When a little girl noticed her neighbor had a basketball hoop in their driveway‚ she really wanted to put it to use‚ so she left a polite note at the door asking if she could. The person responded in the most neighborly way‚ and it’s warming our hearts. In her letter‚ the girl‚ named Emma‚ shared that she’d tried to ask permission in person on a few occasions‚ but she missed them each time. So she took the most wholesome second approach and left a classic “check yes or no” card. LinkedIn Little Girl’s Note to Neighbor Earned a Short and Sweet Reply “Dear neighbor‚” she wrote in the note on a plain white card. “My name is Emma and I live across the street at 1659. Would it be ok if I shot some hoops on your b-ball hoop after school some days?” The neighbor gladly gave her free rein of the hoop‚ and after checking “yes‚” he told Emma to “Have Fun!” The sweet exchange may seem simple‚ but it’s proof that small gestures have big meanings. Be sure to share this story to remind people that kindness does exist. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Neighbor Has Perfect Response To Little Girl’s Adorable Note Asking If She Can Use Their Basketball Hoop. appeared first on InspireMore.

Born in Burbank‚ California‚ Sin Quirin was the longtime guitarist of industrial metal group Ministry‚ as well as a member of side projects‚ Society 1‚ American Head Charge‚ Supermaniac‚ Revolting Cocks‚ Lords of Acid‚ and lately‚ his newest outfit‚ Siglos. Quirin was a key cog on classic Ministry records‚ The Last Sucker (2007) and From Beet to Eternity (2013)‚ and was nominated for two Grammy’s with Ministry for “Under my Thumb from Cover Up (2008)‚ and “Señor Peligro” from the live record‚ Adios… Puta Madres (2009). With any number of hot-rodded six-strings in hand‚ Quirin is a force to be reckoned with‚ but he doesn’t stick to The post Sin Quirin: 10 Albums That Changed My Life appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

Zealandia has been kicking about for a good 60 million years‚ having separated from the supercontinent Gondwana around that time. It’s also almost entirely submerged underwater and wasn’t even formally recognized as a continent until 2017. But now‚ it’s experiencing something of a resurgence – at least in a research sense – becoming the first continent to be completely mapped and revealing some new secrets to boot.Creating a full map of a continent was already difficult before Zealandia officially became a thing; all of Earth’s continents have hard-to-explore shelves underwater‚ meaning geological maps across the planet’s surface are a bit lacking. With 95 percent of Zealandia being submerged‚ it pretty much takes the biscuit in terms of difficulty.Thankfully‚ that didn’t put researchers off. Building upon a paper published back in 2019‚ an international team of scientists successfully completed the mapping of the 5 million square kilometer (1.9 million square miles) continent."We believe Zealandia is the first of Earth's continents to have its basement‚ sedimentary basins‚ and volcanic rocks fully mapped out to the continent-ocean boundary‚" the team wrote in a paper describing the mapping and findings.  Previous research identified that Zealandia’s crust is thinner than the crust of most other continents‚ but what caused the thinning process was unclear. Using magnetic surveys‚ the new study uncovered an explosive potential cause – basalt lava rocks indicated there used to be a giant volcanic region. It’s thought this region ignited between 100 and 60 million years ago‚ right around the time Zealandia broke off from Gondwana. “For this period of at least 40 million years‚ molten magma flooded out of cracks and fissures as the continent stretched and thinned like pizza dough‚” explained lead author Nick Mortimer in a statement.Co-author Wanda Stratford added: "Until now‚ the role of magma in Gondwana breakup has been underestimated. We can now see these lavas cover an area of 250‚000 km2 [96‚500 square miles] across the continent - about the size of New Zealand itself.”Through dating and chemical analysis‚ the complete map also uncovered a full picture of another key part of Zealandia’s story – its 4000-kilometer-long (around 2‚500 miles) granite backbone. Dubbed the Median Batholith‚ the transcontinental belt of granite is thought to be between 250-100 million years old. As for what’s next for Zealandia‚ Mortimer has some ideas. “While the continent is the first to be completely mapped out to its submarine edges‚ much exploration and discovery remains. Not just what is where‚ but when‚ how‚ and why the major geological events that have shaped our continent took place.”The study is published in Tectonics.

A big Diablo 4 1.3.1 patch is planned to arrive next week‚ but Blizzard is already making big updates today with the launch of Diablo 4 patch notes 1.3.0a‚ which themselves make a first round of updates addressing some of the biggest problems in Season 3. The new Season of the Construct has already left many‚ myself included‚ underwhelmed by its ineffective Seneschal companion and the long grind of attempting to upgrade it‚ but a first round of improvements are now here. Continue reading The Diablo 4 1.3.1 patch lands next week‚ but a big update is out now MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Diablo 4 builds‚ Diablo 4 review‚ Diablo 4 classes

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