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Samuel Richard got a reaction from Archlyte in 5 second default Combat Rounds? February 13, 2019
depends on the combat, if its a quick duel in the streets heck yes would take five frenetic seconds. But stuff like healing a buddy with a med check or hacking a door takes longer especially in a firefight. As a rule of thumb I always say that combat checks include multiple "attacks" within the action, a hit with a few damage may mean the smuggler had to fire off a few shots before grazing a hutt with his blaster pistol but a heavy damage attack may mean that the stormtrooper had to wait a few seconds before he could pump 2-3 shots into a PCs chest. I do this to accommodate the longer actions of hacking and healing.
Samuel Richard got a reaction from Dayham in Ideas needed - Abandoned Station February 13, 2019
Heres my go, the station is home to a experimental A.I. (halo style) dating back to pre ep 1. It became sentient and the cliche kill all humans happened with a few survivors making it out. Over time the station has broken down so the AI cant just depressurize the station however it will try and interact with the PCs and trick them into repairing the station so it can murder. It will say another AI is wrestling with it for control and that it needs the repairs to overcome the other guy. The AI will do environmental horror stuff to the PCs in order to push them towards fixing the station.
Samuel Richard got a reaction from Archlyte in 4 armed fighting February 13, 2019
In order to make villains a threat they need to have ludicrous stats, i'm talking 35 health and adversary 3 crazy
A round is subjective, it could take 5 seconds it could take 1 minute. It depends on the actions that are being taken place. Just because you shoot a guy doesn't mean it takes 5 seconds to score that hit, its called a fire fight for a reason. If players are taking too long to act, talk to them about it and see if they need help with the rules or something else. Implementing a time limit with stress em out and may cause some very unwise decisions that may earn the ire of their fellow PCs.
Samuel Richard got a reaction from RLogue177 in Ideas needed - Abandoned Station February 7, 2019
Samuel Richard got a reaction from Dayham in You know you're playing Edge of the Empire when... February 7, 2019
I made them "donate" a good 3/4 of it to the rebellion for a automatic increase in CR. They also did a extensive upgrade for the entire crew and rehauled their new (stolen) Sentinel with legit IDs and mods. They saved a good 200,000 for a rainy day.
Samuel Richard reacted to Enjeryuu in The bigger they are... February 7, 2019
In the current system, the most the players have taken out was a pair of Imperial customs vessels... and lost their prized transport in the process. They've been wary of starships since. 🤔
Samuel Richard reacted to Roderz in You know you're playing Edge of the Empire when... February 7, 2019
In short, no, they got a lot of other stuff, plus an X-Wing, for their 2.2M.
Samuel Richard reacted to evo454 in The Bigger they are.... February 6, 2019
Not technically a kill, but they did manage to not have to fight a Jungle Rancor. I've told the story before, but it is so far my favorite story:
On the planet Teth, they hike through the jungle to the airfield and hear the loud stomps of a huge Jungle Rancor heading right towards them. They all hide in various places, each trying to just let the thing pass, except for the wookiee. The wookiee stands tall, drops his blaster, and stares the monster down.
As it grows near, he doesn't move. Everyone is horrified. He then, in a heroic act of defiance, draws a piece of meat? Okay, and he feeds it to the rancor, placating it slightly, but it's going to want more.
And so, while it's distracted, the wookiee reaches for his.... data pad? Well, that's cool, but the rancor is still- "I would like to teach it Adobe Illustrator."
He spends the next hour walking the Rancor, who is sitting down confused at this point, through how to use the basics of Illustrator. Time passes, and the thing finally gets up and wanders off.
I did not go easy on him on the rolls, and he managed to pass seven different rolls with like four different skills, and had some advantage on some of them. It is a weird and wacky story, but it is my favorite.
Samuel Richard reacted to MasterZelgadis in Ideas needed - Abandoned Station February 6, 2019
All nice ideas, thanks so far.
The station is definitely powered down, no atmosphere, no gravity, no AI, no defenses.
I like the idea of making this a two part exploration, part one navigating through the dead station, trying to reactivate the power core, and part two getting control over the station, having a mad droid AI and defense systems against them. Especially if they have to take some ways, they already explored in part one, that are totally different now with power restored.
The thing I struggle with is finding more ideas for "environmental encounters" in a completely dead station.
Hm.. maybe it could be also an option to have some raiders appear halfway through the exploration, so they would have to fight off a rivaling group.. have to think about that
Samuel Richard got a reaction from MasterZelgadis in Ideas needed - Abandoned Station February 6, 2019
Samuel Richard got a reaction from Hchar in You know you're playing Edge of the Empire when... February 6, 2019
Believe or not my PCs actually bought a ship for once! (of course this was after they stole 2.2 million credits worth of blaster rifles and sold em to a mercenary company because the big idiot of the Dm thought it would fine to let them raid a blast tech factory)
Samuel Richard reacted to DarkHorse in A pyromaniac without the maniac? February 6, 2019
You could play a religious character who has an outlook about flames being the "right" way for beings to die. Perhaps it is their species outlook, a bizarre death cult or something else. A Mustafarian would have a much different attitude to fire than say, a Mon Cal. With oxygen being completely alien to their upbringing, a Gand may have a different attitude to fire again.
My father was a career soldier and of the many things that he taught me, the two things he hated the most stand out: land mines since he was a combat engineer responsible for disarming them and flamethrowers since just about any other way to die (shot, stabbed, blown up, suffocated, strangled) was preferable to being burned to death.
Samuel Richard reacted to Yaccarus in A pyromaniac without the maniac? February 6, 2019
Nonhuman is always the best way to go, and this is one of the best reasons to do so: They can have extremely radical personalities that are extremely different from "normal" human mindsets.
A brutal Yevetha, for example, might not care about his victims at all. A "might makes right" Yinchorri might rationalize that if his victims didn't want to die by burning alive, they should have better prepared to defend themself and therefore deserve their fate. A pragmatic Quarren might simply argue that it's the best tool for the job.
Samuel Richard got a reaction from ThreeBFour in The bigger they are... February 6, 2019
Over the course of a campaign, the gm will throw harder things at the PCs to try and balance it out. Of course this is ffg star wars so unexpected triumphs will happen. Whats the biggest thing your PCs or yourself have taken down. My groups biggest kill is sending a Imperial Light Cruiser hurtling toward a AT-ST factory.
Samuel Richard got a reaction from ThreeBFour in You know you're playing Edge of the Empire when... February 6, 2019
Samuel Richard reacted to Tramp Graphics in The bigger they are... February 5, 2019
My biggest kill was back in D6. My character took out an ATAT with his lightsaber. He cut two of its ankles out from under it. "TIMBERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!"
Samuel Richard got a reaction from Tramp Graphics in You know you're playing Edge of the Empire when... February 5, 2019
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Samuel Richard reacted to Archlyte in A pyromaniac without the maniac? February 5, 2019
Ok fair enough. Well then if he (you) view it as a weapon of torture then he would have to either have a personality that embraces this or struggles with it. I can see embracing it being the easy way but may affect his relationships with others. If he struggles with it then he will probably have some emotional side effects of doing it. Like he may overly justify it.
Also his use of these weapons might demonstrate an underlying lack of confidence. This is a bit heavy in the psych realm but basically maybe he feels like he is afraid and uses these weapons to try and overcome his fear of defeat/death/etc.
Samuel Richard got a reaction from Archlyte in A pyromaniac without the maniac? February 5, 2019
Its the fact that he would people burning alive that would be the issue. A blaster bolt can be a painful death but its not guaranteed. Death by flamethrower is gruesome and agonizing always.
You could make him simply kind of hard and uncaring. Or you could go the other route and make it so that his use of these weapons is effective and he loves it but also has some tension because of it that manifests in a different way.
Also I don't know the situation but is this just a matter of the weapons being the best tool for the job? I mean dead is dead really. Whether you kill with an Icepick or a Blaster Bolt or a Plasma Blast.
Samuel Richard reacted to CaptainRaspberry in Ideas needed - Abandoned Station February 5, 2019
To fit this into existing Star Wars lore, all you have to do is have the AI be an integrated droid brain. It wasn't wiped, so it developed a personality and went crazy. The experimental part comes from the fact that it had more automatic control over the station, whereas most Star Wars stuff is very analog and manual.
So I'm trying to make a blast character and I'm stuck on whether or not to make him a flamethrower build. Most explosive/flame characters are insane or not in the right frame of mind. I'm trying to avoid because A. Its cliche and I dislike cliches and B. I believe there is some juicy rp with him grappling with the gruesomeness of his choice of trade and whether or not hes doing something fundamentally wrong. Because of my personnel stance of flamethrowers, i'm having trouble creating a character whose not insane and would use such weapons. Do ya'll have any ideas?
Samuel Richard got a reaction from CaptainRaspberry in Ideas needed - Abandoned Station February 5, 2019

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"I am standing here with a sense of deep appreciation and gratitude, [as] I declare the Opportunity mission as complete, and with it the Mars Exploration rover's mission as complete", said Thomas Zurbuchen, an associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, during a livestream of the announcement. The golf cart-size rovers were created to operate as geologists for just three months, after bouncing onto our planetary neighbor inside cushioning air bags in January 2004.
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Q: Probability P(at least two will be chosen) $P(A) = 0.55 , P(B) = 0.45, P(C) = 0.4$
$P(A∩B) = 0.25 , P(B∩C) = 0.15 , P(A∩C) = 0.2$
$P(A∩B∩C)  = 0.1$
$$(0.25+0.15+0.2)-2(0.1) = 0.4 $$
Is this the correct way to find out, if at least two options will be chosen out of the three?

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Academy of Art Alum, Instructor Depict Paradise Fire in Virtual Reality
Academy of Art University alumnus Berti Benbanaste and former instructor Kevin Kunze have teamed up to create an interactive experience portraying 2018's Camp Fire in California. Titled Silence in Paradise, their collaboration aims to show that the destruction could have been limited or even prevented.
Disaster of Historic Proportions
In November 2018, the Camp Fire swept through the town of Paradise, California. The blaze consumed more than 18,000 properties on 153,000 acres of land. It claimed 86 lives and was the nation's sixth deadliest fire ever. Damage totaled $16.5 billion.
Visiting the Scene
When Benbanaste and Kunze went to the site of the fire, they were stunned. "What I personally remember the most was the chimneys," Benbanaste recalls. "All the houses were gone—only their chimneys were standing upright.
"This was almost a month after the fire had happened. However, there was an eerie feeling for sure," he says. "There were a lot of car scenes that I can't get out of my head…everything had melted—alloys, the plastic….
"It was emotional, and it was very vivid imagery."
"Everything was toxic," Kunze adds. Water in the area was contaminated with substances linked to cancer. "It was like entering a war zone."
Filming on the ground and in the air, the filmmaking partners trekked through burned plots. They heard firsthand from residents and responders how the fire turned lives upside down.
Capturing the Disaster
Silence in Paradise incorporates real-time 911 dispatches from the original fires. The production directs viewers through charred woods and properties, with a feeling of abandonment inhabiting each scene.
"We wanted to be careful to not be labeled as disaster artists, and [to] be respectful of any residents returning," Benbanaste says. "There are people who do a great job documenting, but there must be a call to action. Why did you go there and why was it important for you to go there? I think those questions need to be answered."
"We wanted to look at this devastation from a different perspective and give people a viewpoint that is very holistic," says Kunze, who hopes the piece will help bring awareness to the importance of wildfire prevention and containment. "People can actually take a look at it in VR headsets and get this experience that is really out-of-body. In that way, it's more impactful."
Silence in Paradise is the first immersive piece Kunze and Benbanaste developed since they began working together. They're hopeful it will be accepted into either Sundance or Tribeca Film Festival. Any proceeds will be donated to the Cal Fire Benevolent Foundation, which offers assistance to those impacted by wildfires.
A Purposeful Redirection with the Academy
For Benbanaste, Silence in Paradise affirms that trading in a cushy sales job for a creative career is worth the risk. After completing courses in the Academy's Continuing Education program, Benbanaste kept in touch with his instructors. He assisted in School of Communications & Media Technologies instructor Roger Apolinar's drone classes.
Kunze says he often likes to hire students as his assistants. Benbanaste's top-notch aerial photography skills made him an ideal partner.
Of his instructors, Benbanaste says, "I see them as friends as well as peers and mentors."
And of the project, he says, "I think it paid off. My individual efforts—remaining friends and continuing to do work with my instructors—was due to the nature of the [instructors], how nice they were. But they also saw an opportunity in me. And I think when you have passion and knowledge on something, you find people who are doing similar things around you."
Original article by Nina Tabios of AcademyArtUNews
School of Communications & Media Technologies


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X4: An Uncertain and Frightening Journey
May 21, 2015 December 1968extra, the past, weatherDanny Horn
"This is a time of suspicion, a time when the past seems to penetrate the walls of Collinwood."
I'm taking the week off so that I can test-drive some exciting new sedatives, but I don't want to leave you unsupervised all week. You might get up to all kinds of mischief, who even knows. So I'll tide you over with some strange bits of business that would never fit in a regular post.
Today, let's talk about Markov chains. Andrey Markov was a Russian mathematician in the late 19th century, who came up with a way to describe systems with no memory — where the next thing that happens is only dependent on the current state, rather than what happened in the past.
You figure out how often the process moves from A to B, compared to when it goes from A to C, and then you can use probability to generate a "Markov chain" — a sample run-through of the process. This is useful in math, and physics, and other smart-people areas.
An amusing but not at all useful application of this idea is a Markov chain text generator. You can put a whole bunch of sentences into the generator — like, for example, the opening narrations for Dark Shadows episodes. Then the generator starts with a random word from the input text, and calculates what word is most likely to come next. Then it does the same with the next word, and so on. You end up with text that sounds like the original, but doesn't actually mean anything.
So I'm going to input every opening narration from episode 210 through 650 into the Markov generator, to see if we can discover the perfect Dark Shadows introduction. Here we go.
At the great estate of Collinwood, a vampire's coffin holds the promise of death. There's a dark night of violence, and a sudden marriage between total strangers in a sea of familiar faces. We live through the great estate of murder.
Again, the spell of a mysterious stranger has changed the dead into a single moment of lightning. Murdered by dark and terrible events which make no sense, he belongs to an evil woman called Adam. Time has been mortally wounded.
A seance has been held in the great house at Collinwood, a seance which has suspended time and space, and sent one woman on an uncertain and frightening journey to the great house at Collinwood, a seance has been held which has suspended at Collinwood, for instance, a young woman who has been held in the great house at Collinwood, while one woman makes an uncertain and frightening journey into the past.
Fear stalks the great estate at Collinwood immediately. There is terror, a time when evening looks unreal. Collinwood glistens with the evil.
One member of the Collins ancestors resembles a present day member of the Collins family. But there is no peace on this night, for the dead can still be dangerous.
Night over the Old House has already gained a foothold in the new house. And this night, a woman has thrown herself from a cliff, the victim of a curse placed on her son. The residents of Collinwood lie deep in the mind, and numb the heart.
This night could prove to be fatal, for she is convinced that Elizabeth Stoddard has indeed passed into the world, like a cry of anguish and despair. For evil keeps no set business hours, and plans devised before dawn can bring horror and destruction.
Terror, too, is beyond time, and it has pursued the inhabitants of Collinwood. And to one girl, it is a day filled with unexplained acts. For unbeknownst to the Old House on the estate, one man — Barnabas Collins — has realized he is lost in the woods.
Today, a child who has been attacked by a violent thunderstorm hangs over the Collins family. Inside, another storm rages, caused by the loss of a locked door.
We remain concerned for young David Collins. He has been in our midst for so long.
But sometimes, Collinwood is threatened once again. For in the deserted west wing of the mansion, a young girl leads a man whose existence is in terrible danger. Now he is dead and gone, carried to a place so well hidden that no one knows where Carolyn Stoddard is.
This is a time of suspicion, a time when the past seems to penetrate the walls of Collinwood. For soon, she must change the course of history, and forever alter the destinies of all who live at Collinwood. There is the pounding of trees.
One man is convinced that Elizabeth Stoddard has disappeared, the victim of a strange dream in which an alarming discovery will place her in greater danger than ever before. She is still unaware of who owns the button she was found holding so fiercely in her hands. A seance was held in the grip of an innocent child.
It is afternoon at Collinwood, for two people. A brilliant afternoon sun that rose blood-red at dawn hangs brightly over the great estate. The sun brightens the walls, and destroys the house forever.
Now, only seconds remain. Barnabas Collins and Victoria Winters are about to explode into reality. Lips have been banished forever, leaving behind the evil we have lived with. And there is a woman near Collinwood, scanning the sea below for food.
All of us at Collinwood are quiet now, and long. And in another house, nearer the sea, the emotion is rage.
It is night time at Collinwood, and faint rays of light have begun to creep across the silent walls of Collinwood. Time has been stolen.
But waiting can exhaust the mind, opening ancient rooms that seem beyond the sight of the gulls that circle overhead. The police think the world sounds like a shroud, and somewhere in this bizarre world, one woman who was stopped by a violent thunderstorm believes that witchcraft is at stake.
Time has been betrayed by a mysterious woman, who has thrown herself into a world beyond the woods. A storm has broken out of jail, and is carried off by a man with a cruel and terrifying face.
Who they are and what they do is sure to take wing, and fly in many directions. And finally one must sleep, and dream.
Tomorrow: That Troublesome Problem.
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16 thoughts on "X4: An Uncertain and Frightening Journey"
Slocum says:
What?? No variation of "My name is Victoria Winters". Dr. Lang needs to fix the generator.
I'd like to see a Markov chain of every line blooper from 210 to 650.
Tom Hartley says:
Jonathan Frid without his teleprompter was a human Markov chain generator.
sights9 says:
Jonathan Frid with his teleprompter was a human Markov chain generator
Pedro Cabezuelo (@PCabezuelo) says:
"Time has been mortally wounded" sounds about right.
I feel unsupervised.
Well, they make as much sense as most of the real episode introductions!
Seems to be translated into Japanese and then back to English.
My screams are Victoria Winters. Terrified to seek my past in the future.
sgspires68 says:
Reblogged this on Colonel Assignment – and thoughts about writings and the world.
davidspofforth says:
" one man — Barnabas Collins — has realized he is lost in the woods."
Watch out for the shrubbery!
JRM says:
Alternately beautiful and hilarious. What a rollercoaster ride! In spite of being introduced as making no sense, I think it could well be the best summary of the show ever written.
For some reason this ended up perfect! As though JF had written it…or at least read it out loud.
People keep musing about possible reboots for the show- but here it is! These would be the best episodes ever. I just hope that the evil woman called Adam caused the child to dangle in the sky after the fight with the thunderstorm.
sstosite says:
These are marvelous. Thank you.
Kevin C says:
OMG. Picking up my jaw from the floor after reading all these. You really do go above and beyond for us, Danny. Way beyond…:)
robstaeger says:
These are incredible.


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Chin women live under a cloud
Lifestyle Features
By Joanne Ma
In a traditional Chin family, either the oldest or youngest son receives the hereditament when the father passes away. If there is no son, the family will look for male relatives in the clan. Daughters can inherit - if and only if the family cannot find any suitable men, according to a research paper launched last month by a Myanmar women's group called Ninu, also known as the Women in Action Group.
Though the well-known culture of tattooing their faces may be fading gradually for Chin women, who reside mostly in Chin State in western Myanmar, the patriarchal customs are still chained to the clan system, the laws deeply engraved in the hearts of many Chin people. Because of that, the female victims of violence and rape are silenced.
According to the research, old traditions remain entrenched, traditions that can have a negative effect on women and girls. As a 62-year-old retired village headman said, "My daughter was raped by a man from another village. I informed the police and tried to take the case to court." He said could not forgive the offender when his family asked for forgiveness. The police then advised him to solve it according to Chin customs. Yet, he refused and wanted to bring the case to the district level.
"But later my older brother interfered, telling me that I should accept their apology as this was our custom. At last, I gave up and accepted their compensation of ten thousand kyat."
Ten thousand Myanmar kyats – the equivalent of slightly more than $7, the cost of a Chin woman's dignity.
This case and others prompted Mai Len Nei Cer, a Chin woman herself, together with six women field researchers from Ninu, to conduct research into the social injustices encountered by Chin women in the course of half a year covering 19 tribes in nine townships in Chin State, involving 126 male and 167 female participants aged between 16 and 89.
Their names of the participants are not included in the report. "We keep their names and village names secret in order to protect their privacy. We promised them to do so, so that they would be able to speak freely," said Mai Len Nei Cer.
This research is also a reaction to the Chin Special Division Act, a law that was enacted in 1948. Article 15 (a) especially deals with the customs of Chin people.
The inheritance practices and the division of property are stated clearly in the Chin Special Division Act. Ninu has been fighting for open discussion about amending the act for three years and is currently waiting for a reply from the Chin State Hluttaw, the house of representatives.
The law also suggests that if a wife dies first, all will be owned by the husband. Yet, if a husband dies first, the properties have to be divided among sons, daughters and the widow. Daughters will get half of their brother's share, the mother will only get half of her daughter's.
"We need to understand both the written Chin Act and unwritten customary practices in order to find ways to advocate for positive change," said Mai Len Nei Cer.
Among Chin people, the objectification of women is deep-rooted. When a man proposes to a woman, the bride's family will demand a bride price. There are different words to refer to bride price but most of the words mean 'price', as it is a buying and selling business.
This disparaging perception towards Chin women also appears in a lot of the traditional sayings. An example would be "a drum and wives are there to be beaten" as referenced by Ninu's research, identifying wives as objects to be casually hit.
Traditions are seldom challenged. Today, Chin men still believe women are their property, especially with the bride price system. According to Ninu's research, a 35-year-old woman from Paletwa Township called to mind incidents of couples quarrelling and said, "A husband would say to his wife: I have paid that much for you, so you have to work hard [for me]!"
If a woman initiates a divorce, her parents and relatives must return the bride price they received at the time of the marriage. But if they are not willing or cannot afford to repay, women cannot divorce their husbands. In the midst of all these discussions and procedures, however, women have no say - all decisions are made by her parents and relatives. They are not allowed to decide on their own divorce.
A 57-year-old widow from Hakha Township recalled her cousin's experience of being in an arranged marriage when she was young. "As she couldn't love her husband, they had problems every night. Around 10 or 11 pm, my father was often summoned to their house to talk to her. She wanted a divorce, but her parents said they wouldn't be able to return the bride price. So she had to endure. After having five children, she still couldn't love her husband and ran away to Phakant."
From the imbalanced decision-making on the discussion table between clans to the unequal treatment at home around the dinner table, women are often either subdued, or neglected. Husbands are more noteworthy than wives; and sons are more preferred than daughters.
In Chin culture, sons are the hosts. They are the people who sustain the clan from generation to generation. However, daughters are simply guests. As they are expected to get married and soon they will belong to other clans.
According to the research, many married women live in a constant fear that their husbands will marry another wife, or divorce them if they cannot bear a son.
Most women do not get the education and resources that they desire, too, according to the research. "My father sent my brothers to study abroad. But when I requested him to let me attend training in Yangon, he said he did not want me to have a hard life outside. After I requested him again and again, he got angry and told me that a woman's place is at home," said a 24-year-old woman from Matupi Township.
Not all women, though having a place at home, feel safe. When domestic violence happens in Chin households, when men beat their wives - alcohol is blamed. Apart from that, according to the research, some Chin people believe women deserve to be beaten if they talk back and complain. Just like the old saying, Chin women are no different than drums.
When rapes happen in the community, elderly male relatives of the perpetrator will go to the survivor's family to apologize. In most cases, their apology would be accepted. Yet, all decision makers are men and the survivors are not consulted. Women, once again, are hurt, and left voiceless.
Mai Len Nei Cer says there are two main stumbling blocks for women's access to justice, according to the research.
Firstly, there is the exclusion of women from all the decision-making processes. From getting married to filing a divorce, from being beaten to raped - they don't have any authority over their life decisions.
Secondly, the hindrance is the Chin Special Division Act that separates them from the outside laws and circumscribes their issues at the community level. Though the customary law is already the most accessible law to Chin women, it is also one of the biggest impediments to justice them – as it restrains them to accept Chin traditions, including the unfair treatment.
"We still have a lot to do, a lot of advocacy work to empower women. It is a very difficult task and may take very long. But if we push a little bit by bit, there will be changes," said Mai Len Nei Cer.
Along with her team at Ninu, Mei Lam Nei Cer is currently travelling around Myanmar offer the findings of her group's research. She aspires to educate people and let them know that Chin women have had enough of being objectified, abused and belittled.


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