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I think heirlooms are going to be dead soon.
Hear me out - These were a great perk idea for a while. A LOT of ppl were max level in Wrath, bored, but didnt want to level ANOTHER toon - so a quick and easy boost (and a sink for all those emblems/badges) made a lot of sense.
But look at things now -
a) We all have multiple toons, and most every type/slot of heirloom item
b) Leveling has never been easier (even WITHOUT heirlooms) thanks to the cata zone revamps and LFD
Now we roll toons, mail 'em their heirlooms, and never look at/equip a damn piece of loot that drops until level 80 or so. It's always vendor or disenchant. Even the relevant Blue loot that drops from LFD goodie bags is vendor trash.
Seems like that's not how the game should be.
I would rather they do this personally. Low level God Mode gets old fast. The guild perks and revamps are enoughfor levelling. Currently levelling a mage without anything ( heirlooms or guild) and its fun to work through the zones properly. To each their own of course.
Pyromelter said...
Great point. I'm about as casual-friendly a player as I know (I'm all for things being as easy as possible so the game isn't frustrating for newbies or less skilled players), but even I have to recognize that leveling in wow is often times simply too easy. I'd say it's just about maybe the right amount of easy without heirlooms, but with heirlooms, that god mode thing does get old pretty fast imo.
The problem with heirlooms is that they can't be sent to characters on other realms, and while many like to level alts in the same sever, others ( like me) get tired of leveling by playing less than an hour on a level 80 toon. It becomes worse when they want to level in another server without any heirlooms.
One of my alts is sitting at 70 just waiting on the 33% decreased leveling time on 4.3. If i could make it 20% (that's as fast as it could with heirlooms get the last time I leveled a toon) faster, that alt would have an even better survivability chance.
On a side note, giving them to all game accounts would not be a good thing since new players would get a rather weird leveling pace with new and older content.
GreenerGrass said...
What Blizzard could do to address these concerns with heirlooms making leveling too fast and too easy is implement a way for people who don't want to use heirlooms to opt out.
I can think of at least two ways this could be done with current technology. First, they could make spending one's hard-earned emblems and gold on heirlooms a choice, rather than forcing people to do it against their will. Second, they could let people equip other gear besides heirlooms while leveling.
Actually, it seems Blizzard has beaten me to the punch and done both of those things already!
But neither of those address the problem, do they? Because, since they are indeed completely optional, complaints that heirlooms make the game too easy are really complaints that heirlooms make the game too easy... for other people.
It might be worth thinking twice before judging another person based on how much recreation time they have available for a game like WoW, and how they choose to spend it. Leveling is, more than ever, a solo pursuit (and that is by design) so maybe it doesn't need to matter to one person how or at what pace another person chooses to go about it.
For me, heirlooms are a great tool to level alts. XP bonus aside, it allows me to level up and not worry about 4-6+ pieces of gear. I also know that If I skip around I don't have to worry about what other gear I have either because the heirloom stuff is good enough. It helps in gearing for an offspec too because instead of taking inferior items for your main spec you can take the items for your 2nd spec.
I'm not complaining thta heirlooms are making the game too easy - heck, that's kinda what they were designed to do.
And no one is forcing us to use them - although the argument could be made that having access to heirlooms and NOT using them is deliberately nerfing your progress. But if you/I want to play/level slower, experience quests, etc., then that option is available.
My main point is that fully-equipping a toon with heirlooms completely eliminates a big part of the game - gearing. I'm not certain how transmog will affect this, but i get boooored looking at my lvl 40 warrior, who hasnt changed her clothes since level 2.
t seems like Blizzard could accomplish the same thing (quick leveling) by adding a "character enchant" or even selling you a level 70 toon, like the way that DKs work (everyone's favorite alt class).
And before you chime in with "you need to play the lower levels to learn your class...", remember that a great deal of your major spells and abilities don't even show up until later levels (Fan of Knives - at 70??? Misdirection at 76???)
restodr00d said...
Scott tell me, what is exactly your problem then? You are whining for everything, if you don't like seeing the same gear on YOUR characters all the way to 80 don't use them simple as that.
If you don't like to group with people that have heirloom then you don't, so don't use LFD either because that's another tool to make the game easier, and don't youd are using the LFR in 4.3 because that will make everything easier.
seriously with this kind of people, they whine if it is too easy, if it istoo hard, if they don't have what other have, geez.
@Greener Grass
Your statement does not correspond to reality, giving players more choices doesn't mean you're improving anyone's gaming experience. The level pace is very important for new players as most of them don't even know how things work at max level, so the game is about leveling to them. If you just make their game weird and sketchy (like moving on before finishing the storyline of a zone), there will be no real enjoyment.
ICC shows us that having more options doesn't mean a better experience for everyone, I bet the game would have been more interesting to some (not everyone) without the buff, yet, no one would ever do it, simply because there was no reward or new sensation other than frustration because of not being able to do something you have do before.
If it was optinal to have bad gear while raiding end game content and blizzard just gave everyone the best gear, the game wouldn't be tuned correctly (even though you could always choose to wear bad gear) and would be a lot less fun, same thing happens with new players and their leveling experience.
techvoodooguy said...
The low-level god mode isn't because of heirlooms, these days. I have 1 heirloom on my rogue (the cloak) and killing stuff from level 10-40 has been Stealth->Ambush->Mutilate->Loot->Repeat. My hunter was even easier (this was pre-AiS buff). I could kill a mob every six seconds with ES->AS (levelling as SV). My mage, shaman, warrior, druid, and DK have pretty much the same stories. The only exceptions are my spriest and pally.

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Student Affairs' late-night programming offers students alcohol-free weekend options
The enormous room was packed full with intense competitors, standing room only. As they gazed down intently, the tension was almost unbearable as they waited for their chance to scream.
The University's Free Food and Fun Fridays is one of the new ways students are finding exciting and entertaining things to do on the weekend.
"What 21-year-old doesn't want to play Bingo on a Friday night?" said junior Denesha James, a late-night Bingo veteran.
Alternatives to late-night parties are beginning to pop up on college campuses nationwide, and this year Temple joined the list with its new alcohol-free programs.
Every year, drinking by college students across the country causes significant numbers of injuries and deaths. A recent National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism report stated that "drinking by college students age 18 through 24 contributes to an estimated 1,400 student deaths, 500,000 injuries and 70,000 cases of sexual assault each year."
Because the misuse of alcohol by students is such a significant impediment to academic and personal excellence, several years ago Temple and the Division of Student Affairs began searching for ways to create a safer, healthier environment both on and off campus after dark.
In the fall of 2004, Vice President of Student Affairs Theresa A. Powell initiated the University's largest and most comprehensive response, the Alcohol Task Force, which is made up of faculty, staff and students.
In a 2005 survey conducted by the Tuttleman Counseling Center, 43 percent of Temple students reported binge drinking in the two weeks before the study, slightly below than the national average of 49 percent. Binge drinking was defined as consuming more than five drinks in one sitting. Although Temple finds itself below the national average, any amount of alcohol abuse is too much, Powell said.
So, to cut down the numbers even further, Student Affairs began offering students the opportunity to enjoy concerts, card games and video games from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights starting last semester.
Maureen Fisher, program coordinator of late-night programming, said these events were developed by the Student Activities staff specifically as an alternative to alcohol-related activities on weekends. They complement other alcohol-free activities on campus such as sports, residence hall activities and music and theatrical productions.
The Friday night activities alternate between four games that are rotated every week in the atrium of the Student Center. The games are Texas Hold 'em, spades, the football video game Madden NFL 2005 and the crowd favorite — Bingo.
"At any given time on Friday night, there are as many as 200 to 250 people coming in and out of the Student Center," Fisher said. "Our most popular night is definitely Bingo but we also get a huge turnout for the Texas Hold 'em tournaments."
Fisher said that another reason crowds are drawn to the Student Center is because it really does pay to play.
During the night, the Student Activities staff draw raffle tickets and hand out prizes including gift certificates for iTunes, the student bookstore and local restaurants. Diamond Dollars are one of the most popular prizes among students, who are able to use the currency like cash at various locations around campus.
While Free Food and Fun Fridays prove successful from the very beginning, the Underground — a newly opened nightclub in the basement of the Student Center — is picking up momentum.
In order to draw bigger crowds, Fisher started asking student organizations to co-sponsor the weekly events. The organizations have the option to use the Underground as a venue to hold concerts, poetry readings or open mic nights similar to those found in a "coffee shop" atmosphere, and they can book the types of talent they want.
"Last semester, the Underground wasn't being used for Saturday night events, but in recent months it has really gained popularity," Fisher revealed. "With the help of the student organizations, we have had times when we have had over 400 people come to the event."
Because the venue is located right on campus, the Underground also acts as a great place for student talent to shine.
"People who are interested in performing at the Underground are asked to sign up, drop off a demo for us to listen to and wait for a call back," Fisher said. "We have never had a problem finding student bands willing to play. In fact, we have had to make a waiting list."
Student Activities isn't the only Student Affairs department getting involved in the late-night fun Recreation Services is also hosting some after-dark events at the IBC Student Recreation Center and Student Pavillion. For many of the activities, ranging from card games to table tennis, you don't even have to break a sweat to have fun.
"We increased our activities at night this year to offer an option for students who don't want to go out and party," said Steve Young, director of Recreation Services. "The alcohol task force approached us about holding events last year after they presented their findings, and we thought that would be a great idea. Now we hold card games and offer [sports] tournaments that go on after dark."
At the end of the spring semester, Powell and the rest of the Student Activities personnel plan to evaluate the relationship among college students' participation in the alcohol-free alternative activities and the actual alcohol abuse incidents reported on campus. It will also look at the overall satisfaction with the program to see what worked and what didn't.
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|04.06.2013, 17:52
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Game Update 09 – Rise of the Cylons
Hello Pilots,
We are deploying an update to all live servers on Wednesday, June 5th. This update will contain the faction switch, our new Options UI, new features and bug fixes.
Finally it is done – with our Faction Switch we are going to let the Colonial applicants who met the requirements change sides and join the faction which has been the underdog for way too long. Now everyone may expect noticeable changes in regards of fighting for territory control and PVP availability. It is time for the rise of the Cylons – find all the details here: http://en.board.bigpoint.com/bsgo/showthread.php?t=522215
The implementation of our new Options UI marks the first step of an overall improvement of the whole game UI. It should give you an idea of what we are having planned for the game and offers you the opportunity to give us feedback on the UI development.
The new Options are now better accessible, are easier to understand and offer an intuitive handling. The pictures below give you a first impression:
Due to this implementation it will be necessary to make adjustments to your customized game configurations. That means you might need to adjust your graphic settings, for example.
This update will need a server maintenance of approx. 120 minutes overall. We are going to start to shut the servers down at 10.30 am CEST (UTC+2). The countdown will start around 15 minutes beforehand on each server.
The game update will be deployed as following:
10.30 am CEST – EU Kobol
11.00 am CEST – Libran, Virgon, Canceron
11.30 am CEST – EU Tauron, Picon, Sagittaron
12.00 pm CEST – US EAST
12.15 pm CEST – US WEST
Battlespace: To make it more interesting for new players we made adjustments to the Battlespace sector, those changes feature the following:
- Added a second planetoid to the sectorWe 'spiced up' the life in the Battlespace sector a bit to be more in line with the life of a new player and to give him the possibility to complete his first daily missions in a protected environment.
- Arena: After your feedback in regards of arena improvements we restricted the use of nuclear missiles in arena sectors as a first step
- NPC: Weadjusted platform spawn times and locations in Muspell and Nilfhel in order to improve the distribution and make fighting platforms easier
- UI: Switching rooms during the logout countdown now cancels the logout process
- UI: The Triad / Prophecy reminder mail only appears once a month, not every day anymore
- Fixed an issue where players spawned into the radiation zone of HadesYour Battlestar Galactica Online Team
|04.06.2013, 17:55
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Hi pilots,
You can discuss the update here: >Link<
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|05.06.2013, 10:19
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Due to small adjustments to the options GUI that must be made at the last minute, the update will be delayed by 30 minutes. The game update times are now in the following order:
11:00 am CEST - EU Kobol
11:30 am CEST - Libran, Virgon, Canceron
12:00 pm CEST - EU Tauron, Picon, Sagitarron
12:30 pm CEST - U.S. EAST
12:45 pm CEST - U.S. WEST
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|05.06.2013, 11:22
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due to the fact that the Faction Switch is a very important step and a technical procedure that needs close monitoring we are planning to start the Faction Switch on Libran first. After this has been successfully performed and tested we are going to activate the Faction Switch on all other servers during this afternoon.
We hope that this cautious approach meets your expectations and we thank for your understanding!
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|05.06.2013, 16:11
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after testing the Faction Switch on one server we came to notice that the announced name change feature isn't working even though working during internal testing. But instead of turning it off completely, we are fixing this issue for you. That means two things:
We are having another very short server maintenance tomorrow. (Time frame not yet predictable, will be announced tomorrow) And the Faction Switch will be DELAYED until tomorrow as well!
We are sorry for this, but we are sure you wouldn't enjoy the switch as much without a name change.
We thank for your understanding!
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|06.06.2013, 11:55
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after successfully fixing the issue with the renaming we are going to have another server maintenance to apply this fix to all live servers. This means a very brief downtime for every server. Every downtime will be announced by a countdown. We are going to deploy as following:
1.30 pm CEST – EU Kobol
2.00 pm CEST – Libran, Virgon, Canceron
2.30 pm CEST – EU Tauron, Picon, Sagittaron
3.00 pm CEST – US EAST
3.15 pm CEST – US WEST
In regards of the Faction Switch:
We are going to start the Faction Switch again on Libran first once the server is back at approx. 2.30 pm CEST. When that's done you will be able to change the Faction when you log into the game if your application has been approved previously. If you are already logged in by then - please log out and back in again.
If that goes well we are going to start the Faction Switch for all servers after the maintenance is finished! We're updating you in this thread when this happens!
Thank for your understanding and patience!
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|06.06.2013, 15:12
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the moment has come! The Rise of the Cylons is imminent!
At 4 pm CEST we opened the Faction Switch for all servers. Means: Those of you who applied and had their application approved will be able to change faction to become Cylons! After the login you will find yourself on the character selection screen. If you're currently in the game - just log out and back in!
If you change your name please obey, that you need to confirm the name change, wait until the character creation is finished and the relog once more so the name change will be applied to the chat system as well.
Furthermore: We will keep it open for a very long time! You will always be able to log into the game and change to your new faction if you haven't yet!
Thanks for your patience and enjoy your new faction!
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|07.06.2013, 12:03
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as some of you reported the certain 'sonorous humming' sound in the background being too annoying and therefore we reduced the volume for this sound effect.
Some background information:
This sound effect was in the game since the beginning, but was previously bound to the volume setting of the music. This has been a bug since it's rather a sound effect and no music. The bug was fixed with the implementation of the new Options UI. And that fix lead to the issue that this sound effect is now as loud as the other sound effects.
However since we want you to enjoy the game without this annoyance we decided to reduce the overall volume for this effect.
This has been done with a web sync of the client version and is already activated on all servers since noon CEST. If you're currently logged in the game you will need to relog to experience the change.
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Pamela Thoma
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Research & Teaching Interests
- Transnational feminisms, feminist and cultural theory
- Asian American studies—literature, film, and popular culture
- American literary and visual culture studies
- Twentieth-century and contemporary women's literature
- Political economy, labor and citizenship studies
- Critical and feminist pedagogy
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- Asian American Women's Popular Literature: Feminizing Genres and Neoliberal Belonging. Temple University Press, October 2013.
- Postfeminist Fictions of Fertility, Family, and Domesticity in Twenty-First Century Popular Culture, in progress.
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- "What Julia Knew: Domestic Labor in the Recession-Era Chick Flick," Gendering the Recession: Media and Culture in an Age of Austerity. Diane Negra and Yvonne Tasker, eds. Duke University Press. Forthcoming, 2014.
- "Romancing the Self and Negotiating Consumer Citizenship in Asian American Labor Lit," Contemporary Women's Writing. In Press. doi 10.1093/cww/vps036. 27 March 2013. Advance Access at http://cww.oxfordjournals.org/.
- "Traveling the Distances of Karen Tei Yamashita's Fiction: A Review Essay on Yamashita Scholarship and Transnational Studies," Asian American Literature: Reading, Pedagogy, Practice 1 (Spring 2010): 6–15.
- "Buying Up Baby: Modern Feminine Subjectivity, Assertions of 'Choice,' and the Repudiation of Reproductive Justice in Postfeminist Unwanted Pregnancy Films," Feminist Media Studies 9.4 (Dec. 2009): 209–225.
- "Representing Korean American Female Subjects, Negotiating Multiple Americas, and Reading Beyond the Ending in Ronyoung Kim's Clay Walls," Recovered Legacies: Authority and Identity in Early Asian American Literature, Floyd Cheung and Keith Lawrence, eds. Temple University Press, 2005. 265–293.
- "Intercollegiate Web Pedagogy: Possibilities and Limitations of Virtual Asian American Studies," with John Cheng and Karen Chow. AsianAmerica.Net: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Cyberspace, Rachel C. Lee and Sau-Ling Cynthia Wong, eds. New York: Routledge, 2003. 193–212.
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I was intrigued, and had potato chips in the house so we tried it. Turns out sort of like crispy hash-browns, with interesting background flavors. Didn't have cilantro so used parsley, which probably tipped it towards traditional american hash-brown flavor. This would be a fun recipe to make with older kids / adolescents.
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Do European officials really only have one week to save the eurozone? Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti seems to think so, telling The Guardian. The Guardian reports:
Speaking to the Guardian and a group of leading European newspapers, Monti said that, without a successful outcome at the summit, "there would be progressively greater speculative attacks on individual countries, with harassment of the weaker countries". The attacks would be focused not only on those who had failed to respect EU guidelines, but also on those like Italy, which he said had abided by the rules "but which carry with them from the past a high debt".
Monti warned: "A large part of Europe would find itself having to continue to put up with very high interest rates that would then impact on the states and also indirectly on firms. This is the direct opposite of what is needed for economic growth."
Outlining the result of a failure at the talks, Monti said that, faced with creeping economic paralysis, "the frustration of the public towards Europe would grow", creating a vicious circle. "To emerge in good shape from this crisis of the eurozone and the European economy, ever more integration is needed," said Monti. Yet, if the summit failed to resolve the problems quickly, "public opinion, but also that of the governments and parliament… will turn against that greater integration".
Scary as that sounds, I wouldn't worry much. After nearly three years of watching Europe's finest muddle through, investors have learned not to expect much of EU summits—pledges to support the euro and a few loose plans to stoke growth, perhaps, but certainly not an instant fix for the peripheral eurozone's sovereign debt problems. Thus, if this week's gathering of EU leaders ends up as anticlimactic as previous summits, it's tough to imagine investors deciding all is lost and markets behaving as Monti described.
As rational and learned as Monti is, I suspect he knows this. So why'd he sound the alarm? Was he trying to spark a panic?
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If that's the case though, he miscalculated. Merkel's not blocking his plan because she doesn't want to help Spain and Italy—rather, her cabinet, parliament and constituents are wary of assuming liability for any more peripheral debt. And Merkel needs their support, with parliament scheduled to vote on the ESM treaty this week. Her opposition, the Social Democratic and Green parties, are already wary of the ESM—if the treaty is amended to allow it to buy sovereign debt, Merkel may not secure enough votes to ratify it. That would be an embarrassing political defeat, and one she's keen to avoid a year before her re-election campaign. Thus, her resolve held, and she reiterated her nein to Monti, Hollande and Rajoy's proposal, saying, "It's not up for debate."
Positively for Spain and Italy, however, she may be bluffing a bit. Throughout the past two-plus years, Merkel has repeatedly opposed various measures to help out peripheral Europe in order to curry favor at home, then compromised as needed. Once her parliament passes the ESM treaty, she may find it easier to be flexible. Not that she'll completely fold—keeping with her typical pattern, she'll likely drive a hard bargain and ask participating nations to cede some sovereignty over fiscal policy and banking regulation. But Europe's leaders always seem to manage to cobble together some sort of agreement, and it's tough to envision them letting this proposal die without a strong effort to compromise.


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Subjects.—Fifty normal people, 11 manic-depressive manics, 12 manic-depressive depressions, nine cases of dementia præcox and three psychopaths.Procedure of the Experiment.—A perfectly meaningless picture was shown to the subjects for two minutes. Previously an instruction was given, suggesting strongly to the subjects, that the picture is a representation of meaningful objects and urging them to report everything they see. The report was analyzed with emphasis on the relation between significant and non-significant statements. By the former are meant statements picking out parts of the picture as meaningful objects.Results.—The study of the normal group showed certain tendencies of sex differences. The 25 men gave together a larger number of significant statements than the 25 women, and thus seemed to have the capacity of "creating images" more strongly developed. Both among men and women there was a type of individual who talked a large number of words but few significant ones. To this "normal talkative type" belonged twice as many women as men. The attitude of the male subjects to the test was set more rapidly than the attitude of the female.The manic-depressive manics gave a considerably larger number of significant statements than the normal, thus showing an increased tendency of "creating images." The recovering manics approached the "normal talkative type" in their productions.The study of the manic-depressive depressions distinguishes the retarded depressions from the non-retarded ones. The former gave a much less number of both significant and non-significant words than the normal, thus showing a decreased tendency of "creating images." The non-retarded depressions gave also a small number of significant words but quite a large number of insignificant ones. Consequently they approach in their performance the "normal talkative type," just as the recovering manics do.The attitude of the depressed subject was always easily set and about invariably the one of "I can not." This is the phrase with which they mostly begin their productions and we consider their attitude as a beautiful expression of the "feeling of inadequacy" which is a characteristic symptom of melancholics. The non-retarded depressions showed a stronger tendency of perseveration in their productions than any of the other groups.The test result from dementia præcox cases and psychopaths shows a variability of features which makes impossible any general conclusions.
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Inside of purchasing flea control products from the store, you can make your own homemade flea killer. Getting rid of fleas in your home can be easily done by using common household products. These homemade solutions are cheaper and much safer than insecticidal chemicals.
Here we will go over how to make 4 effective homemade flea control recipes: pet shampoo, pet spray, and powder for carpets, and traps.
1) Homemade Flea Shampoo for Your Pet
This homemade shampoo for fleas will effectively remove fleas from your dog's body, and will help sooth the itchy bites he is dealing with. The essential oils will remove and repel fleas, then the aloe vera and oatmeal will sooth irritated skin.
- 1 cup of hot water
- 1/4 cup of an organic, mild shampoo
- 1 tablespoon of eucalyptus oil (or cinnamon, cedar wood, peppermint)
- 1 tablespoon of orange oil
- 1 tablespoon of aloe vera juice
- 1 tablespoon of colloidal oatmeal
Fully lather your dog with the homemade flea shampoo. Make sure to get even the hard to reach locations like between toes and under tails, because fleas tend to reside here. Leave the shampoo on your pet's fur for at least five minutes (and no more than 10 minutes). Then rinse your dog thoroughly with water to avoid skin irritation. You will have a clean, fresh smelling, and most importantly flea-free pet.
2) Homemade Flea Spray for Your Pet
If you are looking for a flea repellent for your pets, check out this really simple recipe. It uses vinegar as the main ingredient. While vinegar will not kill fleas, it will repel them. Fleas do not like the strong scent of vinegar or the acidic taste. It is believed that fleas would rather die from hunger than approach a vinegar-smelling pet.
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1/2 cup water
Mix equal parts vinegar and water. Then, pour the solution in a clean spray bottle. After which, spray the mixture onto your pet's fur and finish the treatment by massaging it in. Do not over-use this treatment, because vinegar can dry out skin.
3) Homemade Flea Powder for Your Home
The homemade flea powder is extremely effective, and is very similar to store bought flea powders. All of these ingredients cause fleas to quickly dehydrate when they come in contact with them.
- 3 cups of food grade diatomaceous earth
- 3 cups of natural borax
- 1/2 cup salt
Mix all of the ingredients together to form the powder. The even sprinkle it on your carpets. Using a broom will help to brush it deeper into the carpet fibers. Let it sit for a couple hours, and then vacuum it up. The vacuum will only remove the excess powder, some will still stay in the carpet to kill fleas. Remember to only use food grade diatomaceous earth and natural borax.
4) Homemade Flea Trap
Flea traps are an effective method to capture to and kill adult fleas. The fleas will be attracted to the warmth and light from the lamp. Then they will drown in the pie tin with water in it. The dish soap works to remove water tension, so the fleas instantly sink.
- Desk lamp
- Aluminum pie tin
- Dawn disk soap
- Water
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The Polymorph: Chicken spell you linked is EXTREMELY intriguing to me. It makes me wonder the possibility of it becoming a spell that mages can learn? After all, I've heard a lot of QQ about how inferior polymorph is to fear in PvP, and looking at the chicken spell, it might be a way to fix it. The spell mentions nothing about healing the target, and also says nothing about breaking immediately upon damage (I assume it will be about as easy to break as fear). As a trade off, though, the polymorphed character will still be able to do a minimal amount of melee DPS, or will be able to attempt to run behind a pillar to avoid the Pyroblast/frostfire bolt/nuke of choice that a mage loves to throw at hapless sheep these days. I see these as a more than fair trade-off for being able to CC an enemy in arena at 35% health and not healing them back to 100% as a result.


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