Drivers urged to watch for terrapins on roadways

<p dir="ltr">SUSSEX COUNTY — Drivers are urged to use extra caution when traveling Delaware’s coastal highways through June and July as female Diamondback terrapins attempt to cross Route 1 to lay their eggs in the soft sand of the ocean dunes.<br></p> <p dir="ltr">“The dune area along Route 1 in Delaware Seashore State Park is one of the state’s prime terrapin nesting areas,” said Sally Boswell, education and outreach coordinator for the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays. “Because female terrapins mature late and have a long reproductive lifespan, the loss of a single female means the loss of many years of potential offspring."</p> <p dir="ltr">Those who encounter a turtle attempting to cross the highway should first ensure their own safety, then pick the terrapin up by the sides and place her on the bay side, behind the turtle fencing. Unlike snapping turtles, terrapins are very gentle, although she may squirm and kick her clawed feet. It is very important not to drop her.</p>

Drivers urged to watch for terrapins on roadways

SUSSEX COUNTY — Drivers are urged to use extra caution when traveling Delaware’s coastal highways through June and July as female Diamondbac...

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An anonymous millennial known only as just translated The Bible into emoji

<p dir="ltr"><br></p> <p dir="ltr"><img src="http://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/06/giphy-2.gif"></p> <p dir="ltr">God created the world in six days, rested the seventh and on the eight he discovered emoji.</p> <p dir="ltr">Fast forward about 6,000 years (if you’re a Christian), or 4.5 billion years (if you’re not) and God’s supposed word has just been translated into the language of the millennial — emoji. There were things that happened between the first thing and the last thing, but let’s not get too caught up in the details.</p> <p dir="ltr">Jumping ahead again, a devout millennial Christian just created an application for iOS called ‘<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/bible-emoji/id1114722991?mt=11">Bible Emoji: Scripture 4 Millenials</a>,’ that features all 66 books of the King James Bible, 80 emoji icons and 200 corresponding words. For those keeping score at home, yes, ‘millennials’ is misspelled in the title of the app, but let’s focus here — words aren’t important when you have emoji, or Jesus.</p> <p dir="ltr">A passage from Genesis, for example, looks like this:</p> <blockquote><p dir="ltr">“The Lord saw the light, that it was good. And the Lord divided the light from the darkness”<br> </p> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr"><br> The app’s anonymous creator, who goes only by the <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/72x72/1f60e.png"> emoji to avoid projecting “race, gender or agenda” is already working on an Android version, but wants to point out that readers of all faiths can translate their favorite verses at<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/bible-emoji-translates-scripture-pictures-millennials-article-1.2654804">Bibleemoji.com</a></p> <p dir="ltr"><a href="http://fortune.com/2016/06/01/bible-emoji-translation/">These Millennial Christians Translated the Bible Into Emoji on Fortune</a><br></p>

An anonymous millennial known only as  just translated The Bible into emoji

God created the world in six days, rested the seventh and on the eight he discovered emoji. Fast forward about 6,000 years (if you’re a C...

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Facebook wants to force mobile users to use ‘Messenger’ by disabling in-app messaging

<p dir="ltr"><br></p> <p dir="ltr"><img src="http://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/04/facebook-messenger.jpg"></p> <p dir="ltr">Facebook is beginning to force users into downloading and using its ‘Messenger’ app if they want to continue messaging and real-time chatting with their friends on the network.</p> <p dir="ltr">Currently, the message acts as a sort of soft warning (that you can just click to close), stating: “Your conversations are moving to Messenger,” but it’s clear that the future of in-app messaging on Facebook is pretty bleak for users that refuse to make the switch. This summer, however, that will all change as the message forces users to make the switch, or give up the messaging functionality they’re accustomed to.</p> <p dir="ltr">Personally, I enjoy the Messenger app, but I could see why some would prefer not to have a second application to do everything the first one provided. Of course, Facebook would probably (correctly) argue that the additional app provides a better experience and is worth the download.</p> <p dir="ltr">Oh, and stickers, video, chatbots and all that jazz… Messenger only.</p>

Facebook wants to force mobile users to use ‘Messenger’ by disabling in-app messaging

Facebook is beginning to force users into downloading and using its ‘Messenger’ app if they want to continue messaging and real-time chatt...

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