recycled silver wedding band set . scroll engraved once upon a time ring . recycled silver swirl wedding ring set by peacesofindigo by peacesofindigo

A set of rustic, lovely silver bands to symbolize your love for each other.

Rustic and lovely, this eco friendly silver encircles your finger and reminds you that your love story will have a happy ending~

This ring was inspired by all of the fairy tales that we read and love as children. It would be wonderful for a wedding, anniversary, promise ring or any other occasion that you'd like to mark with a special token.

I use recycled fine silver to form the band. I hand texture the outside with a nature inspired crawling vine. Each ring will say 'Once upon a time' on the inside. All of my writing is done by hand.

This band is not stamped wire, the shape is created by my hands. Each band is formed, polished and oxidized to bring out the texture and detail. This patina is natural, and not permanent and will wear away after time, leaving your band with a beautiful shiny finish.

The width of the women's ring is 4mm.
The width of the mens ring is 5mm.

*This listing is for TWO rings. Please specify your TWO ring sizes when ordering.*
Your custom rings will be created to order.

Your purchase will arrive gift wrapped.

**To see my current time frame on creating custom pieces and for answers to commonly asked questions, please read my policies here:
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Original design by Dawanna Young.
Artisan handmade using pure recycled silver.
Crafted with intent, infused with love, made to last.

Peruse my other handmade jewelry designs:
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Destino--The Corvette-Powered Fisker Karma: Detroit Auto Show

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If you've always felt the 20 mpg Fisker Karma is a little bit too green, a new sport sedan based on the Fisker Karma might be just the car you're looking for.

The VL Automotive Destino is essentially Henrik Fisker's range-extended electric car, with all the expensive drivetrain components removed and replaced with Chevrolet's LS9 V-8 engine. That's the same supercharged unit you'll find in the Corvette ZR1 supercar.

If you think that sounds strange, then it gets better--one of the men behind the Destino is none other than "father of the Volt" and Via Motors figurehead, Bob Lutz.

Proving Lutz still has gasoline coursing through his veins, despite pushing for greener vehicles like the Volt and the Via electric trucks, the Destino is designed "to provide true motoring enthusiasts with an exquisite work of automotive art that performs at a world-class level.? Attention to detail is a paramount concern, as is reliability and ease of maintenance."

With Fisker's recent problems, including cooling issues leading to fires (the recall for which indirectly led to even greater damage...), perhaps there's method behind the apparent madness of swapping the range-extended Karma powertrain with a simpler, tried-and-tested engine like the LS9.

Fisker Karma: Range-extended electric car ultimate guide

Destinos will come with either a six-speed manual or automatic transmission. Lutz says the car is "an American designed, engineered and manufactured four-door performance car that rivals such models as the Porche Panamera and Aston-Martin-Lagonda Rapide."

On the outside, the Destino differs little from the Karma on which it's based--though the front facia takes on a more subtle appearance, losing Fisker's distinctive mustache grille. Arguably, it's all the more attractive without it.

The Destino is a collaborative project between Lutz and industrialist Gilbert Villereal, and made its debut today at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. It will be built in Auburn Hills, Michigan--not far from where Lutz's former colleague at GM and now Fisker CEO, Tony Posawatz, is setting up a Fisker technology center.

We asked Fisker for a comment on the modified Karma, and this is what Senior Director of Global Communications and PR, Roger Ormisher, told us:

"Fisker believes that it speaks to the appeal of the Karma and its stunning, award-winning design that coachbuilders are wanting to take our cars and modify and customize them. We join many famous brands in automotive history that have been the subject of customization and modification."

He added that the project isn't a joint partnership nor a strategic alliance, though VL Automotive has ordered 20 Karmas, less their powertrains and lithium batteries, for conversion.

The Destino is scheduled for retail sales in the second half of 2013--and is available on a first come, first served basis.

Want to catch up with the latest news and launches? Head over to our Detroit Auto Show page.

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U.S. military suicides hit record in 2012, outpace combat deaths

A U.S. military honour guard carries a casket, January 12, 2013. REUTERS/Harrison McClary

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WASHINGTON? - The number of U.S. troops committing suicide set a record in 2012, exceeding the number of combat deaths, the Pentagon said on Monday.

The Pentagon said 349 active-duty troops killed themselves in 2012, up more than 15 percent from 2011 despite renewed efforts by the military to stem the suicide rate.

?This is an epidemic that cannot be ignored,? said Senator Patty Murray, who championed legislation last year to improve suicide prevention efforts and mental health care for troops and veterans.

?As our newest generation of servicemembers and veterans face unprecedented challenges, today?s news shows we must be doing more to ensure they are not slipping through the cracks.?

The Army, as the largest service, counted the biggest number of suicides, with 182 soldiers killing themselves in 2012, according to preliminary figures. The Navy had 60 suicides, the Air Force had 59 and the Marines had 48.

The figures were first reported by the Associated Press.

The Pentagon pointed to steps to bolster suicide prevention efforts, including expanding a suicide prevention hotline. Still, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta last year acknowledged that the suicides were the most frustrating issue he had faced since taking over the Pentagon in 2011.

?Despite the increased efforts, the increased attention, the trends continue to move in a troubling and tragic direction,? Panetta told at a joint Pentagon-Department of Veterans Affairs suicide prevention conference in June.

The suicide figures far surpassed the 237 U.S. troops killed in action last year in Afghanistan, as well as the 313 killed in support of the Afghan war more broadly ? a figure that includes deaths outside the country. It was the highest number of suicides since the United States went to war in Afghanistan in 2001.

The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that, roughly, a veteran commits suicide once every 80 minutes in America, a trend that may be worsening.

Last year, Reuters reached out to every state in the United States to inquire about suicides among veterans. Data collected from 32 states showed an increase in suicides between 2005 to 2010.

Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2013/01/14/us-military-suicides-hit-record-in-2012-outpace-combat-deaths

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Greece: Shots fired at ruling party HQ

Greek Police forensic experts search for evidence after an unknown attacker fired an automatic rifle at the building on the capital's busy Syngrou Avenue, Athens, on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. A gunman fired a spray of bullets at the headquarters of the governing center-right New Democracy party near central Athens early Monday, with one hitting an office occasionally used by the prime minister, officials said. No one was hurt. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek Police forensic experts search for evidence after an unknown attacker fired an automatic rifle at the building on the capital's busy Syngrou Avenue, Athens, on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. A gunman fired a spray of bullets at the headquarters of the governing center-right New Democracy party near central Athens early Monday, with one hitting an office occasionally used by the prime minister, officials said. No one was hurt. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A Greek Police forensic expert searches for evidence after an unknown attacker fired an automatic rifle at the building on the capital's busy Syngrou Avenue, Athens, on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. A gunman fired a spray of bullets at the headquarters of the governing center-right New Democracy party near central Athens early Monday, with one hitting an office occasionally used by the prime minister, officials said. No one was hurt. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek Police forensic experts walk outside the New Democracy party headquarters after an unknown attacker fired an automatic rifle at the building on the capital's busy Syngrou Avenue, Athens, on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. A gunman fired a spray of bullets at the headquarters of the governing center-right New Democracy party near central Athens early Monday, with one hitting an office occasionally used by the prime minister, officials said. No one was hurt. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek Police forensic experts search for evidence after an unknown attacker fired an automatic rifle at the building on the capital's busy Syngrou Avenue, Athens, on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. A gunman fired a spray of bullets at the headquarters of the governing center-right New Democracy party near central Athens early Monday, with one hitting an office occasionally used by the prime minister, officials said. No one was hurt. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

ATHENS, Greece (AP) ? A gunman fired a spray of bullets at the headquarters of Greece's governing center-right New Democracy party near central Athens early Monday, with one hitting an office occasionally used by the prime minister, officials said. No one was hurt.

A government spokesman said the shooting was part of an effort to "terrorize" Greek society, which is struggling through its worst financial crisis in two generations amid a drastic fall in living standards and a record rise in unemployment.

Police cordoned off the area where unknown gunman shot at least nine automatic rifle rounds at the building on the capital's busy Syngrou Avenue, south of the city center.

No group claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attack, which follows a renewed wave of low-scale politically motivated violence by small anarchist and far-left militants.

The belt-tightening, amid widespread disgust with an incompetent and often corrupt political establishment blamed for the country's woes, has boosted extremists both to the left and right of the political spectrum. A fringe ultra-right group accused of fostering violent attacks on dark-skinned immigrants is represented in Parliament and regularly polls as the country's third most popular party.

All political parties condemned Monday's attack.

"No act of terrorism is going to scare us," said Makis Voridis, a spokesman for New Democracy. "Our efforts to restore law and order ... will continue unobstructed."

His comments appeared to be a reference to recent police evacuations of anarchist squats in Athens, which triggered a series of firebomb attacks on journalists' homes, local branches of parties in Greece's governing coalition and cash machines.

Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said a "symbolic" bullet went through the window of the office used occasionally by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and was found inside the room.

"There is a new worrying increase in efforts to terrorize our society," Kedikoglou said.

No party officials were in the building at the time. The official prime minister's office is at another building in central Athens, where he spends most of his time.

"Of course there could have been (victims). There could have been a cleaner in the prime minister's office or a security guard at the site," Kedikoglou said.

Police said the attacker was believed to have had at least one accomplice, while experts were examining a car found abandoned and burned near the scene. The anti-terrorism squad is heading the investigation.

New Democracy heads a three-party coalition government formed after elections in June and is leading Greece's painful economic recovery effort to cut its high public debt and budget deficit through deeply resented spending cuts and tax hikes.

The austerity measures were demanded by international creditors in exchange for the vital bailout loans that have shielded Greece from bankruptcy since May 2010.

For decades, Greece was plagued by deadly far-left political violence that targeted police, government officials, businessmen and financial institutions. But the toughest groups were eradicated in a crackdown just before the 2004 Athens Olympics, and over the past three years authorities have arrested more than two dozen people over attacks by militant anarchists that caused extensive damage but no loss of life.

After authorities cleared two squats in Athens last week, the homes of five prominent journalists were firebombed. The attacks were claimed by small anarchist groups that accused their targets of serving the establishment.

Over the weekend, arsonists targeted the home of the brother of government spokesman Kedikoglou. The unknown attackers broke down the door with a sledgehammer and threw in a firebomb that exploded without causing injury.

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Nicholas Paphitis in Athens contributed.

Associated Press

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Police car attacked in Libya's Benghazi, one wounded

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - At least one police officer was wounded when attackers threw a hand grenade at a patrol car in the east Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday in the latest in a series of assaults on security officials, the force said.

The city was the seat of the uprising that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi more than a year ago, and the government has struggled to control rival armed factions there ever since.

The police car was parking near a crossroads close to the center of Libya's second biggest city when it came under attack from a passing car, a police source said.

"A hand grenade was thrown from that car close to the police car and at least one person was injured," the source said.

Italian officials said on Monday they were temporarily withdrawing foreign staff from their consulate in the city as they assessed the security situation after a gun attack on their consul.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Guido De Sanctis's armored car on Saturday. He was unhurt but the attack was a reminder of the September 11 attack on the U.S. mission there that killed the ambassador and three other Americans.

American officials say militants with ties to al Qaeda affiliates were most likely involved in that attack.

Benghazi, like much of Libya, is awash with weapons, and the city has also seen recent attacks on British, Red Cross and United Nations interests.

To keep a degree of order, Libya's government relies on numerous militias made up of thousands of Libyans who took up arms against Gaddafi. The groups provide what passes for official security but also pose a significant threat to it.

In November, the city's police chief was shot dead and there have been several attacks on police.

(Reporting by Ghaith Shennib and Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/police-car-attacked-libyas-benghazi-one-wounded-222345419.html

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Lance Armstrong awaits 'candid' Oprah interview

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Out for a Sunday morning jog in bright sunshine, Lance Armstrong hardly looked like a man about to finally confront the doping scandal that has shadowed his storied career like an angry storm cloud.

''I'm calm, I'm at ease and ready to speak candidly,'' Armstrong told The Associated Press, referring to his interview Monday with Oprah Winfrey.

In what's been billed as a ''no-holds barred'' session, the cyclist is expected to reverse course after a decade of denials and apologize for doping, as well as offer a limited confession about his role at the head of a long-running scheme to dominate the Tour de France with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs.

Armstrong was stripped of all seven tour titles last year in the wake of a voluminous U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report that portrayed him as a ruthless competitor, willing to go to any lengths to win the prestigious race.

''The most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen,'' is how USADA chief executive Travis Tygart labeled the doping regimen allegedly carried out by the U.S. Postal Service team that Armstrong once led.

Yet if any of that was weighing on Armstrong's mind, he didn't show it early in the day.

Wearing a red jersey and black shorts, sunglasses and a white baseball cap pulled down to his eyes, he was training by himself and about a mile from his home when he talked to the AP. Armstrong ran for about an hour as his team of lawyers and advisors began arriving one-by-one at his house.

Leaning into a reporter's car on the shoulder of a busy Austin road, he also seemed unfazed by the international news crews gathering at the gates of his home. He cracked a few jokes about all the attention the interview with Winfrey had already drawn, then added, ''But now I want to finish my run'' and took off down the road.

The interview, which will take place at his home and broadcast Thursday on the Oprah Winfrey Network, will be Armstrong first public response to the USADA report. A person with knowledge of the situation told the AP a day earlier that Armstrong will give a limited confession and apologize. He is not expected to provide a detailed account about his involvement, nor address in depth many of the specific allegations in the more than 1,000-page USADA report.

In a text to the AP on Saturday, Armstrong said: ''I told her (Winfrey) to go wherever she wants and I'll answer the questions directly, honestly and candidly. That's all I can say.''

A confession would be a stunning reversal after years of public statements, interviews and court battles from Austin to Europe that Armstrong waged while zealously protecting his reputation.

After a federal investigation of the cyclist was dropped without charges being brought last year, USADA stepped in with an investigation of its own. The agency deposed nearly a dozen former teammates and accused Armstrong of masterminding a complex and brazen drug program that included steroids, blood boosters and a range of other performance-enhancers.

Armstrong had remained defiant, tweeting a picture of himself on a couch at home with all seven of the yellow leader's jerseys on display in frames behind him. But the preponderance of evidence in the USADA report and pending legal challenges on several fronts apparently forced him to change tactics dramatically.

A federal whistle-blower lawsuit brought by former teammate Floyd Landis, who himself was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title, accuses Armstrong of defrauding the U.S. Postal Service. The Justice Department has yet to announce whether it will join the case.

The London-based Sunday Times is also suing Armstrong to recover about $500,000 it paid him to settle a libel lawsuit, and Dallas-based SCA Promotions has threatened to bring yet another lawsuit against Armstrong to recover more than $7.5 million an arbitration panel awarded him as a bonus for winning the Tour de France.

The lawsuit most likely to be influenced by a confession might be the Sunday Times case. Potential perjury charges stemming from his sworn testimony in the 2005 arbitration fight would not apply because of the statute of limitations. Armstrong was not deposed during a federal investigation that was closed last year without charges being brought.

But the USADA report persuaded many of his sponsors to drop Armstrong - at the cost of tens of millions of dollars - and soon after, he left the board of the Livestrong cancer-fighting charity he founded in 1997. Armstrong is still said to be worth about $100 million.

Livestrong might be another reason Armstrong has decided to come forward with an apology and limited confession. The charity supports cancer patients and still faces an image problem because of its association with Armstrong. He may also be hoping a confession would allow him to return to competition in the elite triathlon or running events he participated in after his cycling career.

But World Anti-Doping Code rules state his lifetime ban cannot be reduced to less than eight years. WADA and U.S. Anti-Doping officials could agree to reduce the ban further depending on what new information Armstrong provides and his level of cooperation.

USADA officials said in a recent interview that the cyclist's cooperation could well initiate a ''pathway to redemption.''

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AP Sports Columnist Jim Litke contributed to this report.

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Calgary Roofing Contractors: Grand Sequoia Asphalt Shingles ...

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