During the Middle Ages the muskmelon spread across Europe to as far west as Spain and Christopher Columbus brought seeds of it to the Caribbean in 1494. In the 1600s it was being grown across North America by the Spanish, the English and Native Americans. By 1650 the muskmelon was being grown in Brazil.
Muskmelons can widely vary in taste, depending on each fruit: some are sweet and some more closely resemble their cucurbitaceae cousin, the cucumber, in taste. In 1513, a Spanish writer said of the muskmelon that "the good [muskmelons] are like good women, and the bad like bad women." Maybe expecting all melons to be sweet, which is not the case as mentioned earlier.
2006 Hengchun earthquakes
The 2006 Hengchun earthquake happened on Tuesday December 26, 2006 at 12:25 UTC (20:25 local time) near Taiwan. On the surface the center of the earthquake was about 22.8 km west southwest of Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan. The center of the earthquake underground was 21.9 km deep in the Luzon Strait ().
Reports of the strength of the quake do not all agree. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau reported 7.0 M The United States Geological Survey estimated the quake to be 7.1 M The Hong Kong Observatory and the Japan Meteorological Agency said 7.2 M. Taiwan's Central News Agency reported that it was the strongest earthquake to hit Hengchun in one hundred years. The earthquake hurt and killed many people and damaged many buildings. It also damaged several undersea cables. The broken cables were a problem for telecommunication services in parts of Asia.
The date of the earthquake was unusual. The earthquake happened exactly two years after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake that caused terrible damage to the coastal communities across Southeast and South Asia. It was also exactly three years after the 2003 earthquake that almost destroyed the southern Iranian city of Bam.
This earthquake was the first time Taiwan detected a tsunami. The water level changed only 25 cm and did not damage anything.
An early tsunami warning came from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). They reported that the earthquake caused a 1-meter tsunami. It was moving towards the east coast of the Philippines. The Hong Kong Observatory also reported a tsunami that would probably not affect Hong Kong.
Cuban solenodon
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Chicago Tribune
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Snooki
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She also appeared as the guest hostess for "WWE Raw" in 2011 and competed at WrestleMania XXVII that same year.
Angelina Pivarnick
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Vinny Guadagnino
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In the November 8, 2011 episode of "90210", he played a small role that he reprised in the episode titled "O Holly Night".
MTV has also produced Guadagnino's own talk show, "The Show with Vinny", which debuted in May 2013.
Sammi Giancola
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Michael Sorrentino
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On January 19, 2018, Sorrentino pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion, as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. On October 5, 2018, Sorrentino was sentenced to 8 months in prison, 2 years of supervised probation, and 500 hours of community service.
JWoww
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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro
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In 2017, Ortiz-Magro appeared in the second season of the E! reality series "Famously Single."
In 2018, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro became part of the main cast in the MTV reality television series "".
Deena Nicole Cortese
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In November 2016, Cortese became engaged to Christopher Buckner. They were married on October 28, 2017.
Pauly D
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He is the first of the "Jersey Shore" cast to get his own spin-off show, "The Pauly D Project".
Stephen Baldwin
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Pirc defence
The Pirc defence is one of the asymmetrical hypermodern defences, usually to 1.e4. It is similar to the Modern defence, but reserves the decision as to whether to fianchetto the g8 bishop.
Because it is so flexible it lends itself to transpositions. This is one of the main lines:
A completely different idea is:
which is a transposition into Philidor's defence. Another idea is:
which is called Wade's defence.
Cyclone Yasi
Tropical Cyclone Yasi was a tropical cyclone that caused a lot of damage when it reached the Australian coast at about midnight on Wednesday 2 February 2011. The storm which started in the Coral Sea, destroyed hundreds of homes in the northern Queensland towns of Tully, Mission Beach, Innisfail and Cardwell. Yasi was a Category Five storm, the highest level, with winds of about 300 km/h. It was the biggest storm in Queensland's history, with more than 10,000 people moved from their homes. The storm passed between the two big cities of Cairns and Townsville which only suffered minor damage. Early estimates of damage put the cost at about AU$100 million.