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Nails' Tales, the towering obelisk of footballs that has amused, irked and offended visitors to Camp Randall since it was installed in November 2005, could be going away.
As part of a plan to restore the outside of the landmark UW-Madison Field House and improve the plaza along its southwest side, the university is weighing whether to keep the controversial, 50-foot-tall sculpture near the corner of Regent Street and Breese Terrace.
"We don't know what's going to happen with the sculpture," Gary Brown, director of campus planning and landscape architecture, said Monday. "It could stay. It could go. It could be relocated. We're still talking about the whole thing."
The university hopes to restore the Field House with renovated or new windows, doors and lighting, clean the stonework and improve the plaza with more public space and new landscaping, tiered seating, a reconfigured parking lot, fencing and a retaining wall along Monroe Street and Little Street, the one-block street that hugs the southern end of the property.
The fate of Nails' Tales, done by acclaimed artist Donald Lipski, a UW-Madison graduate whose works have been installed around the country, came into question because the sculpture isn't included in a concept sketch of the restoration and plaza project to be shared with the city's Joint Campus Committee in an informational presentation set for Wednesday.
The 14-page submission by SmithGroup, an architectural, engineering and planning firm headquartered in Detroit, shows other improvements, including a gateway at the corner of Breese Terrace and Little Street featuring a large new sign — but no Nails' Tales.
An overhead site plan also depicts an empty plaza where the sculpture now stands.
Brown said he didn't know if Nails' Tales was purposefully left off of the images but stressed that the project is still in its preliminary stage and said the university is gathering input from the surrounding neighborhoods and others.
UW athletics spokesman Brian Lucas echoed that the plans have not been finalized and declined further comment. SmithGroup referred questions to the university.
Lipski, contacted early Monday afternoon, said he hadn't heard about the university's concept plans. He could not be reached later Monday after Brown further detailed plans and process.
The university will present plans to the city's Joint Campus Area Committee at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday in Room 132 of the WARF Building, 610 Walnut St.
Ald. Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, 5th District, who represents the site and is a member of the committee, said the university had contacted her about its plans for the Field House and plaza but that the sculpture didn't come up.
She said she respects Lipski but isn't a fan of Nails' Tales.
"I wouldn't miss it," she said. "I do not know that anybody would. It continues to be the same conversation as when it was first placed there. It doesn't seem to fit very well."
The concrete, steel, stone and resin sculpture uses the form of an ancient obelisk, similar to the Washington Monument, from which emerges a towering pile of footballs. Inspirations for the sculpture included the Camp Randall archway at Dayton Street and Randall Avenue, and the work intentionally seems unfinished, as if the stone might erode away leaving more footballs, Lipski has said. Nails was the nickname of Lipski's college roommate, Eric "Nails" Nathan.
The piece was intended to project power and strength, Lipski said at the time of its unveiling. But critics said it brought to mind an ear of corn or male anatomy.
Nails' Tales was commissioned by the Wisconsin Arts Board's Percent for Art program. The state, as well as city committees will be consulted as concepts for the project evolve, Brown said. The artist will also be consulted, he said.
The university hopes to decide on a direction for the project in the spring, Brown said.
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Self-Examination (take this topic very personal)
Key Scripture: Job 2
A hypocrite is said to be "a person who claims or pretends to have certain beliefs about what is right but who behaves in a way that disagrees with those beliefs" (Merriam-Webster Online). The Urban Dictionary defines a hypocrite as:
(1) A person who engages in the same behaviours he condemns others for.
(2) A person who professes certain ideals, but fails to live up to them.
(3) A person who holds other people to higher standards than he holds himself.
An upright person is said to be "always behaving in an honest way: having high moral standards" (Merriam-Webster Online). Moreover, a servant is an individual "who is devoted to or guided by some[one else] [or] one that serves others" (Merriam Webster Online).
I have the honour of mentoring some beautiful young ladies and a handsome young man. My aim is to help them get closer to God and I do so by challenging them in the necessary areas. One of the challenges requires that they spend time with God each day. My motto is: "Anything I ask them to do, I must have done or be doing." One of my mentee is asked to spend 40 minutes with God: 20 minutes to read and 20 minutes to pray. So I challenge myself to spend 1hr with God.
My hypocrisy came into play when I began to give God less than even 10minutes per day. I was asking and expecting my mentees to do something daily, that I wasn't doing. I was being a hypocrite.
Just like the Pharisees and Scribes in the bible. They were the keepers of the law and expected the Jewish people to observe the laws but they themselves did not keep the laws. They walk around with an air of piety (righteousness) and judged the persons who broke the laws.
God showed me who I really was, then He led me to Job 2
Job2:3 "And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? And still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause."
As Christians, our very worship disturbs the enemy. If we trouble the enemy, we must expect him to retaliate. Satan could not move Job because he was an upright servant; he was honest, moral, had integrity and shunned evil.
If we are honest and know that it is God we are serving, whatever the enemy comes back with will not shake us or move us. But if we remain hypocrites: pretending to have on robes of righteousness and holiness, pretending to be close to God, and pretending to know who God is….then it won't be easy to stand against the enemy.
We leave ourselves open to spiritual attacks when we ask persons to do what we won't do and when we profess that we are Christians but do not spend time to know God, we are disobedient, judging others … and the list goes on.
Ask yourself, "Am I being a hypocrite?"
Let us make the necessary steps to become upright servants.

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Berlin: Checkpoint Charlie
Another attraction I wanted to see in Berlin was Checkpoint Charlie, the place during the cold war where one could pass between East Berlin and West Berlin. I started by getting off the metro at the Kochstraße station and headed from the west side to the east side. There is a museum and numerous gift shops. There is also a portion of the Berlin wall to view.
Approaching the east side, one sees a portrait of a Russian soldier and a sign reminding that you are leaving the American sector.
From the opposite side one sees a portrait of an American soldier. Also on the west side is a McDonald's and Starbucks...
At the checkpoint there was an "American soldier" (which I assume was an actor) that was there to pose for and with tourists. Since he thought the tourist he was posing with was from India, he was playfully chanting "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna..." The tourists seemed to grin and bare it...
The east side, as the side reminds us, is supposed to be a profit-free sector. This is not the case anymore, as I soon discovered...
There were a few street vendors (in addition to the many gift shops) selling "communist era" souvenirs. I saw and wanted a small soviet star pin with a hammer and sickle. I asked how much. "Five euro," was the reply.
"Wow, that's more expensive than I thought," I replied.
"OK. Four euro."
Laughing, "No. No thanks..."
"OK. For you, three euro."
"I will think about it..." I left and took some more photos of buildings. The architecture between east and west is very different. After a while I returned to the vendor thinking I would offer two euro for the pin.
He saw me, picked up hat with many soviet style pins and said to me, "Forty euro!"
"I don't want the hat..."
"OK. Thirty-five..."
"But I really don't want the hat..."
After a short pause and a sigh, "For you, only thirty euro."
"But I really only want the small pin..."
"Look at all the pins on the hat," he said and then counted them. "Twelve pins. It is a great deal."
"Is the hat authentic?"
"Yes, of course," he said, showing me a date stamp inside (1984).
"But the hat is too small for me..."
"No, it fits perfectly," he said, placing the obviously too small hat on my head. The hat fell off and he said, "OK. For you, only twenty five. Only twenty five euro..." He saw the hesitant expression on my face and sighed again. "Twenty euro."
"Will you throw the pin in as well...?"
He shoved the hat in the bag, made a big production of removing the pin from its display, threw it into the bag and shoved the bag into my hands.
"You are a good salesman," I said.
"You are a good customer. You will bring me luck. You are my first customer of the day."
It was past three in the afternoon. And now I had a hat that I really didn't want... So much for the profit free zone. But he did allow me to take his picture.
If you see this man, please give him my best regards.
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The Best Circular Saw – Complete Buying Guide & Reviews
The Circular Saw is without a doubt one of the most necessary tools for DIY'ers and the professional a like. What ever you are building, walls, decks. fencing you name it, if it involves wood then it is highly likely that you will need a circular saw to complete it.. Before we launch into which circular saws are the best, let's touch on just a few simple features and differences the circular saw can possess.
Types of Circular Saws
Corded vs. Cordless Circular Saws
As is true with almost all power tools today, you have the option to purchase a tool that is corded or cordless, this is the case with the circular saw. Corded circular saws most often come equipped with 15-amp motors that provide ample power and torque to easily manage your wood cutting projects
Although Cordless circular saws have similar blade rotation RPM's similar to the corded saw, they are far less efficient when it comes to torque, or the ability to maintain its power when actually cutting. Torque is the most important component when considering circular saws.
Corded circular saws maintain there power with no significant reduction in torque as opposed to their cordless counter-part. Also, a major consideration is that as a cordless circular saw can quickly see a reduction in power as the battery power level begins to diminish. With a cordless Circular saw, make sure you have at least one extra battery on hand, preferably more.
The obvious advantage of the cordless circular saw is the mobility it offers, as often, on many projects, a power supply may not be readily available. Having the option to take your saw virtually anywhere, without the cumbersome cord and not having to plug into a power source or to plug in and out repeatedly when using multiple tools is a time saver, in addition it can reduce frustration with tangled cords and so forth.
Cordless circular saws, as a rule, are more expensive then a corded model, and the saw blade diameter is typically smaller. Cordless saws generally have a 6 1/2″ blade and the corded models typically have a 7 1/4″ blade. The smaller blade definitely diminishes the overall cutting capacity of the tool.
Sidewinder a.k.a the in-line saw. This type of circular saw is the saw that is most common and could be considered as the most popular or preferred type of saw. The sidewinder's is powerful and the cost is priced at a more reasonable sum then the Worm drive saws on the market today. For these reasons it is the choice of many contractors and homeowners alike.
The positioning of the motor is directly beside or adjacent to the shaft of the blade and aligns almost perfectly with it. This positioning make the saw smaller a perhaps, as many believe, makes it more functional and easier to use. Torque is bit less then the worm drive saws although the blade speed remains high. The light weight nature of the saw results in less fatigue and for easier overhead usage.
Worm drive
The worm drive saw motor is positioned directly behind the blade shaft; thus, there are gears in place that connect the motor with the blade. The effectiveness of the saw and the power generated make this the more enduring, and therefore, increases the longevity of the worm driven saws over its counterparts. The positioning allows for a better line of sight while cutting and also maintains is torque throughout the cut. For heavier work, the worm drive is definitely the way to go, however, if you find that you will be doing a lot of overhead type cutting the lighter sidewinder would be preferable. The worm drive saw can easily weigh up to twice that of a sidewinder saw.
Circular Saw Adjustments and Cutting Capabilities
The circular saw's cutting capabilities, whether a worm drive or a sidewinder, are calculated a couple of ways: 1- How deep can it cut 2- the angles that it can cut.
- Depth of cut is calculated with the blade at 90° to the shoe or base of the saw. It varies depending on blade size, the standard 7 1/4″ blade will cut up to 2 1/2″. I do not recommend the smaller 6 3/4′ blade as you will find it just leaves the cut to short in many instances.
- Circular saws will cut angles/ bevels up to 45° to the right or the left. Some saws come equipped with pre marked settings for the more common angles.
The Best Circular Saw You Can Buy
Okay, here it is! Based on extensive hours of use, of varying circular saws and numerous customer comment and reviews from a wide variety of sources, Let's Fix It Up has determined the following list of the best circular saws:
Makita 5007MG Circular Saw 15 Amp, 7-1/4 Inch
This saw is the most expensive in the group and for good reason, it is far and away the clear winner of our Best Circular Saw category.
We ranked circular saws in many categories, this includes bevel adjustments and height of cut, accuracy of our cut and ergonomics. This saw tops the list: the bevel stop setting are great. It handles extremely well and adjustment levers are easy and comfortable to use. The cuts where very accurate, the bevel detents are very accurate, and the various scales are easy to see. It also comes with a nice carrying case.
- Magnesium components create a lightweight saw (10.6 pounds) that...
- Powerful 15.0 AMP motor delivers 5,800 RPM for proven performance...
- Two built in L.E.D lights illuminate the line of cut for...
- Large cutting capacity (2 to 1/2 inches at 90 degree) and bevel...
- 1 year warranty
Second Best Circular Saw
Porter-Cable PCE310 15 Amp, 7-1/4 Inch
Plenty of Speed and Power, Good Torque. For the Price you simply cannot go wrong. Porter Cable make excellent power tools and this circular saw is no exception.
For durability and affordability Let's Fix It Up loves this saw.
- 15 amp motor running at 5,500 RPM provides power and speed...
- Magnesium shoe, metal upper & lower guards provide added...
- Spindle lock and depth adjustment for quick adjustments on the...
- Only 9.0 lbs, with Aux handle, provide comfort and clear line of...
Several Other Good Saws in our Review
SKILSAW Southpaw SPT67M8-01 15 Amp, 7-1/4 Inch
For many years I thought a circular saw was in-fact a SkilSaw. Circular Saws has always been synonymous with SKILSaw, This circular saw has everything the homeowner will require in a circular saw, quality performance with plenty of power. Laser line guide is awesome
- Left blade sidewinder improves blade and cut line accuracy and...
- All-magnesium construction reduces user fatigue and adds...
- Powerful Dual-Field motor increases cooling and extends tool life
- Best-in-class torque improves productivity and increases speed of...
- Motor Housing Material:Resin
DeWalt DWE575SB, 7-1/4 Inch
This saw came in as the lightest saw of all of the saws that we reviewed. It does not contains a lot of features, but runs great, is very comfortable in the hand, easy to control has and good bevel detents. Let's Fix It Up recommends this saw highly.
- Imported from: China
- Commercial Brand: DEWALT
- Lightweight and compact 8.8-Pound
- Electric Brake
Milwaukee 6390-20 15 Amp, 7-1/4 Inch
Milwaukee is well know for making industrial strength tools,its circular saw lives up to that reputation. This saw has comfortable and easy to use levers. You just cannot go wrong with Milwaukee tools.
- The product is easy to use
- The product is durable
- The product is manufactured in China
- Tilt-Lok main handle adjusts to the work or most comfortable work...
- 15 amp, 3.25 peak horsepower motor
Porter-Cable PCE300 15 Amp, 7-1/4 Inch
This Porter Cable saw is Priced right, and is lightweight and comfortable. It contains easy to use levers and has nice bevel detents at 22.5 and 45 degrees. In the final analysis, it's an excellent saw at a good price.
- 15 amp motor running at 5,500 RPM provides power and speed...
- Steel shoe with optimum line of sight provides accurate cuts and...
- Spindle lock and depth adjustment for quick adjustments on the...
- Only 9.5 lbs, with Aux handle, provide comfort and clear line of...
The Best Cordless Saw:
If Cordless seems like the way to go for you, Let's Fix It Up recommends the following:
DeWalt DCS391B 20-Volt MAX
Plenty of power in the cordless category. Longer battery life then many of its competitors.
- High strength and lightweight magnesium shoe provides jobsite...
- 0-50°(degree) bevel capacity allows for aggressive bevel cuts...
- Optimized rubber over-molded comfort grip delivers optimal...
- 6.5-Inch carbide-tipped blade for cutting 2 times material at...
- Includes: DCS391 6.5-Inch Circular Saw and 6-.5-Inch...
Makita XSH03Z 18V LXT Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless 6-1/2″
You can never go wrong with Makita tools
- Bl motor delivers 5, 000 RPM for faster cutting and ripping
- Automatic speed change technology adjusts speed and torque during...
- Compact and ergonomic design at only 13 to 3/4 inches Long
- Weighs only 7.3 pounds with battery (battery not included) for...
- Large cutting capacity (2 to 1/4 inches at 90 degree) and bevel...


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Today I was sitting in the hammock when a grasshopper jumped on my shoulder and visited with me for awhile. My husband said he thought grasshoppers meant good luck in chinese culture. I do know that Native American culture believes all animals bring us messages. When an animal makes an unusual appearance in your life, it is time to listen and take note of their message.
Here is the Grasshopper's message, according to the website www.spirit-animals.com:
If Grasshopper has sprung into your life;
You are being asked to take a leap of faith. Just go ahead and do it without knowing the outcome. Usually this is something that you have been avoided doing and is often linked to a large scale change in direction. This can be a change in relationship, career or a change in yourself. Know that you have the wisdom that you need to get past any obstacles in an efficient manner. For the most part all possible outcomes will be positive.
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A dramatic finish to the Black Caps Cricket World Cup match with the West Indies on Sunday morning had Kiwi cricket fans chewing their nails as the game went down to the wire.
Once again our two local heroes of skipper Kane Williamson and Trent Boult played leading roles in a contest that was on a knife edge in the last hour of play.
Captain Kane arrived at the wicket in just the second ball of the match after Martin Guptill was removed for a duck. The Black Cap skipper first steadied the ship, before displaying his full arsenal of shots to post his highest ODI score, when he was eventually removed with 148 runs to his name.
Kane worked the ball beautifully around the Old Trafford outfield, to belt 14 fours and one six in his 215 minutes at the crease. With Windies master blaster Chris Gayle waiting in the wings, the match was evenly poised, when the Black Caps posted 291 for the loss of eight wickets.
Trent called on all his knowledge and experience to remove Gayle, when the West Indies whirlwind was closing in on a century. A further three wickets saw the Black Cap swing bowler finish with four, at a cost of just 30 runs.
Trent's four wicket bag was just his entree to a spectacular finish to an absolute thrilling contest.
The game was turned around in spectacular style when Carlos Braithwaite hammered a century of eighty balls.
With the last two Windies batsmen at the crease, they needed just six to win with seven balls remaining. Braithwaite hammered what looked to be a certain six, before Boult plucked the ball out of the air centimetres from the boundary rope, giving the Black Caps a five run win.
The two Western Bay Black Caps stars dual success in Manchester was another in the chain of match winning performances that the pair have pulled off since meeting as youngsters on the Bay of Plenty junior cricket pathway.
Both Kane and Trent looked headed for the top during intermediate, however with a one year age gap between the pair; they didn't become Bay of Plenty representative team mates until 2006/07 season in the Bay of Plenty Coastland under 17 side.
From then on their burgeoning cricket careers became intertwined. A rare Bay of Plenty Under 19 match in 2008 against Waikato Valley showed a little of their future potential, with Kane belting an unbeaten 131 and Trent taking three wickets for just 10 runs.
From there on, they have been team mates in the New Zealand under 19 side and Northern Districts teams, before becoming an integral unit in the Black Caps.
While we are currently shivering in the depths of winter, Sideline Side can't wait to see Kane and Trent walk out to face England in the inaugural Bay Oval test match in November.


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Introduction: How to Make Your Own Personalized Rubik's Cube
Okay, so I was playing portal for the sixth time in a row and while doing that I was looking at the rubik's cube I got from one of my colleagues for secret santa. Now the rubik's cube I got was a so called Sudoku rubik's cube and it was way to hard to solve, so I thought why not make it into the companion cube from portal?
Now after that thought I got an even better idea for an instructable. Let's face it sometimes we forget our girlfriend's birthday, that of our parents, somebody's christmas present... and we have to come up with something that is makeable in one evening and with easy materials. Well here it is! The personalized rubik's cube!
During this instructable I'll be making the companion cube but I will also show you how you can add your own family pictures, favorite game, tv-show... anything you want to be on the rubik's cube.
Now let's go to step 1 What will you need.
Note: English is not my first language so if you encounter any spelling mistakes in this instructable please leave a comment and I will remove the mistakes.
Note2: Excuse me if some of these steps in the tutorial are to "Well duuuuh we are not idiots". I'm used to teaching 8-9 year olds so it kind of grows on you.
Step 1: What You Will Need:
- A rubik's cube (in my case the sudoku version but maybe you want to make one of those?)
- Photoshop CS4 (you can get a trail version here: www.adobe.com/nl/products/photoshop/photoshop/)
- if you don't want to use photoshop, paint can also work but it's not coverd in this instructable.
- Self-adhesive lamination sheets.
- A sharp knife
- A metal ruler
- Double sided tape
- Normal tape (optional)
- piece of wood to cut on/ cuttingboard (so you don't ruin your desk)
- scissors (not shown in picture)
Note: Don't worry if you can't use photoshop CS4, were not going to do anything hard with it and the steps are explained using screenshots
Step 2: Making the Design
Okay this is going to be explained step by step using the screenshots so I highly advice you to follow the steps with the pictures. each picture is one step. This is on complete "I know almost nothing about photoshop and computers" level so most of you can probably phrase it in 3 steps but I better explain it to good then to bad...
Step 0: Download one (or both) templates from granades.com/2007/11/02/rubiks-companion-cube/ . If you want to make your own download rubikstemplate, if you want to make the companion cube download rcctemplate.
Note: it happend to me that if you click on the links he provided you will only see a blank space. You can download them by right clicking on the link and then selecting "save link as" and then choose the location you want it downloaded it to.
Step 1:
- Right click on the template you downloaded and select "open with: " "photoshop CS4"
Step 2: you now see the template opend in photoshop CS4 (short step isn't it?)
Step 3: Open your browser and search your picture (or if it's a family picture open it in facebook or whatever) and simply drag it into photoshop as you can see in the picture. I chose space invaders.
Step 4: You will now see that your picture is in photshop
Step 5: First select your rectangular marquee tool (M) and draw it around your picture. Now go to "Edit" and click on "Free Transform" or just simply make the combination Ctrl + M on your keyboard.
Step 6: Now you are able to drag and resize your picture as you wish. Move the picture so that it is nicely placed on one of the six square rasters. It is not bad that some of it comes over the raster, we are gonna cut that in step 7. Now hit "enter" on your keyboard and then click somewhere else on your paper in photoshop (with that I mean not on your picture). You will notice you nolonger have control over the picture
Step 7: Use the rectangular marquee tool (M) to draw a shape around the areas that need to be cut off. When you have that just hit delete and they will be gone! Do that for the other side to until the picture fits nicely inside the raster
Sidenote: don't worry about anything off the raster being gone. That can't happen since the raster is in another layer ;) (check the right side of photoshop you will see the layerpanel) (also each picture you put in will be put in a seperate layer so normally you will later have six different layers with each of your pictures in it, so if you want to edit some of the older pictures later on make sure you are in the correct layer! If your not just click with the Leftmousebutton on the layer you want in the layerpanel)
Step 8: you will now have something like this! Now either copy that picture in the other 5 rasters or follow the steps again for the other pictures you wish to place.
Note: I have to give credit where it's due. The templates are not created by me but belong to Stephen from granades.com/2007/11/02/rubiks-companion-cube/ . I could have made them myself (it's not that hard) but it seemed like a waste of energy because they would look exactly the same (although the squares in the middle aren't really necessairy)
Note nr.2: you can probably do this in paint to if you want. Just open the file in paint and insert your images so you have the same as I do. I warn you though that paint is not that forgiving in placement errors and will probably frustrate you while trying. Also I have spend so much money on photoshop that I use it every chance I get ;) It's a great program :D
Step 3: Design Idea's
Probably you have some ideas of your own but for those who really don't here are some ideas. Also included is an example made by me.
- Girl/boy -friend: girls love all the romantic stuff so maybe a picture of you and her/him or some hearts and stuff, maybe some nice poetry?
- your favorite game: Portal, the companion cube, mario, space invaders...
- your favorite tv-show: family guy, american dad, the simpsons, futurama....
- your favorite movie: batman the dark knight, reservoir dogs...
- family: a picture of you and your parents, family pictures...
- Brain breakers: Like my sudoku rubik's cube (it's incredibly hard!)
- Christmas (it is the time for it!)
- Coca-cola (everyone loves cola)
- Different colors: black, white, apple blue sea green (it's a color!),... Anything to mess with those diehard oldshool rubik's cube solvers!
- An entirly blue rubik's cube! (just so you can say you can solve one ;) )
As long as you remember it's your cube and you can do whatever you want with it! (unless you are giving it away ofcourse ;) )
Note: I just used some images from google, if these happen to be your images and you would like me to remove them please leave a comment.
Step 4: Let's Print
Now in photoshop this is real easy. Just go to "file" and then select "print" or hit Ctrl + P on your keyboard and then select print again in the window that pops up. Your measurements will fit the rubik's cube you have (given that you use A4 paper like myself and have a standard rubik's cube)
If you however used paint or any other program it's gonna be testing out through trail and error. Look at the picture I have provided to see how your cubes must look on a A4 paper.
The standard rubik's cube sticker measurements are per square roughly 1.5 cm on 1.5 cm or 0.6-0.61″.
Also check your printer has enough inkt left. Mine only had some left and therefore the most right squares didn't came out properly. I just printed a second paper and used two squares from that.
Step 5: Design Ready and Printed, Let's Laminate!
Okay, let's laminate.
Take your printed page(s) and look how much you need to laminate. Make sure you take more then enough. I chose roughly 23 cm on 16 cm. Ofcourse if you really want to be safe just laminate the entire page.
Cut out that piece from your Self-adhesive lamination sheets using a scissor or your knife. (I first tried with my scissor but it really didn't go that well so I decided to use my knife). If our going to use your knife don't forget the wooden plank to put under it. Also handy is using your metal ruler, I had squares printed on my sheet but it's always handy and easier to cut.
Okay now peel back part of the laminate's backing. Stick it to the page. Remove the backing, carefully smoothing the laminate forward with the metal ruler. Be sure to apply enough pressure and you should be fine. If you should have for any reason air bubbles find the smallest pin or needle you can, puncture the bubble, and squeeze out the air.
Now with me part of the laminate sticks to the desk. It's actually a really good advantage because it prevents the paper from sliding away while your pulling away the backing and following with the metal ruler simentaniously. After your done laminating just gently remove your paper from the desk and cut the excessive lamination off with your scissors.
If you have two papers like me do the same for that one to.
Step 6: Cutting Out the Pieces
Take your wooden cuttingboard back and put your paper on it. then take out your metal ruler and make sure it's on the lines of your template. then cut with your knife until you have all the pieces. Not much else to tell about this step really.
Also make sure you have a place to put your loose pieces or else you will lose them very quickly!
Step 7: Testing And/or Removing the First Stickers
Well we can't start sticking them on the rubik's cube if we don't know if they will fit nicely now can we?
Take your rubik's cube and try the pieces on one side of it. If you cut them out properly they will fit perfectly like mine do.
Now you have a choice. Will you remove the original stickers or just put the new ones over the olds?
If you want to remove them just take your knife and try to remove the original stickers without digging into the cube.
I really didn't care about the old stickers so I just left them on. (I'm kinda lazy and I didn't want to damage my rubik's cube) Besides the double sided tape will stick to the stickers as good as it would to the rubik's cube.
Step 8: Applying the Stickers
Okay now take out your double sided tape and tape it onto the square as shown in the picture. Cut of at the base of the square (ofcourse not cutting into the square) and do another one next to it.
My tape was a little to thick so the square could only handle two and a half tape. So I just taped two pieces side by side pulled the yellow stuff off and taped another piece partcially over the second piece and ofcourse over the untaped area. Then just stick it on the cube (on the correct square and in the right direction ofcourse) and repeat this another 53 times.
Best is that you have the squares laying like me so you don't accidently place it on the wrong square. If you have done something wrong no worries, normally you can pull them back off gently without damaging them.
Make sure the tape covers the whole square otherwise you will be faced with squares coming loose during useage.
Step 9: The Result
I would like to make a note here... Huge succes!
The cube turned out very nice and I'm sure yours will to. If you decide to make one please post a picture of it, I'm excited to see what you did with the idea.
Okay so this rubik's cube was made in 2.5 hours, photo taking and writing this instructable included. So I guess if you make this yourself you will spend around 1.5 hours. This makes it the perfect last minute christmas, birthday, valentine... present. I hope you enjoyed this instructable and that everything is clear to you.
If you should have any problems, questions, opinions or if you noticed a spelling error please leave a comment.
Also I'm participating in the homemade holidays contest so please vote :)
Again I would like to credit and thank Stephen from granades.com/2007/11/02/rubiks-companion-cube/ again for the templates.
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46 Discussions
This is informative and all but wouldn't it be much simpler to just buy the Rubik's custom sticker kit from the official website, download the blank template, add your photos and then just print it? You don't need to go through the trouble of laminating it and all and could just stick them on when it's done printing.
I know this is very old, but for me i made a bandaged cube, and the rubiks custom stickers wouldnt have worked for me, as a need an extra lond sticker for the bandeges.
Not to be mean but coverd is actually spelled like covered
cool idea buddy! btw its spelled covered not coverd. I'm gonna make this!
Hey, I just wanted to point out that instead of spending money on photoshop
or wasting time and patience on paint, you can also use GIMP. Its a free, photoshop-like program that has most of the functions as photoshop, and ITS FREE!!! You can easily download it off the internet and it is completely safe. Just search GIMP on Google. I just wanted to recommend that also, BTW, great tut. . .
Yeah, alot of people have recommended GIMP to me in the past but since I already have photoshop there is no point for me to learn it.
And because I can't work with it I didn't give any instructions on GIMP.
So if visitors want to follow the instructions I just advice them to get the photoshop trial version instead of letting them try on their own with GIMP.
But I'm sure that the people who know how to work with GIMP will use that program instead of photoshop already ;)
So thank you for the suggestion and comment :)
oh, ok.
But thank you now people will know there is an alternative if they want to keep using drawing programs.
I like your scissors =p
ok, cool
I like your concept but i'm gonna leave all squares black and spray-paint coloured dots in the center
Sudokubes are practically impossible. I tried taking it apart and it broke...
Rofl me too. i was doing the above by myself and when i took apart my cube it snapped :( so i i had to use my expensive one
Not sure what I'm looking at here. Try using the macro setting on your camera and make sure the green light comes on telling you it's in focus.
But a rubik with all same sides is ALWAYS solved... so the companion cube is kinda not a good idea.
i wish i could get photo shop so i could do this with pics of friends/family
You can get a trial version at the adobe website.
It's good for 30 days and will give you enough time to make all the templates with pics of family and friends you want :)
Also you can save them at that moment as a .jpeg this way even when your trial expires you can still print them with windows picture viewer :)
thx i'll bug my parens for it -----
hey i like your idea and im making one myself, only im making one so that it has album art all over it, its going to be albums by the band tool, if i ever get a pic of it ill post it for you to see
Okzy I love to see it :D
I love it that you took a different concept to it. That was the reason I put that step in :)


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Happy New Years Eve!
I made a couple New Year cards this year….
This one is using the Silver Glimmer paper # 134314 OH my I sure do love all the sparkle .
For those sparkly numbers in "2017" I used the Large Number Framelits # 140622
I popped those up on Stampin Dimensionals # 104430
Plus love that even though the Gold and Silver Foil sheets look amazing all on their own BUT I love them together as well on today's card.
I just added (2) small squares of the Gold Foil sheets# 132622
the rest is in the Silver Foil # 132178 .
The main Silver Foil sheet square is cut at 3″ x 3″
The squares in each corner are all cut at 1″ x 1″ ( 2 in Gold foil / (2) Silver foil .
I stamped and embossed the center square with the
It's a Celebration stamp set
- (w)# 142880
- (c )# 142192
embossed with the Silver Embossing powder #132178.
I used the Vellum card stock #101856 to stamp the Happy New Year and also embossed that with Silver Embossing powder # 109131
the greeting below "The best is yet to come " is from the
Frosted Medallions stamp set
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both stamp sets are in the Holiday catalog and currently available until January 3, 2017
I listed all the supplies I used on today's card below .
When I was making this card I was thinking wow 2017 already . Time really has flown by so quickly . and 2016 was amazing but I'm really looking forward to 2017 .
I want to Thank each of you for all your encouragement over the years with your sweet comments and your emails and supporting my stamping business .
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Estrela Mountain Dog Breed full Information Guide
The Estrela Mountain Dog has been a working flock guard in the Serra Da Estrela Mountains of Portugal for many centuries. This is a primitive breed with all the pros and cons that come with it. This is a Molosser breed but is not a massive breed.
History of Estrela Mountain Dog:
For centuries the shepherds have taken the flocks onto the plateaus for the summer, being away from home for many months with only their dogs for company and from this comes the wonderful relationship that is possible to achieve with the breed. The shepherd would return to his village from time to time to collect supplies and the dog would be left to guard the flock which developed the highly intelligent dog we have today.
During the winter months whilst the flocks came back to the farm he would spend time with the children and family and so his adoration of children has become legendary.
In the early '70s, the breed was seriously threatened with extinction and Roger Pye, a gentleman from Portugal with dual British and Portuguese nationality decided to send one of his bitches to the UK in whelp and depend on a bin the Breed Note section of the dog papers and the British love of dogs to do the rest. We are very pleased to say that this mad idea saved the Estrela Mountain Dog from likely extinction.
The Estrela Mountain Dog is probably one of the less heavy mountain breeds bit should be a mountain dog through and through both in temperament and type. In Portugal they are often called 'lazy dogs' but do not be fooled, their speed and agility can be surprising and they can turn on a sixpence.
They love to play and will walk for miles if you want to. It is possible to gain a quite reasonable level of obedience but always in their time and we now have our first ever CDX qualified Estrela Mountain Dog who lives in the UK. Everything in this breed is governed by if they want to and instinct. They are known as a stubborn breed but much of this comes from their strong working instinct, this breed was little known outside the mountains until less than 40 years ago.
One of the great delights of this breed is that there are still many working dogs in the mountains and lots of breeding kennels to visit. The breed holds an annual Monografica which has an entry of about 100 dogs and is a wonderful chance to see the breed in Portugal for yourself but don't expect the level of presentation and handling from some that we all know, many of these are still used to work. It is a wonderful experience to see all these dogs in one place with barely a crossword.
This is a fairly healthy breed but as with any giant breed needs careful rearing.
Hips can be a problem and it is strongly advised to ask for the parent's hip scores if looking for a puppy.
Elbows are usually good but should still be scored to maintain this status. Estrela Mountain Dogs can be susceptible to hot spots but this is quite easily remedied with a benzole benzilate spray. The breed can be somewhat timid and early socialization is a must.
You can take a puppy out to busy places if you carry them even before vaccinations.
Exercise should be kept to a minimum as far as lead walking is concerned until the age of 6 months but free play is fine. So far there has been a low incidence of cancer and most dogs live to over 10 years with several making 12 or 13 yrs.
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- What type of drinks do you like?
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If you don't want to keep refilling your water tank or you prefer a longer coffee, then a larger-capacity model is what you need. Alternatively, if you have a small kitchen, look out for compact models that won't take up as much space on your worktop.
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If you want to make cappuccinos and lattés, you'll need either a model with a milk frother, or milk capsules. Nespresso, Illy and Lavazza machines can be bought with milk frothing accessories, while Tassimo and Dolce Gusto use milk pods to make frothy drinks.
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Using the right eye makeup can guarantee that "heads will turn" when you enter the room. However, you best achieve this by giving more attention to your eye liner, then focusing more on your eye shadow. Eyeliner, correctly applied, can make a huge difference in your makeup routine. Not only will it emphasize the shape of your eyes, but it will also accentuate your lashes in ways that mascara alone can't do. In fact eye liner, when correctly applied, can help turn your makeup routine from sexy, to classy, and all the way, to bold.
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In a recent piece for Chatham House on the deteriorating situation in the Middle East, Martin Chulov wrote "I fear for the region more than at any point in my eight years here. Borders are becoming increasingly irrelevant". He professed a deep fear that sectarian rather than national identities were drawing the boundaries in a violent chasm opening across the Middle East. The point of emanation is the brutal civil war in Syria, the intensity of the violence seeming to affect all those in proximity to it. The sectarian nature of the fighting is difficult to ignore but the fact that borders are becoming irrelevant has as much to do with the nexus of powerful states and embattled regimes that are attempting to influence the outcome in Syria than the religious identity of those caught up in the fighting.
In the west, British Foreign Minister William Hague is celebrating success in his campaign to prevent the EU's ban on weapons exports to Syria from being renewed, thus allowing for arms transfers to rebels. After EU governments failed to agree on a new embargo, French Foreign Minister Philippe Lalliot confirmed France would be able to deliver weapons before the 1st August. Both foreign ministers reaffirmed their stance that seeking a diplomatic solution through a new Geneva summit took priority over military aid (although the subsequent decision by Russia to further bolster Syrian air defences is now being held up as justification for delaying any such negotiations).
The UK and France's push for a military solution is likely being viewed internally as a win-win scenario. They believe that the threat to provide sustained military assistance to the rebels will force Assad to see the hopelessness of his situation and come, hat in hand, to the negotiation table. If not, then the requisite lip service was duly paid to diplomacy and we continue to fight to the last drop of Syrian blood for the desired result. The fact that Britain and France seem fairly isolated among the major powers in this interpretation of the situation might indicate the hubris of the embargo decision.
The Geneva talks themselves did not appear to be a great source of hope for progress, despite sponsorship from the US and Russia. Reports indicate a recent conference for Syrian opposition leaders in Istanbul proved less than fruitful – not even proceedings for the conference could be agreed upon and secular representatives were apparently frozen out altogether. The lack of a conduit with a clear identity is causing deep unease within the Obama administration. Attempts to forge a Syrian National Council akin to Libya's are increasingly seen as hopeless. Attitudes appear split over the extent any proxy war to unseat Assad is worthy of the risks, terrified as the administration is of headlines depicting arms transfers to Al-Qaeda affiliates. In this light, it seems that both Russia and the US might be happy to sue for some sort of peace or organised stalemate (regardless of what that looks like for Syrians), before the situation spills further out of control and threatens an already unstable regional dynamic.
And it does appear increasingly, unnervingly, unstable. An airstrike by Israel on a military installation in West Damascus in early May was a significant development in the tangled web of outside intervention. The attack was launched from outside Syrian airspace due to the sophistication of Syria's existing anti-air defences (something to keep in mind in future discussion of any potential western imposition of a no-fly zone) and was designed to destroy a either a) shipment of Fateh 110 long range missiles destined for Hezbollah or b) a military scientific research centre, depending on whether you want to believe the Israeli or Syrian reports. The incident has driven a significant wedge between Moscow and Tel Aviv, with Vladimir Putin tracking down Benjamin Netanyahu (who was in China at the time) to gruffly harangue him in on the phone.
The Israeli premiere reacted just as strongly in the last week by stating that Russia's decision to further bolster Syrian air defences with S-300 missiles (and thus significantly increasing the jeopardy to any potential air intervention) as being "likely to draw us into a response, and could send the region deteriorating into war". It should be clear that almost all the arms transfers Putin is making to the Assad regime are kitting out its military for a war with a country with an air-force, not against the capabilities of the Free Syrian Army.
Only in a situation as deeply worrying as the Syria could this 'spat' between two nuclear armed states be considered as merely a sideshow component of the geopolitical quagmire. Hezbollah's entry into the war proper on behalf of the loyalists is another significant development. The rationale of leader Hassan Nasrallah might seem clear enough in purely realist military terms – if the Assad regime falls and Hezbollah's land bridge to Iran is cut off, they will not be able to access the military equipment they would need to repel further Israeli incursions into Southern Lebanon. As Nasrallah put it "If Syria falls into the hands of America, Israel and Takfiris [Sunni extremists], the resistance will be besieged and Israel will enter Lebanon and impose its will." The impact on their regional credibility of choosing to fight on behalf of the deeply resented, murderous regime of Bashir Al-Assad will not be insubstantial. Last week Palestinians in Hilweh in Sidon refugee camp apparently burnt food packages from Hezbollah in protest, saying "we don't want assistance soaked in the blood of the Syrian people". The fact US foreign policy commentators are lining up to point out the potential gains that lie in careful exploitation of the situation might indicate further potential fallout from Nasrallah's decision. While there may be a great deal of international concern over atrocities attributed to rebel fighters, regionally, Hezbollah's decision to side with Assad contradicts much of the momentum and ethos of the Arab Spring.
The other catastrophic development for Hezbollah, or more importantly for Lebanon, is that it seems the conflict will inevitably follow them home. The head of Al-Nusra front, who has pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri, has promised that 'Beirut will be put to fire' if Hezbollah does not end its campaign in Syria. The threat was made with a 24 hour window of compliance several weeks ago. While there might have been hope that it was bluster, the last few days have seen an influx of reports of sustained fighting between Hezbollah and Syrian rebels in Lebanon. The potential for new sectarian fighting in the country is palpable and the shadow of its 15-year civil war looms as darkly as it has in anytime in recent memory.
But of course Lebanon is not the only country experiencing fallout. Only for Syria's domination of news coming from the region are we not giving Iraq's civil war its due diligence. According to the UN mission there, 1045 people died in political violence last month, the largest number since June 2008. The intensity of the killing in May is largely being attributed to the storming of a Sunni protest camp by Iraqi security forces that resulted in the deaths of 44 people. There are (perhaps tenuous) parallels being drawn between Sunni protests against Nouri Al Maliki's increasingly dictatorial regime and the rebels in Syria. Whether this amounts to 'spillover' or is indicative of internal political degradation is open to interpretation. What is clear however is that both Sunni and Shiite fighters from Iraq are operating in Syria. Suspicions abound that the Iraqi government is tacitly authorising Shi'ite fighters including members of the Mehdi Army to enter the fight on behalf of the Assad regime while also providing logistical support to Iranian arms transfers. Such operations are strongly denied at the official levels. US requests to inspect Iranian shipments through Iraq have been granted and as yet uncovered 'nothing illegal'.
The sectarian characteristic of the violence tearing apart large sections of the middle-east and Pakistan might seem like a senseless bloodletting from the outside. But it is mistaken, dishonest even, to lay the blame for the human catastrophe at the door of zealots or age old hatreds. It is encouraging that most commentary seems to recognize the sectarian aspect of the conflict for what it is; power politics in sectarian garb.
Any question about whether we in the west should intervene in such a situation is rendered fairly moot. We have been and are intervening. That intervention does not take a form that immediately addresses the human cost of the conflict, and therefore may not be immediately recognisable, but we have shaped the region to such an extent that we are simply seeing the outcome of interventions a little further back on the conveyor belt. The region, for which analysts and correspondents are now fearing for more than at any time in recent history, has seen so much 'intervention' in just the last 10 years that the effects on internal political divisions are difficult to fully appreciate – fallout resulting from the wars in Iraq and South Lebanon have contributed substantially to the current situation. The war in Syria may draw its sustenance from Iran and Saudi Arabia but they also have their foreign backers. Saudi Arabia, may have the fourth largest defence economy in the world but it has no military industry- everything they have to transfer into the war is equipment that other states sell, and the US and UK are its preferred suppliers. Turkey, another major supplier to the war, is only marginally behind Saudi Arabia in terms of arms imports.
The Sunni and Shia populations are being ground between the gears of Iran and Saudi Arabia's interjecting hegemonies locally. At the global level, a more nuanced struggle over maintenance of access and control in the region is being conducted between the US, Russia and China. It is best to remember that despite the major political fluctuations of the Arab Spring, very little has changed thus far in terms of the balance of power in the region. The fear that Assad falling to a new, western friendly regime could undermine Iran and Russia's position is motivation enough for Moscow and Tehran to fight for stalemate and a negotiated peace. And while there are many in Washington who want to pursue exactly such an outcome (with an eye to a future attack on Iran), the administration itself seems completely torn on the merits of attempting to involve itself any further in a conflict that is seen as racing out of control. The British and French are attempting to join with the hawks in Washington to push for a more decisive US 'intervention' and it remains to be seen whether they will get their wish. Keep a watch for the new 'evidence' of gas attacks and goading over the 'red line' in the coming days and weeks as an indication as to how that fight is going.
Ciaran Gillespie is a doctoral researcher at the University of Surrey's Centre for International Intervention.