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Waste Management
Council has a responsibility to its community to manage waste in an appropriate, well-planned manner, which can facilitate the protection of natural and physical resources and the health and safety of residents.
Garbage Collection & Wheelie Bins
The urban areas of the municipal area receive a weekly mobile garbage bin (wheelie bin) collection service. Wheelie bins are available for purchase from Council.
When does my wheelie bin get collected? Council conducts weekly collections in each West Coast town:
- Tuesday - Zeehan, Strahan and Gormanston
- Wednesday - Queenstown
- Thursday - Rosebery & Tullah
Council conducts a monthly recycling collection service - this is voluntary and available to the towns who currently receive rubbish collection.
Queenstown and Strahan residents will have their recycling bins emptied the first Friday of each month. Rosebery, Zeehan and Tullah residents will have theirs emptied the second Friday of each month. Bins will be collected from 7am onwards.
Items for recycling are:
- Milk cartons and plastic beverage containers marked 1-7
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Brochures
- Office paper
- Cardboard
- Cartons (with the exception of waxed vegetable boxes and pizza boxes containing scraps)
- Steel cans and aerosols
- Aluminum cans and aerosols
- Glass
Individual residents as well as businesses are encouraged to recycle - if you rent a property you can register for the service yourself or discuss the program with your landlord and they may cover the costs!
Please contact Council on (03) 64714 700, visit Council's Queenstown Office, or complete a Customer Feedback Form to arrange the purchase and delivery of a garbage and/or recycling wheelie bin.
Waste Transfer Stations
Transfer Stations are located in each town for the disposal of household waste.
Council requests that patrons using the transfer stations respect the facility provided. Please read and obey signs at the transfer stations. Did you know that if you place household waste in the wrong area (eg. green waste area) you could get a fine up to $500?
The transfer stations have been set up predominately for domestic use and by 'Doing the Right Thing' you are helping yourself as well as the whole community.
Call 6471 4700 for all loads that need to go direct to the central landfill in Zeehan.
Bulk waste, hazardous waste and asbestos should not be disposed of at the transfer stations. For details regarding disposal of bulk and hazardous waste contact Council.


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CAPE CORAL, Fla. - It's your money, and tonight, Cape Coral city leaders decided to hold off on the scrub jay decision.
They will have one more workshop before deciding whether to spend $800,000 dollars of it on a scrub jay habitat in Alva.
Scrub jays are a threatened species of bird. If the city improves the bird habitat elsewhere, it would get a special permit to build on the bird's home. But for some, this is ruffling feathers.
In the north section of the city, there is land designated to become a park. But the city can't build here yet. And that's because at least 8 federally protected scrub jays call this area their home.
Before construction can begin here, the city needs to improve scrub jay habitat in Alva.
It's called mitigation, and the price tag is three-quarters of a million dollars.
That doesn't settle well with resident John Hansen.
"They're always taking about laying off firemen and police men and stuff like that. And they got $800,000 to throw away? What are they a bunch of idiots?" he said.
Bernie and Kathy Warchuck are new residents, and also say now is not the time. "Let the tax revenue base increase before they spend the money," said Bernie.
The improvements to bird habitat in Alva allow the city to get a permit from the U.S Fish and Wildlife that will allow construction anywhere in the city, where the endangered birds are found.
Heather Mazurkiewicz with the Cape Coral Construction Industry Association says spending the money now - will save homeowners thousands of dollars in the future.
"If the city doesn't move forward with the mitigation of the scrub jays, your ability to either put an addition on your existing home or build on your unimproved lot...there could be a significant cost increase in that. And time," she said.
If the city moves forward with this, the next step in the process: the city manager has to decide where the money is coming from. There have been talks of raising taxes, or taking the money out of the city's general fund.

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In this Wednesday, July 25, 2012 photo, a blimp flies in the sky as the sun sets behind the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London. A world city that needs no introduction, but scarred by terror bombings, riots and economic crisis since picked as Olympic host seven years ago, will launch the 2012 summer games with a spectacular opening ceremony Friday faced with a unique challenge: to be as memorable as Beijing's planet-wowing, money-no-object Olympic extravaganza of 2008. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
The Olympics are finally here, and with Friday night's opening ceremony fast approaching, the speculation is mounting over who will earn the honor of lighting the Olympic flame.
Bookmakers have assigned odds on who will be the final torchbearer, so this is something you can actually bet on. The British Olympic Association said last week they've made their selection, so a handful of people already know the identity.
That's only heightened the debate, even between some of the contenders.
Sir Steve Redgrave is a five-time rowing gold medalist, but he's publicly questioned if two-time decathlon gold medalist Daley Thompson should get the nod over him. Thompson, meanwhile, has said he's more deserving than Sebastian Coe, two-time Olympic champion in the 1,500 meters and head of the London organizing committee.
And don't forget the celebrities or the royals.
Among the other names bandied about has been Prince William, David Beckham, Paul McCartney, or, maybe, an electronic device. In 1992, archer Antonio Rebollo opened the Games by shooting a flaming arrow toward the cauldron.


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The Man-icure a.k.a. Ryan Gosling Nail Art is a Thing
Unwearable or irresistable? RadNails unveils the "Hot Man-icure" featuring male heartthrobs like Rob Pattinson and Zac Efron. (Photo: RadNails)
- We love hunky Notebook star Ryan Gosling. And of course a girl's gotta have her nail stickers. But the two put…together? [Refinery29]
- Consider this your new beauty encyclopedia: BeautyHigh found the 50 Best How-To articles on the web. [Beauty High]
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Troian Bellisario
Updated: July 10, 2013 6:20AM
Troian Bellisario's recent roles have her playing women at very different times in their lives who have reached their breaking point and are trying to move forward.
She plays Spencer Hastings on the popular "Pretty Little Liars," returning for its summer premiere Tuesday on ABC Family.
Bellisario said she has been very vocal with the writers and the network about wanting to take her character to a darker place. She got her wish, but has since "kind of backed out of the writers' room" about what's coming up.
The 27-year-old actress also plays the title character on the Web series "Lauren" on the WIGS YouTube channel. She's a single mother in the military who was sexually assaulted by a fellow comrade.
"I walked in two days before we were going to shoot and [co-star] Jennifer Beals had done a lot of research. I was like, 'Give me everything please,' and she gave me this incredible book called 'The Lonely Soldier' and I watched [documentaries] 'The Invisible War' and 'Lioness' and just absorbed and read and watched YouTube videos. It was overwhelming. I had no idea," she said.
Stuck in adolescence on "Liars," Bellisario embraced the idea of playing someone closer to her age on the WIGS show. "In real life I'm watching my friends get married and have children," she said, "and the conversations that I have in my life are different."


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MLO training
MLO Training
About the Model Lighting Ordinance:
In June 2011 the International Dark-Sky Association and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America passed a Model Lighting Ordinance.
The Model Lighting Ordinance is a lighting template that was designed to help municipalities develop outdoor lighting standards to reduce glare, light trespass, and skyglow.
Do you want to learn more about the MLO?
Join us on Wednesday, October 17 at Drake Observatory in Des Moines, Iowa for a session on the Model Lighting Ordinance. Find out how it can be used to promote energy conservation and limit the effects of light pollution such as glare and light trespass. Presented by IDA Managing Director, W. Scott Kardel.
What: An Introduction to the Model Lighting Ordinance
When: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 from 1:00 pm–4:00 pm
Where: Drake Observatory, Des Moines, Iowa
To learn more about the MLO training session please contact, W. Scott Kardel
phone: 520-293-3198 ext. 406
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Aries is the first fire sign in the Zodiac and, because it is ruled by Mars, Aries likes lots of action. They are outspoken, fast-moving people. If you are shy and sensitive, it would be wise to stay away from the outspoken Aries.
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My brain looks like Lore's hair after that bombshell of Titan rumors.
I can't believe the news about the IP (and xbox development) is true, but as Lore said, he's been right about everything else. God damn.
Also; http://www.wowhead.com/item=88723 - Strength polearms are making a comeback man.
Gonna win that signed box, and don't care what it's worth. I'm keeping it!
But while I vote for a Lost Vikings MMO, I've been lured in by lore's theory of it being SC Ghost.
Still going to say...
[citation required]
If you want people to latch on to a rumour, state the absolute opposite of what is widely accepted.
"My friend has an XBox SDK" ... yeah
If the game can be played on an xBox and on a PC, the PC gamers will dominate those using the shitty controllers by virtue of having a keyboard and mouse (a massively superior control system), which would necessitate having separate game servers for the two platforms.
World of stardiablocraft?
The only believable thing is that it could be something like Starcraft Ghost.
Also, what gives with contests being restricted to the Continental US? You guys have a British host, what's stopping the contest from being open to Europe too?
Pure cross-realm raiding would do more harm than good for 25 man raids, in my opinion.
And here I was thinking the "Ghost" in the title referred to Ghostcrawler.
I think it was Ghost until legendary mentioned it. I think blizzard have gotten fed up of legendary getting things right, they will change the project as soon as its predicted? :P
Really interesting speculation. The one 'dot' that doesn't match up is the alphanoid guy claiming it to be 'Diabloesque'. Everything else would align perfectly with it being the Starcraft Ghost thing.
I would love to see cross-realm raiding. I think periodic free transfers would work too though and keep Blizzard a bit happier about retaining some of the money they get. It would still dissuade the problem you noted of serial guild-hoppers without the current problem of requiring exorbitant transfer fees to viably raid for a large portion of the population. At the very least they should institute builk transfer discounts or better yet make it so that transfers allowed transfering as many characters/guilds as desired and without the silly faction change fee tacked on when a server transfer is already being applied. I'm not going to blink at paying $25 to transfer but when its potentially $660 thats a different story.
I've never played LoL and have no intention to do so. I'm guessing you guys mostly talk to other people in the game industry but most of the people I know stick to a single game at a time. I can't even keep up with the stuff I want to do with WoW, let alone do that and the same thing in another game.
Unrelated note, but http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20931304 . You should have put in a plug for gamebreaker while you were at it!
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WSCA is proud to have the WSCA Royalty as representatives of our organization. Each year, WSCA holds a Royalty Contest in which the candidates must participate in a number of judged areas including: Riding, Written Tests, Interviews and Public Speaking. The titles of the WSCA Royalty are WSCA Queen, WSCA Princess, WSCA Ms. Horsemanship, WSCA Ms. Games and WSCA Ms. Congeniality. The members of the Royalty have excellent skills in horsemanship and have a great deal of equine and WSCA knowledge. They must be great communicators and represent WSCA at the highest standard. We encourage anyone interested in running for WSCA Royalty to contact the WSCA Royalty Committee Chairperson for more information.
2013-2014 Royalty Court
2013-2014 Royalty Court
Zoey Kunkel
Bobbie Johnson
Ms. Horsemanship:
Shannon Voges
Ms. Games:
Krisitin Olson
Ms. Congeniality:
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The Riding Sport™ Down Vest offers lightweight, bulk-free warmth for riders. This winter riding vest features down fill, fashionable quilting, an inside wind flap and a stand-up collar for protection from the cold.
The Kerrits® Warm Up Quilted Jacket pairs a quilted outer with stretch fleece sides for style and in-saddle comfort. This lightweight riding jacket is water- and wind-resistant, a complete package for cool weather riding. Side panels are ventilated to prevent overheating in heavy activity. Complete with elliptical back hemline and pockets.
Merging style with function, the Ariat® Corland Jacket pairs lightweight poly fill insulation with a windproof, water-repellent outer shell. This jacket is cleverly designed for incredible in-saddle comfort: two-way front zipper, back zip vents and snap button closure.
A great combination of function and style, the Ariat® Voltaire Jacket is perfect for the serious rider. Semi-fitted and sporty in style, this Ariat® jacket has a sleek featherweight shell with fashionable quilting over bulk-free synthetic insulation for warmth. AriatTek™ fabric technology defends against wind and moisture.
The Goode Rider™ Tech Down Jacket is so lightweight that it rolls into its own travel bag! Yet it's warm enough to keep you cozy in any winter activity. This warm riding jacket features slimming stretch ruching for freedom of movement, a down-proof outer shell, a hide-away hood, stylish deep collar and storm cuffs.
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The sports world has heard a lot about Jameis Winston since he burst onto the college football landscape last season. Some of the discussion has been glowing praise; some of it, due to off-field incidents, has been quite harsh.
Winston spoke back recently– but it wasn't to reporters. He had a more important audience in mind: a group of children in Tallahassee's Griffin Heights Projects. The youngest Heisman Trophy winner in the award's history recently tweeted a series of short video clips capturing his talk with some of the kids, which include his advice for facing a difficult situation.
The publicized portion of the Academic All-American's speech is transcribed below, and Winston's tweets linking to video follow.
Said Winston:
Hey Guys,
Listen. Don't let nobody, you're gonna have people telling you what you can not do, you gonna have people saying that you've got limitations to your life. Listen: you do not have no limitations to your life, okay? Let me tell you something: I learned, when I grew up, I learned the three rules of life. The first rule is God. If you've got God in your life, then you're good.
The second rule is school, because let me tell you something: you can be the prettiest cheerleader on the cheerleading squad, but you won't make the team if you got no grades, okay? And you can do anything you want, you can be the best player in the whole country, but if you don't got the grades, you ain't gonna get no scholarship. Now when I was raised, when I was coming up, I made straight As in school, I did all I had to do, but let me tell you something: I still was the kid that got more whoopins — I got more whoopins than all y'all in here. How many of y'all in here like whoopins? [silence, followed by laughter]. Okay then, so if you don't like whoopins, and you believe in God, then you will fly to the moon, okay?
Hey, if y'all think you can't do something, "can't" should not be in your vocabulary. How many of y'all ever said "I can't do this" before? [Hands raise]. Everybody's said "I can't do this." From now on, let me tell y'all something: stop saying "I can't." Okay? Start saying "I can." And start saying "I will." And start saying "I am."
You gotta listen to your parents. Listen, I grew up with both parents, if you don't got no mom or no daddy, that don't matter, okay, because you got yourself. You living, ain't you? How many of y'all living? How many of y'all living? [Hands raise]. Everybody in here. Everybody in here living, okay? And as long as we living, then we control everything we want to do. You hear me princess? [To a young girl] You control everything you want to do, okay?
Alright, I'm Jameis Winson, y'all.
Winston visited with fellow Seminoles Rashad Greene and P.J. Williams.
3 rules of Life http://t.co/vindwMJyd5
— Jameis Winston (@Jaboowins) July 10, 2014
Part 2 http://t.co/3zkgUkstOc
— Jameis Winston (@Jaboowins) July 10, 2014
Part3 http://t.co/hA42kSy35g
— Jameis Winston (@Jaboowins) July 10, 2014
Part4 http://t.co/prTcMqkTMP
— Jameis Winston (@Jaboowins) July 10, 2014
Part5 http://t.co/2DxRWVgIUb
— Jameis Winston (@Jaboowins) July 10, 2014
Part6 Ok I'm done with the videos haha just had to preach #blessed http://t.co/TAd1Rs1cQo
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For my birthday, my girlfriend gave me a S.B.J. I wasn't expecting it but it was AWESOME!
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Stands for Smoking Blow Job. If you dont inhale on a cig properly you breath out thick, heavy smoke. If giving head when you do this you can use the thick smoke to make a blowjob more interesting and pretty.
A 'Nikola gave me an sbj last night, it fucking rocked!'
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Short for standing blow job.
This short bitch gave me a sbj.
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guy 2-sbj
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Sycamore Township
Brandice Sparkman, 51, 5536 E. Galbraith Road, criminal trespassing at 9556 Main, June 5.
Michael Malone, 22, 4902 Greenlee Ave., theft at 7875 Montgomery Road, May 27.
Felix Taylor, 54, 3520 Trimble Ave., disorderly conduct at Kenwood at 71, May 27.
Spring London Shockley, 38, 10813 Lake Thomas Drive, disorderly conduct at 11532 Deerfield, May 29.
Heather Alter, 24, 6857 Lynnfield Court, drug abuse instruments, paraphernalia at 6857 Lynnfield court, May 29.
Thomas Clark, 47, 8357 Beech Ave., assault at 8808 Blue Ash Road, May 30.
Sidney Schnee, 18, 11120 Hughes Road, open container at 6037 Trowbridge, June 5.
Residence entered at 7280 Tiki Ave., May 28.
Residence entered and $300 removed at 10865 Lake Toames, May 21.
Residence entered and Jewelry and medication valued at $1,200 removed at 5536 E. Galbraith Road, May 28.
Criminal damaging
Reported at 8450 Blue Ash Road, June 2.
Domestic violence
Female reported at Monroe, May 24.
Leaf blower valued at $450 removed at 7714 U.S. 22, June 3.
Merchandise valued at $975 removed at 7913 Montgomery Road, June 1.
Merchandise clothing valued at $150 removed at 7875 Montgomery Road, June 2.
Clothing valued at $99 removed at 7875 Montgomery Road, May 26.
Lights valued at $60 removed at 4064 Larkview Drive, May 27.
Cast iron tub of unknown value removed at 7601 Montgomery Road, May 28.
Debit card used without consent at 7742 Highgate Place, May 26.
Vehicle removed at 7600 E. Kemper Road, May 29.
Ladders valued at $227 removed at 8362 Blue Ash Road, May 26.
Flashlights, copper valued at $2200 removed at 7754 E. Kemper, May 31.
Computer, credit card, cash of unknown value removed at 5408 Kugler Mill Road, May 30.
$50,000 removed at 7900 E. Kemper Road, May 31.
Theft, assault
Victim struck and vehicle removed at 8109 Reading Road, June 2.
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Home-schoolers allowed to participate in public school athletics
If the home-school students I am acquainted with are any indication of what may be permitted to play sports with public school students it would, at best, be a valuable addition to public school sports. They are smart, they have good sportsmanship, they are mannerly, they will show respect and any of those abilities can only add value to the teams.
In one home-schooled family alone in this city, two are Harvard graudates, one is an attorney for children's services in New York, one graduated with a nursing degree and two are in ministry. One Harvard graduate is now serving as a Marine officer.
I'd say the fear factor expressed here of having kids you aren't around every day is a bit of a stretch. It wouldn't take long for you to find out if somebody is trouble or unqualified for a team even if you didn't see them every day.
I applaud the decision to let them play and I only hope that the influence of either the public or home-schooled students on each other will be positive.
LaFayette pastor arrested on theft charge
My daddy became a minister following his conversion to Christ. He left a high paying job to take a little mountain church that paid $6.00 (six) a week. He worked at a pulp wood mill run by a mean man to offset starvation. I remember him coming home with bloody hands and Mom would wash them and take the splinters out. He was good to the man who hated Christians like some do but he loved Jesus and he had a heartfelt mission to reach others. He later went into the evangelistic field and usually came home with less than he had when he went. He didn't care - he wasn't for sale. He had cancer and even though he was too sick to be out of bed, he'd still go and visit men he knew needed God. They all came to his funeral and most of them were crying. They knew he cared. It hurts to see people turn off to ministers and church just because a preacher goes bad. We never hear about the thousands who were like my dad. We don't stop going to the doctor because a quack gets arrested. Why turn away from church or thumb your nose at ministers just because we only hear about the bad.


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Complaint Review: Wilson Luna Ltd
Wilson Luna LtdWilson Luna Limited 1st Floor Highlands House 165 Internet United States of America
Wilson Luna Ltd Business Prophet Substandard service, appalling customer service, refusal to issue refund, inability to deliver business training, sharp practices London Internet
*Author of original report: Same bull, same manure....
*Consumer Comment: Total manipulation of those without business knowledge
*REBUTTAL Owner of company: Wilson Luna Review
*Author of original report: Wilson Luna's training is, for sure, not business training - thank you for proving it yet again
*Consumer Comment: My experience of this course has been life-changing
*Consumer Comment: Deluded speakers create deluded fans
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*Consumer Comment: WILSON LUNA IS NOT JESUS CHRIST
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Wilson Luna, a motivational speaker from Australia who modestly calls himself "business prophet", has been running courses in the UK from the end of 2011. He invites people who want to expand their businesses on a free 2-day course, at the end of which he offers a mentorship programme for 4,997. This figure may change now in 2013. This includes his Internet-based learning, his video course, his published books about finance, participation in the network of like-minded people and 6 days of advanced training in the UK, as well as unlimited additional training if you want to join his course in Australia. The focus, he says, would be on helping everyone expand their business and on business modelling.
I liked the freebie course in July, thought that what Wilson was offering was amazing value, and paid 4,997 upfront. [continued below]....
By October I realised that it was a shockingly bad investment, the worst 5K ever spent. So here are the lessons.
Why I paid:
I paid because my previous experience with training was exceptionally positive. I went on Tony Robbins' UPW (personal development) and paid upfront for his Mastery University - the best ever 10K I spent in my life. I went on Keith Cunningham's freebie intro course (business psychology) and paid for his business psychology teachings - the best 2K ever on understanding business mentality. This was in 2004-2007.
I have used the pre-payment model to my clients and students in my own business, having learnt from the best, and offering amazing value in exchange for trust.
This time it did not work.
Why it did not work:
Wilson Luna is a motivational speaker. He keeps saying he is not, but he is. The best part of what he does, by far, is the 2-day freebie course (on which he calls himself a business consultant rather than a motivational speaker). How does it compare with Tony, if Tony is 10? Around 4, 5 at times. So not bad and a useful reminder.
But when you learn from Tony Robbins whether you agree with him or not, you feel you are in the presence of greatness. On Wilson Luna's courses you keep remembering Karl Marx's immortal quote: "History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, then as a farce".
How does it compare with Keith Cunningham if Keith is 10? Oh, -1, at most. There was no business modelling or analysis involved. In fact, when I re-read my notes from Keith Cunningham's courses, there was far, far more.
Now the good, the bad and the ugly:
The good:
Great for beginners who have never done any form of personal development. Deja-vu for all others.
If you are looking to understand Facebook, how it works and how you can tap into what people want through Facebook, definitely go on the freebie course. Luna does everything through Facebook, his business lives and breathes it.
If you need to ask yourself questions in either your business and personal life, and you are not sure what these questions are, spend two days on Luna's course, you may get closer to your answers. The time I spent on the freebie course was definitely useful.
"Followers" say he has changed their way of thinking, so some people have had a lot of use from it.
The bad:
You will be constantly harassed to keep pushing Wilson Luna to your family and friends, to bring him more followers and raving fans, and to drool about him on Facebook. You can get publicly humiliated and shouted at at the end of Day 1 if you admit that you haven't done it. Your value in the Luna system is based on your yield of followers. So if you are not a multi-level marketing aficionado, it is going to annoy the hell out of you. .
He will be NLP'ing you a lot by suggesting that if you don't emotionally buy into his stuff then there is something wrong with you because you are "transactional" rather than "raving fan".
But most importantly, there is NOTHING on the advanced courses that you can't get off the freebie course. It's the rehash of the same. There will be more humiliation involved, more emotional buy-in. I don't know if he still does that exercise when you have to look people in the eye and say:"I don't care enough about you to save you" in an imitation plane crash, and get shouted at if you don't sound genuine when you go around people saying this horsesh*t, but that's the kind of "advanced" stuff that you are going to get.
The ugly
Despite Luna declaring that he is into people, he is really into their wallets. He will take money from people who just need a shoulder to cry on; he will look you in the eye and say he will help you grow your business when he knows damn well that he won't.
If you question anything you will be stonewalled: your emails won't be answered, your unused portion of the course won't be refunded. You will be cut off the Facebook group and all your attempts to leave any feedback which is not adulation will be deleted.
Sometimes I felt that I was sitting in a room with a lot of people who were looking for God in all the wrong places, and that was pretty scary.
So that's why I chose the immortal Slaughterhouse-Five is a metaphor for my experience and the de-motivational poster above as a metaphor for what I believe Luna's thinking is.
The verdict
Strong Caution recommended. This is NOT business training.
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#1 Author of original report
Same bull, same manure....
AUTHOR: Ripped off by Wilson Luna - ()
SUBMITTED: Monday, August 18, 2014POSTED: Monday, August 18, 2014
Thank you very much for the kind words about my original report. I also researched the background of Wilson Luna and found that he had no business credentials to speak of whatsoever, none, nada, not a sausage. This is all covered in my blog: "A Weekly Dose of Light - Sunshine is the Best Disinfectant". I can't put direct links on Ripoff Report, but it's my blog post dated 15 February 2013 : Part 4: Mover, shaker, millionaire maker, and other secrets and lies on the Valentine's Day.
So... 18 months down the line, the Wilson Luna still continues to dupe credulous vulnerable people into parting with their money. It is a truly sad situation when Facebook fame has replaced true credentials. But at least more people are wakig up to the truth. Thank you again.
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#2 Consumer Comment
Total manipulation of those without business knowledge
AUTHOR: Justaconcernedcustomer - ()
SUBMITTED: Sunday, August 17, 2014POSTED: Sunday, August 17, 2014
I would just like to thank the person who wrote this review about the Wilson Luna event. Having heard good reviews from a few people via word of mouth, I dedided to give up 2 days (well 1 of my precious weekend). Being pretty busy I didn't goodle before...but I must say what a con.
I am actually a Business Strategy consultant at one of the big four with a strong business background. And I have to say he spoke absoulte shit and use manipulative sales techniques to try and sell. I had never heard of him before and was supprised to hear that he apparently advises top CIO's. This I strongly doubt. Strategy for blue chip organisations is done either internally or by Strategy Firms like mine. We charge about $4000 ish a day for a very Senior Partner to assist in developing strategy - its usually done by a team of people over 4 - 12 weeks depending on the specific project. You can't really understand someone's business enough in 1 hour to give them any relevant advice.
I was also supprised that some of the examples he used showed he actually had very little business understanding himself. At one stage he proposed someone start a professional services firm for accounting using Indian offshoring. It was clear from the way he spoke he had absoutely no idea about outsourcing and how its used in professional services.
It seemed that he just knew a few business buzz words and was a great speaker. I through a few more complex questions at him diplomatically, neither could he answer and he avoided my questions for the rest of the session. He just told me I needed to pay for the course :)
I realised when I was there that he was manipulating people who were desperate or not business savvy it was quite upsetting. I felt like somehow I should tell them - but there were so many who spoke about him being god like it didn't seem worth it.
He did an activity at the end about him owning a Ferrarai ... still not sure how this was relevant, other than him showing how successful he was to the audience.
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#3 REBUTTAL Owner of company
Wilson Luna Review
AUTHOR: scammedbyluna - ()
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, June 17, 2014POSTED: Tuesday, June 17, 2014
The worst thing about this company is that they make unsubstantiated claims. It's now a common theme in the public speaking world to promote yourself as internationally acclaimed, global leader, making a global impact. When you research these claims you find a start up business that has been trading at best for a few years at worst a few months.
Their impact is so global that they have less than 300 hits on their youtube videos, but people still fall for it.
I am seriously worried for the human race.
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#4 Author of original report
Wilson Luna's training is, for sure, not business training - thank you for proving it yet again
AUTHOR: Ripped off by Wilson Luna - ()
SUBMITTED: Thursday, October 24, 2013POSTED: Thursday, October 24, 2013
Thank you for this, just proves my point. You had spent 7 years doing personal development and being broke… that's a long time. Here comes Luna Group with the right mindset and you are on with the fairy dust. Happy days. Knowing how much personal development courses cost (and the good ones cost that much for a reason) you could have become a leading neurosurgeon with an Ivy League degree. But hey, everyone to their own.
Sounds like you have done your share of weekend/part time/Groupon/ crash NLP and hypnotherapy courses, with long words like "abreaction" being thrown into the bargain. Good for you, my learned friend. Except that there are certain things that are hard to polish, and the course in question just happens to be one of them.
I am exited for you and your earning potential, however if you continue to discriminate against people who had "father issues" (this kind of covers anyone who had a father); "issues around trust" (that's a biggie, remember this in your life: when the push comes to shove you will hurt like there is no tomorrow); "authority" (any entrepreneur worth their salt struggles with authority), you may run out of people to make your millions from. Good luck though!
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#5 Consumer Comment
My experience of this course has been life-changing
SUBMITTED: Saturday, October 12, 2013POSTED: Saturday, October 12, 2013
My own personal experiences with Wilson Luna have been profound and life-changing. Yes, he swears, yes he is blunt, yes he steps over people's sensibilities, but then again he is not a life coach and does not purport to be. He is making millionaires. He is himself a self-made multi-millionaire so teaches from experience. As a transformational speaker for business, he is on a level with T-Harv and Robbins. However, his teaching style does not suit everyone.
If you have delicate sensibilities or profound father issues or issues around trust or authority it is quite possible you may end up hating the course, or him, or both, or writing a scathing report like the above, from which it is clear that the writer had some kind of emotional abreaction to Wilson's "Dragon's Den" style methods which -while they may not have worked for him- are currently transforming not only my life but the lives of many people who have chosen to listen and put into action the principles and models outined in the course.
I earn almost ten times what I earnt before joining the course and have just started my own business which using Wilson's model will easily turn over more than £1 Million in it's first year. The report that this is "personal development and not business training" is profoundly false. I have done personal development for 7 years and was always broke until I joined the Luna group. Now I know I will never struggle with money because of the mindset that I have adopted through joining this course.
It saddens me to see this report as it is an inherently unfair reflection of both the course or the person and may unfortunately end up keeping someone who needs it from the most transformational experience of their lives.
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#6 Consumer Comment
Deluded speakers create deluded fans
AUTHOR: Clarity - ()
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, October 09, 2013POSTED: Wednesday, October 09, 2013
Wilson Luna continues doing what he's doing because his raving fans are as deluded and dishonest as he is. The testimonials on his website all attribute their success to Wilson Luna. Not one of them talks about their personal/business mentor that they pay $$$ an hour to; or the countless other seminars and workshops they attend on a regular basis.
There is a big overlap between people and their personal development endeavours. Those who attend Luna also attend a whole host of others, from the Robbins to the Dermatinis; from the unheard of to the obscure. Also known as seminar junkies. Idol worshippers. And in this case... Truth compromising, misleading representatives of deluded motivational speakers.
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#7 Author of original report
How can Wlson Luna continue doing what he does?
AUTHOR: Fighting for money back - ()
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 10, 2013POSTED: Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Well, I have now read six Ripoff Reports on this website, and they are all saying the same tihng.
I have been fighting for my refund for almost a year now with the credit card company. I just hope that by now more people have demanded a refund through their credit card companies, and eventually the card providers will take a hard look at who this merchant really is, a scam artist who manipulates people into paying him money again and again.
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#8 Consumer Comment
AUTHOR: Ray - ()
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 10, 2013POSTED: Tuesday, September 10, 2013
An accurate account of the pitfalls of Wilson Luna's organisation. Stockholm Syndrome also comes to mind and I say this first hand. The turning point was advanced course 3 which was like advanced course 2 and advanced course 1; and the realisation that I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS TO MY ENEMIES LET ALONE MY FRIENDS.
Like the above ex member, I liked the free seminar and slightly cajoled by his adoring crew, I signed up. I couldn't get into worshipping him though and I don't buy into the idea that Wilson Luna is Jesus Christ. He has been likend to The Messiah, Ghandi, Anthony Robbins, you name it. The difference is he does not deliver.
One of his 10 Commandments is Mind Your Own Business which also means no gossiping. This deters you from voicing your concerns and pointing out the bold inconsistencies that exist between the promises he makes in his free course and the service you get once you've paid up. Wilson Luna only wants raving fans who can bring more raving fans. He doesn't care about his 'critics' as he calls them and advises you to do the same in your business. If this goes against your morals, then you need to devise your own customer service business model. He has an automated service that replies to all complaints. Which includes yours! So if you think you're special or will be treated any differently should you wish to complain, think again. You're either a raving fan or a critic. There really is no refund policy so people stay to make the most of their money.
Yes, he still does the aeroplane exercise and members still cry and fall apart. All crew are volunteeers who stand on their feet for 12 to 16 hours at a time. They cover their own costs including food and drinks. In return Wilson Luna intimidates them behind the scenes and gives so much mixed feedback that some of them don't know whether they are coming or going.
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Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:31 pm Angels reassigned RHP Francisco Rodriguez to minor league camp.
Fantasy Source Spin: Rodriguez had a 3.12 ERA and 4/4 K/BB ratio over 8 2/3 innings this spring. He made 10 appearances with the big club last season and will continue to serve as relief depth in the minors.
Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:25 am Francisco Rodriguez took the loss on Monday, surrendering three earned runs over 1.2 innings.
Fantasy Source Spin: Rodriguez had looked sharp in his three other spring outings, tossing five scoreless innings and posting a 4/2 K/BB ratio. But he just didn't have it against Colorado, which pummeled him with four hits for the come-from-behind victory.
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Sorry i havent been updating the story but i will definitely get something up when the summer holidays start :)
Sorry i havent been updating the story but i will definitely get something up when the summer holidays start :)
Sorry I haven't been updating like I said I would. It's just I have so much stuff to do for school and Im not dealing with things at all atm. I will try update when I can xx
A/N: sorry this is quite short, but next chapter will be longer, i didn't feel like updating but i promised, its quite shitty though sorry x
-Andy's POV-
I woke up in the hospital. I had a splitting headache and my stomach was aching. My vision was blurry but i could see someone at the end of the bed and a couple of people at the side as i turned my head.
"Andy!" I could make out Ashley's voice. My vision clearing slightly.
"What… what happened?" I didn't know why i was here or what had happened.
"You dont remember?" Ashley asked me, i shook my head, looking at him closer i could see his face was bruised and his lip was split. What the fuck happened? "Well when we came out of the bar we got jumped by a group of pricks, i phoned jinxx and he came and picked us up and we took you to the hospital, you needed a few stitches in your head and you have a broken nose, a part from that you just have a few scrapes and bruises, and well a concusion"
"Oh" Even after Ash telling me that i couldn't remember it. I felt bad for Ashley though, he probably had to keep my fat ass from getting beat up. "Are you okay?"
"Im fine, just a few bruises and a split lip, nothing i cant handle" Ashley smiled at me, "You'll get discharged tonight hopefully, they just want to make sure your okay cause of the head injury"
I was happy about getting out soon. I hated hospitals, i hated the food, the bed, the stupid hospital gowns… Oh god, they would've had to put this on me, they would've seen my massive bulging stomach and flabby thighs. It made me feel panicky and i felt like i couldnt breath, i couldnt have a panic attack here, anywhere but here, luckily i quickly calmed myself down, looking at the other two people here, i could see it was Jinxx and Jon, our tour manager.
"We're just glad you're okay Andy" Jinxx smiled.
"Hey im gonna go get something to eat, you coming Jinxx?" Jon asked Jinxx who nodded in reply and they both left the room and went down the hall.
-Ashley's POV-
Another few hours past before Andy was allowed to leave the hospital, we'd had to rescedual the show for another time, we didn't think Andy would be able to perform very well after just getting his nose broken. It had scared me, seeing Andy unconscious with blood coming from his nose and head, i was happy he was okay.
Driving back to the hotel was a quiet ride. Jinxx and Jon were in the front whilst me and Andy were in the back. Andy was fast asleep and i was flicking through my twitter, replying to a couple of people.
Five minutes later we were back at the hotel and i carried Andy out of the car to our room, placing him on the bed. I went into the bathroom and got a couple of paracetamol for Andy's head and took a couple myself, walking back through i sat on the bed, Andy stirred, "Hey, you okay?"
"Yeah, im fine" he smiled and i handed him the paracetamol, "thanks" he dry swollowed them.
"You're gonna have a killer headache for a few days" i laughed.
"Great" he replied" sarcastically.
There was a knock at the door and i went over to answer it, a women handed me a tray of food telling me our tour manager had ordered food for both of us, i thank her as she left.
"Hey Andy, got some food for you"
-Andy's POV-
I panicked as Ashley mentioned food, "Im not hungry"
"Andy, eat something, you were just beat up and haven't eaten anything, it's just a burger"
Just a burger? Just a burger?! It wasn't just a burger, it was fat, it was numbers, it was grease, it would make me huge and disgusting. It wasn't just a burger.
"Please just eat it Andy, you need to eat, you're way too skinny"
"Fine" i took the plate off the tray and just looked at the burger, it made me feel sick just smelling it. Hesitantly i took a bite out of it. Ashley was finished his within a few minutes, it took me half an hour to eat mine. Ashley smiled and put the plate back on the tray which he placed on the cabinet.
I felt gross. I felt full, it was a feeling i highly disliked and it made me feel uncomfortable. I felt like bursting into tears. It was turning to fat at this moment, it was making me gain weight.
"Hey i'll be back in a few minutes, im away to get a drink, want anything?"
"Um no im fine thanks" i smiled as Ashley left the room, it was a opportunity i wasn't going to miss. I ran into the bathroom, locking the door behind i tied my hair back and lifted the lid of the toilet, putting my fingers down my throat i hit my gag reflex and heaved, nothing came up, i did it again and some of the food i had just eaten came up. But i wasn't done, i need ALL of the food out of me, i stuck my fingers down my throat again and this time not just food came up, there was red mixed with the sick and the water. Was that blood?! I quickly threw up the rest of the food, some more blood coming up as well. I started panicking and flushed the toilet.
In the last few years that i've been doing this, never have i thrown up blood. Part of me didn't care, but part of me knew i should stop.
I sat on the bathroom floor for what seemed like ages, flicking through my titter, reading all the hate. Everything people said was true, i was fat, i was a fag, i was a pathetic piece of shit, i should kill myself. Whats stopping me? No one needs me, no one cares for me, no one would even notice if i was gone. People told me to slit my wrists, i hadn't done that for years, i sort of missed it though.
Pulling my knees up to my chest i placed my forehead on my knees and started crying. Why was i so weak and pathetic.
Sobbing i stood up and unlocked the bathroom door grabbing my bag i rummaged through it for my make up bag, hidden at the bottom was an old friend of mine. Grabbing the silver blade i locked myself in the bathroom again. Looking at myself in the mirror i thought about how ugly i was, how pathetic i was, i was worthless, useless.
Pressing the blade down on my wrist i pushed down harder and slid it across. My skin ripped open and blood bubbled up, dripping into the sink. The feeling it gave me was comforting. I placed the blade above the wound and pressing down i slid it across. I could see the bubbles of fat. I didn't care. I'd missed this feeling.
I just want to say im so so so sorry for not posting the next chapter and i haven't posted anything for a couple of weeks but i have just had no motivation to write anything at the moment and im in a bad place but i will try get the 4th chapter up tomorrow or the day after, promise x
-Ashley's POV-
"Andy whats wrong?!" I moved closer to him and put my arm around his shoulders. He leaned into me and put his face into my top, sobbing.
Andy passed me his phone, his hands shaking. Taking it I looked at his twitter, a lot of the tweets were fans saying how much of an inspiration he was, but a lot of it was hate. Scrolling through it I saw tweets saying how fat Andy was, how shit he was at singing. There was people calling him a fag and telling him to kill himself.
"Andy, you should know to just ignore them. They're only trying to get to you and make you feel like this." I rubbed his arm as he continued to cry into my t-shirt.
"I can't… do it… anymore A-ashley"
"Ignore them. They're all just pathetic assholes. Don't even consider that what they're saying is true Andy, okay? You're far from being fat, you're a great singer, don't let them bring you down, okay?" Andy's sobbing died down a bit and soon he was just sniffling. He nodded and sat back up, I laughed at him slightly.
"What?" he asked.
"You look like a panda" I smiled at him and he ran to the mirror looking at his make up which was all down his face.
"Jesus Christ I look like shit"
-Andy's POV-
Ashley was right; I did look like a panda. My make up was all down my face and my cheeks were still wet from crying. I can't believe I'd broken down in front of Ashley, how stupid could I get? I grabbed some make up wipes and took off my eye make up.
"So do you wanna go look around town or what?" I turned round to face Ashley, I thought about it. Did I really want to go into town? There wasn't much else I could think of doing.
"Um I don't know." I shrugged.
"Helpful. Um well we could either look round town or go to the cinema or something. Or we could do both" Ashley smiled at me.
"Sure, let me just put my make up back on" I smiled at him and grabbed my back, finding my make up before going into the bathroom and putting on eyeliner and eye shadow. Walking out I slipped on a leather jacket instead of my hoodie. Ashley was sitting at the end of the bed typing away on his phone. "Ash you ready?"
"Yeah, lets go" he jumped up smiling.
We walked out of the room, locking the door. Walking down the hall and through the main lounge, we got some funny stares from a few people, but nothing we weren't used to. Thank god we were on the bottom floor I don't think I could handle stairs. It was fairly warm outside and the sun made me squint.
"What you wanna do first? Cinema or look around town?" Ashley smiled at me as we walked down the road, trying not to bump into anyone.
"How about the cinema then town" I smiled back. I liked spending time with Ashley. Just me and him. I knew our relationship wouldn't go any further than just friends. Why would he want to be with me anyway? But I guess I can still hope.
"Sounds like a plan, oh and I heard there's a new batman movie out" Ashley winked at me and I couldn't contain my excitement.
After having gotten to the cinema and bought tickets, Ashley bought food and I just bought some diet coke, we went into the movie and I was excited to see the film. Well why wouldn't I be, I loved batman. Probably a bit too much. After an hour and a half it ended and we walked outside, I didn't shut up about how good the film was and Ashley just laughed at me.
"So look around town yeah?"
"Yeah sure" I looked at ash and smiled slightly
"Maybe we can go get a drink or two as well" he smirked and winked at me. I hid behind my hair, blushing.
We had a quick look around the town, looking in a few shops. There wasn't that much to look at so we went off to one of the bars for a drink. I looked around inside the bar, feeling nervous. People would be looking at me and thinking how ugly and fat I was. I could feel my chest tighten slightly as my anxiety got worse.
"Go sit down and I'll get us some drinks" Ashley smiled and walked up to the bar whilst I found a booth to sit in. Hoping not many people could see me here.
A few minutes later Ashley came over and put down two glasses and sat down. He gulped down almost half of his in one whilst I took slightly smaller sips of mine. I looked around nervously.
"Andy, relax, no one looking at you" Ashley looked at me, looking concerned and worried. Why was he even bothering to worry? I wasn't worth his time, or anyone's time.
Ashley managed to distract me by talking about batman, and believe me when I say I could talk about batman forever. We then went on to talking about tomorrows show and then Ashley got onto the subject of me crying earlier on.
"I don't wanna talk about it" I looked down at the table, annoyed at myself that I'd ended up crying in front of Ashley. I was Andy Biersack, I wasn't supposed to let the hate get to me. But that wasn't the case.
"Andy, im really worried about you" Ashley sighed "I'll go get some more drinks"
We spent another couple hours in the bar talking and drinking. I started to relax a lot more as the alcohol started making me feel tipsy. I liked the drunk me a lot more. I was slightly more confident and outgoing. It took a lot more for Ashley to get drunk though, so he wasn't as tipsy as me.
"Come on we should get going, we have an early start tomorrow" Ashley laughed at me and we stood up, walking out of the bar. The air was a lot colder now than it had been earlier, and it was getting dark.
"Ashley, which way is the hotel again?" I looked around; I couldn't even remember how we'd gotten here. Everything looked different when it was dark.
"Andy, really" Ashley rolled his eyes "Follow me and don't get lost" he chuckled.
Just as we started walking we heard a group of people behind us, I turned to look at them and it looked like some group of teenagers. Ashley pushed me along with hid hand, obviously not wanting to hang about.
"Hey, you fags!" The group shouted at me and Ashley. I turned round again, stopping completely this time, Ashley turned round as well.
"What did you say" Ashley said through gritted teeth.
"I said, hey, you fags" The guy at the front laughed, I gulped, my anxiety building up again. I didn't like this, one little bit.
"You better watch what you say you cunt" Ashley walked towards the guy. Ashley would clearly win in a fight. He was a lot more muscular than the skinny looking guy, and im sure Ashley had been in a lot of fights when he was younger.
"What did you call me you asshole?"
"I called you a cunt, got a problem" Ashley didn't budge. He stood still, smirking. This was going to end so badly, I knew it.
Before Ashley could see what was coming the guy punched him in the jaw. "Ashley!" I ran over but found myself falling to the ground as one of the guys punched me in the gut. I lay on the ground wounded and struggling to breath, clutching my stomach"
"You piece of shit, we'll teach you what happens when you call us a cunt" Ashley got up and right hooked the guy. He got him right on the temple and managed to get the guy to the ground. Kicking him in the gut a few times.
"A-ashley" I managed to get out his name and he came over kneeling down, "behind you" he looked at me confused then spun round and got punched on the chest, it didn't really do much to him. Him and one of the group got into a fist fight and I forced myself up off the ground. Punching one of the 4 guys in the jaw he stumbled back. The guy who had called us fags was still on the ground, Ashley had knocked him out. The guy came at me again and managed to hit me in the nose, I could feel blood running down my lips before I could taste the iron.
Suddenly my vision went blurry as something smashed against my head, putting my hand to my head I looked at it and saw red. Someone punched me in the gut and I fell to the ground. Blacking out.
I woke up to the sound of Ashley singing in the shower. A smile crept onto my lips. He had such a nice voice. I sat up and just listened to him, bringing my knees up to my chest and resting my head on them. I began to think about what I felt for Ash. I did like him. I'd liked him for a while but why would he like me? He liked women. Not fat disgusting men like me.
"Andy you okay?" I jumped not noticing Ashley standing there with a towel rapped round his waist.
"Uh, yeah" I gave him a quick smile.
"You better go shower, we're having breakfast soon"
I sighed and got up. I didn't want to eat. They couldn't make me, could they? It would only make me fatter. Taking off my batman pyjama bottoms and vest top I got into the shower and washed my hair as quickly as I could. I started to feel slightly dizzy and had to lean against the wall. Taking in deep breaths I turned off the shower and got out, wrapping the towel round my waist and grabbing another towel to dry my hair slightly.
-Ashley's POV-
Andy walked out of the bathroom just as I had finished getting changed and drying my hair. I looked over at him and I could see how skinny he was. You could see all his ribs, his hipbones stuck out and I was pretty sure you could clearly see his spine. I worried about Andy. He hardly ate and had trouble sleeping. Last night had freaked me out. It had taken ages for Andy to finally calm down. I'd been around him when he'd had smaller panic attacks but last night was one of the worst.
"How long till breakfast Ash?"
"Um an hour I think" As I answered him I could see he gulped and started looking a lot more nervous. "Why?"
"Uh, just wondering. Are you finished with the hair dryer?"
"Yeah here" I handed it to him and he sat on the bed, drying his thick jet black hair. As he sat down I could see how much his spine showed. It scared me. He was literally just wearing away. I sighed and went over to Andy's bag, throwing him over a pair of skinny jeans and one of his many slightly ripped up band t-shirts. "I'll wait downstairs for you"
"Okay, I'll be down in like ten minutes or something" I smiled at him and walked out grabbing a hoodie on the way and throwing it on.
-Andy's POV-
I heard the door click as Ashley shut it behind him. I finished off drying my hair before styling it. Slipping on my black skinny jeans and the t-shirt Ash had thrown at me. I walked over to my back and raked through it, finding a black hoodie and slipping it on.
We had a whole free day today, which was always nice. We just had time to do whatever we wanted. Ash and I had already decided to check out town but I just wanted to sleep all day. My eyes were heavy and my head hurt like a bitch. I walked into the bathroom and searched the cupboards, finally finding some ibuprofen and swallowing two with some water from the sink. It never seemed to help but I took it anyway. Walking back into the room I put on my black boots and grabbed the key before leaving the room and locking the door.
All the guys had already ordered breakfast and Ashley had ordered a plate of food for me. Great. I sat down at the empty space across from Ash. Looking at the plate of food all I could see was how greasy it was and how fat it would make me. Sure they didn't expect me to eat this?
"Andy eat something, please?" I looked across the table to see Ashley looking at me. "Please just some of it"
"I'm not that hungry"
"Andy you didn't eat fuck all yesterday, just eat a little of it." Ashley wasn't asking me to eat it anymore, he was telling me.
I hesitated slightly. He couldn't force feed me. Why does he even want me to eat anyway? I bet he wants to make me fat. He didn't suspect anything did he? He always commented on how I was too skinny and never eat. Maybe if I eat some of this it'll stop him from suspecting anything. Slowly I cut into the fried egg that was on the plate. It took me almost ten minutes just to eat the white of the egg.
"Jesus Christ Andy, you are the slowest eater I've ever seen" Jake chuckled. I just rolled my eyes in response.
It took me another 5 minutes to eat one of the tomatoes and I decided I was done. I wasn't going to eat anymore. No way. I could feel the food going down towards my stomach where it would turn into fat. I could feel myself panicking and I had to do it.
"I, um, need to go to the toilet" I stood up and walked away from the guys, speed walking back to my room and locking the door.
Walking into the bathroom I flipped up the toilet seat and knelt down. Leaning over the toilet I put my pointer finger and my middle finger down my throat, gagging as it got to my gag reflex. I gagged a couple of times before I could feel some of the food coming back up. Coughing I stuck my two fingers down my throat again, the stomach acid making my mouth burn slightly. I made sure I got everything up. I couldn't forget any of it or else it would just turn into disgusting fat. I sat on the floor for a while, just trying to calm myself down. My mouth tasted disgusting and the smell of the vomit was really not pleasant. If any of the guys found out about this I don't know what I'd do. What would they do? Would they send me to some hospital to be fed through a tube? Would they just disown me?
It didn't matter. I'd make sure they don't find out. I'll be sneaky about it, they don't have to be bothered by my problems anyway. They probably wouldn't even care if they found out.
The room door opened and I jumped up, quickly locking the bathroom door. I'd completely forgotten Ashley had his own key to the room. Fuck. I flushed the toilet and cleaned round the edge, putting the toilet seat back down. I washed the vomit off my hands and sprayed air freshener to try cover up the smell of it.
"Andy, you alright in there?" Ashley shouted from behind the bathroom door.
I flushed the toilet one more time just to make sure there wasn't any sick. Opening the door I was faced by Ash.
"What were you doing in there?" he raised an eyebrow at me.
"I needed the toilet. I did say…" I shrugged and walked past him, falling onto the bed I check my phone. I had one text from Ashley saying 'what do you want for breakfast'. Oops. I replied with 'bit late now'. Ashley's phone went off and he looked at it. He smiled and rolled his eyes, sitting next to me on the bed. He took me by surprise when he grabbed my hand and started examining my knuckles.
"Andy, what's all the scratches on your knuckles from? It looks like you've punched a wall or something." Sudden realisation washed over me. Fuck. I always scraped my knuckles against my teeth whenever I purged, so they usually got all scratched and scabby.
"Oh, uh, I don't know, I think I just hit it off a wall or something" I shrugged it off but Ashley looked at me and just sighed.
-Ashley's POV-
I grabbed Andy's hand and started looking at his knuckles. There was scratches all over them, some clearly newer and some slightly scabbed. I was curious about it but also worried about what it was from.
"Andy, what's all the scratches on your knuckles from?" He seemed slightly shocked by the questions and had to think before he gave me an answer.
"Oh, uh I don't know, I think I just hit it off a wall or something" Andy shrugged and I knew he was lying. He wouldn't have taken that long to give me a truthful answer. I could tell he had to think about it before hand. It just got me more worried about him. He was the youngest out of the band and I felt like it was my job to take care of him. Although he was 19 he still seemed a lot younger. He just seemed so vulnerable. The Andy people saw on stage was a completely different Andy to the one off stage. On the stage Andy seemed more alive. His bright blue eyes had that shine in it that I seemed to have grown to love. He was a lot more outgoing and confident on stage. But it was a completely different story to when he was off. He just seemed so self conscious. His eyes were dull and his movements were laggy. He also never seemed to truly smile like he did on stage. It was always the quick little smile or the smile you could tell wasn't genuine. I found it difficult not to worry about the boy. I knew I had some kind of feelings for Andy but I didn't want to accept them. I mean, I was Ashley Purdy, I was supposed to like women. So why did I feel the way I did for Andy?
Andy was flicking through his phone, most likely on twitter. I looked at him and saw him flinch. The corners of his mouth drooped lower.
"Andy, you okay?" he looked up at me. It looked like he was away to answer then he stopped. Dipping his head low, he burst into tears.
We walked off stage hearing the fans screaming. Our war paint had run down our bodies or come off from sweating so much on stage.
"Great show guys" I gave them a wide smile.
"Okay guys we're getting to stay in a hotel tonight-" Jon out tour manager was cut off by CC cheering and jumping up and down, "-and we're going to get some food before hand so be on the bus in 10" Jon walked off leaving us to pack our instruments up and head to the bus.
I was first on the bus, sitting down on the couch and letting out a sigh. My head hurt and my limbs felt slightly shaky. I grabbed a diet coke from the fridge and sat back down.
"hey Biersack, catch" Ashley chucked a ball at me, nearly making me spill my drink.
"Fuck Ash, where did you even get that" I raised an eyebrow at him.
He just shrugged, "it was lying about so I picked it up and decided to chuck it at you" he gave me one of his Purdy smiles; I felt myself blush slightly and hid behind my hair.
The bus jolted to a start and Ashley got a bottle of jack from the fridge and sat next to me turning on the TV and putting on some reality TV show I couldn't be bothered with. So I flicked through my phone checking my tweets, replying to a couple of people. The fans tweeted about enjoying the show which made me smile, although, there was also people saying shit. I tried not to let it get to me, but in all honesty it did, it really did. But I couldn't let anyone know that. I'm Andy Biersack; it shouldn't get to me, right?
I was brought back to reality by Ashley nudging my shoulder, "Andy are you deaf, come on, we're about to get food." I felt sick to my stomach, I couldn't eat the rubbish they were about to eat. The greasy, fat, disgusting food they wanted to eat had no appeal to me.
I stood up and followed behind Ashley, we still had some of our war paint on but we had gone into many places covered in it, so we were used to the stares we got. Although it always made me feel uncomfortable and that people were looking at how fat I was.
"You want anything Andy?" I heard Jon say, everyone had ordered and I had no idea what to say.
"Uh, I'm fine, I'm not hungry" I gave Jon a quick smile and he turned back to the counter, paying for the order.
We sat down and I watched as everyone tucked in to their greasy food. It just looked so disgusting, how could they eat that? Surely they knew how unhealthy it was? Didn't they?
I stood up and said I was going out to smoke, they all just nodded. Sitting down outside I took out my lighter and cigarettes, lighting one up. I went through three cigarettes in 5 minutes. Smoking calmed me down, so I smoked a lot when I felt anxious or stressed. I heard footsteps beside me and they sat down. I knew it was Ashley, it smelt like him.
"You okay Biersack?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be" I smiles at him.
He shrugged. "You not hungry? I thought you'd be after doing a show like that…" He looked worried, why would he be worried? He didn't suspect anything did he?
"Nah, I feel slightly sick and I feel like eating will make it worse" I tried to sound like I wasn't lying.
"Okay then well Jon says the rest of the guys will be 10 minutes so you wanna head back to the bus?"
"Sure" I stood up brushing off my black skinny jeans. Ashley stood up a second later and we headed to the bus.
Ashley and I fell asleep on the couch and were woken up by CC poking us in the sides.
"CC you asshole you made me shit myself!" I'd shouted. Ashley just laughed and took a swig of Jack Daniels.
The bus started again and we headed towards the hotel we were staying in. I was happy to be sleeping in an actual bed and not one of the bunks in the bus. But the hotel was half an hour away so I put in my earphones and turned the volume right up whilst drawing batman on a piece of paper. I looked and my finger and thought to myself about how fat and chubby they looked. How could anyone ever find me in any way attractive? I was repulsive. I couldn't even look at myself without feeling sick, how could anyone else look at me and not think the same?
"Andy I swear you're going fucking deaf!" Ashley was right in my face, making me jump.
"Sorry, I was just… thinking"
"Yeah, well get your shit, we're at the hotel, you can do your thinking in the hotel room."
I grabbed a bag with clothes and some stuff I need in it to take to the room with me. I walked out the bus and was met with the rest of the guys. We walked into the hotel and went to the reception, Jon collected the room keys.
"CC and I to a room, Jake and Jinxx to a room and Andy and Ashley to a room" he handed us the keys "oh and breakfast is at 9 guys. You have a free day tomorrow so go enjoy it" We were all happy we had a free day tomorrow and could just relax. Ashley and I had already said we'd wanted to check out town.
I followed Ashley to our room and he unlocked the door. We walked in to see a double bed, a balcony and a pretty nice bathroom. Ashley flopped onto the bed and I chucked my bag down, sitting on the end of the bed and turning the TV on, flicking through the channels. I swear all that was on TV nowadays was the news and reality TV.
"Hey Andy" I turned to see Ashley holding a batman dvd, I smiled and grabbed the dvd. Ashley chuckled, "We can watch it after we have a shower"
After we'd both had a shower and I'd gotten into batman pyjama bottoms and a black vest top, Ashley just wore his boxers and a vest top, we both lay on the bed and watched the movie. I pretty much knew it word for word.
After a couple of hours the movie finished and Ashley turned the TV off, "lets get some sleep, then we can go look around tomorrow" he smiled.
"Okay" I yawned, getting under the covers, soon joined by Ashley.
He turned off the bedside lamp and we both tried to sleep. It took me quite a bit longer than Ashley to fall asleep. My head was too full of thoughts and I couldn't stop over thinking. I started thinking about whether I actually deserved to be alive. Surely no one actually liked me. I sighed, looking over at Ashley, I could just make out his face in the dark. I had to admit I did have feelings for Ash, but why would he feel the same way for me? He was only interested in someone if they had a huge ass and tits. I didn't have any of that. I was just a fuck up. A fat disgusting piece of shit. Why would Ashley ever feel the same way towards me as I did towards him.
I woke up panting and covered in sweat. I started shaking and I couldn't breathe. My chest felt constricted, as if someone was pressing down on it, and I felt sick.
"A-ashley" I stammered.
Ashley turned the light on to turn around and find me shaking and breathing heavily and fast. I was rocking back and forth. My eyes wide and I was crying.
"Fuck, Andy whats wrong" He moved closer and I jumped, screaming. "Andy shhh, its okay, breath nice and slowly okay…"
I tried to breath slowly, but I just felt like I couldn't breath and panicked again. I was properly crying now and grabbed my hair pulling at it. I couldn't breath, I felt like something was pushing down on my chest and I kept dry heaving every few minutes, "Ashley…i-I cant…b-breathe" I managed to say. Ashley slowly moved closer towards me and I started panicking more.
"Andy calm down okay, try and breathe slowly, please, just try breathe, in… and out…"
It was another twenty minutes before I eventually calmed down. Ashley got me a glass of water and told me to take small sips. I set it to the side and leaned against the wall, letting out a sigh, "Sorry I woke you up Ash" I looked down.
"Hey its fine, we have a free day remember, we don't have to be up that early" he smiled and got back under the covers, I did the same. "Come here", he opened his arms and I shuffled over, putting my head into his chest, he wrapped his arms round my shoulders and rubbed up and down my back. I felt safe in Ashley's arms, and he made me feel like I had someone.


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Wedding Gift - Fondue Pot
A girlfriend of mine is getting married in a few months time. She asked me 3 years ago that if she "ever gets married, can you buy me a found pot?".
Do I keep my word? Or do I buy her a dutch oven (or something else) because realistically it's much more practical?
I'm pretty certain she would only use it for dipping strawberries, bananas, and marshmallows in chocolate.
Australia doesn't have a huge choice and they all seem 'for show' but perhaps this is all she needs?
Alternatively I'm currently in Paris and can drop by E.Dehillerin quite easily. Granted postage to Australia is crazy expensive, perhaps tax to pay, and the fear of the item being broken in transit.
What are people thoughts? Do I just buy a pretty fondue pot in Australia, buy something lovely in Paris, or perhaps pick up a dutch oven instead?
Thanks for any input :-)
I would take her at face value, buy a fondue pot, and include the gift receipt. Maybe remind her that she wanted one. Not sure if they sell these in Austrailia, but I have a great stainless steel one made by Cuisenart.,
I'd say just get it. She's going to be newly married, is probably a bit young and just wants to enjoy. It's not all about practicality and I think she'll find the gift that much more meaningful that you remembered her request. Can you pack it in your carry on or check in? Will be safer that way.
And thanks for the note, I will have to see what these dehillerin fondue pots are about! I Will be here til Dec.
If that's what she wants, get it (assuming its in your budget). It's a bit patronizing to not buy someone an item they specifically asked for just because they won't use it in the way you think they should. However, if you think she just said it in offhand way and didn't really want one, ask! Or just send money :)
Thanks all. She is early 20's and just wants to settle down and have chocolate fondue with friends on a Friday night. Sounds pretty good to me. I'm travelling for 3 months and am not able to travel with any additional weight, so I'll keep an eye out in France, and on my way East for a really nice fondue pot. Otherwise I'll pick one up in Australia. I might dress it up with a Microplain Grater, as it's one of those items that you never really know how useful it is until you get a good one,
depending on where in Australia you will end up, there are some good cookware shops to be found. I'd suggest purchasing there, or else order on-line and have shipped direct.
Postage/freight costs are crazy.
Hi, snax:
Here's what I'd do...
In Paris, buy her a really nice rechaud (the tabletop burner a fondue pot goes on) and set of fondue forks. I would either completely forego the pot itself (have her use a small saucepan), OR get her an inexpensive pot with those maddening notches for the forks when you get back to USA.
If she likes to entertain, the rechaud would be a treasure she can use for both fondue and other things. Good ones are much cheaper in France than in USA.
I have the LC fondue set, which I do not care for when doing fondue. The "burner" is not really adjustable; the frame is bizarre; and the ECI pot usually scorches the cheese at some point. I mostly use the pot separately for small-batch deep frying.


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Find exciting bike tours for your vacation. Hit the pedal to the metal and experience the excitement of our bicycle tours. Our bicycle trips can be guided for beginner riders or self-guided for experienced bikers. Bike trips are a fun physical activity that can be enjoyed by anyone. Go off-road and take your wheels into the woods on our mountain biking tours. Enjoy speeding down trails and ripping through the forest on our mountain biking trips. Browse our bike tours and plan your vacation today!
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Bike Tours France - We offer custom, private, guided and self-guided bicycle tours, walking tours and bike training camps for leisure, family and avid cyclists and walkers in France, Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, at affordable prices.
Bike Tours Florida - Discounted Miami tours and attraction tickets.
Bike Tours Morocco - TRAVEL TO MOROCCO AND TOURISM Azulaventuras is a travel agency with an alternative tourism experience around Morocco. Azulaventuras was made to offer a service for people who want to travel to the authentic Morocco. We offer different pos
Bike Tours France - Spyns is a luxury hiking and cycling tour company offering trips to France Spain Ireland and Morocco. Traveling with us means being a part of the D Day Anniversary in Normandy, the Cannes Film Festival, the French Open, or Running with the Bulls.
Bike Tours Pennsylvania - Riding mountains in the east is tough. They throw down a gauntlet only the most experienced riders can pick up. The Coal Cracker will test both your skill and your fitness, ultimately leaving you with a sense of satisfaction few can know.
Bike Tours Australia - We provide bicycles, helmets and transport. We drop you off at the destinatin and you ride back. The are 2 routes, the coastal and the inland. Its a great way to see this scenic part of Western Australia.
Bike Tours Italy - On a self-guided tour the client will plan his time on his own and decide which places and monuments to visit among those suggested. On a group tour a bike guide and means of transport escort and support the group. Bike rental. Bike trips.
Bike Tours France - Go to the top of Alpe d�Huez, touch the monument to Henri Desgranges at the summit of the Galibier, climb Les Deux Alpes, Lautaret, and others! If you are experienced and passionate, then come climb where legends have passed !
Bike Tours Italy - Organize your own touring while staying in my unique hillside home near Cortona & Perugia; no need to drive anywhere! Backroads lead in all directions from my front door. Beautiful scenery, easy to challenging roads. CAI maps for easy navigation.
Bike Tours Mexico - OWA leads custom and scheduled biking and trekking trips to Copper Canyon during the fall, winter, and spring. Trips are hotel-based and include travel from and return to El Paso, TX. Bikes and other equipment are provided by OWA.
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