Woman dies while giving testimony in church

OWERRI — Tragedy struck in Umuogwuta,
Ndegwu, Owerri West local council area of Imo
State, as a lady who was giving her testimony
during the New Year service suddenly collapsed and
died. A villager, who spoke to Vanguard on ground of
anonymity, said: “The Lagos-based lady, Ifeoma
Anozie, collapsed and died while giving her
testimony inside Saint John’s Anglican Church,
Ndegwu.” Vanguard also gathered that Ifeoma returned to her
country home not to only give testimony about her
achievements in the passing year, but also felicitate
with her kith and kin. “The lady had hardly commenced her testimony
when she suddenly slumped and died in front of the
officiating  cleric and left the congregation
completely perplexed,” the villager said. Speaking also on the issue, a woman who simply
identified herself as Felicia, lamented that what
ordinarily should have been a double celebration for
the Anozie family suddenly turned sour. “The church service was designed to be a double
celebration for the Anozie family. It, however, turned
out to be a tragedy for the family, the church and
Ndegwu community,” Felicia lamented. Other villagers that also spoke to Vanguard, said
ifeoma was a very promising young lady but none
could  guess she would die untimely. Although Vanguard could not ascertain the cause of
death at press time, as no member of the immediate
family could be reached for comments. However, the remains of the lady had been
deposited in an undisclosed hospital morgue.

Girl, 9 delivers own baby sister

 Alyssa Meza is not even 10, but she has proved to
her mother that she can handle a crisis. The 9-year-old has at least won the unofficial title of
"Best Older Sister" this week when she delivered
her baby sister after her mother went into labor. "She said she felt the baby coming out, and I told
her to push the baby out and I'll catch the baby,"
Alyssa told ABC Chicago station WLS-TV of helping her mother through labor. "She got scared, and I
caught the baby, grabbed the towel and wrapped her
around." Marathon Mom Finishes Race, Delivers Baby Alyssa also unraveled the umbilical cord wrapped
around her sister's neck, an important step she said
she learned about after watching a medical TV
show. "I had to unwrap it a little, and I ran next door to
grab my neighbor because the baby was a little
purple," she told WLS-TV. Both Alyssa's mother, Monique Meza, and the baby
were taken to the hospital after a neighbor called
911. Both mother and baby returned home on New
Year's Day. With a knack for acting calmly and quickly in a
crisis, Alyssa said she hoped to become a
paramedic someday, but her mother is already "very
proud of her." "I expected it from her, but not as much maturity
that she has shown me, at her age, very mature,"
Monique Meza told WLS-TV. "I know she has a
bright future ahead of her."

Toddler shreds £3000 after finding family life savings

 A Chinese toddler with a penchant for tearing
up books saw his habit take a costly leap after
he got his hands on his parents’ life savings
and ripped the lot to shreds. The unnamed four-year-old tore his way
through notes worth £3,000 after discovering
the stash in a box under the bed. His mother Liu Fan said: "We don't have much
time for reading here and didn't really care
when he ripped up the old books we had lying
around, and it was easy to buy very cheap old
books down the market which he happily
ripped into small pieces. Money for nothing: £3,000 lays in tatters “I thought if I left him alone with a book for an
hour it would be no problem and we could
hear the ripping sounds from the kitchen but
didn't think anything of it. "My family told me
that it was not and I now realise they were
right after he found all our money and ripped it up. It was all our savings." The 28-year-old added the family had been
saving for a new apartment and believed their
dreams lay in pieces – before finding a bank in
Shaanxi province, west China, which has
agreed to match the value of the notes and
replace them. Fan added: "I realise that perhaps it wasn't
very sensible, I'm just very glad that the bank
staff agreed to help."

Different strokes

Man with TWO penises answers questions about his sex life

'Double D*** Dude'' said " I am bisexual and in a committed relationship with a man and a woman" as well as posting pictures

 

A man claiming to have two penises has amassed more than 11,000 comments on Reddit during an Ask Me Anything session.

' DoubleD***Dude ' has been bombarded with questions about his genitalia and seemingly responded in genuine fashion after beginning ' I am the guy with two penises. AMA ' this morning.

At the top he posted links to two pictures of his penises - NSFW, obviously - alongside the following answer to a FAQ:

"It is Diphallia, not an absorbed twin. It's not genetic or inherited. I am bisexual and in a committed relationship with a man and a woman."

He insinuates that he was bullied in school and had one health problem as a result of his condition, but would never now consider getting one of them removed.

"I always knew I had an extra one [when I was younger]," he wrote.

"My mom told me the other boys only had one, so I was special.

"I had one issue in my teens. the Y intersection where my urethra splits into two had some tension issues and was ballooning until the pressure was enough to force the urine up and out.

"So they did some minor surgery and used catheters to stretch and open up the Y some. no problems since."

He concedes that he has several practical problems: "When i go commando, which is almost always except in winter, they take their own sides.

"The seam can be a pain sometimes because the skin between them is a little delicate and sensitive.

"I generally avoid public bathrooms and if I do use one i try to use the stall and not a wall urinal... because i have one muscle that controls my p***, it lets the stream flow out both my d****.

"so unless i pinch off one of them it comes out both and that doesnt feel good. So I have to take both out to pee.

"Yeah Ive gotten stares and even had a few guys at various times go HOLY S***.

"My prostate gets inflamed if I dont ejaculate enough. My prostate gets stimulation from both c**** and creates a lot of seminal fluid... I have to get the excess out otherwise it feels bloated and painful.

"[The] Worst [thing about my condition]? Briefs/underwear. I wear a small/medium in the waist (28-30"waist) so briefs that can hold it all together are too big, and briefs that fit everywhere else, i fall out of both sides.

"Best? having two c****."

He talks extensively about his sex life, revealing details of a few of his sexual encounters - or 'orgies' - and said that girls usually either love his unique member or run screaming.

"varies from girl to girl. Some have been like WOW. some have been like THATS FAKE!

"some have freaked out like, called me names. Most are pretty curious, but i dont have casual sex anymore, i stopped a few years back.

"Didnt like the empty feeling inside after a 1 night stand. did a lot of those in my late teens. A LOT of them.

"but for the most part, girls were nervous and some changed their mind at the last minute. dudes NEVER change their mind, they always want it even if they're freaked out a little."

Asked what it is like having a boyfriend and a girlfriend at the same time, he replied: "Actually no awkwardness. They were a couple before they mutually started dating me.

"She is straight, and he is bisexual and discovered he was when after four months of them both knowing me, they found out about my c****.

"It clicked and we've been together since."

He revealed that he once considered a career in porn.

"Yes I did, a few years ago. But decided against it. its one thing to be unique its another thing to be a novelty.

"i'd only be popular for so long and then i'd just be another blip in the hiccup of the porn business. the pay is s*** from what ive seen and I don't need money, I'm comfortable now.

"Besides, i can't figure a value for my dignity. the only reason I let photos out [on Reddit] is because i thought people might like to know, at least one guy with two normal d**** exists.

"all the others are pretty scary looking and i feel for them."

There are reportedly around 100 cases of Diphallia worldwide.

He is also game for a laugh. Asked "Do you have a favorite?", he replied:

"Yes. the right one. The left one has a grudge against me for it too."

And asked "Are you a Ghostbusters fan? Have you ever crossed the streams?", he wrote:

"HAHAHAHAHAHA. you can never cross the streams, it would be bad."

Race as a factor in weight lost

Black Women Find It
Harder To Lose Weight
Than White Women — January 2, 2014 From their genes to the speed of their
metabolism, people come up with an
enormous range of excuses for their
failure to shed their extra pounds. Now, new research suggests ethnicity
could be a valid explanation for dieting
disasters. Researchers discovered African-
American women have to eat fewer
calories and take more exercise to lose
the same amount of weight as their
Caucasian counterparts. Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine believe this is
because they have slower metabolic
rates. During their study, they found African-
American women lost, on average, 7lbs
less than Caucasian women on the same
diet. Previous studies have shown that black
women do not lose as much weight as
white women when they diet. Dr James DeLany, associate professor
at the Division of Endocrinology and
Metabolism at Pitt School of Medicine,
explained: ‘At first, it was thought that
perhaps the African-American women
didn’t adhere as closely to their calorie prescriptions or that the interventions
were not culturally sensitive. ‘But even in research projects that were
designed to address those possibilities,
the difference in weight loss remained.’ Dr DeLany’s team decided to see if there
were metabolic reasons behind the
discrepancy. They examined body weight changes,
energy expenditure, physical activity and
calorie intake in 39 severely obese
African-American and 66 Caucasian
women who were participating in a six-
month weight loss programme. They measured body composition and
daily energy expenditure at the beginning
and end of the diet and assessed
physical activity levels. The researchers found the African-
American women lost about seven
pounds fewer than the Caucasian
women, even though their starting body
mass index measures were comparable
and they stuck as closely to the calorie restriction and exercise regime. The
African-American women had lower
resting metabolic rates and expended
less energy daily than the other group. ‘We prescribe how many calories are
allowed and how much activity is needed
during weight loss interventions based on
the premise that people of the same
weight have similar metabolic rates,’ Dr
DeLany explained. ‘But to account for their lower metabolic
rate, African-American women must
further reduce the number of calories
they eat, or use up more of them with
exercise, in order to lose the same
number of pounds in the same time span as a Caucasian woman of t

Seven mistaken beliefs about money

Our attitudes about money are formed in
childhood, according to Maggie Baker, Ph.D, a psychologist who deals with relationship, money
and wealth issues and is author of Crazy About Money: How Emotions Confuse Our Money Choices
and What To Do About It. And it’s these attitudes that shape how we use
money today. Unfortunately, we usually don’t
know it. People “can be very rational about money
and irrational about their behavior.” For instance, you assume you’re careful and
conservative with your cash. You might even
know all the right things to do. But once you start
recording how much you spend, you begin to see
patterns that suggest your behavior isn’t reflecting
those assumptions. We also might hold onto erroneous stories we’ve
picked up over the years. Here are seven mistaken
beliefs to relinquish. 1. Mistaken belief: Money makes you happy. “It’s not money that makes you happy,” according
to Kathleen Gurney, Ph.D, CEO of Financial Psychology Corp. and author of Your Money Personality: What It Is and How You Can Profit
from It. It’s how you use it. “If you don’t know how you want to use it as a vehicle to create
happiness, it will be used indiscriminately and
never achieve what you value most.” Consider your personal objectives, goals and
aspirations, she said. Don’t be swayed by how
others use their money, either. “The path to
achieving a greater sense of happiness lies inside
and not by following what others may do with
their money.” 2. Mistaken belief: Money is a scorecard. Some people believe “if I make more money, I can
be competitive and win the race,” Baker said.
When money is the top priority for a person, and
they lose it – because of a layoff, for instance –
their self-worth shrinks. (“They mix up net worth
with self-worth.”) They suffer significantly because money is the only thing that matters, instead of
another person who places greater value in family
and is passionate about other things, she said. 3. Mistaken belief: Someone will take care of
me. Many women commonly believe that a man will
provide for them, Baker said. (In one of her
workshops, women in their 50s still held onto this
belief, even though they had zero evidence of this
in their lives.) A similar belief is that God will
provide everything you need, she said. Placing the responsibility outside yourself can
mean you don’t pay attention to your money or
worry about managing it. And such avoidance can
prompt money problems. 4. Mistaken belief: There is never enough
money. According to Gurney, “this is a common mental
mistake and rationalization for not dealing with
the truth of ‘what is’ versus ‘what we would like it
to be.’” In fact, people tend to go into debt trying
to reach this point of enough, she said. The first step to living within your means is to
focus on what’s most critical, such as survival and
security, she said. Then learn how to add to your
money for the extras you want. (“…[E]arn it
through smart money management and not
through delaying the transaction through debt.” 5. Mistaken belief: These people must be
onto something, so I should do the same. “We hear of and watch others making certain
financial choices and we start feeling like ‘they
must be onto something’ and talk ourselves into
following suit,” Gurney said. She used buying real
estate as an example. A few years ago, this
became a key trend, and many people bought properties they couldn’t afford. Another example, she said, is “pulling retirement
money out of more conservative investments to
join in the frenzy to ride the stock climb only to
find out that they have missed the climb.” We can overcome this bias by “sticking to our
original strategy and solutions that made sense for
our particular money personalities, goals and
financial situations.” Also, remember that the
media provides “expert entertainment,” so it’s
often tough to distinguish between what’s truly prudent – and best for you – and simply popular,
she said. 6. Mistaken belief: You can get great advice
from financial gurus. While you can learn some helpful information, be
wary of one-size-fits-all financial tips. “Everybody’s
situation is unique,” Baker said. Many factors,
including your goals, age and risk tolerance, have
to be considered. Baker wishes that the media
conveyed the importance of working with a financial expert. Just like you’d seek out an expert
who specializes in an illness you have, you should
do the same with a financial advisor. When searching for an advisor, you can ask
friends, Baker said, “but be leery.” (Baker actually
ended up experiencing her biggest financial loss
after receiving a recommendation from a friend.) If
you do turn to friends, ask them how much
money, on average, the advisor has made for them, she said. Baker suggested visiting these sites for more
information: FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), the American College of Financial Services and the Financial Therapy Association. When interviewing potential advisors, she
suggested asking these questions: Who is your ideal client? For instance, advice to a
30-year-old will be very different than to a 70-
year-old, she said. You want to find an advisor who
helps people with your net worth and who will
know which investments are most suitable for
you, she said. How much do you charge for your services? In a
typical year, how much would I spend on your
services? Do you make a commission from
trading? It’s very important to see if the advisor is
upfront about how much they charge and how
they’re paid. According to Baker, some advisors get paid a flat fee per hour, while others get paid a
percentage. “The more they make for you, the
more they make [for themselves].” Are you available anytime to answer my
questions? Do you subscribe to suitability or fiduciary
standards? Suitability is a lower standard of
responsibility. Fiduciary responsibility is when “you
have an ethical responsibility to act in the best
interest of your client,” Baker said. Let’s say an
advisor’s company bought too much Coco-Cola stock, and they need to sell it off. This might be
suitable for you, but it might not be in your best
interest. (Here’s more information on the distinction.) Consider if you trust or could trust this advisor.
You might want to pick an advisor from an
independent firm because they won’t need to push
company stocks, she said. 7. Mistaken belief: It doesn’t take much
effort to manage money effectively. Managing money actually “demands real
commitment and attention to detail,” Baker said.
“It involves sitting down and looking at all the
money facts of your life, [such as] your bills,
spending habits and goals.” If you’re married, sit down with your spouse and
get their ideas. “It’s a big mistake for one person
in the family to do all of the money without
consultation from the other.” (If one person is in
control while the other is oblivious, this leads to
relationship issues, she said.) “Pay a little attention to [your finances] every
day.” For instance, review your expenditures, open
your mail and check your bills, she said. Use
programs like QuickBooks to get a clear
understanding of how much you’re spending and
make adjustments as needed. While money is a taboo topic, it’s crucial to discuss
it with your family, Baker said. “Don’t be afraid to
talk about money, or to ask for help from a
financial therapist, your accountant or even a good
friend.” If your friend is struggling with the same
issues, you can work through them together, she

The psychology of money

Time is not money Thinking about it makes you a better person,
not a worse one Oct 5th 2013 “THE love of money”, St Paul memorably wrote to
his protégé Timothy, “is the root of all evil.” “All”
may be putting it a bit strongly, but dozens of
psychological studies have indeed shown that
people primed to think about money before an
experiment are more likely to lie, cheat and steal during the course of that experiment. Another well-known aphorism, ascribed to
Benjamin Franklin, is “time is money”. If true, that
suggests a syllogism: that the love of time is a
root of evil, too. But a paper just published in Psychological Science by Francesca Gino of Harvard and Cassie Mogilner of the University of
Pennsylvania suggests precisely the opposite. Advertisement Dr Gino and Dr Mogilner asked a group of
volunteers to do a series of what appeared to be
aptitude tests. As is often the case in such
experiments, though, what the volunteers were
told, and what the truth was, were rather different
things. In the first test they were asked to make, within
three minutes, as many coherent sentences as
they could out of a set of words they had been
presented with. What they were not told was that
each of them had been assigned to one of three
groups. Some volunteers’ word sets were seeded with ones associated with money, such as
“dollars”, “financing” and “spend”. Some were
seeded with words associated with time (eg,
“clock”, “hours”, “moment”). And some were
seeded with neither. Thus unknowingly primed, the
volunteers were ready for the second test. This was mathematical. They were given a sheet
of paper with 20 matrices which each contained 12
numbers, two of which added up to ten (for
example, 3.81 and 6.19). They had to write down,
on a separate answer sheet, how many of these
pairs they could manage to find in five minutes. They were also given a packet of money and told
they could reward themselves with a dollar for
each pair they discovered. Crucially, they were not asked to show their
workings on the answer sheets—and the matrix
sheets, on which those workings might have
appeared, carried no identifier and were
ostentatiously discarded once the test was done.
Nevertheless, by hiding an identification code in a sample matrix on the answer sheet, Dr Gino and
Dr Mogilner knew which matrix sheet each
candidate had been given and thus who had
cheated and who had not. They found that 88% of
those who had been primed with money-related
words in the first test cheated, as did 67% of those given neutral words. Of those primed with time-
related words, though, only 42% cheated. Nor, despite St Paul’s aphorism, was the lure of
lucre during the experiment (as opposed to the
effect of thinking about it as a result of being
primed) necessary as a corrupting influence. A
similar trial on different participants showed that
presenting the matrix as a test of intelligence also caused those primed with the idea of money to
cheat more than those primed with the idea of time
—though, intriguingly, that did not apply if the
matrix was presented as a test of personality. This led Dr Gino and Dr Mogilner to suspect that
self-reflection played a part in controlling unethical
behaviour during the test. They therefore
conducted a third test in which, for half the
volunteers, there was a mirror in the cubicle they
were sitting in when doing the experiment. Volunteers primed to think about money cheated
39% of the time when a mirror was present but
67% when it was not. Those primed to think about
time cheated 32% of the time in the presence of
the mirror and 36% in its absence—results that are
statistically indistinguishable. Finally, a fourth experiment asked primed
volunteers to fill in a questionnaire before tackling
the matrix. In among “filler” questions intended to
disguise what was happening this asked them to
rate how they felt about self-reflective statements
like, “Right now, I am thinking about who I am as a person.” As in the previous tests, those primed with money
words cheated more often than those primed with
neutral words and far more often than those primed
with time words. But whether someone cheated
was also related to how strongly he felt about the
self-reflective statements presented to him in the questionnaire. It seems, then, that thinking about time has the
opposite effect on people from thinking about
money. It makes them more honest than normal,
rather than less so. Moreover, the more reflective
they are, the more honest they become. There
must be an aphorism in

Do you have money disoder

Just about everyone has a complicated relationship
with money. Studies show that money is the no. 1
reason for divorce in the early years of marriage
and a common area of conflict for couples. Even
before the recession, 3 out of 4 Americans
identified money as the no. 1 source of stress in their lives. Financial strain has been found to
reduce relationship satisfaction, worsen depression,
and lead to emotional problems, health difficulties,
and poor work performance. With record high debt
and record low savings rates in the years leading
up to the economic crisis, the average American seemed to suffer from a money disorder. Money disorders are persistent patterns of self- destructive and self-limiting financial behaviors.
They result from distorted beliefs about money we
develop from our financial flashpoint experiences.
Financial flashpoints are painful, distressing, and/or
dramatic life events associated with money that are
so emotionally powerful, they leave an imprint that lasts into adulthood. Financial flashpoints become
the foundation of our financial struggles. Whether it's a childhood of poverty or want, a
message about money subconsciously internalized
from a parent, a nest egg lost to an economic
downturn later in life, or someone rushing in at the
last moment to save the economic day, everyone
has experienced a financial flashpoint in their lives. Recognizing them is the first step in stripping them
of their power, and overcoming our money
disorders. Then we can learn to identify our money
beliefs, spot them when they are creeping into our
minds, and revise them into healthier, more
productive ones. In Mind Over Money , we describe 3 categories of money disorders: 1. Money Avoidance Disorders (also includes
Underspending and Excessive Risk Aversion): Financial Denial: When, rather than face financial
reality, we try to minimize money problems by
refusing to think about them all together (e.g.
avoiding looking at a bank statement or paying a
credit card bill). Financial Rejection: The experience of guilt
whenever money, of any amount, is accrued.
People with low self-esteem are particularly prone
to this disorder, and it leads to a whole host of
financial and psychological troubles. 2. Money-Worshipping Disorders (also includes
Pathological Gambling, Workaholism, and
Overspending): Hoarding: When stockpiling objects or money
provides a sense of safety, security, and relief of
anxiety. Compulsive Buying: Compulsive buying is
overspending on steroids. Compulsive shoppers are
consumed by their money worries. They often
learned, early in life, that the ritual of shopping
provides a temporary escape from worry and
anxiety. When they think about and anticipate the pleasure they will feel when they shop, dopamine, a
"feel good" chemical, floods their brains-only to
wear off quickly, leaving them craving another fix. 3. Relational Money Disorders (also includes
Financial Dependence and Financial Incest): Financial Infidelity: Telling "little green lies" about
one's spending or finances to one's partner, like
making purchases outside an agreed-upon budget
or lying about the cost of a big-ticket item. Extreme
examples might include taking out a second
mortgage behind your partner's back or opening a secret bank account. Financial Enabling: Giving money to others whether
you can afford it or not; giving when it is not in the
other's long-term best interest; having trouble or
finding it impossible to say no to requests for
money; and/or even sacrificing one's own financial
wellbeing for the sake of others. A common example is when parents support adult children who
should be able to support themselves. Financial
Enabling becomes increasingly common among
family members in a down economy, when there is
sense of guilt about less fortunate relatives. The basics of financial health aren't complicated,
and we are all capable of mastering them, no
matter who we are, or our level of wealth. When we
identify our financial flashpoint experiences,
challenge our distorted money beliefs, and practice
healthy financial behaviors (e.g. maintain reasonable and low debt, have an active savings
plan, as well as following a spending plan), we don't
just become materially richer-we become
emotionally wealthier as well.

Interesting

FUNKE is newly married to d Love of her Life & expecting a baby with her husband DAPO, and so she's having unprotected sex because that's her man. DAPO however has a woman on the side, SUSAN, and he is having unprotected sex with her because she's a decent lady, loves "skin on skin", besides that's the only person other than his wife, he's having sex with, so he tells himself
he is safe because its only two women..and he trusts them. Decent Susan has her man, IK who means the world to her and she having unprotected sex with him because that's
the man she intends to marry. She tells herself she is safe because she only has two men, Dapo a married man and
IK.... But IK has an outside woman named CHICHI a young"good" undergrad he's also considering to marry, and is having
unprotected sex with her because to him Susan is faithful so he tells himself its only two women he is having sex with
so it can't hurt him. CHICHI on the other hand has no personal man, just friends or lecturers who assist her "ministry" when she has urges and IK ain't around. Do you see where this is going???
-The benefits of Unfaithfulness is quite less than its penalties...
-STD is real. And spreads faster among unfaithful partners!
-There are just 2 things dat works n keeps u protected, safe n have a happy relationship:
(1) Faithfulness (2) Abstinence...... Guys be wise

Doctor admits to stealing, selling babies

A doctor confessed to stealing seven newborns and selling them for cash,
exposing an underground human trafficking ring in
China. According to the official Xinhua News Agency, 55- year-old Zhang Shuxia stood in front of a court in central China on Monday and pleaded guilty to
selling seven babies to traffickers between
November 2011 and July 2013. While working as an obstetrician at the Fuping
County Maternal and Child Hospital in central
Shaanxi province, Ms. Zhang persuaded couples to
give up their newborns by telling them they had
complex health problems, Xinhua said. Six of the seven children Ms. Zhang abducted have been
returned to their parents, Xinhua said, while one
child who was sold for 1,000 yuan, or roughly $165,
died. Attempts to reach Ms. Zhang were unsuccessful.
The Fuping County Maternal and Child Hospital
declined to comment. Ms. Zhang’s case exposed her as the anchor of an
infant trafficking ring that operated across at least
four provinces, according to a report from the state-
run People’s Daily. Child trafficking, while problematic globally, has
taken hold in China, where there is an underground
market for forced labor and prostitution. Police last
year police uncovered 1,868 child trafficking cases
and 4,760 cases of trafficking of women, according
to China Daily. Child trafficking has become so common that it has given rise to Internet services like Baobei Huijia, or Baby Come Home, that reunite abducted and lost
children with their families. Ms. Zhang was reported to local authorities in July,
after telling two parents their newborn son had
contracted syphilis and hepatitis B from the mother
and would not survive, China Daily said. Ms. Zhang
refused to return the baby to the couple, who went
to another county hospital, where test results showed that the mother had neither syphilis nor
hepatitis B, the report said. Police used surveillance video to determine that Ms.
Zhang took the baby from the hospital, China Daily
said. She had sold the couple’s baby for 21,600
yuan, or roughly $3,600, to a trafficker in a nearby
province, and he resold the child for 59,800 yuan,
Xinhua said, adding that suspects in the case have been detained in at least four other provinces. The hospital’s president, two other senior hospital
managers and three county officials also were dismissed over the matter, according to Xinhua. The Weinan Intermediate People’s Court, where Ms.
Zhang was tried, has not yet issued a final verdict
according to its microblog. Local media reports say Ms. Zhang could face the death penalty.