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Named First Team All-Sun Belt after scoring 21.3 ppg and grabbing 7.5 rebounds, both team-highs ... Finished 12th in nation in scoring ... Only Lady Raider to start all 30 games, averaging 30.8 minutes ... Netted double figure points in all but one contest, scoring eight at Denver (1/18) ... Finished second in conference in scoring and 10th in rebounding ... Led league in FG percentage, third in FT percentage, and finished second in steals and 14th in assists ... Tied for second in Sun Belt games only in steals at 2.0 per contest with teammate Keisha McClinic and just behind former teammate Kelly Chastain ... Had second highest scoring game in conference games only with 37 versus Western Kentucky ... Twice made 12 FG in a game during season, tying for second highest FG made in a game in Sun Belt ... Had five 30-point games and 14 other games with 20 points or more ... Led Lady Raiders in scoring 23 times during season, including season-high 37 at Western Kentucky (2/1), tying career-high ... Also led squad in rebounding team-high 14 contests, with three double-digit games ... Had team season-high 17 rebounds at Louisiana Tech (2/15) ... Had three double-doubles on year: 30 points, 11 rebounds versus Belmont (11/21); 25 points, 12 rebounds against Lipscomb (12/17); 15 points, 17 rebounds at Louisiana Tech ... Game-leader in assists eight times, including five games with five or more assists ... Finished season with .532 FG percentage, .447 on 3-pt attempts ... Also had .821 FT percentage ... Named Sun Belt Player of the Week three times ... First POW honor (12/18) came following 28-point effort against Xavier (12/15) and double-double versus Lipscomb ... Second honor (2/5) followed 20-point, eight rebound performance versus Florida International (2/3) and 37-point outburst to go along with nine boards at Western Kentucky ... Final POW honor (2/26) came after 20 points at New Mexico State (2/22) and 32 versus Western Kentucky (2/24) ... Eight-point effort at Denver broke 30-game consecutive double-figure streak over two seasons, longest of her career ... Made double figure field goals in a game six times, and double digit free throws four games ... Had trio of three-pointers six times in a contest ... Surpassed 1,000-point barrier in ninth game of season versus UNC-Greensboro (12/21), 14th player in school history to accomplish the feat ... Her 1,444 career points is eighth on school record list.
First Team All-OVC after averaging 23 ppg and 6.4 rebounds against the top three teams in the conference ... Fifth in OVC in scoring with 16.6 ppg and third in FG percentage at .542 ... Ranked sixth in conference in rebounding and 10th in FT percentage at .765 ... Also ranked 10th in steals with 1.92 per game ... Averaged 17.5 ppg in conference play ... Played in 25 games with 14 starts, missing four games during middle of season with stress fracture in her left foot ... Scored in double figures in 22 of 25 contests, including 14 straight to end year ... Hit .448 of 3-pt attempts ... Recorded five double-doubles on season, including three in four- second double-double of year at Southeast Missouri with 20 points and 10 boards ... Began stretch of three double-doubles in four games at Belmont (2/22) with 18 points and 12 rebounds ... Followed that with 24 points and 10 boards against Murray State (2/24) ... Had season-high 26 points in win over UT-Martin (2/26) ... Final double-double of year came in first round of OVC Tournament against Southeast Missouri (2/29) with 15 points and 10 rebounds ... Averaged 20.2 points and 9.0 rebounds over final games of season ... Lady Raiders won 11 of final 14 games after she missed four in middle of year, including 10-game winning streak from 2/3-2/29 ... Averaged 19.5 points and 5.9 boards per contest during winning streak ... Named OVC Player of the Week twice during final month of season ... First POW honor (2/14) came after double-double versus Southeast Missouri and 25-point effort against Tennessee Tech ... Second honor (2/28) followed back-to-back double-doubles versus Belmont and Murray State and 26-point performance against UT-Martin.
Selected to OVC All-Freshman Team and was Honorable Mention All-OVC ... Played in 28 games with one start, averaging team-leading 13.3 ppg and 4.7 rebounds ... Set new MT single-season field goal percentage record at .626 ... Led OVC in FG percentage, placing fourth on all-time list ... Ranked sixth in NCAA in FG percentage for season ... Also posted .786 FT percentage ... Averaged 19.1 minutes per contest ... Posted 15.5 ppg in conference play with 5.0 boards per contest ... Set OVC Tournament scoring mark with 37 versus Tennessee State (2/23) ... Voted OVC Rookie of the Week four times ... Led team in scoring 15 games, including eight of last nine ... Also led squad in rebounding six times, including first game of career and five of last eight contests of season ... Had nine points and game-high nine rebounds in opening game of career against Erskine (11/14) ... Scored 17 points in win over UNC-Asheville (12/12), beginning stretch of 19 double figure games over final 23 of season ... First Rookie of the Week honor (12/14) after scoring 17 points and grabbing five rebounds versus UNC-Asheville ... Lady Raiders won 10 of last 14 games of season, as she averaged 18.0 ppg over the stretch, including nine contests with 17 or more points ... In nine-game stretch from 1/28-2/23, averaged 21.8 ppg as squad won six of nine games ... Had 24 points and eight rebounds in only start of season at Southeast Missouri (2/4) ... Only double-double of year came versus Morehead State (2/18) with 17 points and 10 boards ... Second POW honor (1/11) followed 11 points against Southeast Missouri (1/7) and 17 points versus Eastern Illinois (1/9) ... Scored 23 points with four rebounds versus UT-Martin (1/28) and 18 points with six boards against Murray State (1/30) to earn third POW award (2/1) ... Final POW honor (2/22) followed double-double against Morehead State and 15-point effort versus Eastern Kentucky (2/20).
All-State standout for coach Darlene Rabalais at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans. ... Also named All-District, All-Orleans and All-Metro as senior ... Averaged 27 pts and 10 boards as senior while averaging 22 points and eight rebounds over her career ... Scored 54 points in triple-OTgame.
Jamie Michelle Thomatis ... Daughter of Armond and Sharon Thomatis ... Born August 26, 1980 ... Majoring in Mass Communications/Advertising.

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This trial is testing whether adding CBD to current treatment for psychosis can improve symptoms, cognition, and inflammation.
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data You have a flywheel rotating at 1000rpm. It has a moment of inertia of 0.5 Kgm^2 and a diameter of 0.5m. It is unclear if you know the mass. You know the moment of inertia, which is calculated using mass, but whilst the flywheel is circular i'm not sure that the surface area is that of a circle (as it may have ridges or something cut into it) A tangential friction force is then applied to the rim of the flywheel (in the opposite direction of rotation to the flywheel), the force is 1000N. Find the time it takes in minutes for the flywheel to come to rest. 2. Relevant equations Not sure if any other equations are needed... I've tried a few attempts, but i don't want to list them incase they influence anyones thinking Many thanks, Kalus.


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Consultancy: Baseline Assessment of UNICEF Environmental and Social Safeguard Implementation Consultant, 6 months, Evaluation Office, HQNY
Application deadline 2 months ago: Friday 16 Sep 2022 at 03:55 UTCOpen application form
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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, evaluate
The UNICEF Evaluation Office located in New York headquarters (HQ) provides global leadership and oversight of the evaluation function in the organization. Goal Area 4 of the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2022-2025 (Every child lives in a safe and clean environment) clearly describes the organization’s commitment to climate change and environmental issues, both to achieve its internal goals and as a member of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF). A UNICEF priority to demonstrate this commitment is ensuring social and environmental safeguards (ESS) in its programming and operations. UNICEF recognizes that environmental and social sustainability is the right thing to do, reinforcing UNICEF’s commitment to sustainability, given its importance to children and the global commitment to SDGs. These safeguards are intended to ensure that UNICEF interventions do not result in harm to communities and/or their environments and that UNICEF meets its obligations and accountabilities towards the populations it serves. UNICEF is at the final stages of developing its own ESS procedures. Thus, implementation of ESS standards and procedures to date have been using donor standards, and as a result, the experience has been uneven. In order to better understand, scale up and improve UNICEF’s capacity and systems in this area, the Evaluation Office will conduct a baseline assessment of ESS implementation at country level, ensuring a broad and representative range of programming environments and contexts are considered.
UNICEF has been scaling-up its efforts to integrate climate and environmental aspects into its programming and to increase its contribution to social and environmental sustainability, given the importance of these issues to children and the global commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2019, UNICEF developed its Climate and Environmental Sustainability Strategy.
The 2022-2025 UNICEF Strategic Plan elevated ESS to an organization-wide commitment, with a dedicated indicator for country offices to report on ESS implementation under the “decentralized and empowered internal governance and oversight” enabler. As UNICEF’s own systems are currently in development, offices have used other ESS procedures – namely those of donors and the World Bank – to meet these standards. In 2021, 26% (33 out of 128) country offices reported application of environmental and/or social standards to their projects and programming.
Priority 2 of the UNICEF Strategic Framework on Environmental Sustainability for Children committed the organization to the piloting and rolling out of a set of social and environmental standards. UNICEF built upon good practices and drawn on lessons learned from the Model Approach in addition to the policies and guidelines of other entities in the UN system (such as UNDP, UNIDO, UNEP), as well as other international development banks (such as World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) to develop its own Social and Environmental Sustainability Standards and Procedures (SESSP). The objectives of these standards are to: (i) strengthen the quality of programming by ensuring a principled approach; (ii) avoid adverse impacts to people and the environment; (iii) minimize, mitigate, and manage adverse impacts where avoidance is not possible; (iv) strengthen UNICEF and partner capacities for managing social and environmental risks; and (v) ensure full and effective stakeholder engagement, including through a mechanism to respond to complaints from project-affected people
It lists eight standards intended to be taken into account at the project/programme entry point:
SES 1: Labour and Working Conditions
SES 2: Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention
SES 3: Community Health, Safety and Security
SES 4: Land Acquisition/Displacement and Involuntary Resettlement
SES 5: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management
SES 6: Indigenous Peoples
SES 7: Cultural Heritage
SES 8: Climate Change and Disaster Risks
The procedures detail specific requirements for each standard as well as implementation procedures. Further guidance is provided by three supplemental documents: 1) the Social and Environmental Screening Notes for Donor Proposals (SESN), 2) High/moderate risks projects implementation guidance and 3) Accountability and Grievance Mechanism Guidance. Projects deemed medium or risk require a full social and environmental impact assessment (SEIA) and social and environmental management plan (SEMP); an Implementation Guide for High Risk and Moderate Risk Projects provides additional guidance on these processes.
As ESS is an organization-wide responsibility, the work to scale up and mainstream ESS falls under the Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring Division’s Programme Effectiveness Section. Substantive support for ESS is provided by other Programme Group sections – particularly the Climate, Environment, Energy and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) team and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) unit.
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The purpose of this assessment is to understand the degree of implementation and provide organizational learning on the current status of ESS application, and to provide evidence on areas of support needed for further scale up of ESS. It is intended to provide a snapshot against which implementation will be measured in the future, both through monitoring systems and future assessments. The assessment methodology is intended to be replicated annually throughout the phased rollout process to ensure that ESS implementation is continuing at the required pace as set in the Strategic Plan targets and milestones for ESS application and meeting its objectives of ensuring the “do no harm” principle. The assessment has the following objectives:
- To assess and report on the current status of UNICEF implementation of ESS, including:
- the degree of practice/implementation
- the range of tools used
- engagement of partners
- To identify bottlenecks and facilitators for ESS implementation
- To extract lessons learned for SESSP roll-out, including positive examples of where ESS has reduced risk
- To assess staff and manager awareness, attitudes and motivations regarding ESS and its implementation
- To assess readiness and preparedness for ESS implementation
- To understand gaps and needs identify additional tools and support required
The primary intended audiences for this assessment are:
- UNICEF senior management, who hold ultimate responsibility for ensuring that projects and programming reduce and mitigate potential environmental and social impacts;
- UNICEF staff and partners engaged in ESS implementation across all programming;
Secondary audiences include
- The UNICEF Executive Board and UNICEF donors
- Communities served by UNICEF projects and programming; and
- All UNICEF staff (operations and programming)
1. Assessment approach and scope
The assessment is global in scope and covers all UNICEF offices at HQ, regional and country levels. The assessment will not focus on guidance development and roll-out and other support given to implementation, although these areas will likely be reviewed in future evaluative work.
The temporal scope covers the period of 2018-2022.
2. Assessment criteria and key questions
The ESS assessment intends to answer the following key questions. Indicative indicators and sub-questions are noted where relevant.
- To what extent have UNICEF offices implemented ESS procedures (of any type)?
- Number of countries and/or offices where any ESS procedures have been implemented since 2018
- The driving factors/actors for ESS implementation (e.g. UNICEF office, donors, others)
- ESS implementation numbers and percentages by:
- Operating context (e.g. emergency, development, urban, rural)
- Type of ESS (ie World Bank, KfW, USAID ….)
- Type of tools implemented (e.g. ESIA, ESMP, etc) and degree/stage of implementation
- Persons responsible for implementation (e.g. UNICEF staff, individual consultant, institutional contract, partner, contractor)
- How have ESS procedures been implemented?
- Number of countries that have indicated projects with a high and medium level of risks related to ESS, and number of these in which procedures/mitigation measures were identified
- Number of countries that have taken action to mitigate identified risks
- Number of countries that have established environmental and social grievance mechanisms
- Extent to which grievance mechanisms are a) used and b) followed up
- Number of countries in which monitoring and reporting mechanisms for ESS mitigation measure are established and used
- Extent to which implementing partners and communities were involved in implementation
- Level of accountabilities/responsibilities of staff and management for implementation
- What are the key constraints and facilitators to ESS implementation?
- What factors have facilitated ESS implementation where present? What good practices exist that can be replicated?
- What are some of the existing constraints to ESS implementation and where are the key gaps?
- What is the level of awareness among UNICEF staff and management of ESS?
- What is the level of managerial and staff attitudes towards ESS?
- What are the lessons learned and needs identified to scale up ESS across the organization?
- What are lessons learned from cases in which ESS was implemented, and what are examples of where ESS has reduced risk?
- To what extent is UNICEF positioned to roll-out and scale up ESS?
- To what extent are existing resources and support sufficient to support ESS implementation, and what additional support is needed?
- What are the organizational needs and additional support required to implement ESS and promote their utilization across UNICEF?
- What lessons can be learned from the implementation of other organizational requirements such as the PSEA procedure?
3. Proposed methods
The assessment will employ mixed-methods in a phased approach, outlined below.
- Data and document review: the first step will be a review of reporting against the SMQ to obtain an initial assessment of which COs have reported implementing ESS procedures since 2021. This will be supplemented by a review of country programme documents and annual reports, using natural language processing (NLP), to determine implementation before 2021. The document review will also allow for an initial mapping of implementation by country, region, sector and context.
- Key informant interviews and focus group discussions: interviews with a select number of internal key informants at the HQ, regional and country level to provide context and background on facilitating and hindering factors
- Country-level survey: an online survey for management and ESS focal points in all UNICEF offices. The survey may incorporate adapted elements of the Climate and Environment Readiness Assessment to assess UNICEF positioning, approach, technical capacity, partnerships and resources to implement ESS.
- Secondary document review: Review of ESS documentation (SIEAs, SEMPs) and budget commitments to further validate and assess levels of adherence to ESS procedures, and determine good practices for future learning.
4. Institutional and management arrangements
The assessment will be led by the UNICEF Evaluation Office, under the management of the Evaluation Specialist and the supervision of the Senior Evaluation Specialist. The evaluation will be conducted by a lead consultant.
The role of the consultant is as follows:
- Lead the assessment process, including work planning
- Manage the process and outputs in timely manner as specified in the position TOR
- Collect and analyze reports and information as specified in the TOR and communicate with the Evaluation Office at regular intervals
- Produce draft assessment as per the TOR, Evaluation Office and reference group inputs, as well as coordinating drafting inputs from others. The consultant will lead the authorship of the report and work closely with the UNICEF Evaluation Office’s evaluation manager responsible for reviewing and finalizing the evaluation report for publication.
- Finalize assessment report to the standards specified in the TOR.
- Ensure the comprehensiveness and quality of all data collected and analyzed and deliverables before submission to the UNICEF Evaluation Office, by reviewing and harmonizing their format and content. A detailed comment matrix will accompany all versions of the key deliverables, describing whether and how earlier comments received have been incorporated, and when they have not been fully included, providing an appropriate justification
- Participate, design and facilitate the interim and final workshops in coordination with the EO.
An assessment reference group (ARG) will be comprised of key internal stakeholders involved in ESS guidance and implementation, with representatives from the HQ and regional levels, and covering CEED, WASH, DAPM and selected PG staff as needed. The role of the reference group is to provide validation, review and inputs for key deliverables and to participate in the interim and final workshops. ERG members will also coordinate provision of required documents and facilitate interviews with staff within their entities.
The expected deliverables from this exercise will be:
- a draft inception report, containing the detailed approach, final questions, and draft data collection tools, as well as a detailed work plan;
- a final inception report;
- a draft assessment report, with jointly developed recommendations. The final report should follow the UNICEF formatting and guidelines;
- a set of tools to be used in future ESS assessments;
- a final assessment report and executive summary;
- a PPT presentation containing the key findings and recommendations.
All reports will be in Microsoft Office Word format, while all presentations will be in Microsoft Office PowerPoint. No PDF or hard copy will be submitted by the evaluation team. The use of reader-friendly techniques such as bullet points, tables, graphs, photos, videos embedded in presentations and reports, and other visualization methods is encouraged. All data collected, documentation gathered, and photos/videos taken and analyses produced for the purpose of the evaluation are to be made available to UNICEF in the appropriate format. Graphs and maps must be in editable format for layout purposes. The use of annexes is required for the evaluation tools, for all secondary information that is not directly related to the evaluation findings, as well as for any long technical documentation intended to a specific audience. PowerPoint presentations must include notes below each slide to make them easy to understand for people who could not attend the meeting.
All documentation must be in professional level standard English and in compliance with UNICEF Style Book 2015 and UNICEF Brand Toolkit 2012. All key deliverables (including draft versions submitted to UNICEF) must be language-edited by a native speaker and good writer. All key deliverables will be made available on the UNICEF website and widely disseminated to all target audiences. The final assessment report will be copy-edited by a professional service provider contracted by the Evaluation Office.
The final assessment report will be circulated to all participating offices and key partners and will be posted on the UNEG, UNICEF and ALNAP websites. Summary materials will be distributed via WASH/CEED and evaluation networks. The Evaluation Office has primary responsibly for dissemination.
With its utilization focus, the exercise is intended to provide a baseline against which future roll-out and implementation of ESS initiatives will be planned, designed and measured. It may provide a basis on which future targets may be set. The CEED team will develop a schedule for which future assessments will take place, and the current assessment will develop a suite of tools to be adapted and replicated. The reference group, UNICEF EO and CEED will develop follow-up mechanisms to track recommendation implementation.
The assessment will be led and conducted by a home-based consultant. Additional support will be provided by Evaluation Office staff.
- October- November 2022: Draft inception report
- November-December 2022: Final inception report
- January 2023: Draft Assessment report
- February 2023: Final Assessment report
- March-May 2023- Dissemination and final workshop/webinar
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- Advanced university degree (Master or equivalent) in monitoring, evaluation, international development, social sciences, or related fields.
- At least 7 years of relevant professional work experience in international development related to research/evaluation and environment/climate issues.
- Skills in developing assessment frameworks, and reviewing and analyzing a high number of documents
- Qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation experience, including skills in interviewing, document analysis and survey analysis as well as ability to synthesis and analyze large sets of information.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, and ability to collaborate with various people/teams
- Computer literacy in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Solid organizational skills; ability to work rapidly without compromising on rigour and quality
- Fluency in English a must; good knowledge of French desired.
The consultant will be provided additional capacity from the Evaluation Office for specific data collection and analysis tasks.
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|KOMSON I. SPENCER,||)|
|) Court of Appeals No. A-9024|
|Appellant,||) Trial Court No. 4FA-04-873 CR|
|) O P I N I O N|
|STATE OF ALASKA,||)|
|Appellee.||) No. 2108 June 29, 2007|
Appeal from the Superior Court, Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks, Charles R. Pengilly, Judge. Appearances: David D. Reineke, Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant. Terisia K. Chleborad, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and David W. M rquez, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: Coats, Chief Judge, and Mannheimer and Stewart, Judges. STEWART, Judge. MANNHEIMER, Judge, concurring. Komson I. Spencer and a cohort, David Williams, restrained and assaulted Nathaniel Ahsoak over a period of several hours. For this conduct, Spencer was convicted of kidnapping and first-degree assault1 and was sentenced to a composite term of 10 years imprisonment. Spencer now appeals these convictions. For the reasons explained here, we conclude that Spencers claims of error have no merit, and we therefore affirm the judgment of the superior court. Background facts and proceedings On the morning of March 13, 2004, Ahsoak went to visit Spencer and Williams at their trailer in North Pole. They were acquaintances, and they regularly socialized. The three men started drinking beer, and after four or five hours they went to a barbecue where they continued drinking. At about 8:00 p.m., they returned to Spencers and Williamss trailer, and they continued to drink. Spencers girlfriend, Sasha Dennis, was with them. Their friend Keifer Hering was also there, asleep on a couch. At about 9:30 p.m., Ahsoak called a friend, Nicole James, to give him a ride home. Before James arrived, Ahsoak accidentally pushed Dennis and she fell down. Williams hit Ahsoak for pushing Dennis. When James arrived, Spencer met her at the door. Spencer opened the door just three inches, and he told James that she could not come in to the trailer and that Ahsoak was not leaving. Through the opening, James saw Ahsoak try to walk to the door, but Spencer would not let him out. James returned to her car. When she looked back toward the trailer, through a window, she saw Williams hit Ahsoak in the stomach, causing Ahsoak to fl[y] back. She watched for a few more minutes and then left. Back inside the trailer, Spencer shaved Ahsoaks head while Williams held him down. Ahsoak at first testified that he did not consent to having his head shaved but later testified that he agreed to have his head shaved as punishment for pushing Dennis. Once Ahsoaks head was shaved, Spencer glued a pornographic picture to Ahsoaks head with super glue. An hour or two later, Ahsoak and Williams fought. Ahsoak tried to leave, but Williams would not let him. Spencer decided that Ahsoak was winning the fight with Williams that Williams was getting [his] ass beat too bad so Spencer and Williams decided to tie Ahsoak up. Spencer kicked Ahsoaks legs out from under him while Williams pulled Ahsoak to the floor. Ahsoak tried to get up, but Spencer and Williams pushed him back down. They then bound his wrists and legs with tape. Over the next several hours, while Ahsoak lay bound, Spencer and Williams assaulted him. Spencer and Williams repeatedly hit Ahsoaks face and ribs with their closed fists. Ahsoak testified that Williams was doing most of the punching, while Spencer was sitting there and enjoying it, but Ahsoak also testified that Spencer punched him a couple times. As Ahsoak described it, one would hit me and go sit down and have a beer, and the other one would get up and hit me. Ahsoak testified that Williams also kicked him, but he was unsure whether Spencer ever kicked him. In addition, during these hours of assault, Williams twisted Ahsoaks ankle until it broke and jabbed Ahsoak with the handle of an axe. Ahsoak managed to free himself from the tape, but Spencer and Williams hog tied Ahsoak, using plastic zip ties on his wrists to bind his hands behind his back and connect them to his ankles, which were bound with tape. Ahsoak could not see who was attacking him after he was hogtied, but he testified that Spencer and Williams talked to him every time they hit him. Ahsoak stated that he knew when Spencer had hit him because Spencer would announce that he was going to hit Ahsoak, and then Ahsoak was punched. After midnight, two of Spencers friends arrived. Ahsoak asked them for help, but Spencer told his friends to leave Ahsoak alone. Eventually everyone in the trailer fell asleep. Around 9:30 or 10:00 the next morning, Keifer Hering (the friend who had been asleep on the couch) cut the zip ties off Ahsoak. The men all had a couple of beers, and then Spencer gave Ahsoak a ride home. Ahsoak called the police and went to the hospital. The emergency room staff treated him for injuries to his face, chest, and ankle. He had a broken ankle, a punctured lung, and broken ribs. Spencer and Williams were tried for kidnapping and first-degree assault (under the theory that they recklessly caused serious physical injury to Ahsoak by means of a dangerous instrument).2 The jury convicted both men of kidnapping and first-degree assault. Spencer received the mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years for the kidnapping, and a concurrent sentence of 10 years to serve for the assault i.e., a composite 10 years to serve. Discussion Spencers motion to strike Ahsoaks initial testimony After Ahsoak took the stand at Spencers trial, and during a recess when the jury was absent, the prosecutor told Superior Court Judge Charles R. Pengilly that he had noticed a hint of alcohol on Ahsoaks breath. Judge Pengilly brought Ahsoak back to the stand and asked him if he had been drinking. Ahsoak admitted that he had consumed about four beers before he came to court, to relieve the stress he felt about testifying. Judge Pengilly asked Ahsoak if the alcohol was affecting his ability to testify, and Ahsoak said that it was. At this point, Spencers attorney moved to strike all of the testimony that Ahsoak had given thus far, on the ground that it was incompetent testimony. Judge Pengilly responded that he believed Ahsoak was competent: [M]y impression of it is that hes been perfectly coherent and cogent. I mean, hes not visibly intoxicated, otherwise, obviously, I would have said something earlier. Notwithstanding Judge Pengillys response, Spencers attorney renewed his contention that Ahsoak was incompetent to be a witness, and he again asked Judge Pengilly to strike the testimony that Ahsoak had given so far. Judge Pengilly denied this request. However, the judge delayed the remainder of Ahsoaks testimony until the next morning, when he expected that Ahsoak would be sober. Judge Pengilly informed Spencers attorney that, when Ahsoak returned to complete his testimony, the defense attorney would be allowed to cross-examine Ahsoak about his earlier intoxication. Judge Pengilly then told the jury that the trial was being recessed because of Ahsoaks intoxication. When Ahsoak resumed his testimony the next day, Spencers attorney cross-examined him about his intoxication. Ahsoak admitted that he had been drinking before he came to court the previous morning, because he had been nervous about testifying. Ahsoak also testified that he has a difficult time telling the truth half the time when he is intoxicated, because I dont even remember what Im saying half the time when Im intoxicated. And Ahsoak admitted that he had been intoxicated when he testified the day before. Now, on appeal, Spencer renews his argument that because of Ahsoaks intoxication, he was not a competent witness during his first day of testimony. Spencer relies on Alaska Evidence Rule 601. This rule provides: A person is competent to be a witness unless the court finds that (1) the proposed witness is incapable of communicating concerning the matter so as to be understood by the court and jury either directly or through interpretation by one who can understand the proposed witness, or (2) the proposed witness is incapable of understanding the duty of a witness to tell the truth. Spencer urges us to hold that an intoxicated witness is per se incompetent. However, in Blume v. State,3 this court rejected a categorical attack on the competency of all young children to testify.4 The court ruled that under Evidence Rule 601, a trial court is vested with broad discretion on the issue of competency, and its decision to allow a witness to testify is subject to reversal only for abuse of discretion.5 We directed trial courts to evaluate the competency of each prospective witness on a case-by-case basis, relying on the totality of the circumstances.6 There is nothing in the record to indicate that Ahsoaks initial testimony was incoherent. In fact, Judge Pengilly found just the opposite, and the record supports this finding. Nor is there any indication that Ahsoak was incapable of understanding his duty to tell the truth. Spencer cites two cases to support his argument that Ahsoaks testimony should have been stricken: Hartford v. Palmer, 16 Johns. 143 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1819) and United States v. Hyson, 721 F.2d 856 (1st Cir. 1983). But neither of these cases requires a categorical exclusion of witnesses who have been drinking. Instead, both cases recognize that a witnesss competence presents a question for the trial courts discretion, leaving the weight to be accorded to the testimony up to the jury. This approach is in accord with the approach in other jurisdictions.7 There is no categorical rule barring the testimony of a witness who has been drinking, and we reject Spencers suggestion that we should adopt such a rule. Instead, trial judges should handle these situations as the circumstances require. Here, Judge Pengilly recessed Ahsoaks testimony and directed Ahsoak to return to court sober the next day. The judge informed the jury about the problem and allowed Spencers attorney to cross-examine Ahsoak regarding his previous intoxication, so that the defense attorney could suggest to the jury how Ahsoaks intoxication might affect the credibility of his earlier testimony. We find that Judge Pengilly properly exercised his discretion in this matter. Sufficiency of the evidence to support Spencers convictions Spencer also contends that the evidence presented at his trial is legally insufficient to support his convictions. Because Spencer did not move for a judgment of acquittal in the superior court, he must show plain error.8 The question is whether fair-minded jurors, exercising reasonable judgment, could conclude that the State had proven the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.9 In making this assessment, we view the evidence (and the reasonable inferences from that evidence) in the light most favorable to the jurys verdicts.10 Turning to the charge of first-degree assault, the question is whether the evidence supports the conclusion that Spencer, either personally or through the actions of his accomplice, Williams, recklessly caused serious physical injury to Ahsoak by means of a dangerous instrument.11 Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the jurys verdict, Ahsoak suffered serious physical injury12 as a result of the beating administered by Spencer and Williams. Ahsoak was treated at the hospital for a broken ankle, broken ribs, and a punctured lung. As to the question of whether Spencer was criminally responsible for that beating, the evidence showed that Spencer actively assisted in restraining Ahsoak and that Spencer participated in the beating, by hitting Ahsoak several times with his closed fist both before and after Ahsoak was tied up. Spencer notes that, even viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, Spencers co-defendant Williams was the one who inflicted most of the punches on Ahsoak, and Williams was the one who used the axe handle to strike Ahsoak. Based on this, Spencer argues that Williams was the one primarily responsible for Ahsoaks injuries. But the State relied on a theory of accomplice liability. Under AS 11.16.110(2), a defendant becomes legally accountable for the conduct of another person if the defendant solicits, encourages, or aids the other persons criminal conduct with intent to promote or facilitate the commission of the offense. If the State proved that Spencer was Williamss accomplice in the beating (thus rendering Spencer legally accountable for Williamss actions), then it did not matter whether Spencer personally inflicted Ahsoaks injuries. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, the jury could reasonably conclude that Spencer not only actively participated in the assault, but he also intentionally helped and encouraged Williams to participate in the assault, and that he acted with at least reckless disregard as to whether this assault would inflict serious physical injury on Ahsoak. The evidence is therefore legally sufficient to support Spencers conviction for first- degree assault. Spencer also argues that the State did not prove that he acted with the culpable mental state required to convict him as an accomplice. Relying on this Courts holding in Echols v. State,13 Spencer contends that the State was obliged to prove that he specifically intend[ed] that [Ahsoak] suffer serious physical injury. But in Riley v. State,14 we expressly overruled our decision in Echols.15 Riley holds that, when the charged crime requires proof of a particular result (here, the infliction of serious physical injury), the accomplice need not act intentionally with respect to this result.16 Rather, the State must prove that the accomplice acted with the culpable mental state specified by the applicable criminal statute17 here, the culpable mental state of recklessly specified in subsection (a)(1) of the first-degree assault statute. And, as we stated earlier, the evidence was sufficient to support a finding that Spencer acted with at least reckless disregard for the possibility that Ahsoak would suffer serious physical injury as a result of the beating administered by Spencer and his accomplice, Williams. Turning to the charge of kidnapping, the question is whether the evidence supports the conclusion that Spencer, either personally or through the actions of his accomplice, Williams, restrained Ahsoak with the intent to inflict physical injury on him.18 Spencer does not dispute that he helped to restrain Ahsoak, but he argues that there is no evidence that, when he helped to restrain Ahsoak, he acted with the intention that Ahsoak be injured. This argument hinges on viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Spencer. But as we explained above, we must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. Viewing the evidence in this light, there is ample evidence to support a finding that Spencer intended that Ahsoak suffer physical injury, either through Spencers personal actions or through the actions of his accomplice, Williams. The jury instruction on accomplice liability When Judge Pengilly instructed the jury on accomplice liability, he used an instruction similar to the definitions of accomplice liability provided by the Alaska Supreme Court in Evans v. State19 and Gordon v. State.20 The jury instruction stated that a person who knowingly and with criminal intent assists or participates in a criminal act can be held accountable as an accomplice. The instruction further provided: A person who in some manner, knowingly and with criminal intent, assists or participates in a criminal act is an accomplice. An accomplice is legally responsible for the criminal act. A person need not commit every element of the offense in order to be guilty as an accomplice. However, it is necessary that the person be in some way associated with the venture, that the person participate in it as something that he or she wishes to bring about, and that the person seek by his or her actions to make it succeed. Prior knowledge that a crime is about to be committed and concealment of that knowledge alone do not make one criminally liable as an accomplice. Furthermore, once a crime has been committed, concealment of ones knowledge of the crime does not make one an accomplice. Finally, mere presence at the scene of the crime is not in itself enough to make one an accomplice. Spencers attorney did not object to this instruction at the time. However, on appeal, Spencer argues that this instruction constituted plain error. In particular, Spencer argues that the instruction is flawed because it did not require the jury to find that Spencer specifically intended that [the] precise crimes [of kidnapping and first-degree assault] be accomplished. The answer to this contention is that the law does not require this proof. Rather, as we explained in Riley, the States complicity theory required proof (1) that Spencer encouraged or assisted Williamss restraint of, and assault on, Ahsoak; (2) that Spencer provided this encouragement or assistance to Williams with the intent to promote or facilitate the restraint and the assault; and (3) that when Spencer provided this encouragement or assistance, he also acted with the culpable mental states specified in the kidnapping and first-degree assault statutes namely, intent to inflict physical injury on Ahsoak and reckless disregard of the possibility that Ahsoak would suffer serious physical injury. The challenged jury instruction on complicity informed the jurors that the State was obliged to prove that Spencer participated in the restraint and the assault as something that he ... wishe[d] to bring about, and that Spencer [sought] by his  actions to make it succeed. This was an adequate restatement of elements (1) and (2) listed in the preceding paragraph. The challenged jury instruction did not mention element (3) the requirement that the State prove that Spencer also acted with the culpable mental states specified in the underlying kidnapping and first-degree assault statutes (intent to inflict physical injury and recklessness regarding the possibility of serious physical injury). But other jury instructions, specifically the instructions that described the elements of kidnapping and first-degree assault, informed the jurors of this aspect of the States required proof. Accordingly, we conclude that it was not plain error for Judge Pengilly to give the challenged complicity instruction. Conclusion The judgment of the superior court is AFFIRMED. MANNHEIMER, Judge, concurring. I write separately to address two legal issues: the question of whether an intoxicated witness is competent to testify, and the question of how juries should be instructed concerning the law of complicity. The competency of an intoxicated witness under Alaska Evidence Rule 601 As explained in the majority opinion, Ahsoak was intoxicated when he first took the stand at Spencers trial. Ahsoak nevertheless gave a significant amount of testimony before the prosecutor noticed that Ahsoaks breath smelled of alcoholic beverages. When the prosecutor brought this issue to Judge Pengillys attention, and when Judge Pengilly then questioned Ahsoak about this matter, Ahsoak admitted that he had drunk several beers, that he was feeling the influence of the alcohol, and that it was affecting his testimony. Spencer argues that, under these facts, Ahsoak was not competent to be a witness, and that Judge Pengilly should have struck all of Ahsoaks testimony up to that point. Spencer relies most heavily on Ahsoaks statements that, half the time, he has difficulty telling the truth when he is intoxicated, and that [he doesnt] even remember what [he is] saying half the time when [he is] intoxicated. Spencer argues that Ahsoak could not be a competent witness if, because of intoxication, he was saying things with only half a regard to whether they were true. This may, indeed, have been a valid reason to distrust Ahsoaks testimony, but it does not appear to be a ground for declaring that Ahsoak lacked the competency to testify. Although the rules of evidence place many restrictions on the statements and the physical evidence that can be presented in court, the evidence rules place very few restrictions on the people who can appear as witnesses. The law has, at one time or another, prohibited whole classes of people (e.g., felons, non-Christians and various Christian heretics, and all criminal defendants) from taking the witness stand; but under modern law, very few people are disqualified from testifying.1 In particular, under Alaska Evidence Rule 601, any person who is capable of understanding the duty to tell the truth and capable of giving coherent testimony is competent to be a witness. Evidence Rule 601 reads: A person is competent to be a witness unless the court finds that (1) the proposed witness is incapable of communicating concerning the matter so as to be understood by the court and jury either directly or through interpretation by one who can understand the proposed witness, or (2) the proposed witness is incapable of understanding the duty of a witness to tell the truth. Certainly, there are witnesses who have difficulty confining their testimony to the truth because of self-interest, or bias for or against a party, or intoxication, or mental condition or disability, or otherwise. But this is not a ground for declaring the witness incompetent to testify under Evidence Rule 601. Rather, as Rule 601 states, a witnesss competency hinges on whether the witness can sufficiently communicate the substance of their testimony so as to be understood by the court and [the] jury, and whether the witness is capable of understanding the duty ... to tell the truth. If a witness is so impaired by intoxicants or mental illness that their testimony is incoherent, then Evidence Rule 601 might serve as authority for declaring the witness incompetent to testify. See United States v. Hyson, 721 F.2d 856 (1st Cir. 1983), where the First Circuit held that Federal Evidence Rule 601 justified the exclusion of testimony on competency grounds when the witness was incoherent due to drug use. But Ahsoaks testimony was not incoherent. In fact, Judge Pengilly found just the opposite. When the matter of Ahsoaks drinking was brought to the judges attention, Judge Pengilly declared, My impression ... is that [Ahsoaks testimony has] been perfectly coherent and cogent. ... Hes not visibly intoxicated; otherwise, obviously, I would have said something earlier. Under these facts, Evidence Rule 601 does not appear to be a proper ground for excluding or striking Ahsoaks testimony. As the Sixth Circuit observed in United States v. Ram¡rez, 871 F.2d 582, 584 (6th Cir. 1989) (construing Federal Evidence Rule 601), a courts power to exclude testimony out of concern that the witness is impaired must be found outside of Evidence Rule 601. See United States v. Van Meerbeke, 548 F.2d 415 (2nd Cir. 1976), a case in which the principle government witness ingested some of the heroin that had been offered into evidence. The Second Circuit held that the trial judge committed no error when he allowed the jury to decide whether the witnesss testimony was credible, after giving the defense attorney the opportunity to bring out the fact that the witness had ingested drugs while on the stand. See also United States v. Harris, 542 F.2d 1283 (7th Cir. 1976), a case in which a government witness admitted using heroin two days before his testimony and taking Demerol and Phenergon on the day before his testimony. On several occasions during his testimony, the witness was observed to be bouncing and nodding. A defense expert testified that a person who had taken the same drugs that the witness had taken would experience a clouding of their consciousness and would have difficulty in accurately framing their thoughts. Nevertheless, the Seventh Circuit held that it was up to the jury to decide how the witnesss drug usage and impaired condition affected the credibility of the witnesss testimony. This is not to say that a trial judge lacks the power to take precautionary or corrective measures when the judge learns that a witness is currently impaired by intoxicants. However, in all but the most extreme cases, the witness remains competent to testify under Evidence Rule 601. The jury instruction on accomplice liability This appeal presents one more instance of a problem that arises from time to time when the prosecutions case rests on the theory of accomplice liability. The State argued that Spencer should be held accountable, as an accomplice, for conduct that was performed by his co-defendant Williams. Jury Instruction 20 told the jurors that an accomplice is [a] person who[,] in some manner, knowingly and with criminal intent, assists or participates in a criminal act. The instruction went on to say: A person need not commit every element of the offense in order to be guilty as an accomplice. However, it is necessary that the person be in some way associated with the venture, that the person participate in it as something that he or she wishes to bring about, and that the person seek by his or her actions to make it succeed. At trial, Spencer did not object to the wording of this instruction. But now, on appeal, he contends that the trial judge committed plain error by giving this instruction. Spencers precise argument is that this instruction led the jury astray because it did not say that the State was required to prove that Spencer acted with specific ... intent to bring about the illegal end. This contention is easily disposed of for the instruction did tell the jury that this was a required element of the States proof. The instruction said that, to establish a defendants complicity in a criminal venture, it is necessary that the [defendant] participate in [the venture] as something that he or she wishes to bring about [and have it] succeed. To the extent Spencer is arguing that the government must prove that an accomplice acted intentionally with respect to any unlawful result that constitutes an element of the crime, even when the principal could be convicted on proof of a lesser culpable mental state (e.g., knowledge or recklessness), Spencer is wrong. See Riley v. State, 60 P.3d 204, 221 (Alaska App. 2002). Nevertheless, Spencers case does illustrate a recurring problem. The jury instruction that was given in Spencers case derives from Judge Learned Hands formulation of the federal common-law definition of complicity in United States v. Peoni, 100 F.2d 401, 402 (2nd Cir. 1938). More than thirty years ago, the Alaska Supreme Court adopted Judge Hands formulation as an accurate statement of Alaskas common-law definition of complicity: see Evans v. State, 550 P.2d 830, 841 (Alaska 1976), quoting Gordon v. State, 533 P.2d 25, 29 (Alaska 1975), which in turn was quoting Peoni. Since then, trial judges and attorneys have frequently turned to this language when it was necessary to instruct a jury on the law of complicity.2 And, as Spencers case illustrates, the Peoni formulation continues to appear in jury instructions to the present day. The problem is that Alaska no longer relies on a common-law definition of complicity. Instead, we have a statute, AS 11.16.110(2), that specifies the elements that must be proved to establish accomplice liability. (AS 11.16.110 actually specifies three different ways in which a person can be held criminally accountable for conduct performed by another person. We are concerned here only with subsection (2) of the statute the portion that defines accomplice liability.) AS 11.16.110(2) declares that a defendant is legally accountable for the conduct of another [person] constituting an offense if [, acting] with [the] intent to promote or facilitate the commission of the offense, the [defendant] ... solicits the other [person] to commit the offense ... or aids or abets the other [person] in planning or committing the offense[.] In Riley, we construed this statute to require proof of both an unlawful act and a culpable mental state. The unlawful act can take one of three forms: (1) soliciting another person to engage in the conduct that constitutes the actus reus of the charged offense, (2) inciting or encouraging (abetting) the other person to plan or engage in the conduct that constitutes the actus reus of the charged offense, or (3) aiding the other person in planning or committing that conduct.3 In addition to proving that the defendant solicited, encouraged, or aided the other persons conduct, the State must also prove that the defendant did so with the intent to promote or facilitate that conduct. See Riley, 60 P.3d at 207, 221. There is no accomplice liability if a defendant unwittingly encouraged or aided another person to commit a crime. Nor is there accomplice liability even when the defendant knew that their actions would assist another person in committing a crime, so long as the defendant remained indifferent to the success or failure of that crime. AS 11.16.110(2) requires the State to prove that it was the defendants intention to promote or facilitate the other persons conduct. Riley, 60 P.3d at 210, 221. If the State proves that the defendant engaged in one or more of the unlawful acts specified in AS 11.16.110(2) (soliciting, encouraging, or aiding another persons criminal conduct), and that the defendant did so with the culpable mental state specified in AS 11.16.110(2) (the intent to promote or facilitate the other persons criminal conduct), then the defendant is accountable for conduct that was performed by someone else. But as we also explained in Riley, the States proof of a defendants complicity under AS 11.16.110(2) means only that the defendant can be held accountable for the conduct of another person.4 Although AS 11.16.110(2) specifies the circumstances in which a defendant can be held vicariously liable for someone elses actions, the statute does not impose vicarious liability for someone elses culpable mental state. When the crime charged against the defendant requires proof, not only of conduct, but also of one or more culpable mental states, the State must prove that the defendant personally had the required culpable mental state(s). In Riley, we gave the following example of how the culpable mental states of accomplices must be evaluated separately, even though all of the accomplices are jointly responsible for the criminal conduct: Take, for instance, the situation [at common law] where two defendants are jointly accountable for a criminal homicide one because he personally struck the fatal blow or inflicted the fatal wound, and the other under a theory of complicity because he encouraged or assisted the homicidal act. If one of the defendants acted in cold blood (i.e., with malice aforethought) while the other acted in the heat of passion, the one who acted with malice would be guilty of murder and the one who acted in the heat of passion would be guilty only of manslaughter. This was true regardless of which defendant was the perpetrator and which the accomplice. Riley, 60 P.3d at 221. To sum up this discussion: If the State proves the unlawful act and the culpable mental state specified in AS 11.16.110(2) i.e., the act of soliciting, encouraging, or aiding another persons unlawful act, coupled with an intent to promote or facilitate that unlawful act then the defendant can be held accountable for conduct that was performed by another person. In such cases, when the jury considers whether the defendant committed the acts and/or caused the results that constitute the elements of the crime charged, the jury can take into account not only the conduct that was performed by the defendant personally, but also the conduct performed by any other person for which the defendant shares responsibility as an accomplice. On the other hand, when the jury considers whether the defendant had the culpable mental state(s) required for the crime charged, the defendants guilt (or the defendants level of guilt, in cases where the degree of guilt hinges on the defendants culpable mental state) depends on the defendants personal mental state, not the mental states of the defendants accomplices. The Peoni formulation of complicity in large measure restates, and certainly does not contradict, the definition of complicity that is codified in AS 11.16.110(2). Rather, the problem with the Peoni formulation is that it fails to cover all of the details of the proof required by AS 11.16.110(2), and it is vague on the point that a defendant can be held accountable for another persons conduct, but not another persons mental state. In past cases, these problems have not been fatal to any criminal convictions either because, under the facts of the case, the failure to track the statutory language was inconsequential, or because the lawyers summations to the jury cured any omissions or clarified any ambiguities in the Peoni instruction. See, for instance, Hansen v. State, 845 P.2d 449 (Alaska App. 1993), where the defendant acquiesced in a Peoni instruction at trial, but then challenged the instruction on appeal because the instruction failed to specify the culpable mental state codified in AS 11.16.110(2), intent to promote or facilitate. We concluded that the Peoni instruction, coupled with other jury instructions dealing with accomplice liability, adequately conveyed this culpable mental state, and thus the deviation from the statutory language was not plain error. Id. at 459. Nevertheless, when the issue of accomplice liability is raised, I encourage trial judges to inform juries of the requirements of AS 11.16.110(2). A Peoni instruction, in and of itself, is not error; but that instruction should be supplemented with another instruction that specifies the elements of our statutory definition of complicity. _______________________________ 1 AS 11.41.300(a)(1)(C) and AS 11.41.200(a)(1), respectively. 2 See AS 11.41.200(a)(1). 3 797 P.2d 664 (Alaska App. 1990). 4 Id. at 668. 5 Id. 6 Id. 7 See Diamond v. State, 268 So. 2d 850, 852 (Ala. Crim. App. 1972) (The admission of testimony of an allegedly intoxicated witness was not error since the weight to be accorded to the testimony is for the jury to say.); Cannady v. Lynch, 8 N.W. 164, 164-65 (Minn. 1881) (holding that an intoxicated witnesss competency is to be determined by the trial court); State v. Underwood, 28 N.C. 96 (N.C. 1845) (holding the competency of a drunk witness to be within the discretion of the trial court); Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. Hashman, 454 N.E.2d 149, 153 (Ohio Ct. App. 1982) ([W]hether a witness is so intoxicated so as to render him incompetent to testify is within the sound discretion of the trial court.); Gould v. Crawford, 2 Pa. 89 (Pa. 1845) (holding that whether an intoxicated witness is competent is in the discretion of the court); Myers v. State, 39 S.W. 111, 112 (Tex. Crim. App. 1897) (holding that a witnesss intoxication when testifying does not render him incompetent, but goes to his credibility). 8 See Shafer v. State, 456 P.2d 466, 467-68 (Alaska 1969). 9 Dorman v. State, 622 P.2d 448, 453 (Alaska 1981); Pease v. State, 54 P.3d 316, 331 (Alaska App. 2002). 10 Dorman, 622 P.2d at 453. 11 See AS 11.41.200(a)(1). 12 Serious physical injury is defined in AS 11.81.900(b)(56) as physical injury caused by an act performed under circumstances that create a substantial risk of death or physical injury that causes serious and protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, protracted loss or impairment of the function of a body member or organ, or that unlawfully terminates a pregnancy. 13 818 P.2d 691, 692-94 (Alaska App. 1991). 14 60 P.3d 204 (Alaska App. 2002). 15 Id. at 221. 16 Id. at 221. 17 Id. 18 See AS 11.41.300(a)(1)(C). 19 550 P.2d 830, 841 (Alaska 1976). 20 533 P.2d 25, 29 (Alaska 1975). 1 See Edward W. Cleary, McCormick on Evidence (2nd ed. 1972), 61-65, pp. 139-144. 2 See, e.g., Hensel v. State, 604 P.2d 222, 238 (Alaska 1979); Carman v. State, 602 P.2d 1255, 1260 (Alaska 1979); Hansen v. State, 845 P.2d 449, 456 (Alaska App. 1993); Bowell v. State, 728 P.2d 1220, 1224 (Alaska App. 1986); Carman v. State, 658 P.2d 131, 137 (Alaska App. 1983). 3 Riley, 60 P.3d at 221. 4 60 P.3d at 221.
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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt has a chance to make history on Sunday. The All-Pro linebacker has 21.5 sacks on the season, leaving him one short of tying Michael Strahan's single-season record of 22.5 set back in 2001. If he can tally 1.5 sacks against the division-rival Baltimore Ravens, he will become the new single-season sack king. Sure, some may say he was helped by the extra week on the schedule, but Watt has only played in 14 games so far this season, so if he does in fact break the record, there shouldn't be any need for an asterisk.
Which brings us to today's quiz of the day. Even if he doesn't get the record, this will likely be the second season in a row in which Watt has led the league in sacks. So with that in mind, how many of the year-by-year leaders in sacks can you name in five minutes?


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So that brings me to more excitement. Early last week (or maybe the week before... no, last week) I woke up with a dream clear in my head so, instead of doing uni that day I sat down and wrote a little over 5000 words on a new story, starting from this dream. I hadn't been able to touch it since, but Friday I sat down and smashed out the rest, with more added to the end plus editing done on Saturday. I have now submitted it to Naughty Nights Press as a Naughty Hot Shot, titled Return of Their Master. Guess at the genre? No? Tsk tsk. This is Phoenix we're talking about. It's gotta be parnormal! Alright, Acapello's Lady isn't, but that's beside the point. It's horses, another obsession of mine. Anyway back on topic. It's a paranormal romantic thriller:
Angie, Mary, Sarah and Alice are vampire sisters, Created by their master, Vitalis. A hundred years ago they ran away from their Father after enduring countless beatings after he goes insane from a blood-sickness, contracted after he feeds from a diseased victim.
The girls now run a store of their own and have new lives. Angie even has a love interest: Jake, who almost died in a car crash. She denies her love, as Vitalis has returned and is looking for them. She knows Jake would be in danger if Vitalis knew how close they were. When Jake refuses to leave unless she tells him straight to his face that she doesn't love him, she turns his world upside down as she finally tells him the truth...
A sudden searing burst of pain in my mind tore me away from him. I knew this couldn’t be part of the bond; something evil had wrenched me from the moment of rapture.
Hello,Evangeline. The voice rang inside my head, a voice I had come to dread. Vitalis was back and he wasn’t going to wait.
I tried to ignore him but he wouldn’t let me.
Did you really think you could escape me forever? I let you and your sisters have your freedom to play but I’m here to take back what is mine.
His voice made my mind feel greasy as though his insanity was a contagious disease. I’m never going back to you, Vitalis. None of us are. You’re insane and cruel.
I was insane for a while, but I’m cured. I promise you I’m the real me once more. Please, Evangeline. Come back to me. His tone sounded sincere but he had taught me better than that.
I’m sorry, Father. But until you can prove to us that you are cured of your infliction we will not return. We have lives here and we will fight to keep them.
A growl came across the link before it snapped shut, hurling me back in to my now limp body, lying on the floor by the couch while Jake and my sisters crouched over me. I gasped air in to my lungs, taking it in big gulps as I sat up, startling the people I loved.
Before they could ask how I was I spoke the three words I knew would frighten my sisters. “Vitalis is back.”*Cue dramatic music*
At 9 993 words (before more edits), this has been submitted to Naughty Nights Press. Here's hoping that it will soon be one of the many fantastic Hot Shots already released by NNP!
What else is there... Oh yes, my continued reading of Hell's Angel for review. I'm working through it slower than usual only because of Uni, but it is a dark and gritty read, certainly Kim's best so far. That's not easy, though, as her Fire and Ice series is, forgive the slang, off the hook! Stay tuned for the review to come soon, might be Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, no later. Don't forget Promo Monday tomorrow, with Karenna Colcroft, and I have a midweek promo for a naughty poetry release by Sherry Tooker.
Oh, last quick *squee* moment. You may remember a couple months back The Naughty Pages participated in a birthday blog hop for Brenda and Louise. From that blog hop, by commenting on one of the blogs I got myself a swag bag, full of postcards and bookmarks from many wonderful authors! In fact, here's the photo of it all --->>>
I must apologise for the length of today's post, I'm not normally quite this chatty on here but it has been a while since my last update and quite a bit has happened since then. (Including starting the Primal Caveman lifestyle and losing a couple inches and almost 2 kg's in the first stage!) I'll try to update more often, but until then stay naughty (not too naughty!) and keep watching out for Promo Mondays, the occasional review as well as midweek promos!

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Fiery JobExpert software included with EFI Fiery digital front end solutions saves job setup time by automatically choosing the right color and imaging settings.
EFI Fiery FS500 Pro delivers advanced automation, color, and job processing technology to meet challenges in evolving print markets
FREMONT, California – Electronics For Imaging, Inc., today announced its newest, most advanced step forward for the world’s leading digital front end (DFE) server solution for digital printing – the new EFI™ Fiery® FS500 Pro platform. Fiery FS500 Pro will help print providers meet the challenges of shorter runs, faster turnaround times, less experienced staff, increased security standards and the need to reduce cost. The new Fiery DFE platform brings innovation to an extensive line-up of new, state-of-the-art digital printers coming for office, commercial, in-plant, packaging, and textile printing.
“As the industry begins a recovery from the recent downturn, print businesses across all segments are looking to invest in solutions that enhance their productivity, reduce waste and shorten cycle times,” said John Henze, vice president of sales and marketing, EFI Fiery. “That’s exactly what this brand-new Fiery platform brings, with advancements that take print businesses to new levels of production efficiency, color accuracy, and profit potential. We are excited to begin seeing our OEM partners roll out this new platform with the next generation of their digital printers and presses.”
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Fiery JobExpert, now available for all Fiery servers, saves valuable production minutes from job setup time by automatically choosing the right color and imaging settings. This unique feature is an example of adding intelligence to the digital front end compared to OEM DFEs that require users to know a myriad of settings to get jobs done correctly.
FS500 Pro enables quick and easy onboarding to the EFI IQ™ suite of cloud applications that connect people, processes and print devices to enable better, data-driven decisions for print businesses.
EFI will launch Fiery FS500 Pro-based DFEs with new office and production printers and presses from many of the world’s leading manufacturers. Fiery FS500 is also the basis for next-generation blade-server DFE systems developed for new ultra-high-speed, single-pass inkjet production solutions coming to market.
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The importance of long telomeres
The telomere is a region of repetitive DNA at the end of a chromosome. With each successive division, part of the telomere is used up but can be maintained by the enzyme telomerase reverse transcriptase. Shortened telomeres are associated with replication problems and most probably ageing. The implications of the length of telomeres and the continued production of telomerase cannot therefore be understated. Project partners at the Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) have a long distinguished record of research into these structures. As part of TELOSENS, they have continued their research into the role of the telomere, cell development and radiation sensitivity. The Spanish-based team showed that more diminutive telomeres rejoin to double-strand breaks (DSBs). This impairs the repair of the breaks which can be caused by radiation damage. Not only this, but cutting the length also led to an increased sensitivity to genotoxic agents such as MNU (N-nitroso-N-methylurea) and oxidative stress. Of particular relevance in today's research arena is the impact of telomere length on stem cell integrity. The Spanish scientists discovered that proliferation of adult stem cells in vitro is profoundly affected by telomere shortening but this is not the case in embryonic stem cells. For epidermal stem cells and tumour development, shortening of the telomere affected mobilisation. Mice with defective short telomeres showed premature ageing of the skin but a decreased tendency towards tumourigenesis. However, when telomerase was over-expressed, the stem cells were mobilised and the mice were more prone to tumour development. The study of Fanconi anaemia (FA) may also be able to shed more light on the importance of telomeres. Patients with FA show accelerated telomere shortening and unusual sensitivity to ionising radiation. The CNIO team found that attrition at the telomere region was a result of the disease, not action of the FANCG gene. Research on the regions at the ends of chromosomes could yield promising anti-cancer therapies. Results have already pointed to the use of telomerase inhibitors based on porphyrin and radiotherapy to promote cell death. Telomerase-based therapies could also be used in FA to preserve the telomere length threatened by the disease.


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With creations exploring the edge of imagination, Gabriela Campo is a Mexican architect turned jewelry designer. For more than 16 years, she has been following her passion for handcrafting and uses threads and knitting needles to turn her ideas into a reality.
"Me inspiran las texturas, los colores y los materiales"
Gabriela is inspired by her daily life, the nature, the music, the mix of textures, colors and materials. She strives to provoke an emotion and bring a smile, and to create pieces which make the wearer feel incredibly unique and special.
Since her beginnings in 2000, Gabriela has been fascinated by the meaning of flowers. They represent attention to detail and have the ability to tell a story and communicate a message with their colors, shapes and textures.
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Gabriela has teamed up with two women artisans, Julia and Lorena, singles mothers, who are able to earn a living wage through their incredible talents. Each necklace is meticulously handcrafted with an average of six to fourteen hours dedicated to bring you a marvelous jewel.
These collections are an ode to women with different stories and lifestyles and are the perfect fit from day to night.


3 sites seek stamp of approval for new Westport Post Office
The first finalist is a familiar one -- the office's current home at 154 Post Road East. Under that scenario, however, the Postal Service would sell the 74-year-old building to a developer, opening space for commercial use, and then rent a share of it.
The other options would move the Post Office either to 275 Post Road East -- the end unit in the Playhouse Square Shopping Center, the letter said -- or to 645 Post Road East, the shopping center anchored by Fresh Market.
In making the possible locations public before the current office is sold, the Postal Service is breaking from its norm, said Maureen Marion, a spokesman. Typically, the organization will wait for a developer to buy its present home before narrowing its search for a new one. But interest has been high for the current facility, Marion said, so the Postal Service has opted to both sell and secure a new home simultaneously.
"At this point, I don't know if there's been an offer [on the current building], but there's been a considerable amount of interest," Marion said. "The fact that we're so aggressively looking for alternate quarters really bodes well for the transition."
Marion wouldn't comment any further on a possible sale. She said that First Selectman Gordon Joseloff will be informed when the Postal Service cements a deal.
Joseloff, commenting on the three finalists, said he's "heartened" that the Postal Service is considering staying in its current home. "That would be an ideal solution, especially if the rest of the building could enhance downtown by housing an arts entity, coffee shop, or other use that would generate public interest," he said.
The Postal Service is now looking for public feedback on the three locations. Through the month of June, letters can be mailed to the following address with comments: Vice President, Facilities, U.S. Postal Service, 6 Griffin Road, North, Windsor, CT, 06006-0300.
Asked if the Postal Service has a preference among the three finalists, Marion said no. "We really do look for community input," she said. "For some locations, people may not be happy about the parking. People may not think some locations are close enough to downtown. [That feedback] helps shape how we revisit those properties. We try to go in with a clear head and with clear options all the way through."
The decision will ultimately be based on which location presents the "very best usage of postal resources and which has the best potential to best serve the public," Marion said. She also listed as considerations the historic quality of the buildings and what modifications would need to be made to outfit them as a post office.
One potential upside: depending on what type of establishment moves into the current Post Office space, the building might return to the town's tax base. The Postal Service currently does not pay property taxes to the town.
But Town Assessor Paul Friia said that the building -- based on the current mill rate and the building's assessment -- would likely bring in around $38,000 in taxes.