WHEN I was first handed The Priory of the Orange Tree, I was worried that this thick tome just contains a lot of chaff. Was I right to worry? If you’re on a hunt for a story that has adventure, romance and mysticism in it, this is an amazing book. You’ll be transported to a world with dragons, magic and defined cultures. The author, Samantha Shannon, did some serious world building and packed a lot of intrigue in this standalone novel. Readers are taken right into the action with an uninvited presence in the East and an assassination right in the Queen’s bedchamber. The East and the West hold a different opinion of dragons. Dragons are revered like gods in the East while the West fear them, thanks to the history of the Nameless One. The story starts in the East when a girl named Tane broke a cardinal rule by letting a man come up to land. The East forbids strangers from entering lest they carry the life threatening draconic plague that gives sufferers a terrible burn. … [Read more...] about Book review: The Priory Of The Orange Tree
Orange county regional history center
A center with a history
Calamba Medical Center started in 1989 as a two-story structure on a 1,073-square-meter lot in the area called Crossing. Its pioneers were cardiologist Dr. Carlitos Reyes, who was already operating the C.P. Reyes Hospital in Tanauan, Batangas, and his partner, general surgeon Dr. Raul Desipeda. Other local physicians joined in as incorporators. For its first 10 years, the board chaired by the only non-physician director, banker Efren Recto, made do with modest gains that owed much to the 30-bed hospital’s central location. Calambeños were happy not to have to go all the way to Metro Manila for their medical needs. The young ophthalmologist Dr. Jose Enrico Juliano brought his practice to CMC in 1995, as a bow to his father’s hometown roots. The following year, his initiative to start the Calamba Eye Center gained a foothold, in partnership with CMC. This led to the fated entry of his father, Jose O. Juliano, whose sterling record as an internationally trained nuclear … [Read more...] about A center with a history
Mass deaths among orang asli community unprecedented: Jakoa
KOTA BARU: The Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa) has described the sudden mass deaths among the orang asli community from the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, as an unprecedented occurrence. Kelantan / Terengganu Jakoa director, Hashim Alang Abdul Hamid said it could be regarded as a dark moment in the history of the community. He said the process of burying the bodies of the 15 people who died due to a measles outbreak took almost an hour, and it would always be remembered by the orang asli. “We hope this kind of tragedy will not occur again, and we have advised those from the community who have symptoms of the disease to immediately seek treatment at the hospital. “After this incident, we also find that there is greater awareness among the orang asli community about diseases, especially infectious ones such as measles,“ he said when contacted today. Meanwhile, he said about 50 residents including the families of the deceased attended the burial today. … [Read more...] about Mass deaths among orang asli community unprecedented: Jakoa
PG&E lines blamed for deadliest wildfire in California history
LOS ANGELES: State fire investigators have formally determined that Pacific Gas & Electric Co transmission lines caused the deadliest and most destructive wildfire on record in California, a blaze that killed 85 people last year, officials said on Wednesday (May 15).The wind-driven blaze, dubbed the Camp Fire, erupted in the drought-parched Sierra foothills 280km north of San Francisco in November 2018 and raced with little warning through the town of Paradise, incinerating much of that community.Nearly 19,000 homes and other structures were destroyed, and the death toll stands as the greatest loss of life from a single wildfire in California history. Several firefighters were injured.Investigators "determined that the Camp Fire was caused by electrical transmission lines owned and operated" by PG&E near the small riverfront community of Pulga, about 16km northeast of Paradise in Butte County, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said … [Read more...] about PG&E lines blamed for deadliest wildfire in California history
Oldest club Notts County relegated from Football League
LONDON: Notts County - the world's oldest professional football club - have dropped out of the Football League for the first time after they were relegated from League Two following a 3-1 defeat at Swindon Town on Saturday.County, founded in 1862, needed to beat Swindon and Macclesfield Town lose at home to Cambridge United to ensure they prolonged their stay in the Football League.At one point, a great escape looked on as County took the lead at Swindon and Macclesfield trailed Cambridge with 65 minutes gone.But moments after Macclesfield equalised, County were pegged back and they conceded two more goals to seal their relegation to the fifth tier of English football for the first time in their history.(Reporting by Peter Hall, editing by Ed Osmond) … [Read more...] about Oldest club Notts County relegated from Football League