AMBERCROMBIE BOSS ACCUSED OF SEX TRAFFICKING

Abercrombie & Fitch was accused in a lawsuit of enabling its former CEO to run an alleged sex-trafficking operation for years.

Former chief Mike Jeffries allegedly used promises of a job at Abercrombie to lure young men to locations around the world and coerced them to have sex with him and others, according to a lawsuit.

BIKER BURIED WHILE SITTING ON WITH HIS BIKE

The family of an Ohio biker has fulfilled his dying wish by burying him astride his beloved Harley-Davidson in a see-through casket.
Dressed in his leathers and sunglasses, and sitting on top of his 1967 Electra Glide cruiser, Billy Standley, who died on Sunday, was taken for one last ride.
The body of the 82-year-old, who died of lung cancer, was visible through the transparent Plexiglas coffin that his bike has been placed in.

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Billy Standley, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, carried out his wish to be buried on his 1967 Harley Davidson motorcycle on Friday. He was placed upright in a large Plexiglas casket

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Nothing to hide: The man of the hour was front and center during his funeral service in Mechanicsburg, Ohio

For years the Mechanicsburg man had told family and friends that he didn't just want to ride off to heave, he wanted the world to see him do it in a big see-through box.

 

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He started the funeral preparations himself, buying three large burial plots next to his wife, Lorna so the hole would be big enough to accommodate his unique casket.
His sons Pete and Roy fashioned a casket out of Plexiglas and reinfornced the bottom with wood and metal.

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Theresa Adams, Bill Standley's daughter, says goodbye to her dad

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Standley told people he didn't just want to ride off to heaven, he wanted the world to see him do it in the big see-through box. His extra large plot will leave him next to his wife for all time

To ensure Mr Standley didn't become unseated on his final journey, embalmers prepared his body with a metal back brace and straps.
'We’ve done personalization … but nothing this extreme,' Tammy Vernon, who works at the funeral home, told the Dayton Daily News.
'He was the one who kept throwing this idea out there, to be buried on his bike. We were glad to assist him.'
The family man was pleased with his funeral plans and would show off the casket, which was stored for five years in a garage, to visitors. 

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Throwback: Billy Standley riding his prized motorcycle many years ago

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Hog heaven: Standley had spoken about being buried on his Harley for years. His sons, Pete and Roy, fashioned the casket out of Plexiglas, reinforcing the bottom with wood and steel rods to handle the extra weight

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Upright til eternity: Five embalmers worked to prepare Standley's body with a metal back brace and straps to ensure he'll never lose his seat

'He was proud of it,' Roy Standley said.
While his family agreed that the procession to the cemetery, during which the body was on display, may be shocking, they wanted to honor their father's last wish.
'He'd done right by us all these years, and at least we could see he goes out the way he wanted to,' Pete Standley said.
His daughter, Dorothy, added that he was 'a quirky man'.
Mr Standley, who used to work as a bareback rodeo rider, was be escorted to the ceremony by a procession of bikers.
Some of the mourners at his graveside donned motorcycle jackets for the occasion as they watched the extra large coffin be lowered into its massive plot.

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TESLA BATTERIES OUTDONE BY FREEZING COLD

In freezing cold electric vehicle batteries are less efficient and lose power fast, a lesson many Tesla drivers are learned this winter.

TRUMP WINS IOWA

Donald Trump, the strongest Republican contender to the U.S Presidency 2024 has massively won Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses. This victory gives Trump a strong start in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination as the contest moves to New Hampshire.

COVID 19 SURGED DURING DECEMEBER 2023 HOLIDAY SEASON

10,000 coronavirus deaths were reported highest in the month of December 2023, and admissions to hospitals and intensive care units surged then, the World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

 Available data indicates that End of Year holiday gatherings in 2023 increased  the transmission of the  deadly Corona virus Worldwide.

GOOGLE IN MASSIVE STAFF LAYOFFS

Google is laying off most of the staff working on its digital assistant, the hardware and engineering teams to cut costs, the company revealed.

Affected are those working on the voice-based Google Assistant, the reality hardware team and workers at the central engineering. This layoff that started in 2023 is expected to continue in the following years.

POPE CALLS FOR BAN ON SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD

Pope Francis has called for a global ban on surrogate motherhood. The leader of the Roman Catholics equated the practise to child trafficking while meeting with ambassadors to the Vatican. 

Surrogate motherhood is a practice used by single persons, unfertile or same-sex couples to bear children.

The Pope said, 

“I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based on the exploitation of situations of the mother’s material needs.”  He added that “A child is always a gift and never the basis of a commercial contract. Consequently, I express my hope for an effort by the international community to prohibit this practice universally." Francis stated in a written document.

Many people including celebrities like Michael Jackson have used surrogates to bear offsprings. The practise has been commercialised and is usually affordable to the well-to-do.