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Baby’s Bittersweet First Day: Now Mom Can Be Hanged for Marrying Christian (ABC News)

By ABC NEWS | Good Morning America, May 30, 2014

The baby girl born to a woman sentenced to hang in Sudan for marrying a Christian American citizen met her father for the first time — a moment that was captured in a bittersweet photo.

Daniel Wani, an American citizen who lives in New Hampshire, held his daughter, Maya, in his arms as she rested peacefully days after being born at a Sudanese prison.

The moment of joy was tempered by sorrow as Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag, the Sudanese woman facing flogging and a death sentence for marrying Wani, gave birth to baby Maya earlier this week.

Sudan’s Islamic court considered Ishag a Muslim and did not recognize her marriage to Wani, a Christian. That constituted a crime of adultery and she was sentenced to receive 100 lashes.

The court also found her guilty of apostasy by converting to Christianity and sentenced her to be hanged.

The flogging and the death penalty were to be delayed until after she gave birth.

The couple also has a 2-year-old son named Martin and reports state that the boy had been living with his mother in the prison.

Ishag is considered Muslim by Sudan’s courts because her father was Muslim, though she raised by her Christian mother.

Wani and his brother, Gabriel Wani, grew up in Sudan but moved to New Hampshire. He returned to Sudan last week after his wife was condemned to be hanged.

She is reportedly slated to remain in jail for two years to nurse the child before she is to be flogged and hanged.

The court’s sentence has prompted statements of concern from Western governments and human rights groups.

Her lawyers continue to appeal and petition for clemency.

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Cats do care. For example they know instinctively
what time we have to be at work in the morning
and they wake us up twenty minutes
before the alarm goes off.

~Michael Nelson

1. Cite to yourself the bad habits that these friends have and the effect their behavior has on you. Your decision is to get away from their behavior. Don’t judge the people, judge the behavior and the effect it has on your life. Sometimes, even though you may think that you can, it is not possible for you alone to change the bad influence of your friend’s behavior. It can occasionally be best for you to break ties with them before their attributes rub off on you.

2. Practice beforehand how to confront your friends. It is hard to confront people and say that you don’t want to be with them because that might cause instant enemies. Practice some ways you can let them know that you have other things to do, without saying they are wrong or bad. It’s easier to substitute a positive behavior than think about not doing a bad behavior.

3. Ask help from your parents. You can also use your parents as an excuse even if you don’t want to let them know about your (former) friend’s behavior. Just say you aren’t allowed to do what they are asking of you.

4. If you are hurt or depressed because your old ‘friends’ have mistreated you, you can talk to a TRUE AND CARING FRIEND that you have. You know who they are. They are simply the ones who don’t let you do bad things. They are also the ones who are always there for you. Especially on hard times.

5. Make new friends. Know the type of friends you want to meet. Make a list if you like. Have faith in yourself. There are caring friends out there. Just look around you.

6. It is alright to check on the person you want to be friends with. Ask your friends if they know how the person is .

Tips

•     If you are still a student, try concentrating on your studies first.
•     Give yourself a chance to hang-out with your family.
•     Take up a hobby that you will surely love.

Warnings

•     If these nasty people keep on bothering you, ask for help from the people whom you think can protect you.

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You know, sometimes the world
seems like a pretty mean place.
That’s why animals are so soft and huggy.

― Bill Watterson

The snake caterpillar uses a clever disguise to ward off  predators. Photo/Daniel Janzen/Janzen.UPenn.edu/Caters News

By David Strege
GrindTV, May 28, 2014

Professor Daniel Janzen photographs the snake-like bug that wards off
predators by looking and acting like a snake; found in Costa Rica,
Guatemala, and Belize

A caterpillar in Costa Rica uses a unique disguise to ward off predators and the costume is quite striking, as is its response should it be approached.

The caterpillar cleverly camouflages itself as a slithering snake and comes with a head that looks like a snake. The snake caterpillar, in its larval state before becoming a moth, will also strike harmlessly if approached, just as a snake would, with the exception of a potential bite.

According to Caters News Agency, the bug creates the illusion of looking like a dangerous reptile by expanding parts at the end of its body.

Daniel Janzen, a professor of biology at the University of Pennsylvania, took the photos you see here while cataloguing caterpillars in the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Caters News Agency released the photos on Tuesday.

“To normal people this caterpillar might look weird and scary, but for me it’s just a walk in the park,” Janzen told the U.K. MailOnline.

“Every caterpillar in Costa Rica looks like something else, be it a leaf, twig, or in this case, a slithering snake.”

Janzen knows a few things about caterpillars. He’s been tracking them in Costa Rica since 1978 and has been an insect expert for 50 years, according to MailOnline. He spends half a year at the university and the other half in Central America searching for unusual creatures like the snake caterpillar, which can be found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico. He said they are part of the hemeroplanes species.

“Over the years, I’ve seen and photographed so many different types of bugs [that] I’m never surprised,” he told MailOnline. “But they always interest me.”

It might not surprise him, but we’re certainly surprised.

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