, facial details, blood and gore elements and digital coloring. I will be using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Manga Studio for this graphic novel. I am an amateur comic artist and a college student. You'll notice that my drawings will get more details the more I draw the story out. I'm still learning more about being a comic book artist so you'll see my drawings develop as I continue to write Xavian.


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For parents of a healthy, term newborn, the Vitamin K shot tends to give parents a lot of worry. Here's some info:
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After the Poway shooting @CAIRSanDiego tweeted, "We are absolutely heartbroken to hear about the shooting at the Congregation Chabad."
Far left groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center have come to the Council's defense and labeled many of its critics hate groups.
The Council did not respond to a request for comment.
Are Muslims most targeted?
On July 25, 2017 the school board considered a resolution ending the district's partnership with the Council and backing away from the anti-Islamophobia initiative.
Mohebi told the board, "It's a mistake to not focus on groups that are targeted much more than the rest. We expect the district to publicly acknowledge the work we have done with the district for a decade. We expect the district to recommit to working with us."
Multiple board members echoed Mohebi's sentiments that they should give more attention to one group when one group is targeted more than others. Trustee John Lee Evans said, "One of the issues that clearly needs to be addressed today is the vilification of our Muslim community."
Is it true that Muslims were or are being targeted more than others?
A four-month study of global religious persecution, commissioned by the British government last year, published in an interim report on May 3 which concluded 80 percent of religious persecution in the world is perpetrated against Christians.
The report states anti-Christian persecution is "at near genocide levels" in the Middle East and is rising in frequency and severity around the world. It concludes the crisis is under-reported in the media and responses by governments have been insufficient. British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who commissioned the study, blamed politically correct bias against Christians for the lack of attention to the crisis.
America has a primary religious target as well. According the FBI's 2017 national hate crimes report, Jews were targeted by 58 percent of anti-religious hate crimes. Muslims comprised 19 percent, and Christians 13 percent.
In 2018, only four of the 30 hate crimes the San Diego District Attorney's Office prosecuted were motivated by the victim's religion. Two were Christians. None were Jewish or Muslim, a statistic which will change for the worse this year after the Poway shooting.
Piedra points to school district bullying statistics that show the same pattern as hate crimes; Jews are targeted more than Muslims. However, he first points out the numbers are so low there is no crisis involving any religious group being bullied in San Diego schools.
He says the Council survey that came up with 55 percent of Muslim students being bullied was an anonymous online survey that anybody could have filled out. He says San Diego Unified records show only two anti-Muslim bullying incidents from the entire district during the 2015-16 school year. That same year there were 11 incidents targeting Jewish students.
The California Healthy Kids Survey 2015-17 report for San Diego County (sponsored by the state Department of Education) asked thousands of middle and high school students from multiple school districts including San Diego Unified about incidents of harassment. Seven percent stated they were harassed because of their religion in a one year period, but the survey did not ask which religion the students were. Thirty percent of students were harassed by each of the following: false rumors spread about them, sexual jokes or sexual gestures made to them, and being made fun of for the way they look or talk. Twenty percent reported being harassed by students offering them illegal drugs. Twenty percent reported being cyber-bullied.
Faced with a lawsuit
...the San Diego Unified School board adopted a new resolution on July 25, 2017. "Staff is redirected from forming a formal partnership with CAIR to forming an intercultural committee which shall include representatives from all faiths and cultures."
In a twist of events, in lieu of partnering with the Council the district decided to expand its partnership with one of the Council's critics.
Piedra says, "The school board adopted a neutral anti-bullying program in partnership with the Anti-Defamation League the same night they backed away from CAIR. It has aspects that deal with Islamophobia but is more broad-based. Unlike the CAIR program which was designed by members of their local chapter with no expertise, the ADL program has been vetted by multiple experts from Ivy League schools."
In some cities the League and the Council have engaged in a war of words. But San Diego League education director Kelsey Young declined to comment on the Council and instead explained the work they are doing with the school district.
She says schools who adopt their "No Place for Hate" program must have three school-wide activities a year that include active learning, combat bias and bullying, and promote respect for diversity. The League provides lesson plans on topics such as the escalation of hate, fake news, and cyber-hate.
Despite the board's decision to drop their partnership with the Council the lawsuit continued. Piedra said evidence surfaced that the Council was still lobbying lower level district staff. In September 2018 the Council celebrated a court decision denying the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction.
A few months later plaintiffs' attorneys met with the school district attorney and their outside counsel. Piedra says they were assured no formal or informal partnership with the Council remained and the district officials who facilitated that partnership were no longer there. The plaintiffs agreed to a settlement.
San Diego Unified agreed to distribute an information circular titled "Religion in Education" to all district area superintendents and school principals giving them several directives.
One states, "Educational material on religious subjects must be neutral and may not be presented in a manner that promotes one religion over another."
Another, "Guest speakers from religious organizations are not allowed to present to students on religious topics."
LiMandri says the Council's strategy to push its political and religious agenda on children in public schools under the pretext of curbing Islamophobia is a "study in mass deception."
Piedra expects more legal battles to come and says the Fund is already facing the Council in other states. "Now that we've had our victory more parents are reaching out to us with their concerns."
Piedra adds more caution about anti-bullying programs. "As a former educator, I have firsthand knowledge of bullying. There is no crisis of religiously-motivated bullying in schools. Bullying is so complex. It's almost impossible to measure and quantify it and adopt government programs to resolve it."
He says when a kid is labeled a "phobic" it stays on their permanent record and in most cases they don't deserve the label in the first place. "To accuse an 11-year-old boy of being a bigot is very strong. He could be making fun of another kid because he thinks they dress funny, not because he hates their religion.... This whole idea there are classifications of victims in schools is false. It's a narrative driven by special interests who want to portray groups of students as victims so they have an excuse to push an agenda on all children in the school."
He warns against programs that cut parents out of the conversation. "The best solutions to incidents at school always involve the parents."
Caleb Chuc started his freshman year at Clairemont Mesa's Madison High School in the fall of 2017. He says he was bullied every day, but not because of his race or religion. He is one of the 30 percent bullied for the way they look or talk. In his case, he stutters.
Other than a couple friends who defended him and his mother who visited school administrators to complain, he says nobody at the school did anything to stop it. His mother says, "They said they will talk to the kids, but they don't do anything."
Caleb says he wasn't the only one. His sister was bullied by students who pressured her to smoke marijuana. He frequently saw kids get bullied and get in fights for different reasons. But he can't remember an incident of a student being bullied because of their religion.
He explains that a person can be bullied for any perceived weakness. "Someone once told me, 'Know the weak point of a spoon and you'll be able to bend it.'"
Before he finished his freshman year he transferred to San Diego Met High School, which meets on the campus of Mesa College. With smaller classroom sizes, it's ideal for students who have had traumatic experiences in more populated schools. He feels much safer there.
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This is a pretty balanced article on a pretty controversial topic. For the San Diego general public I earlier attempted to distill the issues in an op ed in the San Diego Union-Tribune. See: Why San Diego Unified should drop its plans to address "Islamophobia" (Title used in print version: 'School No Place For Islamic Apologetics") BY STUART H. HURLBERT, San Diego Union-Tribune, May 11, 2017, p. B21 http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sd-utbg-islamaphobia-cair-schools-20170510-story.html The main issue is really not so much about "bullying" as about attempts to impose politico-religious doctrines on public school students. As the Eric Bartl's article makes clear, "bullying" of diverse sorts is a perennial problem with young people not getting strong ethical foundations from their parents. But it is not rocket science, and good teachers and administrators should need no outside help in dealing with it. It is interesting (and humorous and symptomatic of deeper problems) that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) have taken different stances on the actions of the SD Unified School District and the lawsuit by the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund. Neither organization has the integrity to be taken seriously on this issue. Both organizations engage in "bullying" and "hate speech" against those organizations supporting the recommendations of past US national commissions advocating large reductions in immigration to the U.S. and supporting US population stabilization. The unethical behavior of SPLC in particular has been documented for decades (http://www.populationstabilization.org/censorship.html), and finally the organization seems to have crashed in disarray (https://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc_29_3/tsc-29-3-nachman_printer.shtml) – but with half a billion dollars in the bank! With that moola any zombie has a good chance of arising from the dead!
I find it hard to imagine that Muslim students in our local public schools don't occasionally (or frequently) get harassed. Black students, Latino students, Persian students, Jewish students, Mormon students, special ed students, foreign students, disabled students, tall/short/fat/skinny students, stuttering students or students with lisps -- all are grist for the mill of adolescent ignorance and cruelty. With local class sizes of 35+ kids and teachers with five classes packed into a seven-hour day and counselor caseloads of 375+ teenagers and no districtwide leadership for systematically teaching tolerance, anything can (and does)happen.
I went to an all white high school and we were mean to each other in all the ways you state with one exception religion. We had basically three groups; Protestant (the largest) Catholic and Jewish. Of all the adolescent BS religion was never an issue. Today with all the diversity religion has become a large issue. Religion is all about belonging to a particular group. Religion teaches intolerance in that all religions teach that their way is the one and only way for eternal life. Therefore if you don't believe as I do then you are an enemy. Add to that the various religious trappings that set one group apart from another only adds to tribalism. Many sects of Protestantism teach hate. Hate of homosexuals for instance. Kids will be kids and they must be taught tolerance but religion is, in my opinion, the root cause of problems in our society.
Neither of the competing narratives state Muslim students in San Diego public schools are never harassed because of their religion. They disagree over how common it is. CAIR said it happens frequently. The Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund argued it is relatively rare. The only data I had supporting CAIR's claim was their own. The state's Healthy Kids survey shows a different picture (anyone I know who works in public schools corroborates that survey with their own observations - religion is the least likely motive for kids to bully each other.) The data on reported incidents of bullying from 2015 and 2016 produced in the lawsuit also shows a different picture. I asked San Diego Unified for data on bullying reports from 2017 and 2018. They did not respond.
Tolerance from non-believers for religious people is important in a civilized society. I don't think it's generally true what you say: "if you don't believe as I do you are an enemy." Maybe it's more like, you are an outsider -- an entirely positive thing to be in this country. For the most part, religious believers usually derive social or spiritual comfort from their conforming participation and do not weaponize their beliefs against others. That should cut both ways.
All this talk about "bullying" is hard to grasp because the term isn't a clear concept. From my standpoint it involves some element of physical contact or a credible threat of it. But nowadays it seems to include saying "hurtful" things or taunts. If that is the use of the term here, I'd estimate that if a survey of students were taken at most middle and high schools, the reports of being bullied would be close to that 55% quoted for Muslim students. We like to think of kids as kind and considerate; in fact they can be nasty, mean, inconsiderate and outright cruel. (Just the way adults can be those things.) Bullies will bully someone, and they don't need a reason.
This program, as proposed, would be like so many other programs that school districts adopt. It's just that SDUSD does this kind of thing in spades. They would have a working group that would draft a handbook to be given to each employee, and there would be training sessions required for all such employees. The program would look great on paper--they always do. But would anything really change? Very unlikely. When added to all the other programs, it would get lost in the fog. The handbook would be on every teacher's or administrator's or support person's shelf, and seldom seen.
Somewhere in all this is an assumption that most/all bullying is reported to the "authorities." That's nonsense. No school can claim to be free of bullying based on a lack of reported incidents. Most victims of bullies are ashamed to have let it happen. Irrational? Of course, it is blaming the victim by the victim, but that is often how it works.
CAIR has some ethical problems, and while it attempts to take a high road in inter-religious dialog, leaves me cold. I fully agree with Mr. Apostolou above.


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• Only residents registered to vote with the Board of Elections could cast ballots during referendums. His proposal allows the municipality to establish a pre-registration process for those not registered with the Board of Elections. During Tuesday's vote, non-registered voters packed the polls, with some being denied by poll workers, who also lacked a sufficient amount of affidavit ballots.
• Prevent towns from superseding state law concerning the drawing of ward boundaries. State law directs a county Board of Elections to draw lines. Ramapo Town Board members adopted a local law in 2004 giving them control over setting the boundaries. Zebrowski called town control "undoubtedly a conflict of interest."
"We need to update the antiquated laws governing town elections that date back to the 1930s," Zebrowski said Friday.
Zebrowski's sister, Kristen Zebrowski-Stavisky, is one of two Rockland election commissioners. She also is the Rockland Democratic Party chairwoman.
Ramapo Town Board member Brendel Logan-Charles said she supported Zebrowski's reforms. St. Lawrence did not return a message seeking comment.
Town attorney Michael Klein released a statement in which he supported reform, agreed that all elections should be conducted by the county Board of Elections and should only include registered voters. But he called Zebrowski's suggestion that all elections be held in November "impractical" because issues can arise anytime throughout the year.
The vote generally pitted the interest of Ramapo's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community leaders seeking to maintain the at-large vote against opponents who felt wards could dilute the religious community's powerful bloc vote.
Ward system supporters wanted two additional board members to ensure the supervisor had a more difficult path for appointments and legislation.
Each side worked hard to get out their vote – including using automated robo-calls and getting their supporters to the polls. Questionable emails and comments from a phone bank also prompted calls for investigations and intervention by federal prosecutors.


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Headaches - everyone has suffered with them at least once in their life, but for the vast majority of people they will endure a minimum of one a month. A tension headache is usually on both sides of the head and they will predominantly begin at the rear, making their way conveniently to the front of your head. It will feel like someone is squeezing your head coupled with a dull aching feeling to it. On top of this, your shoulders, jaw and neck may feel sore and taut. Normally the pain does not increase with activity, but it will however stay persistent.
The Possible Causes of a Headache
A headache is usually caused by the dehydration, stress, illness, or being over tired. However there may be some underlying serious causes of a headache. For people that are over the age of fifty and experience a headache for the first time, possible cause could be a condition called temporal arteritis. Symptoms of this condition are similar to a usual headache, like blurred vision, but there are other symptoms like pain when chewing. If you suspect this, see your doctor. Other less common cause of a headache is an aneurysm in the brain which occurs when a blood vessel's wall becomes frail and as a result bursts, allowing blood to enter the brain. A tumor is also a possible cause, although it is rare. Others include conditions like a stroke, an infection like meningitis or encephalitis, etc. Advised Home Care for Headaches
Experts will advise you to keep a diary at home and monitor the headaches, when they happened, how long for, what you ate or did prior to the headache. After a while, change and modify your habits to see if it helps and hopefully you may start to see a pattern occurring. If you do suffer with a headache try resting your eyes by closing them and use some sort of a relaxation technique. Try having a massage and also use a heat pad on the back of your upper neck.Medication to Use for Tension Headaches
You can try using ibuprofen, Aspirin or acetaminophen however don't give any Aspirin to children for safety reasons (a possibility of developing a Reye syndrome). If you have migraines then try a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. If you have tried the over the counter medicines and they don't seem to help, speak to your doctor about getting a prescription for a different drug to try.


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An offer is an expression of willingness to contract on
certain terms made with the intention that it shall become binding as soon as
it is accepted by the person to whom it was addressed. A unilateral offer
specifically, is one that is open to being accepted by the world at large. one example
of unilateral offer is an offer of a reward, in this scenario the promise is
made by the one who is offering the reward however unlike a bilateral offer
(where the offeree and offeror both make a promise) there is no return of a
Another example of a unilateral offer is that of an advertisement, the case of partridge v Crittenden2 was the leading case which established
a legal precedent deciding that not all advertisements could be considered as
offers, providing that the advertisement had not made a specific promise. Once
an advertisement has made a specific promise it becomes a unilateral offer.
For such an offer to be accepted, there needs to be an
unqualified expression of assent to the terms of the offer, in a unilateral
contract whosoever decides to knowledgeably follow the actions specified in the
advertisement or offer of reward have then accepted the offer. Acceptance of
such offers doesn't have to be communicated to the offeror to be that effective.
There is validity in acceptance by conduct. The leading example of this is from
the case of Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball
Co3 where the courts considered Mrs. Carlill
having satisfied the conduct for acceptance by using the product, for the
stated length of time. However, one important fact of acceptance is that the
person who may do the specified act required, yet has no knowledge of the offer
at the time, their actions cannot amount up to acceptance this stemming from R v Clarke4.
Even though previously in Gibbons5
where a police officer could accept the reward for an offer even though he had
no prior knowledge. However, Issacs A.C.J, later decided that for the sake of
the courts this case shall not be used as precedent.6
For revocation of any offer to take place, it is only effective once it has
been communicated to the offeree and revocation is able to take place at any
time before there has been acceptance. For there to be effective revocation of
a unilateral offer the revocation must be given an equal amount of publicity as
the offer had initially, this is stated in article 2:202(2) of the principles
of European Contract Law.7
This was also shown in the case of Shuey
v United States8
where the same result was found. However, a unilateral offer cannot be
revoked once the specifically requested act for acceptance has been completed,
however, it was found in the case of Errington
v Errington9
that if the act is not left to be "incomplete and underperformed"10
then it would continue to be a binding agreement.
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Part (ii)
The contract was originally meant as to that you would be
paid £50 per a week for you to supply the use of 4 pots in return. It was then
later offered to you to be paid the amount of £60 if you delivered on time.
Looking at the pre-existing duty rule, the courts may find that you are not
entitled to the new payment of £60 as you have done no more that you were
previously under contractual duty to do. And it could be argued that there is
no consideration to have made the new agreement binding consideration is
described as "a profit or benefit occurring to one person or some forbearance
detriment, loss suffered by the other."11
The leading case for this rule coming from Stilk v myerick12,
where the courts found denied Stilk
the additional payment as they found he had done no more than the work he was
traditionally contracted to do, despite the promise of myerick and the loss of two seamen during the voyage. Consideration
is something in contract law that is highly important and is require for every
change that happens within a contract. However, a case which goes against that
of the decision made in Stilk and
creates an exception is that of Williams
v Roffey13,
in Williams the courts found that the performance of the builder's previous
contractual duty did amount to consideration, the courts found this to be as
they found that there was a practical benefit that was provided to both
parties. The practical benefit being saving Roffey Bros from having to search
for other carpenters and the benefit of Williams finishing the job and not
breaching their contract. In relation to your scenario, it could be regarded
that there was consideration for the new payment to be binding as there is an
established practical benefit, by paying you more money your able to deliver on
time and stops you from breaching your obligation, which saves their reputation
and their contract with other suppliers. It is fair to say that you should take
them to court as the courts may find that the practical benefit amounts to
enough consideration, to make the additional payment a binding contract. In
which you it is possible they would be found legally responsible for a breach
of contract.
Part B
In this statement regarding the breach of duty, Baron
Alderson has outwardly stated that in his belief there is an objective standard
to which everyone is held to. However, it is arguably unfair and incorrect for
such a statement to be made. It is first important to characterise as to what
is regarded as a breach of duty; a breach of duty is when a defendant's conduct
falls below the standard of care that is imposed onto them by the law. The
objective standard for a duty of care is that of the reasonable man, the
reasonable man is, a fictional character, it is a metaphorical man. The
"reasonable man" is the most prominent of several standards of behaviour found
in the common law14.
In Hall v Brooklands15
LJ Greer compared the reasonable man to 'the man on the Clapham omnibus', the
reasonable man is also compared to be 'travellers on the London underground.'16
The reasonable man is another term for the objective standard for negligence
within the courts, Looking at the case of Nettleship
v Weston17
where a learner driver accidentally hit a lamppost, injuring her instructor
in the process who procced to take her to court, the courts found that, even
though she was a learner driver she was held liable as 'a standard is measured
objectively by the care to be expected of an experienced, skilled and careful
Looking at Nettleship it raises the
issue as to whether fault is a question of morals or distribution of blame and
Even though the Reasonable man is a fictional character, it
does consider many different factors that a compared to its expected objective
standard. These factors were further solidified by the courts in the case of Caparo v Dickman19
there were three factors; Foreseeability, Proximity, and the level of risk each
having to be established for there to be a breach of care.
One of the problems with Aldersons statement is that not
everyone is held to the same objective standard, there are specialised
standards of care that can apply. It is of some belief that it is not about the
man on the Clapham omnibus, but should instead be judged by his peers20
One example of this is children, looking at the case of Mullins v Richards,21
where two 15-year-old girls, who were playing and accidentally injured the
claimants eye, they were judged not against the standard of the reasonable man
but that of a prudent 15-year-old girl. Another example of a specialised
standard of care is, that of Professional Persons, this was further established
in Bolam v Friern22, which
later became known as the 'Bolam test'
where a doctor was allegedly negligently breached his duty of care which caused
the claimant to suffer a fractured jaw, the courts found the doctor not liable,
J McNair explains the reasoning; "a professional is not guilty of negligence if
he has acted in accordance with the practice accepted as a proper by a
responsible body of medical men skilled in that particular art."23
However the Bolam test was later
revised in Bolitho24 where it was said that 'practice should
be regarded as proper by a component, reasonable body of opinion not just a
responsible body of medical opinion.25'
the revision of the test could be seen as an improvement as it is a direction
towards an objective measurable standard even for those of skilled
Some believe that the 'reasonable man' is outdated and is no
longer an appropriate form of measure. An increase in the feminist perspective
and a more gender sensitive society has caused the 'reasonable man' to now be
known as the Reasonable Person, it is still believed by many feminists that the
'reasonable person' is still male and acts with detachment from 'emotion' and
'sentiment', both features that are typically connotated with women.26
Another philosophical opinion of the Reasonable Man is that it is just, yet
another abstract figure used within law as a void that is to be filled with judge's
opinions and decisions as to who they believe have behaved negligently and is
not an objective standard but based on bias. It is important to note that if
the Reasonable man is a void for judges it cause the void to be filed by that
of the average characteristic of judges, that of an old, Middle Aged, white
MCKENDRICK, CONTRACT LAW (7th edn, OXFORD UNIV PRESS 2016)
2 Partridge
v Crittenden 1968 EWHC (QB), 2 ALL ER 421 (EWHC (QB)
v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company 1892 EWHC (QB), 2 QB 484 (EWHC (QB)
V Clarke 1927 HCA 47; (1927) 40 CLR 227 (22 November 1927)' (High Court of
Australia, 2018)
5 Gibbons
v Proctor 1981 Div Ct, 55 JP 616 (Div Ct)
6 R V Clarke 1927 HCA 47; (1927) 40 CLR 227 (22 November
1927)' (High Court of Australia, 2018)
MCKENDRICK, CONTRACT LAW (7th edn, OXFORD UNIV PRESS 2016)
8 Shuey
v United States 1875 Supreme Court, 92 US 73 (Supreme Court)
9 Errington
v Errington and Woods 1952 EWHC, 1 ALL ER 149 (EWHC)
LJ, Errington v Errington and Woods 1952 EWHC, 1 ALL ER 149
Lush J, Currie And Misa 1875 LR 10 Exch 153
12 Stilk
v Myrick 1809 EWHC KB, 170 ER 1168 (EWHC KB)
13 Williams
v Roffey Bros and Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd 1999 EWHC Civ, 1 ALL ER
512 (EWHC Civ)
14 Alan
D. Miller, The "Reasonable Man" And Other Legal Standards (2007)


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Follow the following steps:
If you have logged into WebNow prior to logging into Perceptive Experience, the program will automatically log you in. After 12 hours the login screen and 2-step prompt will appear.
Perceptive Experience supports document searching and folders.
1. Perceptive Experience: https://experience.uwstout.edu
2. Sign into Perceptive Experience with your campus username and campus password.
3. The 2-step authentication screen will appear. 2-Step: Logging in Using 2-Step Authentication (Mobile Device and FOB)
4. The Perceptive Experience Screen will appear. Document searching and folder support are now available. This screen allows you to choose what you need: Documents and Folders for searching, Workflow for processing. The green Home icon in the upper left will take you back to this main menu.
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Cholesteatoma Ear Cyst
When my 13-year-old son, Samuel, rubbed his ear a few months ago, I didn't think anything of it. He had not been prone to ear infections. When he was four or five years old, he experienced a double ear infection but no other occurrences. At the time, we took him to his pediatrician and received treatment. Within a week, he was all better, and I never thought of it again until this year.
Earlier this spring Samuel not only rubbed his ear but had clear ear drainage which I found concerning. After three rounds of antibiotics which did not help the situation, we made an appointment with his Ear, Nose, Throat doctor to take a closer look.
At the first meeting, he said he could not see inside Samuel's ear clearly and wanted to do a debridement. This procedure required my son to be sedated while the doctor removed a small amount of tissue for testing. The doctor said he wanted to know if he was dealing with just the tip of the iceberg or the whole iceberg.
- *Samuel's primary diagnosis is Thanatophoric Dwarfism.
Further Investigation
The results of the test came back clear. Samuel's doctor ordered a CT scan, just to be sure. I didn't think anything of it. Since the debridement came back with no issues, I didn't think there was anything to worry about. That was until after the doctor read the CT films. It turns out Samuel would need either a Canal Wall Down or a Canal Wall Up procedure both considered radical ear surgeries.
The surgery would remove ear tissue called Cholesteatoma. What surprised me in my research was this condition is not limited to special needs children, children with dwarfism or any other condition. Children without medical challenges can have symptoms. Even adults can receive this diagnosis.
WebMD states: Cholesteatomas aren't common — only 9 out of every 100,000 adults in the U.S. get them. They can show up at any age, and men are more likely to get them than women.
Definition of Cholesteatoma
Cholesteatoma is an abnormal skin growth or skin cyst trapped behind the eardrum, or the bone behind the ear. Cholesteatomas begin as a build-up of ear wax and skin, which causes either a lump on the eardrum or an eardrum retraction pocket. Over time, the skin collects and eventually causes problems like infection, drainage, and hearing loss. The skin may take a long time to accumulate and can spread to the area behind the eardrum (the middle ear space) or to the bone behind the ear, called the mastoid bone. https://www.enthealth.org/conditions/cholesteatoma/
List of Symptoms
What are the symptoms of Cholesteatoma? For my son, it was drainage which did not clear up with the treatment of antibiotics. Symptoms typically appear in one ear but can also appear in both ears. Per WebMD, symptoms can be the following:
- Constant sound inside your ear (tinnitus)
- Dizziness (or vertigo)
- Ear infection
- Earache
- Feeling of "fullness" in one ear
- Fluid that smells bad and leaks from your ears
- Trouble hearing in one ear
- Weakness in half your face
To remove the Cholesteatoma requires surgery. The question then becomes which procedure is best. An Ear, Nose, Throat doctor renders their opinion based on each child's individual case. Options include Canal Wall Up or Canal Wall Down surgery. Because the Cholesteatoma had grown extensively in my son's case, the approach taken was a canal wall down procedure.
Click here read more about the Canal Wall Up verses the Canal Wall Down debate: http://theotorhinolaryngologist.co.uk/new/images/pdf/v6_n3/The%20pros%20and%20cons.pdf
One month out, Samuel is doing great. I worried for weeks before surgery but had great hope knowing another boy who had the procedure last year is doing great. That one story gave me so much hope in the face of my son's surgery and recovery. Next steps include looking into hearing aid options. The story continues. Feel free to follow Samuel's journey on my personal blog.
If you have heard of this condition and would like to share your own story of hope with other moms, comment below. Knowing you are not alone in the journey helps so much.


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