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Is your teacher sports team making an impact on the workplace? Here is what the Dragons are doing!

Emulators, ROMs and Other Things a Travelling Geek Needs!

Your NEED this: Retro arch expands the range of emulators you can organize at one time. http://retroarch.com/?page=platforms Basic Video tutorial:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6LYInn8xOI&feature=youtu.be Import Tips: https://www.reddit.com//r/WiiHacks/comments What Core To Download? Ultimately, it depends on what systems you want to use, but here are noteworthy suggestions for NES https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/6n4jnt/what_nes_core_to_use/ Recommended SNES Core for RetroArch https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/2nvcoi/what_is_the_best_snes_emulator/ Setting up the Retroarch: https://www.howtogeek.com/260274/how-to-set-up-retroarch-the-ultimate-all-in-one-retro-games-emulators Adding ROMs: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/7rw3if/how_to_add_roms/ Getting ROMs for RetroArch: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/5909xo/where_to_get_good_roms/ ROM Set Downloads: https://www.reddit.com/r/Roms/comments...

"Warriors, Come Out to Play!" (Xi'An Mar.2019)

This was a big weekend for the Dragons from “first-times” to “Busta-Mouland-Rhymes”. The weekend was kicked off with a small competition between rookies of the Dalian Ice Dragons. To recognize a few of the contestants, among the many skills collectively enjoyed in the Dragon’s circle, Crystal Mouland (one of the only female Dragons in flock), demonstrated exceptional wit, but in the end Willie-Rae (Hangzhou West-Laker, Dragon at Heart) had the competition wiped as they dried the tears after the touching poem he wrote about his Dragon’s Cardigan. Following our arrival in Xi’An we began our busy day with a “skills and skate” in which Dragons were working with youngsters to develop understanding of drills and develop some skills. After this, the hockey community leaders of Xi’An brought the game to the Dragons in a 4 on 4 (first to five). With out of townees, JR, Padulla, and Willie Rae, this was an essential beginning to an excellent weekend. Our Dragons exec. was gracious enough to se...

To Prospective Dalian Ice Dragons,

Dear fellow human, I am writing to you on behalf of the Dalian Ice Dragons hockey team. We are a group of teachers (generally, a few stowaways) that come together on ever Tuesday night in an ice rink outside of Dalian and enjoy a couple hours of hockey. It is usually the case that not many people know about hockey before moving to China from certain parts of the world, or have their equipment with them (who would have thought you were going to play hockey here, right?). Nonetheless, we have connections and ways of helping you purchase equipment if needed. Transportation is generally easy to work out, we have players in Jinshitan, Kaifaqu and downtown Dalian. We have been a team for nearly 20 years now, or so it seems, we have deep roots in a few hockey communities around China and are also always looking to expand to other countries. Fees are insignificant compared to the amount of Ice Time and Swag you accumulate over time, not to mention the friendships you make. Check out mo...

What Are YOU Made of? EBC Trek 2018

Some back story, part of this article was used in my Tripadvisor review of Discovery World Trekking but it is also a bit more opinionated and less to the point than the original piece. I had been talking about hiking to EBC (Everest Base Camp) for the last three years since I realized it was something I wanted to do. I climbed up a few small mountains for fun starting my life as an expat. As a kid I was having fun hiking and wandering around forests-always found them wonderfully mysterious and dark. I also really appreciated the ecosystem within it-observing small animals from a distance and then using the trees and rocks to play out childhood fantasies of fighting goblins, monsters etc.  It came as a bit of a rush task to get to Nepal to say the least. The trek was planned online with Discovery World Trekking. I came across the company through a good friend of mine, Jackie "Chan" and although there were some misunderstandings along the way, it was a remarkable trip non...

NEW VPN TIME? WHY NOT ASTRILL? Screw You NORD VPN.

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Updates: NordVPN-a year later... A shout out to "VPN Alert" and "Fast VPN Guide"-You suck at your job-find a who jump in it-wait till you stop breathing-then write a review. When a company tries to tell you to do those things above if your VPN server isn't working...oh boy.  Firstly, if a reset of settings is needed-to some extent that's "normal" enough, its not a perfect working piece of software-its breaking laws and evading punishments to save a buck here and there. Secondly, if it tells you that you need to re download the software and try steps 1-3 again-its a matter of them wasting your time. Don't spend money on something that these jokers don't know how to fix themselves. After this long-I have been studying-something I should have done more of in regards to choosing a VPN, but Nord's 30-Day trial (before it was only 7...), was manageable-now though, its just a nightmare. nothing works. They have no working servers NONE! For fol...

Papua New Guinea Round 2?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-11-14/papua-new-guinea-imported-40-maseratis-video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papua_(province) http://blakandblack.com/2012/03/20/west-papua-and-the-united-nations/ After careful consideration, the first time (2017) I decided not to travel to PNG. I honestly don't find many sources that say its a good place to vacation. After further discussion with a fella FROM Papua New Guinea-not worth your life-as a white guy (especially a woman), maybe just avoid it. A friend says "Hey man, it wasn't too long ago that my family's ancestors were eating people." ugh. http://www.kirasalak.com/Peru.html missionary work in PNG http://jubalslyre.com/png/ http://www.revivalcentresofpng.org/rcpng-history/ News from "The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/world/west-papua Benny Wenda https://www.freewestpapua.org/ Maybe in another life I'll risk my life-I have a son now...