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Suffolk, ss. Division of Administrative Law Appeals
Josephine DiChiara,
Docket No. CR-07-622
Essex Regional Retirement Board,
Appearance for Petitioner:
Michael A. Torrisi, Esquire
Torrisi and Torrisi, PC
555 Turnpike Street, Suite 44
North Andover, MA 01845
Appearance for Respondent:
William J. Lundregan, Esquire
71 Washington Street
Second Floor
Salem, MA 01970
Administrative Magistrate:
Judithann Burke
The Petitioner, who was injured in a fall while walking across the school parking lot into the school building on her way to work in the morning, was not injured "in the performance of her duties."
Pursuant to G.L. c. 32 s. 16(4), the Petitioner, Josephine DiChiara, is appealing from the June 8, 2007 decision of the Respondent, Essex Regional Retirement Board (ERRB), denying her application for Section 7 accidental disability retirement benefits. The appeal was timely filed. (Exhibits 15 and 16). A hearing was held on April 30, 2009 at the offices of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA), 98 North Washington Street, Boston, MA.
At the hearing, sixteen (16) exhibits were marked. The Petitioner testified in her own behalf. Both parties stated their arguments for the record. One (1) tape was made of the proceedings.
Based upon the testimony and documents submitted at the hearing in the above-entitled matter, I hereby render the following findings of fact:
1. The Petitioner, Josephine DiChiara, d.o.b. 11/08/1954, was employed as a Special Education Aide at the Proctor School in Topsfield, MA. She started in this position on September 18, 2001. (Exhibit 2).
2. The Petitioner worked with students in Grades 4-6, ages 10-12. Her duties included: serving as the instructional and/or behavior support for special education students; assisting teachers in implementing students' Individualized Education Programs (IEPs); assisting the special education students. She was also responsible for assisting with the data collection and performance notes regarding student performance, assisting the students in completing organizational tasks and in performing daily/regular classroom and/ADL activities. (Exhibit 10).
3. The last area of responsibility delineated in the job description for the Special Education Instructional Assistant reads:
9. Performs other responsibilities as requested by the building
principal and/or special education teacher. (Id.).
4. The Petitioner procured coffee products for the teachers in the school from a local coffee club. The staff all chipped in from their personal funds in order to purchase these products, and, the Petitioner retrieved them and delivered them to the school several times during the school year. (Testimony).
5. The Petitioner toted school supplies such as notepads and pencils to and from school every day. (Testimony).
6. The Petitioner retrieved coffee supplies for her coworkers and herself after school on December 11, 2005. She left them in her car overnight. (Id.).
7. On December 12, 2005, the Petitioner reported to work at approximately
8:30 AM. She parked in the school parking lot and exited her car carrying coffee supplies and the tote bag of school supplies that she had taken home. It was lightly snowing and she slipped on a snow covered patch of ice and fell over backwards, landing in a semi-seated position. She got up, went into the school and reported the incident to the school nurse. She had some pain in her tailbone and low back. The nurse gave her some Advil. The Petitioner then resumed her duties and worked for the next several weeks. (Id. and Exhibits 1, 5 and 9).
8. The Petitioner first sought medical treatment on January 31, 2006 when she saw her primary care doctor, Daniel Shea, M.D. She complained to the doctor of pain in her lower back and coccyx. She indicated that she had experienced great discomfort washing and wiping down the students' desks at school. The doctor prescribed Percocet and ordered x-rays. (Exhibit 6).
9. The Petitioner stopped working on February 7, 2006 when she experienced increased discomfort after wiping desks down and passing out books. She received Workers' Compensation benefits through July 11, 2006. (Testimony and Exhibits 3 and 9).
10. An MRI on February 9, 2006 revealed a disc protrusion at L1-2 on the left side and a moderate sized disc protrusion at L5-S1 in the left paramedian location that indentured the dura. There was also a questionable fracture of the sacrum at S4. Dr. Shea referred the Petitioner to Neurosurgeon Robert Sporaccio, M.D. from the Lahey Clinic. (Exhibits 5 and 9).
11. A March 21, 2006 CT scan of the sacrum revealed a healed chronic fracture of the sacrum and no definite acute fractures. There was mild angulation of the distal sacrum and coccyx which was thought to be either a normal variation or possible prior trauma. Dr. Sporaccio opined that the fracture was of recent origin. (Exhibit 8).
12. The Petitioner continued with physical therapy and her pain medications through May 2006. At that time, she reported that her symptoms had not improved and a pain clinic was recommended. The Petitioner declined to do this because she feared any type of injection therapy. (Exhibits 3 and 6).
13. In his Attending Physician's Report pertaining to Workers' Compensation, Dr. Shea indicated that the Petitioner had fallen "while walking into school on December 12, 2005 while carrying supplies for coworkers." (Exhibit 9).
14. The Petitioner filed for accidental disability retirement benefits on August 16, 2006. In her application, she indicated that the medical reason for her application was, "on 12/12/05 while performing the duties of my job, I slipped and fell and sustained a sacrum fracture and lumbar disc herniations at L1-2 and L5-S1. (Exhibit 2).
15. The Petitioner underwent three single physician medical panel examinations. On March 20, 2007, Dr. Alice Hunter answered "no' to Question 1 on the certificate. On March 21, 2007, Dr. John Groves answered the certificate, "yes, yes, yes." On March 26, 2007, Dr. Ronald Rosenthal answered the certificate, "yes, no, yes." (Exhibits 12-14).
15. The ERRB denied the Petitioner's Section 7 application on June 8, 2007. (Exhibit 15).
16. The Petitioner filed a timely appeal. (Exhibit 16).
The Petitioner is not entitled to prevail in this appeal as a matter of law. Boston Retirement Board v. CRAB, 340 Mass. 109 (1959). In this case, the Petitioner sustained the injury for which she claims she is disabled while she was walking across the school parking lot at the beginning of the school day. She was on her way to work from home. She had taken it upon herself to take school supplies home and to procure and deliver coffee supplies to her coworkers, although she was not required to do either activity as part of her job duties notwithstanding the last line in the written job description. There is no evidence that the transporting back and forth of work supplies and the personal coffee supplies of the staff were mandated by the School Principal. There would not have been any professional consequences had she not taken the school supplies home with her in the first place and/or had she not retrieved and delivered the coffee supplies on that date. Moreover, the Petitioner was not in the act of actually performing her duties at that time of the fall; rather, she was simply carrying supplies in a tote bag while she walked into the school building from her car at the start of the work day.
The Respondent is correct in its contention that, in carrying school supplies and coffee products into the school building from home, the Petitioner was not "going from one place where she had an employment obligation to another such place; nor was she injured while performing an employment duty while traveling." Thus, her case does not fit into one of the narrow exceptions for travel-related injuries identified by the Supreme Judicial Court in Richard v. Worcester Retirement Board, 431 Mass. 163, 165 (2000), citing Namvar v. CRAB, 422 Mass. 1004, 1005 (1996).
Accordingly, the decision of the EERB denying the Petitioner's application for Section 7 accidental disability retirement benefits is hereby affirmed.
So ordered.
Division of Administrative Law Appeals,
BY: /s/
Judithann Burke
Administrative Magistrate
DATED: July 24, 2009


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Were you once a believer?
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Grew up believing that a god used science to do everything...
RE: Were you once a believer?
I believed when I was growing up, but became an atheist in college. Looking back, I do realize that I had the beginnings of doubt at an early age and maybe I never really believed, but I still consider myself a recovering Catholic.
"Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one." -Richard Dawkins
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Yes, I once believed. But those days are over, thank God!
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I'd like to think that most people grew up believing in something but life as it is today tends to continue to disprove these beliefs.
Seems no matter how much or how passionately we pray for something the results are always the same.
This tends to make non believers or skeptical or "sinners" if you will.
Myself, label me what you will but my faith lies in things that have been proven to me witnesed with my own eyes.
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From the age of 5 to 60 I was a Christian. I was very active in the church....I have been baptized Baptist (twice), Protestant, and Catholic. I have been "saved" so many times I can't count. In my 40s I studied the Bible 6-8 hours a day. The more I studied, the worse it got. It just didn't make sense. I began to study other philosophies....Deist, Hindu, Taoism, ....that didn't work either. All I wanted was for someone to love me unconditionally. That certainly wasn't god or my parents. It was only when I discovered that I was the only one that could do that, did I dare to look into Atheism. My son and grandson have been Atheists for almost their whole life, so I wasn't totally ignorant of it, but, it scared the crap out of me.
It took almost 8 years before I could say, I'm an Atheist, without creepy things climbing up and down my back. I have now been an Atheist for 5 years. I am free from trying to live a life that was very confusing in the first place. I am in charge of my own morals, values, and self.
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When I was little, I didn't know. Was never brought up to believe it, the subject was never really broached. I was agnostic with a worry if it might be real, but that worry was only fleeting when it was there.
"God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight." - Nietzsche
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I agree with Stark Raving, there should be an option for 'I just did what my mum said until I knew better...'
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RE: Were you once a believer?
I selected No but I used to believe in reincarnation, karma, new agey superstitions etc. My mother and grandmother used to believe in it too so I was just following suit. I was sent to Christian schools early on but was always agnostic. The first idea that I dismissed was the idea of a devil. It just seemed nonsensical. Then about the age of 14 I realised that the idea of an omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent god made no sense because such a god would then be everything and a thing by definition needs limits (you try getting a Christian to admit that though!). And if God is not omni{present,potent,scient} then why worship it?
The logical inconsistencies of reincarnation felled my belief in it a few years later. You can share the same memories with someone else, it doesn't mean to say that you are the same person. What is a soul except some idea of consciousness existing after death? In which case, why do we need a brain? Why do we become unconscious etc ...
I was suffering from major depression at around this time and losing this crutch didn't help. But in the end I came out stronger as I realised that the meaning of life is what you apply to it.
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(01-12-2013 02:54 PM)Bill A Wrote: Don't fear - I no longer hold these beliefs, but they demonstrate the effect of religious teaching on an over-active imagination, driven by fear. I hope I'm not the only one...
I'm kind of embarrassed about my earlier naivety but I have to remind myself that you don't come out of the womb knowing all the answers. You have to learn about the world from adults who may for one reason or another mislead you. Critical thinking is a skill and as with any other skill has to be learnt and developed over time.
But perhaps the most important point is that it all seems so obvious in retrospect once you know the answers or once the obvious has been pointed out. I find that you don't ever feel more intelligent because of this, everyone else's beliefs just seem more bizarre.
A belief in Santa Claus is a good example. Once it's pointed out to you the physical realities of what it would take to deliver all those presents on a single night, it' would be laughable to still believe in it. But children don't consider such things and nor do we expect them to.
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I was born Christian in the most populous Muslim country, Indonesia.
And here's my story how i end up being a disbeliever.
The situation in my hometown (Jakarta) is very peaceful, until the year when i was born 1998 Fall of Suharto presidencies, well it is ironic... my ethnic (which is Chinese Indonesian) become an innocent victims of riots. (maybe due to Suharto have Chinese ancestry)
On the riots of 1998 reformation, our family's market is robbed massively an destroyed by the protesters. We came in a great financial depression, and it is a long hardwork until our good live back.
Now, the situation here in my neighborhood is far more better than those days. People are more care to each other and very anti-racism not like the old days. People also care to each other no matter what religion they have, except for... Atheism... It is kinda like very taboo in here, the first sentence in Pancasila also a requirements to be an Indonesian citizen is need to have faith in good
Back to my story, here i am confused about my religion, i found many weird unexplainable things and[b] irrational[/b].
I am curious. I search more about Bible failure, contradict revelations to each other, the human intervention to the "Holy" book. And also thanks to my internet friend from overseas, i end up being a disbeliever to this religion.
I kept my status secret from my parents and i am still going to church every week because of my parents. But i have lose my faith, and let the free mind of being curious without the barriers of irrational things.
But my mind is still confused, first i have a crush with a religious Christian boy who also my friend since we are little. (i always meet him every week at the church and we become quite a best friend, and i hope it is not friendzoned)
Second, besides that "love" things i am also curious with another religion, Buddhism, Hinduism, and of course the famous here Islam. I am still curious, world full of mystery, aliens and conspiracies and many more the internet haves it.
I searching and searching, end up finding a YouTube channel of this website and...
I am here to find myself, [b]The real purpose of my life besides of living just for promise of afterlife.[/b]
Im really glad for everyone to help.
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Brundisium venimus vii Kal. Dec. usi tua felicitate navigandi; ita belle nobis "flavit ab Epiro lenissimus Onchesmites" (hunc σπονδειάζοντα si cui uoles τῶν νεωτέρων pro tuo uendito).
We arrived in Brundisium on the 25. of November "having had good use of your felicitous navigation" .... It's pretty clear from the context that Atticus is nowhere near Cicero at the time - for one, he's receiving a letter from him, secondly, in the next paragraph we learn that A. has fallen ill - but what is usi tua felicitate navigandi then supposed to mean?
I can think of three reasons:
(1) Atticus is normally lucky with the weather when travelling
(2) Since, I seem to recall, he owned vast tracts of land in Epirus, he must have sailed from Onchesmus to Brundisium more than once, and has perhaps helped Cicero in some way with the transportation?
(3) Atticus sent his "best of luck" before Cicero set sail, so Cicero is thanking him for divine protection.
I haven't time to read the letters in context, I'm just interested in discussing the whole "neoterics" question, but now I stubbed my toe at this "usi tua felicitate".
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Whose land is this?
On Memorial Day 2004, a friend and I drove into the South Unit of South Dakota's Badlands National Park, located within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on a former gunnery range. We stopped at the visitor center, a dilapidated trailer at one end of a crumbling parking lot, but it was closed. No matter, we thought, we can still hike. Studying an informative sign, we learned that this part of the park is "largely undeveloped and lacks access points such as roads and trails." The sign listed requirements for exploring: Get permission from surrounding tribal landowners, use a four-wheel-drive vehicle, watch for unexploded bombs, and, if you see one, don't pull out your cellphone -- the signal might detonate it. We settled for a stroll down a dirt road instead.
Then we drove to the Wounded Knee burial site. Three Natives came up to tell us about their massacred ancestors, and to ask for money. When we returned to our car, a sedan full of Indian youths pulled in and blocked the exit. They sat in their vehicle. We sat in ours, and locked the doors. After several minutes, they drove off. Thus ended the Badlands National Park experience of two nervous white women.
Our experience wasn't necessarily representative; encounters with a few people don't, of course, stand in for an entire culture. And since that time, things have started to change at the South Unit -- at least a little. While the trailer has been replaced by a permanent visitor center, there are no new roads or trails, no hotels, no restaurants. But, as writer Brendan Borrell explains in this issue's cover story, the South Unit will soon have new management. It's likely to become the first national park unit in the U.S. managed entirely by an Indian tribe. (A so-called "tribal national park" in Frog Bay, Wis., is not part of the federal system.)
Many Oglala Sioux leaders have worked hard for decades to make this change happen. The handoff is an important step away from federal paternalism and toward tribal self-determination. If all goes well, it could create an economic boon for the desperately poor Pine Ridge Reservation. And it could shape the destinies of other national parks, especially in the West where almost every park tells a tale of struggle -- of European ideals set against the rights of Natives. Early explorers and the U.S. Army pushed the Blackfeet, Shoshone and other tribes out of the Yellowstone area. In the Grand Canyon, the Havasupai regained ownership of some park lands in 1975. In Arizona, Canyon de Chelly National Monument sits on Navajo trust land and is jointly managed by the tribe and the Park Service. The Yurok are pursuing co-management of part of California's Redwood national and state parks. Giving tribes more say over public lands they originally inhabited is a complex process, fraught with challenge, but it's a long overdue shift. And no place could use it more than the Badlands South Unit.


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NEW YORK (AP) — After taking a break from the Broadway stage, Idina Menzel found much success.
Her voice starred in the highly successful Disney film "Frozen" and she had a No. 1 hit with the song "Let It Go." And she even got to perform the award-winner at this year's Academy Awards.
But with the exception of being the mother of a 4-year old, it's returning to the stage that matters most for Menzel, who won a Tony in 2004 for "Wicked."
"It's all been life-changing and extraordinary — but my home is the theater and being back in New York, and being in the Broadway community is — this is the pinnacle of that," she said.
"No matter how amazing the Oscars and the success of 'Frozen' and all of that is — and believe me, I don't mean to underplay it. But my home has always been Broadway, and I waited a long time to come back and I'm back with something that moves me and had changed me as a person in the way I see it."
Menzel said it was "an amazing experience" to be involved in the development of her new musical, "If/Then," especially when it reunites her with "Wicked" producer David Stone, "Rent" director Michael Greif and "Rent" co-star Anthony Rapp.
"It's been an incredible honor to be surrounded by such talent," Menzel said.
Their collaboration led to a new Tony nomination for her performance. "It's an honor to be here and represent the show and to celebrate it," she said.
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Don Cornelius, Creator of 'Soul Train,' Found Dead From Apparent Suicide
Law enforcement sources are confirming that Don Cornelius, the creator of 'Soul Train,' was found dead in his home in Sherman Oaks, CA this morning. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head.
Police discovered Cornelius' body at about 4 a.m. Pacific. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Officials believe the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
'Soul Train' debuted nationally in 1971 and ran until 2006. It holds a longstanding claim as the "longest-running, first-run, nationally syndicated program in television history." Many say it changed the landscape of television by targeting a largely African-American audience and exposing R&B and hip hop acts to mainstream TV viewers.
Cornelius was 75 years old. Watch a collection of 'Soul Train' clips, including the famous theme song, below.
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Beef Fajitas
Makes 4 servings
I really like Mexican food, and love the taste of this dish. It goes great with all the traditional accompaniments listed.
Find this recipe and more in Chef Paul Prudhomme's Pure Magic.
2 tablespoons Chef Paul Prudhomme's Meat Magic®
4 tablespoons (1/4 cup or 1/2 stick) unsalted butter, in all
2 cups julienne onion
1 cup julienne red, green, and yellow bell pepper
2 boneless beed sirloin strip steaks (about 10 ounces each), trimmed and cut into julienne strips
½ cup freshly squeezed lime juice
flour tortillas
sour cream
tomato salsa
shredded lettuce
how to prepare
Combine the first three ingredients in a small bowl to make the seasoning mix.
Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a heavy 12-inch skillet over high heat. Add the onions and cook, shaking the skillet or stirring occasionally, until they are clear and turning brown on the edges, about 3 minutes. Stir in the bell peppers and cook, continuing to stir or shake the pan, until the onions are soft but the bell peppers are still crispy, about 3 minutes more. Reduce the heat if necessary to avoid burning the vegetables. Transfer the vegetables to a plate to stop the cooking process. Set the skillet aside without wiping it, to use later for saut'ing the meat.
Heat several sizzle platters or a large cast iron skillet in a 400º oven.
Meanwhile, place the meat strips in a large bowl and sprinkle them with 2 teaspoons of the seasoning mix, tossing to coat well. Pour the lime juice over the meat and toss again. Let marinate at least 10 minutes, tossing occasionally. (After 15 minutes the meat strips will break apart when pulled.)
Heat the unwiped skillet over high heat for 40 to 45 seconds and add the remaining butter (it will sizzle). Pick up the meat with your fingers, let it drain slightly, and add it to the skillet, reserving the marinade. Cook the meat about 45 seconds, turning frequently to coat with butter. Add the reserved vegetables to the meat, and cook for 15 seconds, tossing constantly to combine. Add the reserved marinade, then sprinkle the remaining seasoning mix over all, and cook for 1 minute, still tossing or stirring. Remove from the heat and pour onto heated sizzle platters or cast iron skillet. Serve while still sizzling.
Let everyone prepare his/her own fajitas by using the traditional condiments. The classic method is to lay some meat and cooked vegetables down the center of a tortilla, then sprinkle on the desired condiments and fold one end up, then fold one side in and roll up the remaining side to prevent the goodies from squirting out the end of the tortilla.
Note: Recipe calls for boneless sirloin strip steaks, but you can use skirt steak or London broil -- just be sure to use a cut that's tender enough to broil. Skirt steak is usually about ¼ inch thick, which is perfect; London broil is about ½ inch thick, so you'll need to slice it in half before cutting it into strips.


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That's what people are calling President Obama's White House picnic table gathering with "Skip" Gates and Jim Crowley. Those of us here in Minnesota are more likely to reverse the phrase: Summit Beer is one of our best local brews.
This video of the White House press corps going crazy on the beer summit is remarkable; the snapping cameras sound like a machine gun attack. This may have been the number one photo op of the Obama administration so far:
The fourth participant in the beer summit was Joe Biden. I can understand that. Just as Johnny Carson wanted Ed McMahon sitting at the end of the couch to maintain equilibrium if things started getting weird, so too Barack Obama was comforted by the sight of Joe Biden at the picnic table. Biden seems like a guy who has actually downed a beer or three in his time, so I'm glad he got to put his experience to use.
As for what was said at the beer summit, the conversation seems to have been a bit anticlimactic. Crowley reported afterward that no one apologized to anyone. For Obama, seeing the last of Crowley and Gates was his paramount objective. He just wanted to put the fiasco behind him, so for him it was a farewell party.
Hmm. You might want to be careful how you explain that to Joe Biden.


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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Police in Jamaica say gunmen broke into a home in the island's capital and killed two women and a man in their 20s. Detectives say a 19-year-old man was shot to death by police during a confrontation after officers arrived to investigate.
Authorities say a 9-milimeter pistol was recovered from the man killed by police.
There have been no arrests in the incident, which happened just after dawn Sunday in the Whitfield Town neighborhood of Kingston.


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Seen over the Wendonside valley,Southland, New Zealand recently.
Not sure if this is the right category for this image.
The jetstream has been pushing south over the UK, leaving us with week after week of rain, rain, rain. Each brief interlude has left us with a mackerel sky. This one was shot yesterday evening. The ragged trailing edge of a weather front.
Eric - I know. And it was taken on just a meagre D700, not a D800. There's not much hope for me, is there?
Oh I think you show definite promise, Bill. That tunnel photo beats most of the lighthouses that have been posted on LuLa, IMHO.
Whoah! Hold on a moment. That was taken on a Coolpix 5000. That's hardly a proper camera at all.


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25 Recipes for Meat, Poultry, & Seafood
Meat, poultry, seafood — we had a lot of great quick and delicious recipes published this year. Turkey meatballs, weekend pot roast, rosemary pork chops and goat tacos — read on for these and more!
Meat and Poultry Recipes
Chicken and Poultry
• Chicken in Coconut Milk
• Jamie Oliver's Chicken in Milk Recipe
• Grill Recipe: Tangy, Spicy Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs
• Turkey Meatballs over Greens
• Chipotle Chicken Fajitas (Grilled Indoors!) with Creamy Black Bean Spread
• Duck with Black Olives and Black Olive Risotto
• Simple Rosemary-Rubbed Pork Chops
• How To Cook (and Shred) a Pork Shoulder
• Slow-Cooked Hoisin and Ginger Pork Wraps with Peanut Slaw
• Pork Meatballs with Lemon and Thyme
• Goat Tacos (Or Delicious Roasted Goat for Any Occasion)
• Braised Goat Shanks with Prune, Shallot, and Brandy Reduction
• Simplest Cinnamon Lamb Stew
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Hey everyone,
I'm going back through Hansen/Quinn (been a couple years) to prep for more graduate work...basically I am getting confused with all the different forms/stems of the *mi* verbs, as well as the contract.
I found some decent charts through University of Chicago's website, but I would like more, if they are available.
Or perhaps there is a grammar book out there with a lot of good verb charts??


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+ Introduction + Frequently Asked Questions - Why /RDM or /BLM? - When is this combination effective? - How does it work? - Why would I play this combination over /WAR? - Can NIN/BLM|RDM tank by dealing massive damage? - How can I increase my damage with this combination? - Does equipment with +Elemental Skill help :Ni nuke damage? - What race is best for this combination? - Which is better, /RDM or /BLM? - How expensive in this class combination? + Equipment + Strategy
This guide exists to serve as a central point of information for NIN/RDM|BLM. The same questions are asked over and over again, and since not many Ninjas have any practical experience with this combination, sometimes the wrong information is passed on. The guide is part FAQ, part shopping list, and part playbook: my intention is to include anything that a starry-eyed NIN-mage needs to be successful. It will be updated with new questions/gear/strategy as required.
Frequently-Asked Questions
Q: Why /RDM or /BLM?
A: Both /RDM and /BLM give the Magic Attack Bonus trait, which passively adds 20% to the damage of all spells (for the first level of the trait). When it was discovered that MAB increases the damage of Ninjutsu as well as regular nukes, this combination was born. For example, if your nukes deal ~100 damage as NIN/WAR, they will deal ~120 as NIN/RDM|BLM.
Q: When is this combination effective?
A: This combination is not worth it until level 40, when you acquire the :Ni level elemental Ninjutsu. The level 15 :Ichi Ninjutsu is too weak and slow-casting, and you can't get MAB from a subjob until main NIN30 anyway (NIN40 for /RDM).
Q: How does it work?
A: In brief, you cast the :Ni level elemental Ninjutsu in a specific order, in such a way that you're always weakening the mob to the element of the next nuke. For example, Raiton: Ni deals lightning elemental damage, and lowers the mob's resistance to earth. Doton: Ni deals earth damage, and lowers resistance to wind. So you'd use Raiton first, followed by Doton, to ensure maximum effect. This is called the "elemental wheel", and it looks something like this:
Raiton -> Doton -> Huton -> Hyoton -> Katon -> Suiton -> Raiton -> etc
Notice how you can jump in at any point in the "wheel". For example, there is no reason why you couldn't start with Katon and cycle right into Suiton, continuing around until you arrive at Katon again.
Q: Why would I play this combination over /WAR?
A: Put simply, because of personal playstyle choice. This combination is not better or worse than /WAR, but it does place you in a different party role than a normal /WAR-subbing Ninja. This leads into the next question, which is:
Q: Can NIN/BLM|RDM tank by dealing massive damage?
A: No, not really. If you look at all the tanks in this game (NIN, PLD, WAR, etc), they all have one thing in common -- Provoke. PLD and WAR tanks also have additional tools such as Flash, Warcry, Shieldbash, etc. All of these skills generate "spike hate", which is a lot of hate in a short period of time. Provoke is the best and most effective of these spike hate skills: it's free, recycles quickly, and cannot ever be resisted.
Spike hate is important because the job of a tank is to keep the mob away from the squishy mages and DDs. Low-level NINs and PLDs in particular are not able to compete with DDs for hate strictly by damage, so they use these skills to stay ahead. For example, if a BLM lands a 1300 damage Freeze MB on a Distortion skillchain, the tank has to generate a LOT of hate in a short period of time to keep the mob away from the BLM. Ditto for Rampage, Sidewinder, etc. NIN/BLM|RDM have no way to spike hate, and :Ni nukes can be resisted, so we are unequipped for the rigors of classic tanking.
However, NIN-mages deal such a huge amount of damage that we can temporarily (sometimes for extended periods of time) rip hate away from the main tank. Because we have Utsusemi, we can leverage it to take the heat off the tank for some time, and save MP for the healers. This is not the same thing as "tanking", but the ability to bounce hate to a job that has a lot of damage mitigation (Ninja) is a powerful strategy in an XP party. We are among the only DDs that can deal damage without holding back in a standard party, because we have the best chance to avoid taking hits.
Q: How can I increase my damage with this combination?
A: This is a complex answer. You can increase the raw damage that the nukes do to boost damage per hit, and you can reduce the rate of partial/full resists to increase damage over time.
Like MP-based nukes, the base damage for :Ni elemental Ninjutsu is fixed and doesn't change. However, there are three ways to modify it:
- INT - the damage dealt is modifed by a function of your INT compared to the enemy's INT. Every point of INT that you have adds roughly +1 damage to every nuke.
- MAB - in addition to the basic MAB trait from /RDM and /BLM, you can augment this stat directly by using gear with +MAB on it, like the Moldavite Earring or the Uggalepih Pendant. In the case of the earring, +5 MAB means +5% MAB, added directly to your existing score. So, if you have 20% from the MAB trait, and put on the earring, your final MAB is +25%.
- Elemental Staves - these are available starting at level 51, and have a hidden effect that boosts the damage of a co-aligned nuke by 10% (15% for HQ staves), as well as increasing the accuracy of the nuke. This is the biggest way to boost damage, outside of MAB.
For reducing resists, you need elemental staves (note that they do both raw damage and resists, which is why they are so good), and gear with +Ninjutsu. Ninjutsu skill does not increase damage directly, but it works similar to spell-based skills (such as Elemental Magic or Enfeebling) in reducing resists. Also, be sure to follow the order of the wheel: remember to always debuff the element of the next nuke that you will be using.
Q: Does equipment with +Elemental Skill help :Ni nuke damage?
A: No. Although :Ni nukes do elemental damage, they are not tied to the Elemental Skill, they are tied to Ninjutsu. As a NIN/RDM|BLM, your Elemental Skill will only be used for mage-type nukes, and since those are useless at half-level, you don't need this type of equipment.
The only things that increase :Ni damage directly are INT and MAB.
Q: What race is best for this combination?
A: Since the damage that this job combination does is influenced by INT (and MP total somewhat for /RDM), certain races have an advantage in that department. Here's a brief chart with INT milestones for various race combinations, from highest to lowest:
/RDM40 /BLM40 /RDM50 /BLM50 /RDM60 /BLM60 Taru 45 47 55 57 64 66 Hume 37 39 46 48 53 55 Mithra 37 39 46 48 53 53 Galka 35 37 43 45 50 52 Elvaan 32 34 40 42 46 48
As you can see, there is a difference of 13INT between Taru and Elvaan (highest and lowest) at level 40, which expands to 18INT by level 60. Since INT adds roughly 1 damage per point, that's a difference of approximately 78-108 damage for an entire unresisted wheel (depending on level). On a nuke where an Elvaan hits for ~110 unresisted at level 40, a Taru with the same gear will hit for ~123. The Taru is doing roughly 11% more damage, which is significant difference but not insurmountable for the the Elvaan. All races are viable, in this case, but some have clear advantages.
Q: Which is better, /RDM or /BLM?
A: For raw damage purposes, /BLM provides the best damage per hit. BLM has A-rated INT, so it will always be a couple points ahead of RDM, and /BLM also gains MAB II at 60+ (24% instead of 20%) where /RDM never gets that 4% upgrade. However, /BLM is severely lacking in utility, there isn't much you can do with your MP pool other than Warp, Tractor, and Escape. Having half-level spell skills means that regular nukes, enfeebles, Drain/Aspir, etc, will hardly ever stick on XP-level mobs.
For utility, /RDM is more versatile. You also have half-level skills from /RDM, but for some skills (like Healing) it doesn't matter very much. Some spells from /RDM that are particularly useful:
- Aquaveil - reduces the chance of interruption when you get hit. Extremely useful spell.
- Cure - You get up to Cure III in this line, which makes you a very handy spot-healer with a Refresh from the RDM or Ballad from the BRD.
- Barspells - they are half-effectiveness and self-only, but still useful in a pinch.
- Dia - you will get Dia I and II, and this spell can't be resisted, so you can take this duty from the WHM or RDM if needed.
- Diaga - cheap AOE spell that will strip all shadows from the mob.
- Sneak/Invis - self explanatory.
- Regen - only costs 15MP, and heals 125HP.
- Blink - useful for when both shadow timers are down, has a fast recast timer as well.
- Dispel - can be used even half-level, is not often resisted.
- Stoneskin - gained late, but extra insurance vs. AOEs and stray hits past shadows.
RDM also gives you Fast Cast I & II as a subjob, which decreases the casting time of all spells by 10% and 15% respectively, as well as reducing the /recast timers on all spells (including Utsusemi and the :Ni nukes). Finally, RDM gives you Magic Defense Up, which cuts all magic damage by 10% for the first level (similiar to having two full upgrades to Shell).
In general, /RDM is a more useful subjob from 40-59 because of equal MAB and more utility, with /BLM being a possible alternative for superior damage at 60+, but both will work at 40+ without incident.
Q: How expensive in this class combination?
A: Without sugar-coating it, this is extremely expensive. NIN/RDM|BLM is more or less highest-DOT damage dealer for a very long time, and we pay for the privilege. The cost depends on the price of tools on your server, usually they range from 9k for the cheaper tools to 22k+ for the more expensive ones. Expect to "lose" at least 150gil every time you press the nuke button (an average of almost 1k every time you spin the wheel), and anticipate using at least two stacks of every tool in a 2-3 hour party (subject to variation based on how fast you can pull). Don't forget Utsusemi.
You also have normal equipment expenses, mostly in the form of top-tier +INT equipment, and the elemental staves at 51. If you're going to buy the HQ elemental staves (a huge benefit over the NQ staves), expect to spend multiple millions of gil to get them.
If that sounds like a lot of money, this job combo is not for you.
In general, equipment for NIN/RDM|BLM aims to boost damage to the maximum, in the form of INT, MAB, and +Ninjutsu. You may want to keep a set of +evasion gear or other defensive considerations (like -%interruption) if you know you'll be psuedo-tanking for an extended period of time, but that is beyond the scope of this guide. Listed below are some suggestion gears for specific slots. RSE is not included as it varies from race to race.
Ammo: Morion/Phantom Tathlum - you basically keep this forever.
Back: Federal Army Mantle (level 55, +2INT) or Gramary Cape (level 50, +1 m.acc)
Body: Brigandine +1, Black/Blue Cotehardie, Yasha Samue - no low-level options
Ear: Cunning/Morion earring (+INT), Ninjutsu Earring (+skill), Moldavite Earring (+MAB)
Ring: any level-approriate +INT rings
Feet: Garrison boots, Mannequin pumps, Mountain Gaiters, Yasha Sune-Ate
Hands: Garrison gloves or Sennight Bangles (and not much else)
Head: Erudite's Headband, Ninja Hatsuburi (for +skill), Yasha Jinpachi
Legs: Yasha Hakama - nothing low-level for this slot, this is a good place for +evasion
Neck: Intellect Torque, Ninjutsu Torque
Waist: Druid's Rope (+INT and -interruption), R.K. Belt
Weapon: option for dual Crimson Blade at 49, staves at 51+, katanas everywhere else.
Here are some general tips and tricks to squeezing the most you can out of your NIN/RDM|BLM:
- Use the elemental debuffing properties of the :Ni nukes to your advantage to stick regular enfeebles like Hojo and Jubaku. Also consider opening with a nuke the mob is strong to, it's more likely to resist it anyway and you can have a debuff ready for a normal nuke.
- Use food with a lot of +INT, and get MP and hMP if you are /RDM. Melon Pie +1 is probably the most effective good choice.
- Count your shadows. A NIN geared up to nuke isn't as good at taking damage as a NIN/WAR, and your shadows won't last as long with +evasion. Don't get stuck without shadows, and having only :Ichi availible.
- Haste is your friend, even though you are not tanking. With Haste's 15% recast reduction, you can spin the wheel out faster. This also goes for %haste gear if you can't find good +INT for that slot (Fuma, for example).
- You don't need to be facing the mob to hit them with spells: it's entirely possible to "tank" mobs backwards using :Ni nukes and avoid line-of-sight attacks like Petrify.
- As added crowd control, a NIN/BLM|RDM can usually keep a link busy long enough with shadows, debuffs and nukes to have it mostly dead in time for the party to deal with it.
- If you are subbing /RDM, abuse Cures to the fullest extent between battles or in emergencies. A 40MP Refresh from an RDM is three Cure III's from you (almost 600HP worth of healing), and will save the mages a great deal of MP.
More to come as I think of it.
Edited, Dec 14th 2006 9:50am by MargavineLiselle


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We're back from an almost month-long vacation. First, it was two weeks in America; then, half a week back at work and off again to Mallorca for our triathlon training camp.
We had a great week there. The island is mostly known for its white sandy beaches, but cycling is another major source of tourism. We didn't train as intensively as the other members of our group, who are all accomplished triathletes (most of whom have completed Ironmen (Ironmans?) in 10-11 hours).
They would get up and swim every morning at 7 and then ride around a hundred miles a day.
The mountains on Mallorca go up to 1400 meters, with the highest paved mountain pass at 1100 meters. The longest climb is 13K at 7.4%. I've never climbed real mountains before and loved every minute of it. If I lived by mountains, I doubt I would be a runner.
Christian has no idea whether he is in Denmark, America or Spain. He liked the beach and the fact that we bought him toy cars and ice cream. He loves Lightning McQueen and screams "Lamma Queen!", when he sees anything related to Cars (which is all the time on the Mallorcan tourist strips).
Because of our peculiar life, Natali travels a lot, but she only sees the same two countries, and most of her vacations are spent at her mom's house. She lapped up the sights and sounds of Mallorca and tried speaking a little Spanish here and there. She is such a thinker; she notices and questions everything.
After we got back from America a few weeks ago, she missed her mom so much that she would wail in frustrated despair. It was difficult for a few days, but it got better. She has always stated that she wants to stay with her mom, and she smiles when I go on about how much I'm going to miss her. I think she considers me the strong parent; the one who will stay a constant in her life, no matter what. She often mentions that her mom does not miss her enough, and that she never seems sad when she says goodbye.
Now, her move back to La Crosse is just a month away, and she can see it coming. I realized that I have no more weekdays off until we leave for America in June. I told her, and the realization that we wouldn't have any more afternoons together dawned on her. I won't be biking her to school or picking her up - ever. Not for the foreseeable future, anyway.
Yesterday evening, we played soccer with the neighbor girls. She wore her new Barcelona jersey (number 10 Lionel Messi, away colors) and did the Messi cheer when she scored. She asked me whether I thought she would play soccer in America and if I would pay for it, if her mom couldn't. Later, she asked when our annual spring day in Tivoli (the old amusement park in downtown Copenhagen) was going to be. She perfectly well knew that no such day will happen this year, as I have no days off. And then, trying to pretend all her questions were unrelated, she wanted to make sure I would call her every day. She figured out that I could stay up till 11 and she would hurry back from school, and we could talk that way, despite the time difference.
It's horrible that she is leaving. I dread it and it clouds my mind.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
All over again
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2 comments:
- SteveQ said...
I've been watching a Britcom series called "Outnumbered," which is just typical parenting stuff made nightmarish, like being stuck in an airport for 5 hours with three bored kids (and a senile parent) and it's so believable that I find myself thinking "There's no way I could ever be a parent; it's just not worth the headache" and then I read your post and I kind of get it.
- May 10, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Danni said...
But when you move back to Madison you can see her and your other son all the time.
- May 10, 2011 at 3:36 PM
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